So, last I posted, I said I was 155 and looking to get down to 130-135 ish.

However, shortly after that, I weighed on Sunday morning and was 150. I had already been trying to eat a bit better, but hadn't really fully committed yet. I suppose I had already lost a couple pounds because of that.

I bought groceries that weekend and really tried hard to be a good girl about that. I've skipped the things I felt were my worst downfalls this winter: high fat frozen foods like chicken pot pies, pizzas, calzones, etc. and sweets.

I'm going to start weighing in on Friday mornings and updating here.

So, today's weigh in is 145. O.o I'm fluctuating a lot right now, it seems. I'm trying to mostly count the Friday morning weigh in, but I've weighed a couple of times in the afternoon (of course, with jeans and shoes on, as opposed to my nightie) and weighed closer to 150 or so. I guess that's why it's so important to weigh at the same time of day every time.

I've been eating well, but landscaping work is also picking up, so I'm sure I've been burning a lot of fat. I'm feeling rather encouraged by that and I'm going to try and keep it up.

Breakfasts have mostly consisted of a whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese and a Dannon Light & Fit yogurt. I think this has been really important because I'm not much of a breakfast person normally. I think eating a filling, but healthy, breakfast like this has helped me not overeat for lunch and I don't get in trouble by being super hungry by lunch time and making poor choices.

Lunches when I'm home have been sandwiches or Lean Cuisine/Michelina's Lean Gourmet meals.

Dinners have been lol since I've been so tired from work. When I haven't felt like cooking, it's been more of the above. I did cook one meal this week and that was baked salmon filets marinated with greek vinaigrette, Kashi pilaf, and broccoli. Yumyum.

Work time meals and snacks are what I think I need some help with. I've taken along a sandwich once or twice. Snacks can be tricky, though. We often don't have anywhere to use the restroom while we're working at a client's house and I will sometimes take a break to drive around and find a gas station. I always feel bad to use their bathroom without being a paying customer, so I try and buy a snack. One day I bought a pack of salted, roasted sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds. That seemed healthyish. Another day I bought Sun Chips and after reading the package, realized it had been a mistake but ate them anyway. :(

My plan is to buy a little cooler this weekend and one of those re-freezable cooler ice packs so I don't have to deal with melty ice every day. Maybe I can get a cooler to stay cold enough most of the day to keep some healthier snacks like fresh veggies and fruits.

I wish I could feel like cooking more, but I can be such a zombie after several hours of yanking weeds and such. Thankfully, the hubby is being understanding about this and he knows that if he doesn't like anything I've stocked, he can go get his own food. He never really expects me to cook, but until now I've been buying him the same frozen type meals as myself and suddenly the freezer has none of that stuff in it.

The lean type frozen meals are at least getting me to eat less in one sitting and are regulating my calories and fat grams better than I was before. I need to work on having more snacks and from healthier sources. When I'm working, I often don't eat enough and when I have tracked my days on Sparkpeople.com, I've often had a calorie deficit. That was last year, mid summer, but my habits already follow the same trend of not eating much once I get started working.

By the way, I love sparkpeople.com but I'm horrible at keeping up with inputting all my foods. Because of that, I can't really rely on it very well, but it helps every now and then to see how my day went and if I'm staying on track with things.

No plans to add in any exercise at the moment. Landscaping will kick my ass for a while until I get back into shape from sitting on my butt all Winter.