Week in Review and Meal Plan

This is going to be our 2nd round of The Military Diet or 3 Day Diet Monday-Wednesday. Last week Gabe lost 4 pounds and I lost 2 pounds. We ate fairly well Thursday though today plus I worked out. I managed to lose 1 more pound.  It's making meal planning easy.

Breakfast: toast, grapefruit, egg, cheese, banana, apple, peanut butter, smoothies

Lunch: tuna, eggs, crackers, cheese, peanuts, rice cakes, chicken, toast, veggies, soup

Dinner:
Sunday-we went to Picklefish for pizza

Monday-chicken, green beans, apple, banana, vanilla ice cream

Tuesday-turkey dogs, spinach, carrots, banana, vanilla ice cream

Wednesday-tuna or chicken, banana, vanilla ice cream

Thursday-whole wheat pasta and vodka sauce

Friday-red beans and rice

Saturday-Papa Murphy's for Liberty's slumber party

We're going to exercise while on the plan this week since it's not our first go around.

January in Review

January was a trying month.  Our tenant hasn't paid rent since November.  She said she would be out this weekend,  but she is waiting for her tax return to have the money to pay us and move out.  I'm ready for the house to pay for itself again.  I'm tired of the money struggle. I want a good tenant who doesn't take advantage of us.

We did a pretty good job with the budget.  We're learning where our money goes and what we can cut.  It's a slow process,  but soon we'll be able to start paying down our debt. I read The Total Money Makeover and we're ready to start our emergency fund then the snowball of paying off our consumer debt.

Liberty and I were sick in the middle of the month when Gabe was out of town.  We were glad when he got home.

We've been eating better.  I lost 9.5 pounds this month.  I took 3 weeks off from working out.  Now that I'm feeling better I started back this morning. 

First Goal Reached

This morning I was too tired to exercise, but I did get on the Wii Fit to weigh in. For the first time since I started working out at the end of November my BMI was below 30 which finally put me out of the obese range and down to overweight. I'm so excited. It's very motivating and let's me know there are great things ahead and that I can reach these goals I set and become a healthier person. I definitely feel better since I started this journey. I'm enjoying trying new things and finding I don't miss Coke and junk food like I thought I would. Thank you to everyone who has shown their support on FB today. It makes me feel good to have a strong support system behind me.

Week in Review

I had two busy days at work. I didn't work out on Thursday and Friday, but I made up for it this morning. I worked out for an hour and it felt good after my little break. I have more energy today. I can feel my shoulders and back getting stronger. I've almost lost enough weight for the Wii Fit to stop calling me obese. That's my first goal - to just be classified as overweight. Cutting portions is really helping.

We've stuck to our budget this week and we've mainly eaten at home. We're trying to stop eating out except for special occasions.

So far we're starting the year off right.

What's Up Wednesday

What's up? It's Wednesday! The middle of the week. Woo hoo! This morning our department manager sent out an email that there are two positions open for promotion and if you were interested to email him. I quickly responded. I'll be with the company 1 year on August 25. At 12:30 he came by my desk and said I had the test at 1:00pm. I took the 34 question test in one hour. No notes allowed. I answered all the questions. I don't know when a decision will be made. Please pray that things work out how they are supposed to.

I've had a tooth ache for the last two days. It's getting progressively worse as the day goes on. I think it's an abscess. I'll call the dentist office in the morning.

What did you have for dinner tonight? I met two of my friends from Twitter, @Alli_Flowers and my best friend, @CraftyHope for ice cream at Old Dutch. I had a sundae. It was awesome. They have some of the best ice cream. Not the best thing to have for dinner while participating in "The Biggest Loser" at work, but hey, you gotta have fun every once in a while. I have lost 5 pounds in the last 2 weeks by watching what I eat and exercising some. I need to get in a more regular routine of using the Wii Fit.

Liberty is on her last week of summer break. Gabe is staying home with her. He had a fun week planned, but unfortunately Liberty has run a fever every day this week. We went to the doctor yesterday and she said it's a virus and we have to let it fun it's course. Hopefully she'll feel better tomorrow and they can have some fun. He really wants to take her to Pensacola NAS.