Weight Loss Journal ~ End of Week 2

Just to recap the week...

*Last Sunday I weighed in at 193.5

*Was working on week 2 with the Atkins Diet.

*I stuck pretty close to my menu this week...a couple days were a little off, but this is close to what I had...

• Breakfast will still be 2 scrambled eggs with butter, garlic powder, pepper
• Lunch will still be a salad {lettuce, cheese, tomato, cucumber, 1000 Island Dressing} with 1 can of tuna mixed with a couple spoonfuls of the Aldi brand of Miracle Whip.
• Dinner will have a salad each night {lettuce, cheese, tomato, cucumber, 1000 Island dressing....main meat will be steak 3 nights, chicken 3 nights with marinade, taco "fillings" {everything but the shell} 1 night. I will also be adding green beans, broccoli with cheese, and another broccoli recipe I found for extra options for adding a side to my dinner.
  
• I also picked up a case of Diet Rite. From the last time I did the Atkins diet, I found this is the BEST diet pop for me. I will allow myself 1 pop a night with dinner....which then I usually can just sip on for the rest of the evening.
• I picked up some salami so I could make salami rolls with cream cheese. And I have been making deviled eggs for a snack. I've also been eating sugar free jello with a dab of whipped cream on top!
  

* I did not get to walk as much as I would have liked. My ankle got twisted by sorta tripping over a toy...go figure...so I had to wrap it for one of my early in the week walks, but it really didn't help. My yard is not flat...so it was really hard on my ankle walking around. And by Tuesday...my knees hurt so bad! They just ached. So I took some time off of walking. {Everything feels MUCH better now!}

*Still drinking water. Still drinking coffee, too! I did get some store brand Splenda to use in my coffee. So the only "cheat" on my diet now is the bit of milk I use in my coffee.

*Energy check this week was good, not like last week though. I think because I was not walking like I was...but am VERY happy that I opted for the break with it.

So that brings us up to today....my weigh in for May 31st...end of week 2... is....189.0...that is a 11.5 lb loss since May 17 when I got serious!!!! I'm STILL excited!!! Probably would have been more if I would have been able to walk, but I'm still very happy with the results!!

Goals for the Week Ahead...

*Keep up walking for 30 mins every morning. Starting tomorrow!

*Make it a priority for an evening walking at least 3 times this week. I wanted really bad to do this this past week, but just couldn't. SO, I'm going to try again for this coming week!

*Add more water.

*Menu will be a little different...again

• Breakfast ~ 2 eggs, scrambled, with butter, pepper, garlic powder.
• Lunch ~ Most days this week will be tuna with Aldi brand Miracle Whip with my usual salad...but, since I was not able to go to the grocery store this past weekend, the last couple days may just be a salad...maybe with some chicken breast.
• Dinner ~ 3 nights will be steak with green beans and salad, 1 night will be a cheese burger {minus the bun for me} with a salad, 1 night I'm making breakfast for dinner, so I'll be able to have the eggs and bacon, and by then I should be able to hit the grocery store for a little more variety of stuff.

*Technically, I'm finished with the induction part of the Atkins Diet and would be allowed to add a bit more to my diet.....but I am choosing to stick with the induction for a while longer. Not sure how long....guess we will just wait to see what happens!

Thanks for reading and for all the support!!

~Weight Loss Journal ~

Just to recap the week...

*Last Sunday I weighed in at 200.5

*Started Atkins diet Sunday morning.

• Breakfast each day was 2 eggs, scrambled, with a dab of butter, garlic powder, and pepper
• Lunch each day was a salad {lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, 1000 Island dressing} and 1 can of tuna with a couple spoonfuls of the Aldi brand of Miracle Whip mixed in.
• Dinner for 5 nights had a salad {like above} I changed up the main course a little 1 chicken breast dipped in Ranch dressing about 3 nights, 1 hamburger patty with cheese and a little mayo on top 1 night, one evening I made wraps out of the lettuce with the sliced chicken breasts inside with cheese, tomato, and Ranch dressing. Last night I made a HUGE salad...then chopped up the chicken breast to add to the salad. The night I went grocery shopping I was SOOOO tired when I got home, I made a few deviled eggs and those filled me up, and I ended up going to bed early because I was just so tired!

* Walked Daily. For 6 days, every morning, I walked for 30 mins around our yard. A couple days, I walked again in the evening. On Friday, I went grocery shopping at Aldi, Meijer, and WalMart. Along with just walking arounf in the store, I also park FAR back in the parking lot so I get a good walk just walking to the front door! So I do count that Friday I took my walk.

*I have slowly, over the week, started drinking more water. Seems like I didn't really need it as much the beginning of my week, as I do now at the end. I just crave it more.

*I have had added energy this week! Which feels GREAT!!

So that brings us up to today....my weigh in for May 24th...end of week 1... is....193.5...that is a 7lb loss!!!! I'm SO excited!!!


Goals for the Week Ahead...

*Keep up walking for 30 mins every morning.

*Make it a priority for an evening walking at least 3 times this week.

*Add more water.

*Menu will be a little different...

• Breakfast will still be 2 scrambled eggs with butter, garlic powder, pepper
• Lunch will still be a salad {lettuce, cheese, tomato, cucumber, 1000 Island Dressing} with 1 can of tuna mixed with a couple spoonfuls of the Aldi brand of Miracle Whip.
• Dinner will have a salad each night {lettuce, cheese, tomato, cucumber, 1000 Island dressing....main meat will be steak 3 nights, chicken 3 nights with marinade, taco "fillings" {everything but the shell} 1 night.
• I also picked up a case of Diet Rite. From the last time I did the Atkins diet, I found this is the BEST diet pop for me. I will allow myself 1 pop a night with dinner....which then I usually can just sip on for the rest of the evening.

Thanks for reading....I'm off to get ready for my walk!

A Visit to the Dr & A Night Out with Husband!

Well, in my last entry...which I know has been a while back...I was talking about how I had a hard time finding motivation for my weight loss. A few years back, I had my wedding to get ready for...perfect motivation there! But, these days, don't really have anything like that to really pump myself up for and keep me focused.

I know usually you put the moral of the story at the end, but I've never been one to do things in the right order. My moral happens to be age old advice...be careful what you wish for.

As some of you reading who are on my friend's list on CafeMom may know, I had a doctor's appointment on Friday. It has been FOREVER {like 4 years} since my last visit with our family doctor. So we had A LOT of catching up to do.

The big thing was that my doctor is suspecting that I may have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome {pcos}. And like any other respectable "digital mom" would do...as soon as I got home I hopped on the internet to find out what that really means.

I found out that pcos explains a lot of the things that I have dealt with most of my life.

SO, now I have the motivation to loose my weight. Not exactly what I was hoping for or even looking for...but, whatever works I guess. My doctor and I talked about loosing weight. I told him that I had done the Atkin's diet before, and he is a supporter of this diet...so Atkins will be my "diet" of choice this time around.

Last night, Danny took me out as a kick off to my new diet. So I stuffed myself BIG TIME!!!

We started off by dropping off all four kids at my in-laws' house. Next we headed to Aldi....exciting stuff huh? What a place to go when you drop off all your kids! LoL! I had to pick up a few things for the week...we were in and out of there in like 10 mins! Then we headed over to Applebees...but there were pretty crowded...so we decided to go to Golden Corral. It was busy there too, but we waited. It was all SO YUMMY! It has been quite some time since I've been there.

After that we ran over to Meijer to pick up a couple few more things I needed for groceries. Although we did errands on our "date" night...it was great to be able to do it together...ALONE! We held hands almost the entire time we were together! It was just wonderful!

This morning I weighed myself on my scale...200.5 {which weighs in at like 7lb less than my doctors scale???}...I have walked for 30 mins around our yard, drank a 16.9 fl oz water bottle, and when Frosty is done making his breakfast...I will be making myself 2 scrambled eggs for breakfast.

Before I eat lunch today, I will walk for another 30 mins, drink another 16.9 fl oz water bottle, and will be having tuna and a salad to eat.

Sadly, I have to make cupcakes today, but can not eat any of them. {sniff sniff} Arlee has her bridging today uptown at the park. She will be a cadette now in Girl Scouts...I'm SO proud of her!

Hopefully, before dinner I will be able to walk again for 30 mins, drink another 16.9 fl oz water bottle, and will be having baked chicken breasts and a salad to eat.

This will be the same {except for the making of cupcakes} each day for a week...until next Monday.

Well, I must hop off of here and get started on those cupcakes and make sure Arlee has the outfit she wanted to wear today washed.

Thanks for dropping by!