Another bump in the road

I went to see my Doc about my knee. My bursitis was flaring up again. I now take a medicine daily to help out with it. AND to top things off, she told me to take a couple weeks off. I have to say that I was VERY bad on the eating this week. I get depressed and start stuffing my face. I wasn't just upset about my knee, there are others things happening that have my kinda down right now. BUT, I think things are calming down. I may have things worked out. Well, I am working on it anyway...

Monday and Tuesday

Monday was great! I got up and did my workout even though I was tired. 30-30-15! Burned 511!!! WOW! Intake was good too. I am getting better at keeping it at 1200. I did start having knee pain while at work. Not a happy thing. I had problems in the past and it actually caused me to quit working out. Turned out to be bursitis. I had to get a couple shots in my knee. This is also what I believe cause my allergy to NSAIDs. So now, I can't take anything for the pain and inflammation in the knee.

Tuesday was not as great. I decided to take the day off from exercise. I need to rest my knee occasionally. I watched what I ate and tried to keep it near 1000. I may have gone overboard at supper though. I ate chips and salsa at Gem City. I bought pizza for my boys though. They enjoyed it. I may have been OK though. It may have only added up to 1200 total. I wanted to keep it lower because of the lack of exercise.

Tomorrow I will get up and exercise. 1-2-3-3-2-1 for 30, 30 crunches and 15 extensions. It will be ok. I can work with the knee and still lose weight.

Rest of Saturday and Sunday

The rest of Saturday was fine. I had tacos for lunch. Ordered 3 and only ate 2. lol. We went to the riverfront to watch the fireworks. I ate a hot dog and a bag of chips. After that I had some kettle corn. It has a lot fewer calories than I had thought. I had a Pepsi too. Man that stuff is great! It knocked out my headache! So all in all it was a good food day. I exercised too and burned off 520. That was awesome!

Now on to today...

I had a bowl of Special K with 1% milk. Only 170 there. for lunch i had a BUNCH of kettle corn, but it was only 240!!! Supper will be the big meal. We are having meatloaf with mashed potatoes and broccoli with corn. Good food!!! Gives me 475 for the meal. This leaves me enough wiggle room to have a fudge bar. I'm so happy!

The best part about watching what I eat is that I am not denying myself anything. I just make adjustments to allow for the foods that I want. This is great!!

oh! AND I weighed myself today. 193!!!! WOOOHOOO!!!!!

Recapping the last couple of days

I think I left off Wednesday. Well, here I go...

Thursday. I was able to use the body ball for a workout. I forgot to wear the watch, so I'm not sure about calories burned. I ate a total of 1340. So, a little over my goal, but not bad anyway.

Friday. I didn't exercise. I was really sore from the body ball workout. I did however, manage my caloric intake to allow me to go out with my hubby and have 3 beers. YES! I went out and had a great time and only consumed 1200 calories for the entire day!

So, on to Saturday. So far, I have not exercised. I am really suffering from lack of sleep, or something... I hope to take advantage of naptime today to get the workout in. Food today. So far, I have had a banana. The rest of the day will be fine. I'm getting really good at judging calories now.

Here's another post

I actually got out of bed this morning and exercised. I went a little lighter for my knee. I have had to wear a brace too many times this week. Food wasn't bad today. I won't go into detail, but it was right around 1300. good enough for me.

UGH!

The last two days have been bad food-wise. I had been doing SO WELL! It's time to stop. Just because I am on "vacation" doesn't mean I get to pig out and ruin what I have begun. Monday and Tuesday have both been high calorie days. Today I didn't even exercise. Yesterday was better for that. I got up and exercised, then we walked the Science Center in STL. I have to get back in the groove!

I am trying to figure out just what to do about my knee. I know being lighter will help in the long run, but the physical act of getting there is killing it! I hate it! It makes me want to stop, but I will never lose any weight if I stop...

45 minutes

YUP! I went ahead and took advantage of the little guy napping with daddy and the big guy playing his video games. I didn't feel "done" at 30 minutes so I went on for 45 with varying intensities throughout. It felt great! That combined with 30 crunches and 15 back extensions gave me a burn of 650! WOOHOO!!!

I FEEL GREAT!!!!!

I almost forgot

Today I had an egg sandwich again (300). I have had 2 cups of sugared coffee so far, and may have a 3rd. I need to get Sweet-N-Low. the coffee is about (70) per cup. so that's (210) for all 3.

(510) for breakfast.

I will be more careful today.

I also need to get on the elliptical. I couldn't wake up yesterday, it just did not happen. I got up on time for it this morning, but didn't work out. Mom spent the night and I just couldn't make that much noise at 545 am.

UPDATE:

I had 5 oz of grapes for lunch/snack (100).

Supper was kinda sparse, but it was worth it. I had a hot dog (160) corn on the cob (60) and a salad (50). There was some butter in there too (30). So supper was (300).

We took the kids out for TCBY. I had a small soft serve swirl. YUMMY and only (220)!!

510 + 100 + 300 + 220 = 1130!!!!!!! So, I was able to have a GREAT day and eat good tasting food too!. I may just try to find something to fill in the other (70).

Thoughts...

I feel that I am getting great support at home. It is really good this time around. I have proven my commitment to my hubby bu getting up (almost) every morning for a workout. I FEEL much better. I was starting to feel depressed a few weeks ago and remembered how well I felt the last time I actively worked out. I do feel great! I really do! LOL

The only thing I occasionally have trouble with is hunger. I am eating considerably less that I used to. I have to be, or I wouldn't lose any weight. I am slowly getting used to the fact that I am hungry almost all day long. Drinking water seems to have the reverse effect on me. I feel more hungry when I drink water. There have been many chances for me to continue to overeat, but I am getting better with temptation.

I know I can do this. It wasn't all that long ago that I got down to 175. I KNOW I can do that again and better.

Catching up a bit

Lets start with supper Friday...

I had 600 cals after brakfast and lunch. ThenI had a Pepsi (250). !!! Well, I made up for it by eating a salad (350) for supper. I did have some chicken in it, but it was pretty good anyway. That made me just reach my total of (1200). Pretty good figuring.

So, On to Saturday...

I got a hankering for eggs. :-) I fixed 2 fried eggs (200) and put it on toast, lightly buttered (150) and 6 nilla wafers (100). (450) WOW! what a morning. I went a bit overboard.

Lunch was leftover pizza (400).

(850) at this point. Not much left for supper. We also had a night out planned. I tried to be good. I only had a salad. Well, between all the fixin's, salads end up having tons of cals! mine was almost (400)!

So that right there was (1250) it would have been fine, right? Well... Then comes the night out. I had 2 Bud Lights (110) each. (220). 1 MGD 64 (64), and 1 Bacardi Raz (225). (509) WOW! I need to plan a bit better for a night out. Salad all day with nothing but Italian dressing!

Let's call this a learning day. :-)

What a Friday

I really didn't even want to get out of bed this morning. I got to bed late last night. Somehow I found enough in me to get going though. I burned off 481 this morning. I guess I was walking slower than yesterday. The workout was on the same program. Oh well, it was still a good sweat this morning.

Now on to meal planning

B = banana (100) and a 1/2 and 1/2 (200). I just wanted it. :-) (300)

L = 1 slice of small pepperoni pizza (250) and an apple (50) (300)

(600)

Leaving (600) for later. I may snack on a banana this afternoon, might not though.

2 pounds in 1 week!!!

How excited am I ??? VERY !!!!

Yup, I got on the scale this morning and it showed that I lost 2 whole pounds! I'm floating right now!

My workout got harder this morning. I upped the tension and really felt it. I did 5 minutes on level 1, 5 on level 2, 10 on 3 (!!!), 5 on 2 and 5 on 1 again to finish it off. That combined with 30 crunches and 15 back extensions gave me a burn of 536. YAY! ME!

My meals today are similar to yesterday.

Breakfast = banana (110) and coffee with creamer (100). (210)

Lunch = Turkey sandwich (160), an apple (85), a banana (110), and some celery (~5). (360).

(570)

(630) left for supper. not bad at all.

Supper = 2 slices of a 12" pepperoni pizza (460). I had a pepsi (250) at scrapbooking. Bad me, I know, but DAMN it was good! (710)

(1340) not too bad really

Wednesday, almost one week.

I really didn't want to get up this morning. I got a call late last night to take my mom to work. I got back to sleep around 1130. That makes 530 WAY too soon to wake up. But I did it. I got up and out to exercise. I found my Mio last night. That wonderful watch helps me keep track of what I actually burn in a workout. I got 455 off this morning.

30 minutes elliptical
30 crunches (with an additional 6 pounds)
15 extensions

Today's menu:

Breakfast = banana (110) and capi/coffee (200). I gave myself the drink because of the total lack of sleep ;) (310)

Lunch = Turkey sandwich (160), an apple (85), and some celery (~5). (255)

(565) so far. (635) left for supper. Totally do-able.

Tomorrow I will have an "official" weigh-in.

Supper update = I made hamburger (300) and rice (100) with a side of broccoli (30). I even drank water! :-) (430)

(995) might be too little... but I could be wrong about supper. What a good day!

Awesome Summary !!!

Supper = Pork chop (130), baked potato with butter (160), green beans (20), and a glass of 2% milk (200). (510)

!!!

That's great! I had (575) available and ate less than that! WOOHOO! I'm going to congratulate myself by having a glass of tea! (25) !!!

I am quite proud of myself today. That doesn't happen often. :-) This is a long hard road and I am determined to see it to the end. My goal is to lose 8 pounds in 4 weeks. I KNOW I can do this!

Another day!

Another workout!

WOOHOO! So far so good. I got a full 30 minutes in again this morning along with 30 crunches and 15 back extensions. The house it HOT in the morning and it takes me forever to cool off again. I'm usually back to normal by the time I get to work. :-)

Breakfast was 2 glasses of water and 2 bananas (220).

Lunch will be mesquite smoked turkey breast (50) on a bun (110), and some celery sticks (~5). (165)

(385)

I know I am going to be hungry today, but I am probably going to chew gum.

Supper will be nice! I have 815 cals left!!!!

edit:

I got the urge for starbursts (240) and caved to it. so... (625) with (575) for supper. *sigh* I'll get better and work extra for that...

5:45 am

...is WAY to early for me! I need to get up at 5:30 to have time to do everything i need to in the morning though.

However, I did get up and spend 30 minutes on the elliptical this morning. I followed it up with 30 crunches and 15 back extensions.

I'm getting a handle on my eating again. I am measuring portions eating JUST ONE portion. I feel like I am starving. I know that I am not. The increased activity along with watching how much food I eat will work.

I'll even keep track of my intake again. That always helps me, so here we go!

Breakfast = 1 banana (110) and 20 oz of 1/2 cap-1/2 coffee (150). Too many calories still in that, but OMG so good! I have already planned to have that once a week and today was it. From now on my morning coffee will only have sweet-n-low in it. 5 cals per cup, max. (260)

Lunch = Spaghetti and Meatballs (350), apple slices (55) and crystal light peach tea. This one is better because it was planned! (405)

(665 so far)

Snack = a few cubes of cheese (not sure here, will have to count what I eat and weigh a matching portion to figure cals when I get home.)

Supper = Hamburger (340), no bun, and tater tots (160) add 10 for the A-1. (510)

Countable for the day was 1175. Add in 300 for the cheese and we get a grand total of 1475. Not great but better than I have been. Here's to a better tomorrow.

go me!

I managed to last for a whole 30 minutes this morning! I am kinda proud of myself. I watched VH1's Jumpstart. They need to have fewer commercials. It isn't really much of a jumpstart to be bored during a commercial. I really need to remember to charge up my ipod. I have an exercise playlist on it.

Anywho... workout summary=

30 minutes of elliptical work
30 crunches
10 back extensions

AND now instead of grabbing a shower and a nap, I am watching Little Einsteins because Ian woke up at the end of my workout. :-)

Re-Start

I'm trying it once again.

June 19, 2009
Weight = 199

I made the decision last night to start working out again. I can never seem to find the time during the day, but I knew I could squeeze it in somewhere. What time am I exercising? The alarm is set for 5:45 am. I worked for 15 minutes this morning, and probably should have gone longer. I will work on that. My hope is to work for 30 minutes each morning taking Sundays off.

I have to get back on track food-wise as well. I have a scale and will begin weighing my food and watching my fat intake again. I am not happy with myself and I am the only one who can change it.

Wish me luck and perseverance.

Back to it!!

I got back on the elliptical last night. It is wonderful how refreshed I felt when I woke up this morning. I was feeling down and crabby yesterday, but felt chipper and happy today!

I hope I don't get sick any time soon! 2 weeks of fighting off breathing problems really put a damper on my weight-loss schedule. but...

15 minutes may not seem like much, but it sure did a world of good for me. I am going to do another 15 tonite and possibly add in some resistance.

Got sick, but making plans

Yup, been sick for over a week. Not eating well either. I hope I feel better by this weekend, or at least by monday. I want to get back to exercising. I miss it and it hasn't even been a whole week of not doing it. As soon as my lungs let me I am going to get back to it, and back better than ever. My plan is to do 30 minutes on the ellptical every other night, use the walk video on the other nights, and get "back on the ball". I have the system on this page ( click here ). I am going to start using it with the videos again. I have an ab-lounge too, but I'm not sure when I will get back to that one. I think I will let more weight come off first. OH, how can I forget. I went out and priced weights. They are pretty reasonable. I'm going to get a set of 10-ponders to use here too. I have 3 pound ones, but I'm past that! The kids love them though!

The atmosphere of the gym was nice when I had friends in there with me. Now I am just going to work out at home. It will be fun, my kids like to do the exercises with me; nothing better than promoting a healthy lifestyle.

Summary time

Didn't have the watch today, so here is a guess...

approx 500 cal burn off

Here's what I did:
7 minutes on treadmill
30 of heel raises
5 min elliptical
1 min leg extensions
5 min tread
1 min (another machine here, but i forgot what it was called)
5 min tread
1 min ab machine
15 min tread.

WOO!!! It really perked up my day. I didn't even want to work out but pushed myself anyway. I'm glad I did. I had my ipod with me, so that was good. I do, however, need to get a better selection of music to moved to.

workout summary

Either my watch was messed up before, or it's messed up now. I haven't got that figured out yet.


I was at the gym for an hour and the watch recorded a total calorie burn of 475. Here's what I did:

15 on the treadmil
1 min of resistance
3 tread
1 res
3 tread
1 res
5 tread
1 res
3 tread
1 res
3 tread
1 res 15 tread

It felt really good to do all of that. I just want to figure out an accurate calorie burn measurment.

Nice Workout!

685 Cals in 45 minutes! woohoo!

15 minutes on the elliptical
1 on curls
3 on elliptical
1 on military press
3 on elliptical
1 on ball exchange
15 on elliptical

tomorrow lower body.

mini-rant

OK... Officially the percentage was 2.56 and I didn't even make the top 5 in the contest I was in. Now I am going to push harder.

Pics

Here I am with the hubby 4 years ago on our wedding day. Guess what the scales said... yeah, 150. I've certainly packed on the pounds. Can't really blame it on having a kid, but I try to. :)


















This is me with my hubby not very long ago. I'm at 198 here...

Not a happy weight, but it was a happy moment. If I remember correctly we were headed to my company Christmas Party.

Weight

yes, I am actually going to post it!

Starting weight for the blog: 190

Overall goal: 140

Goal for the next two weeks: 187

Stay tuned for the next installment!

:)

A little about me

I'm new to blogging, but this space is more for me to keep track of myself.

I have been on an 8-week journey to this point. I have lost 5 pounds. I still have 40 to go. I have been fighting with my weight for many years now and i just need to get into shape. I go to the gym 2 days a week. While there I do cardio and resistance training. I recently purchased a Leslie Sansone's walk at home video. I have done 1 mile using it. I plan to do more. my goal is to use the video 3 days a week and do a full three miles each time. I realized I need to work up to this. She works HARD in the video.

I have two great boys, and they are the second reason I am trying to get fit. One is 11 the other is 2, almost 3. They like or me to play with them outside and I am just too far out of shape for it, so I'm working on getting better.

My husband loves me just how I am and just wants me to be happy with me. (love him!!!)

My main reason for wanting to get into shape is so I will be okay looking in the mirror. I don't like what I see, so I am working on fixing that.