I just realized it has been over a week since I last updated! I have been so busy reading other peoples' blogs and surfing for new ideas on Pinterest that I simply forgot about my own blog!
Last week I lost 3.1 pounds. Now..I just need to keep it going. I'm not sure why I feel like I lost weight so I can eat crap. This week our challenge is to be the "biggest loser" so I am hoping to make it a GREAT week of weight-loss because I don't like to lose. I want to be the biggest loser before our Thanksgiving dinner.
I also signed up for my FIRST 5k. My sister, mom and I will be doing it on Thanksgiving morning!! What better way to get Thanksgiving started than by running/walking my FIRST 5k!!?!? I'm very excited my sister decided to do this with me and my mom as well, even though she said she'll be canceling if the weather is bad! But, the tv said it should be about 51 that day!
YAY for 5k's and YAY for Thanksgiving!!!!!
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Thirsty Thursday
Good Morning!
I have been absent for a few days...well...7 days to be exact! Sorry! It hasn't been a great 7 days for me. I went to my old town to visit friends. There are two problems with this. One-they all LOVE to drink and with drinking comes a lot of eating for me. Two-this town has the BEST Chinese place EVER!
So...what I'm saying is, I drank a lot, ate a lot, and ate a lot of CHINESE!!!!!!!!
The four pounds I was down when I weighed in at group training 2 weeks ago is no longer gone. It is so strange to me. I feel like I SHOULD be losing at least a flippin pound every week because I feel better and I look better in my clothes but I'M NOT LOSING! It is SO FRUSTRATING!!!!
One good thing about having these group workouts is that I have a trainer. So...this morning when she weighed me in, she told me that things just "aren't adding up" with me and my weight loss so she wants me to take a picture with my phone of EVERYTHING I eat and send it to her. This will be challenging b/c then I also have to think about what I'm sending/eating and own up to it to my TRAINER! It will be good. Also, the past week and a half I havne't been tracking my food on my LostIt account so that is going to start back up today.
So, I'm off to track my calories before my students get here! Have a great day!!
I have been absent for a few days...well...7 days to be exact! Sorry! It hasn't been a great 7 days for me. I went to my old town to visit friends. There are two problems with this. One-they all LOVE to drink and with drinking comes a lot of eating for me. Two-this town has the BEST Chinese place EVER!
So...what I'm saying is, I drank a lot, ate a lot, and ate a lot of CHINESE!!!!!!!!
The four pounds I was down when I weighed in at group training 2 weeks ago is no longer gone. It is so strange to me. I feel like I SHOULD be losing at least a flippin pound every week because I feel better and I look better in my clothes but I'M NOT LOSING! It is SO FRUSTRATING!!!!
One good thing about having these group workouts is that I have a trainer. So...this morning when she weighed me in, she told me that things just "aren't adding up" with me and my weight loss so she wants me to take a picture with my phone of EVERYTHING I eat and send it to her. This will be challenging b/c then I also have to think about what I'm sending/eating and own up to it to my TRAINER! It will be good. Also, the past week and a half I havne't been tracking my food on my LostIt account so that is going to start back up today.
So, I'm off to track my calories before my students get here! Have a great day!!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Long Day
Howdy ya'll!
We made the chicken and salsa recipe for the crockpot last night. It was AHHHH-MAZING!!!! It was so delicious and so easy!!! You all must try! We (mi madre and I) bought stuff for tacos like we normally would have and then instead of beef tacos we had chicken tacos! They seriously were amazing! All we did was put 5 frozen chicken breasts in a crockpot with a jar of salsa for the entire day and then shredded it up and POOF.....chicken tacos just like the local mexican restaurant!
I didn't sleep well at ALL last night. I had horrible dreams and kept waking up all night. Then when it was time to actually get up at 4:30am to go workout, I didn't feel like it at ALL! This week was hard for me. I haven't had a problem getting up to workout ANY of the last 4-5 weeks and then this week, I haven't wanted to at all! My shins have been extremely sore and I have to push through workouts and it isn't a lot of fun. I dont know... I also WAS so flippin excited about tracking all my calories in and out and that feeling has subdued this week. I don't know if it is partly because I am heading back to visit old friends and I am SUPER excited to drink wine all weekend with them and eat as much of their Chinese food as possible!?! It is the BEST Chinese I have ever had! I might founder on it to be honest. I will NOT be counting calories at all! Well, I will conciously try to eat not so much and I might order chicken fried rice instead of the breaded chicken I normally get. Either way, I don't know why I am feeling this way but I am hoping to get through the weekend and move on, continuing in the right direction by working out hard and losing weight.
Life is about lessons. I have to continually learn what works for me and my body and what doesn't work. I need to learn to see what my body is telling me and actually pay attention to it and not ignore it! It is possible. I have seen/read so many blogs of people that have done it! The biggest realization is that it is a constant struggle but it is COMPLETELY doable!
Have a great evening! Be healthy!
We made the chicken and salsa recipe for the crockpot last night. It was AHHHH-MAZING!!!! It was so delicious and so easy!!! You all must try! We (mi madre and I) bought stuff for tacos like we normally would have and then instead of beef tacos we had chicken tacos! They seriously were amazing! All we did was put 5 frozen chicken breasts in a crockpot with a jar of salsa for the entire day and then shredded it up and POOF.....chicken tacos just like the local mexican restaurant!
I didn't sleep well at ALL last night. I had horrible dreams and kept waking up all night. Then when it was time to actually get up at 4:30am to go workout, I didn't feel like it at ALL! This week was hard for me. I haven't had a problem getting up to workout ANY of the last 4-5 weeks and then this week, I haven't wanted to at all! My shins have been extremely sore and I have to push through workouts and it isn't a lot of fun. I dont know... I also WAS so flippin excited about tracking all my calories in and out and that feeling has subdued this week. I don't know if it is partly because I am heading back to visit old friends and I am SUPER excited to drink wine all weekend with them and eat as much of their Chinese food as possible!?! It is the BEST Chinese I have ever had! I might founder on it to be honest. I will NOT be counting calories at all! Well, I will conciously try to eat not so much and I might order chicken fried rice instead of the breaded chicken I normally get. Either way, I don't know why I am feeling this way but I am hoping to get through the weekend and move on, continuing in the right direction by working out hard and losing weight.
Life is about lessons. I have to continually learn what works for me and my body and what doesn't work. I need to learn to see what my body is telling me and actually pay attention to it and not ignore it! It is possible. I have seen/read so many blogs of people that have done it! The biggest realization is that it is a constant struggle but it is COMPLETELY doable!
Have a great evening! Be healthy!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Pushing...
Pushing. That's what I've been doing. I've been pushing thoughts of doing well out of my head. I KNOW that my body is already changing shape with the exercise I've been doing. I KNOW that my muscles are getting a LOT strong. I KNOW that I can do this if I really put my mind to it, but I've truly been pushing that thought from my head.
I made it through the last 4 weeks and never ONCE thought about missing a group workout. This week, I had to push myself to go. I did NOT want to get out of bed. I did NOT want to go sweat at 5:30 in the morning. I did NOT want to do it, period. But, I pushed myself. I DID do it. I made it through the workout and burned 590 calories. I pushed a fellow group member to do better. I pushed through the sore muscles. Now I am pushing through REALLY sore muscles. It was a leg workout and they feel like they want to fall off at the hip because they are SO sore today. I am going to have to push myself to go to the gym tonight after work. I really feel like I could get away with not going, but I already let myself eat 2 monster cookies today and I am SO tempted to have a third. I need to push that thought from my mind. Actually-I need to go give AWAY the last monster cookies in the container.
I coached volleyball this year. It was my first year and I coached freshman girls. It went well. I remember thinking every day though, that I was the FAT coach. I didn't look good in my clothes. I didn't even look KIND OF athletic. I couldn't do the things I wanted to do to help show my girls what I was asking of them because I knew my body either wouldn't do it or would look completely ridiculous executing the moves. Either way, I was the fat coach. Also, I looked ridiculous in all the team clothing I had/have. Well, last night was our team banquet and I bought the XL long-sleeve shirt that I wouldn't have even THOUGHT of buying 4 weeks ago. I did. I took it home. I tried it on. IT FIT! It is a little snug but it was SO comfortable and I wore it all over the house and my Cowboy (aka-Chad, but Cowboy from now on) said it was great! He also was encouraging and said in NO time, it will not be snug at all and it might even be too big! YAY! So that was an accomplishment for me last night. It is dry-fit material so I even brought it to workout in today. We'll see how it goes.
Now, my problem comes because I don't understand how I can have an accomplishment and then go back to eating TWO monster cookies today instead of the protein pudding I brought. UGH! I need to keep pushing myself to do better eating-wise. My mom made the crock-pot chicken with salsa recipe that Ann posted on Twelve-in-Twelve this morning so we will try that for supper! I saw the recipe and called her immediately to tell her to try it and I'd come over for supper tonight so she did! YAY! I'll let you know how it is!
One final note...I ordered a bracelet from Prior Fat Girl's website. It is the "One bite at a time. One decision at a time." bracelet. I actually ordered two. I asked Cowboy if he wanted to wear the other one with me. He hesitated at first. I gave him a little heck about it. He didn't want to because he said he might feel stupid if his friends asked him what it was. Then, he must have thought about it yesterday all day because last night, he said that if I wanted him to, he would be happy to wear it! SO....we are both wearing the bracelet. Now I KNOW I can NOT let myself down. Or Cowboy. He works hard to support me. Sometimes, I forget that. Therefore, I can not let either one of us down. I WILL make better decisions...ONE AT A TIME!
I made it through the last 4 weeks and never ONCE thought about missing a group workout. This week, I had to push myself to go. I did NOT want to get out of bed. I did NOT want to go sweat at 5:30 in the morning. I did NOT want to do it, period. But, I pushed myself. I DID do it. I made it through the workout and burned 590 calories. I pushed a fellow group member to do better. I pushed through the sore muscles. Now I am pushing through REALLY sore muscles. It was a leg workout and they feel like they want to fall off at the hip because they are SO sore today. I am going to have to push myself to go to the gym tonight after work. I really feel like I could get away with not going, but I already let myself eat 2 monster cookies today and I am SO tempted to have a third. I need to push that thought from my mind. Actually-I need to go give AWAY the last monster cookies in the container.
I coached volleyball this year. It was my first year and I coached freshman girls. It went well. I remember thinking every day though, that I was the FAT coach. I didn't look good in my clothes. I didn't even look KIND OF athletic. I couldn't do the things I wanted to do to help show my girls what I was asking of them because I knew my body either wouldn't do it or would look completely ridiculous executing the moves. Either way, I was the fat coach. Also, I looked ridiculous in all the team clothing I had/have. Well, last night was our team banquet and I bought the XL long-sleeve shirt that I wouldn't have even THOUGHT of buying 4 weeks ago. I did. I took it home. I tried it on. IT FIT! It is a little snug but it was SO comfortable and I wore it all over the house and my Cowboy (aka-Chad, but Cowboy from now on) said it was great! He also was encouraging and said in NO time, it will not be snug at all and it might even be too big! YAY! So that was an accomplishment for me last night. It is dry-fit material so I even brought it to workout in today. We'll see how it goes.
Now, my problem comes because I don't understand how I can have an accomplishment and then go back to eating TWO monster cookies today instead of the protein pudding I brought. UGH! I need to keep pushing myself to do better eating-wise. My mom made the crock-pot chicken with salsa recipe that Ann posted on Twelve-in-Twelve this morning so we will try that for supper! I saw the recipe and called her immediately to tell her to try it and I'd come over for supper tonight so she did! YAY! I'll let you know how it is!
One final note...I ordered a bracelet from Prior Fat Girl's website. It is the "One bite at a time. One decision at a time." bracelet. I actually ordered two. I asked Cowboy if he wanted to wear the other one with me. He hesitated at first. I gave him a little heck about it. He didn't want to because he said he might feel stupid if his friends asked him what it was. Then, he must have thought about it yesterday all day because last night, he said that if I wanted him to, he would be happy to wear it! SO....we are both wearing the bracelet. Now I KNOW I can NOT let myself down. Or Cowboy. He works hard to support me. Sometimes, I forget that. Therefore, I can not let either one of us down. I WILL make better decisions...ONE AT A TIME!
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