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Yesterday I had carrots for a snack (?40 calories, whatever), about 10 calories of crystal light fruit punch. 220 calories/4g fat for lunch, 1/2 protein bar (140 cal 4g fat), 2 glasses skim milk (200 calories), 160 calories of graham crackers, and 290 cal 7g fat lean cuisine for dinner. So a little over 1200 calories all day. I feel fat today, and a little discouraged. I didn’t walk last night; by the time I got home, went grocery shopping, and went tanning, I got home at 8pm. So I’m not going to rough myself up over not walking.

I bought a new digital scale last night. This morning I weighed 166.5 on the digital scale. I will start using the digital scale to weigh myself, since I think I can switch (it weighs heavier than my other) and still meet my goal for this week.

Last night I kind of blew it. I had 2 lean pockets instead of one, which made for 580 calories and like 14 grams of fat! And I also had about 100 calories of triscuits. I ate even after I was full, too. I didn’t walk (or even tan) after work because I was so flippin nauseated from the bus ride home. I’m glad I walked yesterday at lunch, or yesterday would have been a waste. I can condole myself that I still had around 1300 calories all day, which is probably what I used to have in one meal at McDonalds.

Today is supposed to get to 100 degrees again. I will have to walk early again today. I would like to walk again this evening.

I’m concerned about lack of protein. This morning I had 2 poached eggs. 150 calories and 10 grams of fat, but 6.2 grams of protein. However, a slimfast has 10 grams of protein so I don’t think I did that much better. However, I did not get nauseated on the way to work on the bus. I think my slimfast is too high in carbohydrates, but there’s not much I can do about that.

Becky gave me a couple of protein bars to try. They taste awful. But, I think I may buy some.

Weighed 165 on my scale at home this am. I expect that to go up on Friday because of my cheating last night.

I found this on the Body for Life website:

Measuring Success

I made a little “bar graph” style chart that I filled in the blocks with a marker as I lost weight and body fat. It’s kind of exciting to see that bright blue line getting longer and longer. I prefer using the body-fat measurement to scale weight. Weight loss is rapid in the beginning, but as you begin to swap fat for muscle the area gets a little gray. If you’re too caught up in the scale weight goal, you can easily get discouraged even though you may be making wonderful fitness progress. REMEMBER, there are other things to look for when measuring success than just physical results. Sometimes it’s just staying away from your favorite dessert, following through on your workout plan, or keeping a promise even though it’s inconvenient. It’s all about bettering yourself and your life not JUST looking better!

I wrote to Jen after lunch:

I’m doing good on my diet. On 7/15 I weighed 175 (I weighed more than that the week before). Now I weigh 167. My goal is 135 by Thanksgiving. (don’t you dare print out this letter! Hee!)

Yesterday I walked twice; once on my lunch hour and once in the evening. Today it is supposed to get up to 100 degrees (the first over-100 day so far). So, I took lunch early and walked at 10:30. I think I’ll skip this evening’s walk because I have two blisters and they hurt.

I was going to give up after once around the walking trail today. But then I saw a *** that looked just like ***. Same *** and everything. That pissed me off, so I walked two more laps and ended up walking for 40 minutes total, blisters and all. Hee! Channel that anger, that’s what I always say!

I am very, very proud of myself about yesterday. I had that long walk at lunch, and then I had another 30+ min walk last evening. Today is supposed to be very hot, so I may not walk this evening (it’s supposed to get to 100).

I feel like I’m getting a lot more energy since I’ve started walking. Also, I think I’m seeing a bit of difference. My tight clothes are still tight; I can’t fit into anything new yet. But I think my work is starting to pay off.

This morning for breakfast I had 40 cal piece of bread, about 80 cal of chicken and 15 cal of dijonnaise. And a diet pepsi. Had three grapes on the bus.

Brought about 70 calories worth of carrot slices to snack on, 70 calories of a yogurt stick, and I have no idea how many calories worth of grapes. The grapes are pretty sour so I probably won’t eat them all; probably save them for the bus ride home. I plan on having more water today, and a slimfast for lunch. I also plan on checking into some high protein snacks, because I don’t want any muscle wasting.

Last night I used a pedometer on my walk but I’m not sure if it read right. I walked for almost 40 minutes, and it said I was walking at a speed of 2 mph, but that I only went 0.6 miles. That doesn’t make sense. Maybe I should have read the directions!

I had a diet pepsi on the way to work, and 2 more metabolife at 11. Went walking at 11:15 until 11:55. Felt pretty nauseated and still do. Probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do, go walking without having a protein snack. Oh well.

As I was walking I was thinking, “This lap is for ___________”, “This lap is for ________” I want to be prepared for when I go back to Wichita. I may not be ready by the time I go back (I think Labor Day is in the beginning of September, and I probably won’t look that good until October), but at least I’ll be better than I am now.

Yesterday I had all the time in the world to walk; I was just damn lazy.

The diet went OK yesterday, had more calories than I needed to, but still was under 1200 I’m sure.

This morning I’m hella tired. Having a slimfast for breakfast. Washing clothes right now, will bring walking clothes to work.

I have a massive bad headache. I haven’t walked yet today.

Took some Ibuprofen so I thought it would be best if I had a sandwich this morning instead of no solid food. So I had about 110 calories of turkey and 40 calories of bread, with a diet pepsi. And that was breakfast.

Yesterday I’m sure I still finished the day under 1200 calories, but did not do well in the evening. I had 3 beers (had to finish up the 6 pack, you know), and a 300 calorie lean cuisine, and some carrot chips.