Talk about FAILURE!

Man, all I can think of is... "I Failed!" Now I know why some people chose NOT to set goals... so they don't feel disappointed when/if they fail to meet that goal. One of my holiday goals was to "report every day, even weekends and holidays." Well, let's see... I am now going on my 6th day of not reporting. Oh wait, I'm reporting TODAY. Okay, 5 days then. Bad enough! Sorry to my fitness friends for dropping off the face of the planet there for the last week! I have not been encouraging you!.. sorry. In attempt to get back on the horse, I am going to give a pathetic report summing up my 5 missed days (be warned... it's not pretty)

Saturday - no exercise, eating just okay
Sunday - no exercise, eating just okay
Monday - 50 minutes on elliptical, 2 miles on track, 20 minutes weights/abs, eating bad
Tuesday - early morning work out, eating BAD (started my holiday baking)
Wednesday - early morning work out, eating EVEN WORSE (thanks to Amanda Y's Mountain Dew Apple Dumpling! Ugh! oh, and more holiday baking)
Thursday - I FEEL so YUCKY! Seriously, I can't believe how gross I feel from eating holiday food! I tell myself "it is NOT worth it! But then a piece of pumpkin roll stares me down and I HAVE to take a bite!) No work out today.

As for tomorrow... I am getting back to counting my calories and REPORTING! Hold me to it fitness friends - holiday food is good, but it is NOT worth the way I feel right now. Oh, and FYI... I am NOT weighing in tomorrow!

Good Day Friday

Today was weigh in and, drum roll... I lost .8 pound! I thought I might just stay the same with my weekend Christmas party indulgence, so I am happy to have shown a little loss. I have mixed feelings about the rest of my "numbers," here they are:
BMI - DOWN .1
% Body fat - DOWN 1.1%!
Waist - UP 1/2 inch
Hips - UP one inch
Thigh - same
Arm - DOWN 1/2 inch (finally)

My waist and hips are definitely where I gain my weight. I can't believe that my arm measurement is down. It has not changed AT ALL since I've started tracking months ago.

Maybe I can tone up my waist by working out more this next week (I totally slacked in the exercise department this past week!)

Here is my daily report:
DIET:
Zone bar - 200
Raisin Bran - 200
Milk - 60
Christmas goodies - 130
crackers - 80
100 calorie pack - 100
hard boiled egg - 70
Chips - 160
tortilla - 140
beans - 60
rice - 80
Chicken - 100
Sour Cream - 80
Cheese - 60
Salsa - 20
hot chocolate milk - 210
Total: 1750

EXERCISE:
50 minutes on elliptical
ran 2 miles on track
20 minutes abs and weights

WATER:
85 ounces so far

Thursday

Go Lean Cereal - 200
yogurt - 120
milk - 30
crackers and cheese - 200
Christmas Goodies, assorted kinds - 300?
shrimp scampi w/ parmesan- 700!
bread - 110
peanut butter - 100
banana - 110
orange juice - 120
Total - 1990 (urgh!)

WATER: 50 ounces? Not enough! I'll keep plugging along tonight!

No exercise (again)... Another late-nighter and a day full of video editing (it is consuming my life!). As soon as I get my 2006 home movies edited down, I can get back to reality (unless I get tempted to do 2007-08, but those years will be fast because I don't have nearly as much footage!) Until then, I am in la la, neglectful mother-mode!

Wednesday

I have somehow managed to pull my hip flexer muscle and it is killing me! It started yesterday and is worse today. I probably only got about 4 hour of sleep last night it hurt so bad. I must have done something to tweak it when I did some CORE exercises. It is making me kind of mad because I really wanted to work out today, but I can barely hobble around my house, let alone exercise (you should see me try to make it up and down the 40 stairs in our house! I am not being very productive with house cleaning/laundry!) So, instead I am getting some reading in while I keep heat on it! I think I'm going to try to hit the weights class tomorrow so I can at least get an upper body work out in.

DIET:
Go Lean Cereal - 200
Yogurt - 120
milk - 30
bread - 110
peanut butter - 100
honey - 40
Chips - 170
zone bar - 190
parmesan crusted tilapia - 350
mixed vegetables - 180
sourdough bread - 80
2 jo jos - 140
bit of a treat from Natalie - 100?
TOTAL so far: 1810

WATER: 75 oucnes (so far)

Do you see what I mean about getting in a rut with my eating? Especially when I'm dieting... I just eat the same things each day (except for dinner). I KNOW I need to work on that!

Tuesday

It is 7:00 and I am committing now that I am NOT going to eat anything else for the rest of the night. The last two nights I have given in to things late at night. I have been staying up until 1:00-3:00 working on editing down our family home videos (again!); it is so easy to give in at midnight when my stomach is growling like crazy! So, hold me to it! I will report in tomorrow on whether or not I kept this commitment!

DIET:
Go Lean Cereal - 200
Yogurt - 120
Milk - 30
ZONE Protein bar - 200
bread - 110
Tuna - 100
mayo - 40
cheese - 40
100 calorie pack pretzels - 100
1/2 cup of milk - 55
Pizza - 600?
TOTAL: 1595?

WATER:
I didn't track it very well today. I probably drank 50 ounces? I'll try to get another 25 ounces before bed.

EXERCISE:
Didn't happen today! I could not get out of bed for the 6:00a.m. class!.. went to bed TOO late!

Monday

DIET:
banana - 150
1/2 tuna sandwich - 250
1/2 peanut butter & honey sandwich - 250
two cheese crackers - 65
zone protein bar - 200
dorritos chips - 300 (ouch!)
graham cracker - 60
turkey meatloaf - 150
1/2 potato - 100
broccoli - 30?
candycane jojos - 350 (oouch!)
TOTAL: 1905

WATER:
90 ounces

EXERCISE:
hour weights class
ran 2 miles

Sunday

Man, it is HARD for me to report on weekends! I am going to have to guess on these calories because I didn't measure or keep track throughout the day:

oatmeal with walnuts and raisins - 250
zone bar - 190
cracker with cheese - 40
candy - 60
spagetti and chicken (with sauce and parmesan) - 500?
sourdough bread with butter - 350?
oreos - 150
milk - 200
almond cookies - 140
TOTAL: 1880

WATER:
probably only 25 ounces (that is probably why I don't feel great right now)

Man, I really ate bad today. At least I stayed in range, calorie-wise.