Slim by the Summer #5 - When You Gotta Go!

I found an awesome linky to help me and anyone else who is interested in joining in. Just head on over to Raising Reagan to join in the fun! Each week there's a theme, I love themes! CLICK HERE! See previous weeks and my progress HERE.
 

So this week's theme is......

Great topic hu?! This is probably the one thing that keeps America fat! Hubby and I were just talking about the topic this weekend saying that we know a lot of families who would probably lose 10 pounds by not eating out so much. It's just so easy to just go out to eat isn't it?!

I'm huge on saving money! Each week on my main blog, The Mami Blog, I plan our weeks menu and I also do weekly match-ups for our local grocery store. I HATE PAYING RETAIL! Wether it's food, groceries, clothing, housewares, etc. Anywho, so if we do go out to eat, usually hubby's decision, I grab my coupon binder and give suggestions for places that I have a coupon for. But sometimes it is only for a FREE Appetizer or FREE Dessert (not the best coupons), lol But we do like to try new places and it's hard because you don't know how they cook their food and if it will fit into your "diet."


Here are some tips that I use when we eat out

1. Try not to!
2. Avoid fast food!
3. Don't do buffet
4. Ask for your food to be steamed
5. Drink water!
6. Share a plate
7. Avoid pasta dishes
8. No appitizer
9. Add a salad
10. Eat Fruit

That's it! 10 tips are pretty simple... When all else fails just try to make a good choice. Got any questions about any of the tips? Drink a full glass of water before you eat, that way you don't eat as much. Pasta dishes usually have tons of butter, which is delicious, but yeah, no! lol Add a salad to your meal and ask if you can get the dressing on the side so you can control how much you use. And instead of fries or chips, ask if you can have some fresh fruit instead!

It was my mom's birthday this past weekend and everyone got a soda or a mixed beverage... NOT ME! I got some nice cold WATER!

February 19 Stats:

Beginning Weight (January 2013): 186
Prepreganancy (2004): 135
Postpartum (3rd Baby, August 2012): 172
Goal Weight: 135
Last week: (Feb 5): 181.2
Current Weight: *Weigh in tomorrow*

Slim Me Down Weekly Weight Loss Challenge - Week 3

I almost BOMBED this week! But thanks to all the dancing we did this week... I shed some weight! We also got a visit from family and we went out to eat, but I did pretty good. I'm proud of myself. In a few minutes I'm ganna work out with more dancing with Dance Central that is. I'm planning on doing some reviews in the weeks to come, I think I mentioned that earlier. Lets get down to the numbers..

What I WEIGH:

Starting Weight: 189.6 (my highest)

Last Weeks Weight: 184.6

Current Weight: 183.8

Gain/Loss for the Week (+/-): -.08!

Total Gain/Loss: -5.8

First Goal: 180 by March 19th (my daughters birthday!)

Week 1: +0.4

Week 2: +1.4 

Week 3:  -0.8

*I'm only putting my weight on here so that i can make myself accountable. It's extremely embarrassing and that helps me want to change the number!*


What I DID:

Monday: 15 minutes EA Sports Active, 30 min walking

Tuesday: 30 minutes walking

Wednesday: ZUMBA PARTY!

Thursday: 45 minutes Dance Central

Friday: housework

Saturday: Laundry, 1 hour walking @ the mall

Sunday: 1 hour walking in the HOT sun!

 What I ATE:

Mon: No breakfast, Tuna Salad Sandwiches, Chicken Salad

Tues: Biscuits, Chicken Tacos, Chicken n Rice Casserole, Leftovers, Snack: Popcorn

Wed: Sausage n Eggs, Chicken Terriyak w/Mushrooms & zucchini! (it was good), Sandwiches

Thurs: I FORGOT!

Friday: No Breakfast, Jambalaya, Leftovers
Saturday: Pizza buffet (I had salad first), Snack: fruit smoothie, Hotdog n chips

Sunday: Egg n cheese tacos, Cheeseburger, taco salad

What's My INSPIRATION:

I want shoulders! I'm addicted to buying sleeve-less or spaghetti straps! I try to avoid them with my ugly arms, but sometimes I just can't resist. I hope to get back into them SOON!

 

THIS WEEK:

I wanna focus on eating breakfast and working  out at least 15 minutes a day!! AGAIN!

==============================

How to Participate:

1. Each week, we'll have a linky where you can link up your post. Tell us your starting weight, last weeks weight, current weight +/-, and goal. Then we'd like to hear about your week - struggles and successes. You do not have to state your actual weight, if not then post you'd like to lose ?? pounds as your starting weight. Be as open and honest as you can! This isn't a place of judgment. We're all here with the same goal in mind, lose weight.

2. Link up your own blog post below. Please use a direct link to your post, not your blog

Make sure you include the Slim Me Down button.

<a border="0" href="http://lebedafamily.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a433/jenniferlebeda/weightlosscllng.jpg" /></a>

3. Visit others that are linked up and offer support. If they lose weight, congratulate, if they gain encourage. Please NO negative comments. We're all here for support.

Hope you'll link up and join us! It doesn't matter what week we are on ... just jump in and get started!

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Slim Me Down Weekly Weight Loss Challenge: Week 1

 

I have been wanting to join a "challenge" for a while. About three years ago I did eDiets.com and I loved it. I've been wanting to go back, but the price has gone up. I loved all the challneges and I even won a few and got a few months FREE for winning. It was such motivation. At that time I was losing weight so that we could have baby #2 and it worked! After losing 20lbs the following month we became pregnant! 

About a year ago I joined CafeMom and has a great support team, but the support just faded away. I still post, but there's no activity, so no challenge, and I love to be challenged.

So, I just finally chose to link up with LWT Lebedas & MFT for their weekly challenge, "Slim Me Down..." I have been tracking for a few weeks so I'm putting in those numbers... Without further adieu here are my numbers

 

What I WEIGHT:

Starting Weight: 189.6 (my highest)

Last Weeks Weight: 182.8

Current Weight: 183.2

Gain/Loss for the Week (+/-): +0.4

Total Gain/Loss: -6.4

First Goal: 180 by March 19th (my daughters birthday!)

Week 1: +0.4

Week 2: _ _

*I'm only putting my weight on here so that i can make myself accountable. It's extremely embarrassing and that helps me want to change the number!*


What I DID:

Monday - Zumba Party

Tuesday - Nothing but house chores

Wednesday - More house chores

 

Since this was my first week and I started on Wed/Thurs, I'll post again on Sunday night and put what I've done for the remainder of the week.... I need a push!!

What I ATE:

Monday: Breakfast: toast with butter, Lunch: Grilled chicken salad, Dinner: Spaghetti n Meatballs, Snack: String cheese
Tuesday: Breakfast: Nothing, Lunch: Red Beans and Rice 1 piece of cornbread, Dinner: Sandwhich
Wednesday: Breakfast: 2 Bacon n Egg tacos, Lunch: (leftovers) Beef n Bean Tostadas, Dinner: Homemade Chicken Nuggets n mac n cheese! ahhh Snack: almond slivers

 What's My INSPIRATION:

((Oh and I'm losing for my wedding!))

This is the dress I want to wear for our rehearsal dinner!

 

How to Participate:

1. Each week, we'll have a linky where you can link up your post. Tell us your starting weight, last weeks weight, current weight +/-, and goal. Then we'd like to hear about your week - struggles and successes. You do not have to state your actual weight, if not then post you'd like to lose ?? pounds as your starting weight. Be as open and honest as you can! This isn't a place of judgment. We're all here with the same goal in mind, lose weight.

2. Link up your own blog post below. Please use a direct link to your post, not your blog

Make sure you include the Slim Me Down button.

<a border="0" href="http://lebedafamily.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a433/jenniferlebeda/weightlosscllng.jpg" /></a>

3. Visit others that are linked up and offer support. If they lose weight, congratulate, if they gain encourage. Please NO negative comments. We're all here for support.

Hope you'll link up and join us! It doesn't matter what week we are on ... just jump in and get started!

Looking forward to hearing from you!

 

Weigh-In - 12/3

Yup... finally doing a weigh in. I haven't seen what my weight was before but about 30 seconds ago I weighed myself and the scale said 185.0. I don't think that's that bad. Before Thanksgiving I had gotten up to 189! Yikes. That shocked me into working out in the mornings after breakfast and before the baby woke up. I had been doing pretty good with walking (at Wal-Mart). I would do about 2 1/2 plus the shopping around the store. I've been eating small portions. I've been cooking at home. You can go HERE to see my menu for the week, just look for Menu Plan Mondays. And... when we do go out to eat I usually have a coupon, so we get the small meal so we can save the most money and usually when I have a coupon for a FREE burger (BurgerKing) it's for a free Jr. buger, so it's already small. I ask them to replace the mayo with ketchup or sometimes mustard and if they don't charge extra, I ask for extra veggies. Oh, and if you ask them to put the veggies on the side SOMETIMES they will give you a whole salad, usually a side salad, but it's more veggies than they put on the burger.
All I have to aim for this holiday season is to not eat too many sweets. Hubby has been getting in the mood for sweets, usually cookies, and he'll drive all the way into town (only like 8 minutes) to get a pack of cookies! But he always drinks a glass of milk with that, so not too bad, right?
Anywho, take care during this holiday season....
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!