Day 55

We started out the day making sure the laundry was done, playing with Alexis, and getting ready for our afternoon adventure. This afternoon we took Alexis to see Sesame Street Live! at the Broward Center for Performing Arts. We spent some time walking around before the show, trying to keep Alexis out of trouble. She had an absolute blast at the show. Ryan and I couldn't decide which was better, watching the show or watching HER watch the show! All in all, fun times! We came home and spent the evening playing and watching football. This upcoming week's goal is to really kick it into gear and get active.

Picture to come...
Current Weight: 204.5 lbs. (Down 1.5 lbs. this week)


Breakfast:
I made a breakfast casserole with egg, potato bread, sausage crumbles, and skim milk cheese. I was good enough to only eat one piece of it (427 calories)

Dinner:
1 cup Romaine lettuce, 2 tbsp Light Ranch, 2 tbsp tortilla strips, 1oz. mini pepperoni, and 1 slice of pepperoni/bacon pizza (706 calories)

Total calories: 1,133

Day 54

Breakfast:
Fiber One 90-calorie Bar

Lunch:
2" Turkey and Cheese sub, Publix Mozzarella stick, 5 Nutter Butter bites, and like 5 Wendy's french fries from Lexi's meal (237 calories)

Dinner:
We went to Gulfstream Park and ate at the Food trucks tonight. I had a sandwich from a place called Mangia Mia. My sandwich was two slices of Texas Toast with two meatballs and mozzarella on it. I estimated it at about (611 calories)
I also had a Red Velvet Cake Milkshake (460 calories)

Total calories: 1,398

We started out our day cleaning up the house, went to the Family Resource Fair at the Signature Grand, came back and did a few things around the house. In the evening, a bunch of the family went to Gulfstream and walked a bunch around there and saw all of the food trucks. It was a fun day :)

Day 53

Breakfast:
Fiber One 90-calorie bar

Lunch:
1oz. Grilled Chicken, .5 cup Gnochi, 1/4 cup Light Asiago Alfredo Sauce (227 calories)

Dinner:
Tried the Bertolli Rigatoni and Sausage (BLEH!), ate a slice of Archer Farms Texas Toast, and 2 slices of Salami (305 calories)

Snack:
Fiber One 90-calorie brownie and 2 Hershey Kisses (137 calories)

Total calories: 759

Day 52

Breakfast:
Fiber One 90-calorie bar

Lunch:
Pepperidge Farms deli flat with munster cheese, salami, and chicken breast, and a 90-calorie Special K bar. (444 calories)

Dinner:
Chick-fil-A Kid's Meal (nuggets and fries) (470 calories)

Snack:
Thanks Dacy! Carmel Chocolate bar (200 calories)

Total calories: 1,204

Day 51

Breakfast:
Fiber One 90-calorie bar

Lunch:
3/4 Jamaican Beef Patty, 1/2 cup green beans, and a Manzano banana (310 calories)

Dinner:
Chipotle- 3 tacos with chicken and barbacoa (657 calories)

Total calories: 1,057

Day 50

Breakfast:
Fiber One 90-calorie bar

Lunch:
1 1/2 cups romaine lettuce, 1/4 cup cheese, 3 tbsp light ranch, 2 tbsp tortilla strips, 1oz. mini pepperoni (324 calories)

Dinner:
4oz. Grilled Chicken with gnochi, light asiago alfredo sauce, light sprinkling of mozzarella cheese, and a slice of garlic bread (588 calories)

Snack:
1 Toll House Cookie (90 calories)

Total calories: 1,092

Day 49

Breakfast:
Fiber One 90 calorie bar

Lunch:
1 slice homemade meatloaf and 1/2 cup sliced carrots (245 calories)

Dinner:
Denny's Cheeseburger (I splurged) (930 calories)

In addition to an exhausting day at work, we went to the Marlins game and walked our butts off, so I did alright today.

Total calories: 1,265

Day 48

Day 48: 206 Lbs.

Total Lbs. lost: 24

In looking at these pictures I've taken over the past 48 days, I am completely amazed at what I see! I didn't realize what I actually looked like until recently when I really start to see what I look like now. I spent a good 45 minutes tonight trying on clothes that I haven't fit into in years. Here's a picture of me in the dress that I wore to my college graduation in April 2006: 

I've only lost two Lbs. this week, but my clothes are fitting better than last week, reason being is that I think I'm gaining some muscle and losing some "flab." Either way, certain things are shrinking on me, like my thighs and my boobs! (Neither of those things shrinking will be met with complaint from me!)

Some big things have happened this week so I suppose this is the time to really share what's going on. I went to see my OB a few weeks ago and we started a series of blood tests to see if I have any kind of clotting disorder that was a contributing factor in Alexis being born early. This week I made a trip back to the doctor for an ultrasound and to discuss the results of my lab work. The ultrasound showed that everything is as it should be, all of the parts and pieces looking and working like they should. The lab work all came back negative! My OB has determined that what happened with Alexis was majorly a result of the uncontrolled high blood pressure during my pregnancy. He feels confident that if/when I get pregnant again that there should not be a repeat of what happened with Alexis. They will watch me more carefully and see me more often. My doctor was getting so excited at the prospect of my having another baby that he's already picked out a new perinatologist for me, decided a plan of action for how often to see me, and even decided what pre-natal vitamins he'll put me on! I told him to sloooow down and he just laughed. :) I explained to him that my goal was to drop more weight and do my very best to lose the blood pressure medication before I attempt to get pregnant. So! At least now we have a plan! 

This weekend was spent doing a little bit of work and relaxing. This week coming up we have a baseball game to go to tomorrow night. (Free tickets to the Marlins game!) Wednesday night we will visit the NICU to see what the new Family Meetings are like. That's about all we have planned for the week. Next weekend we're going to the food trucks at Gulfstream on Saturday. THEN! On Sunday we're taking Alexis to see Sesame Street Live! I know we're going to have a blast and I'm so excited!

Before I close this post, let me share what I ate today:

Breakfast:

Fiber One 90-calorie bar

Lunch:

Pepperidge Farm 7-grain sandwich round with chicken breast, salami, and Havarti cheese. 30 Special K crisps (464 calories)

Dinner:

Homemade Meatloaf with sliced potatoes and carrots (297 calories)

Snack:

Fiber One 90-calorie brownie, 1 cup Jell-O Sugar Free Fat Free Vanilla pudding (140 calories)

Total calories: 991

Day 47

Breakfast: 
Fiber One 90-calorie bar

Lunch:
Pita bread with light sauce and a light sprinkling of cheese. One small orange (305 calories)

Dinner:
2 garlic rolls, 1/2 cup spring mix salad with tomato wedges and about 2TBSP of italian dressing, and 3/4 of a meat lasagna roll. (638 calories)

Snack:
1 Fiber One 90-calorie brownie in the afternoon

Total calories: 1,123

Day 46

Breakfast:
Fiber One 90-calorie bar

Lunch:
3/4 cup Tri-color Rotini pasta with Chili and 1/4 cup 2% milk cheese (615 calories)

Dinner:
Velveeta cheese with elbow noodles and 97% lean Hamburger (350 calories)

Total calories: 1,055

Day 45

I'm too exhausted to write about my world right now. I got to school at 7:10AM this morning. We had 140 minutes of Benchmark Assessment Testing for math. I taught all day AND had Open House tonight. I left school at 7:45PM.

Breakfast:
Fiber One Chocolate Peanut Butter bar

Lunch:
2oz. 2% Milk Velveeta Mac and Cheese, Potato hot dog roll and a Nathan's hotdog. (465 calories)

Dinner:
Chipotle Tacos (3), with chicken, lettuce, tomato salsa, and cheese. (482 calories)

Snack:
Fiber One 90-calorie brownie (because I deserve it!)

Total calories: 1,217


***Starting this weekend, I'm amping up the exercise because I haven't lost any weight so far this week. *** Changin' it up! YEAH! :)

Day 44

Breakfast:
1 cup of Special K with red berries with 1/2 cup 2% milk (171 calories)

Lunch:
Chicken Pad See-ew leftovers (285 calories)

Dinner:
Chicken breast grilled with a light coating of bbq sauce and a medium baked potato with a little bit of butter, cheese, and sour cream (627 calories)

Total calories: 1,083

Day 43

Breakfast:
Fiber One 90-calorie bar

Lunch:
1/2 a Smart Ones Chicken Parmesan (145 calories)

Dinner:
Chicken Pad See-ew (570 calories)

Snack:
Fiber One 90-calorie brownie

Total calories: 985

Day 42 (6 week mark!)

Weekly Weigh-in: 208 Lbs.

Total amount lost: 22 Lbs!

Lexi and I dressed for the Ravens game today (even though we stayed home) and I couldn't stop smiling at myself when I was looking in the mirror. Alexis weighs 22Lbs, so essentially, I've lost one whole Alexis worth of weight! I haven't felt this good in a long time and it is just awesome. Call me vain if you want, but I'm starting to enjoy looking at myself in the mirror again. :) 

All that being said, today has been my cheat day and I'm okay with that. :)

Breakfast:

Fiber One 90-calorie bar

Lunch:

Martin's Potato bread hot dog roll, Nathan's hot dog, Ore Ida Crispers french fries, Velveeta 2% milk shells and cheese. (685 calories)

Dinner:

Will edit to post, may have another hot dog, or just some chips and salsa. 

Snack:

Will edit to post if I eat it: 1 Toll House Chocolate Chip cookie

Total calories: 1,035

Day 41

Breakfast:
Special K with Red Berries, 1/2 cup 2% milk, 1/2 medium banana (263 calories)

Lunch:
1 1/2 cup lettuce, cherry tomatoes, 2% milk shredded cheese, 3 tbs light ranch, 15 Special K cracker chips (305 calories)

Dinner:
Boneless Chicken breast strips with HIdden Valley Ranch powder sprinkled on them and backed in the oven along with diced potatoes (171 calories)

Snack:
2 Fiber One 90-calorie brownies (180 calories)

Total calories: 919

Exercise: Up and down the stairs, walking at the rodeo, in the pool with Lexi for an hour.

Day 40: TGIF!

What a week! This is the most thankful I've been to see FRIDAY in quite a while! I'm so TIRED! UGH!

Breakfast:
Fiber One 90-calorie bar

Lunch:
Personal Cheese Pizza and sweet plantains (518 calories)

Dinner:
Pines Ale House Zinger Salad (551 calories)

Total calories: 1,159

Now that things are slowing down in my life, it is time to start speeding things up in the exercise/weight loss goals! I have to admit that I've stepped on the scale this week and I've only lost two Lbs. and I know I'm capable of losing more. Hopefully I'll be able to hit the gym with Valerie this week and get with the workout.

Enjoy your Friday evening guys and gals! I'm headed to SLEEP!

Day 39: Just for Judith ;)

Today was a stressful day. I feel very overwhelmed with everything at work and it is rough. I very much dislike having to spend 2.5 hours at home working on lesson plans/grading and an hour every other night working on stuff for school. I miss Kindergarten. I miss my Kindergarten teachers. I wanna go home. My new team is great, don't misunderstand me, but this is all so much to deal with and I feel so uncertain of things and I'm very afraid to make a mistake. These are tough times and if I'm not successful, I could face the "chopping block" so to speak. *sigh*

Through all of the stress though, I have resisted the urge to eat tons of things that are unhealthy for me. I took Alexis to Target to get some groceries this afternoon. There were tons of things I tried to rationalize buying, but in the end, I ended up spending the money on a new pair of sandals!

Tomorrow if Friday and I will be happy to relax and enjoy the weekend. One good thing about this school year is that we are required to have our plan books in our mailboxes before we leave on Friday. This assures that I will not be working for hours and hours throughout the weekend on plans. Next week we have BAT testing so I'll be using that time to grade writing prompts. *heavy sigh* Hopefully I'll get a little more done in other areas as well. *fingers crossed*


Breakfast:
Fiber One 90-calorie Chocolate Peanut Butter bar

Lunch:
Small amount of Sonny's BBQ pork and macaroni and cheese (157 calories)
2 hershey kisses (44 calories)
Dinner:
1 1/2 cups lettuce, cherry tomatoes, 1/4 cup shredded cheese, 2 buffalo chicken tenders cut up, 3 tablespoons Light Ranch dressing (500 calories)

Snack:
Fiber One 90 calorie brownie

Total calories: 881
(I know that's too few calories, but at this point, if I eat more, I'll retain them all. I need to start planning better.)

Good Night!

Day 38

Breakfast:
Fiber One 90-calorie bar

Lunch:
Lean Cuisine BBQ chicken quesadilla (280 calories)

Dinner:
Chipotle: 3 hard tacos with Barbacoa, cheese, lettuce, and tomato salsa (475 calories)

Snack:
Small Chocolate Chip cookie (69 calories)

Total calories: 914

Day 37

Breakfast:
None- Ran out of time

Lunch:
Crescent roll with ground beef and 2% milk cheddar cheese (195 calories)

Dinner:
Pollo Tropical: Chicken Caesar wrap and curly fries (512 calories)

Snack:
Fiber One 90-calorie brownie

Total calories: 797

Day 36

Breakfast:
1/2 whole wheat bagel with a tablespoon of cream cheese and a 1/2 a slice of french toast with some butter and syrup (255 calories)

Lunch:
No lunch due to early dinner

Dinner:
3 Buffalo chicken tenders, about 5 french fries and some ranch (615 calories)

Snack:
Cupcake (tomorrow, I'm back on the wagon!) (350 calories?)

Total calories: 1,220


Family has headed back home (let the regular life chaos resume!) and now we'll get back to our regularly scheduled eating program! :)

It was a wonderful weekend celebrating Alexis's 2nd birthday and enjoying time with family and friends. The food was also delicious, but I know this can not be a regular schedule for eating. Here's to being healthy!

Day 35

Weigh-in: 210 Lbs.

Total weight lost: 20 Lbs.

Breakfast: 

Small bacon and cheese omlet and a side of hasbrowns (207 calories)

Lunch:

Tijuana Flats Regular size beef chimichanga on wheat tortilla with lettuce, tomato, cheese, sour cream, and black olives and about a tablespoon of refried beans. (717 calories)

Dinner:

1/2 a chicken philly sub (didn't eat most of the bread) and 1/2 a baked potato with a little butter (440 calories)

Total calories: 1,364

I think I'm doing pretty well at keeping my calories down while family is in town for Alexis's birthday. It has been tough, especially since I'm not used to eating this kind of food regularly now. 

Day 34

Lunch:
Two Reduced Fat Pillsbury Crescent rolls with 2% milk cheddar cheese and 97% lean ground beef. (318 calories)

Dinner:
Sonny's: Pulled pork, pulled chicken, macaroni and cheese, baked beans- all small portions. (380 calories)

Snack:
Chocolate Cupcake (350 calories)

Total calories: 1,048

Day 33

Breakfast:
Fiber One 90 calorie bar

Lunch:
Wendy's Double Stack with cheese and ketchup and a value size fry (590 calories)

Dinner:
Thin pizza crust, traditional sauce, 2% milk mozzarella cheese, mini pepperoni (390 calories)

Snack:
1/2 slice marble cake (120 calories)

Total calories: 1,230

Day 32

Breakfast:
Fiber One 90-calorie bar

Lunch:
Nada- too busy. :(

Dinner:
Pillsbury Reduce Fat crescent rolls with 97% lean ground beef and 2% milk cheese baked in the oven. (670 calories)

Snack:
Fiber One 90-calorie Chocolate Peanut Butter

Total calories: 850 calories

Wait.... what's my weight???

HOLY CRAP! I was at my OBGYN's office today... (unspeakable issues at the moment... no, I'm not pregnant!) and they put me on this scale thingy that measure BMI and stuff... I weighed.....


****DRUM ROLL****

210.6 Lbs!

***HAPPY DANCE***


Real update to come later. When I revive myself from the shock.