Okay so I have dropped off the face of this blog, but it doesn't mean that I haven't been working on my health.

At the beginning of the year I weighed 224 pounds and as of right now I weigh 208. But I do feel I should be much further along by now. So I am getting serious again. Seriously.

I had been running but I think the stress I was putting on a previously broken leg doing more harm than good to my foot. So I simply have been walking for exercise. The weather has been beautiful here, so I am going to enjoy it while I can.

I have been eating less. I have always eaten kind of healthy food, it really is just a matter of portion control for me. I am a vacuum when it comes to eating. I am working on slowing down and enjoying the good food I am eating.

We are leaving to go on vacation tomorrow and I am really planning on coming back lighter. Vacation is no excuse to eat excessively. This is just a another facet of life where I have to learn to control my overeating.

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Whoa, Time Goes Fast When You're Eating Turkey

I have been an absentee blogger, already. It's shameful.

But I have been doing okay, not great, but okay.

My goals for last week were

1. Run 2 times
Semi-Fail. I did run once but I never got that last run in.

2. Keep track of food intake
Semi-Fail. I get about a 50% on this too, which technically is fail-fail

3. Only have one plate of food and one slice of pie on Thanksgiving.
Success! This was a lot easier than I thought it would be. And I didn't cheat by using a huge plate or considering half the pie as one slice.

4. Don't nibble on goodies all day
Another success! I was so busy reading The Hunger Games, I never ate all the little apps hanging around. By the way The Hunger Games is amazing!

5. Enjoy and be thankful for a wonderful family.
Another success! We had a great time with our family.

Overall, I had a good week. Could have been better tracking and exercise wise but I am not going to beat myself up about it.

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Goals For The Week (Novemeber 21-27)

It probably wasn't the best idea to try and get my portion control problem under control the week before Thanksgiving. But I had to start sometime and this hurtle was going to come up inevitably. I thought if I wrote down my goals and set them before turkey day maybe I could give myself a little advantage against this Goliath of a holiday.

1. Run two times this week
I would normally try for three but we will be out of town for most the week. I won't be able to run.

2. Keep up with tracking my food intake
I have been using Calorie Count. I like how it's set up.

3. Only have 1 plate of food for Thanksgiving and only 1 slice of pie
No seconds for this girl.

4. Don't nibble on goodies all day long
My mother-in-law keeps all kinds of candy and goodies throughout the house. I always just take some throughout the day. I'm not saying I can't have any but I will take a few at one time so I can track it.

5. Enjoy and be thankful for a wonderful family
That's what's it's all about!

Another Day of Logging What I Eat

I am not sure if I will this everyday but I think it is a good way to track my eating habits. 

Breakfast

1/3 cup multi grain hot cereal: 160

1 tbsp milled flax seed: 30

1 tbsp honey: 64

Breakfast calorie total: 254


Lunch

2 eggs: 192
2 small roma tomatoes: 27
4 stalks of asparagus: 13
2 tbsp of feta cheese: 75
1/2 tbsp olive oil{for cooking}: 60

Lunch calorie total: 367

Dinner

1 cup refried beans: 237
1/2 cup yellow rice: 231
1/4 cup diced tomato: 10

Dinner calorie total: 478

Dessert

homemade tiramisu: 350

Dessert total: 350
{totally worth it}

Total calories for the day: 1449
Calorie Count grade for the day:

Running is Hard

Today was the second time I tried to run this week. It was harder than the first time.

It makes me so mad that I have gotten to this point in my life where running a whole mile feels like I might as well be running a marathon. Grrr...

Yeah, I just growled at myself.

I am trying to not get down on myself. I know I need to keep a positive frame of mind or I am just going to sabotage myself before I even get started.

I need to remember this...

First Day of Measuring. Food, That Is

Breakfast

1/3 cup blackberries: 21 

1/2 cup Greek yogurt: 60 

1/2 cup homemade granola: 250 

1/2 tbsp honey: 32 

Breakfast calorie total: 363

(I have a food scale but the batteries are dead. 

I am going to pick up some replacements today)

Lunch

1 whole wheat wrap: 100

1 cup lettuce: 8

1/2 a green apple: 40

1/4 cup dried cranberries: 99

.5 ounces Gorgonzola: 50

{dressing}

1 tsp olive oil: 40

1/2 tbsp honey: 30

1 tsp apple cider vinegar: 1

Lunch calorie total: 368

Snack

1/2 a green apple: 40

2 tbsp of natural peanut butter: 190

Snack calorie total: 130

Dinner

2 cups of white chicken chili: 498

Dinner calorie total: 498

  

Total calories for the day: 1359
Calorie Count grade for the day:

And So It Begins...

I am so tired of being fat.

I am so tired of telling myself I'll be healthy tomorrow.

It is time to start this long journey of losing weight and eating healthy and getting regular exercise.

You know, like a balanced and well adjusted person.

I know I can do this. I know I have to do this.

I really don't get very many pictures taken of me because I dread how I look. But this journey requires total honesty and I am willing to give it.

This is probably the most recent photo of me and it isn't all that recent.

I think it's a pretty good shot. :)

It was taken by my daughter when we all went on a walk together as a family.

So, the purpose of this blog is to get me on track, literally. I once was a runner. I hope to be again. I started this week with a jog and I only got as far as a mile but I know if I keep at it I will get further.

Another goal I have is to track my food intake. I will be using the old fashioned method of weighing food and counting calories. I am actually a pretty healthy eater both in what I choose to eat and how much I choose to eat. I need to work on portion control.

I have many goals and I will get further into them but for now I will start with my stats.

Name: Niki
Age: 29, almost 30
Height: 5'6"
Starting Weight: 219lbs.
Current BMI: 35.3 (Obese range)

And so it begins...

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.