Day 15 - The Results Are In! (First Weigh In)

Drum roll please................. -10 pounds!!!!! That's a 5.32% loss!

Today was our first official weigh in and this weekend was full of challenges so I'm thrilled!

Saturday we went to the JMU @ GMU basketball game. Before the game, we met up with some friends at Fat Tuesdays. Challenge #1: not drinking beer and getting rowdy with a bunch of JMU fans.

Next, we walked over to the basketball arena. Challenge #2: not buying snacks in the convenient store even though I was hungry and wanted to so badly. I brought some snacks to the bar (grapes and apple slices), but it just wasn't cutting it. I went into the convenient store to "see if they had anything healthy" (aka drool over all the yummy goodies). I came out with a Special K meal bar, which was delicious but not filling whatsoever.

Then we finally made it to the arena. Challenge #3: I was bombarded with the smell of all things delicious: hot dogs, hamburgers, fries, nachos, BBQ, pizza, cotton candy, ice cream, etc. I was really impressed with the size of the Patriot Center, but hey I guess if you don't have a football team.... :) The game was fun (even though we lost) but I was soooo hungry! The banana I snuck in my purse helped a little.

We invited some friends over after game...enter Challenge #4: hungry boys wanted Chinese food...my weakness. As soon as the take-out menu came out, I put on my tennis shoes, hooked Jasper up, and immediately went out the door for a run. Anything to get me away for the tempting General Tso Chicken and egg rolls.

Challenge #5: When I got back there was lots of beer drinking going on so I posted up on the couch with my bottle of water. Good self control, right?

Sunday at home was pretty typical...went to church, slept on the couch most of the day while Seth watched sports, a couple house chores. Lucky for us we don't really have any snack foods around because both of us were pretty hungry all day. Because of my naps, my eating schedule was completely thrown off. But I guess it all worked out in the end because I was pretty pumped to see what the scale had to say this morning :)

2 weeks down...7 to go!

Weekend recap:
1/27
Breakfast: Two hard boiled eggs
Snack: Grapes
Lunch: Salad - lettuce, green peppers, cucumbers, onion, carrot, Balsamic Vinaigrette 1 calorie spray - and some chicken salad on top (canned chicken, little mayo, onion)
Snack: Almonds
Dinner: Seafood stir fry - leftover seafood mix from the seafood counter at Safeway, brown rice, and broccoli with Ken's lite Asian sesame with ginger and soy dressing
Water: four 24 oz bottles
Exercise: 1 hour walk/jog with Jasper

1/28
Breakfast: Banana smoothie (cooked oatmeal, 2 bananas, light vanilla yogurt, and ice)
Snack: Grapes and apple slices
Lunch: Special K meal bar and a banana
Dinner: Catfish, couscous, and zucchini
Water: not sure...probably three or four 24 oz bottles
Exercise: 30 minute walk/jog with Jasper and lots of walking around GMU campus

1/29
(Late) Breakfast: Banana smoothie (cooked oatmeal, 2 bananas, light vanilla yogurt, and ice) not as good with fresh bananas....let them sit and get brown first!
Lunch: Hard boil egg and a couple spoon fulls of tuna
Dinner: Tilapia, rice, and green beans
Water: not sure...not very much at all :(
Exercise: rest