Hi all, I can not believe how time flies. It is already October and where am I today? Well, since my last post I have lost a few pounds, but not quite back into the 160’s yet, but I am not stressing about it. It seems to me when I don’t stress about the weight loss I lose the weight. Today my scale reads 175 which means I lost 4 pounds since September 3 so I am very happy with that and I will continue until I am back to my comfortable weight of 160. My goal is to be there before December 15th. So there I said it.
I am so excited to say that in a fews day my family and I will be heading to Walt Disney World!!! YEY!!!
I can not wait. Our son is like, how many more days?? I told him 6 more and just gets this big excited expression on his face and I love it! So, next week you will not see a post from me, but when I return I will be post lost of pics so brace yourself. hee hee
Well, I am off for now. I got a lot of cleaning to do before we fly out this weekend so.
Did you all have a great Labor day? I did and then my Birthday was yesterday and I had a blast!! I ate very sensibly and later in the evening my family and I headed off to the Main event where we bowled for the first time with our son! Our little guy had a great time learning how to bowl. It was so nice to see. My bowling sucks for one thing and to make things worse my little 4 year-old almost defeated me. No laughing out there!
Well, today I am so in love with my DVR. You know how sometimes you get so board with the same workout DVD’s? Then in the long run causes you not to exercise to the fullest due to that boredum? Well, last night I came to this new way of thinking. I thought. . . I record some of my favorite shows like Project Runway and so on, Well. . . . why not record some new workouts that comes on Fit TV? Duh!!! So I did and worked out to Sharon Mann this afternoon while my son finger painted and it was so nice! Nice to do something different and not be able to anticipate the next moves. I was sweating like a dog and I feel GREAT!!
Before I go I wanted to apologize for now giving you all my motivational Mondays post, fabulously fit Fridays, and other health related post lately. I have been in a mental rut myself and I needed the time to figure things out for my own weight battle these past few months. But not to worry, the post will return in full effect starting next week!! So stay tuned. . .
I have not hopped on the scale to see if I see any improvement from last week’s 179, but we will see on Monday morning what the verdict is. Well I better go for now. I have to get ready for work tonight in the land of retail. Chat later!!
I can not believe it has been 7 days till my last post. You better believe I have not been up to my best behavior and that explains why the scale peaked up to 179 this week. EKKK!! So in horror of returning back to the big and unhealthy me I started to eat a bit better and today I actually got back to my cardio routine!!! I am not kidding! I did 40 minutes of Billy Blanks Fat blasting cardio w/o the billy bands. Why? I am soooo out of shape. I tired the first 15 minutes with them and I was huffing and puffing, so I took them off and continued to exercise!! Yey!!
I am so glad that I did exercise in order to back my routine of laziness creeping in. I was going to sit on the couch and watch a soap opera while my son sleeps, but instead I decided to take that time and use it wisely. I am so proud of myself!! My eats have been good to today.
Meals:
yogurt, banana, eggs
chicken salad with fruit
apple and string cheese
dinner will be chicken with broccoli
Not too bad considering I took my son for his weekly fun meal to Mc Donalds and I did not order a darn thing!! YES!!! Well, I just had to post what was going on, now I have to get ready to retail hell for a few hours. I hope that you all are doing well and I will chat later.
Well, another day gone past. What did I do to make the most of it? Not much, just a lot of house chores and play time with my son before work. My eats were not terribly bad. . . What did I eat today?
Breakfast: eggs, whole wheat toast, green tea
Lunch: tuna sandwich on whole wheat toast and raw carrots
Snack: yogurt and almonds
dinner: chicken salad in tortilla with lettuce and tomatoe
Snack: too many chips. ( I am afraid that i will have to ban these from the house because this is the second night that I had a bit too many
Water: 50oz, tea 16oz (mental note increase water intake
Exercise:
30 minutes elliptical
does running around chasing a child for 20 minutes count?
Tomorrow I really need to weight train my lower half of the body and then I will do some cardio with tae bo fat blasting cardio DVD. Tomorrow will be a better day of making good choices.
Tags: weight loss, nutrisystem, diet, weight management, bodybuilding, fitness, health
I can’t complain today wasn’t bad at all. Since yesterday I got back to the basics like watching what I am eating and how much of it I am consuming. It actually was a bit tough starting back to the workouts because I felt so out of shape, but I am over it.
Today, I had to pick up my father in law from the hospital in another city about an 1 and 1/2 from where we live. He had a surgery for a herniated disk, so his recovering fine at home this evening. After that my son and I came home and played the Wii “Cars” game which was fun until DH was home from work. We would have been outside, but it was wet and rainy today. Once he was home I did 30 minutes of step aerobics and then I went for a walk/job with my friend for 45 minutes. My body really needed that. I mean REALLY.
What did I eat today? Not perfect, but it is a start. . .
breakfast: scrambles egg whites with 1 whole egg, whole wheat toast and green tea
meal 2: carrots and turkey with green tea
Meal 3: subway sub with water
dessert: cheesecake
late night snacks (I am trying and will get better) but. . grapes, two 100 calorie dorritos packs, another slice of cake. I know!! I KNOW!!
I know my late night snacks were not the best choices, but I am logging this so I can figure out my problems areas. (However, I know what the problem is, “late night eating”. So, basically I am taking each day at a time, so that I do not stress myself out too much. The great thing about today is that my body is finally releasing some of the water weight. Yey!! I was feeling thick!! Thick like Stay Puff Marshmallow Man. hee hee
Moment of truth . . So, where is my weight? Okay. . . . I am at 177lbs! It is crazy how I can gain 10lbs in a months time with all of my stress I was going through mid July and Early August. But Wow!! I realized it was getting out of control and I can not let life get in the way of my health. I worked too hard to get at the weight I love and I will NEVER go back to that unhappy 230lbs woman ever again. So, I said it and now I WILL work at it like I said earlier. I am working on getting back to 160lbs, but I am going to take each pound at a time. Well, I better get to bed. Another thing I am working on is getting more sleep. I would stay up until 1:00am and get up at 7:00 and I can not do that anymore. When I am not rested my body and mind do not perform well. So, with that said. Good night to all and I will chat later!!
Well, all thank you so much for all of you support regarding my dad. He is recovering from surgery now and doing well. Thank you so much!!
What’s new? Last week I had my physical and my results came in this week regarding my lab work. My doctor told me that that my blood work is showing me slightly anemic, so as a result, they are running more test to see if I have an iron deficiency or what? In the meantime we were discussing my diet and I told her about this plan I am on now. She told me that the plan sound healthy, but she would rather me go back to a more balance diet like zone, or nutrisystem similar diet right now until we figure out what’s wrong with me which means I temporarily have to stop. I am not too upset, because I have been wondering why I have been feeling so darn tired lately. So, ladies and gents make sure you see your doctor yearly on these types of health issues. You never know.
To top that off, last Friday I was at work setting up visuals for sephora and got box fibers on my face which caused an allergic reaction for real!! My entire face was rashed and my neck line too. So my doctor prescribed prednisone which is known to make you retain water and gain wait. Needless to say my scale is up to 169. Damn!!
But you know what I will not be negative about that. I will focus on a solution and work it. I know how to eat healthy with a balanced diet so I will just get back to the basics and if it takes a bit longer to lose the weigh oh well. At least I will be losing! Right?
Anyway, I am off to take some meds and get some sleep. I have been tired due to lack of sleep since my little one is sick too. He is getting more adult teeth in for 4 & 1/2 years of age, so he is getting a fever along with that and season allergies too. Poor kiddo. I just pray this will past fast. I love my energetic child.
Well. . . Week 2 result was not as big as the first week, but I was expecting that for sure. However I am happy with my results. I ended up losing 1lbs this week bring me to 166 and I am happy with that.
Week 1: 167lbs (-5lbs)
Week 2: 166lbs (-1lb)
week 3: ?????? Stay tune!!!
So going into week 3 I am going to increase my efforts especially in my weight training and increase the weights so that I can continue to build more muscle in order to burn more fat. So stay tuned. .
How am I feeling today? Blah. . I just found out that my dad is back in the hospital again. In addition to his other health problems he also has an irregular heart beat which brought him back. Today I just found out that they will have to operate and place a stint/fibulator in his heart to help with the irregularities. I ask will he be okay during the surgery and they told me that if they thought his health would compromise anything they would not do the surgery. So, he is good to go.
Wow, it is hard sometimes to hear stuff like this because you think your parents are super human, but the reality is we all are not and are bodies can decline over the years. Please say a prayer for my dad.
Well, I better get to my first meal of the day which is very important and that is breakfast. eggs, cream of rice and grean tea. My next meal will be in 2 hours. hee hee
I think I am ready for a challenge now. I was thinking to myself today, that I need something new to try. A different workout plan, meal plan, and mind set to follow. I feel like I am doing the same thing with eating and workouts and I am boring myself to death. So I decided to hop on my favorite site which is bodybuilding.com and believe me it has been a long time since I have visited this site.
However, I came across this 8 week summer slimdown plan to follow in order for me to reach my goal and not lose focus. I like that it maps out a eating plan and workout to following which I feel I need right now. Something to follow and say hey Natasha do this today or cook this today to get me going. The article is by Myron Miekle a bodybuilder himself check out his site.
Now, I am contemplating should I start this plan effective tomorrow? Or wait until the 4th of July celebrating is over? I am thinking, I am not going to over eat anyway, because I do not want to screw up my week. So I guess why not start tomorrow? Check this out and if you are up for a challenge join me and we can do it together. Well I better get my grocery list together so that I can have everything ready to get started.
Hey you all. I was just reading on the net today and came across this interesting information that is really making me want to purchase the Wii fit system NOW!. Majesco announced on June 12th the launch of the Fitness Ultimatum 2009 with Julian Michaels as the fitness coach for this holiday 2008. Do you all not how fierce her workouts are? Oh my gosh!! check out this site called Gamasutra.com for more info regarding this new info. I am totally talking to DH to purchase the Wii Fit system this month!!
We have the Nintendo Wii Console and it is loads of fun. So far we have the wii spots which is filled with interactive games like bowling, golf, tennis, and many more and the Guitar hero III. The other day my son and I was at the mall and they had a Wii fit section displayed with experts to show you how to use the system and you can actually play on the equipment too. Man did I get a workout. I think this will help with that workout boredom that I get from doing the same thing most of the time. Anyone of you have this system yet? How would you rate it?
Tags: Jullian Michaels, Jullian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum, Wii Fit, Nintendo Wii, fitness, nutrisystem, video games
Okay, I hopped on the scale this morning and to my surprise I saw 169.5lbs!! I was like huh? This can’t be real. So I stepped on it again, and again and saw the same number. So, I am jumping for joy!! Hard work pays off and I will be working on maintaining that number and move forward to 160lbs this summer!! Yay!! Bye bye 170’s!!
Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.
- Conrad Hilton
Tags: Weight loss, nutrisystem, diet, healthy living
which means I temporarily have to stop. I am not too upset, because I have been wondering why I have been feeling so darn tired lately. So, ladies and gents make sure you see your doctor yearly on these types of health issues. You never know.
system this month!!
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