So today wasn't the best day.  I was very stressed about my children's medical issues and so I ate poorly for dinner, but it is one meal and I must move on.

Breakfast - granola bar and fruit strip (I have to find something quick for me to eat for breakfast...any ideas?)
Lunch - Carlos O' Kelly's - fajitas, lunch size, I ate all of it and then all the rice (but not the beans), also had a FEW chips with cheese sauce on them
Dinner - Oh what didn't I eat....ummm...I think 2 chicken fingers, a bunch of pizza rolls, mac and cheese (prolly 3/4c), corn (prolly 1/4c), a few dunkin apples, and a few bites of fish (I got an entire serving of fish and realized I was way too full and had already ate way too much so I gave the rest to my hubby)
Snack - 1 bars from my Lindt creme brulee bar (soooo yummy and now soooo gone)

Since I had had such a bad day I made the decision not to walk especially since my toes were still hurting and last night I thought my ankles might brake.  But then after I at all that for dinner I decided I should walk.  So I went but I asked Marsha to shorten it to 2 laps tonight.  I won't be walking tomorrow but I will be out and about so hopefully that will make up for it.

I would like to start journaling my journey so I can see what I ate and when I lost weight what I did that week, etc.  So I am going to try to start that...we shall see. 

What I ate today (at least what I remember, hehe)
Breakfast - 2 eggs with 1 slice of 2% cheese, 1 kiwi, 1/2 c. milk
Snack - serving of pita chips
Lunch - pot roast, potatos and carrots.  I went back for seconds of the pot roast and carrots because I still felt hungry but after that I felt STUFFED.
Snack - few bits of rice crisps (decided I really wanted to loose weight and if I ate those I would eat the whole bag so I put them back), a  fruit cup of oranges (no sugar added), and a south beach diet hazelnut creame bar
Snack - like 3 handfuls of trail mix (here is where I was hungry and should have made dinner but snacked instead)
Dinner - low carb tortilla with grilled chicken and 2% shredded cheese, carrots with splenda brown sugar on top
Snack (to take with my vitamins) - small handful of dried fruit and VERY small handful of unsalted cashews.

Man when I write it all out it seems like a ton, but I think I did really good for me.  I then walked 3 times around Marsha's (one of my walking buddies) neighborhood which took like an hour and half...ugh I am tired! 

Today when I got on the scale this morning I was 227.5lbs (on my scale, not sure on Wii Fit as I have it set to just tell my BMI and I can't member it right now).  On Thursday I was 231 which is my highest weight ever not pregnant and very close to my highest weight ever even pregnant.  It was then that I started not only exercising (which I had been doing for about a week then) but I really started to watch what I put in my mouth.  It was a bit of a wake up call for me.  I didn't believe it at first, but it was true.  So I think loosing 2.5lbs in a few days is doing pretty fabulously.  I know you loose a lot of weight your first week compared to the rest of your weight watching time but thats good with me!  Alright off to have a good night's sleep....I'm exhuasted!

So yesterday I broke down and asked my friend Amy for help.  She has lost 34lbs in the last few months.  So last night after life builders she and i were just talking and i told her i really needed to loose weight and start exercising.  She invited me to join her walking every night.  She already walks with one friend, Marsha, and I was welcome to join them.  So last night i did.  It was a lot of fun.  I got exercise and I got to spend time chatting with friends, what is better?  Now they go every night but I am going to aim for 4+ nights a week.  And I am going to make a grocery list.  My son, William, is having some major problems so I am going to changing his diet.  I am going to be increasing the fiber.  Josiah is also getting to the point that he eats almost everything we do so I want to get to the point that I make 1 thing for breakfast and serve it to everyone and not make 3 different meals. 

Alright, gotta go plan my menus...see ya!