Movement!

This week's BMI:  25.2!!!! Yeah!! Movement!  Just keeping track of my calories on LoseIT! has helped tremendously, I see.

I'm liking this whole notion of changing bad habits one step at a time.

One of the bad habits I've gained is eating at night after a full dinner.

I've also noticed that I don't exercise at all since the kids were born. 

This week's resolution: 

Resolution of the week:  workout at night instead of stuffing my face full of whatever's in the fridge err.... snacking. 

 Let's see how that goes! 

Portion Distortion

I've been tracking my food intake (and my calories) through the awesome LoseIt app.
And...... no wonder I haven't been losing weight!

I had no idea that I was pecking away like a buzzard!

Yesterday, for example, I had made a batch of food for dinner, and, almost unconciously, each time I went to the kitchen, I had a nibble.  Over the course of the day, this led to about 120 calories worth of nibbles.

And then there was finishing my kids meals (waste not, want not, right??).  That added another whopping 350 calories.

And this was me being mindful of what I ate.  I don't even want to think of what I did before I started using this app!

Another thing I've realized with tracking my calories is that my portions are WAY off.  Over the past three years, I had been increasing my portion sizes (I was either pregnant or nursing for much of the time), and now am experiencing classic "portion distortion".

Here are what portions are supposed to look like.  Surprising, huh?

Source:  WebMD 

Food	One Serving Equals . . .
Breads, pasta, cereal, cooked grain, etc.	One slice of bread (size of cassette tape--remember those?) One bagel (top of a 14oz can) One-cup cereal or pasta (baseball or tennis ball) Half-cup cooked small pasta, couscous, rice (head of a light bulb)
Fruits	One piece of fruit (size of a tennis ball) Half-cup cut-up fruit, raw, cooked, frozen, or canned (head of a lightbulb) One-quarter cup dried fruit
Veggies	Half cup cut up veggie, raw, cooked, frozen, or canned (head of a lightbulb) Half-cup cooked, canned or frozen legumes (head of a lightbulb) One-cup leafy greens (size of a baseball)
Meat, chicken,fish and legumes	Three ounces (deck of cards) One egg 1/2 cup of cooked beans (head of a light bulb)
Dairy	One ounce of cheese (one nine-volt battery) Half-cup ice cream, cottage cheese, or pudding (head of a light bulb) One-cup milk or yogurt (size of a baseball)
Nuts	One-third cup (size of a golf ball) One-tablespoon nut butter

Definition of Foible

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines Foible as:

1) the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point 

(huh???? Seriously, Merriam-Webster! You chose a medieval definition to go first?  Really????? )

2) a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior 


Now that's more like it.  I chose the name specifically because it's a bunch of bad habits or flaws that have led to my weight issues.  Nearly 17 years ago, I gathered myself together to shed these habits bit by bit.  Then, three years ago, when I got pregnant with my first child, I found comfort in these habits again, which, of course, led me to where I am today.  So, again, I find myself on a journey to shed these foibles. Hopefully, for good!

Counting Calories (no groaning!)

The journey to weight loss is So. Much. EASIER in the digital age!

If you've been reading about weight loss at all, you'll know that the single best tactic for weight control is simply writing down what you eat to keep track of it.  

16 years ago when I first ventured to shed weight (you did read the "About Me"  section, right?), I had to log my food intake by using pen and paper.  Remember that stuff?

And then, if I wanted to compute my calorie intake, off I'd go to the internet, combing through the offerings of multiple search engines like WebCrawler, Lycos, Infoseek  (remember those pre-Google days?). 
Nowadays there are tons of apps available via smartphone. I've settled on Lose IT by FitNow. Awesome food tracker.  You just input what you eat, and not only does it log it for you, it keeps track of your calories too.  AWE-SOME. 

Oh. I probably have to direct you to getting it, right? 

Well, Duh! Here it is!  www.loseit.com . Enjoy!

No loss!

This week's BMI:  25.6 again! 

Cue the comical trumpet:  Wah Wah Waaaaah.  

EEEP!!   Well, it figures.  

I've amassed a pile of bad habits over the years that I need to curb. 

So, here's my plan.  I'm a big believer in creating attainable and sustainable goals.  So, each week, I'm going to try and resolve to curb one bad habit.  If I make it, great.  If not, at least it's better than having sat on my fat you-know-what for the week.  So, here goes:    

This week's resolution is to track my food and calorie intake.  Over the last three years, since having my kids, I've been doing a lot of mindless eating.  So, for this week, I'm going to track every piece of food that I eat.  Every morsel, every bite, every taste, every everything.  Here goes nothing (I mean... everything!).  

FIRST POST

 Eeep!! Can't believe I'm actually doing this!  Putting my BMI on the net for the world to see!

Why BMI and not poundage? Simple. That's what motivates me. And because I REALLY don't want to share my weight with the world. Duh!

And why am I putting it on the net to see?  Simple. That's what I'm hoping WILL motivate me to shed the excess weight gained from having 2 babies in less than 2 years.  More about me and my lifelong weight loss foibles later..... for now, down to business. 

So, here goes.....(deep breath)......

Present BMI.....drum roll please.........:  25.6

Double Eeep!!

Still in the officially "overweight BMI" category :(.  BUT progress is being made.......a year ago, I was flirting with the "obese category".  More on that later too!