Goal #8

Success! I'm officially a 1 diet coke a day person.  It sucked, but I can get caffeine and cut down the sugar(or sugar substitute) by having tea with my meals instead of Diet Coke for meals.  Also, when I say one diet coke, I mean a little can.  Not a normal sized one.  I really am bad about not finishing a 12oz can of diet coke because I tend to drink rather slowly, so the smaller ones do the trick.
This weeks goal: No French Fries!
That's right no lovely, salty, tasty starch sticks.  This is going to be hard. Notice I didn't say potatoes. I should do that, and perhaps one week I will, but this is about baby steps.  Hence that these goals only need to last a week (or the weekends of the month).  That's not to say that the changes made don't stick past the week, it's just that for me the baby step of the first week is CRUCIAL.
Onward!

Goal 7

Alright, on to goal 7.
I've done really well with taking the multi-vitamin and with continuing with the other habits I've instilled.  This week, instead of cutting out bread completely, I'm tackling drinking only 1 diet coke a day.
That's right, a MAJOR cut to my daily caffeine intake, but I have to do it.  I'll cut back on liquids that would dry me out, so that the liquid I do put in my body hydrate it only.  The trainers stress that cutting out soda will help.  Honestly though, when you drink mostly water, you're not really thirsty for anything else.  The bad thing will be over the weekend, in Austin where I grab for the diet coke instead of water.  I'll be good though, I have to be.
The hardest thing right now is taking all the good stuff with me to Austin and continuing it there.  I just have to keep positive and work hard.
Here we go!

List Changes

What's been done is in Bold, what has changed is italicized.

1. Go Hiking at least Once a Month (7 times)--I know it wont be done within a week, but if I go once a month for seven months that's a week.
2. Eat in on the weekends

3. Workout on weekends
4. Drink 2 16oz bottles of water a day 5. Drink 4 16oz bottles of water a day
6. Drink 1 8oz glass of milk a day
7. Drink 2 8oz glasses of milk a day
8. Walk for 30 minutes Outside
9. Walk for 45 minutes Outside
10. Walk for 1 hour Outside
11. Run for 15 minutes Outside
12. Run for 30 minutes Outside
13. Run for 45 minutes Outside
14. Run for an hour Outside
15. Eat 2 servings of veggies a day
16. Eat 3 servings of veggies a day
17. Journal/log what I eat on Weight Watchers online
18. Take multivitamins
19. Take Alli 20. Get a massage-same idea as with hiking, once a month for 7 months is equal to a week (and easier on the wallet)
21. Get rid of clothes that are way too big-if you have no way to go up, you can only go down.  Also I'm to cheap to get rid of stuff that's a *little* baggy.
22. Run 7 5ks-I know, another 7 goal that can't be done in a week, but again, something that can be accomplished by the end of the year.
23. Go Swimming
24. Don't over indulge celebrating my birthday and our birthday. 25. Turn off TV and study 30 minutes an evening
26. Keep a bed time of midnight
27. Keep a bed time of 11:30 p.m.
28. Wake up at 8 a.m.
29. Wake up at 7:30 a.m.
30. Eat within an hour of waking up.
31. Avoid french fries
32. Avoid Potato Chips
33. Avoid bread
34. Avoid Red Meat
35. Avoid cooking with butter
36. Eat no fast food
37. No second helpings
38. Limit Snaking to 2 times a day
39. Eat 1 serving of fruit
40. Eat 2 servings of fruit
41. Avoid candy
42. Eat a serving of non-milk dairy a day
43. Try Zumba
44. Buy and use balance ball work out from Weight Watchers
45. Buy and use a shake weight
46. Drink only 1 Diet Coke a day
47. Drink NO Diet Coke
48. Clean out kitchen
49. Eat largest meal at lunch time
50. Plan meals before going out
51. Use EA Workout/Golds Gym/ Wii Fit games
52. Try Power Yoga

This is the new list.  There are several changes to it to account for the fact that I've started working out with a trainer.  Talking about the trainer: his name is Drew and so far he's been really great.  I'm excited about working with him, and also proud of myself that I was more in shape than he though. :)

A Big Change!

Okay, so I've complained on here that I have seen NO change on the scale, even with working out and reigning in my eating habits.   So yesterday I made a BIG change.  I joined the personal training program at my gym. 
This is major. 
This means that I will be working out with a personal trainer 2 times a week.  Add that to the small changes that have been building up week by week. Major happy things will be happening.  This also means that I have to revamp my goals.  Obviously, I've gotten to the gym.  I may have to find a new gym in Austin, but the guy I talked to yesterday said that what I have will work fine.
One tidbit that amazed me yesterday: I'm sitting at 42.7% body fat.  Let's face it, that's a lot, but for being 270.6lbs, that's really kinda awesome.  That means that I'm 57.3% muscle, more than half of my weight on the scale is muscle.  That makes me beyond optimistic: I can be around under 200lbs by December and dress shopping and 160lbs by next February!  I'm so amazingly excited!
Now to work on my budget!

Sucesses!

I worked out again this weekend (lots of walking, though not in the Gym...lots of fun!), and I drank 16oz of water everyday.  Honestly I peed alot, but that's okay.  I've also done lots better with Alli.  So things are going along great.  Except for the fact I totally BLEW my points today by 5pm, without dinner.  That's what happens when you have sausage egg and cheese on a bun, a piece of king cake, AND 16oz of milk for breakfast, not to mention Whataburger for lunch.
For goal number 6 (wow? 6? Already?) I am going to commit to taking a multi-viatimin everday this week. That's right, another pill.  This one is on the bigger side, but it's only one, and it's right before bed.  I've put it next to the toothpaste, so I won't forget to take it.  I've also got goal numbers 7 and 8 figured out.  Next week I'll be tackling only 24oz of Diet Coke a day, and the next week will be NO BREAD.  I'm a little apprensive of the sans bread idea. Honestly, I was going to try it this week, but then I had breakfast.  We can all see how that goal would have been DOA.  For my moral, I'm gearing up for it and eating the bready items that I purchased (the king cake, the totally yummy breakfast sandwhiches) and researching breadless alternatives at my local eatting spots.  If this seems difficult...wait till we try no pasta!  Goodbye most of my dinner options! (Lean Cuisine seems to be big on the pasta and bread...I like the things served with rice though)  C'est la Vie.  Perhapse no pasta can be tried when I'm in Austin.
Alright, off I go!

Goal 5

So after a day of botching EVERYTHING, this week goal is one that I did manage to do yesterday! Let's face it, failing one week is one thing, failing 2 weeks just ruins momentum. So this week's goal is to drink 2 bottles of water a day.  This means that while I still drink 3 diet cokes, 2 glasses of iced tea, and one large bottle of Poweraid Zero Strawberry(totally in love it the stuff!); I must work in 2 16oz bottles of water. I know it sounds like a recipe to be going ALL the time, but honestly when you break that down between 12 hours, it isn't as horrible as it could be.  The idea is that the water will replace the Diet Coke and the iced tea to a point where the majority of my liquid intake is water.

I was successful yesterday, and half way done with today...it feels great to be back on top!  Also, used Alli at every meal yesterday, and missed lunch today, so all in all pretty good. I will achieve this goal, even if it is a week later.

On we go!