New habit?

08/09

Breakfast:  LC whole wheat pita with crunchy PB and honey; coffee

Snack:  Pear and some colby jack cheese (maybe 2oz.); water

Lunch:  Coffee protein shake

Snack: 3 strawberries

Dinner:  Fried egg sandwich with one slice of cheese, 3 strips bacon, mayo, dill pickle on whole wheat bread; grapes; water

08/10

Breakfast:  1 1/2 pieces of french toast with SB butter, SF syrup, 6 strips bacon, and coffee

Lunch:  Pizza-1 LC pita, broccoli, chunk chicken, BBQ sauce, and mozzarella cheese (I think the hubbs also put on some bacon and garlic)

Dinner:  Chicken Provence from Mimi's.  I ate all the veggies (which weren't much!) halfish of the potatoes (my boys both had some), and half the main entree.  It was GOOD!  I love pesto, chicken, all that good stuff!  I also had a great salad, no cheese (cheese on the entree) and the dressing on the side.  Have you ever noticed HOW much dressing they put on salads????  I didn't want to eat all that so I always ask for it on the side.  Seriously.  It's like, 1/4 to 1/2 c.!  I almost died when they brought it out.  I asked, "Is that how much dressing you normally put on salads?"  She said, "For the entree ones?  No.  It's almost DOUBLE."  Holey Moley!  I use maybe 1Tbsp.  2 if it is a big salad and I'm really hungry.

08/11

Breakfast:  1/2c. oatmeal with butter and Sweetleaf/Splenda, coffee, 1/2c. strawberries

Lunch:  Ham on whole wheat with mayo and romaine, water, 1/2 pear

Snack:  Iced Latte with Aspartame/Splenda and 2.5 chocolate munchins

Dinner:  3/4 thick cut pork chop, large spinach salad with strawberries, goat cheese, and pecans drizzled with home-made balsamic, 1 glass red wine

WHEW!  That's my food from the last three days!  Not sure if I will have any loss, but I feel like I've done well.  Very little processed food, higher carbs but low GI ones, eating when I'm hungry and not just to eat, and not letting myself get to the point where I am starving.  Good water and attempting to remember all my vitamins.  SO, feeling pretty good!  Probably shouldn't have had those munchkins, but I only had a couple.  And we have done a lot of walking the last couple of days.  Soooo... not sure what to expect.

Overall, this week feels like it has been good, but I guess the scale will show tomorrow.  I plan on doing a weigh-in then and probably again Sunday.  I'm hoping I did okay carb and cal wise and hoping that I have at least a tiny loss.  But I just don't know.  I'm not really 'counting' anything anymore, but rather just trying to eat balanced and not stress myself so much.  I want to lose weight and I want to look good, but man with little guy not sleeping I feel like I am just too tired and stressed out.  Taking this week to be more 'balanced' and not stress on food so much has been nice.  Like I said, still trying to make good choices, but not killing myself.

My friend's wedding is this weekend and I just hope I can breathe in my dress.  It's a 14.  Really wish I had ordered the 16!  But at the time, the 14 I tried on felt really good, so I just didn't think I needed a larger size.  I had also hoped that from the time I ordered until now, I would be down a bit more.  I had hoped for the low 190's to the high 180's.  But it just didn't happen.  And now, well, I just hope I can get the dress on and look decent.  I don't want to look like I'm about to POP.

Well, wish I could go on and on, but I have several things I need to do before I go to bed.  Tomorrow will more than likely be a busy day and I don't want to be running around like crazy.  I'd much rather do what I've got to do and be done with it.  That way, tomorrow I'm not crazy.  I don't know when I will be able to post again.  Hopefully Sunday or Monday.  Have a great weekend, chicks!