Week 5

Why hello there everyone.  First off I would like to apologize for such the long break in between updates.  As most of you already know last week was my first week of school and work... and needless to say it wore me out :( I'm still getting into the swing of things, this is all very new to me.  As I mentioned I am wore out, my body took a little bit of a beating this week and I have the Dr's note and NO voice to prove it.  I lost  my voice Thursday evening and was told by the family Dr, after a pretty bad steroid shot, to take it easy till Wednesday and relax (whats that?!?!?!) so this means I'm relaxing, through blogging of coarse :) This gives me a chance to get caught up.

Last week was a great weigh loss week for me. I'm sure being super busy, constantly on the go and my temporary sickness had some to do with my 2lb weight loss, but I'm determined to keep it off. Only 4 more lbs and Ill be to my first goal. Woohoo. 

Has anyone else on a weightloss or any type of Journey reach that 1ST goal??

Week 3 and 4 Weigh Ins

I have some good and some bad news on my weigh ins to report. 1st off last week I weighed in with absolutely no weigh change, it was exactly the same even to the ounce.  I was extremely disappointed with myself and had to do something to really help me lose weight the following week.  So this past week I decided to eat "meatless" and I would like to say I am by NO means a vegetarian, I'm a meat and potatoes kinda gal (which explains my weight) however I found this extremely easy... I was not even temped once to eat meat. I don't want to give too much of this topic away since ill be guest posting about my "meatless" week on Healing the Heaviness the 13th :) But I do want to report that I lost 1.2 lbs this past week. woohoo!! I cant wait to tell everyone more about this on the 13th!!

Week 2

Week 2

So I'm on week 2 of my new lifestyle changes and I still cant seem to follow all the rules ive set in place for the family. The most difficult is the no eating after 7pm. I usually get Evie down around 8 and then its my time to relax for a bit and what better way to relax than watching all those dvr'd shows Ive missed and munch. Haha ok maybe this is just America's favorite way to relax.

Other than the 7pm rule ive done extremely well. Drinking water like a fish, being active instead of my afternoon snooze sessions :) and even no take out or fast food, except subway once (but does that even count?) So I'm happy to report, that with alot of effort and work, I lost exactly 1lb this past week. So my total so far is 2.6lbs. My goal for next week is going to be really focusing on the 7pm rule and pushing myself thru to hopefully another 1lb lose next weigh in.

Any suggestions to help me stay on track when the late night munchies call my name? I appreciate all the help I can get.

Thanks and keep checking back for new recipes and tips. And look for my new weekend series "Momma and Lil E" Ill post more info soon.

Week 1

First Week Update

This week has been a little rough, I only made it to one of my workouts and this weekend I broke two of my March rules.  I drank a can of soda and I ate carbs after 2pm, but I'm promising myself to do better this week. 

Monday (yesterday) was my weigh in day and even though rules were broke I'm happy to report that Ive lost 1.6 lbs.  I was really hoping for 2lbs but honestly ill take any lose I can get. 

For the month of March I decided to come up with a list of rules to follow, things I know I should do and not do, but don't always follow. I made divided the list into 2 categories Yes and No's. I tried to keep it simple for myself :) Here's the rules im trying to following

NO's

• Soda
• Chips
• Eating carbs after 2pm
• Eating anything after 7pm (except Monday nights because I don't get home from Spin class till 8pm, and I feel its important to eat after a workout)
• Take out of any kind (fast food, pizza etc.)
• More than 1 cup of coffee a day

YES's

• Water, Water, Water
• 3-4 workouts a week
• 5 small meals a day (I even made an eating schedule to help me stay on track)
• Green smoothies
• Green tea in place of sweet tea or my morning coffee

Its been tough and as silly as it sounds writting these rules down and hanging them around the house (mostly the fridge) has really helped me keep my focus. 

Here to doing even better this next week!