Thursday 9/16 Checklist

I asked my husband to take a candid "before" picture of me today. So, here it is, double chin and all, LOL...

Weight This Morning: 188.8

I weigh .6 pounds less than I did yesterday!

Yesterday, according to BodyBugg.com, I burned 1931 calories and consumed 1075 calories for a deficit of 856 calories which would be about 1/4 of a pound lost based on the whole 3500 calories = 1 pound thing. That would be an average of 1.75 pounds lost per week... that sounds about right! (Can you tell I'm a total math geek? he he)

1075 calories doesn't seem like that should be enough calories (maybe because we are always having the "never eat less than 1200 calories a day" burned into our brains all the time), but it looks like I had enough food, judging by the pictures, even though I was very hungry last night.

Food Checklist:

Left:

Water w/Lemon Juice:[][][]

Decaf Green Tea/Herbal Fruit Tea: []

Finished:

Protein Shake: [x]

Green Veggies: [x]

Fruit: [x]

Water w/Lemon Juice:[x][x][x][x][x][x]

Grains: [x]

Yellow/White Veggies: [x]

Orange/Red Veggies: [x]

Fruit: [x]

1/2 Fat: [x][x]
Protein Shake, Beans, Tofu or Dairy: [x]

Eggs: [x][x]

Food Eaten Not On Plan: Frappuccino, Instant Sugar Free Coffee

I'm not eating the following because I had a Frappuccino

Protein Shake, Beans, Tofu or Dairy: []

Grains: []


Note to self... sugar free coffee drinks from Starbucks or in powdered form make me hungry... avoid at all cost!

Wednesday 9/15 Checklist

About 3 months ago someone posted a really horrible picture of me on Facebook. Here it is:

I'm the sickly looking one in the pink on the right.

I see myself like this:

Both of those pictures were taken within a few weeks of each other. But that first picture, where I look all sickly, really scared me. It also made me feel bad for my husband (the hottie with the sunglasses on his head). He is yummy eye candy for me every day. I should do the same for him! :D

Then, I started having really bad gallbladder attacks. They describe the average person with gallbladder attacks like this... "Female, Fat, Fancy (as in eats creamy foods), and Forty". Ugh... I'm 32! My gallbladder was removed a little less than 2 weeks ago. I'm starting to feel better, an while I can't exercise really yet... it's time to get healthy! I'm going to be using photos of food, myself and anything else I can think of related to health to help me stay focused.

Starting Weight: 189.4 (pretty sad for someone who's just under 5 feet tall!)

Here's my plan. It's modified from the book "This Is Why You're Fat (And How to Get Thin Forever): Eat More, Cheat More, Lose More--and Keep the Weight Off" by Jackie Warner from the show Thinterventions.

Food Checklist:

Left:

Water w/Lemon Juice:[]

Decaf Green Tea/Herbal Fruit Tea: []

Finished:

Water w/Lemon Juice: [x][x][x][x][x][x][x][x]

Protein Shake, Beans, Tofu or Dairy: [x][x]

Eggs: [x][x]

Protein Shake: [x]

Grains: [x]

Fruit: [x]

Yellow/White Veggies: [x]

Orange/Red Veggies: [x]

Green Veggies: [x]

Fruit: [x]

Protein Shake, Beans, Tofu or Dairy: [x]

I'm deciding not to eat the following, to make up for the fact that I ate a protein bar that was not on my plan above.

Fat (1.5t oil/nutbutter,1T nuts,or 1/16 avocado): [][]

Grains: []