Commit2Fit Day 12

It's a work day, so it's easy to stay on track with My Food Diary and I had my 12 cups of water. My daughter is out of school for the summer, so there is a chance for distraction. But she has some new Barbies and is pretty busy in the other room. Even the bird is quiet.

Ohp - I see some laundry that needs to be done ... and I think we should take a walk and go to the bank.

I didn't eat that much today, but I can see where I can really rack up some junk calories. I am doing OK. Afterall, I have lost 7 pounds. But notice I haven't mentioned anything about exercise? That's because I haven't really done any.

There - I said it. I'm not proud of it. Hmm - I'll start ... Monday ... No, it's a holiday ... gym's closed ... Tuesday ... Wednesday's my birthday ...

Commit2Fit Day 11

Today is my Husband's birthday. I am not very good at getting gifts. I mean, if I see something that jumps out and says "this would be perfect for ..." Then of course I'll get it, but then I give it right away. Kids - now that's a different story, gotta bring the gift to the party. Still, I usually buy it on the way. But I'm learning. Especially after weekends like this past one - 3 birthday parties!

Kaboodle.com - this is a sight that may help to make gifting easier. I just haven't made the time to really get into it.

As for my Husband - we'll just let today be his special day.

I will make a special dinner. He bought a roast the other day and I think that is what he wants. I have Paula Deen's recipe for crockpot roast, but I think I will just use some Lipton Onion soup mix. I don't put in the veggies. I'll cook those later. I think they get too mushy in the crockpot. And aren't they better for you if they are just lightly steamed? I did not get cake, but you can see from My Food Diary that I had a bunch of sugar today anyway. I drank all of my water - 12 cups.

We have a water playdate this morning. First, I have to run to the store to get the soup mix. May as well pick up some watermelon and cookies to take along. Drop Abby at the playdate and scoot off to a SHADE house party to pick out a couple of tops, munch a few snacks and chat with other Moms about our kids and my other favorite topics Advocare, Omegas, Fiber, Spark & Slam.

Now I can go back and enjoy the playdate. A little plastic pool, watermelon, goldfish crackers, sunscreen, mudpies, kittens. This is a great day!

We still have ballet and then tumbling this evening. We'll be out for awhile. I have to be sure to grab good snacks and water for both of us.

That is the challenge, planning meals and snacks and having water on hand. Commit2Fit really has helped me to be more aware. I like that it is happening slowly. I know about the upcoming Life Habits. I am excited about them because I know that we will all get great results by following them. But I still am trying to do this one week at a time and not get overwhelmed.

Commit2Fit Day 10

Today was my daughter's "End of the School Year" party. They had a Nursery Rhyme Field Day. Her teachers are very creative. It was funny to watch 3 & 4 year olds doing relays and races. Of course it always was a tie and everyone was a winner.

But more fun to watch was their interaction. In between the fun, they were having intense conversations, as if discussing the Presidential primaries or gas prices.

Of course I took video - I had a Hi 8 video camera on a tri-pod and a pocket digital video camera and a still camera. There were several parents with cameras - watching and chasing the kids around the field - we were like Preschool Paprazzi.

I think this may be where I insert some YouTube video - I will have to go read up on how to do that, but it should be fun to watch.

And I think I may be cured of my pizza obsession. You can see here in My Food Diary that I had pizza again for lunch today. The party menu was pizza and cookies. Sometimes I wonder if I should be concerned about so much fun food at school. Then she came home with a Summer Suvival kit full of things to read and color and do, and a goody bag full of candy. But as long as she is active and learns how to make good food choices and is getting good stuff at home, I suppose that is part of the fun of being a kid.

Days are getting hotter, I need to start carrying a cooler bag with water in my car again. And I need to be sure to keep snacks with me. When I miss my snack time it usually is because I am out running errands and I want to avoid buying a candy bar or getting a drive thru burger. That is something that I think I used to do often. These past several days I can feel the hunger, my stoach grumbles. I don't remember that happening before. Now that I am more aware of my food, I make the effort to stay away from those things.

It must be working, I am down a couple more pounds. This is kind of exciting. I'm curious and actually am looking forward to taking my measurements this weekend.

Enjoy your day!

Commit2Fit Day 9

My Food Diary

My Food Diary is Active!

It took a while, but I learned how to make the link in my blog active so that you actually could see the chart that I have beeen doing each day. There are some other progress charts that I will share, but I really need to be spending some of this computer time riding my bike!

I also found this nifty progress bar.

What's next? YouTube video in my blog!

How's it going? Remember we are into Life Habit 2 - 5-6 small meals throughout the day.

Are you on board yet? Let me know and let's get started!

Leave your comments, we'd love to hear from you.

Enjoy your day!

Commit2Fit Day 8

OK, I know that you are not able to link to My Food Diary unless you are logged onto MyFitnessPal.com as my username.

I think I can embed the chart within this blog, but there is a learning curve here. I am reading over the instructions now.

By the way, this was a 3 Birthday Party weekend! Lots of pizza and cake spread out in front of me. As soon as I figure out how to get the chart in here, I will share the details with you.

Commit2Fit Day 7

It's been a week, let's see how I am doing - My Food Diary.

OK, so I have some work to do. But today was not an ordinary day. We had a playdate at the park this morning, and then 2 birthday parties this afternoon.

A bit hectic for me, and my daughter was exhausted this evening, but we had a great day.

Of course lots of fun at the park, and the play area at Chik Fil A. But the last party of the day had a big blow up water slide! She was up and down that slide for like 2 hours, then was passed out before we backed out of the driveway.

Even though I don't list them all, just know that along with the Advocare Spark and Meal Replacement Shakes and Muscle Gain, I am taking my daily supplements in my Metabolic Nutrition System, along with Amplify AT, Anti Aging Formula and Catalyst. I take extra OmegaPlex and FiboTrim to control my cholesterol ( I have dropped 40 points this year without a prescription!). I had a bone density test and found out that I am borderline osteopenia. So even though my Meal Replacement Shake is loaded with Calcium, I also take Calcium Plus.

Tomorrow I will begin adding Commit2Fit Life Habit 2 - eat several small meals throughout the day. Makes sense. Like when we were kids. That's how my 3 year old daughter eats.

There's a little more to it - How many meals? How often? How many calories?

That is something that you will find out when you come to the meetings. Or you can email me to learn more.