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!