Staying the same

I was down to 154 on Wed but I am back up to 156 this week. I am right at 1200 today, but may have a glass of wine to help me sleep since Lee will be home late. I read that wine helps your body release fat so I shouldn't feel bad! I went to hatha yoga today, piyo yesterday and tomorrow I am going to pilates. I have been sore everyday. My foot is a little bit sore, but not too bad.

I have been royally screwing up

I had a bad week last week, I don't think I ate under 1400 the whole week, and lost no weight. I am still at 156. I would really like to get down to 154 by Sunday. That would be my 5 pounds for March. I did work out a lot last week. I ran twice - I am up to 2.5 miles, and I went to 3 yoga/pilates class. One class was Power Core Yoga at 7:30 am Sat morning. It was really hard and 90 minutes long! Lots of jumps and planks. After running the next day, my foot is sore. I rested yesterday and am going to take a pilates class tonight. Lee and I went out to dinner at J. Beans restaurant in Longview Saturday night and I got Italian Nachos, which I love. Then we sat on the deck and drank margaritas and Lee snapped a pic of my to test out the flash on his new iphone. It was awful, so I have it as the screen saver on my Ipod touch, which is wear I put in my calories through My fitness pal. So it has been motivating to look at the picture! I spent about 100 dollars on new workout clothes last week so now I feel better when I am working out. It has been pretty warm here, and I have no clothes to wear. My fat clothes from last summer are too big (thank God) and the normal clothes are too tight. I went shopping last night and bought 5 shirts. Sadly, this will probably be the only clothes I wear/buy until I lose the rest of the weight. I really want some capris, but I do not want to wear a 10/12. If I can lose just 10 more pounds, than I will be able to fit into the my fat clothes from after having my first baby. Kinda sad. I was at 1195 yesterday and today I hopefully will end at 1200. Breakfast was an english muffin with 1 T of almond butter (my new addiction) Lunch was a turkey sandwich with avocado on a sandwich thin and a babybel cheese round. Snack- Milky Way caramel bunny- 150 cal ( It was free, I couldn't resisit) Dinner- Chicken Caesar salad Lee grilled chicken on Sunday, and I have him grill extra. Last night I made BBQ chicken quesadillas with it, and tonight we are having it on salads.

Working out

I have not posted in a while because I have had 2 sick kids and then got sick myself. I couldn't bring the kids to the gym and didn't feel like doing 30 Day Shred. But I have ran 3 times since Friday, and I went to yoga with my friend Carrie last night. We are going to Piyo in the morning. I bought a 30 day pass, so I am going to try to go at least 2-3 times a week. I really love yoga - ideally I would like to run and do yoga. That's it! Lila is on one nap a day, for now anyway, so I should be able to get to the gym more in the mornings. I have been over my calories the last week few days. I am on my period so I know I won't be losing weight anyway. Probably not the best thinking. Plus I am hungry because of the working out! I ran with my new Polar heart rate monitor today. My heart rate is really high when I run- an average of 185. No wonder I am out of breath going up hills- it got up to 192. But I burned 400 calories during my run and cool down walk of 1/2 a mile. Lila's bday is this weekend, so I am sure I will have my pic taken, so I will try to post an updated pic.

156

I am down 2 more pounds, mostly because I have been sick. I have a cold and a cough and food just does not sound good. I have been eating breakfast and usually dinner, and that is all. No working out the last week, I have had sick kids too.

20.4 pounds!

Yes, I am down to 158! Excited but I still need to lose 33 more pounds. I bought a Bodybugg on Craigslist. I steal at 25 dollars for a brand new one with a 3 month subscription. I just put it on at 2, so I am wanting to see what my calorie burn looks like. I have not worked out since I ran on Sunday. Kellen has been sick. He just went back to preschool today and I woke up sick. I have a headache, sore throat, my stomach is feeling off and I am getting chills. If I am sick, hopefully I will lose 5 pounds or so! I was planning on having a leftover chili burrito, but they only think that sounds good is a Mocha from Starbucks, so I may just have that for dinner. Lee is gone, so no need to cook. Eating today- Apple bar from TJ's and 1/2 of a Plantar's antioxidant bar lunch- 1 piece of pepperoni pizza from Domino's Dinner- probably just a mocha, so I will be under my 1200 calories.

I ran today!

It was so awesome to run- I have not run since October, when I broke my foot. I only ran 1.5 miles, then walked a mile. My foot did not hurt, I hope it does not hurt tomorrow. I wore Lee's heart rate monitor- I need to get my own since I can't figure out a way to put my height/weight in. Lee's is in, so the calorie burn is not correct. But it was very motivating to keep track of the calories burned. I must be out of shape, because my heart rate was so high. 182 average on the run, up to 199 when I was running up hill. Here is my diet today- Breakfast- English muffin with 1 egg and 1/2 an ounce of cheddar Lunch- One piece Bacon Cheeseburger pizza and a 1/2 a piece of Smore's pizza Dinner- Bowl of chili made with 93% hamburger and lots of beans. 1 T light sour cream and 1/2 an ounce of cheese. I also had 6 saltine crackers- Snack- 100 calories worth of jelly beans. Total for today is 1350

I was too sore to work on Friday

but I did 30 Day Shred again this morning. My right forearm is so sore, very strange. I know my left arm is stronger than my right, because that is the arm I always carry Lila and her car seat with, but still! Here is my eating today English muffin - 1/2 with 1 tsp butter and the other 1/2 with 1/1 T natural pb Lunch- 4 fish sticks and 1 serving Alexia sweet potato puffs Dinner- 1 piece of thin crust Bacon Cheeseburger pizza from Papa Murphy's. Snacks- A few cookies I made for Lee to take to a poker night he is going to tonight. I am at 1320 for the day. Everything I read says 30 day shred burns about 200 calories, so I should be good. I lost no weight this week, which sucks because I worked out 4 times! If I don't lose any weight next week, I guess I will stop working out.

30 Day Shred Done!

And I liked it. I did Level 1, and I could do just about everything. I can only do 15 pushups(girly ones because I have a herniated disk in my back) at a time so I couldn't finish each set of pushups since you do 20 or 25. My legs are tired, I am afraid I am going to be too sore to do it tomorrow. But I am definitely going to do it this weekend. I don't know that I will do it on the days I got to the gym, we'll see. Eating today- Breakfast- coffee and apple breakfast bar After workout snack- 1/2 a Nature Valley Protein bar and some veggie sticks Lunch- Turkey sandwich with avocado on a deli flat Dinner- Beer can chicken, half a baked potato, and a half ear of corn. I bought a wine cube of red wine at Target today and I really want a glass of it with dinner. I think on the days that I work out, I am going to go up to 1350 calories or so. I have been losing on 1200 not working out, so I should be able to eat a little more. Kellen wants to go to the library after preschool today, so that should add another 10-15 minutes to my walk, so I should get about a 45 minute walk in.