UGH

Why do I do this?? I get so focused on one area of my life that I neglect other areas. Not just push to the side, but totally neglect. I had tunnel vision for a good 6-7 weeks on working out and eating well. Then I started back to school. School is a good thing, getting healthy is also a good thing. But once I started back to school I devoted my tunnel vision to school. Instead of doing 2 things that are beneficial to me, I focused only on school. But I need to make time everyday to work out as well.


Along with letting the working out slide, I figured if I am letting working out slide, why not just eat whatever as well. So I went from a woman who was working out and diligent about my diet to someone who stopped trying. I need to get back on the horse and really hope that I didnt gain EVERYTHING back

Ok enough of my rant. Tomorrow no excuses

my victories

Hi all, it's been awhile since my last update.

I have had a LOT of mini victories....

Over the last 5 weeks, I have lost 5 lbs and 5.25 inches; I have begun looking forward to working out and missing it on days that I can't do so; I have pretty much kicked the pop habit, haven't had more than a sip or 2 over the past 5 weeks; have learned NOT to beat myself up if I have the rare bad day; have learned to make this lifestyle change part of my daily life....for example, last weekend I had both a family picnic and my daughter's sleepover in the same day....I didn't panic, I just made sensible choices; my clothing is all looser and next summer I will be in a new wardrobe!!!! LOL


Am looking forward to Monday morning weigh in and measurements!!!!

Got a yummy roast in the slow cooker getting ready for tomorrow dinner...


ttfn

weigh in #3

down another 1 lb....down 4 in 3 weeks

lost 2" as well

feeling pretty good except am a little tired, but I think thats cuz I am going on day 4 in a row at work

Eating good,drinking lots of H2O, feeling stronger and NOT eating the food being brought in to work....like pizza, candy, etc..


ttfn

yay a non scale victory

so I was getting bummed out because the scale wasnt seeming to move but yet I was feeling as if my clothing was a little looser, so I pulled out the measuring tape and lo and behold I lost 0.5 inches on my hips and 1 inch on my waist.....YAY!!!!!

I started a spreadsheet tonight with measurements of my thighs, arms, hips, and waist as well as weight and I will keep track of inches weekly.....


I want to see the scale go down as well though

ttfn

week 2 results

Ok I lost 1 lbs last week, not quite the 2 lbs I was hoping for however, slow and steady wins the race.

Moved on to level 2 in 30 day shred.....boy oh boy is Jillian tough on this level, can you say PLANKS!!!!!! wowsa, I am feeling those abs!!!

Eating good, sometimes hard to get my calories in but I am eating good, not being tempted by the cake and cookies at work all the time.

doing so much running tomorrow, hoping for a great number Monday at weigh in


ttfn

feeling stronger

today is day 8 in a row of working out and boy do I feel stronger...I actually am beginning to look forward to working out. Added the weights to the workout this week and havent keeled over yet...lol

eating good too...staying in my calories, tho sometimes its hard to meet my caloric goal, I am eating lots more fruit/veggies, have desert maybe once a week.

getting my H2O in as well, think I have drunk 90% water in the past 10 days....maybe a few sweet teas thrown in.

I am gonna start tracking inches as well....next Monday will take measurements and go from there..


menu for today:
breakfast: honey nut cheerios
lunch: salad with turkey and hard boiled eggs
dinner: baked chicken thigh (sans skin), scalloped potatoes, corn, cantalope


ttfn

weigh in

drum roll please........


lost 1.8 lbs since my last weigh in (last Monday).....not quite the 2.5 lbs I was aiming for but hey a loss is a loss

this week I will redo 30 day shred but this week I am using weights.I also did some adjusting to my calorie intake, I actually am bumping UP the calories I consume by a TAD, I was only at 1200/day which is the lowest you can consume safely....I wanted to be able to step it down once I have lost some weight.

Today's diet plan

breakfast: scrambled eggs and toast
lunch: salad with hard boiled egg and turkey, pears
dinner: baked pork chops, scalloped potatoes and green beens
snack: cinnamon kettle corn


gotta make sure I am in a healthy calorie range!!!


ttfn

blah kind of day

this week really wore me out, I woke up today and felt as if I didnt sleep a wink....so tired

I ate some cereal and worked out, even though I really didnt want to, I knew it would only benefit me to work out

ate some left over lo mein for lunch and will take some turkey sandwiches to work for lunch along with some cantalope

tomorrow is weigh in day hoping for some good results

I want to be able to wear a dress for my 15 year anniversary

starting to actually enjoy this

Wow I am actually starting to look forward to working out....lol....never thought I would say that

Had cereal for breakfast then some running around with the hubby, came home and got in a good workout, felt really good afterwards

Used left over roast from last night to make a lo mein meal, with pasta, roast and lots of veggies....super YUMMO

for lunch at work, I had 2 turkey sandwiches and some kettle corn


getting lots and lots of H2O

ttfn

another exhausting day,

today was a busy but fun filled day

had to run to the grocery store, I really despise grocery shopping but I gotta eat...good thing I have kids to bring in all the bags...lol....I think that just may be the reason I had kids!!!

then it was off to the movies with the girls, the boys wanted no part of our movie choice, "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer"....omg what a cute movie, after the movie, we went to Target and Ulta to pick up a few things


then home for a yummy dinner of pot roast, mashed potatoes, veggies and applesauce, I am trying to incorporate fruit and veggies into all dinners to get more nutrients

worked out, although I really didnt want to, but I did notice that it was getting easier and easier

family movie night tonight was a classic, Stand By Me

all in all a good day

ttfn

full day and its nowhere close to being over

run, run, run thats the theme for today

got up, ate some breakfast (leftover pizza from last night, but its all good, still gonna be within calories)

took the kids back to school shopping, clothes only, supplies will be later...too bad the cash I dropped didnt translate into calories....it would have been a boatload.....lol

came home, did my workout, getting easier and easier, thank goodness

now off to cook dinner, gonna have tacos, corn muffins, green beens and cantalope. will eat before work and then at work will have 2 turkey sandwiches and more cantalope.

work better be better than last night...I walked into Murphey's Law yesterday....why on earth schedule a meeting that will take almost 1 hour during med pass time....and it went downhill from there, was SO HAPPY to clock out last night.

ttf

lactic acid SUCKS

lol

so day 2 ate well but could NOT work out....heck walking was a chore.....pretty bad when you are limping due to working out. I asked Jillian to take it easy on me but no she had other plans.

Today, so far so good, had toast for breakfast....that might not seem like a lot, for me, a person who doesnt eat breakfast, its HUGE!!!

Am about to put salsa bbq chicken (sounds weird, tastes delish) in the oven along w/mashed potatoes and carrots...am gonna eat dinner before I go to work....trying to do the whole breakfast as king, lunch as prince, dinner as pauper, just cant do the breakfast part.

Dinner (or lunch) will be turkey sandwiches and some cut up fruit

I did my workout today, not quite as hard today, but lets see how my legs react tomorrow


ttfn

day 1, continued

Ok, I made it thru the first day....lol

had some toast for breakfast, then hit the grocery store, bought fruit, veggies, turkey, eggs, ya know good stuff

hard boiled some eggs for snacks

put some chicken w/italian dressing in the oven for dinner, along with brown rice and green beens

lunch will be salad with turkey and raspberries....can you say YUMMY


I am looking to use what is in my freezer for lo cal meals this week...open to suggestions, I have some chicken thighs, 2 packages of ground chuck, and a roast (thinking, hoping, I can get 2 dinners from that)

worked out....Jillian had no mercy on me...I knew she wouldnt

I will modify her 30 day shred to fit 6 weeks, 2 weeks on each level, doing the 1st week of each level without weights, the 2nd week with the weights

I have my starting weight, and I am confident that in 6 weeks I can lose 15 lbs...at minimum

day 1

Ok I am stoked to get get going on my new "lifestyle"

I have my official weigh in number and am looking to be down 15 lbs in 6 weeks.....

I am about to get some breakfast, go to the grocery store for salad fixings and workout....Jillian please be kind, I havent worked out in some time, as you well know.....haha...

I am also gonna restart packing my lunch at work, including snack, such as sugar free pudding and jello, so I can avoid the nasty vending machine....

here I go

got my game plan

gonna get going with my game plan:

I will go to the grocery store and buy some salad, lunch meat, eggs, fruit

gonna hard boil the eggs to have with salads and also as snacks

gotta have a game plan or else I am sunk

no "last supper" for me

I have this really bad habit of having "last hurrahs" prior to making any changes in my life....

If I need to start saving money, I have 1 last spending spree; if I need to start back to school and studying, I get a lot of TV/computer time in; and in this instance, if I am starting a diet, I always have a "last supper".....ya know, full of all the stuff I "can never ever eat again"

So what do I gain? Lets see, probably at least a pound, indigestion, and a sense of deprivation at what I can "never" have again....and thats very unhealthy.

I am going to eat sensibly today, but really jump in with the exercise tomorrow. No more swearing off certain foods either, just gotta eat sensibly, but lets face it, the minute you say "no more brownies"...what is ALL you can think of? I will use common sense and eat sensible portions and not act as if the world will end if I eat a brownie or a cookie....will they be part of my daily diet, no, but I cant avoid them forever.

starting anew

Ok so it's been a while since my last post.

I need to make some changes, been a bit lax in my eating/exercising.....but I really need to make a concerted effort to make changes....

I am tired of being that person who complains about her situation but yet does nothing about it; isn't the very definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results....?

As of Monday, I have 6 weeks until my 15 year wedding anniversary...my goal is to lose 15 lbs...2.5 a week, which is TOTALLY doable, as long as I do some planning and stick with it this time.

I am GREAT at starting....finishing is the problem. I am the queen of instant gratification...if the numbers go down on the scale I am in 7th heaven, but heaven forbid, my weight loss would happen to stall, I go into self defeat mode, which usually gives way to giving up and reaching for the Haagen Daaz

So my plan is simple, yet challenging:

1. work out 30-45 minutes 5x a week
2. do some simple toning 3x a week
3. stop the candy bar/pop run to the vending machine at work....this will be difficult being as it is right in my line of site 30 feet from my desk at work...lol
4. portion control!!!! load that plate with veggies, and then the meat and carbs
5. fruit and crunchy veggies as snacks
6. water, water, water.....it does a body good!! LOL.....no only does it aid in weight loss, but it also makes for glowing skin


I really need to follow thru and achieve my goal.....I want to look sexy for my anniversary and be able to buy a nice new outfit in a smaller size!!!

day 7/30 and weigh in

woot I did it.....

didnt feel like working out but I did

I worked out later in the day than I normally do, but feeling good, my endurance is getting better, feeling stronger


Ate good today, well, mostly....

we went out to breakfast, ate hashbrown casserole and 1 pancake from Cracker Barrel, gave the leftovers to the kids

we didnt have time to eat lunch, as we went to a passion play

after the passion play we all went out to dinner, I had 1 roll, wedding soup (YUUMO!!!) and ate only 1/4 of my chicken parmesan

I had a kitkat bar and a small lo fat, no whip hot chocolate from Starbucks



my weigh in.......


drum roll please!!!!!!



160.1.....down 5.1 lbs in a week!!!! I am beyond thrilled!!! I must be doing something right, I am at 160.1......goal for next Monday is to be at at least 157.0....so at least 3 lbs...I can do this!!!

day 5/30

i know its out of order forgot to post last night

worked out today, feel good, getting stronger

went over calories by 99 today, but it was good food

work was really crappy, bad night all around, came home and ate an extra 2 pieces of fish

day 6/30

1/5 of the way thru the shred!!!!!

I wasnt really feeling working out today, but Carlie reminded me that it is 30 days!!! If i didnt work out today I have a feeling that I may have skipped tomorrow as well

I have a good sweat and I feel good.

I know I was gonna do 2 weeks on each level but I think on day 10 I will bump it up to level 2 because I am strong and capable

I went to Denny's with Nick and Morgan today for brunch and I got the philly cheese steak but I only ate 1/2 of it....the other 1/2 is in fridge I am saving it for Rex.
Tonight Rex and I are going out to see Limitless and I have popcorn budgeted in my calories

day 4/30

day 4 workout is done!!! Am getting more endurance every day. Also I am not sore, which is very good!!! I feel good. Jillian, let me tell you, she really pushes you!!!

As far as diet, I had raisin bran for breakfast, gonna have a nice big salad with turkey slices and an orange for lunch, dinner will be hamburger helper green beens and an orange and snack wheat thins

Cant wait to step on the scale Monday and see some results!!!

day 3 of 30

So far so great!!

I did my non official weigh in today and so far so great!! I am down for the week. I am stoked by my progress and am ready to work out today.

Surprisingly, I am not very sore from from working out the last two days and am ready to take on today!

I ate some yummy honey nut cheerios with strawberries for breakfast...YUMMO!!!
for lunch i will have tomato soup and grilled cheese with turkey, and for dinner at work I will have salad with turkey, an orange and sugar free jello. Hopefully I am in my calorie count, as yesterday I was well under, which is not good.

day 2 of 30

I think I feel even better after todays workout cuz I really wsnt wanting to workout....my muscles were sore from yesterday and I just wasnt feeling it

Then I remembered the promise I made to myself to workout every day.....I mean its only 20 minutes, I can do 20 minutes.

I feel rejuvinated and good. Just remember that feeling next time I am not digging it!!

Off to have a salad with turkey and an orange for lunch

Tonight is leftover lasagna and I gotta come up with more healthy calories for tonight because I am down 500 for the day, including dinner and lunch I am only at 100 for the day....WTF......thats where I mess up.....I think after work I will have a bowl of cereal for a snack but I still need another 300 calories....I dont want to throw my body to starvation mode

day 1.....yet again

ok I did my day 1 again of 30 day shred....it was hard as heck, but I got some burn in today. Tonight before bed I will do yoga

My weigh in today was 165.2

Next Monday I plan on being 163.0 (or less)

I will shred everyday, yoga Mon Wed and Fri and track my food daily

I need to stick with this

day 1

day 1 of 30 : made it thru day 1 phase 1, barely, but I made it thru!!! Feeling good and strong. Cant wait to see how I feel after 1 week and then the full month!!! Gotta remember how great I feel post workout on days when I just dont feel like working out!

lets shred it

ok weighted myself for the first time in about 2 weeks, and I am not happy about it. I am starting off YET AGAIN. I just got 30 day shred and am about to start it out. Well it says in a month you can lose up to 20 lbs so lets see!!!

off to shred

my top 10 reasons

for wanting to diet/exercise


10. to look better
9. to get healthier
8. to tone up
7. to relax
6. to loose weight
5. to feel sexier
4. to get long lean muscles
3. to set a healthy example for my family
2. to have a better body image
1. to be the strong capable woman I know I am and can be

oh wow if thats not motivation I dont know what is

1. As I was looking thru cookbooks and organizing them yesterday I ran across an old journal of mine from Jan 2004, which was about 1 month after Carlie was born. It was a diet/exercise log.......and I weighed 20 lbs give or take less than I do now!!! So in the course of 7 years I gained 20 lbs.......thats not very good......that is just the extra motivation I need to spur on this tired butt of mine to actually do what I want to do.......

going and feeling strong

Today could have been a total BUST! With the kids having a 2 hour delay due to snow, my Zumba class was out of the question....it ends at same time I would have to be taking Carlie to school (besides it was probably cancelled anyhoo) and of course AF showed up last night.

I could have said to heck with it and sat my booty on the couch and ate.....

But I got up and did my kickboxing tape......and I feel good!!!! Even helped with the cramps a little!!

WTG me!!

startigng a new

I started taking Zumba, not obbessing about diet, just watching calories, but not cutting anything out......

and lost 3.4 lbs last week!!!!!

I am taking Zumba Mon, Wed, Fri and doing my dvds on Tues and Thurs.....did some cardio kickboxing today, feeling strong.....lol

Sat ams I think I will do pilates to stretch my muscles wanna get that long lean look

Sun will be a day off ....... at least from exercise

heres hoping the scale shows more losses!!!

in this game losing is winning!!!