Today is a new day.

So you know that point in weight loss where you finally get to the place where you have the control to do it ?? I think I am there. So today is Day 1. I am back on South Beach but also starting at phase 2 because I don't think I can ever eat eggs again after Phase 1 last time. So today I brought lunch and I will work my hardest for at least 2 weeks.

Starting weight (today): 178.5

So in typical 20lbsdown fashion I need to lose 20 pounds to get to where I was pre-baby. Then 10 more but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

Goals and Weekly Weigh In

In the past I have done weight watchers and south beach and lost around 20 lbs on each of them. Now as a 10 week postpartum exclusively breastfeeding mom I am not going to portion control or count calories but I am trying to eat healthy and stay away from carbs...

Most of my days over the last two months have been:
-coffee with creamer (I have tried to break this addiction for 6 years and so far not happening)
-nonfat plain greek yogurt with trader joes granola, honey, and berries,
-lunch like below chicken and sauteed veggies
-dinner is usually whatever I can find (chicken patties, chicken, roasted sweet potatoes, pizza)

This chicken was actually really good and I made it again this week for Shabbat!

Asian Inspired Chicken Breasts
2 chicken breasts
Salt and pepper
Turmeric
Ground ginger
Curry powder
Honey
Soy sauce

Cover chicken with spices drizzle with soy sauce and honey. Surprisingly yum!

These are the types of food I make now.. no frills and tasty and very diety!

Also Breaking News I weighed in this morning and we are at 178! Now the trick is not to eat full cakes for Shabbat.. fingers crossed that I can control myself.

Recent Eats Israel edition

Last week we went to Israel. The first picture is of eggs I made when we returned on Tuesday but the rest are the yummy healthy treats we enjoyed (read: pounded) while there!

Official weigh in on Wed morning (pre Thanksgiving): 149!!!!!
Go figure after a week of no real exersize but lots of walking and healthy eating!

Basically my diet is fruits, veggies, whole grains, eggs, and cheese. Except for the day of two jelly doughnuts.. but it was Chanukah so its ok.

The week of eats:

Breakfast eggs!

Stir Fried Salad w/fried halloumi cheese, mushrooms, bean sprouts, and tomatoes.



Fresh Juices and Iced Coffee




French Fries aka chips



Village pizza with corn, mushrooms, onions, and peppers

Some of the doughnuts.. Krembo, Lemon lime, and reg jelly filled

Another Stir Fried Salad with Bulgarian Cheese

Fresh  sandwitch with whole wheat bread, eggplant, cheese, pesto, red pepper

 

Eating my plain rugs!!!



1 week in

Official Weigh In DAY:
153. Down 4 lbs since last Monday so I will call that a win!

Today's eats:

Coffee with sugar free creamer

Nonfat plain yogurt with truvia

Almonds

Grilled chicken Salad with avocado and balsamic vinegarette. Side point I was at a restaraunt and I didn't eat the extra fries!!

Almonds

Chili with cauliflower underneath it (pics below)

Jello cup!

Who doesn't love a cauldron of chili!

This is 1 sautéed onion, 1 lb ground beef, can of kidney beans, can of black beans, diced tomatoes with some chili powder, garlic , cumin, salt and pepper!

I wanted to mash the cauliflower but my sink broke with that inside it. You win some you lose some.

Exercise was body flow!

Recent Eats

This week I ate whatever I wanted... What else is new.. but on Monday I weighed in and I got:

Starting Weight: 167.5lbs
This Weigh-in: 155.5lbs
This weeks gain: -1.5 lb
Total Difference: -12 lbs

The week in food pics:


 Grandma Birthday Cakes- She loves Strawberry Shortcake but the rest of us were getting sick of it so we got 1 chocolate and whipped cream and 1 strawberry shortcake.

The lowest point of the week might have been the hubs leaving a plate of extra icing on the side and coming home to find I had eaten all the extra sugary frosting...
The Bud loves food too!

Dinner last night:

Sunday Treat: Iced coffee from Wendys of all places.. 99 cents!!

Another low point: Yesterday at work I ate 2 Dunkin Doughnuts!!! 2!!! That is 30 points. NO MORE!

But I did find 2 point yogurts! Yoplait Greek.. hopefull they taste good.

And that is my rambling post for the day.

Fashion blog anyone?

Please ignore the mess that is my apt.. but this is an example of my work uniform:

Banana Republic tank and cardigan, J Crew factory minnie pants (called something else there), Jessica Simpson wedges (bought on sale at marshalls and super comfy basically worn everyday). and a little bud in the corner!

This is my uniform. Can you tell I don't want to talk about weight....

I gained 2 lbs. I attribute this to to my lack of control and eating out both on Shavuot (aka the fatning dairy holiday), Mothers Day, and also the shiva period that followed my uncles passing away.

Starting yesterday I am back in the weight loss game for real.

Starting Weight: 167.5lbs

This Weigh-in: 157 lbs
This weeks gain: +2 lb
Total Difference: -10.5 lbs

Yesterday I ate:

Coffee
Fiber Bar
Salad for lunch w/ 1/2 avocado and some feta
1/2 cup nonfat vanilla frozen yogurt blended w/ice and coffee!
1 salmon avocado roll
1 sweet kani roll
cantalope

AKA HUGE difference.
I can do this!

1 Week Later

Obviously I am falling off the bandwagon as my new job is sooo super packed that I don't have enough time to really blog but Monday weigh in needs to be documented!

Starting Weight: 167.5lbs
This Weigh-in: 155 lbs

This weeks loss: -2 lb

Total Difference: -12.5 lbs

Woot! 

Todays Food:

Banana & Coffee

Amazing Sushi rolls from Mocha Bleu - Would have taken pics but it was a work lunch but it was AMAZING:

Crunch Double Spicy Roll- cucumber, spicy mock crab mix, spicy tuna, crunchy, and spicy mayo

1 personal slice of eggplant rolatini pizza

3 small chicken breasts and steamed broccoli

Maybe I will get better at documenting my food soon :)

New Job Update!

Today was the first day of my new job and I loved it! As it turns out last night I had bad sushi (I think) and spent time during lunch with my new boss in the bathroom of the restaurant actually vomiting. Legit terrible. But now I am feeling better!

Today I ate:
Coffee/creamer
Banana
Fiber Bar
Some baked ziti (and threw up)
Peppermint tea

And now will try and eat the rest of those noodles...

Todays weight looked like:

Stats:

Starting Weight: 167.5lbs
This Weigh-in: 157 lbs

This weeks loss: -1.5 lb

Total Difference: -10.5 lbs

Could be the vomit/lack of food but whatever, Woohoo!

Three Week Hiatus

Sooo Passover was a definite low point. And when I am not losing, I am hiding... from this blog. So for the 2 weeks when I was off my diet (aka stuffing my face with macaroons and matzah and brisket) I didn't gain and this past week back on somewhat track, I lost 1 lb.


Stats:
Starting Weight: 167.5lbs
This Weigh-in: 158.5 lbs
This weeks loss: -1 lb
Total Difference: -9 lbs



Soo slowly but surely I am losing but this is definitely not as easy as it once was... In addition to regular life I also have a very sick family member (which prompts last minute restaurant meals from the hospital) and a new job (starting Monday!). So now I might be a bit spotty but I really would like to post more as it actually helps me lose weight! And hopefully inspires others as well :)

It was almost a good week..

Yesterday morning I weighed in at 159.. and I thought great 1.5 lbs this week!.. but alas this morning was back to 159.5.

Starting Weight: 167.5lbs
This Weigh-in: 159.5 lbs
This weeks loss: -1 lb
Total Difference: -8 lbs
 
Yesterday I ate:
Coffee/creamer
Omelet w/onion, green pepper, part skim mozzarella
lunch @4:00pm - 2 cups of Ditalini pasta w/meatball sauce (no meat, just sauce)
dinner - Ice cream sundae

Technically I was fine in the points but who knows... Slow and steady wins the race I guess.

Chag Sameach/Happy Passover to all!

Hopefully I wont gain 10 lbs of Matzah! 

Weekly Weigh In

This past week has gone better than expected. The only issue is when I cut my food down, milk supply seems to go down also. I am not a huge fan of that but so far we have been OK with it and the Bud seems fine.

So this weeks stats:

Starting Weight: 167.5lbs
This Weigh-in: 160.5 lbs
This weeks loss: -2 lb
Total Difference: -7 lbs

This number also means that since being 9 months pregnant I have lost 40 lbs. Definitely giving myself a pat on the back for that one!

Here is to losing 15 more! 

Weekly Weigh In, Just a bit late

Apologies my loyal readers as life has swamped me and I haven't been able to blog. This week was a toughie.. I made food for Shabbat and knew it was gonna be bad.. (menu in post to come) but for now here are the stats:

Starting Weight: 167.5lbs
This Weigh-in: 162.5 lbs
Total Difference: -5 lbs
This weeks loss: -.5 lbs

So, yeah.

On Friday I weighed myself and got 161! I congratulated myself all weekend while I ate pieces of pie. And then on Monday (aka official weigh in day) I had gained back a whopping 1.5 lbs. So needless to say this week I am going to be much stricter on my pie consumption.

Weekly Weigh In

I know, 3 posts in one day. But what can I say when it rains it pours!

Starting Weight: 167.5lbs
This Weigh-in: 163 lbs
Difference: -4.5 lbs

After this weekend I was sure I wouldn't have lost anything but alas it appears I lost another 1.5 lbs! I really hope the scale is not broken.
 

Weekly Weigh In

This morning I weighed in and got 164.5. Stepped off and on a couple of times just to check and it appears that is the weight. So first week back on WW:


Starting Weight: 167.5lbs
This Weigh-in: 164.5 lbs
Difference: -3 lbs

 I'll take it! Yesterday Eats:

Breakfast:
Coffee and a banana
Lunch:
Egg Salad wrap w/pickles (3 point wrap, with 6 points of egg salad)
Dinner:
Sauteed Kale w/EVOO and chili garlic salt from Trader Joes
peppermint ice cream
Snacks:
Hamentashen
graham cracker

Not the healthiest of days but I was still under my points. Shabbat cooking post to follow!