My Weight Loss - Day 6 and 7

Hello!

I missed yesterday, so I'm combining two days into this one post.

I was good with my food yesterday, came in under my calorie limit. I had my normal prepared breakfasts (hard boiled egg, grapes, clementine, I added strawberries this time, string cheese). For lunch I had one of those Barilla microwavable penne and marinara... probably not the best thing I could've eaten, but not the worst either. And then last night we had a ground turkey, spiral noodle, broccoli and carrot dish that came in around 400 calories for my meal. Wednesday nights are tough because we have to rush to be home from work, cook a meal and get the kids to swimming lessons. We need to work better on pre-planning some good, easy, healthier meals for those days.

Yesterday I decided to forego the workout in place for 30 minutes of shoveling. I burned about 289 calories pushing that heavy, wet slop around.

Today -- the day before our weigh in -- I have the day off and I just finished a 50 minute Zumba workout. It was fantastic. Here is a link to the new class I found: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDgbBdS9W54 (I love their accents and I love the dances. Congo is probably my favorite)

Once I shower, I am going to grab something to eat... But I didn't really plan for a day home at lunch. All of my planned lunches are at work. D'oh. I may just make some steamed veggies and have a string cheese.

Then I have to plan tonight's meal. We don't have anything to rush for. Any suggestions? What are your typical meals through the week? Do you eat differently than your kids because of your diet, or do you plan something you all can eat?

Tomorrow I will report the results of the weigh-in, and then I begin my mini-vacation weekend with my husband and no kids! It's going to be super tough to maintain a good diet when Jeff and I usually drink and eat like pigs when we head out. I'll report on how it goes either Sunday night or Monday.

Until tomorrow...