Day 1

All-in-all, day 1 today went over pretty well.  I adjusted my calories on myfitnesspal.com, so they're quite a bit lower.  I think I lost about 200 of them.  200 that I really wanted to eat.  And kinda did.  Anyway.  Every once and a while, when you enter in a weight and there's a loss (read:  every 10lbs), the system reconfigs itself.  I've *kinda* not changed my calories for a while (read:  at least 10lbs), so the 200 was a bit of a shock to me.  I'm just going to have to work through it.

Today was okay in terms of the little goals I set for myself yesterday.  As a refresher:

1) I will work out at least three times this week.
2) I will not eat without thought.
3) I will eat at least 5 fruits/veggies a day.
4) I will buy and consume milk, dammit.

I worked out.  I ate with thought.  And then I kinda stopped.  I did not meet the F&V goal, and I didn't buy milk.  Nor did I drink it.  Dammit.

SO, to remedy the situation.  Tomorrow:

1) I will keep a much closer watch on those calories.  Breakfast will be small, lunch will be filled with veggies.
2) I will buy milk, dammit!
3) I'll at least do some working out with the workout bands that I have.  Just a little something.

I'm also going to try to get back into the habit of writing more than every couple of weeks.  I've been bad with that.  Sorry.  To my zero readers out there.  :)  Back in the day, I was doing weekly gratitude posts.  I'd like to get that started again, but maybe just do a monthly summary.  I've been thinking about that this week.  How it was really nice to kind of lay out the good things in life, instead of thinking about the negative ones.  The whole gratitude post was really helpful in keeping things in perspective.  So, I'm going to start it up again, but in smaller portions (get the dieting joke?!  bam!  That's how we do.)

Anywho.  Stay tuned for amazing and interesting stories.  *Perhaps* I'll even get started on those weekly pics I promised and stuff.

For now, here's one of my mangy, allergy-balded dog Cosmo having a nap with me Sunday.  Yeah, I did nothing.  And it was kinda awesome.  (In case you wondered, I paid for it today with the 30 Day Shred Jillian DVD...more tomorrow)

See?  He's RIDICULOUSLY adorbs.  And he's all mine.  Oh, and Mr. pv's.

Trying something new.

I'm going to try something for us that's different.
Being a planner.

Neither Mr. Peavs nor I am very good with planning.  We tend to be a little too impulsive for our own good (see also:  extra weight, purchases, etc).  SO, in an effort to help both of us curb these natural instincts, we're going to become planners.

My first little project is being more strict with meal planning.  I KNOW.  I've been blabbing about being a meal planner for pretty much ever.  Let's just say if I were Keri Strug, I wouldn't be sticking that second landing.  For the most part, I'm cool with that.  But I think this is something that I should try to be more stringent with.  I don't need to be a total spaz when it comes to making sure everything is written down a week in advance, but I think know I can do better than I do now.

With that in mind, I'll keep myself at least a little accountable, and tell you what's to eat this week:

• Monday is my own version of the Jimmy John's turkey Unwich that I love so much for lunch and this delicious-looking curried corn soup for dinner.  Throwing in some fruits and veggies for snacks, and we're good for the day.
• Tuesday is pizza for lunch for me (a work lunch) and leftover soup for hubbs, and mini turkey meatloaves for dinner.  Again with the F&V snacks.
• Wednesday is leftover mini loaves for lunch and a pepper-crusted tuna steaks with oven fries and lemon spinach.  F&V scattered throughout.
• Thursday sees the mini loaves again for lunch, and dinner is open.  I think it's mostly because I like the idea of having a free-for-all kinda day.
• Same goes for Friday.  All I know for sure about Friday is that I'm having fruit and yogurt for breakfast, an apple for a morning snack, and a little cheese and nuts for an afternoon snack.

I'm new at this.  Gimme a break.  I think planning three days all the way is enough for me, friends.

Does anyone still read this blog?  If you do, what are some healthy recipes or menus that you use?  How much planning do you do?