Babies and Bulges: Katie Day 4

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Katie Day 4

Howdy day 4! I was good today again, HOORAY! In fact I was so very good today I didn't have any Coke or Dr Pepper I wanted some caffeine today really badly and yet I held out and was strong and now that the night is here I feel so empowered :) We went swimming today and although I didn't swim any laps just leisurely swimming burns 449 calories, so says the net! I am excited that my 1st week of dieting is almost at an end and it feels good to be eating less and moving about. As I wouldn't totally call walking and leisurely swimming really exercise but I am working up to it :) Dan put a new app on our touch called myfitnesspal and it counts my calories for me. Which is great cause as I have said before I have no clue how to really diet and this counting calories totally freaks and stresses me out!! The myfitnesspal app is a LIFESAVER! So here is what I consumed today:

Breakfast : Cereal 1 cup 103 calories

Milk 1/2 cup 43 calories

Raspberries 8 calories

Lunch : Turkey Breast Deli Meat 118 calories

Lettuce 2 calories

Hummus 50 calories

Veggie Wrap 120 calories

Dinner : 1/2 Turkey Sandwich 406 calories

Side Salad 80 calories (however it is probably less than that cause I added my ZERO dressing)

French Baguette 90 calories

Snacks : Small Peach 31 calories

Special K chips 55 calories

Pink Berry 100 calories

I feel good about my day and am actually looking forward to tomorrow. I think for me the hard part of this diet is not getting discouraged. I appreciate my husband for putting up with me when I get upset that I am on a diet. Its a downward spiral when I diet cause I really do love to eat food and I don't like the fact that I have to watch what I am eating. On the flip side I feel so much better about myself when I am eating healthy. I just wish I had been eating healthy these last few years cause then this diet wouldn't be so difficult. But the past is the past and tomorrow is another day and I am hopeful that by Christmas I will be able to say . . . WOW I look GREAT!! Til tomorrow - Good night.

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Katie's Story

Well this is going to be exciting and I am excited to begin my blogging and also my weight loss adventure! I'm Katie and am the very proud mother of an adorable little boy! I love being a mommy and I do believe that I have one of the cutest little guys in ALL the universe! Growing up I was a Ballet dancer and therefore I never really had to worry about my weight. I say that loosely because I was always dieting and not eating and dancing. So I was always skinny. Therefore I have never really been a healthy dieter nor have I ever enjoyed exercising because to me Ballet isn't exercise its just fun! I would do Ballet now but there is NO WAY I am ever putting toe shoes on again n0t to mention a leotard and tights :) When Shelley and I discussed doing The Biggest Loser I was excited and nervous as I have in the past 5 years failed at losing weight and working out. However I have hope that this time it just might work as I now have a blog and others watching and I have always been fairly competitive and so here goes nothing! Wish me luck! I sure hope I am a gracious winner :)

UPDATE: I am now a lucky mother of 2 adorable kiddos! My daughter was recently born and it is time for me to get back on the diet wagon. So here we go again!!

Kaisi's Story

Hi, my name is Kaisi Grow. I have never had to write a profile about my weight journey so I am not really sure where to begin... I guess I will just start where everyone does. I enjoy long walks on the beach, but lately it seems they have turned into short winded waddles. I am just kidding...but seriously I have never really been good at dieting or exercising because frankly I never stick to it, I am all talk. So when Shelly & Katie asked me to do the "Biggest Looser" with them I though what a great way to be forced into sticking to something rather than having it stick to me!. I recently had a baby girl that we named Sadie. When I was pregnant I gained roughly 38-39lbs, so you can imagine my surprise when Sadie came out weighing only 7lbs 11oz. My mind immediately went to all the food I chowed down over the last 9 months. Muffin tops are my favorite, but I hadn't taken that "you are what you eat" thing seriously. I knew it was time for a major rebound, but have not had the moral support or peer pressure until now!. December 1st is my deadline and I am hoping to hit my goal of 135lbs! I am exited to take you along the way, so please hang in there with me through my mood swings and bitter days because I know by cutting down on my Diet Coke there are bound to be some!