Walking for Wellness - Week 2

Hello there Adventurous Friends, this is where I'm keeping my eating & walking notes in attempts to get my weight & cholesterol back down.  Writing things down to look at & think about has really helped me to stay more on track to eat less.  Eating less is what I'm working on 1st.  I had a few slip ups of eating just a little too much this week, but I didn't let that get me down.  Let's see how I've done this week.

Here's my Plan:

• Eat smaller portions, take smaller bites, chew more 
  
• Eat varieties of all the foods I like & not deprive myself
• Eat at least 1 fruit & 1 green vegetable a day Changing this to: Eat a variety of fruits & vegetables, at least 1 fruit & 1 green vegetable a day
• Stop eating when full
• Walk more
• 1 small sweet a day, if any
• Drink more water
• No snacks after supper

  

* Sat 

Breakfast - ate 1/2 egg biscuit

Snack - none

Lunch - ate other 1/2 of egg biscuit

Supper/Veggie/Sweet - hungry, didn't grab this & that to snack on while supper was cooking, ate smaller portion of meat & larger portion of veggies, broccoli in veggie stir fry & salad, smore, ate 1 instead of 2 or more, didn't eat till overstuffed

Fruit - none, had variety of veggies for supper

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - short fast pace dog walk

No snack after supper

Rose waited patiently for her
part of lunch.

* Sun

Breakfast/Fruit - ate less, orange slices

Lunch - ate less, veggie stir fry picnic

Snack/Sweet - chewy dipp granola covered with chocolate

Supper/Veggie - salad & okra, didn't eat till stuffed, packed some for lunch

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - several walks in the hills

No snack after supper, no coke on picnic, saving it for pizza Thursday.

* Mon

Breakfast/Fruit - ate less cereal, orange slices

Snack - none

Lunch - ate less, leftovers stir fry veggies from supper

Supper/Veggies - hungry, didn't grab snacks while cooking supper, green beans & salad, didn't eat till stuffed.

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Sweet - none

Exercise - walked lots at work, tired

No snack after supper, wanted to eat something for comfort due to long day at work, got busy not thinking about it by reading & watching tv.

* Tues

Found sheds, a heart shaped
rock & crocus during
weekend walking.

Breakfast/Fruit - ate less cereal, orange & apple slices

Snack - none

Lunch - cup of soup bought by coworker 

Supper/Veggies - ate till full, green beans & salad

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Sweet - none

Exercise - walked around inside during break, dog walk during lunch

No snack after supper

* Wed

Breakfast/Fruit- single serving instant oatmeal instead of more, apple slices

Lunch - ate a smaller portion, might have ate too fast, had a knot in stomach

Snack - v-8 juice

Supper/Veggies - salad, might have ate a little too much of something, stomach a little bloated & gas

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Sweet - none

Exercise - walked extra trips putting away folded laundry, dog walks

No snack after supper

* Thurs

Breakfast - single serving size oatmeal, apple slices

Snack - none

Lunch/Veggie - small portion of leftover supper, carrots (not a green, though had green peppers on pizza for supper)

Supper/Sweet - 1 slice of pizza instead of 2, 12 oz can of coke instead of a 2 litter bottle with several refills & more for later.

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walked around, up at the pond

No snack after supper, resisted making the brownies I discovered in the pantry.  I saved them for later for a special occasion.

Ate pizza for supper sitting on the back of the truck, 
watched geese & walked around the pond.

* Fri

Breakfast - slice of leftover pizza with an egg, 1 egg instead of 2, hardy breakfast, didn't need a snack

Snack - none

Lunch - slice of leftover pizza with salad

Supper/Veggies/Sweet - Kevin brought in Culver's burgers, fries & coke, I 1/2d my burger & fries & added a little salad to get in my veggies & a green, small coke, didn't take the refill Kevin offered.  I'll have the other 1/2 of burger & fries for lunch.

Fruit - none, forgot about it

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - dog walks, lots of walking at work, tired

No snack after supper

Notes:  Pants seem looser around the waist, pants not cutting in making muffin top, felt lighter walking, need to remember the fruits