In the beginning...

Here I go again! It's 2010 and I am trying to finish what I started. I'm going to lose this weight! I started up a blog to try and have "someone" to "report" to. A friend of mine lost 20+ lbs in about 10 weeks, and it inspired me to do the same. I am eating healthier and exercising- no excuses this time!

I'm NOT on any "diet", but I am starting a "Lifestyle Change" by good old-fashioned eating better and exercising. I'm basically eating the same things I usually do, only in smaller portions. I'm also trying hard to cut out "snacking" for the sake of snacking, and only having a "snack" when my low blood sugar starts giving me those annoying shakes. I already love ice water, so it won't be hard to try and drink more each day. I get one "cheat" day a week, where I can pretty much eat "normally" and not worry about consuming too many calories. Adding to this, I'm also going to exercise at least 1 hour a day for 5 days/week. Like I said, I am going through a lifestyle change, and hopefully it will stick. I want to be down to 130 lbs by summer.

I am going to post a lot of stuff on this blog, but because it's mainly for my own purpose, it might get boring at times. Lol. But I figure if I keep detailed notes, and this works, I would love to refer back to it when I need to, to see what I did.

DAY 1

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Weight: 150lbs

Breakfast:
Bowl of Frosted Flakes
1 cup 1% milk

Snack:
1 large banana

Exercise:
Treadmill- walk @ 3mph- 15min- 10:45-11:00am
Treadmill- walk @ 3mph- 15min- 11:30-11:45am

Lunch:
Huge salad:
5 cups iceburg lettuce
1/4 cup pineapple tidbits
2 TBS sliced beets
1 string cheese stick, diced
1/4 cup leftover ham, diced
2 TBS Ranch dressing

Exercise:
Treadmill-walk @ 3mph - 20 min- 2:45-3:05pm

Snack:
5 red grapes

Dinner:
1 chicken salad sandwich on large croissant:*
turkey chunks
mayo
pineapple tidbits
grapes
celery
cheddar cheese

Exercise:
Treadmill- walk @ 3mph- 10 min- 6:30-6:40pm
(hey, at least I got my full hour in today!)

*Dinner was hard. I was SO hungry, as I have been all day long, and my body kept screaming at me to eat 2 more sandwiches, which on any other day I would've! But I was strong. Ugh. I really hope this works. Lol.

Snack:
I'm posting that I'm going to have a banana or a yogurt, because I'm already starving.