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


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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!!!


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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

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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

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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.

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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


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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!!!