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Great job for your first week! WW was really helpful for me my senior year of high school!

I've got about 20 pounds left to go. I've been doing barre for about 2.5 weeks, and started eating paleo a week ago. It's made a huge difference already. I'm also tracking in My Fitness Pal. I was up 25 lbs on June 1st and those 5 lbs melted off SO quickly! I think (hope?) the rest comes off really quickly once I go back to Crossfit and the HIIT factor is there.

If you guys are looking for some great at-home videos, a girlfriend turned me onto Blogilates.com.....the videos are great! I've had some serious burn from them and some are short, some are long, and you can do different videos back to back to get a whole body work out. She also has some great recipes.

Today I had a green chili turkey burger patty with a fried egg and two pieces of bacon for breakfast and for lunch I had a salad with grilled chicken, diced fruit, avocado, and homemade balsamic dressing. I'm trying to drink a LOT of water, too, but it's hard with the baby. I drink so much more when I'm at work and cognizant of it.

@LuLu Mom: that is so awesome that you get up so early to work out! I have set my alarm so many times and just sleep through it...I need to start working out and the only time in going to do it is the morning. I need someone to be accountable to in order to force myself out of bed in the morning.

My usual meals are:

8am Breakfast - bacon and egg with hot sauce. Small glass of cranberry juice or coffee

12pm Lunch - chicken and salad (usually rotisserie chicken)

4pm snack - fruit

6pm Dinner - protein (steak lately or more chicken or sometimes fish), and veggies.

8pm Snack - cheese and salami or a handful of nuts

I just had a donut... bad Adira, bad!

I had a weird breakfast, but I think it will tide me over till lunch. I eat two meals a day at the company cafeteria, so I have no reason not to make good choices.

I had a banana and raspberry smoothie, made with low fat yogurt and protetin powder, 4 points. I ate a hardboiled egg (2) and a slice of rye bread with mustard (2) just now. I usually do oatmeal with fruit (4 or 5) or an egg white omelet with spinach, tomato and bell peppers, topped with a bit of cheddar cheese and salsa (6, including some olive oil).

I struggle with lunch, but I am committed to reading the posted menu BEFORE I go to get food.

@looch: Yum, your breakfast (both what you got today and what you usually get) sounded delicious!

Our work recently started to put up calorie content on their signs (and I think you can get them on-line too), so yesterday I was able to get a pretty delicious lunch that was only 370 calories! They also put the fat/protein/etc content so you can figure out the points, which is nice.

@Adira: I think they put up the calories, but not sure about the other information, i have to pay better attention at lunch...although today I plan to go to Banana Republic to use one of their weekly 40% off coupons to get a new pair of pants!

@Smurfette: I don't really "get" the weekly points, when I went over the daily points allotment in the first weeks, I didn't loose a lot of weight (less than a pound) so I really try not to go over. Any tips?

@looch: Unfortunately, not ALL the food has the calorie (or other) information. But a lot of it does, so I'm trying to stick to those and make healthier choices. They also try to indicate if something is "mindful" or not with a symbol, and those tend to be more healthy.

@Smurfette: i weigh in on Wednesday's too! I had no lose this week, wish surprised me because I was down 2 pounds yesterday...but I am very bloated right now so I have a feeling that might be a contributor!

It's true about the fruit, I also have a cup of whatever I'm snacking on, and that is zero!

@Smurfette: breastfeeding definitely has its perks!! I can't imagine eating the regular amount of points ...

@AprilFool: haha, maybe I'll see how this week goes and if my Monday weigh-in doesn't work for me, I'll move it, haha.

@AprilFool: I know!!! I still managed to eat all my points, well I have 5 left but I will have a snack once LO goes to bed.
@anonysquire: that is awesome!! You should be proud of yourself!!!

Does anyone have any good dinner ideas? DH is gone during the week, so I need fast and easy since I have solo parenting duties.

@anonysquire: Congrats! That is awesome work

@blackbird: Don't laugh but I have never used the grill. I leave that for DH. My issue is I don't like a lot of veggies, broccoli and spinach are my favorites but I can't eat them cause they give R gas. I should just make salads on Sunday night, and then all I just can heat up some chicken and I would be good to go.

My dinners are the most boring meals of the day,it's usually because I only have 8 points left, haha!

Last night was 3 oz of lean steak and a salad. I had a peach and strawberries for dessert. Oh and a sliver of cheese.

I bought two pairs of pants yesterday that are just a tiny bit tight, but I REFUSE to buy the size 12. I just can't do it. So I bought the 10s and hopefully I will be in those in a few weeks.

This morning for breakfast I might do oatmeal, I am not feeling that into egg white omelets this morning.

@Adira: pasta is usually my go too as well. Just throw olive oil and some seasoning and I was good.

@looch: if the 10s were just a little tight I would have bought them too. I agree with @Adira: an egg white omelet would have been better then my oatmeal.

I just ate a snack, string cheese and grapes, and still hungry!!

@Smurfette: @Adira: I have never used a grill either (or a lawnmower, for that matter)! I am just too afraid that I am going to burn off my eyebrows or burn the house down! I seriously need to figure it out, though, because I really should do more *cooking*, and I would feel guilty about asking DH to start grilling everything just because I don't know how!

@Smurfette: I can button them, but then I can't breathe! They're summer pants, so I better get in them soon!

@Adira: I wore my maternity stuff way past pregnancy as well, I think I finally retired the last stuff when my son was over a year old!

I had an egg white omelet on a whole wheat wrap. I had it with a slice of American cheese but in all honesty, I could have done without it. I also had a banana and now I can't stop thinking about lunch. Gotta research the menu!

@Adira: girl you need a snack!! Better for you that way.

@MsLipGloss: That is why I don't grill. My Mom taught me well, that his domain and he can do the cooking that night. I do dishes so I think it is fair. Of course I try and pick veggies for him to grill that night too and I have never mowed either and that I for sure plan to keep that way.

@MsLipGloss: @Smurfette: I've operated a lawnmower!!! Hubs and I actually split our lawn in half and we each mow half of it every week. It's the only exercise I get, haha.

I don't think it's uncommon for the women to not grill! I lived alone while DH was deployed so I figured it out one summer whoever needs a shower in our house grills because you stink after grilling! Plus the house doesn't smell like food after.

I snack on jerky, fruit, and nuts. Sometimes boiled eggs or deviled eggs. Honestly, I haven't felt like snacking since going paleo (@mslipgloss! where's my paleo buddy lol) I'm satisfied all the time! And I've lost at least 5 lbs in my first week (still drinking wine every night).