Which brings me to GAG Today was our first weigh in. I was very good all week except yesterday, when I was mostly good. I changed a few scheduling things around the house for this challenge. I have found that both the kids and I do better if we eat our main meal in the middle of the day rather than at the end of the day. So I will be cooking what I would normally cook for dinner for lunch. My metabolism seems to do better when I eat my largest calorie meal in the middle of the day instead of in the beginning or at the end of the day. I am not sure why this is, but I decide to just go with it instead of fighting it. The only downside it that when my husband is working he ends up with a reheated meal at the end of the day instead of a fresh one. I have not figured out how to overcome that obstacle yet, but I am working on it. I also started using the Slim quick cleanse this week, as a jump start. Specifically to help jump start my metabolism, since it is horrible. Before I started this challenge last week, I had been working my but off, exercising, eating right, everything, and I only gained weight. I was getting very frustrated. So those were the two big things I did this week. The Slim quick, and changing the times that I eat my big meal.

And guess what, it seems to have worked. I weighed in this morning at 261.0. That is 11 lbs. that I lost. I was actually worried about losing that much (I still am) for several reasons. That is a lot of weight to lose so quickly, I worry that it isn’t healthy, and that I am doing something wrong. I am also worried that people are going to think I am cheating, but I promise I am not. I actually weighed myself several times this morning so see if the scale was wrong. I just keep telling myself that it can’t be right. My wonderful husband keeps reminding me that I probably lost a lot of water weight and that the next few weeks, I probably won’t lose anything. He is right I am sure.

Our point challenge this week is going to be a difficult one for me.

For every 8 oz of water you drink, you will give yourself 10 points.
For every 15 minutes of activity (NO house cleaning and “normal” activities should be counted here) outside of your normal routine give yourself 10 points.
For every day that you track your foods whether it be on your blog via in text or photos, give yourself 20 points.
For every evening you sleep for a minimum of 8 hours, give yourself 20 points!

I am horrible at keeping track of what I eat and drink. I just get busy doing whatever I am doing that day and forget to write things down and by the time I remember I have forgotten what it was I ate or drank that day. As for additional activity, I am going to try to get up in the mornings and walk again, but I get very grumpy when I don’t get enough sleep, so early morning is hard. The sleeping part is the easy part, like I said, I get grumpy if I don’t get enough sleep so I have always gone to bed early and tried to get in at least 8 hours of sleep a night.

On a side note, I have fallen in love with strawberries all over again. I love that they are so low in calories, (I forget who, but somebody once told me that it takes more calories to digest a strawberry than you get from eating the strawberry). They have become my new snack food. Plus they are sweet, so they help with my horrible sweet tooth at the end of the day.

Well I think I got in everything I wanted to say.

Have a great day.

Heather