Week 2

Weight: 232 lbs (-2.5 since last week)

OK, so I made it through the first week. What I did well:

• Increasing Water Intake
• Increasing Vegetable Intake

I'm really pleased with how I did with those two things. Much better than I expected. On top of that, I've lost a little bit of weight. I also have had a lot more energy this week-that could partially be from coming back from break, but I think the diet changes help, too. I feel like I haven't been so disciplined at this, so that's a definite plus. So then, what's my goal for this week:

• Continue with previous goals
• Portion control (last week I eyeballed a lot of my portion sizes, I'm going to see about cutting them back and being much more specific with them this week)
• Cut back on Chocolate/Sweets-I'm allowing myself 2 small piece of chocolate a day (think 2 Andes mints, and I say this because we have a huuuuuuge supply of them at our house) and 1 day of an actual "real" dessert.
  
• Adding in at least 30 minutes of exercise 5 days out of the week.
  

So we'll see how this goes...

I'm also adding a bit of an additional challenge starting this week. Our pantry, fridge, and freezer are out of control. There's lots in there, but we have a bad habit of forgetting what is there. So, we're going to try to avoid going grocery shopping except for fresh foods until we empty out what we have. It'll make for some interesting combinations, but I think it'll be really good.