Just a little Info...

I'm thinking of the 5 jiggle fixes.... I need to learn some of these moves.

Good Week

So I feel that I had an pretty good week with my diet & workouts.  I ate healthy & worked hard & I feel pretty good besides the fact my body hurts, but it is that "good" hurt knowning I worked the muscles.  So today is suppose to be a rest day, but for some reason I'm feeling the urge to jump on my treadmill & run for 30 mins @ 5.0.  So I think I'm going to sneak an extra cardio in but that never hurt anyone.  I'm sorta kinda excided.  Plus even though I ate good all week dinner last night wasn't my first choice it was pizza with white sauce, pepperoni, black olives & bacon.  I ate two slices & I feel sooo guilty for it today.  I shouldn't feel that bad b/c you have to let yourself indulge in something you really want every once in a while just not all the time & limit your intake.  If I didn't workout all week then eating that would have been a different story, but I know if I want to lose these last 40 lbs to meet my goal I can't think that way all the time.  

Well gotta run just wanted to check in.  It's time to make the trio breakfast & for them I'm thinking strawberry waffles & for me Naturade Pure Soy protien shake.  

Enjoy your weekend... Until next time....

My dinner choice today

I just wanted to do a quick post on my meals today b/c I'm mostly impressed with my dinner choice.  

Breakfast I had Naturade total Soy protien shake total 130 cal per serving which is 2 servings. Has a decent 13g of protien. 

Lunch I had two large white hard boiled eggs 140 cal for both and wheat toast (2 slices) 160 cal so my total lunch was 300 cal

Dinner I made white chicken breast (1 med size breast) meat only roasted   142 cal stuffed with turkey bacon (3 slices plus 3 more I snuck while cooking) 210 cal & shredded moz cheese (1/4 cup) 80 cal.  My side dish was instant brown rice (1 cup cooked) 170 cal mixed in steamed mixed veggies (4oz) 300 cal.  Total dinner was 632 cal.  

Snack was plain almonds (12) 182 cal

My total daily calories was 1,194.  I'd say that's not bad considering I burned 1,086 calories in my workout today.

Also just for fun here is a picture of my husband and I from a wedding on 10/19.  Lots of fun. 

Scale is my friend today :-)

I decided to get on the scale again today just to see what's going on with my diet changes & I was so happy that I was down to 245.8 lbs, but I'm not going to record my number until next week.  I know how your weight can flucuate every day.  

Well this is a type & go post cuz I have to go get ready for the gym.  Oh & yes I'm still desperately job searching & the stress it killing my diet.  I know, I know I need to relax & it'll come when expected (damn that sounds like what I heard over & over when we were trying to get pregnant the first time) but what people don't understand is that is much easier said then done.  

Well until next time...........

Back in the grind!

I started back to the gym on Tuesday (yesterday), I did not go on Monday & I really had no great excuse as to why, I was just lazy.  I had upper body day yesterday & lower body today.  I absolutely love working my legs out, but today I had to skip the leg press & the squats b/c the machine never freed up in the 45 mins I was doing my strength training, Boo hoo.  Today I was on a time crunch b/c I had to pick the twins up from preschool at 11am so I couldn't wait around waiting for the machine to free up.  Well I'll just have to work them extra hard come Friday.  

Well I weighed myself yesterday (boy was I avoiding the scale for over a week now)  I am at 247.6 which means I've gained 7lbs, UGH!!!  So I'm seriously amping up  my diet & workout b/c I only have 47 more pounds to reach my goal weight & in all honesty I should have been there at the beginning of this past Summer if I continued losing 2lbs a week like I was (see weight tab) then all of sudden it just STOPPED!  I need to get it back up & moving again like yesterday.  I also took photos of me yesterday in my sports bra & undies before I went to the gym & it is terrible embarrassing, but I'm going to post them b/c I need a push & if I embarrass myself then that will get me moving.  All the weight you'll be looking at came from the twin & my singleton pregnancies.  I have never ever had a stomach or at worst all this overhanging skin that I do now & that is my hardest problem area.  You can see the results from the 80lbs I have lost in the last 2 years from the sagging skin, which I hope beyond all hope that it will go away with the strength training b/c there is no way I'd ever be able to afford surgery to remove the skin.  I'm so affraid of what's it going to look like when I do loose all the fat, I know it'll still be healthier, but mentally it'll still take a toll on how I feel about myself.  I see all these fitness ladies that have had kids & their stomach looks awesome even some before/after pictures where they had the same "overhang" that I do & it gives me allot of encouragement & pushes me to do what I gotta do to get back to how I ounce was 8 years ago!!!  

Ok, here are the photos & I truly cannot wait till I can post this side by side with my "new & improved" self Spring of next year!!!!!

November 5, 2013      247.6 lbs

These by far are the most embarrassing thing I have ever posted, but someone has to do it....  I really don't care what others think, but in a month or less I will post updated photos every month to watch my progress.  This is the whole reason for my blog is so I can keep track of my success or failer and improve on what needs to be or keep doing what I need to do.  

Until next time.......

Rest week

What can I say..... My knee started bothering me really bad again so I took this week off of working out & I'm going to start full force on Monday.  Hopefully this reset will get things going.  I have been under allot of stress & been very depressed lately.  I am so worried about money & us not affording our bills or being able to give the kids a Christmas this year & I'm still desperately job searching with no luck so far.  My doctor has me on two different types of anti-depressants and they are not helping.  He said if these don't work I'll have to go see a pychologist, ugh the last thing I'd wanna do.  They second medicine he put me on I do not like so far, I believe it's the cause of my insomina the past three days & I've got tons of acne on my face (like I'm back in gradeschool, but even then I never broke out this bad).  I feel more aggression & get agitated more easily then normal.  I also just feel out of it & sometimes like I'm drunk or something, sometimes I don't remember things b/c I feel out of it.  I do not like driving cuz again I feel like I'm driving drunk.  So today I cut that medicine out to see what happens.  I'm so sick of feeling this way, I truly wanna go back to being myself.  

Anyways, I've been seriously considering becoming a Beachbody Coach.  I have been reading up on it & know someone that is one and it all seems very encouraging, plus if I get good results then hopefully I can get people to sign up & start making money.  I'm going to try to remain opptomistic & really hope that this helps with my weightloss & workouts.  I already tried a week of Shakeology & the shakes are good & I notice the energy increase, but I was still really hungry before I got thru my workout.  Maybe if I am on it for more then a week it'll work better.  Also I know I've mentioned this numerous times before about changing my diet up I am definitely doing a revamp on everything I eat.  I just need to find food that is cheap but good, cuz we are alittle broke right now & I've realized to eat all the healthy foods & shop only on the outside displays (fresh foods) & not in the aisles where all the processed foods are that you have to have some type of money cuz it is a lot more expensive especially for a family of five.  

So starting Monday I am going to recharge my diet & workout & start to get serious about losing the remaining poundage... 

Here's to better tomorrows.....Until next time.