Weigh In: Week 12

I was out of town last week, so to be down a pound when I returned was a good thing.  Until next week...

Weigh In: Week 11

I'm going back to Thursday as my weigh in day.  Thursday's worked for me for many years and I switched to Monday simply because that is the day I started the Advocare 24 day challenge.  Now that the 24 day challenge is over, I'd like to go back to Thursday's.  Plus I FINALLY have a loss to celebrate and I don't want to wait until Monday :)

Goals: Review of May and Set June

I had two goals for May (5/2 - 5/30):

1. Lose 5 pounds - FAIL (only lost 2 pounds)
2. Finish C25K - WIN (I finished and have kept up with running 3-4 times per week)

For June (5/31 - 6/27), here are my goals:

1. Lose 5 pounds (I'm determined to meet this goal)
2. Journal every single day (my food journal is visible to anyone at this address: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/rlnjones)
3. Run at least 3 times per week and increase time to 35 minutes (up from 32)

Weigh In: Week 10

I weighed in this morning without any change since last week.  I am very discouraged, but I refuse to give up.  Does anyone have any encouraging words or tips for me?

Weigh In: Week 9

Well, this is just plain discouraging!  I had several things going on this week including traveling for work, my 30th birthday and a couple of birthday celebrations.  But through all of that, I thought I did pretty good and stayed on track, but obviously not.  I think I may have hit the "weight loss plateau" :(

Weigh In: Week 8

This week I love the scale :)  I did some things different this week and I'll explain more in a seperate post, but it has to do with the way I journal my food.

Also, I have been continuing to run and I ended up starting the Bridge to 10K (B210K) program.  The first day, Saturday, was pretty hard, but not as hard as my first day of C25K.  The second day, this morning, was about as hard as any workout I've had so far. 

I did it on an empty stomach and my pace was really fast (didn't realize I was going so fast).  I don't know exactly what my pace was, but I can tell you that when I arrived back home, I still had 5 minutes of running left (if I had done my normal pace, I would have arrived back home at exactly the end of the 5 minute cool down - so that is 10 minutes ahead of schedule).

Food Journal: 5/16/2011

I use the Weight Watchers PointsPlus* iphone app as my food journal.  I just did screen shots instead of re-typing everything into blogger.  The top bar shows how many PointsPlus* I've used for the day, how many Weekly PointsPlus* are remaining, how many Activity PointsPlus* I've earned that day and how many Activity PointsPlus* are left for the week.  The bottom part of the screen shows the food I logged and their PointsPlus* values.

Monday was not a great day for me nutritionally, but I logged still everything.  I went to the grocery store Monday night, so before that, we didn't have hardly anything fresh to eat.

Above: Breakfast and Lunch

Above: Dinner and Activity

My daily checks are shown below.  Each row represents items that you are supposed to check off throughout the day.  Here is what the list represents (with the daily target listed in parentheses), from the top down: Water (6-8 cups), Milk/Dairy (2 servings), Fruits and Veggies (5 servings), Multi-Vitamin (yes or no), Healthy Oils (2 servings), Activity (yes or no).  If I met the Target, it gives me a little smiley face.  

I got everything in except for 2 Fruit/Veggie servings and 1 Healthy Oil serving (those are always the hardest for me).

*If you are not familiar with Weight Watchers PointsPlus, here is the basic idea: I get 29 PointsPlus a day and 49 extra PointsPlus that can be used at any time throughout the week.  A PointPlus is calculated by the grams of Fat, Carb, Protien and Fiber for each food.  If I exercise, I get extra PointsPlus that can be used at any time throughout the week.