at home workout...

at home this morning to try and get some things done ahead of time before girl's night tomorrow evening. I am excited about it, but worried to because I've never had so many people over to the apartment before.
Anyway, 20 reps on each of the exercises  this morning, and probably the same thing tomorrow morning. house work counts as exercise right? :)

Its a Good Morning...

Mandisa always gets me going in the morning, and its true. Today is a brand new day and the fall outs and mess ups from the day before are gone. His mercy is new every morning, and my journey starts new each morning too. Especially when I fight off the urge to stay at home to workout instead of going to the gym. I weighed myself yesterday morning, and I am at 261. That's 48lbs lost and 2lbs until my first 50lbs lost. I am looking forward to treating myself to a haircut...my hair is the longest its been since before Jon and I got married. I am missing my short grown-up hair cut.
Anyway, I did 10 minutes on the treadmill this morning, 2.5 mph 0% incline. The weights are at 5lbs, 3 sets at 30 reps on each arm. Also did crunches on the medicine ball at 30 reps. I am feeling pretty good at the moment, and looking forward to the rest of my week. I have noticed recently that my stress level has gone down and when I feel myself getting stressed taking a time out and doing some deep breathing helps a lot. I also guess it helps having a job that you like going to every day. :)

Crash and Burn...

I was doing well until I got home yesterday. Jon had ordered pizza, and I decided to go ahead and have a slice. No I didn't eat the crust at the end...but I didn't scrape the toppings off. I was really struggling. I am feeling like I've failed at some level, but I know that I need to get back up again and just start a new day. I had other choices for dinner, and I chose the yuckiest (it really wasn't that great) possible thing available. I went back to the gym this morning, 10 minutes on the treadmill, no incline. I did up my weights to 5lbs and did 20 reps of 3 on each arm. I did some toning here at home yesterday morning, I had some things to get done (laundry and cooking). So, in short I am not feeling too great about my journey at the moment. 

five more minutes Hensley!

My cat is convinced that I need to be up by 5:30 each morning. I got up at 6 this morning because I couldn't sleep anymore. I guess going to bed at 9pm does that to you, but hey I get my eight hours! I am so glad that its Friday. I need a lazy day. I have Saturday morning to be lazy, but the rest of my day is booked. maybe next week I can have a full Saturday to do nothing. Of course, I never do nothing, I just do housework as I feel like doing it. 

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. This morning I debated with myself on going to the gym or staying home. I went to the gym. Treadmill, weights and medicine ball. Tomorrow though I am staying home, and Sunday is my day off. 

I am still battling the no bread, no sweets, no pop thing especially after my bad day Wednesday. I need to be strict with myself though or I will go back to eating whatever, whenever. I refuse to go back to looking like I'm pregnant. I refuse to go back to being the weight of two and a half people. I was disgusted with how I looked and how I felt. now, I feel better but I know I have so much more work to do. Its nice to know I have some clothes in my closet that were too small for me that I can wear now, and also some that are too big for me that I can donate. My purchase that I really want to make? A trench coat. Actually, I'd rather have a sewing machine, but that's another story.

what can you do but get back up again?

Yesterday I fell off the wagon. I had a dangerously yummy watermelon sprite from Sonic and then in the evening some ice cream (yeah that ice cream that's in the freezer? Its been calling my name most nights...it won last night) So what did I do this morning? I knocked out my goal. I did 15 minutes on a 5% incline and then upped my reps with the weights to 40. I felt yucky after eating that ice cream, and this morning I wanted to get rid of that yucky because I ate something I shouldn't have feeling and gain a yucky because I'm drenched in sweat feeling. 

There was actually someone else in the gym with me this morning, but she had her earphones in too, so we didn't even say hi to each other. I noticed something last night on my way home from work that was kinda gross but at the same time made me a little happy. The skin was dangling under my arm. I know nasty right? But at the same time, it gave me a happy feeling because I know exactly why its doing that. 

This morning: making cilantro rice to put in my own burrito bowl

back on the wagon

Well, I wasn't able to post this morning because of an serivce issue with TWC. Jon and I went to the gym together this morning and I did 12 minutes at 5% incline on the treadmill. Harder than I thought it was going to be but my goal this week is to do 15 minutes at 5% incline. I also did m arms as usual, 3 diferent moves at 30 reps on each arm. I am determined to get rid of that under arm yuckiness so I can actually go without a shrug!
I weighed my self this morning and I am back at 264. When I weighed in at the doctor I was 272, but I since its my scale and not the doctor's I am not sure how accuate it was. in any case I am back where I was before I got sick. I am so ready to loose even more. The toal weight loss still stands at 45lbs.
As far as the no bread, no sweets and no pop thing that is still going pretty well. we made cake with the kids at work and I had a tiny piece (really it was tiny) We went to Granny and Pa's for some pizza and cards. I took the toppings off of four pieces and had some watermelon. I felt like I was cheating with the watermelon because it was so sweet.

tales from the treadmill

Wake up- 6:30am; get dressed and feed cat
Workout- at the gym by 7:00am; 20 to 30 minute workout
Breakfast- no later than 7:30am
Get ready for work- no later than 8:30am
Leave for work- no later than 9:15am

Ok that's my morning routine. In my workout, I do at least 10 minutes on the treadmill. I want to increase that time to 15 minutes, and start having an incline. After that I do 3 different weight lifts at at least 20 reps (I did 30 this morning) on each arm. I am trying so hard to get rid of that nasty under arm fat! Then I do 20 crunches on the medicine ball, I want to increase those too.
Yesterday, my new breakfast worked pretty well for me as far as hunger. I had almond milk after my workout and then at work after the kids had their breakfast snack, I had my Oikos greek yogurt (strawberry fruit on the bottom). I am going to do the same thing today, different yogurt though. Now that I figured out I like greek yogurt, I wanted to try the other two brands (Fage and Chobani).
I was really really tempted to have some of the ice cream that's sitting in the freezer, I resisted that temptation and had some almond milk to curve the sweet craving. I do have to admit that Jon wanted to go to the gym with me last night but we had just eaten dinner and it didn't feel right going to the gym right after eating.
Tonight I am looking forward to spending some time with Granny and Pa playing cards. We are having pizza for dinner but I will be scraping the toppings off the crust so I can save my "free day" for the weekend.

over doing it and home workout

Yesterday Jon and I went to the Missouri State Fair and my legs were so sore after walking all that time. Besides being sore I was tired and my stomach was bothering me. It was a mix of sun exposure, not enough water and yucky food. I had planned on breaking my no sweets, no bread thing yesterday and I also broke the no pop. My tummy did not like the fried food I am not used to eating. I think next time we will take a picnic and not do the carnival foods. (I don't know why we didn't do that in the first place)

This morning I am doing some toning at home, I had some things to get done around the apartment this morning. My morning snack is my new favorite, almond milk. I am also trying greek yogurt for the first time this morning after my workout. Hensley is running around like a mad cat, I wish I had about half the energy he has right now. You'd think after running around playing half the night it'd be nap time, but not quite yet. I am sure he will start napping after I leave for work.
I'm back on the no bread, no sweets, no pop and I am starting a lower calorie eating plan. The fridge is full of fruit, healthy snacks and the pantry is full of yummy foods to throw together healthy dinners quickly.For lunch today, a salad with grilled chicken. For dinner tonight, leftover tacos for Jon and a taco salad for me. one of the things I am excited about trying is a recipe for some cilantro infused rice for a Chipolte-like burrito bowl.

new music, new motivation and the weekend

I'm running way behind this morning, so this will be short and sweet. I had some new music this morning on my iPhone to listen to I'll post my full playlist later. It helped to keep my pace up on the treadmill I did a total of 12 minutes this morning. We went shoe shopping last night and since my other tennis shoes are wearing out I got new "workout" shoes. They are super comfy and the only time I am wearing them (for now) is when  I'm working out.
This weekend is another one where I am busy all weekend. Mom and Dad and I are going to Schliterbaun tomorrow and after first service Sunday morning Jon and I are heading to the MO state fair. He has been wanting to go for awhile. This means that Sunday will be my one day I'll break my no bread, no sweets rule. The no pop rule will still stand though. I'm on my third day of the no pop, no bread, no sweets and so far I have abated the temptations.
Anyway, I hope you have a great weekend! *hugs*

cravings

So after swearing off bread, sweets and pop I have definite cravings for some PaPa John's pizza, coconut cake and a Sprite. I am hoping that those will go away soon. it doesn't help that the apartment is full of quick easy break-my-challenge meals. one of my recent faves was mac and cheese with tuna and shredded cheese. Super easy, super yummy, super cheap and super loaded with carbs, fat and calories.
I am running behind again this morning (I blame Jon, he's a distraction ;) ). But, I (we) went to the club house gym this morning and worked the treadmill for 10 minutes, did 20 reps each on the weights (three diff exercises) and 5 min on the bike. I was wishing that the pool was open so I could jump in. It is hot in the gym and I was sweating profusely! But I guess that just means the fat is crying :)

a restart.

yesterday's doctor's visit was a bit of a disappointment but also a dose of reality. I haven't been doing what I need to do to loose weight but I have been maintaining what I have lost. So, my doctor issued a challenge to me...loose what I can in one month.
So.....here's my challenge to myself. No bread, no sweets and no pop. Bread means bread, cake, pasta (unless its wheat) flour tortillas, etc. Going to be tough because I love bread, especially that multi-grain stuff that is on top of our fridge right now. yeah, going cold turkey may be rough but I can't see another way for me to do it. No sweets because I get these cravings and I tend to give in. No pop because those are just empty calories.
Another change is my exercise routine and that started this morning. I am actually starting to take advantage of the club house. We have two treadmills, two bikes, a mean elliptical and weights. Now that I have tried it out, I feel silly for not using it before now. This morning I did 10 minutes on the treadmill and 5 minutes of weights. I tried the elliptical and I called it mean for a reason. Its tall, and I couldn't figure out if it was on an incline or not but I couldn't even manage 5 minutes on it before my legs were screaming at me.
So, this isn't a new beginning. Its a restart, and a new challenge. I figure if I don't challenge myself then I am not going to see the results that I am hoping for. I am still on the phentermine, but in addition to cutting out all of that stuff I am going to reduce my calorie intake.
I am also hoping that Jon will get some results out of my challenge too. my goal is for he and I to go to the club house workout room together in the evenings before I make dinner. I will let you know how that goes.

and it burns burns burns...

its not a ring of fire but more like just an all over ache. Arms, abs and legs...I guess the activity the last three days has done it, but if I'm sore that means I'm working my muscles and burning fat. I am of course, stretching to make sure I don't hurt myself.
I did do the toning exercises this morning, and to my delight I have just a few days left of the required recording for Jon's insurance.
I am curious to see what the scale says at the doctor this morning, I'll let you know tomorrow.
My coughing is getting better, so I am hoping that it will be gone before our trip to the water park Saturday. I got a lot done last night and I hoping to repeat that tonight, getting this week's meals ready to cook. I am going to try another new recipe of course I found it on Pinterest. crock pot stuffed peppers. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Back in the Swing

Ok, so no posts for several days and also no exercising either. Thanks to coughing and hardly any sleep because of that. Being sick takes away from my goal and even though I haven't weighed myself, i feel like if I did it wouldn't be pretty. I sweated it out yesterday in the one mile walk for Susan G. Komen's race for the Cure in Kansas City. I know for sure that if I had attempted that before I started my journey I wouldn't have been able to do it. What got me was the walk back to the car...up the hill behind Crown Center I really felt it then and I wasn't pushing a stroller.
This morning I sweat it out via three songs on the dance game on my Wii. I am feeling great and tomorrow I have my doctor's appointment. Though I have to get up earlier, I plan on doing my toning routine and getting back into the swing of things. I am still coughing but not as much and I actually slept through the night last night without the aid of cough meds.
I am looking forward to a trip to Schlitterbaun this Saturday with my parents and excited to maybe do some walking and swimming this week with the nice weather that we have.

getting lazy...

Not what you think, really. I'm only getting lazy about posting on my blog. I am in a rut right now with my weight loss, and I'm thinking I need to change my eating habits and even my exercise routine up a bit. I need to go back to doing cardio everyday instead of just toning and I need to stop relying on my phentermine so much. I'm off it right now just because I had to wait until Jon gets paid to refill my prescription for it. i found out that there are a lot more people on it than I thought. Apparently its pretty popular option right now, but it doesn't work for everyone because it tends to raise your blood pressure.
My appointment to the doctor is next week, but I am thinking about making an appointment this week because my cough has gotten worse. Jon is coughing too, and now we are both keeping each other awake at night which doesn't make for happy mornings. needless to say I am looking forward to Saturday when I can take a nap as needed. Hensley doesn't really care for the noise we're making, but for some reason he doesn't mind my coughing as much as he does Jon's.
Anyway, I haven't lost any weight in two week and honestly its probably the pop and the way I've been eating. I haven't been cooking as much and that needs to change.

being a cat mom

Taking Hensley to vet tomorrow for his first visit. I'm hoping that his incision infection is healing well, and that after his medicine is gone I won't have to give him anymore. Its not really fun holding him and trying to squirt it into his mouth, but he likes getting the treat after.
Anyway, I did my toning again this morning and I tried to get Jon to do it with me but I failed at that. Hensley got some play exercise with me this morning though so I guess I can say I'm a good cat mom. i haven't weighed myself yet this week, I'm waiting until my doctor's appointment next week to see the results from this whole thing.
I am glad its Friday and I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend.

long time no posts...

I can say that I have been doing my routine, not as planned but still doing it. The cardio has slacked, but my toning routine is going well. Staying up until 10:30 watching gymnastics doesn't help when the alarm goes off at 7am. Also now not helping is our kitty Hensley waking us up at 3am for some attention. He is so cute and sweet though so I can't be mad at him.

I am looking forward to the weekend again, spending time with friends just can't be beat and in addition a lazy Saturday morning. Hoping to get some housework done, gonna need to vacuum more often with a shedding kitty around.