Week 2 - 137.3 lbs. (1.4lbs lost)

Current Weight: 137.3 lbs
Starting Weight: 138.7 lbs
Goal Weight:     110.0 lbs

It's the second week of my weight loss process.  I try and make it a point to weigh every Monday but I made a mistake of weighing my self on Saturday morning, and that was after I already ate breakfast even.  So Saturday morning, I weighed 136.6 lbs, which will give me a 2.1 lbs loss.  You see, Saturday was my cheat day.  I ate at Sonic for lunch & Jack in the Box for dinner.  I tried to make the best choices for that day but since I didn't do any exercise, I went way over my caloric count.  Sunday was no different. We had my in-laws over for the WWE pay-per-view so there were a lot of food.  The deep dish pizza didn't help either.

At the end, I am still glad that I was able to lose a pound.  This coming weekend will be crazy too so I will need to sweat it out for the next four days so I don't have to cry over the food I will eat over the weekend.  So far, so good with my exercise & meals.  I just need to be consistent & smart on choosing what food I eat.

Counting Calories & Portion Control

For my everyday meal & exercise tracking, I have downloaded an app called "MyNetDiary" so I can track how many calories I am consuming every day.  So far, I haven't gone over my total food calories.

For portion control, I have learned that I need to read the nutrition label.  Before I would have those microwavable noodles for lunch and eat it all up, without realizing that the label says that the serving size is 1/2 the container.  So I am not only consuming twice the calories on what was written on the label but also consuming twice the sodium.

Since I can't seem to control how much I eat, say when I open a bag of chips, I followed the serving size written on the labels and separated them in zip lock bags.  I also bought snack that are already individually packed in single serve sizes.  

Lunch time, I don't really sweat it out so much so if I am not eating left over from dinner, I tend to eat fast food but I try and make it a point to pick the healthiest or less fattening on the menu. I snack in between meals too, like almonds or crackers.  For my sweet tooth, I bought myself some Skinny Cow chocolates.  I still eat regular chocolates, maybe a piece or two of kisses. And  during dinner, I noticed that I am not so hungry like before when I was just snacking on junk foods.  So now, I am eating less at night.

100-Calorie Packs

Whole Almond Packs (not salted)



Special K Crackers

Honey Nut Cheerios



Skinny Cow Chocolates

       

       

Week 1 - 138.7 lbs

Current Weight: 138.7 lbs
Target Weight: 110 lbs

Today, I am going to begin my weight loss journey. I've started before but failed to follow through. I am going to do my best to go to the gym everyday during the week, or go at least 3-4 times a week. During weekends, I plan to walk at least 30 minutes.

I am sure I will stumble and would hate going to the gym. But if I want to achieve my goal then I will need to drag myself to exercise. Also, exercise will not help if I don't change how I eat...

I will try my best to control my portion and try to eat more times a day but with less portions. I need to be smart about my snacking. I'd be honest, I am getting a little depress about all this but I need to get over it and just push through.

I will try and post every week for updates. But in between, I;d be posting how I'm feeling at a particular day so it can help me get over a hump.