Number overload

"You are so much more that the number you see on the scale"

Its a good thing I love math.

Its a good thing I understand math.

Not only is my work day constantly filled with numbers and math and problem solving, but now so are the weekends when it comes to food prepping.  After weeks of telling Brian that I wanted him to do the my fitness pal app with me again, I told him "I am going to start this on monday with or without you".  And low and behold he is joining me.

Like I have said we have done this in the past and it worked.  Unfortunately we did not stick with it, but we tried it, so we are going to try it again.

But the measuring, weighing, portioning and meal prepping is a bit overwhelming for me.  I am not used to having to cook my meals for the week and measure and weigh everything, but I know that I have to do this right from the beginning if I expect results.  And I can definately say that this will not work if you dont want it, because buying a frozen meal and poptarts are a lot easier than doing all this.  But honestly all that crap doesnt even fill you up, and I get why they are called empty calories.

I am very thankful to be doing this in a time where Pinterest is available and I can search just about anything and so many tips or blogs are at my fingertips.  I am also grateful for the other women out there who are going through this and being so upfront and honest about it with Facebook pages and Instagram accounts that I can follow.  It helps to know that I am not alone.  I don't have an ideal weight, because I am afraid that if I choose a number and never reach that goal then I will go back to closet or stress eating.

So I will take baby steps, and I will have to be ok with them, until this becomes more of normal lifestyle.  I told my dear husband that we are not dieting we are changing.  And change is good.

So for this week this is what I will be having:

Breakfast will be either 2/3 cups Special K protein cereal with 1/4 cup nonfat milk or 2/3 cups or scrambled eggs and diced potatoes with peppers and onions, 1/4 cup cheese, 2 strips of turkey bacon and 2 tablespoons of salsa.

Lunch will be 5oz of grilled chicken, 2/3 cups brown rice, 2/3 cups of carrots and hot sauce.

Dinner is TBD.

Snacks will be fruit, or 5 reduced fat ritz crackers with skinny cow cheese triangle, or skinny pop popcorn.

I am looking for ways to mix it up during the week so that I am not eating the same stuff over and over again, so any ideas are always welcome.

So here is to 3 pounds already lost in 5 days, I am sure just water weight but I will take it for now.