Week 4 -- Day 4

So I am Late blogging. Last night I was not wanting to be on the computer to much so I decided I would just blog this morning about yesterday. Honestly not a lot happened. I was able to enjoy the beautiful weather we had yesterday and the girls and I went to Watson park for a little while. Before we left I had the normal conversation with the girls, you know...No talking to strangers, no taking anything from stranger's, so on and so on. I made them both repeat it back to me and then we left for the park. When we got there the first thing Emma does is look at a lady that is there playing with her kids and asks for her help up on to the platform for the slides. After realizing what she did I called her over to me to remind her not to talk to strangers and she keeps pointing at the lady saying Mandi helped her up. (Mandi is their Aunt; My sister in-law, who runs a daycare and watched the girls when I worked). I explained to Emma that was not Mandi and not to talk to strangers again and if she needed something to come ask me (Now granted that lady was probably fine but I am a little protective of my kids....to many horror stories about kids being snatched). The girls started to play in the sand and while they were doing this a little boy and his dad showed up. Every time the little boy came up to play with Abby she would just look at me to make sure it was ok to talk to the little boy, I reassured her it was ok to play with the little boy. A few min later the dad is trying to get his son to go with him to bathroom and he wasn't wanting to go. The dad looked over to me and asked "can you watch him a second while I run to the bathroom." I of course had no problem helping him out, but personally I would not trust my kids with some stranger so I could go run to the bathroom. My kids would have went with me, I don't care if they wanted to play or not. Anyways that was my excitement for the day. Going to the park on such a beautiful day!

Tonight we plan on going to the drive in to watch Toy story with the girls. No it won't be in 3-D but this way is less then 1/2 the price. We priced the movies last night for today and if we go to the Warren it is $10 a person for 3-D at a matinee and you have to pay full price for the kids. So we would pay $40 for us to go watch Toy story in 3-D. The 2-D pricing is $7 per person (matinee again) so it would have been $28. The only other option was the drive in and it is only $8 for adults and the kids are free! Plus by going to the drive in we are able to take our own snacks and I don't have to worry about unhealthy foods. Matt and I are really looking forward to being able to spend time together as a family at the movies.

So After talking to Matt a little more about what we want to do when I hit my goal. We have decided to go on a Disney Cruise that way the girls can come with us. I really do not want to go on another Vacation and leave my girls behind. Matt does not think taking them to Hawaii is a good idea and he said if I want to go to Hawaii we would not take them. Well like I said, I want my girls to come and oppose to arguing about something that should be a good thing we decided to find something that is kid friendly. All morning I have been researching the Disney cruises for the time frame we would want to go. I really like the Caribbean cruise but it is only offered as a 7 night cruise but all the stops and the places it goes looks amazing! But the price is $3500 for a inside room and $4200 for an ocean view. The pricing is for all 4 of us and includes

• shipboard accommodations
• dining
• entertainment
• Character experiences and select on board activities

However I Do think 7 nights is a little long for our first cruise. The down side is the Caribbean cruise is only offered in the 7night cruise. BUT if you can't do the Caribbean why not do the Bahamas! I found a 3night for $1650 for an inside room or $1850 for an ocean view and includes everything above!  I am thinking this will be the one we will do. The only down side is picking a date that is the cheapest and not booked up already. Also Finding the money to hold our reservation because they are booking up already. So we will see if this nice dream can be turned into a reality.

Ok...So to my Food in take. I have decided not to list out my foods every day. I will however Talk about my food intake. Yesterday I had a total of 1128 in calories. I ate fairly healthy but I am struggling with my sodium intake and keeping it low. I have a feeling that this week weigh in will not be a huge difference because I am taking in so much sodium this week and retaining more water. The next few day I am going to try not to have hardly any sodium and see if it will help with this weeks weigh in. I am trying to remember I am building muscle and not get to discourage if I don't lose a lot of weight. I can feel my legs getting firmer and Matt even said yesterday My butt was feeling nice an firm (Thanks to the Elliptical).

My Work out yesterday consisted of 20 min on the Elliptical and going for 1.3 miles. I burned 185 calories. I feel like today I may be able to go longer on the elliptical or up the level on the resistance. When I got off yesterday I did not have "Jell-o legs" like I have had before. That tells me I need to change something to push myself more. I also Haven't been doing the TM the last few days and I want to start back onto that. So my goal the next few days is to up my workouts.

OK well that's it for now, I will probably blog tomorrow morning about today since we are going to the Drive in tonight and will be out late. You all have a WONDERFUL Day!

Week 4 -- Day 3

Hi Everyone! Today was another uneventful day. I did however manage to get my work out in but it was not the best work out. My heart just was not in it today. Honestly my heart just was not in anything today. I didn't eat to bad and I did work out but it just one of those days. So this isn't going to be a long blog cause I think i actually want to get off the computer and try to get to bed at a decent hour.

Breakfast
Scrambled eggs w/spinach and turkey Bacon
Peach
Coffee and Creamer

Lunch
Bread less Sandwich again
Celery w/peanut butter

Snack
Peach

Dinner
Spaghetti
Green Beans
Garlic Bread

Snack
Bowl of honey bunches of oats

Total Calories: 1150

The Workout: I did the elliptical today for 20min and went 1.3 miles. I burned 186 calories.

Week 4 -- Day 2

So I had another great day! A day full of healthier choices! I am getting there slowly but I am doing it! I do however need to thank my Hubby and My best Friend for slapping some common sense back in to me! Thanks :-). Today I started to doubt what I was doing and getting a little discouraged for a few min. Then I was upset with myself for getting discouraged. The only reason I got bummed was My friend Danielle lost 10.6lbs this week! WTG! But after I congratulated her I started to wonder why I can't lose that much that fast. Heck I am on a pill that is to boost my weight lost but it seemed I was right about where I normally am when I diet without a pill. I don't know why I was doubting so bad because yesterday I was so happy about everything! But no worries I am so much better now! WTG D on your weight loss! You are doing Great!

I had a relaxing day today, just did my normal duties around the house. You know the ones that if they don't get done you will regret it later (Dishes..UHG). I absolutely Hate cleaning the kitchen, I think I would rather clean the bathroom then the kitchen! I also know if I don't keep up on it I will have a huge mess making it even worse to clean. Other then my normal routine nothing exciting happened today.

The Food


Breakfast
Honey Bunches of Oats w/Peaches
Coffee and creamer

Lunch
Bread less Sandwich (Turkey, Chicken and Cheese)
Cucumbers
Leftover Mexican rice dish (1/2 cup)

Snack
SunnyD Orange Swirl
Graham Crackers

Dinner Brinner :-)
Hash browns
Turkey Bacon
Scrambled Eggs w/Cheese and Spinach

Total Calories: 1246

The Work out: None....I was a bum today :-) But tomorrow I am back at the Y...I miss it already :-)

Week 4-- Day 1

So It dawned on me today I have no clue what day my 40 weeks is up on. And I kept thinking what is my end date? But then it dawned on me the 40 weeks is merely a goal not an end date. But I still wanted a date that way I can push my self towards something. I calculated my first day was June 5th 2010 and my end date will be March 12th 2011! It seems so far away but yet so close! March is a month I like to call MY month! My birthday is March 30th and because it is at the end of the month I feel it necessary to celebrate all month long! I am very excited to see that my end date is in March, It is almost like a birthday present to my self! The only thing I was thinking of was I have the holidays right in the middle of this..LOL. But hopefully by the time that happens I will already have developed good habits and will not let the excuse of "its a holiday" ruin my focus!


On that note I wanted to know how long on average it takes to develop a habit and to break a habit. After doing some research I have concluded there is no set time (which I kind of already knew that) But it is up to the person and their mind set. I believe I have already started to create some habits in my new healthier life. This morning as I am waking up out of bed my first thought was not can I sleep longer (that was my 2nd thought...lol) but it was Crud hubby works till 6pm and the Y closes at 7pm there is no way I can get to the Y today. Well I got lucky cause he had over time at work and was home early and I still made it to the Y before it closed :-) This morning after realizing what I had just thought it dawned on me 3 weeks ago I would have cared less if the Y closed at 7 and Matt worked till 6...cause my fat butt was not going to go to the Y :-). I am happy to see that My "want" to work out is there and my "want" to be healthier is there! This marks the longest I have ever tried to "diet". I always gave up when it got hard (typically week 2 and 3). Little did I know I was so close to being able to break through to the feelings I have had in the last couple of days. I love the fact that I want to work out and not only want to work out but I want to push myself a little harder everyday. I love the fact that last weekend I tried a Diet Dr. Pepper for the first time since I started and I could barley drink it! I love the fact that today when I made the girls lunch I had no desire to eat the greasy potato chips that I had a desired for just a week ago! I for once can feel the changes, they may not be physical changes but I am ok with that! I need mental changes before the physical changes can come and be permanent! Everyone kept telling me "Don't think of it as a diet think of it as a life style change". I'm Sorry this really bothered me...And I don't know why it did... :-) The way I see it is, yes this is a life style change but for me I had to think of it as a diet. I could not just go into it thinking of it as a lifestyle change. Whenever I have done that in the past I would get more irritated at the fact I could not have the things I wanted that were in my so called old life style. This time I kept the mine set of it being a diet and me wanting to be healthier, and as time went by my thoughts and opinions are changing making this a life style change. Do I want a piece of cake or pie? Of course I do! But I don't want 1/2 the pie or cake now....I only want a portion. Can I still go out to restaurants and eat? Sure I can! I know I am not the person I was a month ago. I know I am changing and I am so happy about it. For once I can feel I am changing for the better, not only to better myself but to better everyone around me! Thank you to everyone who reads my blogs and supports me! Your words help encourage me more then I think you realize!

After All of this I have been thinking of some of my mini goals. We all now I am getting my ipod when I lose 20lbs but I want to set a few more goals in between. I am thinking of having something at 50lbs, 75lbs 100lbs and then the final 115lbs. My hubby and I were talking and I think I would really like to go on a cruise or back to Hawaii when I lose my 115lbs! How awesome would that be! Going back to Hawaii would be like I have never been there before. When we went this last January I was disappointed in my self. I held my self back from having some fun I know I could have had. There is a lot of walking and when you are big and out of shape that is not fun to do! And everywhere we wanted to go we walked, I got to the point I didn't want to go very many places cause my feet hurt and I was a wuss! Now if we go back and I am 115lbs lighter and in shape I think I would just absolutely love it! And enjoy the beauty of Hawaii for all its worth! But for now I want to try and think of some mini goals, any thoughts or ideas?

Ok so down to the food I had today

Breakfast
Scrambled Eggs w/Cheese and Spinach
Strawberries
Coffee/creamer

Lunch
Ham and turkey lunch meat
Cucumbers
Celery w/peanut butter
Carrots

Snack
SunnyD orange swirl

Dinner
Hamburger Helper Cheesy Enchilada
Green Beans

Snack (I was a little hungry and I was still trying to get my calories a little higher)
Popcorn 94% Fat free

Total calories: 1127

The work out: I went to the Y and face the elliptical again today! I was on it for 20 min this time and went 1.3 miles! When I got off i had so much sweat dripping off my face and I felt great! (not really like I said it is a love/hate thing with the elliptical). I then jumped on they TM for 20 min and walked a slower pace and walked a total of .82 of a mile! (Yes I know its not a lot) all together I did 2.12 Miles and burned 324 calories!

Week 4 is feeling like a GREAT week already! You all have a wonderful night/day and thank you so much for everything that all of you do!

Day 21

The end of Week 3! This morning I was please to step on the scale and see I have lost 3.6lbs also dropping me below 240! This makes a total of 10.7lbs lost for me and I am very happy about it. I did good today on my food intake. I actually think this is one of my best days on food I have had so far!

Breakfast
Scrambled Eggs with Cheese and Spinach
Strawberries
Coffee and Creamer

Lunch
A piece of turkey lunch meat
A piece of Chicken breast lunch meat
Celery
Cucumbers
Hard boiled egg
SunnyD Smoothie Orang Swirl 8oz

Snack
Peach

Dinner
Steak(ish) It was suppose to be steak but it had been in the freezer to long so we used the chunk beef stuff and grilled that.
Corn
Sour Cream and Chive Mashed Potatoes

Snack
Peach

Total Calories: 1166

The Work out: I went to the Y today with Brian. We started on the TM and had it set for 30 min. But honestly 10 min into it I really was feeling like I should be on the elliptical so I stopped at 15min and hopped on the elliptical for 13 min. I find that even though the elliptical kicks me in my butt I LOVE it cause I can feel it working and the sweat just drips off my face! I know gross but it is an amazing feeling when I am done. Anyways my total Calories burned was 255! I am very happy!

Day 20

So tomorrow is the big day! I really want to lose 13lbs BUT we all know that is not realistic. 13lbs would put me at the 20lb mark and I would get my Ipod! After my ghetto cruddy mp3 gave out on me in the middle of my work out made it where I really want my Ipod now. I am sure though I have a few more weeks though. I had a real good day! My eating was ok, not the best but decent on calories. I was able to do a little grocery shopping today. I was very excited to see all my Favorite produce STILL on sale! Plus I picked up some spinach to try cooking it in things to help kick up my veggie count during the day. Swans was able to give me ideas a while back on what to cook it in so I can't wait till tomorrow morning, scrambled eggs with cheese and spinach! So the rest of my shopping trip was going good, by being married to the asst mngr of the grocery dept I often get really good deals! Getting good deals always make me very happy! Today's good deals consisted of:

61 items for $89

2 boxes Old El paso Taco Shells $.39 each
Taco Seasoning= Free
Kroger Cinnamon Apple sauce (6 individual pack) $.34
2 bags Of Charcoal 1 for $1.00 the other $1.43
Sunny Delight Smoothie (48oz) $.69
2 Dole Mandarin oranges $.43 each
2 Kroger Pineapple Tibet's $.32 each
Chicken noodle soup $.18
Buterball Turkey Bacon $1.80
Kroger Popcorn $.77 (3 pack)
Kroger 94% Fat free popcorn 6 pack $.72
Lite Cesar Dressing $.29

Now these are just My GREAT deals..My over all shopping experience was good and full of good deals. BUT there is one item I HATE to buy and to my surprise as I turn down the aisle the prices have went up on the product again! What am I talking about? I am talking about the product we pay so much money for just so we can wipe out butts and flush it down the toilet. Yes toilet paper! Why is it a pack of 12 "double roll" Is almost $10. And if you Buy the cheap $1 4 pack of store brand u really don't get much, it is thinner and less is there so u use more and in the end spend more! So today I am buying a brand I have never bought before but it seemed like a great buy. It is Scott brand 12 pack "double roll" for only $6.99 normally  $11.89. The thing that made this a better deal then the other brands on sale at this price is a normal "double role" Is 200-400 sheets and the toilet paper I bought is 1000 sheets to a roll! I even open the package a little to feel it to make sure it was not rough....LOL. So We will see if I found a good deal on toilet paper, and if it is worth it. Ok I am done with my Rant on toilet paper...LOL

Now to get to My food.

Breakfast
Sunny Delight 8oz
Coffee and Creamer
1 Piece of Bacon (we had no groceries)

Lunch
Hormels Completes Sesame Chicken (Very Gross)
5 Strawberries
1 Peach
Cinnamon Applesauce

Snack
Graham Crackers

Dinner
Helper complete Meals Cheesy Beef taco
     -SO Knowing I have a weigh in tomorrow I didn't want a lot of Salts (My Mistake last Thurs) So 3 bites into this I Stopped, got up and looked at the box. OH MY 1080mg of sodium for 1 cup. I quickly put it away.
Green Beans
Bowl of Honey Bunches of oats w/ Peaches. (To replace the Cheesy Beef taco)

The Work Out: Did 1 mile in 15 min on the elliptical and then moved to the TM for 20 min and walked .9 miles. Total Miles 1.9, Total time 35 min total calories burned 304!

Like I said I had a good day and I am looking forward to tomorrow morning! Have a good night everyone!

Day 19

I am getting closer and closer to Friday and my weigh in, I am getting excited about this week. I hope it lives up to my expectations. I had a real uneventful day today again. So here is the food :-)

Breakfast
Coffee and creamer

Lunch
Campbells Cheesy Broccoli Soup

Snack
Peanutbutter toast

Dinner
Meatloaf
Mashed Potatos
Corn on the cob

Total: 1221

Work out: 30 min 1/2 Elliptical and 1/2 TM burning a little over 200 calories

Day 18

Hi everyone! So today I hit my calories! I am very excited about this. But however I failed to workout. By the time Matt got home and dinner was made and I ate dinner It was way late. So I will work out extra hard tomorrow and I know I can cause Matt is off and I will be able to go whenever I feel like it and for ever long I feel like. :-). Honestly nothing excited happened today so I will keep this short and sweet :-)

Food


Breakfast
Frosted mini wheats

Snack
Graham Cracker

Lunch
Lean cuisine Lasagna

Snack
Peach

Dinner
Hamburger Helper--Cheesy Enchilada

Total Calories: 1227 :-)

Day 17

Ok well...Last night once again I did not get my blog written But here I am today doing it. Yesterday was a good day on the diet with the exception of lack of calories. I think I had more veggies today then I normally do but still was under. I am finding if I eat unhealthy I hit the calorie mark for the day but feel so icky about it. But when I eat healthy and feel good about what I ate all day I don't get to 1200 calories. I know a lot of people say try to substitute with more fruits and veggies but my problem is fruits and veggies are low calorie, and when I eat low calories stuff I am not hitting my calories. I know I can eat a lot of calories...that is not the issue...my issue is hitting 1200-1500 (preferably 11200-1400) and doing it healthy. So Today (day 18) is another try at it. We will see if I am successful. Here's the food for Day 17

Food

Breakfast
Frosted mini wheats w/milk
Coffee and creamer

Lunch

Grilled Cheese
Celery

Snack
Peach

Dinner
Hamburger helper-- Cheesy Taco
Corn


Total calories: 990

The work out: I did the elliptical today, I chose the fat burning work out and did it for 20 min and burned about 200 calories.

Ok that is it for the day. I will try for a better day today :-). You all have a wonderful day!

Day 16

Hey everyone! So i did not get this posted last night like I normally do. Yesterday was an ok day, I was low on calories again but I ate healthy and ate every few hours.  So I am stating to find that balance. I got an awesome couple of tips from family and followers and for that Thank you! I love all the support I have right now! That alone makes me want to not mess up or quit! Ok So for the food yesterday :-)

The Food

Breakfast
Bowl of frosted mini wheats w/milk
coffee and creamer

Lunch
Spaghetti

Snack
Peach

Snack #2
Peach

Dinner
Freddy's Frozen custard and Burgers...I had a Veggie Burger! The first one I have ever had...I have to get use to it but I think I could eat another one!

Total: 1002 ----I thought it would be higher cause of dinner but I chose not have fries or ice cream...At the time I didn't know how low cal the burger was.

The work out: None My off day...

Ok yall! Have a great day I will post tonight also! for today!

Day 15

So this is day one of week 3! And so far I am doing OK.I tried to actually eat every couple of hours today but durning the afternoon I consumed a high amount of calories and unhealthy food. But The way I look at it is my calories for the over all day were in the range I would like and I let my self have a few of things I haven't been able to have in the last couple of weeks. Honestly after eating them part of me was upset at my self for eating so many unhealthy calories and the other part didn't really even like the taste. I do have to say I am proud of myself cause I am learning smaller portions and also I didn't like the junk I ate (you will see in the food part what it was). I do want to share with you all something. I was getting really discouraged about how many calories I had today and it being my highest so far, but my brother brought up a very good point. Before I use to eat a whole lot more calories than what I am eating now. So I started doing the Math, Tonight for dinner I made homemade Mexican food (mainly burritos/tacos) and I consumed 500 calories for dinner. I was upset at the amount of calories I had for dinner cause it seemed high but when I started to think how many calories I use to eat when I made this meal it was disgusting! Basically I use to eat 2 big/stuffed burritos that would equal close 1500 calories. So tonight I ate a taco salad (just lettuce cheese, meat and salsa) and a soft taco and I consumed 1/3 of what I use to in calories and I thought My taco salad was very yummy and tasted way better than my soft taco. So slowly I am making a little progress and I am learning as I go. I was talking to my husband tonight and before I started doing this all I wanted to do all day was sitt on my butt, I let the house get messier than what it should be and I was not the wife and mother I was capeable of being. I now have more energy and want to clean the house (well want as much as anyone would want to clean a house) I want to actually do things with my kids and I am wanting to work out. Before I felt obligated or pressured into working out, now it is all me. I have learned no one can lose the weight for me only I can, and it is so rewarding working hard for something and seeing the rewards of it. I joked (but the sad thing is this is mostly true) with Matt tonight that so many obesed people want a magic pill to take that automatically takes the weight off. Or they want someone who will do the work for them. I do have to admit I use to be one of these people. I wanted to find a way to lose weight without having to put effort/time into it. It is so easy to say I don't have time to work out or I don't have time to plan to eat healthy. Well I got news for you if you have time to watch TV than you have time to work out and plan to eat healthy. I do have to say doing it now is a whole lot easier with all the support that I do have, so thank you everyone who reads my blog and comments and all my friends and family out there! You all are awesome! Anyways I will get down to what I ate today, and remeber I am proud of myself about my dinner, oh and the fact I ate breakfast! However I am not so proud of the lunch time frame but I am learning and have learned from today.

The Food


Breakfast
Frosted mini wheats
Coffee and Creamer


Snack
Peach

Lunch #1 (with my girls)
1 hot dog
10 potato chips


Lunch #2 (this was about 1 1/2 - 2 hours later)
Smart ones Frozen meal

Dinner
Taco Salad
Soft taco

Total Calories: 1443, My goal is 1200-1500 calories so I did fall in the middle but still like I said the highest I have had.


The workout: Well after dinner my brother Brian and I were going to go to the Y and realized for some stupid reason it closes at 7pm on Saturday and Sunday so we missed our chance to go there. However we did not let this stop us we decided to go for a walk around the neighborhood. We walked a total of 1.5 miles for 36min, and I burned 260 calories. We may have done more if we were at the Y and may have burned more but I am still proud that we did what we did!


OK so that was my day, and I think one of my longest posts yet, but I had a lot to say about what all I discovered today. I hope you all have a wonderful evening/night!

Day 14

Day 14 the end of week 2! Wow I am so glad to have week 2 over with! I struggled more this week than I did the first week. I didn't necessarily struggle in eating healthy or working out. I struggled more mentally. I set myself up many times this week for failure how ever I did not let it get me! I did weigh in today and lost a total of 1.6lbs! I am happy that I did have a loss and not a gain but was very disapointed to see it only be 1.6lbs. I was expecting way more because It is only my 2nd week and I am on phentermine. Everyone I have talked to that has taken this pill has said they loss a lot of weight at the beginning and I don't seem to be doing that. I am eating healthy, however their are a few days I don't eat enough but their has yet to be a day I have over ate. I have worked out 10 days of the last 14, which I know I could have done more but there are some days that it is very hard to squeeze in a work out. I don't know what else to do to help me lose weight. And I know you all out there will say 1.6lbs is a great loss, and if this were week 10 I would agree with you. But for week 2 it seems very low. Any suggestions on what I can change to help boost it? Maybe I should just be happy that I am losing weight and not gaining and shut up...LOL But anyone who knows me knows I am not a very patient person. LOL When I want something I want it now, not in 40 weeks. But I also have learned to think more realistic, and my goal is 115lbs in 40 weeks which is an average of 2.88lbs a week. I am currently averaging 3.55 a week.  So in that since I am exceeding my goal. See If I rant long enough I will start to see the bright side of it. It is a matter of airing out all the frustration and getting over it and moving on. :-) Ok so tomorrow is a start of a new week for me. My goal for this next week is to make sure every meal is right at the 1200 calories I am to have and make sure I work out 6 days, if not 7. Yes Brian you heard me 6-7 days this week! You owe me and I am cashing in :-).

Ok to get to the food (it was a bad day)


Breakfast
Coffee and Creamer

Lunch
Chicken noodle soup
Green beans

Dinner
Mac n Cheese
   - Homemade but I made my separate from the families....I put a smaller amount of Cheese, no butter and no salt.

Total Calorie: Maybe....941


The Work out:

Well I was suppose to meet my brother at The YMCA today but do to some things he had to cancel (check his blog out Starting over). So I went by myself cause I knew I needed to get my work out in. I was able to walk 1.78 miles in 45min. The 45 min was a hard walk. I kept wanting to stop and give up. But a voice in my head kept saying you are not going to lose weight by giving up....stick to it! So I felt so good after the 45 min walk I jumped on the bike and did 3.2 miles in 15 min for an even 60 min work out. I did a total of 5 miles and burned 600 calories!  Like I said I am feeling real good about my work out today.

Ok everyone you have a great night!

Day 13

Oh my my....Tomorrow is the big day! I am very nervous about tomorrows weigh in. I know this last week I have ate well and I have worked out almost every night but Because I have taken a few sneak peaks I don't think I am going to lose.  I really hope I am wrong but I will find out in the morning.

Today was a good day! We got our cable installed this morning. Me and the girls went to the park with Brian and my niece Julianna. It was nice to eat sandwiches and let the kids run around. We than took a short walk on the trail but due to the heat and lack of time we cut it short. Honestly that is about the extent of the day. Tomorrow is a big day with the weigh in and I am meeting my brother at 2pm at the Y for another workout.

For food today I did ok. I honestly didn't get to eat breakfast this morning. I got up and couldn't stand the sight of the dishes so I started on those till The cable guy got there and by the time he left we had to to get ready to go to the park. I was able to squeeze some fruit in but that is all.

The Food

Breakfast
Fruit (peach and grapes)
Coffee with creamer

Lunch
Turkey Sandwich

Snack
Protein Bar

Dinner
Homemade breakfast skillet thing
Pudding

Total Calories: 1218

The Work out: About 1/2 mile walk in the park with the girls and Brian.

Wish me luck for the morning! I would love to make Crazyrunner run a good run tomorrow! Cause I really don't want to do double miles! Please Also Check My brothers Blog out! He is starting his journey to Starting over. Please help me Pimp him out! His journey is a little more than just wanting to lose weight....but I will let you check him out to find out the details.

Day 12

Well today was another uneventful day for me. Matt was off today for once so we spent time together, it was very nice. I did get my work out in with my Brother and I am very excited about that. We have actually set up a plan to try to meet everyday this week to work out in some way or another. Together we can keep each other motivated. I am excited as we are getting cable installed tomorrow for the first time in over a year! The only reason we are getting cable is cause our current internet provider is horrible and can't manage to give me decent service and fix the issue without us having to pay for it. So when they told us it would be $125 to repair our lines outside for the internet, Hubby called the cable company to get a quote for their internet. And because the cable company are good sales men and I think I have worked it into our extremely tight budget we are getting the whole shabang, HD cable, phone and internet. We will actually spend real close to the same amount of money as we do now cause we are eliminating a cell phone. 

Ok so besides getting cable tomorrow their really isn't much else. I am finding it harder to blog tonight cause I am losing concentration because Matt is playing the xbox right next to me. The last 2 nights I was able to blog in peace and quiet and It was quite nice, even though i didn't write much last night. So with all that I will get down to my wonderful day 12 towards a healthier me!

Food

Breakfast

Scrambled Eggs

Peach

Lunch

Subway oven roasted chicken breast sandwich

Baked lays

ice tea with sweetener

Snack

Grapes

Dinner

Biscuits and Gravy (1biscuit)

Snack

Pudding

Total Calories: 1231

The work out: Brian and I went to the YMCA today and worked out on the treadmill. I normally just do my own thing on the tm, I set it at incline 2 and walk any where from 2.5mph - 3mph. Brian does their "fat burning" work out which offers different levels of intensity...1 being the lowest. Today I decided to join him and try it out. I set my weight and my time (30min) and I chose a level 2 intensity. He set his weight and time and chose a lv 3. Within 3 min I found myself tuning it off and adjusting it back down to a level 1 intensity, Well......again I found it kicking me in the butt at a level 1 so I said screw it and changed it to "manual" set it at a 3 incline and walked 2.8mph. However toward the end of our  "walk" I see Brian crank it up and start running...."well if he can run so can I"...I though to my self....LOL. I ran for 1.5 min and than walked and than ran again for maybe another minute and said screw it. LOL. But now I have a goal. I would like to be able to run....and I am going to start with saying I would like to run for 5min straight. So for today I did a total of 1.6 miles in 30 min and burned 219 calories.  Overall I feel great about my work out today at the Y. The family and I were also able to escape from our house for a little bit this evening to take a walk around the neighborhood. It was so nice to casually walk with the girls and hubby and enjoy the outdoors and life. 

Well I am off for the night, I hope everyone has a wonderful evening!

Day 11

So today has been another uneventful day. Not much has happened today. So because not much happened i don't have much to talk about short of sounding like a broken record.

Food
Breakfast
Fruit
Coffee and creamer

Lunch
Lean Cuisine Mac n Cheese

Snack
Celery w/peanut butter

Dinner
Spaghetti

Total Calories: 1330

Work Out: None
      Maybe If I had a decent DVD I could work out to here at home. Tomorrow I am going to the Y with my brother and I am going to have a good work out to help make up for today!

Day 10

Day 10...Wow I am in the double digits. Can't wait till my total pounds coming off are in the double digits..LOL. Today was a harder day for me as I have been in a "funk" mood all day...not really a bad mood or good mood...just a mood. I did real good on food although I totally forgot about breakfast which could very well be the reason for the "mood". I was needing a little bit of encouragement mid day as I was getting real bummed about my work out. I kept trying to go to the Y to workout and on Sunday they close at 7pm and Matt didn't get off work till 6pm. Today I was looking forward to going to the Y all day and get a real good workout in, but I got a message from Matt saying he needed to go into work tonight cause someone called in. I instantly got upset cause I am tired of working out at home and I needed to get out of the house. I went into the bathroom and stepped on the scale....BIG mistake! I now know why I weigh in once a week and why I weigh in at the same time of day. I wanted to through the scale out the window...and no I won't tell you what it said...not till Friday. Well not expecting to go to the Y when Matt got home from jury duty I went ahead and started dinner. He walked in the house and told me to go ahead and go cause he told work he could not come in (It was his day off anyways). He knew how much going to the Y meant to me tonight and made it happen! Thanks baby! I was able to do my work out like I wanted but kept it short cause I had company coming over and Matt was going to go ahead and go hang out with his brother for some "guy time" playing xbox...lol. Well on my way home from the Y, I got a phone call from My friend who needed to cancel, which I don't blame her if I were her I would have canceled also after the day she had. So I have the whole house to myself while I blog and listen to a Podcast by Crazyrunner.  Today was my first day ever listening to a podcast. I can see why people like podcasts. I think I will be downloading a couple on my Mp3 player when I get it cause they will be nice to have while working out. Well Anyways not much else happened so I will get right down to it.

The food

Breakfast

Coffee with creamer

Lunch

Lean cuisine sesame Chicken

Peach

Graham Crackers

Dinner

Hamburger Helper

Cantaloupe

Total: 1193

I have noticed I have not been putting water intake on here....and quite honestly I have no idea what it is nor will I track it...LOL..It will make you sick...I drink A LOT of water now. The drugs (my pill I am on for any of those who have not read my earlier blogs..lol) give me cotton mouth so that helps plus I just love water. I have a BIG glass I use daily and I will go through at minimum of 5 of these.

I just notice that the flash on my camera does not show the inches..LOL...well it was almost 8inches tall.

So the Work Out!

I was able to go to the Y and I did 10 Min on the TM, 7 Min on the elliptical, and 10 min on the bike. I did a total of 3 miles between all of them! I feel really good about my work out and am happy that I was able to go to the Y! Thanks again Hunny!

Ok, well I just got a call from the hubby saying he was on his way home so my me time will be ending soon..LOL But I get to see him! You all have a great night!

My Family/friends and Support

This morning I am sitting here drinking my coffee and thinking of how lucky I am. I have a wonderful support system! I have wonderful husband that reminds me to work out even when I am trying to "forget to workout". He sticks little goals out there for me to make it easier to achieve my over all goal! I have my best friend Anya who is willing to tell me the cold honest truth because she loves me :-) but most of all knows how to tell me the truth with it being more motivating than hurting! Can't forget about my mom and the rest of my family who is very supportive and reminds me that they are proud of me almost everyday, thank you for that! I have my wonderful KoC friends who help me in various ways. Danielle motivates me By how hard she is working at losing the weight and being able to do it with out any "pills" and doing an amazing job so far! Swans (Crystal S.) helps by her updates and her hard work on her bike as well as all the knowledge/info she has shared with me about dieting and phentermine. And than there is Swans crazy husband..."Crazyrunner" (Matt S.). He has agreed to run 1 mile for every pound I lose on Fridays (my weigh in date). That alone makes it where I want to lose a lot of weight to just make him run more..LOL. I have My brother Brian who has just agreed to work out with me on Tuesdays, so I am really looking forward to having someone there to talk to while I work out. Than I have all of my followers here on my blog as well as on facebook. The little comments and watching your lives helps keep me motivated that there are other people out there just like me, taking one day at a time with one goal in common, to lose weight! I am so blessed to have all the people that I have for my support. Thank you everyone!

Day 9

Hey everyone! Today was a much better day! I woke up feeling a little sore but overall feeling better. I had a somewhat relaxing day besides cleaning the kitchen and living room. My kids kept me on my toes the better part of the day as they kept getting into everything and not listening. I had ATT back out here today to re look at the internet just for him to tell me that we have to run a new cat 5 cord from the house/modem to the box outside. He said we can do it on our own or hire him to do it and he would charge me a minimum of $120. I refuse to pay that much to have them fix the issue that in my opinion should have been part of the installation when we hooked up our DSL. So we have Cox Cable coming out on Thursday to hook up our internet, and I am canceling ATT. It will be nice to have regular internet that doesn't keep messing up.

I had a good "diet day" and the day is not even over yet :-). I have ate healthy most of the day but I have not worked out yet. I am hoping to go to the Y when hubby gets home but it is getting late. I may just con him into working out with me…..LOL.

Ok the Food

Breakfast

Fruit (peach and Strawberries)

Coffee w/creamer

Lunch

Lean cuisine—Shrimp Alfredo

Peach

Snack

Special K Protein bar

Dinner

Taco Salad

Soft Taco

Total Calories: 989

Work out:

None as of yet…not saying it is not going to happen….Watch for my daily mile update :-)

 

Anyways, like I said my day felt good, my total calories are under but I will probably have a snack after I work out. I also want to say how proud I am for Danielle! She lost 5.2lbs this week! You go girl! I am also Proud of Swans who as of last night had a 14 day streak on the bike! Even when she is exhausted and has worked all day she still finds the energy! You 2 girls I am so proud of and I'm excited I get to go through this journey with you as well as with all my other followers out there. You are my inspiration not to give up (that and the mp3 player hubby has told me I will get when I lose my first 20lbs…LOL). Keep up the hard work ladies! Oh and CR get ready to run a lot of miles this Friday…I have a feeling it will be a good drop! LOL

 

Have a good night everyone!

Day 8

To warn you now this is not going to be long...I want to write a lot and tell you about so much but unfortunately I am still feeling like Crud...I think I am worst tonight then I was yesterday....So on to the food..

Breakfast
Bowl of frosted mini wheats
Coffee w/creamer

Lunch
Smart one santa fe rice
quesadilla (Can't spell...)
.

Dinner
Scrambled Eggs (the only thing that I think I could eat)

total calories 1095

Work out: 350 various crunches

Talk at you all later....

Day 7 -- 1 week!

So I started my day off feeling like crud all day. Real bad tummy issues....I did not even want to weigh in because I knew I would not be as low as I would be if I were to wait and weigh tomorrow. But I made a promise to myself and others that I would weigh in today. So I hoped on the scale and to my surprise I did lose 5.5lbs (still probably would have been more), went from 249.5 to 244! After I got off the scale I got the kids breakfast to my pill and laid back down because I was still not feeling well. Matter of fact I am still not feeling well.

The whole Day I dealt with my stupid internet not staying on. We have had issues before with the internet especially when there is a storm. But today we had blue skies and no weather at all so I was getting very frustrated. I called ATT to talk to (at the time I thought was) the newest member to their staff. After feeling my blood pressure rise and him basically telling me it is my telephone cord in my house I hung up and continued to "deal" with the internet. A few hours went by and it starts to go out every 2 minutes if not more often. So I call back and to my disbelief the young man I spoke to earlier on the phone was not the newest member of ATT the gal I was speaking to right then was and to top it all off she just had this squeaky high pitch voice that sounded like nails on the chalk board. She however was able to inform me that the "signal" was not a clear signal from my modem to them....REALLY???? I didn't know that! (Ok yes I am the worst person to call customer services when I am mad...Maybe it was the time I did at the T-Mobile call center). She then begins to inform me that she can send someone out to check the outdoor lines and if those are ok then he will check the indoors...but if it is the indoor lines I have to pay for it...I then told her I would refuse to pay a dime and if that were the case I would shut my internet off and go to Cox (local cable company).  After talking to Matt I decided to go run to Wal-Mart (I have a whole story about Wal-Mart though) and pick up a new phone cord that was shorter and of course newer. Since I have done that the internet does seem to be fine but I am still having the guy come out tomorrow to check the lines outside cause I am sure it doesn't hurt.

SO My trip to Wal-Mart reminded me why I do not shop at Wal-Mart very often and I stick to Dillons/Kroger. I get there and I am running inside for 3 items, Phone cord, Matt's creamer, and some meds for my tummy. After quickly realizing this store has gone though yet another remodel I try to find where everything is. Where the pharmacy area use to be is now seasonal summer stuff and it was all torn apart and stuff all over the place. I went in search for the phone cord first as I get back there I noticed a ton of people in the dept and cannot seem to find any help for someone to tell me where there cords are. After searching I find a small section and 4 telephone cords, 7ft, 12ft, 25ft, and 50ft. The first I guy I talked on the phone with mentioned that the cord should be no longer then 15 foot long. Well the only phone jack in my house is in dining room/kitchen and my computer is in the living room so I figured about a 15 foot would work…but not any shorter. Well as you saw above I did not get a choice in 15 foot…it was either 12 feet or 25ft…..so I bought both! After gathering my other items I get to the front of the store just to find out they have a thousand registers but only 4 open! I pick the one that is labeled 10 items or less and wait….and wait….and wait. The lines were backing up and finally someone come in to help clear up the long lines…but instead of taking the people who waited the longest they take the people who just got in line! I am sure I have wonderful blood pressure tonight after dealing with ATT twice and Wal-Mart!
And Guess what! I just lost internet…..guess it isn’t my cord! UHG

Anyways I am done ranting…on to what I ate today. I was horrible today and did not have enough calories again I think a lot was I just was not feeling that good.
The food

Breakfast
Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwich
Coffee and creamer

Lunch
Tuna Noodle thing… (frozen meal)

Dinner
Breakfast burrito! Very yummy! But way less calories then I thought.

Dessert
My single serve ice cream sundae

Work out
None :-( not feeling good but I will work out real good tomorrow.

Ok…That’s it for the night I think. Everyone have a wonderful night and a wonderful weekend!

Day 6 --

So today was eventful and uneventful all in one. I woke up this morning and ran around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get to the doctors office by 8am. I made it at 8:02 and got my x-ray for my foot and my lab work done. After wards I headed to my dads work to say hi to him and grab me some coffee. It was nice being able to talk to my dad for a few minutes before heading back home. I arrived home to find my wonderful husband cooking breakfast, bacon and eggs, and my coffee made! The rest of the day was mostly family time...well kind of Matt spent most the day working out in the yard while I stayed inside with the girls doing my normal daily thing. While the girls were napping I had a nice quiet house, what better time to try to budget a checkbook. It took nearly 2 hours cause just when I think I had it I made it worst. I finally found my mistake to be I wrote in our log $7.50 instead of $75. Hummmm that can really mess your check book up...LOL. After the girls got up We all went outside and enjoyed some nice weather. I decided that while everyone was outside I would try to get in some type of work out. I came back inside and did some crunches till I could do no more. After I was done it was time to start thinking about dinner. Wait I am at dinner I missed the best part of the day, my blood work all came back normal! Anyways after Dinner and dishes were done we all took a nice little walk around the block. We came home gave the girls a bath and put them to bed and now I sit here typing to you and watching Matt play xbox.

Food

Breakfast
Bacon and eggs
Fruit
Coffee with creamer

Lunch
Grilled Cheese

Dinner
Homemade mac n cheese (so not healthy or low in calorie)

Total: 1232--I guess no Ice cream tonight..LOL

The work out

No actual going to the Y and working out. I did however do 203 crunches. 100 regular, 50 on the right, 50 on the left and 3 more normal...I know 3 such an odd number...But I was trying to do 50 more and just couldn't....LOL

I also Enjoyed a nice walk with my family around the block. It was short and lasted 10 min but it was very nice time together! While on the walk I noticed my pants kept falling down!!! LOL...So I am thinking I may have lost enough weight to go down a size which will be nice cause I just got into this size and was not liking it at all...LOL. The down side is these are brand new shorts!

Anyways tomorrow is the weigh in and I can't wait!!!!!! I feel like a little girl and it is Christmas Eve..LOL. Let's just hope My excitement lives up to what tomorrow holds!

Ok yall have a great night I will talk to you tomorrow!

Day 5 -- 6/9/10

So you have already heard about my morning it was actually an uneventful day. I spent a lot time with my kiddos today trying to be more active with them. I don't really have much to say cause I ranted already this morning about it all LOL.
So the Food

Breakfast
Bowl of shredded wheat w/milk
2 Mugs of coffee with sugar free french vanilla creamer

Lunch
2 Hot dogs (the only thing really in the house)

Snack
8oz of Cherry Limeade

Dinner
1 Slice of frozen pizza (that stuff is HIGH in calories)

Dessert!!!
Smart ones Premium chocolate chip sundae (yummy!!!)


Total: 1275


The work out:
Yea well no actual work out today but Like I said before I was more active today then normal with my kiddos and some days that can burn more calories then riding my bike...LOL

K well that is it for the night! Tomorrow is the day I get my blood work done (blah). I will keep you all updated! Have a great night!

My rant on day 5

So I am blogging much earlier than what I normally do. It is about 9:30am here and I am bored. I know you are probably thinking wow only 9:30 in the morning and she is bored I would have a ton of stuff to do. Well I did a good job yesterday actually keeping up with my kitchen and dishes, and my hubby unloaded the dishwasher for me already so my normal morning routine is a little messed up. Normally I clean the kitchen about this time but that is done. I have picked up the Living room already but I am sure my wonderful children will destroy it again through out the day. My coffee or my pill has yet to really kick in so my "want" to find anything else to do is not there.

I had to call Westar (the electric company) today cause we were scheduled to get shut off tomorrow and I had to beg them to let me pay them on Friday (I know probably TMI and I am sure my husband loves the fact I am sharing this info). Living on one income is hard sometimes but I totally love the fact I get to spend time with my girls and watch them grow and help them learn. I just need to remember we are on a tight budget and every little thing causes us to get off the budget and cause it to snowball on us. The last 5 days I am trying to eat healthy and not ruin my diet but there is only so much you can do with very little money. My budget likes boxed food and processed junk. Why? Because it is CHEAP. Why is it when I visit the produce department and pick up very little produce (and even buying stuff "in season") I double my grocery bill? I am usually pretty good about saving a ton of money when I do the shopping but there is only so much you can save. My wonderful Sister in-law, Mandi taught me to make a "menu". Not like on Monday you eat this and Tuesday you eat this type of menu, but make a list of foods/meals your family is going to eat through out the week or weeks. And then make your grocery list based on your menu. I do this with adding a few extra steps (pretty sure she does these also), I make my menu based on what I can find on sale and what I can find coupons for. But once again a lot of coupons are for processed junk to make it even cheaper. No wonder America is so over weight. Matt and I thought about growing our own garden this year to be able to have a lot of those veggies for basically free. But we were late getting that started and I have only recently planted jalapenos. So maybe next year we can work on doing that. I tried to grow an herb garden but as I stated in my previous blog I kill plant so my herbs did not make it. So this year I will stick with whatever I can find that some how fits into my budget. This is the part of eating healthier and dieting that has always discouraged me in the past. I am trying to get passed it this time by dealing with the fact we have the type of food we have cause we are on a budget and I can eat smaller portions. Yesterday I ate unhealthy in my opinion, where my over all foods say were not too unhealthy i just ate to little calories. My doctor mentioned to me that eating to little is almost like eating to much. It is a fine line on how many calories you should eat in one day. Yesterday I was going to try to eat some peanut butter toast after my work out but never did, so my calories yesterday were not even 900. Matter of fact I have not had a day yet where I have hit my 1200 calories. So Today I am going to try to get a little closer to the 1200 calories. Ok I guess I am done with my rant right now...LOL. I will still post a blog tonight about the overall day. Please comment if you have suggestions on healthier foods that are CHEAP! Thanks!

Day 4 --- 6.8.10 Part 2

Ok so To add to earlier cause I did just get home from working out and I wanted to make sure I added that to today! I am lucky that we have a membership to the YMCA and pay next to nothing for it and even luckier it is less then 2 miles away!

Ok the Work out

Not much But I jumped on the bike tonight and rode 4 miles in 20 min! I feel great about it! I set the Lv on the bike 3 lvs higher tonight and pedaled a little faster then before also!

Food

I did notice i forgot to tell you my calories in my previous blog so here we go:

Calories: 897...Very low so because I just worked out I am going to eat some peanut butter toast which will put me over the 1000 mar kbut still under the 1200, I really feel I should eat more to get the 1200 mark but I don't want to eat unhealthy also. maybe once I go grocery shopping and I am able to get some fresh fruits and Veggies.

Day 4 --- 6.8.10

Hey everyone! Well I have had a good day! Nothing real eventful, the typical morning coffee, Good Morning America and KoC. Plus I got to spend part of the morning with my wonderful husband cause he had to work later today. In the afternoon while kids were sleeping i decided to plant some flowers that i bought a few days ago. I don't know why I bother...I always kill plants. Matter of fact this is my 2nd go around at planting flowers in this flower bed this season. The first set were seeds and when they were coming up we were in the middle of putting a yard in. With a new yard the grass needed lots of water. So i don't know if the drowned or if the pounding of the sprinkler killed them....either way they are dead. This set i just bought some small pints and planted those. I will keep u posted how long these stay alive.

I really wanted to go to the Y today to work out but because of Matt's schedule I do not know if that will happen maybe when he gets off. I know i could have done something at home but for some reason I have no motivation to do anything at my house as far as working out. If I had a TM or bike here maybe I would. But for now I am sitting here waiting for Matt to get home and watching Disney's UP with my girls.

Ok well not much to add I stayed real low on calories today...Too Low so I will probably eat something after I get home from the Y.

Food

Breakfast
Scrambled Eggs
2 mugs of Coffee with sugar free creamer

Lunch---a lil of this a lil of that
Tilapia---but as I was eating it I lost all want for it and it started to taste gross.
Green beans---Very yummy!
Left over Fettuccine alfredo

Dinner
Taco Salad

The Work out

None as of now but I will post later when I do.

Day 3 -- 6.7.10

So today was an ok day not to eventful. I burnt dinner...the same dinner I tried to cook last night but couldn't cause my chicken was still frozen...It is a sign I was not meant to cook this meal...LOL

Ok so this is not a long blog cause I am just exhausted right now and I feel I need to spend time with the Hubby before I fall asleep.

So here is my "stuff" for the day:

Food:

Breakfast
Bowl of frosted Shredded Wheat cereal w/Milk
2 mugs of coffee w/sugar free french vanilla creamer

Lunch
Grilled cheese w/tomato soup
Corn

Dinner
Fettuccine Alfredo

Total calories 1005 --- well below the goal..but I may eat a snack to bring it a lil higher.

The Workout

Started on the Bike hoping for 20 min but wasn't feeling the bike tonight So I did 10 Min and went 1.9 miles.

Next was the TM and I was feeling good on it. After battling if I should do 30 min or 20 min so I settled for 25 min. After walking the 25 min and watching who wants to be a millionaire I felt good and felt like I could do more....but I knew I needed to get home to cook...oh wait Burn dinner :-).

Total calories burned: 374

Anyways Have a good night everyone.

Day 2 --- 6.6.10

Let me start by saying I am so happy to see blogger back up and running. Ok now for the blog I wrote last night.

Goals


OK so after realizing yesterday's blog did not really say my goals I am going to do that today :-) My goal is to be down to the weight I was when I met my husband! In order to do this I need to lose 115lbs which I know will not come to me easy. I would like to lose all this weight in 40 weeks the same length of a pregnancy. With that being said i have to lose an average of 2.88lbs a week to accomplish this goal! I know this is a harder goal but I believe I can do it! My starting weight on Friday morning was 249lbs I will be making Fridays my weekly weigh in.

Today


I woke up this morning and like always headed straight to make coffee and turned the computer on....my 2 weakness. Got the kiddos breakfast and myself some breakfast also...had a lazy morning till about 10am and I started to pick up around the house and run the dishwasher (forgot to run it from the day before). By the time I was done with that it was time to make lunch. After lunch I put the kiddos down for nap and got back on the computer while watching a little TV. Matt was off early today so I was able to sneak away to the YMCA to work out! I felt like a million dollars while I was working out and after. I never expected to feel so good the first day back into working out. I was introduced to a fun site by a couple of friends....It is called the dailymile.com (thanks CR and Swans!) That alone made it where I wanted to work out and have a good work out cause I know too many people will see what I have or haven't done :-). When I was done I came home to proudly enter my workout and think about starting dinner. Well the downside to the very yummy dinner I had planned was my chicken was still frozen solid. So with nothing else sat out the girls had canned ravioli's...yuck and Matt had a bowl of cereal. Over all the day has been good and I feel I had a Great day 2!

The Food!


Breakfast
Scrambled Eggs w/cheese
2 mugs of Coffee w/sugar free creamer
---And yes I wrote Mugs cause as I was entering my calories for the day it dawned on me... I did not have 2 cups (8oz) of coffee...my coffee mug holds way more than 8oz. All though I am not sure how much more my mug is. So for now it will be mugs :-) and a guess when I enter it on sparkpeople.com.


Lunch
2 Tilapia Fillets w/lemon pepper


Snack
Banana w/peanut butter

Dinner
Grilled Cheese
Tomato soup

Total Calories: 1129

The Workout!

I walked for 17min (was going to be 30min but the tread mill messed up) at an incline of 3
I then Rode a bike for 20min at 11 miles per hour pace and went 3.7 miles
I then felt cheated from my walk and hopped back on the treadmill for another 10min bringing my total walking 27 min for a distance of 1.1 miles!

Total calories burned: 498

I feel good today about everything I accomplished and I looking forward to tomorrow!

Day 1 - 6.5.10

We will see how this goes! This is my first time actually writing a blog. I have done small ones before on sites like myspace but never full hearty blog. My name is Jen and I am married to the most wonderful husband there is, Matt. Matt and I have been married a little over 5 years now and together we have 2 beautiful little girls, Abby (4) and Emma (3). My family is my everything and I know with out them I would not be who I am today! So with that being said I decided to actually go visit the doctor to check on my health. I want to be healthy for my girls and I want to be able to do more in life then be a lump in my house. I originally scheduled the appointment cause I took a fall down some stairs about 2 months ago, hurt my leg and I have not fully healed. So in order to makes sure all was right there I just made an over all check up appointment. Have I mentioned I HATE visiting doctors...LOL Anyways I walk out of the appointment with a Rx for Phentermine, an appointment to get blood work done as well to x-ray my foot/leg that I hurt when I fell. Nothing like getting hit with 1/2 way bad news...only to sit around and wait till Thursday till I go and get my blood drawn to be tested for several things.

One thing the doctor told me was to try to stick to a 1200 calorie diet. So today was day 1 for taking my new pill and eating 1200 calories. I got up this morning and like all mornings I go straight to the coffee maker to get it started. I looked down to see my pill sitting there (I placed them where I knew I would see them) so I popped my first one. I sat down on the couch to watch a little good morning America to find myself falling back to sleep. Not at all what I expected on this pill. After taking a nice 30min nap in the morning I got up, got my coffee, and turned the computer on. As I am sitting there on the computer it all of a sudden hits me the amount of energy I have. I found myself trying to talk to friends online while trying to do the dishes and clean the living room and while in the bathroom thinking about cleaning it. I could not keep up with my wants to clean the house. To say the least the only thing that got cleaned in the end was the kitchen and the living room. I made breakfast in the midst of all of this as well as lunch for me and the girls. It was shortly after lunch I noticed the famous "cotton mouth" everyone said I would get. I started to try to drink water to help and noticed I was feeling really nauseous and felt like my breakfast and lunch were going to come back up. I then ate some toast to help settle the stomach and it worked! The rest of the day was pretty uneventful.

I hit my goal for the day
Goal 1200 calories
I had 1120

Breakfast
Scrambled eggs
Coffee w/sugar free creamer

Lunch
Smoked turkey sandwich

Snack
Peanut butter toast (no butter)

Dinner
Grilled Cubed steak
Salad w/lite balsamic Vinaigrette
Green beans

I am hoping tomorrow is just as good of day as today was, with less surprises though!