A New Start

Today is the day!  My family and I are starting a 10 Day Real Food Challenge.  Read about it here.  They are not too happy about it.  I am the only one excited.  We went to a "healthy" store last night, and everyone was complaining.  The husband was the loudest!  He has a little Starbucks hot cocoa addiction.  How will he survive 10 days without it?!  I am hoping this is going to help our family's sugar addiction.  We eat way too much junk. 

I am going to document our 10 day journey here.  We'll see how this goes. 

This week

This week I have to eat at my table. So many time, I will eat on the couch while watching tv or playing on the computer. I decided this needed to end. So, I can only eat while sitting down at my kitchen or dining room table. I have to concentrate on my food and not be distracted by other things. That means no tv, reading, or internet. I have done it for the last 2 days, and it is HARD. I never realized how much I don't eat at the table. It has helped curb my eating. I have to decide if a snack is worth sitting down and eating. Most of the time the answer is no.

I did a 3o minute program on my treadmill on Saturday. No exercise since then. I really need to work out.

I started tracking my food in SparkPeople today. I had a failure during lunch. I ate so much. I ate 1357 calories during lunch :-0 (that's my shocked face). Normally I would have given up and eaten junk the rest of the day. I decided to buckle down and not give up. I had to keep my eating in check during dinner. We had taco salad, so I stayed away from the chips. I was able to end the day with 1707 calories. My calorie range is 1370-1720, so I barely squeezed in. I am super proud of myself. I am hungry right now, but I think I want to snack more than I really need food.

Tomorrow will be more balanced meals.

No exercise for me today.

I will.

I will do this.

I will exercise.

I will eat well.

I will lose weight.

I will lead a heathy lifestyle.

Today's a holiday

The End!

End of Day 2

I'm about to watch Twilight so this post is going to be short.

Breakfast - Smoothie - cottage cheese, frozen strawberries, milk, agave nectar, protein powder
Lunch - Leftovers from dinner last night
Snack - Pumpernickel bread w/cream cheese
Dinner - Grilled london broil, artichoke dipped in butter & mayonnaise, Hawaiian rolls

The smoothie was super filling. The boys had waffles with strawberries, whip cream, and syrup. I was so proud of myself for eating healthy. Dinner wasn't really healthy with all the butter and mayonnaise.

No exercise on Sunday

Day 1 (again) End

I did okay today. There is always room for improvement. At least I exercised. That is more than I did yesterday, and I ate less junk today.

Breakfast - Smoothies w/oatmeal, milk, almond butter, agave nectar, banana
Snack - String Cheese
Lunch - Sandwhich - Pumpernickle bread w/tomato, red pepper, cucumber, cream cheese, alfalfa sprouts,
Snack - Lays Limon chips (not my finest moment)
Dinner - Chicken Dish - rice, pasilla chilies, chicken, onions, sour cream, cotija cheese. Watermelon
Snack - Frozen yogurt (yummy, but probably not necessary)

Exercise - I walked about 2.3 miles in 47 minutes.

Day 2, here I come!