Weigh in week: Week 1
Weigh in day: Wednesday
Previous Week's weight: 300
Todays Weight: 296.7

Woohoo! Helooooo 2’s town! Been awhile since I have been under 300.

3/06 - another great day!!
Track yes
Calories yes
Exercise lots!
Water lots!

Favorite veggies: right now it's cauliflower rice. Oh my goodness I just tried it for the first time last week and it is actually good. It takes on the flavor of the other foods you mix it with and actually feels like you're eating rice. I have it for lunch for the next 3 days mixed with ground beef, peppers, celery and some Trader Joe's 21 spice mix. YUM!!

Favorite fruit: strawberries! Come on spring - it's time for some GOOD strawberries in the stores!

Daily Post for Tuesday

Track: yes
Calories: No, not even close.
Exercise: barely
Water: 120 oz

So on top of my exhaustion (and my baby girl being sick), I think I am getting sick. It's hard to tell because I don't get the fever, chills, aches, etc... I just get exhaustion. And the past few days of getting 2-4 hrs per night, has probably left me wide open for sickness. So now I am sick, and the usual exhaustion is now paired with random moments of dizziness.

I am tracking what I am eating, but I am not staying in my calories. I will eat when I am hungry, or when I need a little boost of energy. I will gain this week, but as long as I keep it around 2 lbs or less, I am ok with it.

Daily Post for Tuesday:
Track: Yes. Even those late night chocolate chips.
Calories: under! I worked hard for that chocolatey treat
Exercise: Yes - bike
Water: Yes- 66oz

@jennfalzon1979 Cauliflower and cucumbers are some of my go to low carb veggies, cauliflower for a potato substitute and cucumbers with ranch for a snack. I love berries in general and thankfully those are low carb fruits as well. I have never had a dragonfruit, but I love the "flavor" in some of like the vitamin water type drinks so I imagine I'd like a dragonfruit.
I also think you're off to a great start this month and the scale is reflecting your hard work!! Congrats!!

@gjaholy33 Strawberries are my all time favorite fruit and I love grapes, super delicious!!
I am super proud of you!! You kicked butt last month and you're still rocking it this month!! I am glad to see you headed in the right direction and it's super motivating!!

@143tobe So reading your post on the veggie made me laugh. I LOVE salad and of course that's mostly lettuce and a few added things to make it amazing, so while I wouldn't think of just eating it alone, I love dark green lettuce, and bananas....one of the greatest tasting fruits that I do sometimes miss.
Also, glad you found your way back to us!! Keep plugging along, you will get there!!

@memery7 Green beans and watermelon, yum. I eat green beans at least once a week and while I don't eat it much anymore due to it's sugar content, I LOVE watermelon!!
Great job keeping on target despite having a challenging day!!

@gemwolf110 So if I was going to answer my own question, I would have answered it EXACTLY like you did. I was never one of those kids that wouldn't eat her veggies and have been addicted to broccoli since I was a child, and strawberries, I must get that from my mom because to this day, we still go to the strawberry fest every year.

@mexiconona I LOVE artichoke, particularly in spinach and artichoke dip, can't say I've ever tried it with lemon butter, but I bet that's good, most veggies are tasty with butter! And while I only eat it once a year (for my birthday) I love white flaky fish battered and fried in a mango sauce, and probably that's when I decided that mangos were amazing.

@JJKM02 Green beans and strawberries, some of the best out there!!! Yum!

@crazedknight It's SOOO exciting when you get to see a new leading number on the scale!! CONGRATS!!! Keep up the great work!!

@carlsoda I know how you feel about the strawberries. While it's a lot closer to where my parents live now than where I live since I moved across state lines (but still in driving distance from my parents) there's a tiny town that has a "Strawberry Fest" and we go every year because it marks the unofficial beginning to summer, the strawberry season and the amazing summer fruits that come after. It's a family tradition, since my mom and me share a love of strawberries.
Also, you're off to a great start to the month, keep up the great work!!

@tinak33 I really hope you get better fast!! Being sick and taking care of a sick little one is hard, but harder when you're not able to get the rest you need!!

@rlaratte Great start to the month!! Keep it up!! No matter how hard I try, jumping rope is hard!! I can lift a couple hundred pounds, but jump rope...nope, that beats me every time!! Good for you though, it's one of the best cardio workouts you can get!!

@Fyreside I completely understand about the family thing. Family is hard. I think that you have to try and take it with a grain of salt, or lots of grains of salt, as it seems in my family. I love them, but there's a reason that I bought a house 2 rivers away from them.
Reading your daily post about staying in the optimal aerobic zone reminded me of this class that my gym was offering a trial of for a while. It was enlightening. I learned so much about myself. Basically they monitor your hear rate while you exercise (which I do anyway) and show you real time results and post it on this board while you're going through this class. I couldn't get into the "burnzone" while doing running or the rowing machine, but put some weights in my hand and I perform at peak or optimal. Maybe that's why I tend to lean towards weight training because it's the only time I'm able to get a good cardio workout...and I love being able to lift..and feel strong..but completely disappointing that no matter how hard I try I can't just do straight cardio to get my hear rate up...
You're off to a great start this month, keep it up!!

@jenngitch Yum, blueberries. I didn't used to like them, but recently, I've started really really liking them and this might be because I gave up sugar and blueberries are one of the lower sugar fruits. I do LOVE bananas, so tasty!! Also, 41 calories isn't a huge overage in the long run....especially if you're active, that can really help negate it!

@WinkyElf First of all, I have to say that I love your username. Also, great job staying on track with your goals, sometimes when you work hard for something, it's that much sweeter when you get it, especially when you fit it into your goals!!

@ssssanaaaa You know, the water intake might be one of those heavily debated issues in science today. The original goal that we've always been told, you know drink 64 oz, is kind of an arbitrary number someone made up once and everyone went with it. Now "they" are recommending that you drink half your body weight in water (oz) per day. Now I do aim for this amount, which for me would be around 90 oz. I think that's probably enough water to drown a fish, but based on output, it's probably where I need to be, but everyone is different. I eat low carb, and carbs encourage water retention, so I am not retaining water in the traditional sense, so I do need more water than average people, so I really try to drink my 3 ltrs a day. And how I manage to do this is everyday I fill up my 3 water bottles which are each 1 ltr. I drink them until they are all gone, and then I've met my goal. I tried just counting my water, I always lost track. I can only keep track of so many things in a day, and I've exceeded my limit these days and I am sure that's only going to get worse!!
I think you're doing great though, you're mindful, realize where you need improvement and that's probably one of the biggest hurdles to get over, and you're well on your way!!

@6andromeda9 Keep up the great work!!

I think I am finally caught up!! I normally have way more free time to spend here than I have had this week and it's been a bit more challenging to keep up with you guys! I have probably a few more days of studying before I take my certification test and then all should be back to normal.
I am really glad that Gloria @gjaholy33 has been doing such a great job of keeping up with you in my absence!! Kudos to her!
And kudos to all of you guys, you're all doing so great!! Keep it up!!

Daily post Wednesday

Track. Yes
Calories. Under
Exercise. 1 hour body combat. Too lazy for aqua fit
Water 80 ounces

My 3 year old is driving me bonkers. So damn tired

Daily post: Tuesday
Track: yes
Cals: under with exercise
Exercise: yes
Water: 150 oz

Daily post: Wednesday
Track: yes
Cals: over
Exercise: no
Water: 140 oz

Daily Post (Wednesday)

Day/Goals: Planned rest day, but I got in some dog walking for the Humane Society.
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: 30-45 mins dog walking.
Water Intake: 99 oz

Track yes
Calories no
Exercise yes. Walking 20 min.

Daily Post
Happy Friday Eve! Wow what a great meal day yesterday. Breakfast and lunch were pretty much my norm and dinner was a really good salmon but what made it great was I was under all my goals (which is normal) but just under which was awesome. The scale seriously thanked me this morning by dropping 2 lbs which put me at over 30lbs down and under 40 BMI. Woot!
Track: Of course! I pre-track, track track, and then post track just for giggles.
Calories: Yup and under.
Exercise: Nope
Water Intake: 72oz ish