Quick Post!

Weighed in at 269.8. So glad to be out of the 270's, that was scary and a little depressing. Lower than Friday, but I can't remember by how much, the point is it's lower than before, yay! The tough part is being good on the weeks my husband is off which would be this week. Going swimming tonight at the college, I am loving swimming! I always lose weight the day after, and I don't even feel like I'm working out.

So the husband wants me to get some therapy to work on the reason why I am gaining weight. I guess I have issues, but then again, who doesn't? I have gained 100 pounds since we got married 7 years ago and have been maintaining that weight for the last 3 years. I have this brilliant idea that I am going to go and try hypnotherapy. I am pretty excited to do this, I'm just right now looking into how much it will cost and such. Anyway doing good and feeling good!

oh yeah and, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LORI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday...

I didn't weigh myself today. I meant to, but lucky me, my hubby and kids made me breakfast in bed (even my normal 3 egg whites, 1/4 c. 2% cheese, and mushrooms - awesome!) and so I didn't want to say "hold on, let me pee, strip down and weigh myself before I eat this yummy breakfast that you so nicely made for me." lol BUT yesterday I was at 148.8 which I was totally happy and a little surprised about since I had a big Mexican meal out for dinner on Friday night. However, yesterday I made brownies for Vanessa, my birthday sister, and... well, you all know where this is going. I didn't eat the brownies, but I did eat the yummy mint truffles that I put in the middle of the brownies. That and some toffee. And tonight I'm going out to dinner (yay), so I might just wait until Wed to weigh, we'll see.

ok, back to cleaning. My house was somehow thrown in the middle of an earthquake, then magically transported back here. That's the only logical explanation for how messy it got in such a short amount of time.

Monday

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LORI!!!

I weighed 222.2 today, it was a pretty bad weekend but I am back on track for a great week!

My goals for today are to:
Track
Be on track with my protein and good carb ratios
Stay on track with my sodium.
Drink 4 bottles of water

How is everyone feeling today? It has been a couple of days since everyone blogged so I hope everyone is doing/feeling well.

Mallory's Sunday Goals

well I went out to eat last night and had a salad, then was going to have one slice of pizza and I ended up having 3. Ha ha. So today's goal is to drink lots of water and go workout.

Have a good Sunday everyone!

Only the Beginning

So I weighed in today at 270.6, that's down 6.6 pounds from Monday! Yay! This week I really focused on writing down all of my food in a food journal that I drug around with me in my purse. It seemed to help. I am also doing the 21 day Vegan Jump start diet, or I should say my version of this diet. Vegan is a little extreme for me, and the only dairy I've had this week is a little Parmesan cheese on my whole wheat spaghetti, mushroom and spinach spaghetti sauce. I did have a little sushi on Thursday, this is what I mean by "my own version". I feel great! I have not felt sluggish all week long and I have had great energy and decent sleep. I think cutting out dairy has really helped me with my energy level. I haven't done a whole lot of exercise this week, I went swimming once, but I'm hoping that next week I will be able to work this in. I've got to start using the Wii fit or Dustin is going to kill me, besides the Wii is super fun.

Goals for next week:
Exercise at least 3 times
Continue journaling
Keep with my own version of 21 day kick start!

Salsa Recipe

So while my dad was in Mexico he went to this guy's house and watched his mom make salsa and I tried it last night and it was yummy and super easy so I thought I would share it with you all!

In a small sauce pan put about 1/4 cup of water or so, enough to cover the bottom of the pan by about 1/2 inch and turn it on med-high, cover.

2 large tomatoes
3-4 serrano chiles
1 clove garlic

cut the core out of the tomatoes, peel the garlic and cut the tops off of the chiles. When the water is simmering, put the ingredients into the water and steam for 5 minutes. Take all of the ingredients in the pan (water included) and dump them into the blender. Blend until smooth.

I'm not so fond of hot salsa so I refridgerated it until cold.

It has 16 cal per 1/4 cup and .9mg sodium

Friday

It's a <> day for me too. I was at 149 this morning, so that's up .8 from Wednesday. It could totally have been worse, but I was hoping that the cake and whatnot would have been worked out of my system in two days. I didn't weigh yesterday so I don't know how much it's a loss (I'm assuming) from yesterday.

So, my goals for today:
*drink lots of water
*try exercises for my back
*track and keep calories at 1250.
*update bodybugg calorie tracker. Why has this been so hard for me lately?! I've been logging into livestrong, but not doing bodybugg. Maybe it's b/c I normally do it at night and since Aaron's home he's normally on the computer at night. Too bad they don't make an ipod touch app.