Going To Be A Fit Mama

Today was hard.  I can tell AF is coming soon.  I want to eat everything in sight!

Breakfast was a muffin, some raspberries and my pills.

I had a soda cracker at school.

Lunch was a taco salad and some water.

Shortly after I went for my run.  I did 30 mins on the 2.5 on 1.5 off and faster.  When I was done I wanted something to eat.  I grabbed a peanut butter square.  Then some chicken.... Then a cheese string.

K got home and I had some popcorn cause the boys had a bag.  Then dinner was a chicken ceased salad with garlic bread. I had 6 puffs with whipping cream, raspberries, and maple syrup.

Uggg... I could have done without some of that food. 

I didn't go to aqua fit tonight so I did 15 min interval training.  Hard work!!!

Here's to tomorrow!

Today was getting back into the routine.  We had a crazy weekend.  Friday was great.  I ate well and felt great.  Even ran!  Saturday was harder.  We had friends over for lunch and had tacos.  Then dinner was the youth grad banquet!  It was crazy good food.

Today we got back on track.  After breakfast in bed (one muffin and some berries) I went for a run.  Instead of my 2 min walk and 2 min run I did 2.5 min run and 1.5 min walk.  Dang that was harder!!!

We went out to church and had lunch at home.  I had two little burgers left over from last Fridays burgers.  Then I did some watering of plants.  Arnold went out for groceries and I did some things around the house.  When Arnold got back we headed out for the dress store!  I got a new dress!  I'm excited to wear it. 

We got home and heated up the leftovers from the banquet and had pasta bread salad and garlic bread for dinner.  So yummy!!

Now I'm done!  I made it through the day!!

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
Weight in #3 - 236.4lbs DOWN 0.6lbs
Weight in #4 - 235.6lbs DOWN 0.8lbs
Weight in #5 - 235.6lbs same
Weight in #6 - Didn't do
Weight in #7 - 238.0lbs UP 2.4lbs
Weight in #8 - 238.0lbs same
Weight in #11 - 239lbs
Weight in #12 - 235.0lbs

 Total weight down 8lbs

Working out every day has helped!!  I'm going to keep up working out and eating healthy.  It has helped enough so far!!

Morning!  I'm actually at a computer for the first time in a while.  I've been blogging off an app on my phone so this feels a little "odd".

I posted this morning about My 6 Month Check Up .  It went really well.  Feel free to click on the link and check it out.

I'm thought I would take some time today and check out my past weights since having Otis and see where I am:

My first "official" weight in on the app I have called MFP (MyFitnessPal)  225lbs on December 22nd 2012.  It would have been my lowest weight for a while. 

After I lost Otis I kept losing and losing and losing and it scared me more than anything.  I knew I couldn't keep that weight loss up and going so that was the concern.  Slowly my weight in went like this:

232.2lbs - Jan 1st 2013
232.8lbs - Feb 5th 2013
237.2lbs - Feb 11th 2013
234.8lbs - Feb 15th 2013
232.0lbs - Feb 22nd 2013
236.6lbs - March 8th 2013
243.0lbs - March 16th 2013 - March Break
237.4lbs - March 22nd 2013
237.0lbs - March 29th 2013
236.4lbs - April 5th 2013 - Around Otis's Due Date
235.6lbs - April 12th 2013 - Around Otis's Due Date
235.6lbs - April 19th 2013
238.0lbs - May 3rd 2013
241.8lbs - May 13th 2013
240.4lbs - May 17th 2013
239.2lbs - May 24th 2013 - around our Anniversary
239.0lbs - May 31st 2013


And Todays:

235.0lbs - June 7th 2013

If I can get down 3lbs I can get down to my lowest weight in 2013!!!  I'm hoping I can do this with no problems.  I need to be able to handle this.  I need to lose the weight.

My goal is Sept 18th to be down to 220lbs.  That's 18 weeks from now.  I need to lose a pound a week to get there.  I'd like to be less but we will see!!

I made it.  I made it through the day.  Not that it was a hard day just a busy one.

Breakfast was a quick muffin out the door to work. I had a coffee at work and a mug of hot water.  I had forgotten my water bottle!  Won't do that again.

Lunch was a half a tuna sub and a bag of baked chips.  I did order s foot long but we got called to k's school because he fell and cut up his knee.  We raced out and checked on him.

Then off to the hospital.  I had my follow up visit with my bp Dr after all the tests I had done a few months ago.  Thanking God that all my tests came back normal.  I do have more (I think) uric acid.  Something that could be a marker for kidney stones.  When I told her I had kidney stones before she said that would be why.  I'm clear for Lupus, diabetes, and my thyroid is normal.  I'm so happy with this news.

We came home and the boys went to swimming lessons and I worked out.  I got my half hour on the treadmill.

When the boys got home we had a yummy supper.  Jack made it.  It was on rice and it was so yummy.

No dessert for me.

I did go to Zumba as well tonight.... Dang I am tired!!

I'm going to post more about the drs appointment but I need to keep losing weight.  Thankfully having her talk more about it helped Arnold to understand that I need his support or I will be on these meds forever.

Yesterday was hard.  I had a rough time getting my selfcontrol under wraps.

Breakfast was some fruit with a muffin because everyone ate my waffles!  No snack.  I even resisted the ice cream bars I had to sell!

Lunch was my jar salad and about 2 bites of a waffle pieces. It stuck to the waffle maker!  Opps.

I did my 30 minutes on the treadmill so getting exercise is good.

I skipped a snack to opt for an ice cream bar I was selling after school.  Things got so crazy I never got my bar!

And when I got home I resisted the peanut butter square to start supper sooner.  We ended up waiting until 5:30pm to eat... which was about an hour and a half after I thought we would eat.  Dinner was quick and easy to make but we waited for Arnold.

It was a yummy pasta dish.... and as we know... pasta is my crack.  I love pasta.  I had about 3 small plates of supper.   At one point I even moved the pot but it was so yummy.

I went to youth and had 4 cinatwists.  About 140 cals in total.

It was yummy.  Just a perfect sweetness for me.

But I won't lie... it was hard.

I made it!!  Even with having a "long" day.

This morning I got breakfast in bed!  I love breakfast in bed!  Arnold brought me a warmed muffin, some raspberries and a diet coke.  While I didn't drink my diet coke and I only had 1 muffin it was SOOOOOO yummy.  And what a nice treat!

I showered and was out the door to work at 6:45am.  I started my time around 7am.  Not to bad hey?

I only had 1 cup of coffee and a hard candy before I left.  Q and I did some running around (got some ice cream bars for the sale tomorrow at school and headed back to school to drop it off). 

We got home and had lunch.  I had my jar salad and some water.  Then came the "hard part".  I had to go to the bank and get some float for the next day.  And Q got to have a "treat" at Dairy Queen.  He had an ice cream cone dipped in chocolate and sprinkles.  Dang.... it's so not fair!  I wanted to eat it so bad.  SOOO bad.

I had a bit of his ice cream by licking the cone to make sure it didn't come down on him. 

We got home and I had a peanut butter square from my 90 cal pack. 

We had supper early and I think that helped.  The boys and I were alone tonight and we ate around 4:45pm.  We had fish tacos.  They were really good.  It was a tortilla with a coleslaw mix (the cabbage and carrot mix with 3 tablespoons of mayo and 1 teaspoon of lime juice mixed together).  We put that on the tortilla and with "taco" cheese and fish sticks.  It was really really good.  I had 3!  They were a lot of the mix and then 1 or 2 fish sticks and a bit of cheese.

Anyway the boys had homework and showers and then they were off to bed at 7pm.  I watched some TV shows for a bit (JAG).

I went and did my run around 8pm or so.  I was so tired!

I've decided to change it up after 7 days and see how I do. 

I'm currently doing

5 minutes at 2mph
2 minutes at 4mph
2 minutes at 2.5mph
2 minutes at 4.5mph
2 minutes at 2.5mph
2 minutes at 4.5mph
2 minutes at 2.5mph
2 minutes at 4.5mph
2 minutes at 2mph
2 minutes at 4mph
2 minutes at 2mph
5 minutes at 2mph - weights at the same time

I'm thinking in the next 7 days will be

5 minutes
2.5 minutes at 4mph
1.5 minutes at 2mph
2.5 minutes at 4.5mph
1.5 minutes at 2.5mph
2.5 minutes at 4.5mph
1.5 minutes at 2.5mph
2.5 minutes at 4.5mph
1.5 minutes at 2mph
2.5 minutes at 4mph
1.5 minutes at 2mph
5 minutes at 2mph - weights at the same time

Happy Monday!

Not so bad for me.  I had a muffin and some raspberries for breakfast then off to the races.  We had school and I volunteered.  I did have a few carrot sticks at school for snack but thats it.

Lunch at home was my salad I had made up this weekend.  And a bottle of water.

In the afternoon I did my 30 treadmill workout.  I did have a 90cal snack of a peanut butter square.  And then we headed off to the park early and got to play on the playground for a bit.  I packed snacks for the kids (koolaid jammers and sone rice crispy squares)  and I packed my water bottle and an apple.

Supper was hard.  Pasta and garlic bread are my weak link.  I had a small bowl of pasta and sauce with meatballs and some garlic bread. Once Arnold got home we sat down for round 2 (I was afraid I didn't make enough pasta for seconds).   I had some meatballs and sauce and another slice of garlic bread. And as always my diet coke!

After supper I layed down for 10min or so then off to aqua fit.  I did an hour class.

Dang im tired!!!

Hopefully all this working out will pay off down the line!

Well day 2 is almost  over.  I noticed a few things today.

1 - I can't sssume I can squeeze myself into outfits I wore last year.  My body has changed

2 - I eat way too much

3 - asking for help is ok.

Today I had a muffin for breakfast then headed out to get groceries alone.  We had assumed Arnold would be gone in the afternoon so I went out as soon as they opened to get our weekly groceries.

I got home and hung out with the boys for a bit then went to church.  I was smart and brought a water bottle and that seemed to help when I could feel my tummy rumbling.

After church we had lunch (I had 3 progeries left over and about 7 slices of bacon).  Arnold and I did some running around then back home.  I did pretty good about not snacking. 

But by supper I was so hungry.  I did limit myself to 1 cheeseburger and a small handful of chips.  I even asked my brother to take the chips and move them across the table. 

After dinner I had a small slice of cake and that was it.  Oh and my dinner diet coke!

I cleaned off the table and made up my 5 jar salads for the week and popped those in the fridge.

The boys went to bed a while ago and I hung out with arnold for a bit then came down for my run.  Today I did 2 sets at a higher speed.  Thankfully I made it!

Now to shower and head to bed.  Im hoping tomorrow is just as easy to handle

Well today I managed to get a bit of my goal done.  I drank 4 cups of water during the day and another 4 cups at night when I exercised!

Yep.  Thata right.  Exercised!  I got 30 minutes on the treadmill.  I did a 5 min warm up followed by 20 min of 2 run 2 walk.  And then a 5 min cool down while using weights to work my arms out. 

I also had a muffin for breakfast,  chicken burger and two cheese strings for lunch and 1 take of dinner.  We had progeries and bacon.  So hard to resist!  I saved my diet coke until dinner.  And for dessert a fruit bar fron m&ms that was only 90 cal.

All in all I would say a success!

Here's to tomorrow!

I'm so behind on things!

My phone broke and we had to get me a new one.  Once we did I lost my login information to this blog and had to find it again.

FINALLY, I found it!

I'm back.  Here's my sad update:

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
Weight in #3 - 236.4lbs DOWN 0.6lbs
Weight in #4 - 235.6lbs DOWN 0.8lbs
Weight in #5 - 235.6lbs same
Weight in #6 - Didn't do
Weight in #7 - 238.0lbs UP 2.4lbs
Weight in #8 - 238.0lbs same
Weight in #11 - 239lbs

 Total weight down 4lbs

I've gone up and down and up and down.

I'm trying so hard this month.  I'm one month away from my main motivation and I need to kick some ass!

So I'm hoping to get on the treadmill for 30 minutes a day, get some more liquid in, eat my salads healthy, and only eat 1 serving of supper.  Last week I made a lot of comfort foods.  I knew it was something I "wanted" last week as we celebrated our 6 months in heaven for our sweet baby Otis.  I knew I would "want" something (please think "need" inside all those instead.. but I'm slowly learning it's not something  I "need" it's something I "want").

Here's to a better month!  June is going to rock!