Got a 2 workouts in!!

I didn't think I would get to work out today, but I did a 30 min pilates video during Kellen's nap (I got all my work done). Then when he woke up I decided to go to the gym. I did 45 minutes on the elliptical, abs, and some pushups/bicep curls.

I think I am right at 1300 calories for today, and going to bed. I don't think I will be posting tomorrow. I won't have time to work out and am indulging for dinner. You only turn 30 once!

Keep the cinnamon sugar pita chips away!

I ate 3/4ths of a bag last night. Mindless eating, which I usually don't do. Lee stayed up late working until midnight in our basement while I watched American Idol, an Oprah, and finished Biggest Loser. I realize now I should have worked out, but I was giving myself a mani-pedi. I went upstairs about 20 minutes before him and I was starving. I ate dinner about 5:30. So I grabbed a bag of pita chips and got on the computer. Before I knew it, most were gone!

So I was really ticked this morning when I got on the scale and gained my 1.2 pounds back. Pizza, Indian food, chocolate chip cookies and pita chips were catching up with me! It's hard getting used to eating less when I am used to eating 2300 calories or so breastfeeding. But I can't do that anymore when I'm only nursing once a day. I think I ate about 1900 calories yesterday.

I did do my 30 minutes HIIT, but nothing else. I have my monthly staff meeting in the morning and I needed to finish reading Games to Play with Babies, which I borrowed from my boss. Today I need to make copies of some of it, so not sure how much work out time I will get in. I'm going to try my hardest to eat well today and tomorrow until my birthday dinner tomorrow night. Sunday it will be back on the wagon, and then I will have no distractions until Lee's birthday on Feb. 17th.

Eating plan for today:
Breakfast - 1 egg, 1 1/2 pieces toast. 175 calories (this kept me very full yesterday)
Lunch - Chili with saltines. 300
Snack - 200 calories of something
Dinner- Chili burrito and tortilla chips, 500
Snack - 200 calories of something
Total - 1375

I make most of our food from scratch, and we eat leftovers until they are gone, which I'm sure you can tell!!

My new goal is to get in at least 2 cups of green tea a day. I used to drink it all the time pre-pregnancy. It's hard now because I don't want to have hot tea when the baby is around me. He's always wanting it and I don't want him to burn himself. I have had a sore throat since yesterday so it's been easy so far.

Yeah, someone's actually reading this!!

I was so excited that I had a comment on yesterday's blog! Now I really feel compelled to make sure I keep this up!

So...2 small pieces of pizza yesterday, which was on target, but 3 small cookies. I did send the rest of them home with our guests so they wouldn't be lying around the house.

I'm going to get on the treadmill in just a few minutes and do my HIIT workout for the week. I usually enjoy it more than running my 2.5 miles on the treadmill. I should have a Biggest Loser from last night to watch.

Today's eating plan:
Breafast- 1 egg, 1 1/2 pieces of toast- 175
Lunch - Indian food - no idea. Hopefully less than 700
Dinner- Chili and tortilla chips - 450

Another 1.2 pounds lost!

So 2.8 pounds in 8 days. I'm pretty happy with that! I was so hungry again yesterday, so I was going to be mad if nothing had changed.
The next week my goal is just to maintain my weight. Tonight some friends are bringing pizza, but I'm going to just eat 2 pieces.
Tomorrow I'm eating at an Indian restaurant for lunch. Never had anything Indian before, so this will be an adventure.
Friday night is my 30th birthday and dh is suprising me with dinner somewhere and then we are meeting friends for a night of dancing! Hopefully I will burn off the calories I eat. Saturday I will probably be hung over (it happens very easily) and we will eat breakfast after we leave the hotel. I will probably indulge in some biscuits and gravy. My parents will probably want to take me out to dinner sometime this week, too. I try to eat at a restaurant only once a week, so this will be hard on me.

Yesterday I did all my workouts and stayed in my calorie range. I'm getting ready to go downstairs and run 2.5 miles on the treadmill and watch the Biggest Loser.
Here's my eating for today:
Breafast - cereal, 200
Lunch - homemade chicken tortilla soup and tortilla chips, 350
Snack - 150 calories of something
Dinner - Pizza- 600
Snack - Cookie- 150 (making them for our guests) It will be hard to eat only one!

Monday

Yesterday I went over my calories by about a 100. I was just starving in the afternoon and evening.
I just got back from the gym, where I did 45 minutes on the elliptical and abs. Kellen is asleep, so I think I will read the newspaper while I ride the recumbent bike.

I'm so hungry and ready for lunch! It's 11, so I'm going to try to stay busy until 12.
Here's my meal plan for today:
Breakfast: 1 servings special K chocolately delight, 1 piece sara lee light toast. 200 calories
Snack - string cheese. 50 calories
Lunch - Chicken Caesar Salad. (Homemade). 350
Snack - fruit, 100. Granola Bar- 140
Dinner - Leftover roast, potatoes and carrots. 500
Dessert - 100 calories of something. Pudding, dark chocolate, who knows!

I did good!

I asked Red Robin to bring me a box with my food and I packed half of it away before I ate. It worked out great! Dh ate my leftovers for lunch today.
This morning I ran 2.5 miles. My meal plan for today:
Breakfast - Oatmeal and a few cheerios- 175
Lunch- Chicken broccoli skillet- 350, string cheese -80, chocolate goldfish - 100
Dinner- Roast and Carrots - 300. Mashed potatoes- 200

Temptation

So I stayed under my calories allotment yesterday, but did not get in my planned afternoon pilates/stationary bike. When I check our mail, my dh's W2 was in the mail, so I did our taxes instead. I couldn't wait to find out how much money we were getting back.

Today is a difficult day. I'm not getting a workout in. We just got in from getting family pics taken. That took 2 1/2 hours if you include drivetime and we are all exhausted now. For dinner we are going to Red Robin to use my free birthday meal coupon and then bowling for 3 hours! So I guess that is some physical activity. Here's my eating plan for today:

Breafast-
Dh made sausage egg mcmuffins. 325 calories
Lunch-
Tuna and triscuits - 250
Dinner-
I looked up a cheeseburger and fries for Red Robin, and it looks like it is about 900 calories. I'm not getting any cheese, and only eating half, so hopefully I will be at 450 calories. Usually I get a chocolate shake but I will skip that. Then I might have the calories for a martini at the bowling alley

HIIT Day

I just got done doing my high intensity interval training workout for the week.
I walk for 2 min at 3.8-4.0
Sprint for 1 minute at 7.5
Repeat 7 times.
I was on the treadmill for 30 minutes by the time I added a warm up and cool down.
When Kellen takes his afternoon nap I plan on riding the recumbent bike (while reading the newspaper) and doing some pilates.

Yesterday I stayed on track. 1420 calories, 55 minutes cardo and 25 minutes yoga.

Here's my eating plan for today:
Breakfast - English muffin with smidge of natural pb. 175 calor1s. Water

Snack -- 50 calorie string cheese

Lunch - Tuna salad (tuna, lowfat cottage cheese, lowfat mayo, lemon juice, spices) 150 calories
Carrots-30
Lettuce -0
Triscuits - 140

Snack - fruit - 100, granolar bar- 140
Dinner- Chicken Broccoli noodle skillet. I haven't made this recipe before, but I will calculate the calories when I make it. I'm thinking about 400 cal/serving
Salad- 75
Bread - 150

That puts my right at 1410. I may fit in a square of dark chocolate for dessert which is 55 calories.

I weighed today and haven't lost anything else.

My workout today

I just got back from the gym. I ran 2.5 miles and did some abs. Wanted to stay longer but Kellen was fussy in the daycare. He is now sleeping and I plan on going downstairs to do the Namaste Yoga I tivoed. It's in the 50's today, so I plan to take Kellen on a walk later. I may also be going to the mall with my mom late this afternoon. If we go, we will probably walk for 30 minutes or so. We'll see.

Yesterday I took a 25 minutes walk with Kellen. I wanted to walk longer but it was chilly. When he was napping, I did a 30 minute full body pilates video. It was hard - my lower body and abs are sore today!!

Food wise, I stuck to 1400 calories yesterday. So far today, I have had:
Breakfast - English muffin with butter. 175 calories
Snack - string cheese. 50 calories

My plan for the rest of the day-
Lunch - Homemade Tacos with 90% beef. 200
1/2 serving tortilla chips - 75
2 T black beans - 50
snack - grapes, pineapple, clementine - 100
granola bar - 150
Dinner - Panera
bowl of soup, 1/2 caesar salad, french bread - 600.
Hopefully I can stay on track today!

1.6 pounds lost!

I weighed in this morning and am down to 140.0. Only 14.4 pounds to go. I have been STARVING since I'm still breastfeeding and have been trying to keep busy to forget about it. I have eaten 1425 calories that last two days.

1 year post partum

My dh and I weighed in for out diet challenge yesterday. I weighed in at 141.6, so I have 16 pounds I need to lose. Yesterday I ate 1430 calories, but was starving. Today I am so hungry, too. I am still breastfeeding 3 times a day, so I think that's why I'm so hungry. Yesterday I had to work, so no work out. But I plan to get in my usual this week. I'm excited to see if I lose any weight cutting my calories down this low.

During...

I am 40 weeks pregnant in this picture. I still had 11 days until I delivered! I weighed 166 a few days before I gave birth. I may have gained a couple more pounds than that as I was gaining about 5 pounds a week at the end!

Before...

Here I am barely pregnant. I think I got the positive pregnancy test a day or two before this picture was taken. I am 5'4 and 125 pounds in this picture. My goal is to look like this again!