Bye bye to big butt blog

So with the new studio opening soon and everything else going on, I am going to have to give up the BIG BUTT BLOG. :( but I will continue to lose my "big butt" I am down 6 lbs since I started this blog so thank you everyone who gave me encouragment! Hope to see you at the studio grand opening! Check http://www.emeraldphotography.info/ for more info

Wed 2/17

Breakfast:1 cup cheerios,1/2 c. 2%milk, about 1/4 banana sliced
skinny vanilla latte

Snack: 3/4 cup chocolate chips(spread out through the whole day but I really need to stop with this!)

Lunch: Veggie burger w/slice of american cheese on english muffin, w/ tiny bit of light mayo and lettuce

Snack: Blueberry bagel with a little I Can't Believe It's Not Butter(I really cant:)

Dinner: Chicken Spagetti about a cup of noodles and a cup of sauce, 2 breadsticks

Tuesday-2/16

Breakfast: 1 slice wheat toast w/ 1/2 tbsp of peanut butter,pear
Lunch:Veggie Burger w/slice of swiss cheese on english muffin w/1 tbsp marinara(it actually was really good,even Steve ate one!)
Snack: 3/4c of chocolate chips(give me a break, I haven't had chocolate in a week!Thats like a record for me!)
Dinner: Mesquite chicken breast, Rock Asparagus, chicken flav. rice a roni, a glass of wine(or 2:)
Dessert: 1 cup fat free sugar free vanilla pudding w/ a couple thin slices of banana on top(big hit,even the kids loved it)

Monday-2/15

Breakfast: 1 cup Cheerios with 1/2 c skim milk,coffee w/creamer
Snack:Pear
Lunch:Salmon w/ Brown rice Pilaf
Dinner:Leftover Salmon w/Brown rice Pilaf

I know,I know!The weigh in on Dr. Oz diet

I know I suck at blogging and I think I am ok with that:) I have been crazy busy,which is a good thing but it leaves me little time to eat let alone blog about it:) But I have had people ask about my progress so I thought I would bring you up to speed from last week. I was doing the Dr.OZ diet, so here are the Pros and Cons for me,of course it must work for some people but just isn't the one for me.
Pros:
*Good Food,Easy to Prepare, the recipes are really good.
*I like that you can print the shopping list on line
*My grocery bill was about the same as normal even though I bought double of everything on the list(the servings for the recipes are 2)
Cons:
*It is really hard to eat 6 or 7 times a day!!
*The shopping list is really Looooong so plan on a marathon shopping trip with NO KIDS
*AND THE BIGGEST CON I didn't lose any weight last week, it may be because I usually didn't eat everything I was supposed to for the day, but it really was hard!!

Anyway, I hope that helps anyone thinking they might try the Dr.Oz, I am going to continue to use some of the recipes cuz they really were good!

Food Journal-2/9

So I went shopping for the Dr.Oz diet plan off Real Age.com, still have some shopping to do since I was out of EVERYTHING. So I wasn't able to do the diet completely today but close and tomorrow I should be able to do it almost perfectly! FYI the shopping list for the diet is long even if you arent out of everything, I advise going without kids so you can concentrate:)

Breakfast:1 cup cheerios,1/2 cup skim milk, Coffee w/creamer(this is not on the diet but is mandatory for me)
Morning Snack:Apple
Lunch:2 1/2 small slices pizza, hawaiian so its not that bad for you
Afternoon snack:Nonfat plain yogurt with fistful of raisens(never had plain yogurt,not too bad with the raisens)
Dinner: French onion soup w/slice of swiss cheese
Evening snack:none

Workout: 100 situps/legups ,100 pushups and some stretching while I watched American Idol:)

And another thing...........

Today I got an email that said "Its true, You are what you eat" and I thought, well CRAP! I have seen that/heard that before but it never clicked. So I guess I would rather be grilled salmon rather than a greasy cheeseburger. Salmon is long, healthy and has great coloring, a cheeseburger is fat and round. Nuff said.

Bad BAD Blogger-NO NO!!

So I am a bad blogger, I havn't blogged for almost a week, so sorry! Schedule was crazy last week so I didn't even keep track of what I ate. But with the exception of a delicioso cinnamon roll and yesterdays super bowl party I did pretty good. I have now lost 4.5 lbs!! Woot Woot! And I know I had said last week that I was going to start the Dr.Oz diet but I didn't make it to the store, so I am starting it tomorrow,there is alot of produce involved which requires a trip to Costco. Here is the link to the website if anyone is interested in checking it out.http://www.realage.com/

Day 11-Feeling a lot lighter today

So I am starting to feel like I am catching up!! But I am still stressed and being pulled in every direction, which I know comes with the territory of being a mom, wife and trying to run a business. But I think this has been a huge thing in my weight gain, because when I do have a chance to relax maybe watch a little tele, I just want some, no need something, NO DESERVE something really good!! I just need to switch that thing from ice cream to something else:) maybe I will find a worthy low fat ice cream or something........ But I did not give in today, even though it would have been really easy to get that McFlurry that winked at me in the drive thru for dinner. But I just winked back and kept on driving;)

Breakfast: 1/2 banana
coffee w/creamer (wasn't very hungry this morning

Lunch: French onion soup w/a slice of Swiss cheese
2 little breadsticks(that were not worth the cals but i still ate 2 of them!What is wrong with me?!)

Dinner: Mc D's!
Grilled chicken sandwich
1/2 med fry
diet coke

After dinner crunch: Baby carrots

Day 10-Weigh in Day!!

When I started the blog I was 205 lb, I have lost 2.5lbs. I know its something but looking back at my food journals has really made me realize how dumb I sound saying I want to lose weight then posting every single day all the poor food choices I made!! How embarassing!! Oh well, admitting you have a problem is the first step right? So here we go.......
Day 10 Food Journal.....

Breakfast: Soy protein shake
NF latte

Lunch: chicken/apple/feta salad no dressing(when its got all that good stuff you don't need the dressing

Snack before workout:another soy protein shake

Workout:30 min bouncy elliptical machine at the gym not sure what the real name is but it kicks my butt!! 25 min weights, a little of everything

Dinner:after workout so it was late: turkey sandwich with swiss and light mayo

Day 9-Food Journal

Breakfast: Leftover Brie Bake mmmmmmmmm
NF Latte

Lunch: I was up til 2am last night so I had to take a nap during lunch time

Dinner:Salad w/rotissere chicken breast
light thousand island dressing
2 breadsticks

Desperate Housewives ice cream which we all know is Mandatory:)

Weighing in tomorrow!!Yikes!