157 lbs. Actually my scale was about 1.5 lbs off so I re-calibrated it, and that helped my weight to go down. The day started out a little frightening, from a food point of view, because I had all of my starch calories right off the bat and borrowed from fruit as well. But, the rest of the day went well, because I ate less overall. Lunch was delayed, and I skipped food around dinner. I am hungry now as I write this and am getting ready to go to bed, after I finish a few things first, so I think that overall the day went well.

I follow not only LA weight loss, but also the concepts from Weigh Down Workshop, whick is to follow what your desires are, but to track your hunger and fullness, keeping that as a monitor for how much you actually eat. I like the adding in of the LA weight Loss concepts because I eat healthier, and it is hard to keep the weight under tight control with eating all the crap you want, and it makes you kind of sick.

I went on a 50 minute stroll with my daughter and two dogs.

I'm in spin class now. I didn't like what the scale said this morning, but I likedbthe way my pants fit yesterday and I liked the way my tummy felt last night when I layed in bed (it felt flat). So, I think I lost inches last week but not weight. I'm back in the diet zone today. Last night's in & out burger tasted good.

breakfast: banana, prunes, cheese, yogurt and zone bar, and a little granola: 2 d, 2f, 0.5 s and 1 bar

Is this still the same day? Well, the rest of the day food wise went great, but then I had see's chocolates to make up for how good I had been and concsumed the day's supply of starch, borrowing also a bit of the fruit and vegie category. Hey, I 'm learning.

Today I went off my diet. I enjoyed the food and the drink. I went off the diet for 24 hours. Now, hopefully I got that out of my system and can start up again. Aren't these trials and tribulations exciting? (yawn.)

yesterday went well except lunch had a penne pasta blended into the salad. Also had a tangerine that was an extra serving.

This am the scale was higher than I expected but I think it is due to the extra exercise this week.

For today:
2 dairy, 3 f, 2 s, 1 bar

im off to exercise. I'm hungry!

I exercised for 45 min at the club - 12 min rowing and the rest eliptical machine. I had an asian chicken salad for lunch. I watched my daughter for 2.5 hours suffer through her junior black belt test and got hungrier and hungrier. I figured that I was so hungry because I have really been exercising this week. I decided that since I did well all week as following my requirements for my diet plan, I would just have an ice cream sundae with the works for an early dinner and not really have anything else, and that is what I did. My, was it good. I did have a drink and 5 bites of my family's pasta about 7 pm. Well, tomorrow is the start of another week.

When I was cleaning around my house later this evening, I can see exactly where the eight to ten pounds are that I want to lose. I consider this all training for maintaining. If I can lose ten pounds in ten weeks and get into shape, that will be great. Then if I can live the life of luxury, of taking care of my body and enjoying it in the Lord, that would be splendid. So, tomorrow....Got to get through Sunday morning breakfast with the kids. Maybe I'll worry after that, but still try to control it pretty good then also.

Lord, "help." Amen.

wt: 157

2 D,2 F,2 S
1 p,2 v
1 v,1 bar/1 s,2 f

now heading to spin class

left 2 eat: 2 V 1.5 p

was gonna get something that I shouldn't, and then i got the Ceaser grilled chicken salad and it was good. Finished off the day with the final food I was "allowed." Spin class was great. I'm gonna try for stretch class in the AM if I can get up.

on 1/25 I weighed 157.5 and followed the diet plan I had layed out perfectly. Thank you Jesus. I denied myself food that was not on my diet schedule and I was careful on the portions of what I allowed myself to eat. I did not exercise.

wt:158

breakfast: 2 dairy,1 fruit, 1 starch (lowfat blueberry yoplait yogurt, 1 oz chedder cheese, 5 prunes, tiny piece of backlava)
lunch: 2 vegie, 0.5 protein, 1 fruit, 1 starch, 1 fat (togos asian chicken salad, apple, tiny peice of backlava)
snack: atkins bar (1 starch/1 bar)(220 cal almond brownie flavor)
dinner: 2 vegie, 1 protein (salad with small chicken breast)
later dinner, or rest of dinner: 1 vegie, 1 protein, 2 fruit (salad with small chicken breast, cherries)

Full day: 2 dairy, 4 fruit, 5 vegie, 3 starch, 1-2 fat, 1 protein bar

exercise: 50 min walk with daughter and two dogs. Took pictures. It was real nice.

beauty pamper: microdermabrasion at the derm office skin center

Comments moderation on . I'm overly sensitive when it comes to my food and my body. Don't mean to be offensive but sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. I'm not looking for advice. I'm just wanting to log this information. Peak and comment if you wish, but I don't want advice necessarily, otherwise I'd go back to LA Weightloss.

Yesterday I ate two meals, breakfast and late lunch. I ate
at IHOP and had omelete with spinich, mushrooms and chedder cheese with side of pancakes. For late lunch I ate one KFC tender roast chicken breast filet, two sides of cole slaw, an apple and an orange.

Last week I ate too much - like I took off to drive to LA and wound up in Portland, go figure.

In spin class now. I'm trying to step up the exercise program.

Today I ate:
breakfast: yogurt and 1 oz. chedder cheese, 1 grapefruit, 1 orange, 5 prunes and 1/2 small square of "starch".
snack: atkins bar
lunch: baja fresh salad with fish,tomato and avocado
snack: apple
dinner: salad with grilled chicken
snack: cheddar flavored twists
2 D,4 F,4 V,2.5 p,2 fat, enough water,1 aktins bar, oh and 3 starch
I think that it was a good diet day. I'm feeling more serious, but also dependent upon the Lord - wanting to look to Him for the ability to take care of my body.

Today I got new nails. They're fun so far. I have fiberglass french tips. I haven't had fake nails in about 12 years or so.

day six

wt:forgetboutit, it isn't accurate. It'll be less tomorrow. Still feel the crab digesting. Oh, the salad and fresh green beans were delicious!

i'm at spin class. it feels great. I stayed over for double session rather than doing the dreaded pilates. But the pilates will have to come!
exercise: 100 minutes spin class
"breakfast" togo salad,brownie, 5 prunes
lunch: yogurt,cheese,grapefruit,apple, banana
dinner: steak,salad, vegies
total: 2.5 P,3 S, 2 D, 5 v, 4 F, no bar
todays treat: diet coke

Day five

wt 157, maybe a tad less
breakfast: 2 dairy, 2 fruit, 2 starch (yogurt, cheeder cheese, 4 prunes, 1 banana, 0.5"x1"square cake and tiny peice of baclava)

I didn't exercise last night or this morning. However, I am hoping to do so later.

Well, I forgot about the fact that I have to go out tonight, and so I am not going to be able to exercise. I am going to a crab feed. Lots of crab and salad. A little pasta. Tomorrow AM biking class and Pilate is the hope/plan.

lunch: 1 protein, 2 vegie (kfc tender roast chicken breast filet, 2 small sides cole slaw
snack: LA lite bar
dinner: forgetboutit

Day Four

Weight: 158
This is getting a little old - the dieting. However, I miss exercising. I can't believe that I said that. I guess after all of these years I finally like to exercise. Isn't that weird? I never could have imagined that was possible. I would love to do two hours of exercise. This morning when my alarm went off at 4:55 AM I just couldn't pull myself out of bed and I slept in until 6:30 AM. At that time it was still hard to drag myself out of bed, and I was looking for a way to prolong the time between the sheets with my eyes closed and my consiousness altered to the pleasantries of sweet dreams. But, I got up. Later, I thought of a plan to go to a spin class followed by a pilates class and thought that I had it all worked out, but then that fell through. Now, it is about 8:30 PM and I am seeking to get into that bed and sleep, but after I write this I am going to force myself to do the pilates tape. I got started on the pilates tape (actually a DVD), the other day and I couldn't believe how out of shape I have gotten into after just a several weeks of less exercise and no more stretch yoga classes. Maybe that is why the pounds came on as well. Anyway, the other day I only did a little of the DVD, but I figured that it was better than nothing. So tonight, I plan to get along further into the DVD. Maybe I should attempt to get up in the morning and go into the club. I wanted to sleep in and plan to get there later, but you know what happens with best intentions. If I get up early, then it gets done. Wouldn't it be nice to go back into the club later also, or to go for a nice walk with the dogs in the afternoon?

Now, as far as food, I woke up better motivated to stay on track today, after the disaster from the other day when I ate "bad food" all day. So, when I woke up, I decided not to start off with a piece of cake. The day went pretty well until about 6 PM when I really didn't need to eat anymore, because I wasn't really hungry, but thought that I would take the "opportunity" to, since I thought that I had it allowed according to my diet plan. I had an Atkins peanut butter cup thing. It was good going down, but at 8:30, I still feel sick. The thing is like 80% fat. 30% of daily recommended saturated fat in 1.2 ounces of candy. Gross. I bought a whole bunch of them though.

breakfast: 2 dairy, 2 fruit(yogurt, 4 prunes, apple, cheese)
lunch: 1 vegie, 1.25 protein (Quiznos chicken salad, no dressing)
afternoon snack: 2 fruit, 2-3 starch and 2 fat(2 small apples, BK Recees pie)
dinner: 2 vegie, 1.25 protein (salad with chicken and parm cheese)
after dinner snack: LA bar (Aitkens peanut butter cups 1.2 ounces)

2 dairy, 4 fruit,3 vegie, 3 starch, 2.5 protein, "LA bar,"plenty of fat and water

I had a massage today and thought of Queen Ester and her beauty treatments. Were those treatments really for her to look better or for her to carry herself better and feel better about being a woman which projects out? I scheduled a follow-up for two weeks and hope by next week at this time that I will have some short fiberglass nails put upon me.

Day Three

Wt: 157.5
Breakfast: 2 starch/1 fat: small piece of that lovely cake (approvimate 1.5 x 1.5 square)richly enjoyed
AM snack: 2 dairy (1 yogurt and 1 cheese), 1 fruit (grapefruit)
Lunch: 2 vegie, 1 fat, 1 protein (togo asian chicken salad)
PM snack: 2 starch, 1 fat (Sees chocolate)
Dinner: 2 starch, 1 fat (Sees chocolate), 1 vegie (small salad)

6 starch = 1 starch may replace a fruit or vegie, but rules say to limit the replacement to once per day. Well, I didn't do that. But just going accounting for the exchange anyway, 6 starch may equal 3 starch + 3 fruit, so we'll say that.

3 starch (but really 6)
4 fruit (bur really 1)
3 vegie (2 not used)
4 fat (2 extra fats used)
2 dairy
0 LA protein bar

no exercise

best Christian Fellowship: prayer with M from 6:02 AM through 6:25 AM
best TV: Walton's 2nd season DVD in car with kids, and American Idol at home with husband and kids
best Christian example applied for today: Queen Ester relaxing in the year of beauty treatments, then just worrying when it was her time to, and using wisdom God gave her at that time to save her people.
best Christian book read: Oswald Chambers who discussed Genesis 15 and 16 and said, "when God gives you a vision and then darkness follows, wait for God." Did he see my post from the other day?

Day Two

Weight: 159
Breakfast: 2 dairy (yogurt, cheese); 2 fruit (banana, grapefruit)
AM Snack: 1 fruit (prunes), 1 starch/1 fruit (Nutrigrain bar)
lunch: 1 vegie, 2 protein, 1 fat (mongolian beef w broccoli)
snack: 2 vegie (plain salad)
dinner: 2 starch/1 fat (small square of cake), 2 vegie (salad)
LA bar: kidney beans and chick peas

total:
2 dairy, 4 fruit, 3 starch, 5 vegie, 2 fat, 1 bar.

Exercise: pilates dvd 15 min - boy am I outta shape
best verse of day: "You are the God who sees" (same as yesterday)
Best Christian fellowship: Prayer with S and comforting words from M

drank plenty of water

Day one

Weight this AM: 159
Comments re: weight: it is artifically high. Extra water weight.
Exercise: 1 hr and 45 min. Cycle class and stayed over and cycled more.
Food Selection Choices: Eating too much crap of carbs and sugar and chocolate. I don't feel good inside health-wise. I miss all those fruits and vegies, because I think that those are healthier. I am frustrated that I have a hard time limiting my carbs on "my own," without a regimen.

Diet plans: I'm going to re-start my LA weight loss maintanence plan and it should get me back down to original goal weight of 155. However, I want to get go down to 150 on my scale for several reasons. I have been down to that (actually 148) March of 2005. Then I like, let go of the balloon. Why does that happen? Or, more precisely, why do I do that?

Why I am doing this (note to self): First, 150 is really a more normal weight for me, health-wise. My BMI for normal starts at 153. Also, I think that I will enjoy food more and be in better control at the 150. I don't think that it will actually be harder to maintain a 150 weight, per say. I am able to eat a lot of food at the current weight, and it gets me into a little trouble, because I can eat "extra" and it doesn't really matter. I want to be in better control of everything that I eat. Not that I have to be perfect (obviously), but I want to better watch what I eat. Plus, my husband will like that I will look better in pants, not that he says anything (he is very polically correct). I'll have a thinner feel to my tummy when I lay down and get rid of the little pouch when I am standing and sitting. I will do better at the get-go before I enter menopause and my metabolism declines. I will have less chance of diabetis, and other health problems. I will prevent skin stretching. I will prevent weight from re-accumulating on my face. I will respect myself more which translates to others respecting me more. I am not this body. I have this body on loan. I should take care of it and treat it well.

These are the food selections that I will be having each day, more or less:
Limited fats (2-3), but I've never really monitored those much. It hasn't been that hard avoiding them.
3 starch
2.5 protein
5 vegies
4 fruit
2 dairy
1 LA Weightloss protein bar, which I don't have anymore (maybe I have 2 bars) and can't get anymore, since I finished their program, so I will replace the bar with either another similar type bar or a dairy or protein selection of modest size and quantity, try to have it be protein based but also fun in terms of the palate experience.
lots of water

So far I have had about 4 glasses of water. Now I will start my eating for the day. For breakfast I will have what I typically have enjoyed for breakfast:

yogurt, cheese, prunes, banana, granola on top which is:

2 dairy, 2 fruit, 0.5 starch and we are on our way.

lunch: togo salad: 2 vegie, .5 starch, .5 protein, 1 fat
snack: grapefruit (yummy)
dinner: small cake, chicken breast, cole slaw: 2 starch, 1 protein, 2 vegie

few more glasses of water

time of last eating: 4:30 PM

Total rundown:
2 dairy
no LA bar
3 fruit
4 vegie
3 starch
2 fat (salad dressing and cake)
8 glasses of water (maybe more)

How do I feel now (8:10 PM): good as far as the diet and exercise program goes. Bloated because of the overeating of days past. Maybe the 159 isn't artifically high. Glad to be back on schedule. It has been a hard 24 hours emotionally because of other concerns pressing in on me and I feel irritable. I am listening hard to God.

Verse that touched me the most today: When Haggar said to God that He is the God who sees.
Preaching that most touched me today: When Charles Stanley spoke of the one with the gift of service. It touched my heart a lot. I related that I was one with that gift.

Lesson I want to apply for today: That those with the gift of service can become discouraged because they so much like to see things accomplished. Long range goals can be difficult for them. I need to...eh..relax? (Like, how?)

But God is good. His eternity is everything. Press on.