Weigh In Wednesday

Hello!

I have been feeling quite disillusioned by my weight loss journey lately.  I decided to take a step back for a couple of weeks.  I had a visit with my mom for a few days and then went to work as a summer camp nurse for a week.  I did not step on a scale.  I did not count calories.  I only ran once.  I listened to my body and ate when I was hungry and stopped when full.  (easy to do at camp, where I was not doing the cooking or washing-up)  The only exercise I got at camp was walking around the camp grounds.  (Oh, there were a few sprints to emergencies as well)  My mother-in-law came one day to pick up the kids for their visit with her.  She told me she had noticed I was losing weight, that my face looked thinner.  I did notice that my jeans were a bit looser.  I blamed it on wearing them a few times without washing them since I was at camp.

I got home today and stepped on the scale out of curiosity.  It said 155.8.  I managed to drop  two pounds in 10 days without trying.  I can zip up a dress that has been taunting me in my closet now!

Previous weight: 158
Current weight:  155.8
Loss:                     2.2
Starting weight   161.0
Total loss:              5.2

My kids are gone for a couple of weeks now so I am looking forward to stretching my cooking wings while they are gone.  Nothing with 'n cheeze or nugget in the recipe name for a while!!!

Weigh In Wednesday

Yeah, yeah, I have missed a couple.  Truth be told, I am hiding from the scale.  I might even take the battery out for a while.  I haven't really lost any weight.  I am stuck at 158 right now, but yesterday I shaved SEVEN MINUTES off of the time I ran at my first 5K.  I am so, so, so happy about that.

I am just going to be happy about that right now.

I will miss next week's weigh in.  I am going to work at a summer camp as a nurse. I can hardly wait!

Food Journal, Day 6

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Eat, Shrink & Be Merry Fuzzy Peach	1.00	219	1g	6mg	106mg	34g	0g	3g	19g
Recipezaar #13226 Best Granola Bar	1.00	232	13g	10mg	85mg	26g	15g	3g	5g
Hungry Girl (1-2-3 Cookbook) Hungry Chick Chicken Soup	1.00	150	1g	0mg	570mg	15g	5g	4g	21g
Pepsi Diet Pepsi with Lime	1.00	0	0g	0mg	25mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Apple Fritter	1.00	650	26g	0mg	1,020mg	91g	13g	0g	0g
Looneyspoons Cookbook Spinnochio Salad	3.00	318	10g	15mg	348mg	56g	0g	0g	9g
President's Choice (Canada) Pc Ciabatta Burger Bun	1.00	160	3g	0mg	320mg	30g	2g	2g	5g
Fitness	Minutes	Calories Burned
Weeding Garden	30.0	-166.0
Totals:		1,563	54g	31mg	2,474mg	253g	35g	12g	58g

Food Journal, Day 5

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Dempster's Wholewheat Bread	2.00	340	4g	0mg	700mg	64g	4g	8g	14g
Large Egg	1.00	71	5g	190mg	72mg	1g	0g	0g	6g
Lactantia Olivina Non-Hydrogenated Margarine	1.00	70	8g	0mg	70mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
No Name Natural Liquid Honey	0.33	20	0g	0mg	0mg	6g	5g	0g	0g
Wegmans Smoked Turkey Breast	1.00	50	1g	25mg	630mg	2g	1g	0g	9g
Lactantia Olivina Non-Hydrogenated Margarine	1.00	70	8g	0mg	70mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Montery Jack Cheese	1.00	110	9g	25mg	180mg	1g	0g	0g	7g
Saurkraut	1.00	5	0g	0mg	0mg	1g	0g	0g	0g
Kraft Light Done Right Thousand Island	0.50	30	2g	0mg	170mg	6g	4g	0g	0g
Naval Orange	1.00	69	0g	0mg	1mg	18g	12g	3g	1g
Hungry Girl (1-2-3 Cookbook) Hungry Chick Chicken Soup	1.00	150	1g	0mg	570mg	15g	5g	4g	21g
AMC Movie Theatres Popcorn, Kid's sized	0.50	150	10g	3mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Wawa Sugar Free Iced Coffee	1.00	90	4g	12mg	353mg	9g	0g	1g	0g
Cheerios Multigrain Cheerios (5wholegrains) Low In Fat	1.00	120	2g	0mg	200mg	24g	6g	3g	2g
Milk 2%	1.00	130	3g	20mg	120mg	12g	12g	0g	9g
President's Choice (Canada) Root Beer Float Ice Cream	1.00	170	7g	20mg	60mg	24g	18g	0g	2g
Fitness	Minutes	Calories Burned
Grocery shopping	45.0	-197.0

Food Journal, Day 4

Today is Canada Day.  I knew I would be going out for lunch at my Mother In Law's.  I went running early in the morning and then went for a big walk with the kids.  That really burned off my big lunch with a beer!

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Rhubarb Oatmeal Muffin	1.50	468	7g	21mg	189mg	99g	2g	4g	7g
General Mills Multigrain Cheerios	1.00	110	1g	0mg	200mg	23g	6g	3g	2g
Milk 2%	1.00	130	3g	20mg	120mg	12g	12g	0g	9g
Italian Vegetarian Lasagna	1.00	250	7g	20mg	400mg	29g	6g	3g	17g
Olive Garden Salad With Oil And Vinegar Dressing	1.50	140	8g	2mg	68mg	15g	8g	3g	3g
Bread With Butter	1.00	145	1g	0mg	0mg	1g	0g	0g	0g
Kokanee Beer (canadian)	1.00	153	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Warm Gingerbread Cake	1.00	247	6g	0mg	177mg	45g	0g	2g	4g
Starbucks Iced Shaken Coffee	1.00	90	0g	0mg	5mg	21g	20g	0g	0g
Healthy Way Flax Loaf	1.00	170	2g	0mg	350mg	30g	3g	8g	9g
President's Choice PC Thick-Sliced Bacon	1.00	170	17g	25mg	320mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
No Name Mayo Light	1.00	40	4g	5mg	150mg	1g	1g	0g	0g
Avacado	1.00	50	5g	0mg	0mg	2g	0g	2g	1g
Tomatoes	1.00	25	0g	0mg	0mg	1g	0g	1g	1g
Co-Op Beans With Pork (tomato Sauce)	0.50	160	2g	1mg	405mg	28g	8g	8g	8g
Fitness	Minutes	Calories Burned
Running: 5.2 mph (11.5 min/mile)	40.0	-585.0
Child Care - walking with children	120.0	-368.0
Totals:		1,395	61g	93mg	2,383mg	306g	65g	33g	60g

Food Journal, Day 3

Today was a bad day.  I binged.  I went out for dessert with my Sister in Law. At lunchtime, after eating so much I felt physcially ill.  I ran on my treadmill but fueling my body with crap made my run go very poorly.  I could only go 3 miles, and I had to stop because I got dizzy and nauseous.

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Quaker Raw (uncooked) Oatmeal	1.00	150	3g	0mg	0mg	27g	1g	4g	5g
President's Choice PC Soy Protein Shake Mix - Vanilla	0.50	69	1g	0mg	96mg	9g	7g	0g	0g
Dole Frozen Blueberries	0.50	35	1g	0mg	0mg	9g	6g	2g	0g
Publix Brown Sugar	1.00	35	0g	0mg	5mg	9g	0g	0g	0g
Milk 2%	1.00	130	3g	20mg	120mg	12g	12g	0g	9g
Black Coffee	1.00	5	0g	0mg	4mg	1g	0g	0g	0g
Homemade Barbequed Chicken Pizza	2.00	640	16g	90mg	1,480mg	64g	0g	6g	58g
Avacado (medium)	0.50	125	11g	0mg	0mg	8g	0g	3g	3g
No Name Light Marble Cheese	1.00	90	6g	15mg	260mg	0g	0g	0g	9g
Hungry Girl Hot Chick Bbq Chop	1.00	320	3g	0mg	929mg	48g	26g	10g	32g
Rhubarb Oatmeal Muffin	0.50	156	2g	7mg	63mg	33g	1g	1g	2g
7 Up	1.00	210	0g	0mg	55mg	56g	54g	0g	0g
Mud Pie	1.00	525	30g	0mg	0mg	50g	20g	5g	0g
Fitness	Minutes	Calories Burned
Running: 5 mph (12 min/mile)	30.0	-390.0
Totals:		2,100	75g	132mg	3,012mg	324g	126g	31g	118g