Weigh in #5 & Weekend Eats (4th of July edition)

I hope everyone had an amazing 4th. Yay, America day.


The last week in June, I really kicked it up a notch. My goal was to lose 3.5 lbs. in June and because of my week and a half of gluttony I was only 2lbs down with 1 week left. I did not think I was going to make my goal, but I wanted to give it my all and at the end of the week, regardless of the scale I wanted to look back and feel proud and know that I did everything I could, and I gave it 110%.

I was pleasantly surprised by the results.

Although looking at my first weekend in July, I could have done a lot better. On Saturday I ended up having close to 450 calories worth of snack. Do better Mary, do better! Sunday after spending 4th of July with family and swimming in the pool we were pooped and ended up getting Taco bell. Why????

On Monday I got my act together again and meal prepped low carb eggplant lasagna for a few lunches and chopped some veggies for healthy salads. Setting the rest of the week up for success prepared me to kick butt this week. I got this!

 

Any who on to my eats:

Saturday

Breakfast: 2 sunny side up eggs, 1 slice of Colby cheese, 1 piece of toast, 2 slices turkey bacon and cherry tomatoes

Snack: coconut kind bar and half a Charleston chew (no picture)

 

Lunch: refried bean flautas, sour cream to dip, rice, salad with light ranch


Snack: 6 wheat crackers with a gouda cheese stick & strawberries and an Argo iced tea


 Dinner: Big @ss salad with grilled shrimp.


 Exercise: 30 minute Crunch cardio dance DVD

 

Total Calories: 2066

Calories burned from workout: -338

 

Sunday

Breakfast: Hubby made chocolate waffles again, yummy! I added 2 eggs and 2 slices of turkey bacon for some protein. Used keto syrup.


Snack: 6 wheat crackers and string cheese.



 

Lunch: Chopped salad from local restaurant with 2 tbsp. balsamic vinaigrette  (forgot to take a picture put here's the image from the restaurants website. 

Snack: hummus, pepperoni and mozz cheese on a low carb tortilla


Dinner: We were all tired from swimming and being out in the sun so we ended up hitting the Taco Bell drive thru. 2 chicken soft tacos al fresco, pintos 'n cheese and then I ate the left over half of Elliana's cheesy bean and rice burrito. Geez!


Exercise: none, my well deserved rest day but we did swim for quite a bit as I lugged around our almost 30 pound toddler.


Total Calories: 2460 – no Bueno. The taco bell and salad with all those delicious fixing put me waaaay over.



Monday

Breakfast: 2 sunny side up eggs with hot sauce, there's potato hash underneath and 2 corn tortillas


 Snack: coconut kind bar and half a Charleston chew (no picture)

 

Lunch: made pepperoni pizzas on pita bread and watermelon




Snack: 6 wheat crackers with a gouda cheese stick, cherry tomatoes and kiwi strawberry sparkling ice drink.


 

Dinner: Grilled skirt steak and grilled asparagus with a low carb tortilla


 Total Calories: 1859

Exercise – None, spent all day cleaning which was a workout in its self

 

 

Starting weight (July 1st 2021): 215

Last week’s weight: 213
Current weight: 208.9 (-4.1)
Total weight loss: -6.1 lbs

 

I could not believe my eyes when I got on the scale. A 4.1 lb loss in a week is insane! I actually had to get off and back on the scale just to make sure it was reading correctly and yes it was. I obliterated my goal of losing 3.5 lbs in June. 

So even though I got off track for a week and a half that stumble did not negate all the hard work I put in for the rest of the month. Eating as many freggies as I could fit in, counting my calories, talking walks at lunch and working out. It goes to show that when you fall and you fail, just get back up, dust yourself off and keep going. Just keep moving forward.


Also losing those 4.1 lbs means that I have officially lost 61 lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight. I hit that elusive 60 pound mark and it felt amazing! 65 lbs here I come!



  

Ok, here is your Healthy Motivation:

I love this and ask myself this often when making food choices.







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