Day 110

Breakfast

Mom's Best Honey Nut Toasty O's

Blueberry Muffintop

Day 109

Breakfast

Organic Raisin Bran

Blueberry Muffintop

Snack

Toffee Crunch ice cream bar

Lunch

Apple with peanut butter

Dinner

Turkey breast and ham 6" on wheat from Subway

Dessert

(4) Oreos

Total: 1,490 calories

Exercise (3 hours)

Housework (2 hours)

2.8 mile walk with dad (1 hour)

Day 108

Breakfast

Organic Raisin Bran

Cranberry Bran Muffintop

Snack

Chocolate custard @ Kopps

Veggie Chips

Dinner

(1/2) Turkey & Swiss sandwich

Apple w/peanut butter

Cornbread Muffintop

Total: 1,338 calories

Exercise (1 hour, 40 minutes)

Strength training - upper body (10 minutes)

Dog walking (30 minutes)

3.1 mile walk (1 hour)

Day 107

Breakfast

Organic Raisin Bran

Cranberry Bran Muffintop

Snacks

Veggie Chips

German Chocolate Cake custard @ Kopps

Dinner

(1/2) Turkey and Swiss sandwich

Leftover black beans and Mexican Rice

Dessert

Blueberry Cobbler Multigrain cereal bar

Total: 1,484 calories

Exercise (40 minutes)

Swam laps (breaststroke)

Day 106

Breakfast

Organic Raisin Bran

Cran Bran Muffintop

Lunch

No. 5 Salad @ First Watch

Snack

Oreos

Dinner

Pork Tamale and Chicken Toastada combo @ Jose's Blue Sombrero

Chips & Salsa

Total: 1,450 calories

Exercise (1 hour, 5 minutes)

3.1 mile walk with dad

Day 105

Breakfast

Ham & Cheese Omelet Pita

Cranberry Bran Muffin Top

Lunch

(1/2) Roast beef & Swiss sandwich

Veggie Chips

Raspberries & black grapes

Snack

English Toffee Crunch ice cream bar

Dinner

Steak (Sirloin)

Pasta Salad

Fruit Salad

Dessert

Ice cream sandwich

Total: 1,493 calories

Exercise (1 hour, 45 minutes)

2.8 mile walk with dad (1 hour)

Zumba Fitness for Wii (45 minutes)

Comments: This morning I got on the scale and was happy to see I lost another pound. My real weigh in day is the 30th but most likely the number will be higher than it showed this morning for lady reasons. If it is, I'm taking 145.4 as the end weight for June. I need to stop eating two ice cream treats in a day (which only happens if I'm at the house; they have the ice cream sandwiches). Oops. I won't be able to swim nor will I have the energy to run this week much, but I can do Zumba and dance to the Michael Jackson game in small increments, maybe twice a day, and get the same amount of calories burned. I'll also go to the gym for the Step class on Tuesday morning and go to ride a bike one day. So hopefully this week starts and ends with a bang.

Day 104

Breakfast

Pancakes

Banana Nut Muffin Top

Snacks

Black grapes

Cheez-Its

Dinner

Bratwurst

Pasta salad

Fruit salad

Dessert

Ice cream sandwich

Total: 1,425 calories

Exercise (1 hour)

2.8 mile walk with dad

Comments: Not great to go over 1,400 calories on a low exercise day, but next week I'm picking up my exercise (as much as I can- it's not going to be a good week, if you catch my drift) and definitely going to eat more fruits and veggies - trying to make chicken and peas for dinner at least 4 nights next week- I have 4 chicken breasts, after all. I'm hoping by June 30th I weigh a little less than I do now (bc I've only lost 2.2 pounds this month) but considering what time of the the month the 30th falls on, I'm not exactly counting on it. I dropped another pants size and that feels a lot better than a few pounds on the scale. The next time I drop a size, I'll be at my goal size (and one more after that before I reach ultimate). Can't complain.

Day 103

Breakfast

Pancakes

Lunch

Corn Muffin Top

(1/2) Roast beef & Swiss sandwich

Veggie chips

Grapes

Dinner

(3/4) Chipotle veggie burrito bol

Dessert

Toffee Crunch Ice Cream Bar

Total: 1,307 calories

Exercise (1 hour)

3.1 mile walk with dad

Day 102

Breakfast (170 cals)

Van's Natural Buttermilk Pancakes

Snacks (210 cals)

Black grapes

(2) Gingersnaps

Lunch (385 cals)

(1/2) Roast beef and Swiss sandwich on rye

Veggie chips

Black grapes

Snack (150 cals)

Brownie Bites

Dinner (400 cals)

Chicken Taquitos

Dessert (100 cals)

English Toffee Crunch ice cream bar

Total: 1,415 calories

Exercise (65 minutes)

3.1 mile walk with dad

Comments: I've been bad on my water and my exercise. This week has been busy.

Day 101

Breakfast

Waffles

Raspberries

Banana Nut Muffintop

Lunch

(1/2) Roast beef & Swiss sandwich

Snacks

Gingersnaps

Dinner

Pepperoni Pizza

Dessert

English Toffee Crunch ice cream bar

Total: 1,322 calories

Exercise (1 hour)

2.8 mile walk with dad

Day 100

Breakfast (310 cals)

Waffles

Banana Nut Muffin Top

Snack (130 cals)

Veggie Chips

Lunch (310 cals)

Peanut butter sandwich on rye

Snack (160 cals)

Raspberry Cookies

Dinner (420 cals)

(1/2) Roast beef and swiss cheese on rye

Black grapes

Veggie Chips

Dessert (100 cals)

Weight Watchers English Toffee Crunch Ice Cream Bar

Total: 1,430 calories

Exercise (1 hour, 13 minutes)

Stationary bike (45 minutes)

Walk with dad (28 minutes)

Comments: Wow, day 100. Nifty. Unfortunately, the class this morning was ADVANCED, not Basic Step, so my mom and I did the bikes instead. I only went to Step once; I definitely am not ready for Advanced yet! I got my bike workout out of the way this week which means, since I can't go to the Step class on Thursday morning, my mom and I will go on Saturday morning. My dad would have taken a much longer walk but it was all we could do before it started to storm again (literally, we just missed it). Went to Grash Foods today to replenish my produce - got apples, black grapes, and raspberries this time. Also got some frozen peas to go with my chicken breast the next time I make it. I've been weighing myself daily, just not recording it unless it's the first, 15th, or last day of the month, and I am not happy with my current trend. Hopefully by the 30th it will drop a little more so I can lose more than a pound this month. On a happier note, I'm closer to becoming a size 8. I might actually BE a size 8 .. this weekend I am going to Goodwill to check.

Day 99

Breakfast

Cascadian Farm Organic Raisin Bran

Banana Nut Muffin Top

Snack

Veggie Chips

Lunch

Cottage cheese topped with grapes

Raspberries

Rye toast with peanut butter

Dinner (400 cals)

Chicken Taquitos

Dessert (84 cals)

(2) Hershey's Miniatures

Day 98: Happy Father's Day, daddy!

Breakfast (390 cals)
Waffles
Cranberry Muffin Top

Snacks @ the Indy race (391 cals)
Black grapes
Twizzlers
Pistachos

Dinner (465 cals)
Chicken Taquitos
Veggie Chips

Dessert (150 cals)
Brownie Bites

Total: 1,396 calories

Comments: A little high because it was a rest day, but not too bad. I managed to not eat very much at the race, which was impressive. I definitely need at least one rest day a week with the workout regimen I gave myself two weeks ago. Yikes. When I got home and had dinner, at 6:30 I had only had 2 cups of water, so I majorly hydrated for the rest of the night.

Day 97

Breakfast (390 cals)

Van's Totally Natural Waffles with Cary's Sugar Free Syrup

VitaMuffin Cranbran Vitatop

Snacks (250 cals)

Luna Peanut Butter Chocolate Protein Bar

Smoked string cheese

Lunch (395 cals)

(1/2) Peanut butter sandwich on rye

Black grapes

Raspberries

Veggie chips

Dinner (335 cals)

Turkey and swiss sandwich on rye

Garlic crispy breadsticks

Dessert (160 cals)

Ice cream sandwich

Total: 1,530 calories

Exercise (1 hour, 53 minutes)

4.26 mile run (58 minutes)

3 mile walk (55 minutes)

Day 96

Breakfast (410 cals)

Van's Totally Natural Waffles with Cary's Sugar Free Syrup

VitaMuffin Cranberry Bran VitaTop

Lunch (300 cals)

Cottage cheese topped with black grapes

Sensible Portion Veggie Chips

Dinner (574 cals)

Chicken breast with peas topped with Korean Teryaki Stir Fry sauce

Rye bread and butter

Grapes

Desserts (180 cals)

Skinny Cow Fudge Bar

(2) Hershey's Miniatures

Total: 1,483 calories

Exercise (2 hours, 18 minutes)

Swam laps (80 minutes)

3 mile walk (58 minutes)

Comments: I hovered really close to the top of my range in sodium today, but I altered a few things so I would stay under it. I know being on the top of the sodium range isn't good for weight loss, so I made sure to overcompensate with my water intake. While sauces do add sodium, I have discovered that simply tossing chicken breast with a flavorful sauce makes the dish a lot more interesting. You'd think I would've figured that out a long time ago, but I used to just put a little salt and pepper on chicken when I'd cook it, and eat it basically plain with some vegetables. Now that I've discovered I can buy Asian sauces at the grocery store ... I'll never cook chicken another way again! I had a little bit of a hunger battle today, but that happens from time to time.

Day 95

Breakfast (318 cals)

Cascadian Farm Organic Raisin Bran with skim milk

VitaMuffin Cranberry Bran VitaTop

Snacks (125 cals)

Edy's Fruit Bar

Smoked String Cheese

Lunch @ The King & I (523 cals)

Panang Curry w/beef

Thai Iced Tea

Dinner (385 cals)

Van's Totally Natural Waffles with Cary's Sugar Free Syrup

Grapes

Dessert (80 cals)

(2) Hershey's Miniatures

Total: 1,435 calories

Exercise (1 hour)
Step Aerobics Class

Comments: That step class at 9am kicked my butt! I felt like I was the only one completely exhausted, lol. The woman leading it was filling in and was from another gym so maybe the regular person is easier! It definitely woke me up, though, and now I feel like I have tons of energy for the day. I now understand why people wake up early to work out. I'm not going to do it every day, but at least every Thursday for this class. I didn't take the walk with my dad today - bummer - but there is always tomorrow!

Day 94

Breakfast (368 cals)

Health Valley Organic Blueberry Cobbler Multigrain Cereal Bar

Toast with peanut butter

Snacks (310 cals)

Raspberry Cookies

Cheez-Its

Dinner (554 cals)

Chicken tossed with water chestnuts and peas with Kung Pao sauce

Rye bread with butter

(1) Hershey's Miniature Mr. Goodbar

Dessert (100 cals)

Skinny Cow Chocolate Bar

Total: 1,332 calories

Exercise (2 hours, 15 minutes)

Strength training - upper body (20 minutes)

2.8 mile walk (55 minutes)

Stationary bike (60 minutes)

Comments: Over 18 pounds down. So close to 20. Also getting closer to dropping a pants size, but not there yet. I wore an 8 in high school but haven't since. It'd be nice to slip into a pair of those again. I was pretty stoked my grocery store carried Kung Pao sauce - I used that on my chicken breast and it was heaven. Not as good as TGI Friday's did it, but I'll get better, lol.

Day 93

Breakfast (358 cals)
Kashi Go Lean Crunch Honey Almond Flax cereal with skim milk
Health Valley Organic Blueberry Cobbler Multigrain Cereal Bar

Snack (45 cals)
Edy's Fruit Bar

Lunch (375 cals)
Nectarine
Veggie Chips
Peanut Butter Sandwich

Snacks (250 cals)

Snack Wells Brownie Bites

Skinny Cow Chocolate Bar

Dinner (400 cals)

Taco beef & cheese Taquitos

Dessert (160 cals)

Ice cream sandwich

Total: 1,588 calories

Exercise (92 minutes)
3.1 mile run (37 minutes)
2.8 mile walk (55 minutes)

Comments: I've noticed that I've started to run slower, but I can run longer. Not sure if I'm happy about that. But an accomplishment I did achieve today, despite running kind of slow, is that I ran the entire thing. I would walk up at least 3 of the 4 hills on my route before, but I jogged up them all. Even if I was jogging slow, I wasn't walking, so that's something. I didn't eat the best today, mainly because I didn't add the Brownie Bites right after I ate them, so I shouldn't have had that ice cream sandwich. And what I chose to eat today wasn't super great. I'm running low on produce and my milk goes bad tomorrow, so once I get fresh fruit, eggs, milk, some meat, etc., I'll start feeling better and more nutritionally balanced.

Day 92

Breakfast (358 cals)

Kashi Go Lean Crunch Honey Almond Flax cereal with skim milk

Health Valley Organic Blueberry Cobbler Multi-grain cereal bar

Snack (170 cals)

Luna Mint Chocolate Chip Protein Bar

Lunch (375 cals)

Grapes

Veggie Chips

Rye toast with peanut butter

Dinner (450 cals)

Chicken Taquitos

Fruit salad

Total: 1,353 calories

Exercise (2 hours, 10 minutes)

Swam laps (75 minutes)

2.8 mile walk with dad (55 minutes)

Comments: I am sick of this losing half a pound a week thing. I'm consistent, but at this rate, it'll be a year before I hover around my goal weight. I am not okay with that. So if the plateau would like to break, I'd really appreciate it. I've given up trying. I decided I'm going to exercise as much as I can, eat right, drink water, and assume EVENTUALLY my body will respond.

Day 91

Breakfast (330 cals)
Kashi Go Lean Crunch Honey Almond Flax cereal with skim milk
VitaMuffin Banana Nut VitaTop

Lunch (300 cals)

Turkey and cheese sandwich on rye

Grapes

Snacks (280 cals)

Cheez-Its

Health Valley Organic Blueberry Cobbler Multigrain Cereal Bar

Dinner @ Chipotle (440 cals)

(3/4) Barbacoa Burrito Bol with guac, rice, green tomatillo salsa, and black beans

Dessert (100 cals)

Skinny Cow Chocolate Bar

Total: 1,450 calories

Exercise (55 minutes)

2.8 mile walk

Comments: Today is my official 3 month anniversary of healthy living (day 1 was when I was simply tracking my food to see what a typical day had been like). I have 17 pounds lost and a one smaller size in jeans to show for it. Not bad, but I'm anxious to lose 17 more and to drop two more pants sizes (maybe even 3?). I really wanted to swim but it being Sunday, it would've been too rushed by the time I actually could go. I decided my workout regimen will be 1 rest day, 2 swim days, 2 run days, 1 day on the stationary bike, and 1 day at a Bally's class per week. This is not counting my usual walk, which I'll do with my dad every day.