Yesterday & Today

Yesterday was a beautiful day out! Just check out the picture, I felt like I was looking at a painting!  I did rather well, I believe!  Hit 3 miles in a hour and I enjoyed every second of it!  I wish that I could have walked longer today [03/24/12] But I offered to walk my neighbors dog Bruno.  He is a 5 month old Alaskan Malamute and is most definitely not leashed trained.  Also I didn't head out until almost 2 o'clock and Justin had to leave at 2:40.  I did NOT want to go out today.  I woke up in a super grouchy mood, which turned into a migraine.
I got off my butt and went out for a walk.  The fresh air and the slight breeze mixed in with the nice 65 degree weather and sun I felt rejuvenated and so much better.  While walking Bruno I let Bella off her leash because it was getting difficult with both leashes and what does that goof ball do, jumps into this water/swampy area and I had to drag her out!  At least she felt better and was all frisky afterwards! Now she is passed out and I can not wait to do the same thing!

 But Treven doesn't go to bed until 8! So not too much longer! Also I did my Turbo Fire today and guess how many calories I burned today? In just over an hour of workout combined I burned 887 calories!  How amazing is that!!!  Pretty amazing if you ask me!  It's great that the more I work out and the lower the number gets on the scale the better I am feeling about myself!  However, I know that going to church and doing my bible studies has made a huge difference in restoring my sense of self.  I hope everyone has a fantastic day!!!

Motivated

I actually went out today.  Granted I waited until 7 pm to go, eek! But I brought Bella (my dog) with me since I knew that it would be dark out before I made it back home.  I set my goal for 4 miles and tried to get it done as fast as I could.  I did it in about 1 hour 13 minutes! Wow! However since I have taken time off, I think I was a little ambitious! I probably should have only gone 2 miles today.  And my heels with their ugly red blisters can confirm that.  However I feel great! I took a few pictures from my walk tonight. I am so thankful for the beauty I see around me. 

Losing that 10 pounds and realizing that I can easily do a little more and lose even more weight truly motivated me!!  I also want to thank Amanda R for the comment on my last post, it made me think! You are right, who cares what it is like outside, you're just gonna get wet when you get home anyway! I hope everyone has a wonderful nigth! God Bless you!

Ticking Down

I went to the Doctors on the 16th to "pull the goalie" which is very exciting.  What's more exciting is that fully clothed, (shoes, jeans, hoodie) I weighed in at 234.6 pounds! How awesome is that! So I waited until today to strip down and weigh myself! I am very happy to say that I have lost 10 pounds!!! I am so happy.  I haven't walked in about 2 weeks, but with the random rain, hail, slush, snow and wind storms, sometimes all in the same day, I was like heck no I am not going out there!!! But I am so happy that I've lost this weight mostly by doing portion control! I eat until I start to feel full and then I stop! I haven't been drinking as much water as I should, so I think I am going to start trying to drink 4 glasses of water a day and go up from there!

I Wandered Off



Fruit Parfait (Strawberries, Blueberries, Low Fat Plain
Yogurt with Honey&Almond Granola)

Okay, so after working out with my Mom on Thursday my lower back was in pain, twisting and lifting wasn't going to happen and I allowed myself to rest until it didn't hurt an it ymore.  I should have gone for a walk or something but I didn't.  Tsk Tsk!  So back I went today with the HIIT 15/STretch 10 and a hour walk.  I did rather well with my walk! Further than I have gone so far!!  The weather was not comforting at all, it was raining diagonally and the wind was chilly but I kept going.  It reminded me of high school track.  However on really crappy days we would play ultimate frisbee.  That was so much fun! Back on track! I have a blister on my right heel and some chaffing on my inner left thigh.  It's quite uncomfortable as I have never chaffed before.  Now I feel bad for picking on someone when they were complaining about chaffing.  

It is weird being your own cheerleader though.  At a couple points in my walk I found myself giving myself a pep talk to walk faster and further.  Almost hit 3 1/2 miles today.  Very proud of myself.  Now I am hoping that my body will cooperate with me tomorrow so that I can go for another walk, and hopefully it will not be pouring outside either.  It was nice to come home to the kids sleeping and a hot shower!  I am pretty upset with myself for not working out the last four days, but I knew that I wouldn't be able to keep going.  Maybe I should set some more realistic goals for myself.  I just need to turn my walks into habit.  If I just do it everyday then I will see some results.  Afterall I have lost 5 pounds this week.  I want to weigh myself everyday but I don't want to get frustrated becuase I am not seeing any difference on the scale. 

The Y

I didn't do TurboFire today but I did go to the Y for 2 hours! And I can feel it, 15 mins on the elipitical, 1 hour on the bike for a total of 9 miles! Then did some weights with my Mom.  It was fun and it felt good.  I wish that I lived closer, I would enjoy going with my Mom.  Proud of myself for actually working out today!! Pretty worn out!

5 Pounds Down

Low Fat Strawberry Yogurt & Kiwi

After yesterdays high intensity circuit I am thankful to have the day off from TurboFire.  However, I still went for my hour walk! It felt so good.  What do you know? I woke up this morning feeling well rested and with a coffee cup worth of energy.  It was great! I still had a cup of coffee with 3 eggs (scrambled) and cottage cheese for breakfast, celery with peanut butter as a snack, spinach salad for lunch, kiwi with strawberry yogurt as my second snack and grilled chicken with penne pasta and peas for dinner.  I love that Treven enjoys the same snacks and food as I do. For the most part anyway, he doesn't like almonds, avocados or tomatoes.  I still find myself ready for a nap in the afternoon after the workout and walk is done.  And so far I am fighting off that temptation!  I have been sleeping better but that is probably because when I get to bed I am way too tired to read or watch a movie. 

I know that I shouldn't have weighed myself yet, but I couldn't help it! I mean, I feel better, I can feel my muscles aching.  And what do you know? I have already lost 5 pounds!!!!! I can't believe it! I know that your weight fluctuates everyday but I am not going to look at it that way, I am looking at it as progress towards that 90 pounds! Now, I will be facing another challenge as I head up to my moms house for two days, will I be able to continue my TurboFire workouts, a hour walk and still eat healthier?  It won't be due to anything my family does but whether I allow myself to use that excuse to not do it.  I can already see myself saying/thinking, "Well, it's just two days and I am with my family. I want to make the most of it" But really, I can take 2 hours to workout and I can make better choices of what to eat. And even if what I eat isn't the healthiest, it's about portion control.  Which I have lacked in awhile, I ate what I wanted and as much of it.  Instead of one slice of cake, I would have three. I can manage as long as I keep focused.  Now, that I have a screaming little guy to deal with I should probably get back in "Mommy Mode"

1/2c Will, 1/4c Stubbornnes, & 1/4c Kick in the Ass

Great Snack! Found on Pinterest (of course) Kiwi, Banana
& an Orange.  (I am the worst orange peeler ever by the way!)

Today..what can I say? It was an inner fight, I woke up and my back was screaming. My legs hurt, my feet hurt...whaa whaa whaa! I definitely loved going into the kitchen and seeing a dozen pink roses for valentines day though! Since I was dragging I stuck to yesterdays menu just flipped the snacks around.  I haven't figured out what to eat for dinner but I'm too tired to plan it out.  I sat my butt on the couch and told myself I hurt too much to do TurboFire today. "I'm NOT doing it!"  And I was determined not to do it too.  At about 10:30 a.m. I started to feel dumb about being stubborn.  Justin was out riding his quad and Trev and I were sitting inside.  (Granted I was making progress on my cross stitching!) I decided that it wasn't raining, so what was my excuse to not at least walk?  I didn't have one! So we got ready and out we went!  After 30 minutes of walking around the yard I decided to stop being stubborn and just power through TurboFire.  I have tomorrow off of it anyway! Good thing because as I started walking into the house it started raining.

Put in TurboFire for the HIIT 15 (High Intensity Impact Training)/ Stretch 10 Classes. All I can say is WOW! My whole body was on fire and I was feeling, well...good, the burn felt good and with 30 seconds full out with 30 seconds break was nice.  Afterwards Justin came home with Lillies! (How did I end up with such an amazing man?) I started walking up and down the hallway.  Justin asked me what I was doing.  I told him I was finishing my last half hour.  He told me to get my butt outside because walking in the house didn't count.  Thanks for the kick in the ass babe!  I most definitely did NOT want to go walk outside it was still raining slightly and it was getting cold.  But I wasn't going to fight with my husband who I made promise me that if I started to give in to the discomfort and started making excuses to not do this would give me a swift kick in the butt to get in gear!  On my way back I decided that instead of thinking of my pain and aches to think of it as my muscles burning to get out from under that fat!  So hey if they are going to try so am I dang it! And I would've written this later after dinner but I have two handsome Valentines that I can't wait to cuddle up with and watch movies.   Then to spend the evening with my husband, who rented "Bridesmaids" because he knew I wanted to watch it.  Happy Valentines Day everyone!