Hi Heather, thanks for stopping by.
When I started my weight loss journey, my main down fall was is not knowing my portions. I eat healthy generally, but just too much. I needed help with that. So I joined E-diets when they told me my food for the whole week, breaken down to days and individual meals with recepies...etc. I did that for about 4 months and learned my portions, also learned that if I had my food planned for a whole week, less likely I will binge or eat foods that are not good for me.
So I am still sticking to this.
I have a whole week of food figured out for me and my family, so I don't cook during the week. MY DH takes lunch from home every day, so he eats cooked food twice a day. And he eats a lot!!!
I usually cook things that are good for more than just a couple of days... Like today I did:
- roasted tomato sauce (from fresh tomatoes) and just need to cook pasta for it during the week & some veggie sausages
- squash, beans, tomato stew (need to cook rice for it)
- sheperds pie (vegetarian version with lentils)
- curried tempeh & apple dish (needs rice)
- hungarian stuffed cabbage (with meat substitute)

I usually try for one potato, rice and pasta dish, and make sure there is enough protein in all. My baby eats whatever I cook, thankfully she is not picky. And of course there are nights when just have something frozen, although I try to limit those occassions. Like a veggie burger or frozen Quorn chicken(veggie) cutlets with frozen veggies...etc.
When I switched over to be a vegetarian i knew I would have to be very concious of my eating to get the right balanced meals, enough protein, calcium, iron...stb.
The good part is : I don't have to cook during the week, or if I have to it is something like a 5 min. thing!!!
Everyone have a good night.!!

This day turned out to be awesome. i ran in the morning, only 2.5 miles though, I just couldn't do more. Oh, well at least I moved my big butt.
At work I had a deadline today, and YAY I was able to meet it. I even over-exceeded my own requirements!!
Boot camp was good, there was only another lady and I but we had a blast and did the whole thing. I burned 450 calories just with boot-camp and another 250 with running, so that is 700 today. I am happy with that.
I am just generally feeling good, this weight is coming off , no ends and buts (not even mine ) about it!!!
Ok ,so my food for the day.

Breakfast :: oat bran cereal with fat free milk, almonds, wheat germ, raisins. Coffee

Snack: 1 medium apple

Lunch: Lean Cuisine pizza (I know I seem to eat these all the time..), bowl of salad (lettuce, tomato, radish cucumber) no salad dressing, 1/2 c. cantaloupe

snack: 1/2 c. trail mix

Dinner: 1 slice baked tofu (about 3.5 oz), steamed baby carrots, snow-peas, brown rice. 1 small plum

Water: at least 90 oz.


I am really trying to be 163 this week, it would mean almost 1.5lbs loss, I would be very happy with that. We'll see. I am measuring myself everyday, but record it only on Thursdays.

Did not exercise this morning, lazy...
I already made arrangements to exercise after work for 1 hour. So I am good.
I have clothes ranging from size 6-16. I am wearing 12 now but these almost fall off of me. This morning I tried on one of my size 10 jeans, and it fit no problems!!! So this weekend I am cleaning out my closet and organizing my clothes. I am so exited!!
List my foods later.

WOW What an amzing difference especially when you put the pics side by side like that.I can wait to hit my 1st goal of what you weigh now lol.I haven't weighed that since grade school.Hope you have a gr8 day Tammy

HI Tammy, thanks for visiting my diary. Yes, I am finally back to my pre-baby weight but now I have to lose the 20 lbs I was always overweight with.

Ok, so came home and did my exercise. 35 min. turbo jam and ran 3 mi. on treadmill. burnt 750 cal.
The running experience was interesting. This is how it went:
0.25 mi : ankle starts hurting like crazy, thinking about giving up
0.50 mi: ankle pain goes away just before I give up
0.75 mi: eyes are glued to the screen, the mile is never going to be here!!
1 mi : no way I am doing my 3 miles today, just push a little more...
1.25 mi : I am about to die, will stop at 1.5
1.5 mi: my fav. song comes on ipod, promise to push through it
1.75 mi, want to reach 2 mi
2 mi : I am not going to stop now!!
3 mi: done!!!
I am very happy I did it.
My food for the day:
BREAKFAST : oatmeal w/walnuts, raisins, 1c. fat free milk, coffee
SNACK: nothing . Had a financial meeting at work with the big-wigs, it took 2.5 hrs, missed my snack.
LUNCH: soybean, tomato, lettuce salad with reduced fat honey mustard dressing. 1 c. cantaloupe, 4 small breadsticks
SNACK: 1 medium apple with reduced fat p.butter
DINNER : lettuce, tomato, honey-mustard dressing salad (about 3 c ),
veggie burger with 2 slice ww bread, mustard ketchup. 1/2 c. blueberries. 1 fruit pop, no sugar
I have no idea how many calories, probably about 1400.

Off to check out some diaries.

Woohoo.. working out to music is the best way to motivate yourself or at least for me it is. Congrats on pushing threw your 3 miles on treadmill when your feeling like quiting now. anyways hope you have a great day tomorrow and congrats on getting into size 10's.

3 good days in a row!! I am enjoying this!!
Ran 2.5 miles this morning, somehow I find it hard to get up early but I know I just have stick with if for a while until it becomes second to nature. Burnt 250 cal.
Day at work was good, busy but good.
My daughter is finally starting to behave, we had a couple of rough days with her. The "terrible two's" is on full force here.
Food for the day:
Breakfast : 1 slice ww bread with 1 tbs peanut butter, 6 oz plain fat free yogurt, 1/2 c. blueberries.
Snack: forgot to bring anything to work..
Lunch: my last Lean Cuisine pizza, 1 c blueberries, 1/2 c fat free milk.
Snack: 6 oz plain yogurt, 1 kiwi
Dinner: Un-chicken patty, 2 slice ww bread, 1 tbs nayonaise, lettuce, 2 c. steamed broccoli, 1 fruit bar (no sugar)
I have no idea about the calories... hopefully around 1300-1400.

Just finished my turbo jam 45 min. turbo party. Wow, that moved my butt. burned 400 cal. only 400 because i got tired at the end I only followed the last 15 min half-heartedly, I need to work up the stamina for this.
Ready for tomorrow's weigh in. Oh. please don't let me be disappointed!!!

Hey Hajni, Keep up the great work on your workouts. Now if i can just manage to get my butt out of bed before alex I would exercise too before he gets up in the morning.. lol anyways Hope you have a great weigh in tomorrow.

Thanks Heather for visiting!

MY WEIGH IN DAY

I was not disappointed: 162.6 !!!!! YEAH

I even saw 162.4, but I measured again for accuracy and out of 3 times stepping on the scale it was 162.6 twice, so that is what I am going with. That's a 1.8 lbs loss for me this week!!
Now I just have to keep it up like I have been. Oh, please have me strenght.
This way my original goal of 160 by the end of August does not seem such a distant reality anymore!! I am really going to work hard for this!!

Everybody, have a great day and wishing you a weigh in day just as successful as mine was.

Edit: I think i am going to make it my goal to exercise off 750 cal/day with my HRM from now on and see. It seems that is what made the difference in the last couple of weeks.

Howdy HAJ,
WAY TO GO ON 162! All that hard work and
eating right most certainly pays off.I eat olot of the same things to I saw your lean cusiine pizza for luch and I used to eat the south beach ones for luch all the time when they are on sale,I think they are one of the BEST frozen healthy pizza.
Keep up the gr8 work you will be at your goal in notime.Is turbo Jam easy to do and keep up with?

YAY for 162!!!Your fight with the treadmill deamons sound aot like mine-I usually just cover the reading with a towel it works out better that way!!!I am so mental I dont even run a with a watch on I check the time before I leave the house and when I return if I remember.Your definitely going to hit 160 by the end of the month no doubt!!!You need to sign up for your 5K if you sign up and pay your money I am sure you will not want to just not show up!
I am thinking about training for a half marathon-crazy ha?!?! I Just want to know if I can do it I think distance might be my thing-
Oh tell me about those freaking terrible 2s my son makes me want to hang him out to dry. He is so vicious the last weeks he does not listen I have to repeat everything 10x and even then he doesnt listen only when I scream and I hate to scream at him I makes me sad.I am so glad I potty trained him last summer because if i had to go through this and potty training I might have ended up with post partum depression having the baby at home.I cant wait unitl january, thats when he starts preschool!!!!!

Hey Hanji, Congrats on the 1.8 lb loss this week. Keep up the great work and you'll hit your 160 goal for sure by the end of the month. Hope you had a great day at the gym tonight. Chat with you tomorrow

HI Tammy, thanks for stopping by! I am not so coordinated and found it at first hard to follow but also realizing that it is getting easier to follow with every time .With time and more repetition I am going to do it just fine. It burns calories like crazy!! And it is fun, you hardly realize the time. It is definetely the best work-out DVD I have done to date.
I should look into the South Beach pizzas, the only thing is I am vegetarian so it limits my choices...

Thanks!! Yeah, sometimes I have doubts about having another child. Maybe if I can skip the age from 2 to 4 or something.!! She is testing my patience with every passing minute.
Way to go on the half marathon. I don't have an inch of doubt about you not making it!! You run like crazy!!!

Hi Heather, thanks for stoppig by. Always looking forward to our chats on msn!!

So today was another great day. Since I am losing steadily my mood is better, my determination is stronger, and the grass is greener!! (mine, not the neighbor's!!)
I completed my goal of burning 750 cal. with exercise today. Went to the gym after work , got there 30 min early, so just hopped on the elliptical. Then I taught a class of boot-camp, pushing myself hard, then back the gym, jumped on some of the mashines to reach my 750 burn.

My food for the day:
Breakfast :: 2 kashi waffles with apple sauce on top and fresh blueberries (1/2c), 2 tbs walnuts, 1 c. fat free milk.
Snack: 1/2c oat bran cereal, 1/2c. fat free milk
Lunch: Lean Cuisine three cheese rigatoni.
Snack: 1/2 tbs peanut butter, that is all I had at work...
Dinner:: Baked tofu, (3.5 oz) put into two half ww pita breads with 1 slice of reduced fat swiss cheese, bowl of salad(lettuce, tomato, radish), 1 kiwi

Water: over 100 oz.

Looking forward to tomorrow. Sunday we have plans seems I won't be able to work out, but I have to think of something..

You are rocking out the weight loss. Keep up at this rate and your going to reach your goal before you know it. I know you can do it. I look forward to our chats too online they are a blast. the stuff is going good so far as for what we talked about me sending you so hopefully they will work. Keep on rocking and we will both make our goals.