Weekly Goals after a freebie holiday weekend

Whew! I have really let myself go a little too far off track this week!  I'm blaming the holiday weekend, but since it started on Wednesday, it has been more like an off week.

Why am I not more ashamed of this???

I was celebrating a 15 POUND MONTHLY LOSS!!!

I'm so excited that I stuck with it for a full month and ended up with such a great loss.  I finally found a great way to motivate my super cheap-o self!

I entered 2 DietBets and ended up netting nearly $30 for losing those 15 pounds!  Bonus!

One of my goals for this week is to roll my winnings into another couple of DietBets.  I even created my own game if anyone wants to join me!  Here's the game http://diet.bt/16Yi4wP and the bet is only $15!  You won't be sorry and I can be your personal cheerleader.  :)

My other goals are to meal plan and stay on track, get in some more walks/runs, and get back to tracking everything on MyFitnessPal (during my month of DietBets I tracked every day!).


What are your goals for the week?

If you join me in my DietBet, let me know!  I will absolutely cheer you on!

And, just in case I haven't raved enough about my time away at the cabin here's 2YO enjoying "playing in the dirt."

Bad Eating Day - but not what you think...

Today was a horrible eating day, but not because I ate too much. I ate way too little and besides some spinach in my breakfast, I didn't get any fruits and veggies in.

We left the cabin today. I ended up making a late breakfast of Eggs Florentine while packing and we left around lunchtime. The rest of the fam snacked in the car, but I didn't and really didn't feel hungry.

There was a lot going on when we got home because the kiddos hadn't seen their dad in a week. I immediately got to work clipping coupons so I could stock up after a week gone. I would have waited but we were out of formula, and guess who brought her Target receipt from over $100 to $60 and managed to come home with 8 things of formula (2 tubs, 4 pre-mixed, and 2 6 packs), diapers (2), deodorant (3), and feminine products (6)? Oh yeah!

It was so nice out when I got home that I decided to get the fam out for a walk before bed. We did a quick loop around the neighborhood. When we got back I realized I hadn't eaten a thing since breakfast. I was then busy with getting the little ones ready for bed so I popped a leftover half turkey burger into the toaster oven and shoved it down before jumping in the shower.

While I was at the cabin, I realized that drinking some soy milk before bed really cut down on my nighttime snacking. I had some coupons for Almond Milk, so I picked some up for $1! I couldn't wait to try it out so I had a glass and later I had some chocolate animal crackers.

Here's the evidence of my nutritionally lacking day. I'll try better tomorrow.

Today aside, I'm so happy with my eating and activity lately. I was even able to take part in our fish fry last night! Mmmm... I can't resist some fresh-caught fried walleye. I didn't know how to track it, but came up with battered, fried walleye and found I could have way more than I thought! We bread of fish lightly not batter, so I'm sure I was we'll within my calories.

Ok, I got way too into that fish fry... Let's talk about running. Here I was all excited about C25K Week 5 because it went so well the first day and the second day was different! What the heck happened to three days of consistency? Well, at least I can report that I made it through 8min running, 5 minutes walking, and 8 more minutes of running!

Last thing to mention - guess who has entered ONEderland!?! This lady!

I didn't eat enough today - what!?!

Today was kind of a busy day and I know I didn't eat like I should. I mean, I ate very well but I didn't eat at the right times.

I skipped breakfast. I know, big no-no, but it didn't turn into a binge session later so that was good. 2YO and I went to baby gymnastics and I got a little exercise in instead.

We then went to visit with Grandma and Grandpa to pick up the little one and, since we stayed so long, I had a quick snack of a Spinach Asiago Chicken Sausage on a Sandwich Thin.  We stayed a bit longer to check out the new addition to the playhouse - a little table.  2YO loves that place and who can blame him!

I can't believe, looking back, that I did no snacking between lunch and dinner. The little lady kept me pretty busy because she's not happy these days without someone to hold onto while she stands up. I'm wondering if she'll follow in her Momma's footsteps and walk at 8 months.

We're leaving for the cabin in the morning, Hubby will be out at a friend's shop working on his work vehicle all weekend, and his daughter is with her mom this weekend. All that added up to a Clean Out The Fridge Night.

We had leftover sloppy joe mix (which I've been steering clear from mostly because of the bun), Arby's chicken strips and fries leftover from a grandparent outing (not going to work for me), and Cheddarwurst burgers (definitely not going to work for me!).

I added some ingredients to make something I felt good having and here's what I came up with.

I dusted off my food scale of weight watchers days and found I had a 4oz potato topped with 1/2 cup of sloppy joe mix and 1 cup broc/caul mix. And, let me tell you, it filled me up! It ended up being such a big meal and, yeah, it didn't really need the sloppy joe, but I've been eyeing that stuff for a while and it was good!

I have to admit I also had to add to my calorie counting 1/2 an Arby's chicken strip that 2YO didn't eat - I'm only human! Now, although it's late, I'm going to grab 16 chocolate animal crackers, get a back rub from Hubby, and hit the sack.

I'm still 400 under my calorie goal, so I know I didn't eat enough. But what I did eat was pretty good. Weigh-in is tomorrow and I'm actually excited! So far, this DietBet has been my best motivation yet, and I really needed something to kick start me into these healthy habits.

Non-Scale Victories - I'm working on it!

I don't exactly have any non-scale victories this week.

I'm working on it

Since finally joining two DietBets (it's not too late to join the DietBet, it just started yesterday! http://bit.ly/11h3A74) I have been committed to staying on track. I will not lose that money! I have tracked my food (MyFitnessPal 2Momma2), not eaten any chips or chocolate, and started meal planning so I won't have trouble at the cabin.

I got creative with leftovers tonight. I used half of 2YOs bun for sloppy joes (which I would have loved to have since that particular recipe was delicious) and sliced it into two super thin pieces. I spread a really thin layer of Hidden Valley Farmhouse Originals Southwest Chipotle dressing (yum!) and added lettuce and my fish. It was sooo good!

Half a bun, cut in half :) it actually looks pretty thick! It wasn't...

I'll definitely have some NSVs next week - I'm counting on it!

So, here is my official Non-Scale Victory: I finally got some cute clothes for working out! I may have already posted a picture earlier today, but I'm that excited about them. I'm also happy that I' committed to keeping up with running, even though it is totally hard for me, enough to justify buying the clothes and that I feel like I'll be comfortable wearing them in public.

Finally going to look like I'm serious instead of some old slob in baggy clothes
attempting to move faster than the speed of snail!