Today I have worked all day. Both my jobs, as of right now I have eaten 1 nutra-grain bar, 4 strawberries and about 1/2 of a sample scone from work. That is IT!
As I promised in my last post I am going to be posting my before pics for you. Now these are NOTHING to be impressed by. I took them after cleaning my house for most of the day, and I mean really cleaning. Dusting, sweeping, mopping, laundry, dishes, and many other things. So I look well to be frank a mess oh and I hadn’t brushed my hair today either.
I will tell you this, over the past few days, I have had a severe lost in appetite, I don’t feel hungry as often, and I have been forgetting to eat. So I think that I might be setting a alarm to go over during meal times so that I prepare something for myself I don’t want my body to shut down on me and make me fall behind on my goals. Like yesterday my day off which in the past I would watch TV and snack most of the day without thinking of how much I was eating, well yesterday I didn’t do that. I got up, hung-over from the night before, so I had just a little part of a scone (1/4 of a scone) and lots of water, watched the end of Maury baby daddy episode. (It is still my day off I have to watch something cheesy or it isn’t a Rachel kind of day), and then I put in my Biggest Loser Wii fit game and went at it. After 32 minutes, 24 workout minutes, and 8 cool-down minutes, I felt sick and thought I might be. Good thing is I pushed myself to do the exercises right and didn’t stop, bad thing is I hate getting sick so I avoid it as much as possible. After that I did the shower, dress, leave the house, go get things to cook dinner those sort of things.
That evening after dinner, which I will post a picture of as well, because it was just too good for words, I settled in for a challenge game with the BF on the Biggest Loser game. Well to say the least! That was HARD! 8 rounds of football runs, and tire runs my goodness by the time I was done I worked just as hard as I did earlier in the day and felt just as nauseas. Luckily I didn’t have anything to do after that and decided to take advantage of my nice relaxing jetted bathtub and that helped a LOT. Now if I hadn’t of done that I think that I would feel even more beat then I do today. Let me tell you EVERYTHING hurts. My hair even hurts.
I know I am on the right track on this path but man sometimes. You know?
Anyway have a wonderful day. Enjoy the pictures! I will be posting updated pics once a month that way I can see the results as well as you.
This dieting thing is super hard to do. Well for me it is. I know some of you out there will be better at this then I am. I have been really good this past week with the exception of the one night at Denny’s. I did work hard to make sure that I made up all the points to get all those Dennys points to add up. I did tons of working out. I mean tons.
So I will sometime in the near future be posting before pictures (or as people like to say what I look like today) and then posting pics once a month just to give you guys an idea of where I am. I think that this will help me a lot in my weight lost battle of the bulge challenge. Hopefully this Wednesday I will post them. That is my day off so plenty of time in the day to take care of it.
So in other notes, Sunday I went hiking in Point lobos for an hour. It was wonderful and quite relaxing to say the least. I didn’t just hike either, I tried to put more of a spin on it I did some jump ups (u know like how on biggest loser they make the contestations jump from the floor up) I did those on a stump and on the way back on a little bridge. Man that will work you out. Then whenever I got to an incline I jogged it up the incline to push myself harder, and then on the decline I ran down it.So I did work up quite the sweat. Woohoo! I want to go again this week. Maybe do a different trail that would be great. I also got so many great pictures while I was there.
While I close I want to invite you all to give many an low-fat recipes that you might have for me to try.
So tonight after a day of wonderful shopping with my dear friend Gretchen I came home super tired took a nap and then watched the movie paper heart. Very cute movie but during that time I jogged 30 minutes on the wiifit. And yes I kept a steady pace and jogged the whole time. I even got a nice sweat going. According to the wii it was almost 4 miles 3.8 to be exact. So very happy that i didn't skip the workout today even though I really didn't want to.
Why oh why did I think I could go to the movies with my friend? The movie was fine, I went and bought a bottle of water and cheetos from the drugstore and snuck them in. Cheetos are like 6 points for the small bag. I had that many left so that balanced me out for the day. But then after the movie we are catching up (since I had not seen this friend in at least 8 or 9 months) and decide to go to denny's. I said i am not going to get anything but a drink. Hot chocolate (2points,x2=4pts) Take that out of my weekly total. And then it happen.
A) I have the weight watchers moblie in my hand. It has dennys menu on it, points for each product. I look and then said well i just won't look and order anyway.
B.) I got the 3 smokin mini burgers with fries. I ate maybe 1/4 of the frys. I ate all 3 burgers. ALL 3 REALLY DELICIOUS BURGERS! They have toasted buns and thick bacon with onion straws and bbq sauce. I tell myself I will look them up the next day and add them. Ready to see? Are you sure? It was THE most calorie item on the menu!!!!! What the hell was I thinking? Coming out to ...........49 points for 3 small burgers. 49points? So I have to kick up my working out this week to make up for that 1 moment of weakness. i have 28.5 weekly total left and 8 activity total. That isn't enough to cover my mistake. i did have 3.5 from yesterday left over but that only puts me at 40 points I still need an extra 9 to cover it.
Wish me the best!
Other news I made the soup without cauliflower and I didn't have a pot big enough to fit the whole thing so I had to split it into 2 pots to make it. It was good soup. I added mushrooms because I love mushrooms and I also precooked the garlic and onions so that they would cook all the way thru. I don't like uncooked onions in my soup.
I tried the mini meatballs and the broth ran out before they where done cooking. I think the next time I will add a little more to them.They where just okay. I have had better. 1st off I used fresh parsley I think dried would have been better. And i need to shop the onions into smaller pieces. I did a rough chop since they made me cry. All in all it was a good night of cooking. And the best part was the fact that it cost me only $13 for all the veggies that I put in including fresh thyme and parsley. I love our local produce market.
So this year and this is no joke, I am losing 80lbs. I started on Sunday with weight watchers and I am now on day 3. So far so good. I am drinking more water with lemon ( 0points!) most the time. I have found some really great recipes that I am going to be trying out this week. I think I might go to Salinas tomorrow to do some cheap grocery shopping. If I don't then I am sure I will be heading to the beach. It has been splendorous here this week and I am taking advantage of it.
I think as part of a new years resolution I will be starting to blog at LEAST once a week if not more. If I make it a habit then I am sure that I will be able to do more with it. It will help me see when and where I need to focus my energy to help me with my weight lost goals. If I do this then I will be able to have yet another tool to have in the palms of my hand to help.
This week I am going to start the cooking more of the weight watchers recipes. I REALLY think that the 0 point veggie soup is the way to go. I can make a bunch and then freeze some of it for later. Plus they have these little meatballs that look great.
On another note I am of course working out so far I have done two days in a row! I will also be getting the Biggest loser Wii fit game by next week (i just ordered it) so that I have new work out routines to do as well as bob and jillian to yell at me if I screw up! I can't wait to try it! I think it is better the the EA sports active. Wish me luck on all the new adventures!!!!
