Today I learned that I like turkey burgers!!!
This is huge. I can't believe I waited this long to try them! I think I was associating them with "veggie" burgers so I was too scared to even go there. But since I have been hooked on The Biggest Loser, and thats a staple of their diet, I decided its time to branch out and try it. And boy am I glad I did!! Now Tommy and I just have to find veggies that we enjoy enough to cook so we aren't eating the unhealthy sides anymore. Because right now we still toss a pan of fries in the oven FAR too often.
The other thing I wanted to blog about tonight is how excited I am that tommy is taking the next steps in his own weight loss journey. Yesterday before we went to the gym together he made his weight loss goal spreadsheet like mine. We basically have the same weekly goals which makes our eating habits and workout goals much easier to work with :)
Again, I am hooked on The Biggest Loser and I desperately want a trainer. But obviously I can't afford a trainer so I am stuck motivating myself and trying to figure it out on my own. So one thing we are going to try is training eachother. Once a week we want to go to the gym together, (well, we'll probably always go together) and we are going to train the other person for parts of the workout. So instead of us both on the elliptical, only one of us will be on it while the other keeps us motivated. (and possibly distracted) and then we'll switch. I think it will keep us each motivated (and to be all mushy, it will bring us closer as a couple)
As for my goals, at this point I should be 10 pounds closer to my ultimate goal but I kind of fell off the wagon for a couple weeks. Good news is I DIDN'T GAIN IT ALL BACK! I didn't even stay the same. I LOST ONE POUND! And while thats still not good, its not a gain and I was scared shitless to step on that scale thinking all my hard work was wasted on a couple weeks of bad habits. But it wasn't, Thank God!!
So, I am very excited to head to the gym tomorrow and try out our new plan.
Ready, once again, to get this extra weight off my body.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
The Stairs Are My Enemy
MY LEGS ARE ON FIRE.
last night instead of going to the gym I ran up and down my stairs for 10 minutes. I thought it wouldn't be too bad and I could get in a good cardio workout on a night I really didn't want to go to the gym.
IT WAS TERRIBLE.
BUT AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
My legs are SO sore. But it was a great workout and I got a great sweat out of it! After that I did 20 pushups (which I haven't done in at least a year) and 30 crunches.
Not too Shabby for a night NOT at the gym. Proud of myself and looking forward to weighing myself tomorrow.
last night instead of going to the gym I ran up and down my stairs for 10 minutes. I thought it wouldn't be too bad and I could get in a good cardio workout on a night I really didn't want to go to the gym.
IT WAS TERRIBLE.
BUT AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
My legs are SO sore. But it was a great workout and I got a great sweat out of it! After that I did 20 pushups (which I haven't done in at least a year) and 30 crunches.
Not too Shabby for a night NOT at the gym. Proud of myself and looking forward to weighing myself tomorrow.
Monday, November 7, 2011
LOOK! A New Post in 24 Hours!!!
Check it out! I'm writing a new post before an entire month has passed!! Aren't you proud!
So I went to the gym tonight. I did 10 minutes on the elliptical, 2 miles on the bike, 30 painful crunches and some arm machines. Went home needing a shower :)
Was planning on going to the gym tomorrow but I then remembered that I have to work late and wont be home until 9ish, which means no gym because I will have worked a 12 hour day... perhaps I will go for a walk on my lunch break. (probably not) (just being honest)
i wanted to do more on the bike but the elliptical takes a lot out of me. I had worked up to biking 6 and a half miles but even just 10 minutes on the elliptical before jumping on the bike completely exhausted me and I barely made the 2 miles. I wanted to quit before I even made it to one but I sucked it up and finished the 2. Wednesday I will bike the 6 miles FIRST and THEN hop on the elliptical. Maybe it will warm my legs up enough to make the elliptical easier and maybe i can even do 12 or 13 minutes! (woohoo)
On a completely unrelated note, I can't wait to marry the love of my life.
Tommy, I know you probably don't read that as much as others (mom) but I want you to know that I'm not doing this for you, I'm not doing this for me.... I'm doing it for us. Every thing I do, every decision I make, I make with you and us in mind. I love you. Forever. Thank you.
Whoa, that got sappy.
So I went to the gym tonight. I did 10 minutes on the elliptical, 2 miles on the bike, 30 painful crunches and some arm machines. Went home needing a shower :)
Was planning on going to the gym tomorrow but I then remembered that I have to work late and wont be home until 9ish, which means no gym because I will have worked a 12 hour day... perhaps I will go for a walk on my lunch break. (probably not) (just being honest)
i wanted to do more on the bike but the elliptical takes a lot out of me. I had worked up to biking 6 and a half miles but even just 10 minutes on the elliptical before jumping on the bike completely exhausted me and I barely made the 2 miles. I wanted to quit before I even made it to one but I sucked it up and finished the 2. Wednesday I will bike the 6 miles FIRST and THEN hop on the elliptical. Maybe it will warm my legs up enough to make the elliptical easier and maybe i can even do 12 or 13 minutes! (woohoo)
On a completely unrelated note, I can't wait to marry the love of my life.
Tommy, I know you probably don't read that as much as others (mom) but I want you to know that I'm not doing this for you, I'm not doing this for me.... I'm doing it for us. Every thing I do, every decision I make, I make with you and us in mind. I love you. Forever. Thank you.
Whoa, that got sappy.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
It's Been A Month, I Am Sorry.
My apologies, its been almost a month since I have posted. And my mom will yell at me if I try to give any excuses ( like I tried to do when I spoke to her on the phone ) So in the past month I havent really weighed myself because I havent really been trying too hard. I havent been watching what I eat and I havent been sticking to my gym goals. The truth hurts... last week I didn't even go once. I'd like to blame it on power and work being exhausting but again, my mom wont let me give excuses....
Today I went dress shopping with all the bridesmaids for my brothers wedding. It wasn't as traumatic as I was expecting, but it wasn't great either. All the other girls are tiny. All of them. The sample dresses they had were size 8s and 10s... not. gonna. happen. My sister is not a big girl and she couldn't even zip the dresses. She could get them on but she couldn't zip them ( I think)... I could barely get them down over my hips. And while I was prepared to not fit into the sample sizes I didn't imagine I wouldn't be able to walk out of the dressing room because I couldn't get the dress far enough over my hips that my hoo-ha wasn't showing. (sorry mom, I used nicer terms when I was on the phone with you) I ended up buying a dress I didnt even put on. I just held it up and imagined what it would look like on. So now I am praying that it looks good.
So then I had to get measured... this was a little overwhelming. I am normally (currently) a size 18 in dresses, 20 on a bad day. I HAD TO ORDER AT SIZE 24!!! they run THAT small. Ugh, whatever, its going to be taken in a ton so the number isn't going to matter anyway. BECAUSE I AM GOING TO REACH MY APRIL GOAL AND I AM GOING TO BE ONE HOT BRIDESMAID.
And THEN I will be one HOT Bride about a year later :)
Going to the gym tomorrow, and every day this week...
Today I went dress shopping with all the bridesmaids for my brothers wedding. It wasn't as traumatic as I was expecting, but it wasn't great either. All the other girls are tiny. All of them. The sample dresses they had were size 8s and 10s... not. gonna. happen. My sister is not a big girl and she couldn't even zip the dresses. She could get them on but she couldn't zip them ( I think)... I could barely get them down over my hips. And while I was prepared to not fit into the sample sizes I didn't imagine I wouldn't be able to walk out of the dressing room because I couldn't get the dress far enough over my hips that my hoo-ha wasn't showing. (sorry mom, I used nicer terms when I was on the phone with you) I ended up buying a dress I didnt even put on. I just held it up and imagined what it would look like on. So now I am praying that it looks good.
So then I had to get measured... this was a little overwhelming. I am normally (currently) a size 18 in dresses, 20 on a bad day. I HAD TO ORDER AT SIZE 24!!! they run THAT small. Ugh, whatever, its going to be taken in a ton so the number isn't going to matter anyway. BECAUSE I AM GOING TO REACH MY APRIL GOAL AND I AM GOING TO BE ONE HOT BRIDESMAID.
And THEN I will be one HOT Bride about a year later :)
Going to the gym tomorrow, and every day this week...
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Day 31
I have not updated my blog in over 2 weeks. my apologies.
I have been having a hard time getting to the gym lately. However, I am still on track in my weight loss challenge with Nicole :). I believe so far I have lost about 7 lbs. I have another weigh in tomorrow morning. A little nervous because I wasn't able to go to the gym at all this past week and I was sitting on the couch for 3 days with a back injury.
And a bag of cookies from Sonia... thanks sonia :)
But tonight its back to the gym. Tommy and I are going to go back to the gym tonight and I am going to get my butt on the elliptical and just go for it.
I have been watching the biggest loser and it amazes me how some of these people are losing 17 lbs in ONE DAMN WEEK! how on earth? granted some of these men are 300 or 400 lbs but still. They work so hard at the gym and get it done. I can do it too. I can step it up.
My whole plan before was to gradually ease in to longer, stronger work-outs but I want to see what happens when I go to the gym and give it my all.
So here goes.
I'm going to need a serious shower when home because I'll be dripping sweat...
:) go time......
(at the gym)
OKAY! I just got back from the gym. Actually i got back from the gym about a half an hour ago but I took a shower and then checked my facebook but now I'm here!
I kicked so much butt at the gym tonight. I sweat like a mad-woman. (mad woman? i'm not sure what that even means or why i connected a mad-woman with sweating but just roll with it...) I biked 2.5 miles which is laughable to my friends who bike all the time but to me its huge... a while ago I biked a mile with my sister and I felt like I wanted to quit half way through.... but today i completed 2.5 and it felt GREAT! (i also walked/jogged on the treadmill for 15 minutes but thats becoming norm)
Well since I have become such a big fan of The Biggest Loser I saw through the glass doors into another room at our gym (a room I have never been in and thought was like... off limits for some reason... ) that they have those huge rope things. You know the ones that they have to "make waves" with.( I'm having a really hard time explaining this...) Anyways, I ventured into that room today to try out the ropes and I discovered a whole other part of the gym I didn't even know existed. And I finally figured out what the posters all around the gym saying "my yoga class starts at 4:17am" and "my step class starts at 8:43pm" were... Theres a projector and a "red-boxish" kind of thing going on in there. you can choose from 20+/- different classes ...ANY TIME YOU WANT!!!! its magical. I have been wanting to try a step class. I can. I have been wanting to try a dance workout. I can. Tonight, Tommy and I ended our work out with a 20 minute yoga class. (he was better than me so naturally I disliked him for a minute..) Can't wait to go back and try another class.
Back on track, people. Watch out ;)
I have been having a hard time getting to the gym lately. However, I am still on track in my weight loss challenge with Nicole :). I believe so far I have lost about 7 lbs. I have another weigh in tomorrow morning. A little nervous because I wasn't able to go to the gym at all this past week and I was sitting on the couch for 3 days with a back injury.
And a bag of cookies from Sonia... thanks sonia :)
But tonight its back to the gym. Tommy and I are going to go back to the gym tonight and I am going to get my butt on the elliptical and just go for it.
I have been watching the biggest loser and it amazes me how some of these people are losing 17 lbs in ONE DAMN WEEK! how on earth? granted some of these men are 300 or 400 lbs but still. They work so hard at the gym and get it done. I can do it too. I can step it up.
My whole plan before was to gradually ease in to longer, stronger work-outs but I want to see what happens when I go to the gym and give it my all.
So here goes.
I'm going to need a serious shower when home because I'll be dripping sweat...
:) go time......
(at the gym)
OKAY! I just got back from the gym. Actually i got back from the gym about a half an hour ago but I took a shower and then checked my facebook but now I'm here!
I kicked so much butt at the gym tonight. I sweat like a mad-woman. (mad woman? i'm not sure what that even means or why i connected a mad-woman with sweating but just roll with it...) I biked 2.5 miles which is laughable to my friends who bike all the time but to me its huge... a while ago I biked a mile with my sister and I felt like I wanted to quit half way through.... but today i completed 2.5 and it felt GREAT! (i also walked/jogged on the treadmill for 15 minutes but thats becoming norm)
Well since I have become such a big fan of The Biggest Loser I saw through the glass doors into another room at our gym (a room I have never been in and thought was like... off limits for some reason... ) that they have those huge rope things. You know the ones that they have to "make waves" with.( I'm having a really hard time explaining this...) Anyways, I ventured into that room today to try out the ropes and I discovered a whole other part of the gym I didn't even know existed. And I finally figured out what the posters all around the gym saying "my yoga class starts at 4:17am" and "my step class starts at 8:43pm" were... Theres a projector and a "red-boxish" kind of thing going on in there. you can choose from 20+/- different classes ...ANY TIME YOU WANT!!!! its magical. I have been wanting to try a step class. I can. I have been wanting to try a dance workout. I can. Tonight, Tommy and I ended our work out with a 20 minute yoga class. (he was better than me so naturally I disliked him for a minute..) Can't wait to go back and try another class.
Back on track, people. Watch out ;)
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
DAY 13
Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Things have been going well. Most of you know this already but on Sundays weekly weigh-in I was down 3.6 pounds!! ONLY 96.4 TO GO! This week I have been pretty bad about the gym. I haven't gone once but today I went for a walk with my sister and the kids. I'm just having a really hard time getting out of bed in the morning.
I think its because I lost the 3.6.... and I'm all proud of myself so I'm letting myself off easy. But I have to remember that I lost those pounds because I got my butt out of bed, not because I hit snooze 14 times before I flung the covers off and destroyed my warm cocoon. (So painful)
Food wise I have been doing great!! For breakfast I have been having special K (still not measuring out a "serving" but we'll get there....) For lunch I am packing tons of fruits and veggies and a yogurt and a sandwich of some sort. Saturday I went apple picking with Brit and Tommy so I have fresh fruit in the house. I also have oranges, a grapefruit and a banana. I had a pear the other day. I love pears, but it hurts my teeth when I bite into them. I love sugar snap peas so I have those separated out into baggies. Carrots too. I only allow myself to have soda with dinner, otherwise its water or crystal light. However, Tommys birthday was on monday so you better believe there was cake and ice cream and M&Ms in my tummy. I took him to UNOs for his birthday dinner and I got one of the "healthy options". It was a chicken pasta dish with a lemon pesto sauce. I thought I would love it because it included the words "chicken", "pasta", and "pesto" but the "lemon" totally ruined the dish for me. I really didn't like the combination of the flavors. Lemon and pasta dont go together in my opinion.
On to day 14, lets see if I sacrifice an extra hour in my warm cocoon for a good ol' sweaty visit to the gym...
I think its because I lost the 3.6.... and I'm all proud of myself so I'm letting myself off easy. But I have to remember that I lost those pounds because I got my butt out of bed, not because I hit snooze 14 times before I flung the covers off and destroyed my warm cocoon. (So painful)
Food wise I have been doing great!! For breakfast I have been having special K (still not measuring out a "serving" but we'll get there....) For lunch I am packing tons of fruits and veggies and a yogurt and a sandwich of some sort. Saturday I went apple picking with Brit and Tommy so I have fresh fruit in the house. I also have oranges, a grapefruit and a banana. I had a pear the other day. I love pears, but it hurts my teeth when I bite into them. I love sugar snap peas so I have those separated out into baggies. Carrots too. I only allow myself to have soda with dinner, otherwise its water or crystal light. However, Tommys birthday was on monday so you better believe there was cake and ice cream and M&Ms in my tummy. I took him to UNOs for his birthday dinner and I got one of the "healthy options". It was a chicken pasta dish with a lemon pesto sauce. I thought I would love it because it included the words "chicken", "pasta", and "pesto" but the "lemon" totally ruined the dish for me. I really didn't like the combination of the flavors. Lemon and pasta dont go together in my opinion.
On to day 14, lets see if I sacrifice an extra hour in my warm cocoon for a good ol' sweaty visit to the gym...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
DAY 5
Well, yesterday I woke myself up at quarter of 6 in the morning and dragged my butt to the gym. I actually did it. I said I was going to do it and I did... And it was awesome. I was so proud of myself for doing it that I really felt like I was becoming the person I wanted to be. I had more energy in the afternoon when I usually start getting worn down. I felt wonderful. So I set my alarm again.
Well, when my alarm went off this morning and I hopped out of bed ready to tackle the machines again, I wasn't feeling too great. I decided to not push myself and go back to sleep and that I would go to the gym tomorrow. Which stinks because I really wanted to do 5 consecutive days... but sh*t happens. Tomorrow I'll do better.
Tonight I had dinner with Nicole. We went to the 99 and I ordered the chicken wrap with french fries. Well I am SUPER PROUD to say that I only ate HALF of my wrap and ONLY 6 FRENCH FRIES!!!! HOLY CRAP! I have NEVER left a fri on my plate. EVER. And not only did I NOT eat them, I didn't even take them home for lunch. I took the wrap home but thats different. I proudly left a giant pile of fries on my plate. Go Me. Thats what I call progress.
Well, when my alarm went off this morning and I hopped out of bed ready to tackle the machines again, I wasn't feeling too great. I decided to not push myself and go back to sleep and that I would go to the gym tomorrow. Which stinks because I really wanted to do 5 consecutive days... but sh*t happens. Tomorrow I'll do better.
Tonight I had dinner with Nicole. We went to the 99 and I ordered the chicken wrap with french fries. Well I am SUPER PROUD to say that I only ate HALF of my wrap and ONLY 6 FRENCH FRIES!!!! HOLY CRAP! I have NEVER left a fri on my plate. EVER. And not only did I NOT eat them, I didn't even take them home for lunch. I took the wrap home but thats different. I proudly left a giant pile of fries on my plate. Go Me. Thats what I call progress.
this is what I LEFT on my plate.. :)
So tomorrow is another day. I plan on going to the gym in the morning before work. Will most likely have my left over half of a wrap for lunch with a yogurt and an orange for a snack.
PS: Seeing Nicole tonight was awesome and I love being reminded of what great friends I have and all the support that they give me. Nicole, I love you.
All my other friends and family, I love you too :)
PSS: quite exited to weigh myself on sunday, crossing my fingers for at least a 1.8lb loss.
PSSS: Contemplating going on weight watchers (online) depending on how I do on my own the first month. If I am able to lose what I need to lose and I seem to be on track then I probably wont but if I am having trouble keeping myself on track, I might. Thoughts?
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