Weekly Weigh-In : I lost 5 pounds!!

I can’t believe I didn’t take a photo of my pre-weight last week. I do have this photo from 7/31/09, when I weighed 165:

But I don’t have anything showing 160 from last week. [But that does tell you that from August 1, 2009 to January 18, 2010, I only lost 5 pounds ]

Overview of Week 1

A week ago, I made the commitment to eat only fruits and veggies and to workout more regularly. My husband & I went to the gym twice last week (although our plan is to go three times a week, a scheduled appt. with the vet meant one less day at the gym). One of my goals after watching the first episode of The Biggest Loser was to ride a bike 13.1 miles (the contestants’ first challenge was to ride a stationary bike 26.2 miles in their teams of two – so I wanted to see if I could go as far as half their team’s distance). Saturday morning (which was the least busiest day I’ve seen at our gym), I rode a bike 13.1 miles!! And I worked out with “Your Shape with Jenny McCarthy” for our Wii once last week.

Throughout the week, it was fairly easy to eat only fruits and veggies. However, the weekend was a different story. Saturday afternoon, I met with some friends from high school for lunch. I ordered a salad, but it did have cheese and chicken on it. It was delicious, but I should have asked for the salad without the cheese and chicken. Then, my parents called Sunday evening, they were in town and wanted to know what we wanted from Panda Express. I looked at the Panda Express website and found they had an Eggplant and Tofu entree, so I ordered that and a side of mixed veggies. My parents called me back to tell me that the Panda Express they were at did not have Eggplant and Tofu – but they did have tofu in the Hot & Sour Soup. I love Hot & Sour Soup, but from my previous experience with eating only fruits and veggies, I know it is made with beef broth. However, I didn’t have any other options, so I had Hot & Sour Soup & mixed veggies. So I did have some challenges over the weekend with eating fruits & veggies.

So here I am today & I’m having a really hard time with temptaions. The chocolate from our candy stash (which the girls found today) is teasing me. The barbecue chicken breast in the fridge is calling to me. The Cool Ranch Doritos are beckoning me. However, I’m using the fact that I lost 5 pounds last week (yes, I’m very excited about that!!) as a reasoning factor not to give in to the temptations!

[Note: After talking with my husband (my nutrition advisor), we've decided on one month of eating only fruits and veggies (which means only a few more weeks!) and then I'll move on to counting calories or something like that.]