Journey

    So I know it has been a few weeks since my last post. I have been staying busy. I am still working on losing weight for my anniversary. I started on my diet on February 29, 2016. So it's been 9 weeks. I simply started slowly reducing my calories, drinking more water. Most of the time it was lemon water. I was drinking green tea every morning with breakfast and every night with dinner. I drank mint tea every day with lunch to help curb the hunger. I had to stop drinking the green tea about March 9 because they told me that it can affect the healing process. I didn't go back on the green tea until after the 22. The hysterectomy really messed with my weight loss plan. No exercise for 4 + weeks then ease into it. I couldn't lift more than 25lbs for the first 4 weeks. It was a struggle with the pain of my arthritis.
  So after the pain and restrictions of my recovery I have been slowly working my way back up to the activity I was at before surgery. I added another tea, and black coffee to my routine back on April 5th. I would have the green tea before anything, black coffee with breakfast, Darjeeling tea with lunch, mint tea with dinner, and green tea after.
   I have been eating pretty much the same exact thing for 6 /7 days of the week.
 Breakfast is, a packet of instant fruit oatmeal, a Yoplait yogurt and a rice cake.
 Lunch is a Nutri Grain bar and slim rite (King Soopers meal replacement shake)
Dinner is a filet of tilapia with parmesan cheese, jasmine rice and a salad with raspberry vinaigrette
  or   a filet of tilapia with taco seasoning, and a taco salad.

    Every Saturday is my cheat day and I cram calories. Yay it's my happy day. Other than that same thing everyday. (It's funny because before this month I didn't eat fish.. at all. I tried it once every couple of years.)
    Last week I quit drinking all of the teas and coffee (temporarily) because I have had spotting this whole time since my surgery and last week I remembered that the green tea interferes with healing. I took a chance and quit it and my spotting has disappeared.

    I have been walking an average of 4-6k steps a day when I was way over 10k before surgery. I am hoping to get more steps in  over the next few days and weeks.

    I have lost 15lbs since Feb 29. I still have 4 weeks left until my anniversary. Only have 15lbs to my ultimate goal. Yay.

    I am using 2 different apps to help me out My Fitness Pal and Up by Jawbone (my husband bought me an UP band back at the beginning of March). I also visit Calorie Control Council often, especially when I lose any weight.

I hope that my progress, these apps and site help anyone else on the same journey as me.