Why we need all that water article:

Drinking Water and Weight Loss

I have exercised for the past 3 days.  And, while I know I could work out harder, at least I am working out.

Eating right also…

I ate a “Lean Cuisine Spa Meal” the other night (chicken pecan) and it was acutally quite good.  I was surprised.  I was full, but would have liked a little salad with it.  The thing is only 250 calories.

I have obssesed about my weight forever.  For the first time in a long time, I feel mentally commited to weight loss.  I find once I get my head on board, the rest is a lot easier. 

Keep up the good work ladies.  You all are doing great.  :wave: 

I got this from cooking light and it is so yummy!

(moved to Recipe Section)

I was able to resist the candy and popcorn at the movies.  GO ME!  I had one margarita and some chips.  But I didn’t have dinner so that is something.  The movie was really good.

Took the kids to MC’Ds yesterday.  I had a yogurt.  Was starving when I got home and had some soup.  We went out for dinner and I could have done a lot worse, and I should not have had the cake.  But today is a new day.

I have to get groceries, so I will plan away before I go.  Dh and I ate lunch at home everyday.  We ate better and saved cash.

I joined myfooddiary.com.  It is working for me.  I love how it tells me if I had too much sugar.  How can you have too much sugar and no candy? it just doesn’t seem fair.  There is so much sugar in everything you have to be careful.

I am feeling really good and motivated today.  I lost another pound.

Total loss: 15 (happy dance)

I have to work all day and then I am going to the movies w. my book club.  That is where the yikes comes in.  Popcorn, swedish fish, chocolate covered peanuts. Oh man, it could be trouble.  I feel I may be able to resist this, but we are going for a drink after.  Margaritas. And, with those comes chips.  Baskets and baskets of chips.  I am done for!  I also won’t have time for dinner.

Wish me luck.  I don’t know how I will resist all this temptation!

I was checking out these articles and thought they were worth sharing. You can view all the articles here:

http://www.myfooddiary.com/resources/

This is the one that was so interesting:

Track Body Fat - Not Body Weight Article by Sharon E. Griffin, Ph.D., LN MyFoodDiary.com Contributor

Most people will monitor their body weight when trying to lose weight - makes sense right? Well, not always. When you undertake a nutrition and exercise program to get in shape, what most people are really attempting to do is to “re-shape” their body. This often times is accompanied by an actual loss of body weight, but not always. Although body weight is a common means of tracking progress, it is not the best measurement. Ideally, you actually want to monitor body composition (i.e., the amount of body fat and muscle that you have), not body weight.

http://www.dietfacts.com/

I found this site when checking the calories for my cafe mocha I had to have this morning.  It has listings for tons of restuarants.

http://www.myfooddiary.com/

And this looks good, but is not free.   

I have been actually working at working and not fooling around on the computer.  That means I am behind on reading and comments.  Hope to catch up in the next day or so.  My eating has been going well.