Week 2, Day 1

Day 7 continued:

Breakfast/lunch: 6 points
I somehow ate another 6 points here I can't remember...
Grilled chicken (5 points)
Corn with orange-basil butter (2 points)
Salad with f/f balsamic (0 points)
4 oz. wine (2 points)
Tapioca pudding with strawberry rhubarb sauce.

Week 2, Day 1
Starting weight: 145.2

Food log:
Fat free yogurt (2 points)
Turkey chili (3 points)
Salad w/ f/f raspberry dressing (0 points)
Slice whole wheat baguette (2 points)
Nectarine (1 point)
Grilled cheese (whole wheat bread w/2 slices American) (7 points)
3 oz. baked fries (2 points)
1 c. butternut squash soup (1 point)
1 shot gin w/diet tonic water & lime juice (2 points)
TOTAL: 20 points

Exercise log:
1.5 mile walk w/Chris & Franco

Water:
8 cups

Notes:
Scale at 144.4 this am! More on that later. Al in all the week went well. Okay with food, good with tracking though not always staying within points. I need to get motivated to exercise!

Weekly goals (by July 2):
Lose 2 pounds
Track all points + flex
Go for a run

Day 7

Starting weight: 145.2

Food log:
8 graham crackers (2 points)
2 slices whole wheat bread w/ 2 oz. ham & mustard (4 points)
3 oz. baby carrots (0 points)

Water:
20 oz.

Exercise log:
Need you ask?

Notes:
Feeling a bit hungry, as I jumped right into work and skipped breakfast again. I definitely have to make time to eat breakfast at home, since this has been happening quite a bit lately. I still have a yogurt and some fruit to snack on (and 14 points!), so I should be okay.

Weekly Goals recap:
Stick to healthy eating with treats in moderation
* I was okay with this, but had a couple of days when the snacking got out of hand.
Lose 3 lbs.
* 2.8 so far, still have until tomorrow morning :-)
Run 2 times
* This is something I DEFINITELY have to work on... getting active again
Do something active this weekend: gardening, hiking, and/or a bike ride
* We got called away to Boston unexpectedly, but definitely did a lot of walking. Not fun in new sandals!

Day 6

Starting weight: 146.4

Food log:
Fat free yogurt (2 points)
8 graham crackers (2 points)
2 slices cheese pizza (10 points)
Diet Dr. Pepper (o points)
13 carrot sticks (0 points)

Exercise log:
I am such a lazy butt, honestly.

Water:
5 cups so far

Notes:
Supposed to run 2 times before Wednesday. Hmm...

Days 4 & 5

Day Three, Part II

Food log:
Breakfast & lunch: 10 points
56 pringles crisps (6 points)
24 peanuts (4 points)
1 cookie (1 point)
1 oz. cheese (3 points)
4 graham crackers (1 point)
some peanut butter (about 5 points)
Pork w/balsamic cherry sauce (6 points)
1/2 c. couscous (2 points)
TOTAL points: 38
Flex: 18

Days 4 & 5 (aka...the weekend)
SATURDAY:
Fat-free yogurt
Burrito w/rice, black beans, corn, grilled chicken, salsa
Watermelon mojito
2 hush puppies
Pulled pork sandwich w/potato salad and beans
Kiddie size scoop of "cow tracks" ice cream
about 40 oz. of good beer

SUNDAY:
4 sm. pancakes w/maple syrup
39 peanuts
About 3 oz. baguette
11 points worth of lasagna
1/2 bottle cheap wine

Notes:
Went to Portsmouth & Boston on Saturday to visit friends + Chris' brother. I definitely indulged, but we also walked a lot, played frisbee, etc... And I was at 146.4 this (Monday) morning... but more on that later.

Day 3

Starting weight: forgot to check*

Food log:
Fat free peach yogurt (3 points)
8 graham crackers (2 points)
2 oz. turkey on 2 slices whole wheat w/ mustard (4 points)
23 grapes (1 point)

Exercise log:
Walked Franco this am, and gave a tour of the school & WRJ... does that count??? I should get a pedometer.

Water:
20 oz. so far

Notes:
* It may seem I neglected to weigh in due to my over-indulgence with the Chinese food yesterday. But no, it's just that I usually weigh in every morning before stepping in the shower, and I didn't shower this morning. Not avoiding the scale, just dirty and forgetful!

Also, the 2:19 snackies are coming on... I'll try to keep it reasonable.

Day Two, Part II

Food log:
Morning time: 6 points
Chinese food for lunch(!)
- 2 c. veggie lo mein (14 points)
- 1 c. chicken and broccoli (4 points)
1/2 oz. turkey pepperoni (1 point)
1 c. butternut squash soup (1 point)
Whole wheat english muffin (2 points)
1 slice american cheese (2 points)
12 oz. coffee stout (3 points)
TOTAL POINTS: 33 (ouch!)
FLEX: 13

Exercise Log:
Not so much.

Water:
7 cups

Notes:
The chinese food for lunch, not my best plan ever. Oh well, that's what flex points are for! Gotta get moving on the exercise front!

Day Two

DAY ONE, PART II:

Food log:
Breakfast/lunch: 8 ponts
2 slices home-made pepperone mushroom pizza (8 points)
Lettuce, tomoatoes, f/f balsamic dressing (0 points)
3 cookies (3 points)
1/2 ciup 2% milk (1 point)
FOOD TOTAL: 20 points

Exercise log:
1 hr. walk on rail trail w/ Chris & Franco

Water:
8 cups

Notes:
Pizza from WW Take Out Tonight book... I made some modifications and shaved 7 points off the recipe!

DAY TWO:

Food log:
FF raspberry yogurt (3 points)
23 grapes (1 point)
8 graham crackers (2 points)

Exercise Log:
Nyet.

Water:
20 oz.

Notes:
Lunchtime approaches... wish me luck!

Back to Fighting Weight Attempt, Day One

Starting weight: 148
Goal: 130

Food log:
8 graham crackers (2 points)
Panera:
- garden veggie soup (1 point)
- half strawberry poppy seed salad (1 point)
- side whole grain baguette (2 points)
Apple (1 point)
23 grapes (1 point)

Exercise log:
None yet, just walking around town and the office

Water:
3.5 cups so far

Notes:
Had no time to eat my yogurt for breakfast, but I snacked on some graham crackers at around 11. I had some chores to run in West Leb for work, so while I was out I grabbed lunch at Panera (and bought some Born sandals on sale at TJ Max....yay!). The Panera salad was yummy--greens with strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, mandarin orange and a poppy seed dressing. The soup was a little bland, but was good with the baguette dipped in. And you can't really beat a filling 4 point lunch.

Weekly goals (by Wednesday, 6/18):
Stick to healthy eating with treats in moderation
Lose 3 lbs.
Run 2 times
Do something active this weekend: gardening, hiking, and/or a bike ride

Book Clubbing again

Things have been hoppin' in book club world! The uvBookClub is on a new cycle of one month fiction/one month non-fiction. Our first non-fiction book was Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer. To be honest, I didn't finish the book, but it did lead to some interesting discussion about Mormonism, and religious extremism in general. I thought the writing was eh, and the journalistic ethics severely lacking - I also felt a bit icky reading the book since it justified any snarky thoughts I'd ever had about Mormonism and raised me an extra snark. Our next book is Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow. I had some trouble tracking the book down, but the book store has a copy in for me, and it seems like an interesting read.

I slacked a bit with my other book club and did not read our January selection, Zadie Smith's On Beauty - between getting engaged, holiday traveling and being broke as a joke, I never got around to procuring or reading it. But my local library finally got a copy in for me (ironically, exactly one day after my book club discussed it!) and I'm really digging it now. Next week we'll meet to discuss Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill - a really wonderful book, highly recommended! I'm excited to see what everyone else thought of it.