Happy, happy, happy

     Good afternoon to ya!  I am feeling pretty good right now, although this morning I wasn't so sure.  I woke up feeling pretty puny.....I felt like the whole room was spinning and I was nauseous and thought I was going to up-chuck a little. Not too sure what was going on...some vertigo or something...maybe I knocked a crystal loose, sounds crazy but check this out read here. Any who, I got up and moved around and got shower and started to feel a little better.  I feel like I am always at Kroger...I know that's because I am always at Kroger.  I went twice yesterday and then this morning before work. gah!  I know.  I stopped by on the way home from work yesterday for lunch to get Bry some juice.  She was out and I didn't want her to drink any milk b/c she has had a low grade temp, so I go and get her some and then what does she want to drink then?? Water. Go figure.  Then I went to weight watchers to weight in and I was up .2 of a pound. Grrr.   After that I stopped by Kroger again on the way home to get the hubs something to eatfor supper. He wasn't feeling my tofu stir fry.  So that was trip number 2. My snack stash was empty at work so I decided to go this morning to get me some kashi bars and some  crack diet coke.  Maybe I can now make it to Friday before I go back there. After work I was determined to get in a run.  I didn't want to wait until tonight when it was dark and cold and run on my usual route up and down my drive way, so I went and did 3.1 miles on the Natchez trace. It was awesome!! Definitely will do that again. The path was great and the temp was perfect.  Now I'm giving the drama queen a bath which she very much needed.
   Oh, and I have done good with my pointsplus today.  I also went to the gym and did 30 minutes on the elliptical and go to face time with my Bro and beautiful niece.  An all round pretty good day! Happy, happy, Happy! I'll leave you with a pic of my beautiful baby girl.

(She spends most of her time in her underwear only)..haha!

Well, Hello there!  I don't even remember when my last post was... but here I am.  Not too much has changed in my life since then.  Still busy with work and chasing my now 3 year old baby. Yes, I will eternally call her my baby.  My weight continued to fluctuate and I ended up gaining 25 or so lbs through Christmas from the lowest I got down to. I got in a horrible rut and lost all my motivation that I once felt like I had.  I didn't care what I ate and didn't want to work out. I was in a bad funk !! I knew I had to do something or I would end up back where I started.  So,  I joined weight watchers at the beginning of the year and have lost about 11 or 12 lbs. I have lost every week (knock on wood...I didn't keep up with my points like I should have this week) Tomorrow is my weigh in.  And you better believe I will pee when I leave work and when I get to my meeting 15 minutes later.    I also joined this running program that one of our athletic shoe store gives in January.  It's to train you to run a 5K in like 12 weeks.  I really liked it at first bur I haven't been in 3 weeks.  It's a little too much for me right now.  I get off at 4:30 rush home and try to get ready and play with Bry only to rush out the door at like 5:30 to get the place in time. It just wasn't what I thought it would be. I still have been doing the running schedule on my own.  It's so hard for me to get started when I run but after the first 1o minutes or so, it's ON!   I will be running in the Color Me Rad 5K in March.  So hopefully i will be good and ready for that. 

 

I will leave you with this crazy pic of my husband, baby girl, and her four legged sister, just cause I love this one of all of them. It's so perfect.

Genghis Grill

     Today was a good day, although I wasn't sure if it was going to be when I woke up.  My sweet baby girl started running a fever again last night.  I gave her some Motrin and that seemed to do the trick, so far no fever today. Just sneezy and a runny nose.  We got up, laid around, then went to pick up my  lifelong friend, Beth Ann.  We went to Barnes and Noble where I got a new vegan cookbook.  Can't wait to try out some new recipes.  Then we wen to a new restaurant Genghis Grill.  It is new to our area and it was sooo yummmy!!  Its a place where they make stir fry exactly the way you like it.  First, you pick whether you want noodles, steamed rice, brown rice, fried rice, then you go along this buffet style bar where you fill your bowl up with everything you want in your stir fry, I had tofu, sprouts, bell peppers, mushrooms, green beans, carrots, Bok-choy, onions, and other things, (my Bowl was full)  then you pick your sauce, and they had a lot to choose from. I got a sweet/tangy soy sauce.  It was so good even Brylee liked it. I will definetly be going back there.....maybe tomorrow after Church ;)  Once I start liking a place I could go there every day for every meal.  It that weird?? Who cares?? 
Here is a picture of my bowl!! It's making me hungry just looking at it!

Here is Bry being silly!

 



And this was my breakfast...almond milk, spinach, ice, and banana. Very Good!

 

Well I'm off to walk on the treadmill and watch a movie!

YAY! The diet bet officially started today. I need to keep this in the back of my mind when I thing I just have to have that extra candy bar or scoop of ice cream.  The pot I think is up to $880 WOW! I didn't think it would get that much.  I have been doing good on my goals....sort of.  I have been drinking more water and I haven't had chocolate in a few days.  On the other hand I haven't strength trained yet or logged a single mile.  I will either get on the treadmill later tonight or do a P90X workout.  If my back allows.  I have been having lots of trouble with my back hurting, so bad sometimes I can hardly walk or change positions so an exercise DVD has been out of the question lately.  I have been going to the chiropractor for a couple of months now.  I also increased the firmness on my sleep number bed which has surprisingly helped.  It still hurts sometimes, it's just not as intense.  My church is having their first 5K coming up in November and I think it's only 10 bucks. I plan on signing up for that and maybe that will give me enough time to train to run a 5K again.  Work was super crazy as usual today.  I am beginning to think it will never ever slow down.  I am so mentally drained by the time I come home that I have just physically tired.  Sometimes I think less pay and less stress would be worth it.  I didn't have much for breakfast...just some coffee.  For lunch I had a veggie sushi roll with brown rice, an orange for snack and a lettuce and guacamole salad with a side of pico de gallo l and some chips...but I didn't over indulge, so a huge accomplishment for me.

DietBet

   I was checking out some new blogs tonight when I came across this cool competition starting up.  It's an online diet bet.  Everyone who wants to play pays 20 bucks.  Everyone weighs in starting September 6 and it will go for 28 days. Everyone who looses 4% of their body weight gets to split the the total amount. I first saw it on this site.  I think its a great idea and maybe the push I need to get my butt back motivated again.  If you would like to joint just go here.  I think we have 14 people, and if it gets to 20 then $100 gets added to the pot. Pretty cool.  Today's post is short and sweet tonight.
  

Day 1: A Success!

Today was a good day!! Yay!  I drank my water, had no chocolate, and ate well.....even at the wedding.  I woke up around 8 am and did some laundry and house cleaning, ate some cheerios and almond milk. Brylee then woke up and we just played and colored a little bit. I went to old navy to try and find a new dress to wear to the wedding but it looked as though all their summer stuff was gone and only a few XS on the rack.  O well, at least I got Bry Bry a new dress.  I did find some shirts that I liked, so I bought three of them in different colors.  I wore purple and white, and Bry did too, we matched it was cute!  For  lunch I had veggie subway sandwich with avocado.  And supper I had a baked potato. I will try to get in more veggies tomorrow.  I had a bite of wedding cake at the wedding but that was it.  The wedding was sweet but freakin HOT because it was like 205 degrees outside.  Seriously, the back of my shirt was wet and every time someone gave be a hug I had to wipe their sweat off my face that they would leave behind. Gggrosss!  Then I came home and went grocery shopping ..got a few things for a whopping hundred bucks! actually $ 100.77.  I need to learn how to extreme coupon shop.  I am currently trying to figure how to upload photos from my google+ on my phone to here so hopefully I can post my pictures tomorrow!  Nighty night!

Round 2

   Okay, So I am going to try this whole setting a goal thing again. Maybe this time I will actually reach one.  Since tomorrow is the 1st I will start then...and hopefully I can go a whole weekend with out sabotaging my healthy eating.  ...and...maybe someone out there will help hold me accountable ;)  I will do small goals again in hopes that I will reach them and that in turn will hopefully keep me motivated to loose the rest of this weight.  I know once I get going again it will become easier to stay in the groove but it is so hard for me to get started. So here goes...
1. Drink water every day at least 64 ounces.
2. Go one week with out eating chocolate (this one will be tough)
3.  Strength train 3 days a week
4. Loose five pounds
5. Log 15 miles (walking, running, elliptical)

    If I can meet these that will be quite an accomplishment for me.  I work as a case manager at a home healthy agency and we have been CRAZY busy lately.  We have been short staffed for a few months and the end of the month is always a mess. There are days that go buy and the only think I would have had to drink is a cup of coffee. This is habit I must break!! I also am chocolaloic so instead of doing no chocolate for the whole month, a week is more doable for me. Maybe if I can do one week successfully I will keep going and reach 1 week and a day, then 1 week and 2 days and so on. It's all a mind game with me. 
     I am super excited today is Friday and even more happy that Monday is a holiday so that means a long weekend!! Wooohoo! ;)  We don't have any big plans this weekend. I went to Wally world tonight and got a few things. Bry went on a Tinkerbell spree and got Tink toothpaste, toothbrush, sippie cup, fork and spoon set. It was fun to see her get so excite over toothpaste.  Tomorrow we have my cousin's wedding to go to and Sunday church and hanging with family.  A nice relaxing weekend. 
     Keeping my fingers crossed I can give a good report tomorrow!! 


    What are your plans for the weekend??