December 21st

Weight 125.

Lunch
Caprese salad 400 calories

Dinner
Fried tofu, spinach, onions
Slim fast snack bar, 100 calories

Exercise
28 minutes running/walking
15 minutes walking Molly
Taught yoga 1 hour

December 20th

Today's weight: 125. WOOOO HOOOO! Down 2 more pounds!!!!

Breakfast:
Handful of almonds
Slice of snack cheese, 80 calories
Small apple

Lunch: eaten at Earthly Juices, raw vegan
"Rawkin Nachos" (crackers made out of seeds, tomatoes, onions, avocado, mushrooms, cilantro, some kind of hummus-like sauce. Not at all like nachos. Tasty though)
Chocolate-avocado pudding

2 tic tacs

Dinner
Slim fast snack bites, sour cream and onion (100 calories)
Decaf green tea with honey (I know honey isn't a good idea for weight loss, but my throat hurts today)

Exercise:
1 hour 15 minutes yoga, level 2 vinyasa

December 19

Food:

bowl of curried spinach broccoli soup, homemade


Exercise
1 hour 6 minutes walk/running
15 minutes walking dog
4 hours 15 minutes teaching yoga (I don't do the whole class, but I demonstrate, which probably burns some calories.)


today's weight: 127 - yay! Down 2 pounds!

December 18th - give me your judgment and opinions

DIET: (things I've eaten today)

Handful of almonds

piece of pepper Jack cheese

half a grapefruit plus another couple bites of grapefruit (I tried to eat the whole thing, but dang that stuff is nasty.)

another handful of almonds

slim fast snack bar (100 calories)

tofu mushroom melt

corn chips and salsa

EXERCISE:

17 minutes qi gong
15 minutes walking dog
1 hour zumba
1 hour teaching kids yoga (lots of running and jumping - it totally counts as exercise)
1 hour teaching adult yoga (less exercise, but should still count for something, I think)

First blog

As you may have noticed, the medication I'm on for my lupus has made me swell up like Violet in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, after she eats the gum. I have gained 10 pounds, all in my face and neck and stomach. And because I am 4 foot 11, every pound of it SHOWS.

I'm desperate to lose weight. I read that keeping a public blog of your diet and exercise can help keep you on track, so that's what I'm doing. I guess the shame factor will come into play. I am also open to suggestions, especially if you yourself have lost a significant amount of weight. Tell me what I'm doing wrong. I will listen. Phil will not let me have liposuction, despite my begging. So it's come to this.

Tonight I will post my daily exercise and food regimen. Along with.....my weight. I feel like crying.