Week 1 Complete!

2 positive blog posts in a row?!?!

WHAAAATTTT????

So I started this Facebook challenge on March 21st. My kids started their spring break on March 21st. Normally this would not be a time I would choose to start actually trying to lose weight. Apparently I had reached my limit and knew that I had to get my butt back in gear because I REALLY am not OK with where I am at.

This is how my week went down.....

Monday
I started my day with an hour long jazzercise class. Yup. JAZZERCISE.

I had never done jazzercise before but my friend messaged me about going to a class with her because she teaches there twice a week. I thought, why not? In the hour long workout I burned 1,125 calories! At that point I was hooked. I tracked my food all day and ended the day at 1758 calories eaten. I had burned a total of 4,034 calories.

Tuesday
I usually have a workout class that I participate in on Tuesdays, but since it was spring break it was not happening today. The trainer had emailed a workout to do on our own. As soon as the kids and I got up this morning we did this 45 minute workout together. This workout burned 674 calories. The 2nd day of spring break and I still did not take the kids out to eat and continued to track my food. At the end of this day I had eaten 1,854 calories and had burned 3,133 calories.

Wednesday
Day 2 of jazzercise. Mary went to the class with me today and did a great job!

I felt like I worked even harder in this workout than on Monday. I think that was because I knew the moves a little better than the first time seeing them. The calorie burn for this workout was 1,186. The biggest win for me today was lunch. I took the kids to Chick Fil A. I had planned to get what I always get since I had burned over 1,000 calories I was fine spending 900 on lunch. However, when we got to Chick Fil A I opted for the cobb salad instead. I did this completely as my choice. I decided that was what I wanted. My lunch was 520 calories instead of 900. I felt so good about my choices that day!

At the end of the day I had eaten 1,531 calories and burned 3,665. 

Thursday

Today I decided to get on the treadmill for my workout. I really do want to get back to running and participating in races because I had so much fun with that in 2011/12. I did 45 minutes today and burned 791 calories. The win I had for today was that I took the kids to see a movie and although we did still get popcorn to share I counted it and moved on. There was no feeling guilty. There was a little bit of pep talking so that I didn't feel guilty, but ultimately I was 100% fine with my choices. I have been drinking a TON of water and I think I even upped it today to be sure to off-set the high sodium day with popcorn. I ended this day having eaten 1852 and burning 3067. 

Total Calories eaten each day

Friday

This day (and Saturday) are probably the days I am MOST proud of. Back in September when I started focusing on only losing 5lbs a month I basically stopped tracking on Fridays. I would eat and drink basically whatever I wanted and that would last through the weekend. Today I started my day with another treadmill run. This time I stayed on the treadmill for one hour and burned 1,053 calories. Today I was going out to lunch with my parents and I had decided on my lunch before we even got to the restaurant and stuck to it. I got the hot shot whiskey chicken at Applebee's. It's yummy and 660 calories. I was stuffed when I left there and didn't feel guilty about any of it! Then, after dinner I actually MEASURED out 10 oz of wine and had NO more than that! I ended my day having only eaten 1400 calories and burning 3386. 

Saturday

I started my day yet again on the treadmill! One hour on the treadmill and I covered more distance than the day before. I LOVE seeing this kind of progress. Again, I burned 1,116 calories during this run/walk. Then it was off to Robbie's soccer game and lunch after. Again, this would usually be a time that I would get whatever I wanted and not worry about it. In trying to change my mind I still got what I wanted, but I tracked it and made sure it fit within my calories. We ended up at Burger King because that's what Robbie wanted after playing soccer. Before we went I looked up the menu and nutritional information and decided on the bacon double cheeseburger and value size onion rings. My entire lunch was 540 calories. Pretty unheard of for me - especially with fast food. For dinner I made meatloaf with mashed potatoes and green beans. I then measured out another 10oz of wine for the evening and stopped after that! I also did not snack with my wine at all. I ended this day having eaten 1588 and burned 3504.

NET calories eaten each day

In 6 days I succeeded in having more than 1,000 calorie deficit every day. The second chart shows my net calories for each day of the week. If you're not familiar with MFP; you have a calorie goal for the day. When you exercise they add those calories to your goal for the day. I try not to eat back ALL the calories I'm burning because I'm trying to increase my calorie deficit. 

Yesterday was Easter and day 7. I weighed in that morning and was down 5.2 lbs in this first week! I am totally ecstatic about that! I allowed myself to eat/drink what I wanted yesterday with NO GUILT! I was right back at it today with another hour on the treadmill and tracking all my food. I am still feeling really positive about this. Let's hope this continues!