Day 3... Making a difference???

Today I sweat my butt off literally mowing in the summer-like heat. It sucked, but I was feeling it. Let's hope it made a difference! daily plate said I burned 886 calories and I would guess that to be true. I went grocery shopping at Aldi's today. I haven't stocked up in a long time. But the good news is, I got some Fit n Active stuff and some snacks and such to take on the road. I also got some fruit for breakfast so, yea!

Also, I took Pam's advice and started with water, seemed to help a little with breakfast but I couldn't even get a whole bottle in before or after. My water intake SUCKS. I am working on rediscovering non-calorie beverages.

Here's my breakdown for the day, for what it's worth:

1573 calories (gross)

171 carbs

37 protein

ARGH! I know these numbers aren't looking good. Let's hope it improves soon.

Melissa

Day 2, still waiting for a life changing attitude.

So I am going through the motions that helped me stay on track previously, but I'm just not feeling it. I logged into OH last night and realized that I only recognized 1 person on there. Does that mean everyone else has given up too? Or have they moved on and no longer need the support system the way I do? Something has to give.

I logged my food today. UGH.

1202 calories

168g carbs

44g protein

I think all this hot ass weather is making me dehydrated and I am really having trouble with dense protein, as you can see. It's a slow go on food these days, that's the only reason the calories are low. Also why the carb count is up. Sliders are more promising everyday.

On a lighter note, the scale was a tad nicer to me today, 207.8.

3 months ago I would be crying and carrying on, I suppose it's all perspective. It's a loss, so I'll take it! Toodles!!!

My first step starts now!

My first step today was to log my food. On the calorie side it looks good, but the rest is BAD news. I knew I was bad today but didn't want to fight with my band, so I took the easy way out and used food as a reward. Pfft. Here is the final count:

1850 calories consumed

984 calories burned (I worked my assssss offfff today)

384 calories under goal.

Sure that part looks great, but here is the bad news.

186g carbs

45g protein

THIS is why I'm fat. Bad choices.

But this is a start. Let's see how my follow through is....

Turns out I suck at blogging and other things...

I've stumbled back upon my old blog. I've done this a few times, started a blog and didn't finish. I'm so ADD. And I'm not just ADD about the blog, the whole diet and mindset has gone out the window. I feel like I need an intervention, a life intervention.

I am hovering at about 210 these days and fairly miserable. I work all the time and my social life is zero. I'm on the road all the time, so planning food, meals, snacks, is nearly impossible and I'm just not feeling it. But I know I'm headed in the wrong direction and I didn't go through all this to stop now.

My mission: re-join the gym and go everyday I am off work. Get back to logging ALL my food intake on thedailyplate.com. Meet my band friends in person. Get back on oh for 10 minutes a day. These are all things I should be able to do before the end of the month (I hope). This doesn't include dietary changes just yet because I need to find out where I am at everyday.

I kept thinking, I am active at work, so I should lose weight. But if I am eating out all the time, not planning meals, and drinking calories then it doesn't matter. At best they cancel each other out. It isn't even worth it.

Someone help! I need to get my mind right. I'm a MESS!