I want it to be summer again...

Busy, busy, busy day. And it's dark outside. And cold. Sorry for being such a Debby Downer, I just really miss summer :( I could be running outside right now because it would still be light out. Looks like it's Wii Just Dance for me again tonight. Not that I'm complaining, but I know I should be working out harder. In fact, last night I got a little carried away with the BollyWood style dancing and when I looked at the clock, it was 10:30! Guess what I found out today? 

Its out- Oh yeah!!! So excited!I am a huge dork. 

I stayed on track with my meals all day and had a BBQ chicken salad for dinner. I realized waiting any longer than 4 hours until my least meal causes my stomach to eat itself. Grapes, nuts, and cottage cheese just don't hold me over. 

Tomorrow I get to wear workout clothes to work, so I will have no excuse to not go running after school. I hope it's nice weather out! It isn't also treat day for October. Yikes- this is going to be a rough day. I better keep reminding myself our team is winning and we have been winning the whole time. This is no time to start losing because I can't resist a scrumtious table of edible goodness. Will power. 

Week 3 day 2

Mmm homemade vegetable soup for dinner. It drops to below 50 degrees at night: cue the bowls of soup! 

I didn't get to workout to play because my husband and I refinanced my car after work. The best part about getting a lower rate- no payment for 45 days and we get our first payment to Ford refunded!! Oh, and lower car payments. Wahoo... Guess who is buying a new gown for the Marine Corps ball?! Anyway, I'm off to play Just Dance on the wii because its the only form of exercise this lady is getting before bed ....

Week 3 begins

 My husband and I went to a wedding last night, so I took my day off. I found that I just eat less often on my days off. Then when it came to dinner, I found I couldn't even eat as much as I would have liked to. I hope my stomach is shrinking... 

I didn't have to be anywhere until 5, so I had time to try making whole wheat pancakes for the first time. They were good! While I was in a baking mood, I decided to make banana bread because I had organic bananas sitting around. I am not one of those people who are crazy about organic (mostly because I can't afford it), but there is a difference I taste from normal bananas!! Anyway, I used almond milk and whole wheat as well. It turned out great! 

I threw some chocolate chips in for my sweet craving... 

Something else I find helpful is to plan my meals the night before for the following day. Even if it's the last thing I want to do when I'm tired. Here's what I have for tomorrow: 

Cheese stick, an apple, and pb

Grapes, cottage cheese, and pistachios 

Greek yogurt and granola

1/2 Chicken sandwich with avocado

Trying to portion out fully sanctioned meals in the morning= stress. 

I am half way through this challenge, here's to finishing strong!! 

The end of week 2

I missed my goal weight by less than a pound. I don't even want to talk about it.

Somehow, our team is still in the lead, but the scores are close. I better get better results next week! On the positive side, I stepped on the scale and my weight was lower than last week (but not by much). That's a half-win right? 

I played basketball before school with coworkers and realized it had been almost 13 years since I had played basketball. I was just about as good as I used to be, which is not very. It was good exercise, I will say. Plus, it was nice to get my workout out of the way before 8 am. Waking up so early wasn't very nice however. 

Because I got my workout out of the way early, I was able to meet my mom and aunt after school for pizza. Real Chicago pizza! Mmmm...what a treat after a week of health food. I was good and ordered thin crust instead of deep dish. I also ordered root beer instead of a beer....

Afterwards, I met the author Richard Peck. My mom loves him and I think my great aunt does now too. They were so cute talking WWII and he even gave her a kiss. I think they would make a cute couple and they could travel the world together... Just sayin'. 

Cute, eh? 

Twas the night before weigh-in

Today was not the greatest of days in the history of the Game On challenge. Here is my food journal for the day:

Greek yogurt and an apple for breakfast

String cheese about half hour later as the "later part of my breakfast" <--- your meal can technically last 90 minutes (prob for when you go out to eat , but I'm taking it and running)

Carrots and hummus (tried to eat celery but I'm just not into it) & sunflower seeds

Theeeennnn I got so busy during my day it occurred to me as I was running out to help at the xc meet that I hadn't eaten since before noon. S,I had part of my lunch, which was brown rice. 

I went for a run around a lake I used to run around, so you can imagine that by the time I got home, I was pretty hungry. I made myself some tacos with lean ground beef, low fat cheese, and these new whole wheat tortillas: 

I am short a liter of water and bedtime is approaching quickly... 

Wish me luck that I make I make weight tomorrow morning! 

Day 12

I just got back from my weight lifting class and I feel fantastic! It was so nice to get home and not be starving and exhausted. I actually had energy to work out for an hour! I miss going to that class, like in the glory days of summer. A ahh summer....darn you, September, you stole summer! 

Look: my waistline in starting to become visible again!

I figured I'd be like Jared and order up a Turkey sandwich for dinner on the way home from the gym. There is no way he lost all that weight by eating sandwiches (hence the gym part). 

Protein, veggies, carbs, and healthy fat (olives). I even ordered my favorite (Italian sub) for my hubby. *tear* no chips or pop either. *tear* ill make it up by having this for dessert:

My 100 calories of whatever (it must be that time of month because I am CrAvInG chocolate)! TMI?

By the way, I was very close to losing my sleep points last night. My husband decided to make a work phone call AT 3 AM!! So, naturally, I woke up. Then I couldn't go back to sleep. In turn, I started stressing about not getting my sleep points, so then I really couldn't go to sleep. On the upside, I went to bed a little before 11 then overslept. I must be getting used to my full 7 hours because my body was NoT waking up before it got its full 7 hours. If you're wondering, I made it to work exactly on time. Don't ask me how...

It's technically day 11

Today we had a weird schedule because of testing, so I lost 6 whole meal points! I literally didn't have time to eat until my window of 4 hours since breakfast had passed. Then I was so hungry by the time I did get to eat, my apple, string cheese, and Belvita biscuits just didn't do the trick. I had cottage cheese and some crushed pineapple on the way to work the football game after school, but again, I was so hungry by the time I got home. I ate dinner right away, then I ended up walking my dog in the dark as my exercise. Totally not the plan. I didn't plan on staying at work until after 6 either. I felt like my day spiraled out of control!

I will tell you, my dog encountered what I thought was a little black dog or cat during our walk.  it was dark, I couldn't tell. Then he got closer and I realized he was sniffing like CRAZY! It was a skunk!!!! I cannot believe Lucky didn't get sprayed. That would have been awful. He sure is "Lucky!"

Good thing he was on E. 

Here's to hoping tomorrow is a better day....