Day 51
Well 51 days in now, I finally went under the number I wanted to on the scale. It has been about 5 years since I have seen this number on the scale. Talk about taking it home for me. I feel so much more encouraged!
This makes an additional -4lbs lost! I'm working SO hard for it too.
Can't wait to take my measurements at the end of this month. Even more so, can't wait to see how much I will lose by the time I go on my cruise in February!
Well that's all to report, but I am so amped about it! To all my ladies who have signed on for a spa day celebration when I reached my -20lb lost mark, get ready! I'm not far off now. :-D
~Ciao
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Monday, 17 September 2012
This is not a diet, this is my whole life!
Day 50
I've been so terrible on blogging lately! I'm sorry. It's been pretty busy around here. Hard to get a chance to sit down and have some blog time :P
50 days!!! Today I have been on my weight loss journey and exercising pretty diligently for FIFTY DAYS! W00T! Well that is definitely a milestone for me.
Today was tough tough TOUGH! I started week 2 in the Ripped in 30 today. Now I am starting to get pretty afraid of what's to come. Some of the movements I had to take a double take on... like I think she is clinically insane! I don't think most peoples body's move like that. Like this one move with the push ups. You had to get into push up position and instead of just the normal push up move you needed to go down and raise a leg to your elbow.. like seriously!?
Another one with abs you had to sit straight up on the floor, push your whole body off the mat so your some what hovering (at least in the butt area) and then you put your feet down and curl your stomach up to a bridge position, hard to picture I know but its even harder to do! Ouchies! My arms really felt that.
Oh and lets not forget the cardio plank pose from hell... you do plank jacks for like 30 sec then do mountain climbers (which is plank pose and then you lift each knee up so basically running in spot in a plank position) then back to the plank jacks and more mountain climbers. My shoulders were pinching so bad, I had to stop. It was burning. No relief from that pose at all!
Anyway I could go on and on, it's only week 2! I can not imagine what week 3 brings. I think I will most definitely do 6 days of this.
Oh and the stupid thing was I started out doing week one because i'm so used to doing 10 days on of each level from the 30 day shred, if my 4 year old hadn't mentioned anything I probably would have done week 1 again. So I did the warm up part and the first strength part of week 1 before realizing and then having to switch to week 2, doing another warm up and then the rest of the work out. Talk about worn out.
Then I had to go and clean up garbage from my back yard and do a craft with my biggest. I need a nap.
Well that's my day! As always thanks to those who read my blog and support me in this life journey! This is not a diet, this is my whole life! :) Happy reading!
~Ciao
Day of rest... pretty uneventful!
Day 49
Yay! Finally my rest day... I was undecided if I wanted to go for a 5 day stretch this week or a 6 day stretch. Well I seriously had so much cleaning and what not to do I decided to take the break, especially since the day before was REALLY TOUGH I figured it was best to listen to my body.
I did do a bunch of cleaning, got lots of stuff done. I felt very accomplished! It was enough stuff that I could classify it was a "light work-out" if i wanted to fudge it -haha.
~Ciao
Still catching up... Day 48!
Day 48
Ah, yes. Saturday. Well again I got up early and went into the city with my friend and we did a bunch of shopping at party stores since we are both preparing for 1st birthday's for our babies.
Shopping always seems to take a lot out of me, not sure why? Maybe it's just me.
So after I came home I needed to organize some more and clean up then eat and yep, back to the grueling work out. It was TOUGH today. Early mornings may be catching up to me or something - haha. Not sure, but I muscled through anyway and completed the work out. The rest of the day was non-eventful.
~Ciao
I suck at blogging, lol...
Day 47
Let's see well this would have been Friday's posting. Not really much to report on this day. I did my work out and it felt pretty good, I was actually a pretty busy little bee this day. I woke up very early, took my son to school then came home and proceeded to gut my fridge and clean it from top to bottom, boy did it need it! Then I finally ate, it was a later breakfast so I was a bit bad with meal eating and fitting in the snacks at the right time this day.
Then I picked my son up from school around 11am and off to Superstore we went to get lots of yummy fruits and veggies and all that jazz. I bought a bag of organic apples this time and WOW am I ever shocked at the taste difference! No, seriously though... I always thought it was a bit of a hype or whatever but there really is a taste difference, organic apples ARE AMAZING. I can't get enough. They are crisp and sweet and smooth. They just taste so much better. Yummy.
Then after that was said and done I still needed to do my work out. I was POOPED needless to say.
Later that evening my hubby and I had our usual Friday night Sushi/Date night and I think I very much earned that sushi ;-) lol
Well that's all for now!
~Ciao
Let's see well this would have been Friday's posting. Not really much to report on this day. I did my work out and it felt pretty good, I was actually a pretty busy little bee this day. I woke up very early, took my son to school then came home and proceeded to gut my fridge and clean it from top to bottom, boy did it need it! Then I finally ate, it was a later breakfast so I was a bit bad with meal eating and fitting in the snacks at the right time this day.
Then I picked my son up from school around 11am and off to Superstore we went to get lots of yummy fruits and veggies and all that jazz. I bought a bag of organic apples this time and WOW am I ever shocked at the taste difference! No, seriously though... I always thought it was a bit of a hype or whatever but there really is a taste difference, organic apples ARE AMAZING. I can't get enough. They are crisp and sweet and smooth. They just taste so much better. Yummy.
Then after that was said and done I still needed to do my work out. I was POOPED needless to say.
Later that evening my hubby and I had our usual Friday night Sushi/Date night and I think I very much earned that sushi ;-) lol
Well that's all for now!
~Ciao
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Getting the hang of it...
Day 46
Well today's work out wasn't so bad! Just needed to work on the form in a few movements but other then that my stamina and endurance is building. I still suck at push ups though. I just can't do them! I even do it on my knees and that's even still too hard. My arms are still too weak or something I don't know... you'd think after doing 30 days of the shred I would have built up some muscles to at least do a push up. I can maybe still do about 5 before my arms crap out on me.
I think i'm still losing weight. Yesterday I received a very high compliment from my neighbor, she said that I was looking amazing, and then when I left to go meet my friend she commented that I looked great too. It's SO encouraging to hear all this positive feed back, when I see myself every day I don't see the big changes. I can see in my before and after picture of course but to notice it in the mirror just won't happen so thank you to everyone who continues to build me up and encourage me!
Well anyway that's all I have to say for now!
~Ciao
Well today's work out wasn't so bad! Just needed to work on the form in a few movements but other then that my stamina and endurance is building. I still suck at push ups though. I just can't do them! I even do it on my knees and that's even still too hard. My arms are still too weak or something I don't know... you'd think after doing 30 days of the shred I would have built up some muscles to at least do a push up. I can maybe still do about 5 before my arms crap out on me.
I think i'm still losing weight. Yesterday I received a very high compliment from my neighbor, she said that I was looking amazing, and then when I left to go meet my friend she commented that I looked great too. It's SO encouraging to hear all this positive feed back, when I see myself every day I don't see the big changes. I can see in my before and after picture of course but to notice it in the mirror just won't happen so thank you to everyone who continues to build me up and encourage me!
Well anyway that's all I have to say for now!
~Ciao
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Feel the burn, baby!
Day 45
Apparently I was a bit too cocky when I updated yesterday that the Ripped in 30 wasn't bad. At least I think that's what I said, I was thinking that if I didn't say it.
Today was really challenging to do the movements. I am feeling it all over my body, which is awesome because after the 30 day shred I wasn't hurting in these areas as much.
I woke up this morning all stiff legged. My hamstring was sooo sore, and my quads and my butt - haha. It all hurt, and to re-work it all again today was just brutal! So we went swimming tonight and I sat in the hot tub to relax my muscles a bit. I hope after a restful night I have a bit more range of motion back. I love feeling this pain though, it makes me know that I have worked something hard and that my body is changing. Makes the work out worth it even more.
I just wish it was easier to walk! Going up and down stairs is quite the task right now and my lower back is aching. Either I worked a really strange back muscle or I had bad form in one of the movements. Maybe the chair pose? I sure felt that a lot on my lower back.
Today was also a good day for eating, although for supper time I did eat potato salad and had a bun but I also had garden salad and chicken with it. I found my appetite was increased today too. I was so hungry for one of my snacks I devoured a yogurt AND an apple. I even had some apple crisp for another snack and some nuts which I probably could have done without the crisp but its soooo yummy. I made it for my husband yesterday for dessert and it's in my fridge and it is seriously the best apple crisp both he and I have ever had! It's pretty hard to resist. Its almost gone though and I don't bake often (for this reason!)
Well thats all I have to say for now. This is a late update but I am trying to get back to doing it daily at least. I'm off to bed right now, got another busy day tomorrow!
~Ciao
Apparently I was a bit too cocky when I updated yesterday that the Ripped in 30 wasn't bad. At least I think that's what I said, I was thinking that if I didn't say it.
Today was really challenging to do the movements. I am feeling it all over my body, which is awesome because after the 30 day shred I wasn't hurting in these areas as much.
I woke up this morning all stiff legged. My hamstring was sooo sore, and my quads and my butt - haha. It all hurt, and to re-work it all again today was just brutal! So we went swimming tonight and I sat in the hot tub to relax my muscles a bit. I hope after a restful night I have a bit more range of motion back. I love feeling this pain though, it makes me know that I have worked something hard and that my body is changing. Makes the work out worth it even more.
I just wish it was easier to walk! Going up and down stairs is quite the task right now and my lower back is aching. Either I worked a really strange back muscle or I had bad form in one of the movements. Maybe the chair pose? I sure felt that a lot on my lower back.
Today was also a good day for eating, although for supper time I did eat potato salad and had a bun but I also had garden salad and chicken with it. I found my appetite was increased today too. I was so hungry for one of my snacks I devoured a yogurt AND an apple. I even had some apple crisp for another snack and some nuts which I probably could have done without the crisp but its soooo yummy. I made it for my husband yesterday for dessert and it's in my fridge and it is seriously the best apple crisp both he and I have ever had! It's pretty hard to resist. Its almost gone though and I don't bake often (for this reason!)
Well thats all I have to say for now. This is a late update but I am trying to get back to doing it daily at least. I'm off to bed right now, got another busy day tomorrow!
~Ciao
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Ripped in 30 Day 1!
Day 44
Yes! Today was a success so far.
Woke up and went to my SFL appointment, came home and prepared a "Frozen Yogurt" recipe from them, drank that for my breakfast (trying to be cautious of those carbs!). It was ok, I think if I made it again i'd have to cut back on the honey in the recipe and add more frozen fruit instead. Too sweet! Bleck.
Since it was a later breakfast I didn't get my mid-morning snack, but that's ok. I was doing a craft with my son in the morning and doing more light house cleaning/organizing instead so I got caught up in that and that resulted in a later breakfast.
I DID MY RIPPED IN 30 DAY 1! Finally!! Wooooot!
It wasn't bad actually. Most of the movements I can already do with ease, but as she says several times week 1 & 2 she goes "slightly" easy on you and focuses more on the proper technique of each movement rather then pushing you harder she wants to make sure you actually performing them properly.
It is the exact same concept as 30 day shred: 3 minutes strength, 2 minutes cardio & 1 minute abs. Some of the movements were a mixture I think of Level 1 of the 30 Day and well combining all the levels. I got through it, I was sweaty and exhausted at the end but that's exactly what I wanted!
From there I made a wrap and had cucumber and cottage cheese on the side, then did some educational stuff with my biggest from his activity book and came upstairs and proceeded to clean and de-junk as much stuff as I could. I even re-arranged my living room.
I'm telling you all this to tell you that I already feel such a difference with adding back in my exercising. It's definitely a love/hate thing.
Ripped in 30 is a 4 week challenge. So week 1 is about 5-6 days long (depending on how many days a week you want to work out) and so is week 2, 3 and 4. Supposedly weeks 3 & 4 are the mother of all work outs and she is already talking about mentally preparing for them because they will suck more then I can imagine.
My nutritionist told me to make another goal when I am 20 days in so that way I don't get to the end of my goal and have nothing else to challenge me. So I am already thinking of other exercises to do. I am really liking the Jillian Michael's series though. I want to get her newest one "Killer Abs" I've seen a preview on youtube and it will SUCK but that's what I want! lol
Anyway it's been a good day so far. Going to make Dijon Chicken and have salad for supper. I'm glad to be back at it again! So I will be blogging every day again too. :)
In light of the fact that I am now back on track I think I will post a picture of my amazing weight loss so far!
Let me know what you think!
~Ciao
Yes! Today was a success so far.
Woke up and went to my SFL appointment, came home and prepared a "Frozen Yogurt" recipe from them, drank that for my breakfast (trying to be cautious of those carbs!). It was ok, I think if I made it again i'd have to cut back on the honey in the recipe and add more frozen fruit instead. Too sweet! Bleck.
Since it was a later breakfast I didn't get my mid-morning snack, but that's ok. I was doing a craft with my son in the morning and doing more light house cleaning/organizing instead so I got caught up in that and that resulted in a later breakfast.
I DID MY RIPPED IN 30 DAY 1! Finally!! Wooooot!
It wasn't bad actually. Most of the movements I can already do with ease, but as she says several times week 1 & 2 she goes "slightly" easy on you and focuses more on the proper technique of each movement rather then pushing you harder she wants to make sure you actually performing them properly.
It is the exact same concept as 30 day shred: 3 minutes strength, 2 minutes cardio & 1 minute abs. Some of the movements were a mixture I think of Level 1 of the 30 Day and well combining all the levels. I got through it, I was sweaty and exhausted at the end but that's exactly what I wanted!
From there I made a wrap and had cucumber and cottage cheese on the side, then did some educational stuff with my biggest from his activity book and came upstairs and proceeded to clean and de-junk as much stuff as I could. I even re-arranged my living room.
I'm telling you all this to tell you that I already feel such a difference with adding back in my exercising. It's definitely a love/hate thing.
Ripped in 30 is a 4 week challenge. So week 1 is about 5-6 days long (depending on how many days a week you want to work out) and so is week 2, 3 and 4. Supposedly weeks 3 & 4 are the mother of all work outs and she is already talking about mentally preparing for them because they will suck more then I can imagine.
My nutritionist told me to make another goal when I am 20 days in so that way I don't get to the end of my goal and have nothing else to challenge me. So I am already thinking of other exercises to do. I am really liking the Jillian Michael's series though. I want to get her newest one "Killer Abs" I've seen a preview on youtube and it will SUCK but that's what I want! lol
Anyway it's been a good day so far. Going to make Dijon Chicken and have salad for supper. I'm glad to be back at it again! So I will be blogging every day again too. :)
In light of the fact that I am now back on track I think I will post a picture of my amazing weight loss so far!
Not sure if you can read the dates as the program did something really funky, but the dates read: "Before: 07/30/2012" and "After: 08/30/2012"
Let me know what you think!
~Ciao
Excuses ... excuses!
Day 43
Well got my biggest off to school today and didn't really do much. It was a pretty chill day. I have been having a few of those lately with not having any real exercise in place. Started to get annoyed with my lack of motivation to exercise.
When I was doing the 30 day shred before I had energy to do more things and I just feel so sluggish.
On the bright side, today was a fresh start. I had eggs and toast for breakfast and got my snacks in and had really good meals, a wrap for lunch and salad and buffalo chicken for supper. I didn't managed to quite get all my water in.
Then we were having company over for bible study. That didn't end until 9pm and then we needed to put "little" to bed. My husband tried very hard to motivate me, I just didn't want to do the Ripped in 30 tonight. He tried to entice me to do Zumba, or Just Dance or a BodyRockTV or something. I love him so much.
I just felt I needed to get a decent night sleep. So that's what I did...
Tomorrow is always a new day....right? Ugh. Please motivation come back!
~Ciao
Well got my biggest off to school today and didn't really do much. It was a pretty chill day. I have been having a few of those lately with not having any real exercise in place. Started to get annoyed with my lack of motivation to exercise.
When I was doing the 30 day shred before I had energy to do more things and I just feel so sluggish.
On the bright side, today was a fresh start. I had eggs and toast for breakfast and got my snacks in and had really good meals, a wrap for lunch and salad and buffalo chicken for supper. I didn't managed to quite get all my water in.
Then we were having company over for bible study. That didn't end until 9pm and then we needed to put "little" to bed. My husband tried very hard to motivate me, I just didn't want to do the Ripped in 30 tonight. He tried to entice me to do Zumba, or Just Dance or a BodyRockTV or something. I love him so much.
I just felt I needed to get a decent night sleep. So that's what I did...
Tomorrow is always a new day....right? Ugh. Please motivation come back!
~Ciao
Feeling better... finally
Day 42
Today is normally my rest day but i should have worked out anyway.
We decided to make it a family day after church and go to stir crazy. Again my eating was subpar to say the least and again snacks were missed. We had shepherd's pie for supper and I was preparing my biggest's school bag so it was pretty busy and I was feeling pretty tired by this point after playing and church and what not.
My littlest was rather difficult to put to sleep again, thinking he was over tired tonight so by the time everyone was in bed it was 9pm and I didn't feel like exercising. So my husband and I did bible study instead.
Tomorrow is a new day... I hope.... Just gotta keep picking myself up and trying again.
~Ciao
Today is normally my rest day but i should have worked out anyway.
We decided to make it a family day after church and go to stir crazy. Again my eating was subpar to say the least and again snacks were missed. We had shepherd's pie for supper and I was preparing my biggest's school bag so it was pretty busy and I was feeling pretty tired by this point after playing and church and what not.
My littlest was rather difficult to put to sleep again, thinking he was over tired tonight so by the time everyone was in bed it was 9pm and I didn't feel like exercising. So my husband and I did bible study instead.
Tomorrow is a new day... I hope.... Just gotta keep picking myself up and trying again.
~Ciao
Food Poisoning...
Day 41 (09/08/09)
Woke up feeling gross still from that roast beef sandwich. Had to take a couple tylenol (as I did last night to even get any sleep what so ever!). My stomach hurt so bad and hurts still so pretty much a take it easy kind of day...i've never had food poisoning before but can now say it sucks!!
~Ciao
Woke up feeling gross still from that roast beef sandwich. Had to take a couple tylenol (as I did last night to even get any sleep what so ever!). My stomach hurt so bad and hurts still so pretty much a take it easy kind of day...i've never had food poisoning before but can now say it sucks!!
~Ciao
Weigh in...
Day 40 (09/07/12)
It's Friday! Took my measurements last night. I have lost a total of 17.5 inches and 12lbs in total in just OVER A MONTH. WOW! I am so proud of myself, but on the other hand i'm still not at the "jump out of my skin excitement" stage because I have a certain number in mind that I want to see on that scale. Don't get me wrong though, 17.5 inches? That's AMAZING. That's huge! That's worth celebrating...
Today I did tons of baking so I could freeze preschool snacks for my biggest. I only ate 3 pieces of pizza all day. 3 TINY pieces at that. I was feeling pretty wobbly.
At my meeting with SFL I had to meet a different nutritionist, and it was later (at 5pm). She was awesome but i'm so not used to her. Her name was Danielle. I have been bad ALL week with eating and snacking. I've barely had an appetite. I got super run down a couple days ago because my littlest wasn't sleeping and I think it just caught up to me.
So she recommended that I buy an assortment of nuts (unsalted of course) and pre-bag 1 ounce worth in like 6 zippy bags. So I went to the local superstore and got those and of course I was FAMISHED so I decided to buy a pre-made roast beef sandwich. My family and I were going to this Corn Bust thing that my friend invited us to but it didn't start till 6pm and we were so hungry, because we were dumb and didn't eat lol so my husband and I decided to share half a sandwich each.
Then we went to the corn bust which we had chili, assortment of salads, dessert... and just mingled with strangers. LOL.
Well after about 8pm and I was laying in bed I started getting the most SEVERE abdominal cramping in my LIFE. They almost resembled contractions, it was murder! I felt so sick all that night, and puked my guts out.
The culprit? That dang roast beef sandwich we bet!
So no work out today unfortunately :(
~Ciao
It's Friday! Took my measurements last night. I have lost a total of 17.5 inches and 12lbs in total in just OVER A MONTH. WOW! I am so proud of myself, but on the other hand i'm still not at the "jump out of my skin excitement" stage because I have a certain number in mind that I want to see on that scale. Don't get me wrong though, 17.5 inches? That's AMAZING. That's huge! That's worth celebrating...
Today I did tons of baking so I could freeze preschool snacks for my biggest. I only ate 3 pieces of pizza all day. 3 TINY pieces at that. I was feeling pretty wobbly.
At my meeting with SFL I had to meet a different nutritionist, and it was later (at 5pm). She was awesome but i'm so not used to her. Her name was Danielle. I have been bad ALL week with eating and snacking. I've barely had an appetite. I got super run down a couple days ago because my littlest wasn't sleeping and I think it just caught up to me.
So she recommended that I buy an assortment of nuts (unsalted of course) and pre-bag 1 ounce worth in like 6 zippy bags. So I went to the local superstore and got those and of course I was FAMISHED so I decided to buy a pre-made roast beef sandwich. My family and I were going to this Corn Bust thing that my friend invited us to but it didn't start till 6pm and we were so hungry, because we were dumb and didn't eat lol so my husband and I decided to share half a sandwich each.
Then we went to the corn bust which we had chili, assortment of salads, dessert... and just mingled with strangers. LOL.
Well after about 8pm and I was laying in bed I started getting the most SEVERE abdominal cramping in my LIFE. They almost resembled contractions, it was murder! I felt so sick all that night, and puked my guts out.
The culprit? That dang roast beef sandwich we bet!
So no work out today unfortunately :(
~Ciao
COMPLETED 30 DAY SHRED!
Day 39 (Thursday 09/06/12)
I've been so terrible to update my blog, actually I will admit that I fell off the wagon a bit. So even though these updates are in past tense since i'm doing a bulk update i'll still speak as if it is present tense for sake of confusion.
My husband, and greatest supporter forced me to work out on Day 38 after all. Then today I was able to finish the work out. I was in tears though. I think its because I normally do my work out in the early morning or afternoon and the last 2 days of my 30 day Shred I worked out at night.
But.... I DID IT! I completed my first milestone goal. I completed the 30 day shred. I missed a few days here and there but you know what!? I DID IT!
Next on my work out list... "Ripped in 30"... that's my next goal.
~Ciao
I've been so terrible to update my blog, actually I will admit that I fell off the wagon a bit. So even though these updates are in past tense since i'm doing a bulk update i'll still speak as if it is present tense for sake of confusion.
My husband, and greatest supporter forced me to work out on Day 38 after all. Then today I was able to finish the work out. I was in tears though. I think its because I normally do my work out in the early morning or afternoon and the last 2 days of my 30 day Shred I worked out at night.
But.... I DID IT! I completed my first milestone goal. I completed the 30 day shred. I missed a few days here and there but you know what!? I DID IT!
Next on my work out list... "Ripped in 30"... that's my next goal.
~Ciao
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Picking myself back up again... or trying at least!
Day 38
Today was no better. Another bad night with baby. I need to seriously buck down and get him some meds for this teething. I'm not even sure if that's the whole problem but I think it is. I think he is cutting his 1 year molars or something as he is constantly chewing on his hands. Not to mention since i've stopped working out my sciatic nerve has acted up and I was in such agony last night.
Tried to be better about eating today. Had a bowl of corn pops (not good I know but it was either that or nothing as I have needed to get groceries for a few days, didn't buy stuff in anticipation for leaving for BC and so I made a poor choice in the cereal but at least it was food)
Lunch was better, a veggie wrap and cottage cheese.
I have my Kashi granola bar I plan to eat in an hour and going to try and make a healthy dinner.
I am SO SO SOOOOO disappointed in myself. I feel like I am totally sliding off the wagon so to speak. I NEED to try very hard to work out today. Didn't help that I left all my dirty laundry at my moms (and in that batch of clothes was my work out bra) so I couldn't really work out even if I wasn't feeling crappy, and even if the forces of the universe weren't against me working out these past few days.
My husband isn't anticipating working late tonight so we will work out together.
2 more days of the level 3 on the shred... 2 MORE DAYS! I am almost done the 30 day shred. I WILL finish this challenge. I do have many support people cheering me on and it has helped a lot. I just need to dust off the last couple days and stride forward and make more progress. Work out more intensely.
Thanks for all my friends who have continued to support me on my journey, pick me up when I feel defeated and encourage me to keep going! You guys are my rock, I so need a good support group and glad I have it.
Well that's all for now, better tend to my screaming baby.
~Ciao
Sleep deprivation = no exercise :(
Day 37 (Tuesday)
By now the no sleep thing was catching up to me and I was feeling SUPER crappy so I just lounged on the couch and dealt with my screaming baby all day. My husband worked late so I had full intentions of at least TRYING to work out but he never made it home till close to 8PM, at this point I only managed to get a ham and cheese sandwich and a handful of chips (since they were conveniently there) in and that's all I had to eat, then after we got the kids to bed it was almost 10PM. I was WIPED. On top of already feeling like crud I was now beyond exhausted and anticipating yet another horrendous night from my little one. So I scrapped the work out, yet again!! :-(
~Ciao
Highway to failure?
Day 36 (Monday)
We were travelling home from BC this day and I had totally planned to work out either in the morning before we left at 11AM or after I got home. That did not go according to plan. My baby is cutting some nasty teeth or something and has been completely unsettled for sleeping for a week. This mama is TIRED. So I ended up getting him to nap from 9am-10am then it was rush rush to pack and get on the road.
I did eat before we left (2 pieces of whole wheat toast with peanut butter and a yogurt) fully trying to avoid eating on the road. Didn't work. It is a 5 hour drive, and with stops with kids it makes it even longer. We ended up getting wings and potato wedges and chips. Again a CRAP day for eating.
Got home super late, and didn't get our son to bed until 9PM and by then we were so wiped we just got sushi, and then our son woke up again. So it was another exhausting night.
No work out that day due to clingy, grumpy, sick, feverish baby.... we'll try again the next day I figured. Only 2 days off working out.....read on to next "catch up" post for more.
~Ciao
Playing Catch Up.... Day 35
Day 35 (Sunday)
This is going to be a bulk post since I have been lacking on my posting daily. We'll start with Day 35 which was on Sunday.
I was able to work out this day at least but as i'm sure you can imagine having a baby shower for my sister the food there was not in the health check zone, but who cares! I let myself "cheat"... its not every day a baby is born and it is our FIRST girl, and that makes it my very first niece.
So that night was a hodge podge dinner, ended up going to get Burger King, blah! Not proud of that but sometimes you can't help it. We were all so tired and it was too late for my mom to make dinner. Then we watched a movie and again I allowed myself to "cheat" and had half a chocolate bar. Do you see what I mean about the title? Slippery Slope. Man it didn't take much... well on wards to the next day to see how I continued to slip......
~Ciao
This is going to be a bulk post since I have been lacking on my posting daily. We'll start with Day 35 which was on Sunday.
I was able to work out this day at least but as i'm sure you can imagine having a baby shower for my sister the food there was not in the health check zone, but who cares! I let myself "cheat"... its not every day a baby is born and it is our FIRST girl, and that makes it my very first niece.
So that night was a hodge podge dinner, ended up going to get Burger King, blah! Not proud of that but sometimes you can't help it. We were all so tired and it was too late for my mom to make dinner. Then we watched a movie and again I allowed myself to "cheat" and had half a chocolate bar. Do you see what I mean about the title? Slippery Slope. Man it didn't take much... well on wards to the next day to see how I continued to slip......
~Ciao
Saturday, 1 September 2012
Ho hum...
Day 34
My baby had a fever last night though and was very sickly. So I didn't get a good rest yet again, and my baby was incredibly clingy too. Couldn't put him down today. So unfortunately I didn't get my Saturday work out in. =(
I will have to counter that by working out on Sunday (my normal rest day) so it will just be swapped around a little. Which will suck because that means I need to exercise for 7 days before I get my next rest day which will be harder for me near the end of the week but I honestly couldn't exercise right now even if I wanted to. No energy.
Been trying to eat a little healthier since being here but its not working out as well as I had planned. Yesterday morning wasn't bad, I had packed some left over fruit salad and ate that, then had my normal veggie wrap and cottage cheese for lunch after my work out, and then a banana for a snack. We didn't eat until 8pm though and I was STARVING. We had BBQ Hamburger patties, which I ate 1 and a half of them and a little bit of chips.
Then today I had 2 pieces of PB & J toast for breakfast and a banana, for lunch had a left over hamburger patty and no snacks through out the day, and for supper I had spaghetti/garlic toast/ceaser salad and have had a couple drinks.
Tomorrow is my sisters baby shower and there will be cake and what not there so again not an entirely healthy weekend. Blah! So easy to fall off, but I won't allow it!!
Well that's all. Wish me luck!!
~Ciao
My baby had a fever last night though and was very sickly. So I didn't get a good rest yet again, and my baby was incredibly clingy too. Couldn't put him down today. So unfortunately I didn't get my Saturday work out in. =(
I will have to counter that by working out on Sunday (my normal rest day) so it will just be swapped around a little. Which will suck because that means I need to exercise for 7 days before I get my next rest day which will be harder for me near the end of the week but I honestly couldn't exercise right now even if I wanted to. No energy.
Been trying to eat a little healthier since being here but its not working out as well as I had planned. Yesterday morning wasn't bad, I had packed some left over fruit salad and ate that, then had my normal veggie wrap and cottage cheese for lunch after my work out, and then a banana for a snack. We didn't eat until 8pm though and I was STARVING. We had BBQ Hamburger patties, which I ate 1 and a half of them and a little bit of chips.
Then today I had 2 pieces of PB & J toast for breakfast and a banana, for lunch had a left over hamburger patty and no snacks through out the day, and for supper I had spaghetti/garlic toast/ceaser salad and have had a couple drinks.
Tomorrow is my sisters baby shower and there will be cake and what not there so again not an entirely healthy weekend. Blah! So easy to fall off, but I won't allow it!!
Well that's all. Wish me luck!!
~Ciao
Friday Motivation Baby!
Day 33
Woke up at my Mom's and I was SO proud, I actually DID find time to workout. It was difficult because there isn't much space but I punched through it just the same.
I had a bunch of other stuff I was doing too. Making "happy pill" vitamins and also making my sister's baby shower gift. (diaper cake!) so all that was time consuming. Spent a lot of time on my feet.
Not much else to report here.
~Ciao
Woke up at my Mom's and I was SO proud, I actually DID find time to workout. It was difficult because there isn't much space but I punched through it just the same.
I had a bunch of other stuff I was doing too. Making "happy pill" vitamins and also making my sister's baby shower gift. (diaper cake!) so all that was time consuming. Spent a lot of time on my feet.
Not much else to report here.
~Ciao
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