meals...

B: protein shake(3 points)

L: chicken sandwich, sunchips, jello and fiber one bar(10 points)

D: Slim Chickens: 3 grilled chicken tenders, fried okra, a few french fries, half a piece of texas toast and slim chicken sauce

Total: 13 points

Drinks: 1 bottle of water, 1 glass of Diet Rite

Exercise: 20 minute on treadmill Distance 0.95, 8 minutes weight lifting.

meals...

B: last cupcake(3 points)

L: ham wrap, strawberries & raspberries, tomatoes & cucumbers(6 points)

S: tomato sandwich with mayo and ww ice cream & sugar free jello(7 points)

D:tomato soup and grilled cheese & popcorn(10 points)

S: sugar free jello & fiber one bar(3 points)

Total:29 points

Drinks: 3 glasses of tea, 2 glasses diet rite

meals...

B:i was in a hurry and left before I got anything to eat:(

L: raspberries, strawberries, cucumbers & tomatoes with a sugar free jello cup

D:3 pieces of pizza, 2 cupcakes, some tortilla chips with queso and bean dip

Drinks: Diet Vanilla Coke, I must have had something else but cant remember

Today was a really bad day, Super Bowl Sunday. Pizza and cupcakes are my weakness:(

meals...

B: Fiber One Bar & milk(4 points)

L: Cracker Barrell...4 chicken strips, 1 biscuit, fried okra and baked potato(19 points)

D: Subway...foot long ham on wheat with pepperjack cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, black olives, banana peppers, jalapenos, light mayo and spicy mustard with sun chips(21 points)

Total: 59 points...wow! What an awful day:( 27 points over

Drinks: 1 bottle of water, 2 glasses of water, 1 diet coke, 2 20 oz skinny white hot chocolates(15 points), 44 oz diet vanilla coke

weekly weigh in...

B: fiber one bar & grapefruit juice(5 points)

L: ham wrap with cheese, spinach, pickles, tomato and honey mustard with tomato and cucumber salad an stawberries and raspberries(6 points)

D: spicy grilled chicken salad with feta cheese, craisins, pickles, tomato, and peppercinni, sundried tomato dressing(10 points)

Dessert: weight watchers ice cream(4 points)

Total: (25 points)

Drinks: 1 1/2 bottles of water, 1 bottle of tea

Weight: 271.6

meals...

B: protein shake (3 points)

S: pumpkin seeds(7.5 points)

L: lean pocket (6 points)

D: chick fila grilled chicken sandwich and fries(14 points)

S: weight watchers ice cream (1 point)

Total: 31.5 points

Drinks: 1 bottle of tea, 20 oz diet coke, large diet dr pepper

meals...

B: protein shake(3 points)

S: pretzel, goldfish, almond and dried cranberry trail mix(5 points)

L: lean pocket, goldfish and fiber one bar(11 points)

D:taco chili, sour cream, cheese and crackers(13 points)

Drinks: 2 bottles of water, 2 glasses of Diet Rite

meals...

B: protein shake(3 points)

L: lean pocket, sun chips & fiber one bar(10 points)

D:Chick-fila Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich, Large Fry and small icedream cone(17.5)

Total: 30.5 points

Drinks: 2 bottles of water, 1 glass of tea, 2 glasses of Diet Dr. Pepper.

meal...

B: protein shake(3 points)

S: chips & salsa(4 points)

L:ham and cheese wrap with harvest cheddar sunchips(6 points)

S:crackers & cheese(4points)

D:Mexican Casserole, chips & sour cream(13 points)

Total: 30 points

Drinks: 2 bottles of water, 2 bottles of tea and 2 glasses of diet rite

Exercise:30 minutes on Wii Fit(hola hooping, step aerobics, running/jogging, step aerobics)

meals...

B: honey nut cheerios & milk(9points)

L: footlong ham sub(11points)

S: baked tostitos & salsa(2 points)

D:tomato soup & goldfish(12 points)

Total points: 34 points

Drinks: 3 glasses of DietRite(this is my way of getting rid of caffeine)

meals...

B: protein drink(3 points)

L: chicken noodle soup with crackers(16 points)

S: 3 mini pickles

D: cheese burger on bread with lettuce and pickles(13 points)

S:fiber one bar(2 points)

Drinks: 3 bottles of water, 1 route 44 diet vanilla coke(i have a slight problem!), 2 glasses of sweet tea

Exercise: shoveled the whole driveway

weekly weigh in...

B: honey nut cheerios and fat free milk(9 points)

L:ham & cheese wrap with lettuce, pickles and tomato with sunchips(6 points)

D:4 bean chili with no meat, chili cheese fritos, cheese and mustard(14 points)

Snack: fiber one bar(2points), and a few crackers for heart burn(2 points)

somewhere in the day I have 3 mini pickles

Total:33 points

Drinks: 2 1/2 glasses of tea, 1 glass of water

Exercise:shoveled half of the driveway:)

Weight: 272.6

meals...

B:protein shake(3 points)

Snack: Fiber one bar, raspberries and strawberries(4 points)

Lunch:Ham & cheese tortilla with a salad and baked doritos(12 points)

Dinner:grilled cheese and tomato soup(12 points)

Snack: Harvest Cheddar sunchips(2 points)

Total:(33)

Drinks: 1 bottle of water, 1 bottle of tea, 2 glasses of tea, 44 oz diet vanilla coke

No exercise today...:( forgot my shoes at home and the ice storm came so I didn't go back to town.

today...

B: protein shake(3 points)

L:taco soup(14 points) baked chips(2 points) sour cream(1 point) cheese(2 points)

Snack: Fiber One Bar(2 points)

D:footlong subway ham sandwich on wheat bread with pepperjack cheese, 1 line of light mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato, pickles, black olives, banana peppers, jalapenos and black pepper

(17 points)

(41 points total)

Drinks:2 bottles of water and 1 route 44 diet vanilla coke

Exercise:

meals...

B: protein shake(3 points)

L: salad and half a can of soup(9.5 points)

Snack: 4 chips(1 point)

D: chicken salad(8 points)

Drinks: milk, sweet tea(4 points) and 2 bottles of water

Exercise: 15 minutes on elliptical 1.60 distance and 15 minutes on treadmill 0.76 distance

starting fresh...

B: Jillian Michaels whey protein with milk(3 points)

Snack: fiber one bar(2 points)

L:salad with half a tomato, feta cheese, pepperconi, dried cranberries and sundried tomato dressing(5 points) and bakes doritos(2 points)

Snack: 6 hershey's miniatures(6 points)

D:Noodles for a birthday celebration - house salad with no fat raspberry vinagrette(5 points), half a pizza(thin crust kinda like pita) with veggies(mushroom, bellpepper, black and green olives) with cheese(8 points) & a piece of better than sex cake(12 points)

Drinks: 2 bottles of water, 1 small glass of diet dr pepper, 3 glasses of lightly sweet tea

Exercise: 30 minutes on treadmill with 20 of that walking hills distance 1.47(3 points), 20 minutes lifting weights in circuit room(1 point)

Points total:30 left of extra for the week

meals...

B:Jillian Michaels Whey Protein with 8oz glass of fat free milk(180 cal - 3 points)

L:Panera Bread - Half Greek salad, potato soup with sourdough bread(540 cal - 13 points)

D:small amount of pot roast, green beans, home made mashed potatoes, piece of cornbread, salad(lettuce, cheese, tomato, bacon) with small amount of ranch dressing

Dessert: 2 cupcakes....HUGE weakness, working through this!

Drinks: 2 glass of water, 3 glasses of sweet tea

totally bad day!

B: chocolate chip cookie that was in our gift bag, didn't plan well for breakfast we thought their was a continental breakfast, some graped & 2 blueberry muffins at conference

L: White River Fish House - sweet jalapeno cornbread with butter, fried catfish with seasoned fries, ketchup, tartar sauce & steamed broccoli

D:Johnny Brusco's - Italian Calzone(mozarella cheese, ricotta cheese, sausage, mushrooms, green olives & jalapenos) & salad with mushrooms, tomatoes & pepperconi with half creamy italian dressing with red pepper, black pepper, oregano and Parmesan cheese.

Drinks: Diet Dr Pepper, 3 glasses of water

weekly weigh in...

B:half hand full of almonds

L:tuna salad and harvest cheddar sunchips

D:Texas Land & Cattle to break fast and at Marriage conference...bread, a few tortilla chips & queso(note to self I don't need appetizer!), cup of smothered chicken tortilla soup, cobb salad(grilled chicken, egg, bacon, tomato, avocado, shredded cheese and Dijon balsamic vinagrette)

Snack:blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries in dark chocolate

Dessert:split Mexican Brownie with William and Cantena Laredo(church bought this)

Drink: 2 1/2bottles of water(700 ml), 2 1/2 glasses of water

Weight: 275.4...I am by far not happy with this at all.

Waist measurement: 54 inches

meals

B:OJ & almonds & golden raisins

L: tuna salad & harvest cheddar sunchips

S:triscuits, cheese cubes & green olives

D:salad with cheese cubes, tomato and oil & vinegar

Drinks: 4 bottles of water(700 ml) - 2 of them had flavoring added - 1 1/2 glasses of 1% milk(heartburn) and mylanta

Exercise:10:45 on treadmill; distance 0.48, 19:15 on elliptical; distance of 1.77, 13 minutes of weight lifting in the jump start circuit room(arms, chest, abs, legs and lower back)

meals...

B: OJ & almonds & golden raisins

L:tuna salad & jalapeno cheetos(not the best choice but I did eat them and I have no plans to do it again, mostly because I didn't have my chips that I should have.)

D: salad with green olives, cheedar cheese cubes & balsamic vinagrette with pepperconnis & about 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat noodles with home made spaghetti sauce and mushrooms

Drinks: 4 bottles of water, 2 glasses of 1% milk( I have horrible heartburn)

Exercise: 35 minutes on elliptical with 2.32 distance; 11 minutes of weight lifting in the jump start circuit room(arms, chest, abs, legs and lower back)

today...

B: glass of juicy juice

S:orange and 10 pretzel sticks

L: tuna salad with harvest cheddar sunchips

D:about 2 cups or a little more of spaghetti(whole wheat noodles with home made sauce) and half a granny smith apple

Drinks: 4 bottles of water, 1 glass of cranberry juice, 1 glass of 1% milk(horrible heartburn)

Exercise: 33 minutes; 3.08 distance on the elliptical; lifted weights in the circuit training room(arms, chest, back, abs and legs)

meals...

B:none slept in

L:World Garden salad bar with baked potato...lettuce, croutons, green olives, greek olives, tomatoes, 1/2 a pickle, and italian dressing; baked potato with a little cheese and a little sour cream...not too much because I weighted myself this morning and have already lost 2 pounds...YEAH!

D:subway salad with lettuce, ham, cheese, tomatoes, pickles, black olives, banana peppers, jalapenos and oil and vinegar

S:Small glass of juicy juice

Drinks: 1 glass of water, 4 bottles of water, 1 glass of cranberry juice

Exercise: 36 minutes and 40 seconds; 3.55 distance on the elliptical; lifted weights in the circuit training room(arms, chest, back, abs and legs)

meals...

B: glass of OJ

L: spinach salad with carrots, cheese, olives, a baby pickle and homemade balsamic vinaigrette, and maybe a cup of pasta with sauce

S:a few grapes, a few cheese cubes, some popcorn

D:vegetable soup

Drinks: 4 bottles of water, 2 glasses of water

meals...

B:1 glass of juicy juice & a handful of almonds

L:spinach salad with carrots, cheese, olives and balsamic vinagrette(homemade) & pasta and spaghetti sauce & baby pickle

S:Grapes

D:Kashi cereal with 2%milk,handful of golden raisins

Drinks: 4 bottles of water, 1 glass of cranberry juice

Exercise: 33 minutes on elliptical with distance of 3.03

weekly weigh in...

B:glass of OJ...this is becoming a habit, I hate breakfast!

L:Sushi King(California roll, teriyaki chicken, veggies & a little fried rice) some pineapple and orange...I know I have eaten out alot this week, not typical just catching up with friends before school starts back.

D:(leadership meeting at church)2 pieces of ham deli meat with one piece of cheese, 6 green olives, half of a pickle, 3 strawberries, some green grapes, and a small bag of cheetos

Drinks:1 large glass of water, 4 bottles of water, 1 glass of milk, 1 glass of juicy juice

Exercise:30 minutes on the treadmill 1.36 miles

Weight: 275.2

meals...

B:glass of OJ(110 cal)

L:Panera(broccoli & cheese soup, greek salad minus onions and apple-about 500 cal)

D:(bunco)salad with cheese & croutons, cheesy potato soup with bacon bits

Drinks: 3 glass of water, 4 bottles of water, 1 glass of juicy juice

Exercise:30 minutes on elliptical, 2.66 distance

today

B: 1 glass of OJ

L:Panera Pick Two - potato soup & greek salad

S:handful of pretzel sticks, 10 olives and 1 baby dill pickle

D:broccoli & cheddar cheese pasta, chips & salsa

Drinks:6 bottles of water, 1 glass of water, 2 glasses of juicy juice, 1 small glass of 2% milk

Exercise: 45 minutes on treadmill, 1.98 miles

today

B:almonds

L:spud ole from mcalister's(2 potatoes put together with chili, cheese and jalapenos

D:salsa & baked corn chips, white cheddar natural cheetos...not the typical dinner, nothing in the house and I was gone all day and not able to cook, since I ate out for lunch and it was almost 600 calories, kinda light on the dinner.

S:pineapples

Drinks: 5 bottles of water, 1 glass of water, 1 glass of 2% milk

Exercise: 40 minutes on treadmill, distance 1.83; elliptical 10 minutes, 0.81 distance; 10 minutes on treadmill, distance 0.45.

I hurt all over! I am so discouraged! I weighed myself today and have gained weight, SERIOUSLY?!?

today

B:dried apricots

L:almonds

D:vegetable soup

Drinks: 2 glasses of 2% milk, 1/2 bottle of water, 1 glass of water

Exercise: 49 minutes on elliptical, 4.15 distance, lifted weights:chest

meals...

B:Banana

L:tuna salad & natural white cheddar cheetos

S:natural white cheddar cheetos

D:tuna helper & corn

Drinks: 2 glasses of water, 1 small glass of milk, 1 glass of cranberry juice

today...

B:none...I slept in

L:tuna salad & harvest cheddar sunchips

S:dried apricots & white raisins

D:tuna helper, corn & pineapples

Drinks: 3 bottles of water, 1 glass of water, 1 glass of Cranberry juice

Exercise: 36 minutes on the treadmill walked 1.6 miles, ran 2 of those minutes(1 minute at a time), lighted weights for arms(biceps & triceps) & abs

Challenge: be able to run for 1.5 minutes 2 weeks from today.

meals...

B: 7 almonds

L: World Garden(salad with tomatoes, carrots, green olives, 2 pickles & balsamic vinaigrette) & baked potato with 1 scoop of sour cream, 1 scoop of cheese and 1 scoop of imitation bacon bits

D: Homemade Tuna Helper & corn

Drinks: 1 XL glass of apple juice, 1 L glass of cranberry juice, 2 glass of water

Exercise: 30 minutes on the treadmill on weight loss setting(hills), 1.34 miles

Weight: 277.2

Today, William made me a bet! That I could get an iMac in March if I could lose 15 pounds from today by March 18. That will put me at 262.2. This bet is ON!!!

He also made a bet about losing 25 pounds from today by May 1, prize yet to be detemined but I bet I can come up with something good! That will put me at 252.2. Only 75-100 pounds away from my goal...I know a far fetch but I am bound and determined.

Today while eating at World Garden, I tried Balsamic Vinaigrette for the first time and must say that it is YUMMY! I realized that I don't have to have everything smothered in Ranch. If I could just lay off so much dipping sauces I think i might lose a little weight....ya think?!?!

Tonight I made myself 2 tuna salads that should last me 3-4 meals. Each tuna salad has 278 calories, so if I only ate half or even 1/3 of the 2 I still would be at 139-185 calories plus 100 calories for bread &/or the calories for Harvest Cheddar Sunchips or triscuits or something like that.

I am learning alot about myself with this 21 day fast, but I must say I will be glad when it is over but at the same time I have to watch what I put in my mouth, I am not 15 anymore along with keeping up my exercise. I really want to get healthy so I can be a mommy to a sweet little Madelyn(MaddieLew) or a sweet little Will(LittleLew)...matches mommy(CaseyLew) & daddy(BigLew or Lew):)(yes we already have names, when you have been married 5 1/2 years you have these things decided)

todays meals...

B: handful of almonds

L:mac & cheese

S:banana, pretzels & mustard

D:Broccoli Alfredo with angel hair pasta

S:Kashi Honey Toasted Oats & 2% milk

Drinks: 2 glasses apple juice, 2 glasses of water, 1 glass of milk, 1 glass of cranberry juice

Exercise:Didn't make it today...just too cold for it:(

today..

B:none(slept all morning, not feeling well)

L:mac n cheese(1/2 box)

S:dried apricots & handfull of pretzels

D:potato soup

S:peaches

Drinks: 1 glass of water, 1 glass of OJ, 1 glass of milk(small), 2 glasses of Apple Juice

Exercise:30 minutes on treadmill with 1.3 miles walked(didn't feel well today so I took it easy)

meals...

B:Kashi Honey Toasted Oats & 2% Milk

L:Tuna Salad & Harvest Cheddar Sunchips

D:8 baked breaded cheese sticks with tomato sauce

Drinks: 2 glasses of water, 2 glasses of OJ

Exercise: 30 minutes on the treadmill(have no idea how far, someone accidentaly unplugged the treadmill 20 minutes in)

Todays meals...

B:raisins and almonds

L:tuna salad and 6 roasted garlic triscuits

S:a few almonds

D:Brown rice and veggies with soy sauce

S:pear

Drinks: 2 1/2 glasses of water, 1 large glass of 2% milk, 2 glasses of cranberry juice

Exercise: 15 mintues and 0.75 miles on the treadmill, 15 minutes on elliptical, strength training: chest, thighs, abs and lower back.

Meals...

B:Kashi Honey Toasted Oats & 2% Milk

S:banana

L:Tuna salad with garlic triscuits

S:popcorn

D:vegetable soup with no meat and pineapples.

Drinks: 1 glass of milk and 3 glasses of Cranberry juice.

Today's meals

B:2 pieces of 45 calorie toast with simply fruit jelly

S:banana

L:chili leftovers from yesterday

S:almonds

D:a few bites of whole wheat pasta and veggies(just didn't taste good to me) so I had a bowl of Kashi Honey Toasted Oats with 2% milk.

S:banana

Drinks: 1 glass of milk, 3-4 glasses of cranberry juice and 1 glass of water.

Exercise: 1 mile in 30 minutes with hills.

Getting Healthy

I am starting this blog for my personal benefit so when I have days that I feel like I can't do this anymore I can look on here and see how well I have done or on the flip side see what I am doing wrong. I graduate from Nursing School in May and I would like to have a baby before I am 30! My OB Dr. wants me to be under 200 before even trying to get pregnant and I want to be well under that, at least 175 if not lower for my health and most importantly the unborn child's health. I have put exercise and eating better off time and time again because of "School". Always been my excuse and now I am sick of it and I know William is sick of it! When I was in high school, I think 10th grade, I weighed 175. I didn't feel good about myself then, I was beginning to lose a little weight and would wear a size 14! That was a big deal because my ideal size was a 12, now here I am 10 years later and I weight 282 and wear a size 24. Not the direction I had hoped to go in!

Today is the day of change!

Today I went to the gym with a friend and I walked/ran 1.5 miles in 30 minutes. Not very good but it is definitely a start.

Today I ate:

B:Sausage Biscuit & Hash brown from McD's with a Diet Dr Pepper

L:Boiled cabbage, black eyed peas, fried potatoes and cornbread

S:24 oz Diet Vanilla Coke

D:4 Bean Chili with hamburger meat, cheese, mustard and chili cheese fritos

S:orange

Drinks: Medium Diet Dr Pepper, 24 oz Diet Vanilla Coke, 1 glass of water.

Starting weight: 282.6