Chunky Monkeys To Lose Weight

 

After several weeks of not posting, we have a lot of catching up to do.  First of all, I (Steve) am going to recommit to losing weight again.  I have been eating way too many of the wrong things and too often over the last several weeks and it has shown with the 4 pound weight gain.  I also haven't been exercising half of what I need to be.  I kept blaming on it and the fact that we've both been sick and all the hours of shoveling snow taking away from the time set aside for working out.  Truth is, there has been plenty of opportunity, I just keep making excuses. 

 

Even though Tammy has had some weight fluctuatitions, her doctor is happy with her progress.  She is still down from her starting weight and the doctor just wants her to continue to maintain or lose weight throughout the pregnancy.  She had her first pre-natal checkup and everything is going well.  She is having her first ultrasound next week to confirm how far along she is.  We found out the due date is October 3rd which is just 2 days before Tammy's birthday. 

 

Well, it's time to start cleaning up the house.  Trying to keep moving today without sitting on our butts all day.

I have mixed feelings this week.  I'm happy I lost another 4 pounds.  I'm frustrated for Tammy because she gained .2 pounds though.  I feel especially bad because this is the first week she hasn't missed any workouts and we ate healthier this week than most weeks.  We've both cut soda almost completely out of our lives.  I hope she sees that this week was probably just a fluke and continues to be commited to this program for her health. 

 

It's been easier for me to avoid eating out for lunch due to my new schedule at work.  For those of you who don't know me, I work for one of the auto companies in an assembly plant that was closed.  Until last week, I was working out in the plant helping remove and ship equipment to other plants.  When I was doing that, I had the opportunity and I usually took it to get fast food about 3 times a week for lunch.  A couple of typical meals was usually a loaded sub at quiznos along with a soup, pop and a cookie or brownie.  If I got chinese it was a lunch combo along with an appetizer and two cans of soda.  I didn't think about it until now, but I was eating probably 2 to 3 meals worth of calories all for lunch.  Anyways, I am not out in the plant anymore, I am sitting in the jobs bank area along with 200 people waiting to be transferred to another plant.  I don't have the opportunity to spend alot of time outside the plant getting lunch, so I have been packing a breakfast and lunch everyday.  I've been trying to stick to basic nutrition rules and I take a bowl of cereal (non-super-sugar type) and a fruit for breakfast.  Then I usually take leftovers from dinner and another fruit for lunch.  For dinner, I try to cook only what we should have for dinner and enough for lunch.  This usually means 4 portions each of a grilled or broiled meat, steamed vegetable, and either a potato, rice, or pasta.  We're going to try to reduce our desserts (ice cream cone or sherbert) from 4-5 times/week to 2-3.  I'm personally shooting to limit my beverages to water, except for the one cup of coffee I have in the morning.

 

-  Steve  -