Weigh in week 2

I weighed myself Thurs morning and had only lost 1/2 lb. Disappointing yes, but I know this diet works. It's actually a pretty simple diet. My diet alottment is 1500 calories a day. You look at a chart and see how much you weigh and you decide how many calories you can have a day. This lets you know how much of each category you can have. There are little icons of the food types and each time you have a food in that group you check it off.  

So for me, I get two breads, 6 ounces of protein, 2 vegetables, 1 fruit and 3 fats. You can either do the diet structured or free form. Structured meaning you have a specific meal plan, free form meaning you can eyeball a portion and decide how many of that group it is. I prefer the free form. 

So as I look back over the week I am assuming that I need to work on my portion control. 

Another part of this program is activity. It is recommended that you do at least 30 minutes of a physical activity a day. This can be anything from walking to riding a bike. I generally walk. However, due to the weather I did not walk 3 of the days. So this was part of the problem as well.  

So this week I will be watching my portions more and trying to make sure I get in my 30 minutes a day.

My Diet Plan

I am 52 years old, married and I have two young girls, Elisa 12 and Mariel 9. I have decided that I really need to take off about 30 or 40 pounds and keep it off for good. For those that know me, I don't really look fat. I have some pretty big thighs and that is where most of my weight is although my midsection has grown over the years. 

So how much did I weigh when I started? I am not sure, but I know it was over 200 pounds. I say "did" because I am starting this blog after 13 days on the diet. To be fair, I will say I weighed 200 lbs. when I started. After a week on the program I weighed in at 198.8 lbs. It has been two weeks now and tomorrow is weigh-in. I will let you know my weight and a little more about this new diet plan from Shaklee.