Jan 29th

Another wonderful (not) day to go along with yesterday. I got up this morning and didn't work out. I almost did and I should have but I didn't. I had a slimfast drink for breakfast and for lunch I had left over macaroni. I snacked a little bit but not too bad today. For dinner I had tacos. I have been trying to watch what I am doing while being down and depressed. My sister is leaving tomorrow and I just don't want that to happen. I didn't get enough time with her and her girls. I guess that maybe tomorrow or Monday I can use all the depression and put it into work out energy and totally work out 100 times better than I have been.

Jan 28th

Today was a difficult day for me. I got up and tried to work out but with 4 kids running around not wanting to let us do anything. I got about 15 minutes in of a workout. The kids were really hard today and stuff with the family was really drama filled so my eating was not as good as it could have been but I really did try and I feel like I did better than the other stressful days I had. I had a slimfast drink for breakfast and part of a waffle. For lunch I had tomato soup with crackers. I did snack on stuff but not a whole lot and i tried to snack on fruit rolls or quaker bites but chocolate did make it in there a couple times. For dinner I made mac and cheese and I gave in and had an ice cream dessert. :(

Jan 27th

I woke up today really depressed that the weight isn't coming off as fast or as nicely has I had hoped. I know that I was saying I only wanted to lose 5 lbs a month but that is so hard. It has been a month and I haven't lost more than 6 lbs. Why??????? I just don't understand. So I took today off from working out. I took today mostly easy. I did do some more organizing but that was about it. For breakfast I had cereal. For lunch I had a slimfast shake which didn't help me so I unfortunately had some pizza rolls, not too many but any isn't good. For dinner I had poppy seed chicken. I wish I had worked out now today but we'll see tomorrow if I realllllly regret it.

Jan 26th

Today was a pretty good day. I got up and worked out for almost an hour. It was hard but I pushed through it. I had a Slimfast drink for breakfast. For lunch I actually went out with my sister to Chic Fil A which isn't healthy but it was one of those days I needed my Dr Pepper. For dinner we had enchiladas. I snacked a little but not too much so all in all it wasn't too bad of a day.

Jan 25th

Today was another really good day for the most part. My sister let me sleep in which was really nice! I got up and for some reason my back was hurting so I didn't work out as long. I worked out for 32 minutes but I made sure to be sticky with my food. I had cereal for breakfast and then for lunch had a Slimfast drink. I snacked but tried to really snack on the good snacks. For dinner I had chicken and rice and veggies. I think my day was a pretty good day calorie wise! I didn't record my whole day but my calorie counter was only at 1500 so I am assuming I burned between 500-1000 more since it wasn't all day.

Jan. 24th

Today was a good day. I got up and worked out for an hour and of course felt really good. I had cereal for breakfast and a chicken salad for lunch. For dinner I had a steak and some veggies. I snacked a little inbetween. My calories burned were almost 3100. I don't know why it is taking so long to lose weight with so many calories burned but I guess I have to be patient! Other than that, not much happened.

Jan 23rd

Today was much better than yesterday! I made sure of that one. I got up and had a slimfast shake for breakfast. For lunch I had a sandwich. I snacked a little but not too bad. For dinner we made a chicken dish that was really good, I just don't know how fattening or not fattening it is just yet. I am going to try and find out today. I loved it though. I did not work out today unfortunately but my mom was leaving and I just wanted to spend some time with her. I'm excited for this next week because it's another week and another chance to be better! My sister is here so I'm going to be helping take care of her kids while she works out too!

Jan 22nd

I thought Thursday was bad, emotionally Thursday was worse but diet wise today was not good! I guess there is always a trial day when you have family in town and have to remember to stick to diets and exercise. Since my sister and mom are in town, I really just didn't pay attention like I should have to the diet and exercise. I realized at the end of the night how bad I really did. I didn't exercise but we did walk around the mall and walmart so I guess I got a little walking in but I do those on my days off so not much good. I'm not giving up though so don't stop checking back.

Jan 21st

Today was not a bad day. I was able to work out which of course felt good. I wasn't sitting down much today because I had family coming so I needed clean the house. My calorie counter said I burned 2900 calories. My sister and mom got in town and my sister and I's downfall is Hot chocolate so I had some with her but I feel like there should be something I can cheat on, once in a while.

Jan 20th

Today was a really down and out day for me. I started off with a bad morning and am really sore from yesterdays workout so I took the day off from working out. I had Special K for breakfast, 1/2 a Cafe Rio burrito for lunch and the rest for dinner. NOT A GOOD food day. I was going to make a chicken salad for dinner but all our salad was bad and with the girls fevers I didn't want to take them out to get more. Then come to find out I didn't burn that many calories today and the P90X that I have been borrowing is getting taken back. I am so scared that having to wait for another one is going to just ruin my routine and screw me up. Uggghhh! I am not dealing with today well. I am hoping tomorrow will turn out much better! Oh yeah and I had Dr. Pepper! :(

Jan 19th

Today was an alright day. I wound up not having a good night at all with my kids waking up alot and my husband snoring like there was a volume contest next door. Anyways, it was hard to start going today but I got up and decided I was going to try and work out. I tried, and didn't feel like I accomplished much but the calorie counter said I had burned 800 calories. The workout was a lot of jumping around so I'm sure it just didn't register that I was doing it right. Anyways, I had Special K for breakfast. For lunch I had corn chowder. I made sure to drink water today which I have been struggling with the other days so I'm proud of myself for that! For dinner, I broiled steaks and had peas and carrots with it. It was pretty good I must say. :)
I weighed myself this morning and I have lost 6 lbs 6 oz. I am so excited and I am just hoping that this week will be good so for the month I will have a good loss! If I can lose 10 lbs this month, that is double what I put as my goal. I am not going to push it and not eat in order to do it, and I am glad that this month has already been met but it would be just so much more awesome if it was more.

Jan 18

Today was a good day except I gave in and drank some Dr. Pepper, don't worry I am slapping my hand as we speak lol.  I wore the Calorie counter watch all day. I ended the day with burning 2535 (I think) I started tracking my food intake on a website my sister in law gave me and my intake for the day was almost 1400.  I got up and had a Slimfast shake for breakfast then went over to Cassies and worked out. I grabbed a drink for Randy and sadly for me. I came home and had a slimfast for lunch and a chicken romain lettuce salad. For dinner I made corn chowder. It was not a horrible meal but it was alot of calories so I am going to try and figure out how to make it with less calories. Then for a snack I had a nutrigrain bar. The work out today was hard but I didn't feel as into it for some reason. I'm hoping tomorrow will be better.

Jan 17th

Today was a pretty good day. I got up and had cereal for breakfast. I went to Walmart the other night and got a watch that will tell me the calories burned and my heart rate. I was excited to use it! Cassie came over and we worked out. I love the kickboxing video on P90X, I would choose that one everytime if I could, so far. I had a salad for lunch, and a nutrigrain bar to snack on. I had nachos for dinner and a slim fast, since I didn't eat much of the nachos. I wore the watch during the workout and from 2 on but I didn't wear it before the workout and between 1-2 so I know my calories burned should be more but my watch said I burned 2111 calories. Tomorrow I am going to think before hand about dinner so it's better calories, we'll see what I come up with lol. I'm hoping people are reading this, if you are and have any suggestions, I would love them! Thanks a ton!

Jan 16th

So today was not such a good day. It is actually the day that I realized, if I don't change something, this isn't going to work. I can't eat good one day and try to work it off the next and just continue on that trend. I got up this morning and had to go to church, after church I came back home and was going to work out. I decided to go with Cassie on a walk down on a trail by the Colorado River. We walked atleast a mile but I didn't have my step counter on me. I'm guessing it was about a mile and a half. Anyways, I came home and had steak, carrots and a little pasta. For breakfast I had cereal and for lunch I had tacos. Not a good eating day. I also snacked too so not proud of myself on that one. Tomorrow is going to be different!

Jan 15th

Today was an eye opener for me actually. I woke up this morning not feeling good. I was trying to talk myself out of exercising but it came down to I didn't want to fall off the wagon. I decided to work out and I made it through a full Kickboxing video as well as after I was done, I felt soooo much better. It was so weird to me that even when I don't feel good for virus reasons it still helps. I can understand when it is for depression or stress issues that it helps but now I know it helps no matter what.
I had cereal for breakfast, I had a turkey sandwich for lunch and chicken lasagna for dinner. The pasta isn't great and the snacking was a little higher today but I think that is stemming from the stress of tomorrow. If anyone has any ideas on how to curb the snacking because of stress I would LOVE to hear it!!
I am still at the 5 lb mark but I am fine with that. I would love to lose more and fast but I am going to try to focus more on just making the working out a habit. Once it is a habit I will push myself harder in order to lose more weight.

Jan 14th

Today was an alright day. I didn't workout today. There was a lot going on in my life today so there was a lot of running around getting things done today.  I did try to eat healthy. I ate cereal for breakfast, chicken sandwich for lunch but I did have a Dr Pepper with lunch. Luckily I am feeling the issues with soda now. I feel totally different now when I have soda and it makes me almost not want to drink it. My stomach feels different as well as I just don't feel full with it. I have been drinking alot of water and Crystal Light juice to try and fulfill my thirst. For dinner I had broiled chicken with carrots and baked beans, which I am not that fond of so I really didn't eat. I snacked a little but the snacking is going down now I think.

Jan 13th

Today I got up and worked out for about 40  minutes. I had a little bit of a waffle and a Slimfast for breakfast. For lunch I went to Cafe Rio, the yummiest place on earth but I'm sure not the healthiest. I was so busy trying to get back into the house and clean the loads of messes up that I forgot to eat dinner. I had a think of hot chocolate. I just don't know what my problem is, I was doing so good and now I think things have just got so stressful I've fallen short a little. Luckily I am still doing something right, I have lost 5 lbs so far!!! I am so flipping excited! I was hoping to lose 5 lbs a month and I have lost that in a week and a half.

Jan 12th

Today was a crazy, hectic day in my regular life so we took the day off from working out. I still tried to eat healthy but failed I think. I had a toaster strudel for breakfast, which I know is not good! I ate some of a banana as well. I had some chicken for lunch from Chic-Fil-A. I got their grilled chicken sandwhich. I had tacos for dinner. I had some Dr Pepper but I made usre to drink water as well  as juice to make sure that there was more good in my system than not. Other than that, not much exciting regarding the weight loss.

Jan 11th

Today was a very crazy day for me!!! I got up and decided that even though we had decided to take today off, I was going to work out for me. I woke up depressed and thought it would help me to do it! I worked out and did the kickboxing dvd of the P90X, I absolutely love that work out!!!! I had cereal for breakfast, and a bad lunch, it was a couple Waffles. For dinner I made turkey enchiladas for dinner and of course they tasted like normal enchiladas to me. I wore the step counter and I had taken 5779 steps today which I don't know if that is good or not but it's more than a mile haha.

Jan. 10th

Today was a pretty good day! I woke up and had cereal for breakfast. I had a sandwich for lunch. I worked out with my sister in law for almost an hour and it felt sooo good! For dinner we had corn chowder which I'm not sure is healthy but we'll see I guess. Other than that it was a pretty boring day, atleast I got the working out done right!

Jan 9th

Today was okay. I was able to sleep in and catch up on some much needed sleep. I did not work out today but I did try to eat healthy. I ate cereal for breakfast, had chicken in marinara for lunch, and some chicken strips for dinner.  I did munch a little inbetween so tomorrow I will be trying to calm that down for sure! I didn't have any Dr Pepper today though so that will help a little. I am trying to do better at everything and so far I think I am doing a lot better than I thought I would do at the beginning.

Jan 8th

Today was an alright day, not as good as I had hoped! I woke up and had cereal for breakfast. I worked out with my brother in law and sister in law. It was centered on just the abs so it wasn't a long workout but man it was a good workout! I'm hurting pretty good lol. For lunch I had a sandwich. I walked around the mall for some more excercise. For dinner I had a bagel pizza and birthday cake which TOTALLY threw off the diet thing :( I did have a couple sips of Dr. Pepper too, dang it!! I am not working out tomorrow but I am going to have to make sure that tomorrow's diet goes so much better!

Jan 7th

Today went pretty well. I got up and worked out for almost an hour, and of course it felt so good after! We finally figured out a schedule that we would go by so there isn't such randomness with our working out. We are working out Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. That way there aren't  2 days between working out, that makes it hard. I have lost 1.4 lbs so far. I hope I can just keep losing more and more, that would be awesome!! I had cereal for breakfast, soup for lunch, and rice and chicken ala king for dinner. I wish I knew how unhealthy or healthy that dish was but I'll figure that out pretty soon I'm sure! Other than that, not much happened today.

Jan 6th

Today was an interesting, busy day. My sister in law and I are still trying to figure out a scedule to work out to so it's a little unorganized right now lol. I kept the eating habits pretty good. I had malt o meal for breakfast, a turkey sandwich on wheat bread for lunch. I did have a strawberry blast orange julius drink inbetween lunch and dinner, I don't know how healthy they are. For dinner I had a grilled chicken sandwich. Unfortunately I have not been perfect so I stupidly had a couple cookies. On a brighter note, NO DR. PEPPER today hahaha. We did walk around the mall to try and get some exercise in though!!

Jan 5th

Today we actually took off from working out. I was told that it's not healthy to work out every day if you are just beginning. I continued to eat what I feel is healthy. I had Special K for breakfast, tuna for lunch and eggs, turkey sausage and a piece of french toast for dinner. The hard thing is I can't count how many calories I am taking in because I have two little birds coming up to me every time I am eating and wanting my food. I never get to eat everything that is on my plate! I went shopping today to get as much healthy food as I could. I got more Special K, Malt O Meal, rice snacks, fruit rolls (100% fruit),wheat bread, light margarine, turkey meat and sausage. I have to say, the turkey sausage tastes just like pork sausage!!!!! It's got 30% less fat and I'm surprised how good it is! I did grab some fruit and veggies that are fresh because of the girls and because I can still eat them if they are steamed. Now, on to another day!

Jan 4th

Today went really well! I got up with the girls around 8:00, my sister in laws came over and we worked out for about 45 minutes to P90X. It was so hard to work out today compared to yesterday because today we were all feeling sore from yesterdays workout. We took before pictures so we have something to compare and look at everyday, keeping us motivated! My meals were pretty healthy I think! I ate Special K for breakfast, had a Special K bar for a snack, ate a chicken breast for lunch, then made spagetti for dinner. I know you aren't suppose to eat alot of pasta but I only cook pasta maybe once a week if that! Another great day down for me! I can't wait to see the payoff from all this!

Jan 3rd

Today was an awesome day!!! I loved today, I loved how I felt today so I am now reassured that this is the right timing for this. I got up this morning with the girls and an hour later my sister in law came over and we worked out for almost an hour to the P90X workout. We split the areas up so we didn't finish one certain work out but we wanted some cardio in the workout. I felt so good after working out! I didn't feel so tired that I had to take a nap, I didn't feel like I was short with the girls! I really just felt comfortable and healthy. I made sure that the eating today was as good as I could get! I ate a bowl of cereal for breakfast and before the workout. I drank a good amount of water which is not normal for me, I hate water! I ate a salad and some soup for lunch and some meat for dinner with a tortilla which is why I can't say my meals were all perfectly healthy. I went to the store and got the Kelloggs Special K cereal as well as some cereal bars so that I don't snack on unhealthy stuff. I am going shopping on Wednesday for more healthy things such as Ground Turkey instead of Ground Beef, fresh vegetables to steam since I can't eat fresh fruit and vegetables, and a whole list of other things. I weighed myself today and as of right now don't feel like I want to release that amount just yet, I will wait until I have lost some weight before that's released but I will release before pictures at the same time I put my beginning weight out there. Thanks for all your support and tomorrow is going to be another great day!

Jan. 2nd

Today was a hard day. We had some family issues to deal with and the drive back to CO so it again wasn't well planned out. I again didn't eat much for the day. What I did eat wasn't the best so when we got home I made sure that what we ate for dinner was a salad. I am trying to think of ways to make sure that while I am out of town and out of my element, I don't lose track of my goal. I am not feeling depressed about how I've been doing seeing as it is only day 2 and I am still working on it, I know I won't be perfect at it at first. I really have a good feeling about this year and feel like I am going to be able to do this and be extremely happy with myself this year.

January 1st

Well, it's the first day of the new year, I had a busy day so unfortunately I didn't plan well and wasn't able to work out like I had hoped. I am starting out the weight loss regimin by working out atleast 4 times a week. I will see how I handle that and see if I can do more than that! I didn't really eat alot today which isn't good, I didn't eat the best foods either but better than I have been for sure. I am definitely using today as the day to not ever do again, it's the bad day example lol.
I have figured it out and what I would be happy with is losing 5 lbs a month which would allow me to be the weight I was when I got married and looked my best in my eyes. If I can do better than that then great but I want to make sure that my goal is reachable and not an outrageous, unrealistic goal. I don't want my expectations  set too high!