Losing Weight is a Full-time Job

Long Blog today - sorry:)

I was thinking about the weight I lost late summer last year and the conscious effort it took for me to do so.  I joined Weight Watchers, started tracking and was CONSTANTLY mindful of everything I put into my mouth.  I planned my weeks, weekends, holidays, vacations . . . Then I began following all your awesome blogs that you all share your journeys on.  You inspired me to blog about my journey.  I started to consciously plan exercising.  Looking back and reflecting on it . . . it was a job.  A hard, constant, 24/7 3rd job for me.  Job #1 I work outside the house 40 hrs a week.  Job #2 I'm a wife, a mother, a homemaker. Job #3 Improving and focusing on my physical being.  Some people would think I'm crazy of thinking of "Job" # 3 as a job, but if I don't think of it like that I'll lose my job including the benefits which are healthy weight, healthy body, and healthy being.

When my daughter experienced her medical issue last October I had to quit job #3.  I couldn't mentally or physically keep up with it.  So I quit and lost ALL my benefits.  The weight all came back on and physically I felt bad again.  I did what I needed to do last fall and I don't at all regret the change I had to make in my change in energy direction.  Thank God that my daughter is OK and about a month a ago I blogged "Back in the Saddle Again."  I am once again starting job #3.

Weight loss, exercise, and when I do reach goal weight, maintaining; these are a job to me and I will have to treat it as such.  I don't believe this will ever be second nature or an unconscious effort for me.  I need the benefits!

Make one good choice today, it can lead to another! God Bless- Kara Lea

Homemade Family Pizza Night

Home made pizza night! We had so much fun as a family! I made whole wheat pizza dough and each of us got a piece of dough to create our own personal pizza!

I stopped by the grocery store's salad bar and picked up just enough toppings of everyone's favorite pizza toppers.  Hubby loves mushrooms and our daughter likes banana peppers.  Also got some onions and bell peppers and grilled chicken pieces.  Everything was already cut up and I had just the right amount for our individual pizzas!

                                           Make one good choice today, it can lead to another! God Bless- Kara Lea

Breakfast: Honey Nut cheerios and OJ
Lunch: Fresh Mozz and bell peppers wrap up/ched rice cakes/apple/diet coke
Dinner: pizza
Snack: cheese stick/WW rasberry ice cream bar

Breakfast:
Cheese stick

Lunch:
Spinach/Garden Veg Cream Cheese wrap
Strawberries
Choc Jello
Crystal lite

Dinner:
Chicken Meatball sub
cottage cheese
macaroni salad
crystal lite

Snack:
None

Exercise:
None

Make one good choice today, it can lead to another! God Bless- Kara Lea

This Week's Dinner Plans

Prepared for upcoming week's dinners.  Tried ground chicken for the 1st time.  Made meatballs out of it in a tomato sauce for meatball sub sandwiches Monday night.  Prepared home made pizza dough for Tuesday night.  Thought we could each make our own individual pizzas.  Family can have meat and lots of cheese!  I'm going to make mine pizza margherita.  Fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and basil.  Wednesday we're having cabbage rolls and Thursday will be ham slices and green beans.

I am watching my portions and making low calorie choice ingredients when I can.  I can't diet to lose weight.  If I "diet" and lose, when I go off it I'll just gain the weight back.  I need to continue eating foods I'm used to for breakfast, lunch and dinner but watch portions and contents and of course avoid food frenzies!

Thanks everyone for your support!  We're not in this alone.  Your blogs help me sooo much!  Please continue sharing your journeys.

Breakfast:
Honey Nut Cheerios

Lunch:
Cheese Stick
Ranch Wheat Thins

Dinner:
Hamburger/no bun
Corn
Macaroni salad

Snack:
WW Raspberry Ice Cream Bar
Orange Soda

Exercise:
None

Make one good choice today, it can lead to another! God Bless- Kara Lea