I've been a mad busy woman! I have so much on my plate right now! I've been working, paying bills,all the cooking, and cleaning the house, exericsing, taking care of the kids getting them ready for day care, picking them up from day care, and then getting them ready for bed to do it all over again! Besides that I have been planning for my son's b-day party which is the following weekend! I've also been studying and about to start summer school. Thats if I could meet up with an advisor before then.
Anyhow I feel like I'm about to have a break down any minute! Although I'm not single it sure does feel like it when my DH is at work. I really don't like this but I should be used to it by now. I guess before it was easier because I only had one kid. Oh well I just ask God to give me strength and energy to keep going. I need to suck it up because there are woman out there who do this everyday and then some!
I really need to sit back and just exhale!
Anyhow I almost decided not to exercise due to the fact that I have been so busy. I didn't wake up at 5 am like I had planned which put my exercise on hold. Thankfully I had leftovers from yesterday and didn't have to cook dinner tonight! I'm glad I got that workout in because as usual I felt great afterwards! I did Turbo Jam 20 min workout and Turbo Jam Turbo Sculpt.40 min. I felt it was necesary to do some weight trainingg exercises this week because last week I only did cardio! Anyhow it's late as usual I need to get to bed so I can be refreshed for my day!
Until next time much love!
P.S. I'll try to catch up on blogs as soon as I get a chance!
I feel so bloated right now I feel like I can float away!
I think its time to buy a new battery or a new scale. Tell me what you think as I tell you my experience with the scale this morning and every other weigh in I encounter.
Okay so this morning when I stepped on the scale is said 200.5 then dropped down to 199.5. I was like there is no way that I gained 5 pounds in 1 week! So since I don't have a reset button (or don't know where its located) I took the battery out and reinserted it and step on the scale again. At that point it read 193.5, I was shocked! Could it be I have managed to lose 2 pounds even when TOM is here? No because I step on the scale and then it went to 194.5. At that point I was like what the heck is wrong with this scale? So I said I'l try one more time and guess what the number changed again resting on 195.5! At this point I was like whatever. I'll just go with this number. I'd rather be wrong at a higher number than be wrong at a lower number. So I guess my weight stayed the same this week which actually isn't so bad considering TOM stank behind is here! Being that everytime I step on the scale I get a different number, and then finally the last 5 times the number stays the same do you think I should get a new scale? I think I'll try a new battery first and see what happens next week before I spend that kind of money on a decent scale, again.
Anyhow I got my run on this morning and all I can say is whoa!
My first intention was to run at a local park and not the other park I usually run at because it is too far to go, just to go running. The only reason I used to go to that park because it was near my WW"s meeting. Anyhow after I dropped the kids off I realized I left my HRM at home so I just decided to run around the neighborhood, hoping that anyone wouldn't point, stare or laugh at me! I don't think I got any of that. So I think I finally got over my fear of running in my own neighborhood. Anyhow the sun basically kicked my butt today and left me with a tan! I ran/walked for 40 min (ran 4 min/ walked 1min). Including a 5 min warm up and 5 min cool down total of 50 min! I covered 3.56 miles. I'm pretty nervous for the rest of the week and the remainder of the training program I start running for 5 min at a time then walking for 1 min. I sure hope I'm able to manage. I think I can I think I can!
Okay I'm off to kick my heels up and find some ice and Alieve cause my legs are on fire and one of my joints hurt!
I hope everyone had a great weekend and I hope that you all have a great week!
First I want to thank all of my EP friends for wishing me happy b-day!
To be honest my birthday was nothing what I thought it would be. My DH had to work so that made me down already. Plus I didn't have a sitter for the kids. So what did I do? I cleaned my house! I honestly didn't feel like doing nothing! Some would have taken this opportunity to splurge on this day but I stayed on plan with my eating. However I almost didn't exercise yesterday just because I didn't want to. But around 8pm I talked my self into it and did my running thing! I ran for 4 min/ walked 1 min for a total of 40 min! And I'm so glad I did inspite of how I was feeling.
Oh well I guess I shouldn't complain. I lived to see another year. I look at it as every year that I get older I get smarter! Anyhow when DH comes back we plan to celebrate then. The only thing is I'm worried because he is so not the creative type and never knows what to do. I'm always the spontaneous one and the romantic one. Even when I tell him what I would like and he still doesn't pick up on my clues. Like when I wnated to go to the JAy Z concert. I told him several times beofe the tickets where on sale, do you think he bought any? No! okay I'm getting mad just thinking about it. I'm a big fan of Jay Z and that is my 2nd opportunity that I missed to see him so you can imaginge how pissed I am. I have learned that I just have to take charge. But Sometimes I like for my man to be in charge you know? Isn't that how it should be? Oh well I married him so I can't complain.
Okay enough of my soap box I had to vent. Now for the reason of my title of this post.
TOM has entered the building! 4 days EARLY!! Why now? Why a day before my weigh in? You can imagine how nervous and pissed I am! Oh well I guess I'll take the good with the bad! So basically I'm not looking forward to stepping on the scale tomorrow! Maybe I'll be surpirsed!
As for the diet that I recently experiemeented with which was to omit rice, bread, pasta and potatoes. I don't think it affected my weight at all! (It seems like I went through all that for nothing, lol) I did another sneak peek on the scale today and there was NO big difference at all! Am I being impatient? Should I try another week? I don't know. So it seems as long as I'm staying within my calories it doesn't matter what I eat. So I'm back to eating those type foods however I will just set limits and not over do it! Well wish me luck for my weigh in tomorrow. I need all the skinny vibes I can get!
Does anyone know if that is possible? If you do please let me know! LOL
Just kidding!
Okay so I have come to the realization that I won't be 185 by my birthday. ( Saturday) Which really sucks, because I think I should have been this weight a while ago. I was planning on partying like a rock star in a nice sexy outfit! Anyhow I'm over it! At least I'm not too far off!
I had set a goal to have at least lost 25 pounds( halfway goal) which is now 27.5 (due to a gain) by my birthday way back in December. I'm okay about it because during this journey I have had so many ups and downs. More ups than downs. But I didn't let that discourage me. I kept hanging in there. I was trying new things(diets) but at least I didn't give up! And I'm glad that I didn't because I think I finally found something that works!
Which is basically cutiing back on calories, exercising more, and WRITING EVERYTHING I eat. I have been keeping up with what I eat at Calorie King (Awesome site by the way). It has really helped me to see what I have been putting in my body rather it be healthy or not, and lets me know what I need to work on. I think counting calories is an awesome and easy way to lose weight! Ever since I have been counting calories and journaling what my intake is, I have been consistent with my weight loss every week! ( knocking on wood) It might not be significant amount of weight loss but it's enough for me and plus all those points here and there add up. This time really feels different I feel like I have met my match. As long as I stay focused, determined and consistent. I will be well on my way at losing these extra pounds!
If I was at 185 and had a party I think I would want to wear something similar to this!
Okay I might be pushing it but a girl can dream, right? I think this dress is banging and so are the shoes!
Well it's late and as usual I'm still up! Gotta Go,
Ok so another one of my goals was to run ,my first 5K before the end of this month! However due to procrastination and fear. I waited to the lsat minute to find a race. Well I found one only to find out that it's been cancelled. I was pissed when I found out. I finally had build enough courage to call and sign up for the race only to find out the number is not working!
I just new I was going to meet my goal it was suppose to be a birthday present to myself! (My birthday is Saturday by the way. I can't believe I'm getting old) Now is the time where I will tell people that I'm 21 for the rest of my life! Lol
Anyhow so now what do I do? do I give up? keep procrastinating, no. I find another race and I register pronto! Thats exactly what I did! I have officialy signed up for the Miami Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run (5K). You can find out more info about the race here > mercedesbenzcorporaterun.com/index.php
Anyhow I'm pretty excited about the race and the course.The race will be held in the evening. Majority of the race is going to be in downtown Miami so this should be interesting. Now that I have gotten the hard part out of the way. Now all I have to do is show up! Lol I also need to figure out what to wear? I know it's not that serious but I'm crazy like that. I want to look cute for my first race. Lol
Anyhow I already have another race (Twlight 5K) in mind it is in early June and it's also another evening race. Which I think is good because it is always hot down here!
Although I didn't get to run my first 5K before the end of April kind of turn out in a good deal because before I wouldn't have had any support. For this upcoming race I will have my aunt and possibly more people cheering me on!
Well I gotta go get my run on. Ididn't want to wake up again this morning, so I had to wait until I got off work! Better late than never right?
Until next time much love!
Edited @ 9pm to add:
I finally got my run/walk in. It was tough as usual but I got through! As of now I'm in my week 8 of training. (THe program is 10 weeks long and on that last day your suppose to run a 5K) Anyhow right now my intervals consist of running 4 min and walking 1 for a total of 7-8 sets depending on what day it is. Next week I'm up to running 5 min and walking 1 min from 7- 8 sets. I must say I'm a little nervous about that one! I think I can hang, I hope I can hang. Anyhow usually after the training ends your suppose to run a race but my training will still be going on. I plan to continue on with it and see what I feel like doing after the program is finished. I still don't think I'm ready to run non stop( although I wish I was) we shall see, we shall see, Okay gotta go tuck the kids in bed and then tuck myself. I had a long day and I deserve this special treat of going to bed early. Take Care,
From me posting so early you can tell that I didn't go to work, again. I'm starting to think that signing up for a staffing agency was a mistake. I thought the hospitals would always be in need. Well due to certain circumstances I can only work morning shifts and as of now I'm only cleared to work in one hospital. I'm waiting for my finger prints to come back so I can be cleared to work at the others(They really need to get a move on that!) Anyhow I only signed up because they pay better and we could use the extra money to start saving, but oh well all I can do is wait!
Now today is usually my weight training day but I just didn't feel like doing that and plus I didn't want to wake up ealry the sleep was too good. I think I'm getting bored with my workouts. So I decided to go bike riding instead. Which I think is good because it will confuse my body from what its used to. When I do go riding I usually ride on the trails at this nice park with my DH but today I decided to ride around the neightborhood!
My usuall exercise time is 60 min so I rode 64 mins! I biked 9.5 miles! Burning a total of 650 cals! (my Polar HR monitor says I burned more but I rather claim I burned less than to be over on my cals). Anyhow that was a great workout! I had fun while working out which doesn't happen often! The weather was nice the sun was and it was a nice cool breeze. I really want to incorporate this into my workouts at least once a week or once every two weeks! As you can imagine my legs are sore! I'm still comtiplating about doing my Turbo Sculpt DVD. So I can get in a upper body workout (I think I need one). I don't know I guess it depends on how I feel later on today! I also got in my cruches and pushups! But as of now I'm done with my workout for today! Well I'm off to catch up on other blogs so take care.
I lost another 1.5 pounds! So I'm down to 195.5. (GO V, GO, V ) Sorry I got carried away cheering myself on!
As I slowly stepped on the scale this morning the final numbers came in at 195.5! I couldn't believe my eyes. (Is this true? Is this thing working right?) I guess I was expecting bad news. So you know I got on the scale 25 more times to confirm that was indeed the correct number!
I also decided to start measuring my body fat as of way of measuring my loss. I recently purchased a fat loss monitor by Omron. It's really neat. So as of now my body fat is 35.8% .( According to some charts I before I started my weight loss journey I ws at 42%) Don't know how accurate those are so thats why I got an actual monitor! It's a good way to tell if you did have a gain on the scale you can tell if it was fat or muscle! My goal is to get below 25% and maybe even 20%. I shall see.
Today I didn't get called in for work! So I was looking forward to running. I had to stop by my school to take care of a few more things before I get started. I noticed that the school had a trail but it was very small. I could see the whole path in one view. So I knew I would have to repeat it several times. Wasn't looking forward to that and plus I didn't feel comfortable running around a bunch of students! Lol Maybe next time.
So I went to my favorite park. The sun was out and it was kicking my a$$! However I managed to get through. The workout went by pretty quickly. It was harder to run. But it was easier to complete due to the scenery. It made the time go by so much quicker. I managed to get in 2.5 miles in 36 min( not including the warm-up or cool down). I ran 4 min and walked 2 min to recover for a set of 6 intervals and a 5 min warmup and 5 min cool down (Total 46 min!). It was an okay run. I could have done better. But it has been a couple of weeks since I last ran outside!
As for my eating I actually stopped eating all those high carb foods yesterday I wanted to see I could handle it and I think I can. I have also realized that it is almost imposible for me to plan a whole week in advance. So my goal is to plan 2 to 3 days in advance. I have already planned up until half of Wed. Well its way past time for my snack just wanted to blog first. I hope everyone has a great week.
Okay so after Friday's SNACK ATTACK! I thought I was through! Apparently not. I did good all day yesterday up until later on in the evening!
WTF is wrong with me? I guess I figured since I did well with all my eating and exercise. I deserved to eat something sweet. Right? Wrong! So that tells me that I should have thrown away the snacks! But guess what I still haven't thrown them out. I really think I got all my snacking in for the month and next month!
As far as today I'm doing really good with my eating! My cal intake is 1200 and I still have 445 to spare for dinner! Isn't that great. I have to be concious of what I eat on Sundays due to the fact that I don't exercise on Sundays and my weigh ins are on Monday! (So not looking forward to that tomorow, I will be happy if I maintained!)
Anyhow I did make it out to the grocery store and I spent most of my time in the produce section. I didn't purchase any more snacks or those 100 cals packs! The only snacks I will be munching on are nuts(cashews,walnuts,peanuts, soy nuts, or almonds) and raw veggies or fruits.
I have officially decided to omit breads, rice, pasta, and potatoes from my diet! ( For now anyways, I am doing an experiment to see if this has any effect with my weight loss!) Wish me luck, cause I'm gonna need it! How will I part without bread?
I'm still not sure if I have to work tomorrow or not. (work 4 staffing agency) However if I don't, I plan on going running outside! It's been so long since I ran outside. I actually miss it! I miss all the nice mini lakes,birds, and trees. I kinda hope I won't be called in tomorrow just so I could go run. Isn't that crazy!?
Anyhow I'm still working on planning my meals for the week. I'm doing so so. It's so hard to plan that far in advance. My cravings might change. Anyhow I wish you all a great week.
It all started in the pantry(again) . Darn that pantry, who evented those? They are a such a curse! Lol
The reason I say pantries are curses because you can load them up with so much food, and of course mine is filled with snacks!
Anyhow long story short. I messed up big time! I had the case of the munchies(multiplied by 25) yesterday and well..., I didn't handle it so well. Why didn't I stop while I was ahead.? Is the question I always ask myself when incidents like these occur. Anyhow so then when I'm all done with my snack attack. I do ask myself
Could I have made healthier choices? Yes, but I didn't want to!
Was my craving satisfied? Apparently not because I didn't know when to stop! It tasted so gooooood but never filling!
Was it worth it? NO! Is it ever?
Anyhow I have come to the conclusion(again) that I don't handle sncaks well. ( I guess I have my moments) For the most part I still have no self control! So I'm omitting them out of the house. You see those snacks where suppose to be for my son, which probably wasn't a good idea in the first place. So now he is going to enjoy eating healthy too! (I hope). As of now I'm not sure what I should do with the remaining snacks. Should I get rid of them and throw them away once and for all!( I don't want to waste the money or the food) Should I give them away? But then I would be guilty of making someone else fat! Or should I just keep them and try to do my best with temptation. I 'm really not sure but I need to make my mind up soon before another disaster happens!
Anyhow all that snacking and terrible eating led up to a terrible workout today. I now can tell the difference of eating healthy and nutritional food versus eating empty calories and unhealthy foods, because I experinced it during my workout. Today was a 5K training day. I almost wanted to quit but I didn't as I searched the tv channels looking for something inpsirational to keep me going. I noticed the World's Best 10K was on. That saved my workout and inspired me to keep pushing, it was difficult but I managed to get through!
That was a good ending race, on the male side there was a guy I think his name was Korruptio(sp?) Anyhow he was leading almost the whole time, towards the end he must have been running with his eyes closed because he ended up running off course and had to turn back around and the guy in second immediately came in first. I knew hemust have felt so stupid, oh well. I'm sure he has learned his lesson.
I have found out that two really big races are coming up. The Boston Marathon and The New York Marathon. I look forwrd to watching those I might even have to record it on my DVR so if I ever lose my motivation in running, I have something motivational to look at!
Anyhow I decided to get back on track today and so far so good! As I look at my nutrition totals. I've noticed that my carbs our out of control. I'm starting to think thats why I'm not having a consistent weight loss. I havient figured out a plan yet but I'm thinking about lowering my carb intake. I'm not sure if I should set limits or completely omit rice, pasta, bread, and potatoes since they are ALL my weaknesses. However I am proud to say without even trying that I didn't have any rice or potatoes this week. So I know this can be done and I won't die if I tried!(Lol) I'm going to do some more research on low carbs it might be necessary for me.
As I officialy started work last week. I have come to realize that meal planning is mandatory for me. So I'm off to go get a head start on that now. So I can go grocery shopping tomorrow. (I'm actually excited about going grocery shopping which never happens) I hope my lil mishap doesn't show up at the scales, my weigh in is on Monday so wish me luck! (Have I learned my lesson? I think so)
I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Until next time much love!
Hey Just a qucik post! I did terrible on my eating yesterday. I did a lot of mindless snacking and I mean a lot! ! I worked half a day yesterday and thought I would be home by lunch well I was sord of, but late. Anyhow I didn't eat a big breakfast and I didn't plan my meals so that equaled, disaster. Anyhow since I had almost gone over my calories. I realized that I didn't hardly have any for dinner. So I decided to exercise( for the 2 nd time today) so I can earn myself some more calories and eat a decent meal. A while I ago I set up another gaol for the month of April. Which was to run a whole mile without stopping, just to see if I could do it!Due to the fact that my traing involes walking and running I wsn't sure if I could. I figured this was a great opportunity to try.
So I got on that treadmill warmed up for 5 mins then reset my mileage and time. I was just running and trying to focus on my breathing. I wasn't concerned about the numbers at all. I said I was going to run until I couldn't anymore. Well I'm happy to report that I ran one mile non-stop in 13 mins! I am so proud of myself. I know to expert runners out there that, is a slow pace but it isn't for me not forsome that has never ran in her life! I could have kept going to see if I could go even further. But I was too happy and sastified with the 1 mile. Achieveing that goal yesterday increased my faith and my confidence in myself. Letting me know that I can do anything I put my mind too! (If only I can leave the snacks alone, lol!) Anyhow I just wanted to report that I think I will challenge myself again by the end of this month to see I could go 1.5 miles without stopping or maybe even two! Well I gotta go take care of some business. You all take care, until next time much love!
okay I'm getting mad just thinking about it. I'm a big fan of Jay Z and that is my 2nd opportunity that I missed to see him so you can imaginge how pissed I am. I have learned that I just have to take charge. But Sometimes I like for my man to be in charge you know? Isn't that how it should be? Oh well I married him so I can't complain.
( Saturday) Which really sucks, because I think I should have been this weight a while ago. I was planning on partying like a rock star in a nice sexy outfit! Anyhow I'm over it! At least I'm not too far off!
and walking 1 min from 7- 8 sets. I must say I'm a little nervous about that one! I think I can hang, I hope I can hang. Anyhow usually after the training ends your suppose to run a race but my training will still be going on. I plan to continue on with it and see what I feel like doing after the program is finished. I still don't think I'm ready to run non stop( although I wish I was) we shall see, we shall see, Okay gotta go tuck the kids in bed and then tuck myself. I had a long day and I deserve this special treat of going to bed early. Take Care,
(Is this true? Is this thing working right?) I guess I was expecting bad news. So you know I got on the scale 25 more times to confirm that was indeed the correct number!
