I decided as of yesterday that I’m going to try to hit the bottom of my calorie limits which means shooting for 1200 calories per day. This should help to speed things along wrt weightloss- I’m hoping.

I’m holding tight to my 2/2/1 breakfast although coffee might soon be disappearing from my diet as well. We’ll see. I just cannot drink it without cream and sugar so….

Breakfast was 2 eggs and 2 pieces of toast with a cup of coffee.

Lunch was another Kashi frozen dinner but this time it was spicy black bean.

It was yummy but not near as good as the chicken that I had the day before. I also ate it without anything else which seems weird to me. I need to be making a simple salad with these. Very few calories but you feel like you are eating for a longer period of time.

For my afternoon snack I cut up a cucumber and put a tablespoon of balsamic on it and paired it with a small can of tuna. I’m a chef, y’all!! Just kidding. Im totally not a chef. I just used the word pairing. Ha!

Dinner was eggs again but honestly eggs are fantastic and cholesterol is wonderful so I’m not worried about it in the least! Breakfast tacos with bacon for dinner.

We went to Zumba for our workout. Class was fantastic and we worked up a serious sweat. Woohoo!

I went to bed kind of hungry (ok, a lot hungry) and I know that it’ll take a bit for my body to understand what I’m doing. As long as my fat and protein intake is within range I should be good to go. I hope everything levels out soon! I hate feeling hungry!

Breakfast was eggs, toast and coffee.

For lunch I tried a new-to-me frozen dinner that my friend Amelia has recommended a few times. It’s the Kashi chicken enchilada dinner.

For 280 calories it tasted really good! There was a good amount of chicken in the enchilada and the rice had veggies in it. Yummy! For lunch I also paired it with some fruit.

Snack before my workout: unsweetened applesauce and string cheese.

Dinner was a new recipe that I found. It’s called Greek Salsa Chicken and it was absolutely divine! The whole family liked it so I guess we’ll make it a regular!

For my workout today I tried a yoga class. It’s been several years since I’ve gone to yoga. I liked it but really need to work on my upper body strength. It’s embarrassing.

Calories burned: 150

Food today was good with a little splurge at the end!

Started off the day with 2 eggs, 2 pieces of whole wheat toast and a cup of coffee. Pure heaven. I hope I never get tired of this breakfast combo!

For lunch I used some of the leftover chicken from dinner last night to create a chicken quesadilla. It was okay…. The flavoring on the grilled chicken wasn’t the best for the quesadilla. It made it taste a little herby and not necessarily spicy. I added a side of black beans with jalapenos and 1/2 of an avocado too. I love avocados….

Tonight was book club so we met at Whole Foods and I did a salad bar trip for my dinner. Pulled chicken, lots of fresh veggies and very little dressing. Delicious!!

After bookclub we walked down to the frozen yogurt shop and had a little cup before heading home. Mine was a neopolitan mix with a little bit of peanuts and mini M&M’s. Yum!

I had a great workout tonight at Zumba! I had a lot of energy and everything was great. Except that it’s been really warm here and the a/c didn’t get turned on early enough before class started and when it did get turned on it was only turned on for the front half of the studio. So we were sweating buckets and a few people seemed to think they were going to pass out. Even Alexis had to sit out for a song because she didn’t feel well. I hope we don’t have to experience that again. There were way too man active bodies in that studio for the air to have issues.

My totals for the day won’t upload.
I ate 1419 calories and burned 411.

Have you ever done hot yoga?

This week I’m setting the following goals for myself.

1) Eat within 1200-1550 calories per day
2) Track ALL food & exercise
3) Attend Zumba 3 times
4) Try a yoga class
5) Drink at least 64oz of water each day

These are totally attainable and I’m excited to knock these out of the park!

Today I started strong and hit my calories for the day.
Breakfast was my typical 2/2/1 but it turned into a 2/2/2 when I had a second cup of coffee. Don’t judge me…

Lunch was a turkey sandwich with Swiss, lettuce and tomato with cut up cucumbers on the side with a little Newman’s Own dressing.

Tommy was off playing with a friend tonight (designing a lighting system for an event this weekend) so Ali and I had some mother/daughter time which was awesome! We went and got her a new-to-her bike. Isn’t she adorable?!

I can just see her toodling around her college town meeting a friend for coffee. So stinking cute and so very Alexis!

We got home and I walked the neighborhood twice for my workout tonight and she rode her bike. My walk was two times around the block which equals 3 miles. My Fitbit tracked my elevation changes and said I climbed 31 flights of stairs! I’ll take it!

Dinner was chicken breasts, green chile mac n cheese and asparagus. Delicious!!

I hit all of my limits for the day and feel great! So thankful for a strong start to the week today!

What are your goals for the week?

Saturday morning I ate my typical of breakfast of 2/2/1 (2 eggs, 2 pieces of toast and 1 cup if coffee) before heading into town for Zumba.

The Zumba class was not the best and I was really disappointed in the instructor. Our regular instructor was in Vegas for the weekend (Holla!) but I didn’t find that out until I had already used one of my credits for the class. Argh. Her music and choreography was super bad. I sludged my way through the class and burned 400 calories.

Amelia and I went to Whole Foods for lunch after the workout and I got a salad from the salad bar. Romain lettuce, spinach, turkey slices, olives, cucumbers, egg, a spoonful of potato salad and a small amount of balsamic dressing. Delicious!

We went to my favorite restaurant twice during the remainder of the weekend. I didn’t mean for it to end up that way but Tommy and I went for Saturday’s dinner and Alexis and I went for brunch after church on Sunday. Whoopsie!

Yes, I got the same plate each time (chicken fajita tacos) and yes I enjoyed it immensely! I cannot get enough of their chicken!

The three of us stopped for a fro-yo treat Saturday night. Chocolate, vanilla and strawberry fro-yo with peanuts and a couple of mini-M&M’s as toppers. Oh, and one small circus animal cookie too!

Ignore Tommy’s peace sign, yo!

The weekend rounded out with a nice pb & banana smoothie courtesy of Ms. Alexis and a steak dinner tonight with roasted cauliflower & baked potato (not pictured).

It was a great weekend and I’m looking forward to a very productive week.

Weigh-in in the morning and I’ll share my goals for the next 7 days tomorrow as well!