Getting Back on Track

It's Monday. I was hesitant to weigh myself. I did. I gained a pound. I am not defeated. Bummed out, but I really did bring it on myself. It's ok!! I will just do AWESOME this week!! I know I can. I know I said my goal was to not gain weight but the holiday weekend threw me a curve ball. Oh well. I will do better! I am excited. This week is my birthday too...on Friday. But at least I can work out hard allll week long!! And then I won't go crazy over the weekend! Here's to another week!!!

Thanksgiving

Today is Sarturday!!! It has been a great thanksgiving weekend! I went to the gym wed and did 30 min elliptical and then started my C25K training, I didn't get through it!! :( It felt pretty defeating. I got about 3/4 of the way through before my ankles started hurting too bad and I thought that it would be a good idea to not keep going. If nothing on my body were hurting so bad I would have kept going, but I could tell that something just wasn't. I figured that in the long run I would rather avoid a bad injury and still be able to work out, than have an injury and have to stop for good for a while. It really bummed me out thought. I felt like a failure. Even though I know that I am still doing great. Mon, Tue, and Wed, were great....then thanksgiving came! I did great on thanksgiving but the rest of this weekend it feel like It's a free for all. No worries. I will get back on track monday!! Anyways, That's all I got for today. We are speaking in church tomorrow, and I am going out to take the Austin's family pictures today. I am excited for it, but also nervous...I hope they turn out well.

11/23

Zumba tonight. It was good. Calli went with me. I think this was the first week I started to feel kind of like I knew what I was doing. It was good!!

For breakfast this morning I made a really good fruit smoothie! mmm
Lunch I juiced....so I had a large cup of veggie juice, and that pretty much filled me up so I layed down when mayli layed down for her nap. When we woke up (which wasnt much later) i had like 2 ritz crackers and a couple handfuls of peanuts. For dinner I had one small chicken croissant, cottage cheese and peaches, and some green beans! That's all I had all day, which I am really proud of because when we were out and about I just about stopping somewhere and grabbing something quick and I didnt! sooo good!!

I WILL lose weight this week. Exceot I am a little bit nervous about my ankles, they are really sore. I dont know if I should keep running on them or not. It feels like I rolled them or sprained them or something. I want to run and finish soooooo bad! I dont want to give up at all. I will keep pushing through it and see how it goes, but I dont want to make anything worse :( Bummer, I guess we'll just see how it goes.

11/22/10

I went to the Gym Yesterday!! Obviously. I was going to go first things in the morning bet I slept in a little bit, and Mayli had a Dr. appointment at 10:15, so I decided to wait until after that to go to the gym. I was nervous about how she would do at the gym because she had gotten a shot at the Dr's. She was soooo excited to see the girls at the gym. I am glad she is loving it more and more!

My workout was great! I did 30min on the elliptical and then my C25K training, which was the rest of my cardio. I was sooo nervous for this week of it because it seemed way more intense than previous weeks. I just made sure that I stretched really good because I didnt want anything to go wrong. I did a 5 minute warm up walk, and then two repetitions of: jog 90 seconds/ walk 90 seconds, then jog 3 minutes/ walk 3 minutes. ... I had to go through that twice! I was soo nervous. I seriously didn't think I was going to be able to make it. Honestly, I don't know if I've EVER run for 3 minutes straight. Pathetic, but true. The good news is, I DID IT!! I pushed through it and did it! I was sooo proud of myself for not quitting! It was hard, but it was also do-able and I didn't die. The wierd thing is, is that my ankles are really hurting. The first two weeks they didn't hurt at all but now they are. I hope it goes away.

In other news, I juiced for my little fam. We had it with our lunch. It was 2 celery, 2 carrotts, and 2 Apples. Colin and I thought it was sooo good....but so did Mayli! She loved it! I am excited to start eating better and having healthier options for my family! Cheers! here's to Skinny Ginny!

Monday Weigh in...

So I woke up and got on the scale this morning first thing. My weight was 192.6!! That's 3 lbs I lost last week!! woo hoo. Bringing my total up to 8 lbs. It is cool how it is really starting to add up now. I am so excited. YAY!!!

Here's to Thanksgiving week!!

New Week

Going on Week 4!!! I am really excited! I think this will be another great week. I can't wait to weight myself tomorrow to see what happens....Hopefully it will turn out good.

Today steph said that she could see it a little bit in my face, and that it looked a little thinner. Woohoo! The tough thing about this week though is that it it Thanksgving week. But now worries, I still have it under control. I will pull through it and STILL have a weight loss! I know it. I am sooo motivated! This week will start my third week of my C25K training. I hope my joints last! seriously.

Week Goals

* Don't Eat after 6:30

* Cardio 60 Minutes every day

* C25K week 3

* Drink all my water

* Encorporate more vegetables

This week I really want to start using the juicer to juice veggies. I have heard that with juicing you can see amazing results!!! Also, my friend sandi was telling me that when she was juicing...it was the best and most fit she has ever felt. She said it gave her so much energy as well! I am really really excited! yay. Also, calli and I are going to start Jillian Michaels 30 day shred starting tomorrow. It will be great!!!

Well, Here's to another week!

Jeans

Thurs was a great work out day. I did the elliptical for 60 minutes. Friday was good too. I did my C25K training and the elliptical for another 30minutes. The running is getting a little bit easier, but I feel like it really grinds on my bones. I think it should get easier, and I think I need to stretch more before I start to run. I don't want to get tendinitis or shin splints! I still jog pretty slow, but at least I push myself to get through the whole thing. There was this older lady who was running laps around me. I felt like a wimp, but then remembered I was just starting out, and she had probably been running her whole life.

In other news I got the stinkin CUTEST jeans!!! I am sooo excited for them! They have cute rhinestones on them...they make me feel pretty and sexy! They werent a celebration buy...like I didnt drop a pant size, but more of a .... I need cute pants WHILE im in the process of losing weight, buy. I seriously have NO cute jeans...and with the winter months coming I justified it. But i hopefully will only be able to wear them through december. Kind of dumb to buy new jeans, but at the same time...I LOVE them! Oh well. They make me feel good. And that's what matters right now!!

I'm going on the weekend....I think I did really good this week! I ate more veggies....I hardly had ANY sweets...the only thing I had as far as junk food/ sweets go was a little mini kit kat...weekends i think are the hardest. I do great all week long and then the weekend comes. But this weekend I have done great so far!! Junk food is really less and less of a temptation! I hope when I do my weigh in monday I will have lost more than just a pound. I think I have!! woot woot.

11/17

Went to the gym this morning....it was good. Mayli is loving the kids care place these days. It's nice to get out for a bit in the mornings after work. I think she enjoys it too.

I did the elliptical for 30 min and then my C25K training for another 25 min. Pretty good. I've been doing really good! I am proud of myself. It has helped me a lot to have my goals set....especially my long term goal, because it's not just a week to week thing, I'm looking at more of the big picture. I really think that I can accomplish 20lbs by my goal date! I am excited. I am still going strong and plan to keep it up!!!

Zumba

Went to Zumba last night!! It was the best one I have gone to yet! I LOEVD it. It was the same instructor as the very first time I went, but I think I got into it a little more this time because I actually Kind of knew what was going in. It felt good. I was sweating quite a bit.

I asked Calli if she wanted to do Jillian Michaels 30 day shred with me....she does! wahoo. So I think we will start doing that in the evenings, I'm not sure what day we are going to start yet. I am excited she is so close! And it will be fun to have someone to work out with!!

My new friend Jillian

I did not go to the gym yet today because I am planning on going to Zumba tonight! woot woot. I didn;t get to go because of schedule conflicts last week...but I weill get to go tonight. Yay!

I also bought Jillian Michaels 30 day shred video. I have heard so many good things about it. I'm not sure when I want to start it. It's less than 30 minutes, but I've heard it's so intense!! Maybe I'll start it next monday along with my gym stuff....it will just give me an added workout. We shall see. I'll let you know!!

C25K: Week 2!

Went to the gym this mornin.... I did the elliptical for a 30 minute warm- up...basically because almost all of the treadmills were being used up when I first got to the gym. Then I did my C25k training. This is what I have to do this week:

5 Min brisk warm up walk

Alternate 90 Sec Jogging, 2 min walking for up to 20 min

I thought I wouldn't be able to make it, but surprisingly I did! I decreased my jogging speed a little bit more than last week so that I wasn't running as hard. But I did it! woot woot. I will not give up...no matter how long this will take!

So I worked out about 50 minutes cardio today. I would have gone the whole 60 minutes but Mayli had her 15 month check up, so I had to rush to her appointment so we could make it on time.

scale

So the scale was doing some pretty wierd things this morning. When I first stepped on, It said I weghed 175.2...and I go really excited for a split second, and then remembered that was absurd, and if I was really 20lbs lighter it would have meant I met my goal in 2 weeks...AND it would also mean that I would have dropped a lot of clothes sizes, which hasnt happened yet...so It was just ridiculous false hopes. So I don't know what the problem with the scale was....I played around with it a bit....but the weight I think it finally settled on p]'/was 195.6... Not as much of a weight loss as last week but I am ok with that. It's a pound. At least I didn't gain! Plus, I know this will be a slow and steady lifetime change process. I'm still not sure if that was the right weight, but It seems like out of all the weights I got stepping on and off, that probably was the most accurate one.

I think this week I will focus on making my workouts more intense and also incorporating more veggies in my diet. Hopefully I will see more improvement with that! I know I will bc vegetables are so important to a diet. welp, here's to a new week. Cheers!

The weekend

I did pretty good over the weekend! I worked out Friday at the gym and did my c25k, it was good. It was really good...My calves have been sooo sore and tight over the weekend. I felt like I had pulled my calff muscles....wierd.

Fri night col and I went and got some ice cream, which was I was fine with...It was kind of my splurge. Sat night I went over to calli's and we made bracelets and she made fajitas for dinner. They were so yummy. I ate a little bit later than I would have liked, but it was still ok...then at like 10pm we decided to go to this frozen yogurt place. She wanted me to try it. It was good!

I'm starting on a new week this week. It will be good! Going on my third week, and still going strong!!

Short Term Goals:

**work out every day

* Incorporate more fruits and vegetables into my diet

* Drink all of my water

Long Term:

* Lose 20 lbs by Dec31st

I feel like I am going to be successfull because I am more focused on it as a long term thing...not just a quick fix to lose a little bit of weight!! I have my weigh in tomorrow...we'll see how it goes:)

11/10 & 11/11

check and check! both days I worked out. Yesterday I did my C25K training. It went a little bit better than monday but still pretty breathless after running for a minute...I know it will come. It was only my 2nd time doing it.

Today I had a great workout as well!! I did the elliptical for 60 minutes and really worked out hard! I think I burned 660calories...maybe the most I've burned so far in an hour workout! woot woot. I hope I see good results next week as well!

Tonight, my mother in law and my grandmother in law took me and jen shopping for our birthdays (which are coming up withing the next month)...at first I was a little bit bummed out that I wouldn't find anything very cute because I am still no where NEAR the weight I would like to be, and it especially gets discouraging sometimes when I shop....Well, tonight I told myself I wasn't going to try on pants, because let's face it...right now that's pretty defeating for me. I wear the biggest size I have ever worn in my life! Well I tried on some shirts and I ended up liking ALL of THEM!! amazing! that NEVER happens! It was so great, and now I have some seriously cute shirts....I just have to wait until my birthday to get them:) I'm really excited.

After shopping my Mother in law took us to carrambas for dinner. boo. I mean, I love carrambas, but when you are trying to eat healthy its not the best place to go. I ended up eating a chimichanga. oh well. I will just continue to do good on my eating. So far this week I have done AWESOME and am determined not to fall of the wagon (as far as eating goes) this weekend! I want to see another 4lb weight loss....that would be awesome...hopefully I can do it, I have my weigh in in 3days...go me!

11/9/10

Today is my sister Steph's birthday. That's just a side note. I went to the gym this morning because I won't be able to go tonight for Zumba...way bummed. But I have a cub scout training that I need to go to. I felt really good this morning. At first, when I fist got onto the elliptical time felt like it was going so slow. After I got past the firs 15 minutes, the rest of the hour flew by. It was a really good workout and I felt great the whole time!!! Piece of cake. Tomorrow I will do my C25k....I wonder if it will be a little bit easier? I can't wait until I can run for a while without getting out of breath. That will be sooo nice.

I think that's the reason running has never appealed to me....because I'm not very good at it. Well I've made up my mind that I am going to be good at it. I know I can...it's just a matter of not burning myself out too quickly, and taking it slow! I had visions today while I was at the gym, of becoming this marathon runner mom. So cute and so in shape. I doubt I will be a marathon runner...but I DO think it is possible to be so cute and so in shape. It will happen! I'm still motivated to do it.

I want working out a part of my lifestyle for the rest of my life. I want to make it something that's important to me. To be active and stay healthy. I know I can do it...It just has to be a conscious choice I make.

C25K

I went to the gym this morning!! It felt good to go after knowing that last week I had seen such great results!! I did day one of the C25K program....This week I am supposed to do a brisk 5 minute walk, and then run 60 seconds, walk 90 seconds. For 20 Minutes. I dit it. I made it the whole 20 minutes. I felt like I was going to DIE by the end...I'm tellin ya, running doesn't come naturally for me. But I will do this one 3 times a week...Mon, Wed, Fri,....and since it wont give me the full 60 minutes workout I will follow up with some more cardio and then some weights. I think this is going to be a great week!

Monday Weigh in...

I like to weight myself first thing monday morning....right when I wake up, before I eat anything. That's how I weighed myself last week....so I did it that way again this week. As long as I'm consistent. So this morning I weighed myself and I was......

196.6 lbs.

That's a 4 lb loss!!! All in one week.

I hope I didn't mess it up over the weekend! But it DOES definitley motivate me to keep going...it's great when you see numbers like that! And wayyy more motiviating than if I would have lost nothing! I'm really excited to go to the gym now!

I will go to the gym today and start my couch to 5k training!! It is supposed to get you ready to run a 5k in 8 weeks (running/jogging a 10minute mile.)I think it will be great! I'm excited!!

New Week

Well, I will be starting a new week tomorrow. I think it will be good. I have renewed hope. This weekend was horrible as far as the eating part went. But I know I can still do it....I just have to be more disciplined. I have SUCH a sweet tooth. I LOVE food that's no good for you! What's the deal.

As far as my goals for the week went, I did pretty well. Every day I drank all of my water...I worked out the time I was supposed to...and I didn't eat after my last meal of the evening. The weekend is where I kind of fell off the boat. But no worries....I know I will still do it!!!

Short Term Goals:

* Drink all my water.

* Work out 60 Minutes Every day

* Don't eat after 6:30

* Start working towards running a 5k

Long Term Goals:

* Lose 20 lbs by Dec 31st

* Run 2 Miles by thanksgiving

I CAN and WILL do it! I know I will! I just have to! It is hard, but will be soo worth it. I want a better lifestyle.

The thing about running (for me) is that my joints hurt, and I get soooo out of breath soo fast!!.... I think it's because I am not used to it nor is my body used to it. Calli told me about this website that within 9 weeks you are supposed to be able to run a 5k and it will take you step by step each week how to do it. I am excited.

Here's to a new week!!

11/5/10

I was sooo tired. It's Friday But I still went and worked out. I was proud of myself but my heart wasn't it in at all. I just did the ellpitcal, the treadmill, and the bike. I didn't eat very good either. The hardest part about this thing is to not to get discouraged if I fall off a little bit by eating something unhealthy. In my mind I want to say, well I just messed up, so I might as well quit....but I have to keep thinking of it as something that will happen over time and will have long term effects rather than just a one day thing. I think every week I will have to re-commit myself. It is hard work, but I know I can do it.

The thing is, the beginning of the week starts off so good with lots of motivations and then by the end of the week I am tired!

This is not an "i'm defeated" post....it's just a post to help me get pumped up for the next week.

On a positive note...I hit my goal to work out everyday!! I drank most of my water and then ate really good. The only day I ate later than 6:30 was friday. Fridays are HARD!!!

11/4/10

Today I had NO TIME to make it to the gym...I was sooo bummed!!! My day was packed full though. So last night at about 9:30, I pumped up the 'ol tires on the bike and took a bike ride with colin. The weather was beautiful, and although it was not my 60 minutes....at least I got SOME cardio in. It's the thought that counts. My heart was in the right place!!! Plus, the day before I worked out double....so that should count for something right?? Anyways, I'm still doing really good :)

2 in 1 day!

I went to Zumba tonight.... (my second trip to the gym in one day)i just like it. I went to a different gym than I normally go to. It was a different instructor, and she was a little bit more cardio than movement of the hips...which was sill really fun!!

Day 3? 120 minutes cardio total!!
I have been doing great drinking all of my water and also not eating anything after my last meal of the night!! woot woot

11/3/10

Went to the gym today. Did a 40 minute workout on the elliptical and then 20 on the bike. I will have to add variety because I think it gets old to stay on one piece of equipment the whole 60 minutes. I think I will start encorporating weights to my workout....maybe like 45 minutes cardio and 15 minutes weights mon,wed,fri...or something like that. I'll have to figure it out.

I feel like by the time I get done with the gym my entire day is gone. I wake up at 3:45am for work...work until 10am. Then I get off and usually not out the door until 10:30. By the time I am done with the gym around 11:30 give or take a few, we might run a couple of errands...usually to the bank or to costco (depending on what we need) we come home and eat lunch and take naps. Me included. Usually by then it's between 12:30-1:30 already and we sleep until about 3:30 or 4:00. It's practially the evening by then and time to start getting dinner together. I don't really have much time to do anything else.

I guess I could always start going to the gym in the evening after Mayli is in bed...But I like going in the day. Plus, if it's a night when Colin is home, I want to spend time with him since it is so rare to begin with. Busy busy busy.

Day three....Check!! :)

**I can't wait to weigh myself monday. I have been sooo good about NOT even going near the scale. I really hope there is a change in weight.

Zumba

ZUMBA- LOVE IT!!!

So I didn't think I was going to have ANY TIME to work out today because of how busy I was! I was a little bummed out because I have just barely started my goal so I didnt wan't to miss a day so early on. Pack meeting got done at about 7:30 so I didn't think I would be able to make it because it started at 8. Everyone helped clean up really quickly so my mom took mayli and I went to Zumba! I only ended up being 5 minutes late. I loved it!

It was my first time, but I think I will start going to it on tue and thurs nights. It definitley adds a little bit of variety and is sooo fun and the hour goes by so quickly!

I've heard you can burn anywhere between 700-1000 calories doing it too! Awesome!

Day two...Check.

11/1/2010

I did it! I worked out for 60 minutes on Monday!! I guess the first day is the easiest because you are most motivated. I went to the gym and did a straight 60 minute cardio on the elliptical. It felt good. 60 Minutes is a long time to be on one machine!! I had to do two programs in order to acheive that. One right after the other. The hardest part was to start the second program right after I knew I had finished the first. THAT took a little bit of willpower....but I endured and pushed myself and stayed on the whole 60 minutes. I burned 613 calories.

The gym has a zumba class every tuesday night at 8. I think I will start going to it! I've heard so many good things about zumba! I think it would be fun and it would change things up a bit!! I've made up a workout schedule I want to follow....here it is.

Mon/Wed/Fri- 60 Min cardio

Tues/Thur- 30 min cardio/30 minute Strength

I have pack meeting tonight so I won't be able to make it....I am bummed! I might not even be able to make it to the gym today, which stinks because it's only my second day. But I work until 10 and then I am going with some other ladies to get things done for pack meeting. I guess I will have to make up the workout on sat...bummer. But you do what you gotta do!!

Today is the day!

Well today starts my new journey!!

Every monday I will do a weight check (being openly and candidly honest)....and then once a month I will do my stats.

Weight: 200.6 lbs....(like I said I am going to have to be honest)

Arms- Right: 12in

Left: 12.5in

Thighs- Right: 25.5in

Left:25.5in

Neck- 13.75in

Hips- 46.5in

Waist- 44in

Bust- 45in

GOALS:

* My short term goal is to work out 5 days this week for at least 60 minutes.

* Don't eat after 6:30pm

*My long term goal is to lose 20lbs (which is not all my weight I want to lose) by December 31st.

And now I am off to the gym!!!

(it is sooo hard to not eat all of the doughnuts my mom made last night!!! good thing I ate a good amount yesterday before I had to starrt this thing today!)