Square One - #325,345,904

Time: 30 minutes
Distance: 0.84 miles
Speed: 1.7 mph
Incline: 2
Equipment: treadmill

Sooooooo.... here we meet again. What's happened since my last post? Not much! Certainly no treadmill walkin' or healthy eatin'. I regained the 6.2 lbs I lost. I am literally to the ounce right back where I started. Again. I guess I should be grateful that I didn't go higher considering yesterday consisted of nachos, s'mores and circus animal cookie ice cream!

The problem with eating mostly fruits and salads is this: it requires organization, planning and execution. I'm GREAT with planning. I can be hyper-organized. And have no follow-through capabilities whatsoever. Which means I have a fridge full of wilting veggies. Fortunately, the fruit hasn't rotted as Skye has eaten it all. She does love her fruit, thank GOODNESS!! Meanwhile, I'm back to driving through Jack in the Box twice a day. I hate even writing that. Ugh! I do usually get a breakfast Jack for... well, breakfast and that's 280 calories. Which is how I justify that, sort of. For lunch I get their Southwest Chicken Salad with grilled chicken. Even with all the dressing it's like 600, which isn't horrible. And since it's a salad, I've convinced myself that it's all healthy and totally awesome. Which it's not. But I guess it's better than a Jumbo Jack. At least it doesn't leave me feeling all greasy. And I don't get it with fries (which I totally would with a burger, so there's something.) Is this what we call baby steps? Probably not.

I'm going back to what worked years ago, when I first lost weight three years ago. It consists of pre-packaged, pre-portioned meals and snacks for the most part. But it worked, it's still healthier than fast-food and did I mention it worked?

Here's the "meal plan"

Upon waking/pre-workout: 90 calorie granola bar
Breakfast: 1 packet/bowl of sugar-free oatmeal (Quaker makes some great ones)
Morning snack: Yoplait light yogurt
Lunch: Lean Cuisine panini
Afternoon snack: fat-free sugar-free 60 calorie pudding
Dinner: frozen prepackaged dinner around 300 calories
Evening snack (optional): Skinny Cow ice cream treat

This has my daily calories in the 1000 - 1200 range. I worked with a nutritionist a few years ago (it was part of a radio show weight loss contest, I came in second!) and this is what she worked up for me, well the breakfast oatmeal had protein powder in it now that I think about it, so I need to add that back up in there as well. I just need to keep my body moving. When did I get so lazy??