Back to the Basics

Well Hello fellow bloggers! I know it has been a very very very long time since my last blog. I just got caught up in other things and failed to make blogging my priority. Little did I know that eventually not blogging would hurt me. Blogging daily made it where I had to take responsibility for my actions and helped jeep me accountable for everything I did. I slowly stopped blogging and when that happened all of my good habits I had also slowly went away. I haven't been doing horrible but it hasn't been all that great either. This Friday was my very first gain and that's what made me realize I was doing something wrong. 

So this is where I am at....Starting tomorrow I am going back to the basics. I will be counting all my calories again and tracking all my work outs. With all of this I will also be blogging daily again. I feel that this is one way to get me back on track to where I was. 

I look forward to spending more time blogging and catching up with you all. Right now I need support from my blogger family :-). 

For now I will leave you with an updated pic of me and my progress so far.

Till tomorrow, have a wonderful day.

Working out

So I realized I have become quite lazy when it comes to my work out routine. My mind has not been focused on me right now. I am completely focused with everything else that Life has thrown at our family. I hate how it's so easy to break your routine and good habits. For a whole week, actually 10 days Matt was off work and our focus was our house and trying to get it painted and such. For those whole 10 days my work out routine and my daily routine as a stay at home mom was thrown off. This week I have been trying to get back on track but I have struggled so much! Now I focusing on hundreds of other things and not putting the effort in to my work outs. I have/had forgotten how addicting working out is. Thanks to Kyoko over at ...like a fat kids like cake Reminded me tonight on my facebook that it is addicting and that that I may just need to go work out to remind myself. Well since it is 12:30am I won't be working out tonight but thinking about it has got me wanting to go tomorrow as soon as Matt gets home. Hopefully i can get back into my routine starting tomorrow and I will still have a decent weigh in this Friday.

Ok, well, honestly that's all I got for tonight. My brain is shutting off as it is late. You all have a wonderful night!

Hello fellow bloggers! Oh how I miss you all! I have not blogged in over 2 weeks!  I have not even signed in to blogger in 2 weeks! So much has happend and life has been a little busy. For tonight I have decided to put everything on hold and write though. I need some me time and some time to put a lot of thoughts in to words. Do you ever have those days? I have had so many the last few weeks but just have not forced my self to take the time to do this. A Lot has to do with I am being accused of spending to much time on the computer so I know sometimes when I blogged I would write for a longer period of time and did not want to add to the problem at hand. Tonight I don't care, I am blogging! 

So In one of my last few posts I talked about my puzzle pieces fitting together. And how I like to have a happy soul. Well Hummmm Where do I start! LOL. 

You know when you are working on a puzzle and you are struggling to find the next piece? When you think you found that correct piece you get all excited. Then when you go to place that piece down to find out it was the wrong piece you are disappointed. Well that is where I am, I was very excited to see how all my pieces were fitting together but now I am very disapointed to see that none of them fit. This has not made me want to give up though. Honestly it has made me want to look harder for the correct pieces.  I love putting effort in to something to find out that it was worth it. I use this in my weight loss also. People can not just sit on a couch and eat potato chips and lose weight. You have to put some effort in to it. Now some people have to put a little more effort into it then others but either way it is still effort.

So As the last few weeks Have gone by I have still been trying to eat healthy and work out. I have lost a total of 32.9lbs and I am very happy about this. This last Friday I only lost another .2lbs but I am still very happy about it  and the fact it was a loss and not a gain. This last 10 days Matt has been on "Vacation" and has thrown my whole routine off. It has been nice to spend time with him but I will be happy to get back to my normal routine and hopefully start to feel a little better about myself and my weight loss.   However since Matt was off we have had a great chance to work on our basement and starting the process of getting it finished. As with any remodel there is some stress that comes with it and that has happened, but I am thinking we have overcome most of it and are at the point we are moving on. 

Another plus of Matt being home is we have tried a few new foods/dinners. I really like making our dinners with fresh foods and the taste is amazing!  Here are a few pics of what we have made (btw my date is completely wrong on my camera, and I have tried to fix it but it reverts back).

Asian Pork & Noodle Skillet

Orecchiette w/Spinach, sausage & Tomatoes

Spanish-Style Stuffed mushrooms

Spanish-Style Stuffed peppers

The peppers and mushrooms we made the same night. The recipe called for just stuffed peppers but I am not a bell pepper person at all so I decided to do mushrooms and bell peppers. However that night I ate both and LOVED both of them. This is a first for me. I actually ate something with bell peppers in it that I liked. Not only did it have bell peppers in it but It was the bell pepper. Very yummy and I recommend all the meals. And for the few friends I have that are not meat eaters the stuffed mushrooms and peppers did not have meat and both pastas I think you could make meatless...however the Asian dish would then just be glorified ramen noodles. The seasoning you use with the pork and the pork helps make that dish. We are also going to be making is Dijion-Crusted Halibut and roasted Asparagus. It looks like a very yummy dish also. We did try Mexican chicken lasagna but forgot to take pictures and honestly it was nothing but chicken enchiladas, lol.

Ok everyone, I am off but I will try very hard to blog more. But for tonight I need to try to get some rest as we have been up late almost every night the last few weeks. Looking forward to my normal routine again. Have a great night everyone!

Friday weigh in

So todays post is going to be short. I am sorry about that. Today is hectic and I am trying to find the time to sit down and write this.  I weighted in today. I wasn't expecting much and in all honesty i was expecting a gain. Last weekend was such a horrible weekend for me and as of Tuesday morning I was up 4lbs. Over the weekend i ate so unhealthy and put so much junk into my body. Since Tuesday I have been working my butt off to get the 4lbs off and it seemed like they were not coming off. Even as of yesterday I was still up 3lbs. i was very surprise to step on the scale this morning to see a .2lb loss from last Friday. that means some how over yesterday and last night I lost over 3lbs. I do blame a lot of my extra weight on water weight. Mother nature is not on my side this week anyways, if ya know what I mean :-)

So even though I only lost .2lbs I'll take it! Much better then a gain and I am almost certain next week will be better.

Ok I am off for now. Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Wk 10 Day 5

Hello everyone! So today was an adventure in my working out. Today was going to be day 2 of my C25K program and when I went out doors to walk/run I was rudely waken up by the fact that running on pavement is MUCH different then on the treadmill. I struggled very much. Actually I only did the 1 mile loop around my neighborhood instead of my full 20 min it was 15 min. My fastest mile though. LOL. I was getting bad side cramps but also my shins were hurting really bad. With every step when I ran I just had a sharp pain shoot up the front of my leg. I know this can't be normal. It wasn't like I am sore and not in shape pain it was a little more. So I am going to start paying attention to how I run. What part of my foot do I use the most and try to go from there. I was really frustrated after tonights work out but I have confidence that i can push through this and be the runner I want to be. I can't expect for this to happen over night I just assumed it would be a little easier...LOL. I had no problem on the tread mill but the race for the cure in September is not on a treadmill. So from here on out most my training will be out doors. I will be focusing on training for the race for the cure. Not that I am racing just at least be able to run some of it.

Other then all of that I really don't have much of an update for the day.You all have a wonderful night.

Wk 10 Day 4

Wow! Week 10! I had to look it up because I had not been dating them in so long I had lost count! i am 1/4 of the way through to my 40 weeks and some what right on goal. I have had a minor set back over this last weekend but it is nothing I can't over come. One of the things that has made my weight loss journey some what easy is I am on a pill called Phentermine. Phentermine helps crave that appetite and the want to eat food. I have been off My pill since Saturday and Yesterday I chose to quit drinking coffee. Well let me tell you how week I am! i ate everything in site over the weekend. And as of yesterday was up 4lbs since Friday! Oh my! Yesterday was the worst for me also, not having my pill and also being off coffee, I found myself eating everything in the house. I didn't even realize it till It was to late. So today I am writing this blog and drinking my coffee! LOL.

I love coffee, I love the taste and the fact that it helps crave my appetite. I also made sure we got my pill picked up from the pharmacists last night and i am back on my pill as of this morning also! I have some serious work now! I not only have to lose the 4lbs I gained but also lose my 3.5lbs I want to lose for the week. I don't seriously think I will accomplish both but I do think I need to give it my all! I have done so good and don't want to give up now! I know my coffee isn't hurting my diet and might have just helped me so I don't think I will be giving it up, maybe just cutting back on it.

Today I have a somewhat busy day as my house is a disaster and needs some serious work on it

I need to spend time with my 2 beautiful girls!

I also need to spend some time on my Scentsy business and getting some stuff put together for that. 

BUT I also have SOOOO many blogs I need to get caught up on! I will be going down all the blogs I follow and be trying to get caught up on what all you are doing and going through!

I am a horrible follower lately and for that I am sorry! I started to get caught up yesterday on a few and will be re catching up on some today. Also do any of you have play lists attached to your blog? I am interested in a few new play lists for working out and helping me on my Couch to 5k program. Last night was my first training on it and I loved it! I was able to do it with my best friend Anya and had a fabulous time! It was a whole lot easier then I thought it would be! I ran every time I needed to and never gave up! In my 20 min I did 1.16 miles and I felt great! It was not the fastest but it is a start! 

Ok you all have a wonderful day! I am off to get my kitchen cleaned and the rest of this messy house cleaned! 

Luvs to all!

My puzzle pieces

So I know I said I would be blogging daily again and that this blog would be last night and it wasn't. I had full intentions of doing it, but do to everything i have gone through in the last week and the lack of sleep I had been getting I completely passed out on the couch at a way early time for me. I think I was asleep by 9:30. Which to some of you does not sound early but I normally go to bed between 11pm-12am and The last few weeks it has been between 1am - 3am and some nights even later. I think last night My body wasn't givin me the option of staying up later. The down side is I slept on the couch most the night till about 4am and then moved to the bed, so this morning I am totally exhausted and completely sore! I have been still dealing with all the soreness from my car accident and today it is double of what it had been. Today is also the first day of training for me on my couch to 5k program. I am going to have to push through all my soreness because this is something I desperately want to do! I want to be a runner. I have always been amazed by the people who can say the just took a nice run. I am excited about signing up for The Race for the Cure on 9/25/10. I am even more excited that I will be doing it with my best friend!

Over this last weekend I feel like I have been on a roller coaster. So many highs and lows and loopy loops. I Know everything is all part of the big picture and I am struggling today to see the positive. My last post i stated it was a blessing not having my car cause we then did not need to stress about the tags for it and the insurance. Well I got word my car can be fixed! in reality this is amazing news! Because I hit an SUV and went under it most the damage was done to my hood and finder and not the inside of the vehicle. there are still a few thing on the inside of the car that needs to be fixed but over all i can probably get my car up and running for $500 or less! BUT i don't have $500, if you remember I was just saying we were struggling to get the car tagged. So we have decided to let the car sit and fix it one piece at a time as we have the money to do so.

Yesterday I was a little discouraged cause I wanted to see where I was on my weight since Fridays weigh in. I know i had a horrible weekend. I ate so many foods i should not had and really set my self back. I wanted to weight to see how far i set my self back. i had gained 2lbs in 2 days! Wow! So Today I am re focused and trying to get back on track! Part of getting back on track is I am cutting coffee out of my diet. It actually started with not drinking it today as an agreement I made with Anya. I had mention to her I wanted to do a detox after this horrible weekend but also wanted to make sure I had enough energy to do my C25K training. She mentioned dropping the coffee and doing the lemon water and then eating healthy through the day. I then asked her if she was joining me on the c25k training and she hesitated to say yes. So She agreed to find the 30min in her schedule to do the training and I agreed to cut coffee. I am actually looking forward to how this will make me feel. How it will make my body feel. I know I am going to have with drawls at first but after that. Will I feel healthier? Will i have more energy? I am curious where this will take me.

So I have a very busy day But will be blogging tonight about how my first training went on my C25K plan! Have a wonderful day!

A Puzzle piece of my life.

So here I am my 2nd day in a row! Although my last post was Friday morning and I am writing this Saturday night so over 36 hours has passed. Let me tell you all something! A lot has happened in the last 36 hours! Well, let me rephrase that, A lot has happened in general in the last month!

****First I want to give a warning this post will be long and not 100% about my weight loss journey but all in all it is a piece to help me get to a healthier me. So please do not expect this all about my diet cause it is not that. This is a type of post I have never done. ****

My outlook on everything till today has been very negative and not healthy at all. I don't mean healthy as in food wise but having a healthy soul. I feel if my soul was not at all healthy. By not having a healthy soul I was setting my self up for several  failures. I was failing to really communicate in my marriage. I was saying what was on my mind but was not communicating with Matt. In this it was creating an unnecessary distance between us. Also I was slowly pulling away from my blog and all my "good habits" that I had created. As a mother I found my self more irritable and frustrated with my kids oppose to enjoying life with them and teaching them. I am still struggling trying  find how all of this started, what caused my soul to become do dirty and unhealthy? I can tell you what has caused me to realize that I was this way was my accident I had yesterday. I was on my way to help host a scentsy event when all of a sudden I find the SUV in front of me come to a dead stop. I quickly threw my car in to neutral and but everything I had on my breaks. Knowing that it was to late I braced for an impact. What all happened in just a few seconds seemed like much longer. The actual impact I do not remember but I can remember every detail right before and right after. I remember being very shookin up and upset. We pulled off into a parking lot where the gentleman in the car I had hit got out and asks if I had insurance. My response was yes, I have Liability coverage only though. In my head I was thinking I was screwed. I knew the accident was 100% my fault and my insurance would not cover my repairs. He then looks at me and say "good we have no insurance so if you don't mind we are going to get." Any normal person would have been upset about all of this. Nope I found an instant blessing. Not only did I only have liability insurance but we had not yet tagged our car which was due in July and I still have an out of state drivers license. I would have received 3 tickets for this one accident and still been out of a vehicle.  Sad to say that my car did not make it. I had grown quite fond of it and will miss it. LOL.

The reason I tell you about my accident is because I strongly believe every event in our life is a puzzle piece to a much more beautiful picture. And with out this puzzle piece my life would not be complete. 

As corny as this all sounds it fits perfect in my thinking right now. I sent an e-mail to a friend of mine last night that said jokingly that I was tired with my life and was ready to trade it in for a better one. I was very frustrated that all the "bad" things kept happening and that it seemed we couldn't get out of this hole we are in. Last night I had to stay the night at a friends house due to not having a car and It was vary hard for me to lay in a bed with out the comfort of my husband next to me or to at least know he is in the house. I come to find out today My wonderful husband struggled with the very same thing. I remember laying in the bed last night on the verge of tears. I was so sore from my accident and I felt so lost. I was starting to feel the stress of not having a car and all of the "what ifs" rushed through my head. I still very much had a very negative attitude about life. This morning I woke up with a little better of an attitude but was still worried on what we were going to do. I had to focus on my Scentsy business though and had no time to sit and "worry" about what I was going to do. 

Over the last year I have created some amazing friendships. I have not just created friendships with people here in Wichita but all over the globe. I will always have my best friends and those people close to me and my heart. But I have learned to open up to people and learned to let my guard down. Even though recently I let my guard down a little to much to someone, I know that I am a stronger and wiser person now and can over come my obstacle that had created for me. I use to be a very guarded person. Some one who had no problem talking to you but someone who would never fully let you in my life. Even when I would start to let my guard down I would only let you take a peek. I was afraid of being hurt. I was afraid of what YOU might think of me. I was afraid to be me! 

I believe my life, my puzzle is a very unique and beautiful puzzle. I believe that it might have some dark pieces in it and some not so pretty pieces, but with out those pieces my picture would not be what I am right now.  I believe the way you look at your "puzzle piece" is the way the situation will turn out. I believe that If you want to think of it all negative and everything be dark then yes your life will be very negative and dark. If you take that piece though and try to find the true beauty of it then you will be amazed on where that can take you.

I chose this morning to take a different look at my accident and my whole weekend. It was a blessing for my wreck. The money I was struggling to come up with to tag my vehicle I no longer have to worry about right now. The money I was having to pay in insurance I don't have to right now due to not having a vehicle. This frees up a little money to catch us up on our bills or a little money to put towards some debt. 

My wreck also brought me closer to a friend. My first phone call after my wreck was not to my husband. It was to my Scentsy director whom I was about to meet for my Scentsy event. I called her and let her know I was just in an accident but I would be there just as soon as I could. She offered to come get me and upon arrival immediately gave me a hug. A hug, that in that moment I felt a friendship. What is so amazing about all of this was as her and I talked I got to learn she is a walker and has done a few 1/2 marathons and is training towards a full marathon. She has struggled over the last few weeks with the training, but what she doesn't know is she encouraged me to train harder so I can join her in a marathon next year in San Diego or wherever we chose! I am very excited about this as this also helps towards many of my goals I want to achieve to becoming healthier.

As I got home and i am embraced by my loving husband who i had missed so much. And looked at the pile of junk now sitting in my drive way. I got online to check all my updates and such. I then started to talk to my best friend who has decided that her and I are going to sign up to do a 5k, the Susan G Komen for the cure race. I am ecstatic about this! This is my first official entry into anything like this. It is 9/25/10 which means I should have lost my 50lbs by then. Not only that but I have decided to start the couch to 5k program and will be starting that on Monday, so the weekend of the race I will have just completed week 7 which has me running 2.5 miles! I think I can do this! I have never been more motivated to get up and do something! I have many people to think for getting me excited about this though, and thank you to everyone of you....you all know who you are :-). 

Ok, So now that I have rambled on and on and you all are probably thinking geeze does she ever shut up! Well to be honest NO...LOL. My puzzle piece this weekend plays a huge part of my goal of 40 weeks/280 days to a healthier me! With a healthier soul I am able to be happier which helps with my wants to work out and eat right. My mood is happier and my over all me is happier. I knew it has taken a while to get "me back" but I am here! I am ready! and I can't wait to see how my puzzle pieces fall! 

It is extremely late here and i know I have left many things out of this blog as my brain has shut off for the night. However I will be posing a part 2 to this tomorrow. I miss you all and for the few that are still following me Thank you!  I am back and will be blogging daily again! 

Friday!

So a real fast post because I am rushing out the door. I weighed in this morning and lost 3.4 lbs! And i had a short week! This is a loss from Monday! I am very excited! I am right on track with my weight loss goals! However I am seriously slacking on my Working out and my blogging! I do love to blog and I love reading others blog and have missed doing that this last week. Life has been a little hectic. looking forward to getting back to normal. 

One area i have been struggling in was trying to get to the point where I was running. My biggest obstacle was my work out shorts. LOL. I know it sounds silly, but I have now lost 30lbs (well.1 pound from 30) and my shorts are big on me! They were either trying to ride up or fall down. Makes running on a TM a little difficult. LOL. I however am a proud owner of a new pair of work out pants that should work for running. I kept the receipt just in case. LOL. So I will be trying even harder now to work towards my running goals I have set. 

I have a extremely busy day today. I have park time with the kids, nap time, Grocery shopping and a Scentsy event from 4-12. Oh and if any of you all are interested I sell Scentsy to help off set me staying at home and I am putting an order in this weekend! Check out my web page! If you want to order something please click on the "party" link under my beautiful picture :-) if you are here in town give me a call and i will get with you!

Ok I am off to the park! You all have a great and wonderful day!

Weigh in!

Ok! So I had my weigh in today! i think I am still going to keep Fridays as my normal weigh in day though! I am really liking Fridays as my weigh in day. I lost 1.8lbs since my last weigh in! It is not A LOT but I am happy about it. I am soooo happy to see a loss and not a gain! I am really trying to learn more about being healthy oppose to just counting calories and working out. I am trying to learn more about me and my body. What my body needs and doesn't need. What my body likes and doesn't like. I have learned it doesn't like Ice cream cake, LOL.... You can eat 1200 calories in one day and still eat junk, You could be a person that eats 1200 calories a day and that would be extremely low for you making it unhealthy. After talking with my doctor today he said I should be fine if I stay between 900-1200 calories. When I first started i was trying so hard to "eat enough" to hit 1200 calories so i found myself eating more to get in the range of 1200-1400. I had many people also tell me i should be eating more also. Well the one week I ate less all week long I was about 1000 calories a day I loss 7lbs! So I think the old doctor is on to something! Last week I did not work out near as much as I should have and I think that is why I had such a small loss. i am going to continue to focus on working out and focus on eating healthier. Eating the right amount of foods and the correct foods! On this note I am also wanting to make sure I do eat enough food/calories. I am wanting to track my daily calories burned and have been eye balling the BodyBugg for a few weeks. Then today ...Like a Fat Kid Loves Cake posted she has an extra and is giving one away! How awesome would that be if I won it! Check out her give away!

Ok, you all I am off to go relax! You all have a wonderful day! I will be blogging everyday again! (I hope, lol) ok lets make this my goal, I will blog everyday!

Have a good night!

Like a fat kid loves cake give a way!!!!!

So I started following ...Like a fat kid Loves cake days after I started my weight loss journey! More or less my journey to being healthier! I love her blog because she started around the same time I did so I am able to watch her amazing progress and how awesome she is doing! That alone makes it where I want to do better and strive to work harder! But not only is she a very positive person and seems to always have a great attitude she is being VERY genorous! She won a BodyBugg in a contest and since she already owns one she is doing a give away for this one! How awesome would that be!

I know I would use the heck out of this! It would greatly help me in my journey to becoming healthy! Becoming healthy is more then just working out and counting calories and within the last few days I have become to realize this. It is knowing how much you should eat what type of foods you should eat and getting enough calories for your daily activities. I have NO clue how many calories I burn daily other then what the Treadmill or Daily Mile tells me. With the Bodybugg I would be able to track all of that plus some! Please if you are not following her yet I encourage you all to follow her! Click on the link above to go to her blog or click Here to check out this AMAZING giveaway!

Guilty!

Okay, so I have been a horrible blogger. Isn't it funny how easy it is to get out of a habit. Over the last week I have noticed, I do not blog near as much, I do not count my calories like I should be, and I am not working out nearly as much as I should be. In my last post I said I would work on all of these and yet, I seemed to have gotten worse. Uhg! So today is a new day and a fresh re start to it all. I was VERY weak yesterday! We celebrated Matt's brothers birthday. I did ok with my actual meal, I had a hamburger with no bun but had cheese and lettuce with a teeny tiny bit of ketch up. I also loaded the plate with veggies and fruits, and then there were chips! People should know I can't keep my hand out of a chip bag. LOL. I didn't do to horrible with the chips and at least they were baked lays, so not to horrible right? Anyways, even though I had chips this does not begin to explain why I did horrible. For the cake, it was a Freddys Frozen Ice Cream Cake, Chocolate Chip Cookie dough! Oh My! It was sitting there staring at me and screaming for me to eat it! Everyone told me to have just a few bites and try it, but I am to weak and I couldn't do it that way, I had a whole slice! It was delicious! But later my tummy was telling me, I should have not ate that! It was my first "real treat" since I have started this and I could tell my tummy/body was not use to the sugary sweetness I had just put in it. Where it gave me a few minutes of satisfaction while eating it, I was regretting it all last night and even today! 

You all may have noticed I have not up dated my weigh ins. Friday morning I stepped on the scale and It said I lost 2lbs. Granted I would normally take that and be happy, BUT I knew I had not lost 2lbs so I re stepped on the scale and It then began to tell me I gained 2 pounds. I ended up weighing my self a total of 4 times not once getting the same reading or even close to it. I have decided my scale is not working right. However I do have a Dr. appointment tomorrow and I will be weighed there. I am actually looking forward to it, because it was the Doctor's office scale that gave me my starting weight, not my scale. So I will have an accurate weigh in tomorrow.

I have also took 2 more pics of myself. I am Happy about my facial shot, yet not so happy about my upper body shot. In the mirror, I felt and looked skinnier. After looking at the pic, I feel I look fatter. I also have included the only picture from the past I could find that showed my body, and ironically I am wearing the same out fit. So you all tell me what you think. 

So here Is My face shot :-)

The one on the left was taken in April, and the one on the right was taken yesterday. In the mirror I noticed more "curves" then what the photo shows. I don't know if it was because of the way I am standing or the way the pic was taken but I don't see it as much. Or maybe I was just "seeing" things in the mirror. Hahaha. One thing I have notice is my jeans in the before pic are giving me a BAD muffin top and now they do not. So I am losing the roll between my boobs and pants. LOL. I am going to try and dig for more pictures to do a before and after with. I did take a picture my first day of my diet but it is not one that I will post on here. I am only wearing my sports bra and Shorts, and I will shield you all from that, Hahahaha. However, when I lose all my weight and look Hot, Maybe then I will post it. :-). In the mist of looking up old pictures I did find one that has me at one of my smallest points, it is my senior pics and I weigh about 140-145 in these pics. My Goal is 135 so I should look similar to this, just more hippier cause of my 2 kids...LOL.

These were taken in 2001 and like I said I was not at my smallest here. But this is close to the size I would like to be again.

Ok Yall. I am going to get off here, I have a dirty house screaming for me to clean it. You all have a wonderful day!

Day before weigh in

So I have been horrible with my blog. A lot has to do with the fact I am not doing so good with my diet/work out. I think if I didn't blog and admit to it all that I would not have to deal with someone telling me what I should be doing. In all honesty, I need that. Blogging every day is what helps keep me on track. The comments I see everyday is what helps me stay motivated to keep doing the right things. Don't get me wrong I haven't went on a binge and stuffed my face full of food but I haven't focused on what I was eating either. I have not been working out either. However one accomplishment I had this week was I walked my first 5k on Sunday. Yea me! 

Some people asked for updated pictures so this the only one I have.

Most people say they see my loss in my face. Hubby says he sees it all over. I am happy to know that Hubby sees it all over because that is how I would prefer it. Yes my heaviest section is the mid section but I have several other areas i would love to see smaller. I think that is why I am having a hard time seeing the lost because it is all over my body and not just the mid section. 

Last night I went to the Y and did one mile on the TM and i felt pretty good about it. I ran for 1 min int his mile. It took me 20 min to do the mile but I believe If I were to push myself a little more I could do it a little faster. My focus right now is to get where I am running that 11 mile instead of walking it. I know I can do this. It was nice to be back at the Y and have my head back on straight and my priorities put back in the right order. From today on I start working towards my running goals in hopes to complete them on time. 

I weigh in tomorrow and I don't expect and loss, I know I didn't try this week and Honestly wouldn't be surprised if I had a gain. However I feel I am back on track and can move forward and whatever the scale says tomorrow I will brush it under the rug and push on. 

Ok everyone I am needing to clean my kitchen and get the girls some lunch. I will be trying to catch up on some blogs today as well. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Wk 7 Day 7

I am in a GREAT mood today!  I woke up and weighed in to find out I have lost a total of 7 pounds this week! How exciting is that! I am down a total of 24.7 pounds! I am loving this! Also I went ahead and tried on some pants that I had not been able to fit in and they Fit! This whole time I kept saying, I don't feel skinnier, nor do my clothes fit different. After trying on my pants this morning which were 2 sizes smaller then my other pants I realized that on most days I don't get dressed. I mean, I have cloths on and all, but most of the time I stay in my PJ's and when I get out of my PJ's I put on my work out clothes, or something like that. All of which are elastic band pants. When I do put on my shorts I have noticed them a little big but I just thought it was cause they were stretched out and when I dry them they would shrink back up and be small again. I was completely wrong about that. Now I need to lose another pant size so I have shorts to were, cause I have nothing right now! LOL I could not be any happier about not having shorts that fit!

I have updated all my charts on my page plus added a  new chart about my goals I set yesterday. If you haven't commented yesterday please do! And if you have THANK YOU! Your feed back is actually helping not just myself and other followers but is also helping my friend Crazy Runner. He is working on Episode 11 of his running pod cast and is really looking for more feed back on his episodes, as well as more info/feedback from other runners and non runners. If you haven't listen to his pod cast go  Here and download one. 

I am sorry to all my followers that I also follow, I have been seriously slacking in reading. So today I will be trying to get caught up on all my blogs and hopefully see how you are all doing! I know together we can do this! I love the inspiration and comments and days when I think I can't do this anymore or I feel like giving up I get on here and read some blogs or some past comments left on mine. That alone helps me get through my tough times! What helps you get through the times when you feel like quitting?

Well, gang I am off for now. I need to go clean my kitchen, get the girls there lunch and then get my lunch! After all that put the girls down for nap and then I will be back on to read some Blogs! Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL day!

Wk 7 Day 6

So I am sitting here this morning drinking my coffee and So wishing I did not drink all that wine last night. I decided that this the perfect time to blog! 

I have a few new challenges/goals for my self.

Challenge # 1: Lose a total of 50lbs by my hubbys and I's 6 year anniversary, 9/18/10. Sept 18th is the 1st day of week 16. So I am needing to lose 50lbs in a total of 15 weeks. This ups my over all weekly average goal of 2.88 pounds to 3.34 pounds. I know this is a little harder goal, but I am pretty confident I can do this.

Challenge # 2: Walk a 5k in the next week. I made a deal with Crazy Runner that when he released his next pod cast I would walk a 5k. Well after making that deal he informed me that he will be releasing Episode 11 this weekend. So Since he is doing that I will hold up my end of the deal and walk a 5K as soon as I am able to down load episode 11. 

Challenge # 3: Run a 5k. Ok So Yes I am still trying to accomplish walking a 5k. I am pretty confident I can walk a 5k already and just haven't done it yet. So My goal is to run a 5k by the end of September. That is a little over 2 full months. I am also positive this is plenty of time to achieve this goal. I have to keep reminding myself that ANYONE can run if they try to. I need to stop thinking "I'm not a runner". I was sitting here thinking When I was young (elementary school/Middle school) I could run a mile like it was nothing. I remember I ran 1 mile in 7 min (There were some seconds on that also but I don't remember them). To say the least I don't know If I can run a mile in 15 min right now...LOL.But I will start working towards this goal though.

Challenge # 4: Actually start working out again. I have got in a horrible habit over the last week of not working out. So Back to the Y tonight for a last chance work out before my official weigh in tomorrow. Yes I have been weighing in everyday this week, partially cause I wanted to know when I hit my 20lb mark but also it some how has motivated me more. Everyday I have had a loss! Seeing that everyday, has made it where I don't want to mess up and eat junk.

Ok so there are a few of my challenges I have set for myself in hopes that i can achieve them soon, or by the date I have set. Do you have any challenges/goals you have set for yourself. Challenges and goals are what help me to keep going. If I have something to push forward to I find myself not wanting to fail. Failing is not an option for me. What goals do u have, I love hearing about other peoples new goal, it helps me keep pushing and also gives me ideas for new goals. Do any of you all run? What helps motivate you to run? Why did u all start to run? And if you don't run, Why don't u run? Is there a reason why you don't run? What do you do instead?

Ok, You all have a wonderful day :-)

wk 7 Day...I dunno..lost count, LOL

LOL, I think it it Day 4 of week 7. Wow Week 7 is almost over! I have done really well on my weight loss however today I did not get to the gym AGAIN. Uhg.....there was to much to do today and not a lot of time to do it all. How ever I get a lot done around the house and I am sure that i burned some calories doing that. Like I have said in some many posts before this I am not doing well on hitting my calories. Part of this is not having a lot of healthy foods in the house. I did get to the grocery store tonight so tomorrow I will be back to eating normal. The thing that i fear is since I have been eating so little now to jump back to normal (1200 calories) I am afraid it might actually cause me to gain. I can see where it can become so easy to have an eating disorder. But I want to be healthy and fit, so back to normal tomorrow! But it is past 1am here so I am in need of going to bed. I will blog tomorrow! You all have a wonderful day!

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so I did it!!!!!!!!!!!! I loss 20 pounds!!!!!! I am very excited! I not only loss 20 pounds I have lost 22 pounds! First goal is accomplished! I am thrilled.

See isn't it pretty!?! Okay Yes this not MY IPod it is a stock photo but mine looks just like it! 

I also got some pretty new pink ear buds to match!  How cute! I love it!

However I Forgot my Armband! This is the thing I wanted, well more then the head phones. Oh well I will try to get it in the next few weeks. 

I Have weighed in everyday since Friday and everyday I have loss something! Actually so far I have loss 4 ponds since Friday! Crazy Runner you better get ready for this Friday's run! NO you can't run my miles before....We will wait to Friday to add them all up for a nice long run for you (and you better run on Friday!). I will However up date one of my charts over on the right with Today's date! Ok....I am off for now! I really need to get to the Y to work out and try out my new IPod!

Wk 7 Day 1 & 2

Hello everyone. I am Blogging for Saturday and Sunday. Yes I know it is only Sunday now, but I figured i will combined the 2 days. This morning I woke up not feeling good again. This has been going on for a few days not the only difference about today then the last few days is today i had nausea with it. I have already gotten sick once this morning and I am hoping that is the last time. I am hoping what ever is in me that is making me feel icky that it is gone now. So that is the reason why I am combining the 2 days, I have a feeling i will probably not be eating much today. i will eat when I can and still eat healthy though. Yesterday my calorie intake was only 975 it was very low but I also have not worked out in a few days either. But starting tomorrow I will be starting back at the Y and going hard core. On Friday I weighed in and had lost 3.4 lbs only leaving 2.1 lbs to lose to hit my goal of 20lbs. So being very anxious I have weighed in on Saturday and Today, LOL. Saturday I had lost a whole pound and today I lost another .8 lbs. If you have done the math that means i only need to lose .3lbs to hit my goal! I am thinking that will be tomorrow! I have also said GOODBYE to the 230's! On top of all my goal in my mind I get sooo excited when I get out of the higher numbers. I can't wait to get out of the 220's and so on. Some people asked me why I set the goals I did. The 20 lbs, 50 lbs, 75, lbs, 100lbs, and 115 total. Well the 20 lbs is because every time in the past when I have tried to lose weight I have never hit 20lbs, it has always been 10-15lbs. So to hit the 20 lb mark is/will be a huge accomplishment. The 50lb mark puts me out of the 200's!!!!! I am very much looking forward to that goal because I have not been out of the 200's in 5 years! the 75lb mark will put me at my weight I was when I married my Husband (give or take a few pounds). The 100lb mark is because that was the weight when Matt proposed to me and it seemed like a great mile marker.  And finally the 115lb mark is to put me at the weight I was when I first met Matt and when I was at my healthiest and most active. Of course if I lose a little more I am find with that also..LOL

Ok I am going to get off. You all have a wonderful day. And to all my friends and fellow bloggers I follow I will catch up on our your posts here soon, I promise! 

Wk 6, Day 7

Ok so yesterday was not my best day on this. I did not over eat but I did however under eat. Actually I am finding myself more and more under eating..Hummmm I wonder why this is. Also On top of not eating enough I also did not work out. That will be 3 days in a row...and the sad thing is I can't go tonight or tomorrow because Matt doesn't get off till 6 and the y closes at 7. But That just means Monday I start right back up and push myself a lil harder. I of course will remain active here at home with my girls and working on my basement. So much to do around the house I am sure I will still be burning some calories. Ok Well honestly I am keeping this short today...again, I am sorry. I will talk to you all later, Have a wonderful day!

Nice surprise!

Ok yes I know I have completely missed the middle of the week yet again. I have seemed to fall out of my habit of blogging. Hmmm we can't be having that. So this is my Goal for Week 7, blog everyday! I can tell you that once again I have been keeping up on eating healthy. I have had more days that I have ate under my calories then I have hit my calorie goal. I am finding my self not wanting to eat most days. Not having the want to eat anymore and having to force myself to eat something. The 2 days I have not worked out and for that I feel like a big lazy lump. However I have been very active around the house and re doing our basement. 

Well today is that magical day. I do have to say I was a little scared about to day since I have not worked out in the last 2 days.  I am pleased to announce that I have loss 3.4 lbs! I am so very close to the 20lb mark and I can't wait! All my weight is coming off very slowly but that is ok because it is coming off and I am not putting it on. Right now I am averaging 2.98 lbs per week which is above my goal of 2.88 lbs per week for 40 weeks. I am very happy about this and got a little bit of encouragement this morning. Thank you scale for being on my side this morning. 

I will be blogging later tonight for the official week 6 Day 7 blog. Hope you all have a wonderful day! I know I will!

wk 6, Day 3 & 4

Ok I am very behind on blogging. It honestly has just slipped my mind the last few days. But know I am still eating healthy and I have been working out harder then ever! I am determined to get my Ipod this Friday! I have successfully done the weight loss program in full (On the TM)...TWICE! the first time was for 20 min and that was accomplishment in its self but then last night I did 40 min on the weight loss program! I am sooo excited about and my accomplishments. But honestly I need to keep this short as I am trying to help cook dinner and then I am going to go work out for today. I will try to blog tonight.

Have a good day everyone!

Wk 6, Day 2

So yesterday was very uneventful day. We went to Church in the morning but other then that it was a very lazy day. Matt has been off work this weekend (mini vacation Friday-Monday) and we are trying to just relax for once, instead of running around like a chicken with our heads cut off. yesterday I didn't even work out! But I have noticed a routine I have created and that Sundays I normally don't work out due to Matt's schedule so When Matt asked me yesterday If I was going to go to the Y I decided I needed a rest day of working out since I had been working out the last several days. However just because I did not go to the Y does not mean I was not active...I do have children...LOL.

Ok so for what I ate yesterday

Breakfast
Yogurt
Coffee

Lunch
Chicken strips
Fruit
Cucumber

Dinner
Subway 6 inch oven roasted chicken sandwich

Dessert
Smoothie

Total Calories: 1190 ish give or take a little for the veggies that were on my sandwich.

Like I said I had no work out yesterday but I am getting ready to leave for the Y now. So you all have a wonderful day!

Wk 6, Day 1- My 2 big Accomplishments!

Ok so this post is for yesterday! I am really slacking on this posting at night thing..LOL, Well I am posting in the evening right now but not for today :-). I am very happy with yesterday. We all went to the Y's outdoor water park yesterday afternoon and met up with Matt's parents and Matt's brother Beau and his family. After I helped get the girls lotion up I made my escape to go work out. Yea sure I could have just sat in the nice sunshine and worked on my tan (we all know I need to) but I had the energy to go work out and I was going to take advantage of that energy. I was still able to take advantage of some pool time after I was done working out, that is at least till my oldest daughter fell and hit her head. She got a nice bump on the back of her head as well as a scrape on her arm. My kids are the biggest accident prone kids out there. But Anyways So I experienced a big accomplishment at the Y yesterday.

Normally I would choose to hang out by the pool instead of working out. I am proud of myself for choosing to work out first! My next big accomplishment is After the Y, Matt's parents offered us to all go to CiCi's for dinner. I was hesitant about it at first but I decided I can do it. We had to run home first anyways so while at home I printed the nutritional value for there buffet that way I was not blind sided later when entering my calories for the day. I walked into dinner with a level head knowing I can enjoy dinner with the family and not totally screw up everything I have worked so hard for. This was yet another Huge accomplishment for me, I took responsibility to plan ahead on this and not set my self up for failure. I normally would have just "guessed" how many calories I was eating and gone from there only to find out how badly I did. This was not the case, and for that I am very happy with myself! 

Ok For what I ate today. My calories were low for the day but I do have an excuse for it. I had accidentally added a meal on to my day so when I was looking at my calories for the day (before Dinner) I thought I had about 300 less calories then what I did. Darn I could have had more at CiCi's or I could have had a dessert..Oh well, at least I ate healthy.

Breakfast

Yogurt

Coffee/Creamer

Lunch

Grilled Cheese w/Turkey

---Made with the Best wheat bread I have ever had and with low sodium Provolone cheese and a healthier turkey lunch meat. YUM

Dinner

A BIG Italian Salad

1 bread stick

2 slices of Thin crest Italiano pizza (very yummy, and 1 serving was 2 pieces!)

Total Calories: 969

My work out: I did the elliptical for 20 min on a incline 10 resistance 1. I also rode on the bike for 10 min. Total Miles = 3.65 and Total Calories burned = 378! Also I just realized for the week (Daily Mile goes Monday-Sunday) This is my highest mileage week and highest Calories burned week! My total Miles for the week was just shy of 15 miles and my total calories burned for the week were 1656! I am Very happy to see this, MUCH better then the previous week which was 8 miles and 1034 calories. 

Ok I am off for now, I will blog about today hopefully later tonight. You all have a wonderful day!

Week 5 -- Day 7

Ok so I am just now blogging for yesterday, sorry about that. It has been a little crazy around here the last few days. Matt has 4 days off in a row so we are trying to spend some actual family time together. So today's/yesterdays post is going to be a little short. I did however lose 1 lb! And that I am excited about! I am still on my goal, 115lbs in 40 weeks averages about 2.88 lbs per week and I am currently at 2.9lbs per week. Ok on to what I ate.

Breakfast

Yogurt

Lunch

Corn Flake chicken Strips

Strawberries

Dinner

BBQ pork loin

Broccoli

Mashed potatoes

Snack

Strawberries

Total Calories: 1000 (yes I know I have been low)

My Work out: Yesterday I did shorter work outs but more intensity to them. I did the Elliptical for 10min and the bike for 10 min. Total Miles was 3.2 and total calories burned was 270!

Week 5 -- Day 6

So tomorrow is the day! I am a little nervous because I did weigh my self on Wednesday and I had gained .5 lbs. (I weighed before I went to the Dr cause I knew I would weigh in when I got there and I did not want to be blind sided...). But Even if I do gain I know this particular week mother nature is not on my side...If you get what I mean. So Next week will be better. In order to stay on my goal of 115lbs in 40 weeks I will need to lose at least 1 lb any thing less and I will be off my goal, and a gain....well that just won't be good. So my fingers are crossed that tomorrows loss will be at least 1 lb (if not more..lol). 

Ok On to what I ate today

Breakfast

Yogurt

Coffee

Lunch

Turkey w/cheese

Cucumber

Strawberries and cherries

Snack

Almond Butter On Wheat bread

Dinner

Slow-cooker Salsa Chicken (very good)

Brown Rice

Crescent

Total Calories: 1007

The Work Out: Today I did a little of everything knowing I had a small gain as of Wednesday. I did the weight loss program on the elliptical for 20 min! I am very happy about this because when I first started the elliptical I could not do the weight loss program on it! i then rode the bike for 10 min and then walked on the TM for 15 min. On the TM i tried the weight loss program also but was not as successful as i was on the elliptical. I have fairly short legs so when It jumps up in speed I have a hard time keeping up...plus I am out of shape..LOL. But I kept it on the program and when ever it tried to jump in speed I just lowered it back down...I did however do just fine with all the inclines it did. Total miles today = 4.45! Total Calories burned = 491! I am very happy with these results! I am also going to lift some weights tonight cause it has been a few days.

Ok Everyone you have a wonderful night! I will blog tomorrow night but in the morning I will update my chart and tracker. Depending if it is a loss or gain depends on how fast it gets updated. If I gain I have an agreement with Crazyrunner to run/walk double the miles I gain, in return he runs 1 mile for every pound I lose...Really hope he's running tomorrow and not me..LOL.

Awards

I feel so honored to receive an award! Honestly This is not my first but the first that I have actually understood what it meant to have an award..LOL. I am still fairly new to this whole blog thing so bare with me and i will get through all of this.LOL

Ok in order to receive this award I have to do 3 things so here they are :-)

1). Thanks the recipient: That would be Ali over at The scales say what?! Ali you are amazing! I love your blog because it is always "up beat" and positive. Even when you are not being positive it is positive to me cause it lets me know that there are others out there. So THANK YOU!

2).  Link back the giver: LOL I did this above but here ya go :-) Check Her out!

3). Reveal 10 things:

Wow this one is a little harder, but then I was thinking there is a lot you all might not know about me....so here we go.

1). I play the Flute and Have played it since I was in 5th Grade. I say 1st chair through high school and even played in a few honor bands.

2). I have moved 18 times, Lived in 2 different states and in 4 different cities 3 of which were in Colorado and the other was here in Kansas.

3). I have lived back in KS for a year and a half and still have my CO drivers lic.

4). I absolutely Love to Snow Ski and I am fairly good at it. Was trying to learn how to board at one point.

5). I am very short! I am 60inches (5 foot) and I am married to a man who is 6'3" LOL

6). I change my hairstyle almost as often as I change clothes..LOL. I am getting better at this because of lack of money. But I love changing the cut and color of my hair all the time.

7). I actually Love my facial features! I hate my body..LOL. God gave me Beautiful Skin, eyes and hair. I am very lucky that I don't break out to much.

8). My Favorite food is Mexican and could easily eat it every day!

9). I Love to throw pottery! I discovered this talent of mine while living in CO this last time and completely fell in love with it! I have a dream to own my own studio someday!

AND

10). I love to travel (well who doesn't). My Dream is tour all of Europe! I love Europe and all the history it holds! I will do this some day! It is on my Bucket list :-).

Ok now I get to have fun and Give this out to 3 other bloggers :-). Yes Ali I agree this is a very hard decision!

I chose
1). Slender Swan (to be) Because she is the reason I started to blog in the first place! Thanks! What did I do before blogging..LOL

2). My Adventure in obtaining a new life I chose Danielle because she started her Diet the same day I did and she has done wonderful on it! She inspires me to try harder!

3). ...Like a Fat Kid Loves Cake I absolutely love reading her blogs! So real! So true! Nothing sugar coated (well maybe the cake lol). But She says exactly how she feels and she tries very hard! Love her!

Ok so Check all these blogs out because these are a few that I follow daily that help inspire me to keep going! You all have a wonderful night!

Week 5 Day 5

Ok I have decided to revert back to the way I use to blog. I did so much better when I was blogging every night and writing what I was eating. In some weird way it helped keep me be more accountable, even though I was tracking it all still in sparkpeople.com. I had a few days this last week where it was really hard to continue with this all and I wanted to give up, but I didn't :-). Thank you to everyone who stood bye me and are still reading my blog. I am a moody person sometimes (mostly once a month..LOL).

Today I Had an awesome day! I wasn't planning on doing anything other then trying to work on our basement. But at 9am I got a call from the Doctors office who was able to squeeze me in at 11am today instead of waiting till the 13th, I quickly snatched it up. On my way to the Doctors office Mandi (My sister in-law) text me and asked if I could help her for a couple of hours that afternoon. I said of course! That had many benefits, I love going over there and spending time with them and my girls absolutely LOVE going over there! My girls were daycared there for a while when I was working and they built many friendships but when I stopped working they of course stopped going to daycare. So any chance we are able we try to go over there. Being I was on the east side of town for my Doctors appointment it made since to just go over there when we were done running our errands. I didn't get home till about 6:30 and of course needed to start dinner. Honestly after that I have done nothing! LOL. Oh wait I did go work out :-)!

Ok so here is what I ate today

Breakfast
Yogurt
Coffee

Lunch
Sushi, California rolls
Salad
Fruit

Dinner
Taco Salad
Small burrito

Total calories: around 1100 (I don't have the exact number because Some things I don't have the exact calories for and had to use what was in the system already)

My Work out: Ok first let me start off by saying I have been waking up every morning for the last month with a stiff neck. I thought maybe it was my pillows but yesterday I woke up with one and it still has yet to go away, matter of fact today it hurts more. Everyone is suggesting I am doing something as I am working out. I don't know exactly but just in case I watched myself tonight. I did the elliptical for 15 min and went exactly 1 mile and burned 150 calories. I then walked on the TM for about 10 min (I was worn out because I have not been working out as much) I walked .45 miles and burned about 100 calories :-). I am  happy that did something tonight cause I was leaning towards staying at home and playing a game with my girls.

Ok Everyone that is about it. I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Skillet - "Monster"

Ok So i am going to have several posts tonight. But what better way to start with My new song! In the mist of looking for some new workout music it dawned on me how much I love Skillet! Skillet's music has an awesome beat and great lyrics! With that being said I had a hard time picking just one song that I felt relates to me the most right now. But I think I have decided (not to say it won't change tomorrow..LOL I had a few to chose from...maybe a song every day..who knows).