It's been a rough start

A rough start to 2008 diet wise. I'm sad to report that I did actually see 230 on the scale.
I spent 2 hours last night with my food mover mapping out a week's worth of meals. I've done excellent today.
I'm happy... I reached my "high" weight... I freaked and cried... now I can just lose the weight. I've set myself up for success... I'm highly motivated and I've got excellent support from my husband.

Right now I've got the headache I always get when I start a new way of eating. It's the same headache every time. It tells me that I haven't eaten what I usually do today.
Here's what I had:

B: cereal w/ milk
L: Subway sandwich loaded with veggies and 1 tsp of Mayo
S: Veggies and dip
D: roasted chicken, rice, green beans and roasted peppers.
S: fruit

Tomorrow's food will be tastier as I'm going to the grocery store in the morning.
Monday my gym routine starts. My goal is to exercise 4-5x per week.

Resolved: 2007 was wonderful. 2008 will be too.

It's with a bit of sadness that I say goodbye to 2007. This was the year that my life-long dream of becoming a mother came true. After battling infertility for more than a year, I'd all but given up. Yet, here we are.
I have a beautiful son and a wonderful supportive husband.
Fat or not, life doesn't get much better than that.

Still though, I do want to improve somethings about myself. Life is all about becoming better, right?

So here they are. My New Year's Resolutions.

1) Lose 40lbs by Dec 31st 2008.
2) Have scar-free arms
3) Worry less
4) Find a church and attend regularly
5) restart my book club


They ambitious, but do-able.
Here's to another wonderful year!!

A very healthy dinner

Tonight for dinner we had roasted butternut squash, shrimp, tomatoes, mushrooms and onions over rice.
We snacked on pretzels, nuts and chocolate chips.
I really feel like the chromium is helping with sugar cravings. I still have them, but they're manageable.
I'm thinking I'll just skip "blast off" week and go right to the 1600 calorie card on my Food Mover. I never make it through blast off and I feel so defeated.
Hopefully my son will get over his cold so I can exercise. He can't go to the Y when he's sick.

Back from the Beach

I'm back from the beach.
It was a quick trip.
I've decided to really stick with the food mover... it's balanced and it works for me.
I'm going to keep on my vitamins as well as watch what I eat until after Christmas.
Then I'll get in full swing.
I feel excited and defeated all at once.

I'm going to the beach

South Beach that is.
Everything I've read points me to a lower-carb or "smarter carb" eating plan.
So, South Beach it is.
I've been researching all sorts of details about it while son napped.
Now I've got to implement it.
What in the world will I eat for breakfast besides eggs though????

Ugh, Cookies

I've never met a cookie I didn't like.
Today was the orgasmic day I wait for all year. The cookie exchange.
I came home today with no fewer than 70 cookies.
I ate like 10.
Right now I want to die.
I feel so sick from the sugar that I can't stand it.
My weight this morning was 222.
Enough already.
I'm better than this.

A new adventure

Ah yes, mother nature has a funny way of working. Of course, just 4 days after my insanity I discover that I am not pregnant. (Um, no surprise, but you know, just trying to be polite). I've started my vitamin program. Slowly. Today I got a Chromium supplement as well as Magnesium and for some reason Niacin (which is B3. I don't think I needed to supplement it, but I bought it anyway).
I took them at lunch time, and of course, nothing happened. I'm not sure what I thought would happen, but I feel about the same.
In my attempt to go "smarter carb" -- tonight I cooked my first spaghetti squash. DELICIOUS. I roasted it with a tiny bit of olive oil, salt and pepper. Scraped it out. It was a little crunchy. I'm thinking I'll roast it longer next time. It didn't have a strong flavor, but it did have a hint of "nutty" to it. My husband went crazy for it, asking me to get more tomorrow. That says a lot. My husband is a meat and potatoes guy. Anyway, on top of the squash we had scallops with bacon, lemon, mushrooms and broccoli. It was absolutely divine. One of the best dinners I've cooked in a while. Spaghetti squash will be a staple in our house this winter!