Le sigh - Weigh in day...

Not a good week at all. I thought last week was bad. The week always starts off good on Mondays.. but then rapidly goes downhill by the weekend. I didn't do crap this past weekend. Sat on my butt and watched tv. that's what I did. And did I cook? Oh no.. it was take out for this family. Bleh.  I did gain and it wasn't a horrible gain.. But it was still a gain.

SW: 182
LW: 174.4
CW: 176.0
GW: 135

I'm off to take the vitamins so i can get some energy and maybe do something today.. all I know is, there will definitely be a change next week. And for the better :)


ttfn

Steph

Love this!

After many, many diets that I have just given up on, I am finally seeing progress. With this diet I can see a few things that I didn't see the other times because I've actually been at it for more than a week.. hmm... who would have thought?

For one its obvious I'm doing good because my weight is continually going down. But I also can see my legs getting smaller, which excites me even more than the weight loss.

I have never had small legs. Even when in school I wouldn't have called them small. They have always been on the bigger, muscular side and I've always hated it. But right now, I'm not caring that my calves are freakin huge from all the walking I'm doing, I'm ecstatic that my thighs are shrinking!  I have these old pair of guy basketball shorts I got in high school that I sometimes work out in. When I first started walking, it was so hard to get them on. Basketball shorts are supposed to be loose but not on me they weren't.. they were skin tight and I hated it. I pulled them out last night for the first time in about a month and guess what! They fit! They are still a little tight in the tummy but my legs look great in them :) I've noticed in quite a few pair of my pants too that they are going on alot easier too, but it's hard to see when I wear my pants everyday and I haven't seen these shorts in a month.

I am supposed to be keeping up w/ my measurements on sparkpeople but I've kind of let that slide. I'm thinking it's time to start doing it again, I want to see my progress from day 1!

Hope everyone has a fantastical (is that a word?) day!!

End of Day 11/11/10

Today was a pretty good day. Well.. sort of... I took my vitamins today and got wired (as usual) but didn't feel like working at all. However, (just in case boss is reading) I did get work done. hehe

I ate out three times today (oops) but tried really hard not to go overboard. Breakfast I had a combination & potato burrito.. But only half of it. At lunch I had fajitas, refried beans and spanish rice. Not the healthiest but very good.. and I could have done way worse. Supper was Dairy Queen. A kids meal steak fingers w/ gravy and french fries. yum :) Again, atleast I went with the kids meal and not the full meal. Even though I tried my hardest, I'm not going to post my calories because I'm embarrassed hehe..

After supper, I actually remembered that I had an author chat to get to on Mundie Moms so I went there & had an awesome time reading and sometimes contributing to the chat with Maggie Stiefvater.

I just got off the treadmill. I started out doing my 30 minute weight loss exercise but about 6 minutes into it, my hand accidently hit the safety string and stopped me. I didn't really feel like starting it all over and since it won't let you just pick up where you left off, I made my own workout :) I walked a little over a mile for 20 minutes and burned about 20 more calories than I would have if I had stuck with the other workout. So that's good, right?

I hope everyone has a wonderful night.. I'm off to watch Wild Wild West with my hunnie. :)

I'm a Slacker

Yes, I'm a slacker. I believe it's been a whole week without a post. Last week I started going downhill, only exercising the bare minimum and eating whatever I wanted. I didn't go terribly overboard but I know most of the days I went over on my calories. Starting on Monday I picked it back up. Didn't go over my cals at all this week and worked my ass off in the exercise area. Luckily the few lbs I did gain are now gone.

SW: 182
LW: 175.2
CW: 174.4
GW: 135




So I totally know that if I hadn't slacked off, I would probably already be at my 10lbs lost but no worries, I'll get it in one more next week. One of my challenges on Spark People called 13 by 12-11-10 ends in a month. So far i'm down 7.6 lbs.. but I have to lose 5.4 more lbs by Dec 11th.. I'm sure I can do it, I'm just going to have to be careful on Thanksgiving.. Well, and the day before. Work is having our own Thanksgiving lunch on Wednesday so I get an extra chance to go crazy w/ my eating. Since I know me.. and I love Thanksgiving food.. I'm thinking I'm going to bump my 20 minutes a day into 30 or maybe in 40. With my exercises that would get me at around 1.5 to 2 miles everyday..

Anyway, back to work I go.. everyone have a great day!

New Awards For October

Logged into SparkPeople and got new awards for the month of October

And then, of course, there is this wonderful award that I just *love*:

Yusssss.....

Start Weight: 182
Last Weight: 178
Current Weight: 175.2
Goal Weight: 135


I am 5lbs away from my first goal of 170. When I reach 170 I'm going to reward myself w/ a new cut and color so I'm excited :)

Tues 11.2.10

Tonight I did my strength training since I skipped it yesterday, and I have done 30 minutes on the treadmill. I am now headed to the gazelle for 10 minutes and then, hopefully bed. Today was a really good day. I snuck on the scale even thought I'm not supposed to and I'm down to 175. that is 6 lbs lost! I know my not eating yesterday is one of the main reasons for that loss but I still like it :) Hopefully it'll stay that way or go down even more by my official weigh in day on Thursday.Well, sorry to cut this so short, but I should really get going! Night everyone!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Breakfast
	Calories	Fat	Carbohydrates	Protein
Great Value Oatmeal (Maple & Brown Sugar), 0.25 serving	40	1	8	1
SCHWAN'S Deluxe Ham & Cheese Omelet, 1 serving	220	16	4	13
	260	17	12	14
Lunch
	Calories	Fat	Carbohydrates	Protein
Lean Cuisine Market Creations - Garlic Chicken, 1 serving	270	6	33	20
	270	6	33	20
Dinner
	Calories	Fat	Carbohydrates	Protein
Dairy Queen Kid's Steak Fingers and Fries Combo, 1 serving	420	24	42	10
Root Beer, 16 fl oz	202	0	52	0
	622	24	94	10
Snack
	Calories	Fat	Carbohydrates	Protein
Pillsbury Sweet Moment Molten Lava Brownies (1 brownie), 1 serving	360	17	48	4
	360	17	48	4
	1,512	64	187	48
	1340 - 1690	35 - 62	179 - 258	60 - 139

Much Better..

Yesterday was awful! I woke up with an upset stomach and it just got worse. I'm not sure if the horsepills I took yesterday had any part in it so just in case I'm skipping them for today.

I didn't track any of my food yesterday but it wouldn't really matter. I had one omelet in the morning, like 2 bites of a Marie Callender's meal for lunch and some 7up and a few potato chips for supper. I drank 2 cups of water but that was pretty much it. 


Today I woke up hungry which is always a good sign. I wasn't hungry at all yesterday and if I was, I couldn't tell over the stomach cramps I was having. I woke up this morning and drank a cup of water and had about 1/4 of a packet of oatmeal. Didn't want to push myself too fast because just after that oatmeal my stomach went a little crazy. Decided to go lay back down for another hour and when I got up it was so much better. I'm now at work and can actually concentrate on my work, where as yesterday I couldn't life my head from my desk. Just ate an omelet and working on a 1 liter bottle of water. 


Obviously I skipped my 20 minutes  yesterday.. I can just imagine how that would have worked out if I had even tried so depending on how I feel tonight I'm going to do a 30 minute workout on the treadmill and 10 minutes on the elliptical to make up for yesterday and get my 20 minutes in today. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful day! 

Vitamins

While we were in Lubbock this weekend, Mac decided he wanted to go by GNC. One of his guys at work was telling him about some vitamins that Mac needs to take. To get him healthier and at the same time to gain weight. He also wanted me to come along because since I'm working out and eating better, I need to start taking vitamins too. I'm all for taking vitamins. I'm not sick all that often anyway, but I know I could use a little help in the kicking that fat out of my body. When I walked in there, I figured I would be getting just one multivitamin. Oh no.. no no no no no.. I got 7 of them. Horse pills too. 

I Have :

• Multivitamin Support - A premium multiple vitamin and mineral formula for the high demands of physically active women. This scientifically designed formula features B-vitamins for carbohydrate metabolism and energy production and a Proprietary Performance Blend. In addition, Women's Ultra Mega Active includes premium antioxidants to protect cells from damaging free radicals*, key electrolytes including potassium and chloride, which help to regulate body fluids and bone building nutrients calcium, vitamin D-3 and magnesium.
• CLA 1000 - A naturally occurring healthy fatty acid derived from safflower seeds. Each daily Vitapak supplies 1000 mg of CLA made from clinically studies Tonalin®, one of the highest quality conjugated linoleic acids available.
• Fatty Acid Metabolism -  An amino acid, L-Carnitine helps to facilitate the metabolism of long chain fatty acids.* L-Carnitine is stored in skeletal muscles where it is needed to transform fatty acids into energy for muscle activity.*
• Energy Enhancer - A clinically proven thermogenic formula that helps to enhance metabolism ,burn calories and boost energy levels.* Its powerful ingredients enhance cellular energy utilization and promote increased cellular metabolic activity.*
• Bone Health -  Each caplet supplies 600 mg of bone-building calcium for a total of 1100 mg of calcium in each Vitapak

The energy enhancer one I'm not so sure about. I've always tried to stay away from pills like this because I always heard they screw up your metabolism. My metabolism is already shot but I don't need it screwed up even more... But the dude said that that usually only happens when people only try to take just the vitamin. But seeing as I am working out daily and watching what I eat, it won't do any harm to me. It'll help. Yeah well, so far all it's doing is making me shaky. I hate that feeling. 

I have a 30 day supply of these huge horse pills, and even though I don't like the shaky feeling, I do need more energy. So I think I'm going to keep taking them for the rest of the 30 days but if I'm not liking them at the end of the month, we'll have to look for something else. 

On another note, we had tons of fun this weekend. We went to Krispy Kreme on Saturday night to get breakfast for Sunday. And yes, I did have a donut yesterday morning but it was only one. Plus I ate some fruit and eggs so it wasn't a horrible breakfast to start my day. I was able to work out Saturday night in the hotel facility. I loved their treadmill. So much more advanced than mine and also had a little tv at the top. You can also plug in your music and listen to that if you wanted. It let me put in my weight, height & age also so I got a better reading on how many calories I burned. So I did the 30 min, 1.5 mile workout but burned 20 more calories than I usually do. Awesome :)  

Yesterday I could have said walking around the mall was my workout but I didn't think it would really count. Even though my feet hurt and I was really tired by the end of the day. Shopping w/ a teenager is great exercise, everyone should try it! lol.. We got home about 7:30 last night and after watching Mac run 2 miles, I got on the elliptical and did my 20 minutes. I still don't see how it's possible that he can run 2 miles. The last time he ran a mile was like 6 months ago, and the time before that was at least a year.. But somehow he can run 6-7 minute mile like it's nothing. Guys.

 Anyway, it's lunchtime and I really should go get something to eat. I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween weekend, and alot of luck staying away from the candy!