Day 19

So we're on day 19! I broke down and weighed myself this morning because it was driving me insane and 198lbs! This is on my scale, so I think it would be 195 on my moms? I'm not sure. I'm going to bring my scale to my parents this weekend and compare so that I know the weights on both. But so excited! It means I'm -2 from 200, but in the past month or so it means 9lbs! I'm so excited and it got me motivated for the rest of the day.

I cleaned all day. Everything in the kitchen and the bathroom. On Monday I'm going to clean my room and the front entrance and probably vacuum the TV room. I'm not sure how many calories I burned doing that but it must have been significant. Then I did cardio for 30 minutes only because my elliptical broke! I'm so sad. I might ask for another for my birthday because I really love them and I'm not looking forward to having to run outside now. I don't mind going for a run once in a while but not everyday. I guess I'll put up with it though.

My calorie count for the past 2 days have been as follows:

day 18 - 1239
day 19 - 1433

My calorie count for today is not taking into account the calories I burned, just because I'm not sure how much I burned while cleaning. I looked up general cleaning on a site and it said 204/hour, and I cleaned for 3.5 hours, but that seems a little steep. Either way, I'm going to have a small healthy snack in a bit so that I can increase my food consumption for the day. I also did not eat as many veggies today as I wanted to because I just got so busy cleaning and forgot lunch until late, and then just made something quick and kept going. But overall I think I'm doing well! I've had a good day. It's been a pretty good week actually because I found out I get to graduate which is exciting. I'm so happy that worked out.

This weekend I'm going to a BBQ my grandma is putting on. Thankfully I already asked her to make me chicken instead of steak (even if I could so go for a steak!) and she always has lots of veggies and fruit. I may drink a little, depending if I drive or not, but I'll try to stick with water. And I'll try my best to not snack on anything there, though knowing my grandma it'll mostly be fruit. I know it's going slow but every pound is a step closer to my goal and seeing the number on the scale go down, no matter how slowly, makes me want to continue this. I know I can do this, I just have to patient.

-Monica