Week 1

I have decided to start creating a food and exercise blog in the hopes that I will be able to hold myself accountable for the things I eat and for the exercise I do (or don't do). I will simply be tracking my calories, exercise and weight on here. Please, if you have any tips (constructive!) or tricks for me while I am on my journey, please don't hesitate to offer them
According to MyFitnessPal, I need to keep myself to 1700 calories a day. If I go over that amount, I make myself exercise to burn enough calories to get the total back down to 1700. I'm not always perfect, but I'm doing a lot more now than I ever used to do.
A month after I had baby #3, I was 228 pounds. After I realized that I was still eating what I craved while I was pregnant, I quickly got myself back down to 220 lbs by watching what I ate. I have a really crappy bathroom scale, so I'm not sure how much I weighed before I started keeping track.

Thursday: Calories eaten: 2000- Lunch was a killer. 980 of those calories came from my Taco Bell lunch, and 380 of them were from a large Pepsi. I've got to learn to get smaller drinks!
                Calories burned- I walked 15 minutes from work to Taco Bell to get my lunch (62 calories).
                                           Did Wii Fit Plus for 45 minutes (255 calories).
               Thursday Total: 1683

Friday: Calories eaten: 2000- I went to the movies and got a small buttered popcorn...630 calories all by itself! What a disaster choice...but I oh, so love buttered popcorn!
            Calories burned- Played Just Dance for 55 minutes (411 calories). I also did 18 assisted pull ups and 90 ab crunches.
            Friday Total: 1589

Saturday: Calories eaten: 1668-Still a little closer to 1700 than I like. The biggest meal was breakfast. I had a maple bar while I was out walking yard sales.
                Calories burned- House cleaning and 30 minute shopping (310 calories).
                Saturday total- 1358 c

Sunday: Calories eaten: 1976- I ended up eating snack food for lunch (mini corn dogs, white bread, potato chips) which accounted for 965 calories, and for dinner I had homemade mac and cheese, which was 820 calories.
              Calories burned- I jumped on the trampoline for 30 minutes, but since myfitnesspal didn't have that as an exercise, I put jumping jacks for 15 mins (207 calories).
               Sunday total: 1769  :(

Monday: Calories eaten: 1362 - I felt pretty good about my calories on this day!
               Calories burned - I cleaned my kids' bedroom, which is no small effort (147 calories).
               Monday total: 1215!!!

Tuesday: Calories eaten: 1829 - I had a medium french fry with my salad from McDonald's for lunch...they are SO good! And I had four pieces of a Gourmet Chicken Garlic pizza from Papa Murphys..pretty embarrassed about that one. I definitely could have used better control.
               Calories burned- Rode my bike 14-16 mph for 15 mins and 16-20mph for 15 minutes (548 cals)
                 Tuesday total: 1281

Wednesday: Calories eaten: 1666- Went to a friend's house for dinner. I always seem to eat more when I'm at other people's houses.
                     Calories burned- 0    Were at our friend's house until 9:30 and I was too tired when I got home...excuses excuses
                      Wednesday total: 1666

Thursday: Calories eaten: 1830 - Lunch wasn't too great, I got some tacos and a small nacho from Taco Bell...the tacos were good but the nachos were 440 calories by themselves. I won't do that again! Also had Panda Express for dinner. String bean chicken=yum! Chow Mien = too many calories!
                 Calories burned - Did Wii Fit Plus for 53 minutes (310 cals)
                  Thursday total: 1520
Current weight: 215 (in the morning)  217 (at night)