Wake up Call

Ok, I haven't posted in sooo long. I have no excuses but to really get serious about living that healthy lifestyle once again. This morning I woke up and I was running late. It's casual day so I put on my size 28 jeans which I have no business wearing. I have severe muffin top. NOT GOOD. I changed my top 3 times cause I feel like a blob. I attempted the second video of the Slim in 6 last night but my little guy wasn't having it. He kept running into my room and wanted me to hold him and watch the video. I figured he was getting tired so I gave him a quick bath and gave him some milk and turned on Nick JR. I then started the 1st Slim in 6 video which is 20 minutes long and here he comes running in. My little guy wanted to be held so badly so I had to give in. I wouldn't trade those moments in for anything but after he fell asleep I gave up. I slept in my work out clothes thinking I would wake up and get a quick workout in before getting ready but I hit the snooze too many times. I decided I really needed to blog today. After Ang's email from yesterday to blog, I was thinking that I wasn't going to be of any motivation to her since I wasn't doing anything but I realized today that I need you guys. Reading the October posts has already made me feel that much more motivating to really do something. I've hit rock bottom and it's time to face the damage that I've done since Vegas. I'm going to be brave like Ang and post my damage for all to see! My lowest weight pre-Vegas was 121!!! I weighed myself a few weeks after and I was 127 and I know I'm past 130 at this point which is NO BUENO for my short frame. I'm going to take the scale out of the back of my car (where it's conveniently been hiding since the move) and get on the scale first thing in the morning.
Meals today so far:
Morning: coffee (2 with creamer), banana, cream of wheat
Snack: might have a handful of cheez-its (reduced fat) in a sec
Lunch: going to get a side salad from the habit and I bought a low cal soup
Dinner: Ok, it's going to be bad but I already bought all the stuff. Making my mom's yummy potato enchilada recipe and yummy rice (fattening) side-dish.
I also have some grapes and a oatmeal bar for afternoon snack.
Ok ladies. I'm ready to re-commit. I will do some sort of exercise tonight. I'm thinking the 20 minute slim in 6 or cardio X. Good luck and special thanks to Ang for not giving up on us and encouraging us to blog. I need your motivation more than you know! Perhaps you can take me on one of your Sunday morning runs.
Love you girls!

Ok Fessing up....

Morning ladies....

Ok so I was thinking on Monday when I was running that I needed to lay my cards on the table when I post that way it will be motivating for me. =)

So... when I got onto the Blogging wagon again, I said I had gained weight since Vegas... but didn't write it out. I suck... soooo here we go... When I weighed in again since Vegas...I gained 10lbs. YIKES... I weighed in at 129, and I know that isn't A LOT... but it is since before I was at 119, which is low yes I know... BUT remember when I said I would fluctuate between a 5lbs weight...that is totally fine to me... being 124/125 cool... but at 129 not fitting into my clothes.. =( booo. No bueno.

So... Now 3 weeks since I weighed in and started running again and trying to do P90X I have gotten down to 127.8 as of Sunday morning. This weekend wasn't a bust... Always could have been better but getting there with my work outs and better eating... Rod wants to get back on track too so it is soooo much easier when he is on board too. Actually the more I think about it, he is usually always on board and I am lagging. =)

It is funny how the mind works cause sometimes I am like, blah I am totally ok with how I am, but then at the flip of a switch I put something else on, and I am sooo bummed out at myself cause they fit me so many weeks ago... and now blah... so then I want to be all strict... ahhh crazy cycle...

So my weeks are now going to be Sunday to Sunday instead of Monday to Monday...

Sunday - weighed in at 127.8; WORK OUT - Run 3.35 miles
Brkfst- eggs w/ sausage
lunch - blenders in the grass
snack - chips and chips and more chips (while playing bingo at CHUMASH)
Dinner - 2 bowls of Cinnamon Toast Crunch (got home late)

Monday - WORK OUT - Run 2.75 miles
Brkfst - 2 morning star sausage w/ motz cheese each on 1/2 of whole wheat eng. muffin
snack - a few Cheetto Puffs (not good), LUNA protein bar
Dinner - BBQ Tri tip, salad w/ ranch, Noodle Roni noodles, 2 pieces of garlic brd

Tuesday - WORK OUT - Planning on running at least 6 miles after work.
Brkfst - Coffee, Protein shake made at home P90X recipe
snack - LUNA protein bar & small gala apple
Lunch - Planning - on picking up an Ahi salad form SMFCO
Dinner - Planning - Cheese tortellini w/ chicken in Alfredo sauce

Rod is BACK in Lancaster again =( so that makes my dinners hard because cooking for 1 1/2 is tough for me. lol I tend to do nothing for me and making Aliyah something simple... BUT that isn't good for me, so I am going to really work on still cooking up something healthy and good for the both of us.

Where my girls at???? Love ya all.

Still doing it!!!

Hi my friends!!! How are you all doing?

How is everyones work outs going? I had a good week last week... Last post was Wed. Sept. 29 and I didn't have to bad of a weekend...

Thurs: I continued with good eating, didn't get to wk out but drank a lot of water and not bad bad food.

Fri: same thing good food, eggs in the AM SMFCO Ahi salad and a shrimp parm. taco, taco not so good for me, but good for my tummy!!! =) And Water water water. dinner was a bit of a bust, we were suppose to go out to dinner w/ the kids, but of course WORK called so Rod was MIA. The kids and I did a BIG Costco run so that I will stop eating out, and then picked up KFC on the way home.=( no bueno for the waistline at all... and really no bueno on my stomach..=(

Sat: Started of AWESOME.. went for a 2.05 mile run around Fillmore, felt good but a little tough being I had only been awake for like 15 mins. =) needed more time but only had a short time to wrk out b4 Aliyah's soccer game. NO EXCUSES! Came home and made egg whites and mushrooms w/ motz. cheese. lunch wasn't so good, went to the movies w/ kids and had butterfinger bites and popcorn and sprite, then afte for dinner we headed to Ferraros!!! YUMMO Baked Riggolitte!!! So that was nooo good for the waiste line but again, GREAT for the tummy. After that nothing on the bad food tip, had a glass of wine at the new SATTERFIELD Casa but didn't consume anything after that! =)

Sun: Started off good again, eggwhites with mushrooms, motz cheese and coffee, then headed north to SB for my Bro in laws bday bbq. I picked up Super A chicken so I decided to eat that, NO GOOD.. booo... Felt like blah after. BUT then we came home and went to VONS where I decided to buy some BEN n JERRY's yummy Oatmeal cookie ice cream... SERIOUSLY... probably the best ice cream I have EVER HAD!!! YUMM Didn't eat it all but still soooo good.

OK so now for this week...

No work outs just yet this week but eating has been good. When I weighed in... I was down 2 lbs which I was VERY happy about... was hoping for more but I will take it! I want to get at least 4 more down.

Mon:
brkfast - coffee, 1/2 egg, bacon, bean, cheese burrito... i know not good. then lunch got worse....
Lunch - asada crispy taco plate from SNAPPERS.... yikes... but had water. =)
Dinner - Stuffed porkchops I made at home.. not bad... w/ salad.

Tues:
brkfast- coffee, egg sami on wheat eng. muffin w/ ham and cheese made @ hm, snack - fresh fruit
Lunch - 1/2 ham sami on wheat bread, salad w/ little ranch, chips, 1/2 of a 1/2 of brownie... it wasn't good...
Dinner - frozen french bread pizza.. =) got home tooo late and yes... rod was MIA working AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now for today....
Wed:
Brkfst - coffee, 4 egg whites & 1 yoke.
snack - Fresh fruit (we have a meeting at 10 so I know it will be there) =)
Lunch - Snapper Jacks (I ordered it for our mtg. =) but it won't be bad for me, since it is catered in, I will make a steak salad with salsa and a little bit of shack sauce for my dressing... I will have a few chips but not to many and I will only drink water!!! =)
Dinner - not sure but may have a chick ceaser salad from a place in SB since I am going to see my sis this evening.

Ok ladies... I miss you girls... can't wait for BUNCO and LADY A... Need to be looking hottie pottie in my outfit, not sure what to be yet but you know me... sexy vixen in some way! =) lol PLUS I have my 1/2 marathon on Nov. 6th!!! yikes not far away.

Lets stay motivated!!!

Remember Me?

Ahhhh! OK here I am :) I have been CRAZY CRAZY busy at work lately so I have not been blogging but I have been thinking about it!!!

I have to confess, I am also in a little rut but am really really trying to dig deep for motivation! I haven't been eating too bad during the week because I usually bring my lunch but my weekend choices usually fluctuate from my good habits at least once or twice or three times and usually involve alcohol :) My weight only changes about 2-3 lbs but I have not been exercising AT ALL. I have attempted some walks in the evenings over the last month or so but Miss Ariana no longer wants to be in her stroller or her nifty little car, she wants to walk too!! So needless to say, my pace is not quite at the level that would be necessary for weight loss/calorie burning!!! I really need to be taking advantage of my lunch hour when I don't see Ariana and I can do the stairs like I was... but I find myself squeezing in errands since it's hard to do those things after work with a toddler. Being a working mom leaves little extra time but I need to be tough on myself if I want to be fit and healthy. Having a little person and working is still no excuse.

With all of this said, I need to still make an effort whenever I can, and come up with a new approach if what I was using before isnt working for me now. I am still below 140 which is my absolute threshold so I am happy about that. I am still 10 lbs lighter than I was last year at this time so I need to hold steady!!

Ariana loves being in the garage with the dogs so I was thinking in the evenings, now that it is a little cooler, we can hang out in the garage and I can do a little workout in ther, even if it's just 15-20 minutes. Jumping jacks, weights, standing cruches, lunges and squats. We have a stereo and weight set in there and the dogs and toddler can hopefully entertain themselves in there for a bit while I get back on track!

I have begaun obsessing over my crockpot lately so cooking at home is still a healthy option for me using my crockpot. Soups, stews, casseroles etc. I am going to try and focus on proteins and veggies as much as possible.

I hope you are all having a wonderful week and get back here soon!!!

xoxo

I'm blaming my lack of motivation on the heat! lol

Yikes where does the time go? It's been almost a week since I last wrote...I think. LOL

Ok so this past weekend. Didn't do too bad but of course...could have been better.
Friday went shopping as usual w/ my mom & grams. Met up with Ang for lunch at SMFCO. I bought some of the Skechers shape ups and boy do they work. They are the ugliest of all the "shape up" shoes out there but by far the most comfortable and like I said...they really do work! Dinner was 2 pieces of pizza and some salad at Bunco plus a few glasses of red wine...oh and a Midori cupcake. =(
Sat went for a walk in the AM and then made myself a couple of eggs w/ turkey sausage & corn tortillas. Went to a BBQ that afternoon and did have a cheeseburger w/ a little pasta salad and Lord knows how many beers. BUT it was at a beach house so walking in the sand to and from the water alone was a bit of a workout.
Sunday woke up and went for a walk and then came home to some yummy Soyrizo w/ eggs for breakfast. Turkey sandwich for lunch w/ baked chips and chicken fajitas for dinner.

Monday I did HORRIBLE. I wasn't feeling good and so I left work early. But since I left early I didn't take a lunch and ended up picking up Taco Bell on my way home. And unfortunately Monday was the HOTTEST DAY EVER so no one at my house wanted to cook. Ended up having McDonalds. ARGH! Sooo not good and so not how I'm gonna lose my 50 lbs by April.

Tuesday wasn't the worst but wasn't the best (seems to be the theme for the week). Just had coffee (black) for breakfast because I was out of soy milk so couldn't have my cereal. Lunch was a chicken teriyaki wrap which was yum and iced tea. My grandma invited me over for dinner and we had tacos & rice. Went to the movies as well but I didn't have any snacks so not too bad. No exercising though. =(

Today so far I've just had black coffee because again...I'm out of my soy milk and can't have my cereal. Lunch is going to be Subway and an iced tea. Not sure what dinner will be but I AM going for another walk today after work. I really should get back to the gym but a walk is still exercise and with these shape ups I really feel a difference.

Oh and just FYI ~ I weighed myself over the weekend and am down 2 more lbs. I'm sure I've gained it back since but we'll see. However, my friend/co-worker told me on Monday that I look thinner so something I'm doing is working! Friday I'm going to weigh in again so cross your fingers I haven't gained! I've gotta get back to eating better. Hawaii is only 6.5 months away!

I'm doin it, doin it, & doin it well!!!

Already starting to feel better!!!

Ok no joking around, this cold is not going to stop me either. Since being on track since Monday, I am feeling better...

Recap of food this week:

Monday went as planned:
Lunch - Caprese salad w/ a tad of ranch dressing from Urban, only 1/2 of the bread they give you.
Snack - didn't have one
Dinner - Tuna helper as planned, only a small bowl, not sure how bad that is for you... but it wasn't fried or processed... so it was a good meal.

Then followed up my day with a P90X work out!!! woo hoo The first one in about say, over a month in a 1/2 =( yikes... I did Chest and back and part of the Ab Ripper, and lets say today I am still FREAKIN SORE...

Tuesday went as planned too:
Breakfast - coffee w/ creamer, 2 morning star sausage patties on 1 english muffin w/ lowfat motz. cheese
Snack - 1/2 protein bar
Lunch - BBQ chopped Tri tip salad from Wood Ranch w/ 1 1/2 pieces of their yummy bread
Dinner - Baked breaded chix strips chopped into a salad with a tad of ranch

Before dinner right after work I went for a 3.05 run in VTA... ahhh was so nice, but hot still but trying to sweat away this cold. It felt so good to get out there..

Wednesday, going as planned:
Breakfast - Coffee w/ creamer, 6 egg whites w/ turkey and low fat motz cheese
Snack - 1/2 protein bar
Lunch - going to SUMO SUSHI gg to get the Ultimate Salmon Roll and some edamane
Dinner - NOT sure whats on the meeting since I have soccer and a parents mtg tonight....

Probably won't get a work out in today but I did go on a 20 mins walk today with a co-worker so that helped...

I am feeling really good about being on a schedule again, and would love to chat with my girls about what you all are doing too...

Ok just disgusting... =(****

Good morning my friends!!!

Hope you all are doing great and had a nice weekend and didn't sweat to much from this dang heat... YIKES it's hot.

Ok sooo for the title of my post! I am GROSS ... Seriously... GROSS...I stepped on the scale today and wanted to die.... it has gone up WAY to much since Vegas... and really the only excuse I have is, that I am LAZY. It isn't that I needed to splurge, or that I am too busy, or that I have hurt myself, it is just plain out LAZINESS!!!

Well that's it... it ends today. My clothes aren't fitting me, I do not like what I see in the mirror, I don't like not having energy, and for the first time in MONTHS I am getting a cold. =(

So I am hitting it hard again. This morning I weighed in, and I am set for the P90X nutrition guide again. Rod is scheduled to bein Lancaster all week so I have all the time to get my butt up and work out everynight!

This morning:
Breakfast - 6 egg whites (no butter, Pam) with 2 pieces of sandwich ham mixed in. maybe 6 oz of cottage cheese with a couple of garlic triskets, and coffee with creamer.
Snack - on the menu - protein bar & recovery drink
Lunch - on the menu - chef salad - so i will grab a salad from Toppers or Urban cafe didn't have time to make one.
Dinner - on the menu - Salmon, but no me guesta cooked salmon so since it is just Aliyah and I, we will have Tuna Helper!! =) I bought it cause it looked good, so we are going to try it.

Work out plan for tonight. Going to get a the P90X work out in set for today, I think it is arms and back or something like that... BUT while aliyah is at soccer, I think I am going to walk the field, no need for me to just sit there playing on my phone when I can be doing something better for myself!

Miss you girls, we are all super busy but all want the same thing... Lets get healthy together!