This one is a great video! I did it! I can’t say that I did it as well as they did but I did it!!!

WOO HOO!!! LOL

This is my first weigh in video with body shots.

This is one of my very favorite exercise videos. It is one that is good for me because it’s easy (as far as the moves) and I can do it. Some of the others I have on my YouTube channel are really great but are a little too hard for me to do at this point.

This is my first weigh-in video… just before my first weigh in, I wanted to tell everyone what I was going to do and introduce myself.

Hey there!  I am getting ready to start a video blog or a “vlog” on YouTube to keep track of my weight loss and to try to make myself more accountable to someone other than just me.  If you would like to come by and check out my videos, you can go to http://www.youtube.com/dstydream and that is where they will be.  I have thought about putting them on here also, but I am not sure that I will be putting them all on here or not.  I have to pick one place to put them all and then the other place may get some but not all of them and I have chosen to put them all at http://www.youtube.com/dstydream  OK.. I am going now.  I am tired and it’s late and I need to finish my homework tomorrow so I need to get some sleep.  NITE Y’ALL…

Well, today has been a bad day.  I had to take my son to get some results for his testing (he is OK) but I had no time this morning.  I stopped and got something to eat. 

I am hoping to get to the store tomorrow after the kids go with their dad and get some good food that I can eat on the run. 

I am making a list of what I need for the next week.  Well, I guess I should go and check out Sparkpeople.com.  I have decided that I just don’t have the extra money to be a paid member of Calorie King.  I love their book, and have been using it to keep track.  I just can’t see paying a monthly fee for the same basic tools that I can get from SparkPeople.com for free.  So… I have joined over there.  You can find me at AmyJoOnline (my sparkpeople username).

Hope to see ya there!

1 c. soy sauce

1/3 c. sugar

4 tsp. vegetable oil

1 1/2 tsp. ground ginger

1 tsp. five spice powder

2 bunches green onion

16 chicken tenders (approx. 2 lbs.)

Blend soy sauce, sugar, oil, ginger and five spice powder in a large bowl until the sugar

dissolves. Stir in green onions. Add chicken tenders to marinade. Turn to coat. Cover

chicken and refrigerate overnight. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Drain chicken RESERVING MARINADE. Arrange chicken in dish and bake until brown

and tender, while basting occasionally with marinade.

Well, as usual, today was a bit of a struggle.  I haven’t been sleeping well at night so when I do get to sleep, if I want to get 8 hours of sleep, I have to sleep until noon or 1 pm.  That just stinks.  Then I had to get both of my boys to the dentist and then come home and mow grass and then get some dinner and get them to bed.  Soooooo, in between this schedule, I did stop and get something from McDonalds.  BAD ME!!!

Now, I am getting ready to write down what I have had today in my food journal and get my calories added up.  I haven’t had much else other than that bad food, but I am starting to get hungry now and I am going to make one of the Lean Cuisine meals.  I really don’t want to eat this late but I am hungry, so I will have to. 

Well, I just put my day’s food into Calorie King and I didn’t even eat the 2,000 that I am allowed to have.  YAY!  I did it today!  That is something for me.  I know it’s only today and it’s only the start but I have to say that I am very glad to have made it thru one whole day and UNDER my calorie intake. 

Now, lets see what happens tomorrow.  I am going to the grocery store tomorrow and get some groceries.  I am making my list now.

Why is it so hard to do this?  I don’t get it.  I mean, I know that it’s hard to lose, it’s hard to get motivated to exercise and I get that… but I want it so badly some days.  I was going to go to Weight Watchers meetings for the extra support.  I have been to a few and it’s just too expensive for me.  I can’t really afford to keep going…. so a friend of mine had done the “LEARN” program at the local hospital.  She was telling me how she lost something like 30 pounds in the class.  That was pretty awesome.  It was by writing down EVERYTHING that went into her mouth on a piece of paper, then averaging out the calories that she had for the week and not going over a certain average for each day. 

Well, I went on the site (from the book that she used to count her calories), Calorie King and looked around.  I purchased a book (which should be on it’s way soon) and have signed up for the program.  It’s a lot more affordable for me and there is an online journal, calorie counterfood database and much more… You can look up a food using the Calorie Counter that I put on this site from Calorie King.

I have even found a weight loss simulator that you can sign up for and see what you will look like at your desired weight.  I am going to print out my desired body and put it on my fridge.  That should be a good conversation starter LOL