Going To Be A Fit Mama

I lost this week!  Not that I lost and gained but I lost and LOST!  Trust me it wasn't alot but it was some, and that's what counts, right?

This week, for some reason, seemed harder than before.  There wasn't as many appointments but I had my daycare girl for the whole week and I didn't feel like I had the "Freedom" to do things.  With it also being an emotional week as well it was kinda hard to handle.

My "Friday" weight in went like this:

Starting weight: 243lbs (March 16th 2013 weight in)
Weight in #1 - 237.4lbs DOWN 5.6lbs!!
Weight in #2 - 237.0lbs DOWN 0.4lbs

I did go down.  Not alot but still I went down.  I found this week I didn't have a large emotional "push" this week.  I feel like I'm going to need to layout my workout plans for the week and see if that helps a bit more.

With Easter being this weekend I had to weight in today instead of tomorrow.  Hopefully my losses and working will keep up :)

Today was CRAZY!!  I've been on the go since the moment I got up this morning!  It's one of those crazy days.


My biggest problem is eating on the go.  Right after school (where I volunteered) I had an appointment with Quinton.  Since my daycare girl was with me today it meant an extra person to head out.  Last time we did this it was more of a McDonalds Lunch day.  I did get "healthy" but still... I know I could have made something just as healthy if not more at home.

I guess this means my newest challenge is now eating out.  I'm going to have to figure out what will be my solution.

Wraps, healthy sandwiches, anything I can eat in the car... new pinterest searches... :)

Dang...... there goes my first weekend....

So I thought it went ok.  I knew I was doing "alright".  Saturday I did pretty good, but then there was dinner... and extra pasta, and extra everything...

uggg....

Then dinner on Saturday night was great :)  REALLY great.  So great that I ate WAY too much... and then ate more on Sunday afternoon, and more Sunday evening.

It's been a rough week, and coming up to an emotional week here and I"m trying my best to be good.

This weekend was... well a learning experience.  I have to keep reminding myself that while I like dinners doesn't mean I have to eat it all.

Today I'm up a bit, but I understand.

It's finally Friday... my (current) favourite day of the week.  Mainly because my weight in is today and I LOST!!  But because it's friday, which means a weekend home with my family!

So yesterday was fun.  I managed to overcome some challenges.  I wasn't feeling 100% but I did ok.  I woke up early to get to a dentist appointment.  I *hate* the dentist.  I love our dentist, he is so nice and so great with the boys.. but dang... I hate going to the dentist.  Then I rushed home to get hubby and we went to an appointment, then home to get Q from school then back home for lunch then off to get hubby to school.

We made a stop at the grocery store.  I had had a "sweet" craving all day.  I wasn't sure what it was but when I saw a mars bar at the grocery counter I thought that would do it.  I opened it up and took a bite and it wasn't what I wanted... at all.  So I gave the rest of it to Arnold and the other bar to Quinton. 

I satisifed my craving when I got home. 

Anyway here's what my Friday morning looked like:

Starting weight: 243lbs (March 16th 2013 weight in)
Weight in #1 - 237.4lbs  DOWN 5.6lbs!!

I cashed in my "large" ticket motivation.... 5+ lbs loss... I want ALL the tools out of my house.

It sounds silly but it's really made me happy.  I have been able to bring home some projects from school to get them ready for next week and be more excited how this will work.  I'm really hoping things get done this weekend!

So This week Arnold and I sat down and really worked out what I want for my weight loss.  So the main goal is to get from my current weight (when this started) 243lbs to 220lbs by the summer time.

I knew that my "first" goal was to get down 15lbs.  I really want to get down to 228lbs by our anniversary (May 22nd)

I know I need more motivation then just getting to 15lbs and buying clothes.

Arnold and I talked about it alot and I now have some "serious" motivation.

First things first..... I'm going from 243lbs...

When I get down 7lbs I get to buy new underwear :)  I really need some

When I get down 15lbs I get to buy a new outfit

When I get down 23lbs I get to buy something new for me to feel good!


To help me out with a bit more motivation we have come up with a few more "bonus" things.

I ranked them as far as how much weight I lose that week... ish....

For example. 

If I only lose 1 pound per week then these things are possible for motivation:
*"Free" grocery shopping trip (Arnold would go and grocery shop for me)
*Clean my bathroom
*Put away the laundry

If I lose 2 pounds per week then these things are possible for motivation:
*15 minutes nightly massage!
*Arnold will do a "Miranda Clean" of a room
*Pedicure!

If I lose 3 pounds per week then these things are possible for motivation:
*Laundry for a week!
*Something of my choice  :)
*Buying a new necklace/bracelet/accessory

If I lose 5 pounds per week then these things are possible for motivation:
*Fix 5 things of my choosing in the house
*Remove ALL tools from my house and put in the garage
*Bring ALL the bikes and such back home.

I'm not sure if these will work but I'm hoping to "cash these in" soon

Go figure... that typical Day #3

There is that "day #3" rule.  Things always get hard on day 3.  And guess what!  It did.  I had Zipo energy...

Supper was this yummy yummy BLT salad.  SO good.. but seriously, pasta is my crack.  I could eat it every day, for every meal.  It's bad....  So lets just say yesterday wasn't perfect...

Hopefully today is better.

So I got my Monday workout done.  I did my Hiit workout and my Aqua fit.  I'm proud of myself.

I even ate ok :)

Today... well yeah.  I forgot to have breakfast (in part that the milk was gone before I got to eat and my kiddos were having a rought day).  And then lunch was 2 chicken wraps at McDonalds and some "party mix" on the way to therapy. 

At least tonights meal is in the crockpot and it smells yummy :)

I'm ok with how my weight is going. It's not dropping like crazy but not skyrocketing either.  I'm checking my weight morning and night.  Just to make sure I'm not doing anything "too stupid".

Here's to today :)

This year is my year of Change.  I am changing.  I am trying to figure out who I am.  What I am doing for my life and how I want this to work.

I've started off the year by scaring the crap out of myself by book a "photo shoot" in July.  I am keeping it as a goal for myself to lose weight.

Until now I thought I was doing "ok".  I thought I was losing weight nicely and not doing so bad.  Well.. I was wrong.  Last week was March Break and all hell broke lose in my house.  I ate everything in sight. 

So now I'm back on track.  I have a few goals in mind.  Right now the first one is to get down in weight. 

Starting weight:  243lbs (March 16th 2013 weight in)
First Goal of my own:  228lbs.  - This would be 15 pounds down from my weight now. 

Once I reach my First Goal I plan on buying some new clothes.  If I'm going according to my goals I want to be down 15lbs by 7 to 8 weeks.  This puts me around my 9 year Anniversary with Arnold.  I'm really hoping to buy a new dress for that date!

A friend, Amy, introduced me to this 30 day challenge by "Hiit".  There are different ones to go after it but generally this is the deal.  Each day for 30 days you do a different video.  At the end you see where you stand.  If things have changed.. you know.  The video series works that you do it for 6 days a week and have an "active rest day" on Sunday.  But I'm going to be changing how I plan it out.  A friend online is doing it with me.  Every Monday to Friday.  Saturday and Sundays we find we are so busy it just doesn't work out for us.  So this is the new plan.  I'll attach the calendar in the next post. 

I am also taking advantage of my local community centre.  I've been doing Aqua fit there for a while, and while it may not help me lose weight it does help me keep active.  I'm also doing their Zumba class on Thursdays. That class makes me sweat!!  I'm glad I"m taking it.

Right now my plans look something like this:

Monday - Aqua Fit and part of a 30 challenge called "Hiit"
Tuesday - Hiit workout and a 1 mile walk on the treadmill (increasing each week by 1 mile until 1 hour of walking/working out)
Wednesday - Hiit workout and meal plan for the next week
Thursday - Hiit workout and Zumba
Friday - Hiit workout and 1 mile walk on the treadmill

Saturday and Sunday would be "rest days". 

So much has happen since the last time I posted.  It's a bit crazy.

2012 was horrible.  At least I felt like it.  We got pregnant in March and lost our Baby Casey in April.  We hen got pregnant again in July and we lost our baby Otis Gus Gilbert at the end of November.  Otis was born at 21 weeks and 1 day.

2013 is the year to figure out who I am.