A beautiful day for a walk!!

It was a beautiful day today, which was much needed for the North West area. We are WAY above average as far as rainfall is concern. Josh was home for the morning so I decided to take that time and go for a brisk walk. Exercised for about 45 min and yesterday I did some ab workouts!! I am feeling it, and feeling good!

Today's meal plan:

Breakfast: 1 cup oatmeal (some brown sugar and milk), cup of coffee (yes with some fufu in it! )
Snack: 8oz yogurt, with 3 strawberries and 2 tbsp granola
Lunch: Leftover turkey meatloaf and grilled veggies (delicious and only 400 calories)
Snack: forgot to have snack :(
Dinner: Weight Watchers Mac and Cheese (see link for picture), green beans
dessert! : pudding! with non-fat whip cream


PS: If you are up to it, please leave a comment! It would help me a lot if I know that you are supporting me! Accountability!!! I need it!

Another boost

I am back! and this time I have some help! My long time friend is giving me a great push to succeed in this weight loss journey. Since June, I seem to have lost my way and drive that I once had. But I am back with a vengeance in order to be healthy. Michaela (my friend) is a registered dietitian, who has given me wonderful advice and counseling in order for me to reach my goal. I also will be attending a wedding in May in Las Vegas with my husband so this is also is an insentive to help me reach my weight loss goal!

Meal plan for today!

Breakfast: 2 eggs, 1 slice of toast, 10oz home brewed coffee
Snack: 8 oz yogurt, two strwberries, 2 tbsp granola
Lunch: 4 oz chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, palm size amount of almonds, 1/2cup cottage cheese
Snack: carrots, 1/2 cup hummus
Dinner: Turkey meatloaf, grilled onions and zuccini

a down and then an up

I didnt write last week mainly because I was embarrassed about my progression. I have realized that life can be very unpredictable and dieting at the same time is difficult. Two weeks ago, i went down to Salem to help my parents move into their new home. We ate out most meals because there was no fridge and every thing was in boxes. Now, this should be no excuse, but it is just so convenient those fast food joints. So I had gained all those pounds right back which is why I am embarrassed! But last week I was able to loose the pounds again. Weighed myself this morning and I am down to 241.

I would like to write out some goals that i want to achieve. My little stepping stones if you will. I think that if I take it to this level it wont seem to much to handle.

first goal - be able to wear my wedding ring
second goal- fit into a pair of 16 size jeans

Once I achieve these goals I will then write out 2 more goals

first weight loss! 4 1/2 lbs!!!!

Well on the first week on this wonderful diet I have lost 4 1/2 pounds! I have to say, I was a bit nervous when I went to weigh myself. I didnt really think that I was on a diet and so I wasnt expecting any loss but low and behold, 4 1/2 lbs were gone! I have also seen some improvements with my body; I have more energy which is exactly what I needed with a 6 month old :)
The weekend was hard to keep up with the diet. It was hard to get the mufas in but I kept the calories down. It seemed to help.

For this next week my goal is to drink at least 64oz of water everyday!

Mac & Cheese and Spinach Caesar Salad

The diet that I am doing is called Th Flat Belly Diet. The meals are excellent! The belief for this diet is if you incoorporate a non-saturated fat into every meal, it will eat at the belly fat that you have due to saturated fat. These non-saturated fats are nuts, avacado, oils (canola, olive, flaxseed, ect.), peanut butter, and my favorite dark chocolate! This diet is not depriving you of great food and thats what I love about it the most. Its base is a 1600 calorie diet for woman and 2200 calorie for men.

The meal this is featured in this post is Mac & Cheese and Spinach Caesar Salad. Delicious! And what is great is that it is very filling. I am completely satisfied!

Watch me disappear!

Vulnerability - open to moral attack, criticism, temptation.

Have you ever been in a position that you put upon yourself to be critizied on purpose? Well I am about to take one of the most vulnerable steps I have had ever endured and I am hoping that you will take it with me. I am opening myself to be attacked, criticized and tempted in hopes that I will accomplish a dream. My dream is to be healthy, fit, and yes, to wear a size in the single digits. How I will accomplish this dream has been somewhat of a struggle for me in the past. I have lacked motivation and accountability. I tried looking for it in others but I realize that if I want to lose weight, if I want to be healthy and fit, I must be accountable to myself. This is what everyone calls an Ah-Ha moment. With this blog I am hoping that all of you will be my cyber accountability partners. I will try to encourage you all to reach your dreams and i will fully accept your encouragement as well.

So down to the facts. This is the part that scares me...to share with all of you something that I have tried to cover for most of my life. BUT I believe that this is what will help me reach my goal because I dont want to stay this way when I know that you know all.

Fact: I am a 25 year old, married woman, with a beautiful daughter who is 5 1/2 months.
Fact: I wear a size 18
Fact: I am 5' 6"
Fact: I weight 244lbs

SO from this day forward I will be blogging about my experience in conquering my ultimate goal, to weight 150 lbs and in the single digits for my pant size.