Journaling

When I was part of Weight Watchers, we were taught to journal everything we ate. This way we could see our 1. our eating patterns 2. how much we had consumed 3. What food work best for us in weight loss. Here is my "food tally" for yesterday.

*I guess I need to warn you that I am a junk-aholic. Plus, I work and my "eating out" options are limited. Those are my excuses anyway (lol) I have included the diet plan that I mostly go by. I have made my own little changes but it still works! Click here for the link to the diet plan

Let the food tally begin..........


Breakfast: I had 2 south beach peanut butter cookies (Calories 100; Carbohydrates 15g)
16 oz water with crystal lite fruit punch added


Lunch: Wendy's Classic Cheeseburger ( I removed the bun)
16 oz Diet Coke

Snack: Lean Ham, turkey, roast beef and low fat cheese roll. No bread just all that rolled together. YUMMY!

Dinner: Hotdog (mustard chili bun and wiener)
12oz diet Coke
Small popcorn
**Yes, I know, I cheated a little but it was at a basketball game and that was the only option I had. Will do better tomorrow!

Snack: Handful of Grapes

Exercise: I had to miss yesterday, we went to the High School basketball sectional. But I will make up for it on Friday or one of my planned off days.



Inspiration: The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. ~Benjamin Mays

Reflection

I just decided recently to start this journal to help me keep motivated and maybe help someone along the way.

ABOUT ME

• I'm 62.5 inches tall (5 feet 2 1/2 inches)
• I'm 29 years old and female.
• I'm married with no children as of yet
• I started struggling with my weight after I got married in 1995. I weighed 118lbs then and at my largest I weighed 172lbs (during fertility treatments)

HISTORY:

I started this diet plan on October 10th, 2005. If I remember correctly, I weighed in at 168 lbs. my BMI (Body Mass Index) 30.7 which is OBESE! I remember thinking...OK enough is enough! I gotta do something!! So a friend of mine encouraged me to start the "South Beach Diet". I was very skeptical to say the least but I had seen how it had worked for him. I think he had lost like 30+ pounds. So, I went into it with my mind made up! I had to loose this weight!


ME NOW:
I am currently, as of this morning...
Weight: 143.0
BMI: 26.2
Exercising regularly now!! 4 days a week

I thought I would include some information on the BMI and other diet things. (Most info is from the http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htm website)

Body Mass Index (BMI) can be used to indicate if you are overweight, obese, underweight or normal. It will, however, overestimate fatness in people who are muscular or atheletic. Because of these problems, this body mass index calculator shows extra statistics to help you be informed and judge your own body compared to others of the same height and age. Also offered are average weight and height charts and Body Mass Index charts, which show data you just can't find anywhere else.
Women tend to believe they look their best at values between 20 to 22 and men are usually satisfied with a BMI of 23 to 25. If your BMI is between 17 to 22, your life expectancy is longer than average. You don't need to lose weight.
If your BMI is between 23 and 25, you are not considered overweight by most people. But if your BMI is 26 or more, that's not good. But you knew that already.

This Link is interesting!!!!!!!
Try this Ideal Weight calculator, which adjusts for your age and current weight.

Please feel free to comment!!!!!!! If your dieting, let us know how it is going! Leave any questions, stories, recipes....anything!! I would love to hear from you!!!

HERE IS A BEFORE PICTURE **I'm around 165 lbs. here