Day 9 ....

So day 9 was a good day - I was way low with my calories by dinner time so I made me a nice big dinner for a whopping 530 calories. It was soooo good though and I totally should have taken a picture, I swear I never think about it at the time because I am usually just so ready to put the food in my mouth that it totally skips my thoughts. Anyways it was kind of a big ole breakfast bowl kind of thing - just something I came up with on my own and entered the ingredients into caloricount.com to find out how much it was. I put a potato w/skin left on-diced, 1 oz onion and 1 oz green pepper in a skillet, let it get nice and soft then added 1/2 C canned corn, 1/2 C kidney beans and 2 tbsp salsa - mixed it all up and let it all get warm. Then I put that on a plate while I cooked 2 eggs, sunny side up - when they were done I laid them on top of my mixture and cracked the yokes so it was all one big yummy mess, i also added a dollup (however you spell that, lol) of sour cream ... it was SO GOOD! and so filling, loved it and loved the fact that I just made something healthy up all on my own - all natural foods... very good! much better than the greasy steak sandwich the husband had from a fast food joint ;) ...

I had a little trouble running last night - I think I really need to stick to a schedule because I think I am just wearing myself out at this point. I think sticking with the Couch to 5K would be the best for me, because my goal is to run a 5K - I ran for the longest stretch of running I have done last night though, it was cool to look at my Nike+ run after I was done and see almost a perfect straight line without 3 or 4 dips in it - I was just so tired and was getting light headed that I cut it short... soooooo I think the plan is going to be to run 3 days a week and do a different work out 3 days a week.

Speaking of workouts I just bought the EA Sports Active 2 for Xbox Kinect online the other day and should be getting in within a week or so - can't wait!

It comes with a resistance band and a heart monitor. I also signed up for some Tylenol - get moving thing just so I could get a free pedometer, lol ... so that should also be in the mail in a couple days - so lots of cool stuff coming my way. I also have the 30 Day Shred, which I will probably do until I get my Kinect game - Jillian kicks my butt everytime!

So thats all for now - have a great weekend. The husband is on call and the weather is supposed to be crappy so most of my weekend will most likely be spent in doors ... until tomorrow ...

Day 8 ... Good Bye 190's =)

Ok, so this is actually the start of day 9 and I peeked at the scale ... first, I know there is a great debate if weighing everyday is good or bad for you - for right now I think it is good for me because it keeps me in check, if I see the scale starting to creep up I know I need to step it up a notch and really watch what I am eating - I did this, this weekend when I had my slip up and drank too much and then had a gain on the scale. I worked out hard and I saw results ... so that is my justificaiton for looking at the scale =) ... It does however kind of take the excitement out of weigh in day since I will already know the results ... but whatever I don't care at this point ... whatever works! ... So anyways, got on the scale today and it was 188.5 - so that is a 5 lb loss in 8 days - I'll take it!

One thing I have to do is keep reminding myself that this weight is not just going to fall off, it took me a few years to get to where I am now (FAT) and I had horrible, horrible eating habits, eating very fattening foods and then just laying on the couch while my life passed me by. I am not going to do that any more, I am young, I am a mother, I am a wife - I want to live and I want to live my life to the fullest. I recently sat and thought about how ridiculous it was that I was sitting and watching these reality shows, watching other people living their lives while I was sitting on a couch letting mine just pass me by. I want things to change, I want to spend time with my boys and make their life the best I can for them while they are little and home with me and try to show them that they can do whatever they want in life if they put in the effort and work hard. I don't want them to remember their mom as the lady who cooked tons of fattening foods and then sat around watching tv. I want them to have the mom who runs around in the back yard with them - who takes them to the park - for walks - plays sports with them - and takes them to do fun things. I want them to experience all that life has to offer. I love my parents to death and I had an amazing childhood with 2 loving parents who were ALWAYS there when I needed them - but we never did much outside of our house, still to this day my parents never take vacations or do fun things, they are home bodies - and if that is what makes them happy then that is ok with me. I just want more for myself and for my kids - life is so short and I want msyelf and them to experience as much as possible with the time that we have.

Wow - I had no idea that this post was going to lead to all of that =) Have a great day and do something fun and turn the tv off!! =) 

Day 7 ... Weigh In Day

It is day 7 and I weighed in this morning - happy to say I was down 3 lbs! =) woo hoo ... Last Tuesday I weighed in at 193.5 today I was 190.5 ... go me! =) ... I was so worried after this weekend, but I didn't let my one day of a mess up get me down, I just got right back at it. I had a great run on the treadmill last night and I am getting ready to go again. I think I am starting to get a little bit of the runner's high ... I want to beat my own times and speeds and just continue to get better - I feel like I am a machine when I am on that treadmill and nothing is going to stop me. I will get up to 3 miles and I will get up to a good enough time to run a 5K - that is my goal! Yesterday and today I have only had 1 soda and water the rest of the days - I love my new water bottles. I have also come across an awesome website - caloriecounter.com - it is a very cool website where I can log my calories, my activity, and my weight and get support when I need it.

K, gotta go the boys are READY for bed!! ... back tomorrow =)

Day 3 through Day 6 ...

Well I was doing amazingly well up until Saturday (Day 4) - I screwed up on something SO STUPID ... First, on Saturday I woke up and took a sneak peak at the scale and I was down 3.5 lbs! So exciting since it had only been 5 days - I did awesome every day prior to Saturday. I made good choices, made myself different dinner selection than the rest of the family. I exercised everyday - either the treadmill or 30 day shred with Jillian (that really reminded me just how out of shape I am!) ... Then came Saturday and we had a ton of running around to do, a party and a trivia night - long story short I wasn't prepared and ended up eating stuff I should of ate and drinking waaaaaay to much! So needless to say the scale is up - back to where I started actually - tomorrow is my weekly weigh in and I am hoping for at least a 1 pound loss so I don't feel like I completely failed... but we will see. I am not going to let this stop me. I bought 2 new water bottles this weekend on clearance at Target - they are ones with a straw and for some reason it is so much easier for me to drink water with a straw... I did not buy soda this weekend at the grocery store, so the goal is to cut it out completely. I am currently drinking water - only downside is I have been to the restroom about 5 times already this morning. LOL - but I don't care, whatever it takes!!

So I will be back tomorrow with weigh in - keeping my fingers crossed for some kind of loss!! I am also going to try to start posting pictures in my posts, I know I really enjoy when bloggers post pictures, just reading sometimes gets boring. So anyways ... onto another day....

Day 2 ....

Day 2 is done and I did pretty well - considering I was home all day with 2 sick boys and all I wanted to do is EAT!! It was a boring day ... my oldest slept most of the day and my youngest was so crabby, following me around crying and wanting to be held all day. It was so nice outside I would have loved to have been able to go out! Daytime television is sooooooo boring and you can only do the internet for so long, sooooo that led me to several trips to the refrigerator for something to do ... isn't that sad! I could of done a ton of other things, like clean, scrapbook, organize, laundry - anything but all I could think about was what I was going to eat next. Thankfully I kept it together pretty well, I made myself an omlet for breakfast - with 1 egg + 2 eggwhites, a little bit of ham, green pepper, onion and a little bit of cheese - it was pretty good. I snacked on an apple and a soft pretzel (so wish i wouldn't have bought these - note to self!). For lunch I made an aweseome salad with romaine lettuce, red onion, green pepper, grilled chicken, a small amount of cheese and some light Italian dressing - sooooo good! ... Then for dinner we made shrimp tacos - this was not lowfat but I had 3 tortillas a small amount of shrimp in each one with lettuce, cheese and cilantro. The shrimp was cooked in a cream sauce, now that i think back i probably should of set some aside for myself without the sauce, but thats ok - i am learning and I am doing so much better than I have in the past. I didn't eat any evening snack (Woot woot) ... I did walk/run on the treadmill for 25 mins, burned off 250 calories, so that was good.

I am still having issues with the soda - i cannot stop drinking it and have yet to drink any water! I know this is a huge part of weight loss so I need to just bite the bullet and do it - I will not be buying soda at the grocery store this weekend!! I HAVE TO QUIT!

So all in all things are going good - I am avoiding temptations and when I do "snack" I am making healthy choices ... one day at a time! =)

Day 1 ...

Today was day 1 of my 100 days to change my life ... I did well but not my best. First of all I weighed in this morning at a whopping 193.0 (yuck!) ... I hope to never see that number on the scale again!  I also was able to steer clear of several temptations today. I took a vacation day yesterday and when I went in to work today there were valentines cupcakes, chocolates, cookies and someone brought in the biggest bag of popcorn I have ever seen and I thankfully did not eat any of it! I brought plenty of low calorie snacks and stuck to those. I did find myself very hungry by the time I went home - I need to save some kind of snack to eat right before I leave to go home. So when I got home I took a few bites of this and a few bites of that - not much of anything but needless food none the less. I also ate 2 too many dinner rolls. Other than that I am happy with the way I ate today. I also got on the treadmill and did day 1 of week 2 of Couch to 5K - it felt good to sweat!

Tomorrow I will try to drink water and be more mindful of what I am eating and enter my calories into sparkpeople.com and keep better track.

One day down, 99 to go ...