What to eat?

So yesterday I was reading Kara's post about what she ate. AWESOME! I think one of my goals will be to try to eat new things. I am so bored with food. This last year I have added beans- all kinds, (yea protien!) and some different fruits and vegiesto my diet. Good stuff. If you guys aren't aware my diet is still pretty limited- but in a different way- because of my colon being removed. I can't eat anything with oil or fat it makes me RELALY sick. And meat is very hard on me too- makes me sick and I have hard time digesting it. Oh, and nothing with seeds. Bad idea. PAIN!
So for breakfast I had peaches (that I canned) with about 1/2 a cup of fat free milk on them. A slice of dry toast ( I don't eat butter) with about a Tbl. of homemade jam.
For lunch I had a bowl of black beans (about a cup) with a little seasoning. and 4 crackers.
For dinner I had a salad of lettuce, celery, carrots, cabbage and kidney beans, with 3 Tbls. of fat free ranch. OK... Thats not alot of dressing, but I fugured out that I eat ALOT of dressing.. probably one of the reasons I have gained weight! So even though it is fat free I have to watch my calories!
I wasn't really hungry for snacks, kept myself busy cleaning up christmas stuff all day! Tip: stay busy and you wont realize you haven't eaten! Ha!
I did have a few of Ellie's gummies and a starburst. Again... fat free candy does not mean calorie free candy! Gotta be careful with that! Got some hard candy and gum so when I have a sweet craving I can suck on a peice or chew gum and it goes away. I usually don't finish the candy either- after a few minutes I can't take the sweet anymore.
I meant to meassure and weigh this morning -again- but forgot-agian! So I will do that tomorrow morning! Sunday seems like a good morning to do my weight and meassurements- then I can go to church and pray for help! HA! Good weekend to you all!
Kris

Water Water Water!

Ok...suggestion. Loose the huge waterbottles- those overwhelm everyone!! Get some of those one pt. 7.7 ounce Arrowhead ones. I put four in the fridge. They are easy to drink..you know the ones with the skinny middle, with the snap open cap?? Refill and put on a different shelf in the fridge, grab another one. By the end of the day all four are gone and you've had over 12 cups of water- really!! (about 3 cups each) Make sure you refill and stick them in the fridge for tomorrow! I actually had to refill my last one at about 7 last night and drank another whole one before going to bed! This is the best way I have found to get my water in! I take it with me everywhere. If I feel hungry I guzzle water. No more hungry. If I am sitting down to eat I guzzle first, not just a sip, I guzzle it! Challenge yourself! Fills you up and you will not want to eat as much! You will be surprized how much water you drink! If you have to # the bottles do that. Whatever you do Sharpie your name on them and threaten your kids not to touch your water! :) Good luck!

Pedometer Points

I wore my pedometer all day today. They say you should have 10,000 steps each day. Today I got 9668.

Yesterday I got about the same amount - but I had expected more. I actually took a nap because I was supposed to chaperone at our church New Year's Eve dance. I planned to dance with Kirby and be very active. But at about 10:15 pm - just as I was about to leave- someone called and said I didn't need to go because they had too many chaperones. So Kirby and I spent a lazy night home with no kids - and no dancing.

The day before I got over 12,000. During the summer I often get between 18,000 and 25,000.

My little $3 pedometer has motivated me to move more than an expensive gym membership. I just don't have time to fit in going to the gym. But I can do lots of little things during the day and get in lots of steps. I often think of them not just as steps, but as points I have earned. It really is helpful to see how active or inactive I've been. If I could figure out how, I would put a pedometer chart on here.

End of Day One...

Today, I've made some good food choices, and just thought I'd blog about them. I decided to not go on a "diet", because that just plays with my head. I need to do a lifestyle change instead. So, I'm trying to just cut my serving sizes way down. I figure that I won't necessarily have to change everything I eat, I'll just eat much smaller portions. That way, I can still enjoy food, and lose weight at the same time.

Today, for lunch I had 3-4 bites of the last Wingers Sticky Finger chicken tender from our New Year's dinner last night. It wasn't that great. I gave the rest to Cocoa. I also had carrots, cauliflower, and cherry tomatoes. I had 8 Wheat Thins, as well. Yesterday, I made some Ranch dip for veggies, and today I had 2 tablespoons of that with the veggies and crackers.

Tonight, I made Potato-Cheese soup and homemade biscuits. I ate 3/4 cup of soup (where, before I would have probably eaten at least one full bowl), and 1 biscuit - no butter - with 1 teaspoon of honey drizzled over it (before I would have most likely eaten at least 3 biscuits).

So, I feel pretty good about my food choices today. I ate a few (maybe 6) peanuts as I was making dinner, too. There - I've listed everything. I didn't drink as much water as I should have, but I did drink perhaps 4 glasses. I don't see how I can't lose weight by cutting food way down like this. One of the greatest things about keeping a food diary is that it shows you how truly out of control you were before you started it!

All-in-all, I think for my first day, I did well. I walked, I drank water, and I watched the amount of food I ate.

I hope everyone else had a successful day!

(I'll probably post more often than everyone else - I just need the accountability!)

We're not all here yet

Anybody heard from Loriann yet? Will she be joining us?

I'm very welcome to anyone that wants to join! At some point we'll have to have a skinny party for all of us. I'll bring the celery.

The First Day of Healthy

Today is the first day of 2010! WOO-HOO!!! I can't tell you how excited I am to be done with 2009. I am done with being sick and feeling unhealthy. I told myself that no matter what the weather looked like this morning when I woke up, I'd go out walking. I felt pretty crappy when I woke up - like most mornings - so keeping my promise to myself wasn't easy. But, I rolled out of bed, put some clothes on, stuck my "Survivor" hat on my head, grabbed my iPod, gloves, and scarf, and headed out the door. I drove to my all-time favorite place to walk - the cemetery here in town. I put Hootie and the Blowfish on my iPod, bundled up, and walked. It was tougher than I thought - walking in the snow. I found that it's kind of like walking in sand. But, that's a good thing, right? I walked about 25 minutes - 6-7 Hootie songs.

Walking seems to give me the time I need to think. I thought about all of the good things I wanted to do for myself this year. I thought about what I would look like and feel like next New Year's Day. It was good motivation.

Came home feeling pretty good about myself. I made a good choice for breakfast, too. I had a bowl of frosted mini-wheats (1/2 as much as I normally eat), and an orange. I'm sitting here staring at my bottle of water - it's 33.8 fl oz. I think if I drink about 3 of these each day, that'll be enough. But, I definitely need some flavor - I'm going to go search through my pantry for a Chrystal Light packet to add to the water.

I've also read the scriptures this morning - the Sunday School lesson for tomorrow is from Moses, chapter 1 - were Moses finds out that he is made in the image of God. That made me think that perhaps I should take care of this wonderful body I've been given. Ya think?

I already love this - focusing on something with family and friends. I say, the more, the merrier (and healthier). Make it a great day today everyone.

Happy New You!

Good morning and Happy New Year!

So, it has taken me a while to figure out how you have all been posting to this. I told you I was new to this. I found this cool button called "New Post". We'll see what happens.

Like Kara said, this was my idea. I had a couple of friends who were sisters who did a blog on losing weight. I thought that this was just what I needed - support and motivation from sisters and friends who were trying to be healthier too!

I hope we all have tons of fun and become healthier.

My first goal is actually very short term - due tomorrow. I've been in a wellness challenge through my work called Lean Santa. We're supposed to not gain more than two pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years. My final weigh-in is tomorrow. At one point I got sick and actually lost a pound! But then I re-hit my all time high - almost four pounds above the pre-Thanksgiving weight. I've been being good since Christmas and right now I am just 1.4 above my starting weight. That's within the goals of the contest, but still too high.

For now, I'm just going to say that I've been bouncing around an all-time high weight for about a year. I'm going to take it way down! I'm not sure what my ideal weight should be, but I'm guessing it's 30 to 40 pounds away.

I'm really glad for the support of you guys already. What a great group of sisters/friends! We're all close to the same age and I think we share some of the same health concerns. Kara scared us all and maybe we've all become more health conscious because of her. I've become more grateful for my health as I have watched others my age develop serious health problems. I realized a while ago that my only health problem is that I am overweight - my own fault. I've also got mild asthma and was surprised to read that losing weight will help that too! So now it is time to see just how healthy I can be.