Day 31
Two years ago I told myself that I would start counting points with my mother-in-law's Weight Watchers information. I was doing pretty good with it too, that is until I went on vacation to my mom's and did NOT pay attention to any good eating habbits while away. The worst of it was that I didn't get back on it when we got back home, and I can regret not sticking with it all I want, but that still does not change the fact that I know the system works if you stick to it!
So I'm takin' it back. Rob told me a few days ago that on February 1st he was going to start counting points again, in case I would like to join him. So I decided that seeing as I said if counting calories wasn't working for me for this month that I would go back to counting points, I'm going to do just that. The only thing that I have to make sure that I do this month is to wake up and do a workout in the morning before the kids wake up! Seeing as Rob is wanting to do the same thing, I think that we're on the same page with making sure we get up to workout or tone up! It's exicting to start something "new" but I'm hoping that I don't get too bored with things. The thing that I love about going back to counting points is that there are so many foods that are 0 points! Then there's the 35 extra points that can be used throughout the week for special treats (like eating out, for example, or a double serving of ice cream). Oh and don't forget the fitness points you gain from your working out!
How exciting to get back to doing the Weight Watchers thing!
Even more compelling is that I need to focus on making sure I can do this without actually having to go sign up and pay for Weight Watchers. Where I'm sure that if I'm paying for it, I will be more motivated, I am trying to be even more motivated to not have to go pay for it!
So again, starting tomorrow I'm taking it back to where I started in my weight loss venture two years ago. This time I plan on actually working out more often.
Wish me luck! (And Rob, too!!!)
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Too Tired to Eat Right?
Day 21
Lately I've been too tired to remember to do the things I need to do. Pathetic excuse, I know, but it's about all I can really say about my lack of motivation. I'm having to remind myself that the more I keep myself moving, the less tired I feel, and the more I start to reboot my metabolism. The problem is actually remembering to remind myself to keep on the move, instead of sitting down to watch what the kids are watching, or read my book. Like I said, pathetic. I know...
Yesterday I didn't even bother to count out any calories or put stuff in my burn meter. Today, I didn't even weigh myself. However, I did just sit down and enter in what I have had to eat so far this morning. Yesterday I found myself snacking on a lot of things. Okay, so one thing in particular, but snacking either way. I made some haystacks Tuesday night, but not your normal haystacks. I made the ones my mother-in-law makes that are Weight Watchers friendly. They are only 1 point each and are soooo yummy! The downfall is that they are just that: SO YUMMY! It's hard to resist them... Made with one sleeve of Original Fiber One cereal and a 18.8oz bag of Cookies 'n' Creme Hershey's Kisses, you can get 36 haystacks turning out to be just under 92 calories a piece. If you make them with one less serving of the Kisses (setting aside 11 of the Kisses) then they're only 86 calories. Just remember how yummy I said that they are and then remember how much fiber is in them! Eating more than just a few in a day could cause you to be in the bathroom more than once the next day! Hehe...
I've also decided that when I am as tired as I've been lately, I have a hard time with my willpower and keeping myself from eathing the sweet and more fatty things in the house. The unfortunate thing is that, of course, I would rather eat those because it's easier than cutting and cleaning celery and takes so much less time to grab the candy or chips instead of spreading peanut butter on the cut and cleaned celery. I need to work on my willpower. I think it's time to pull out the dresses I'd like to be able to wear again and hang them up around the house. It's either that or order the dress that I loved in last summer's Avon books that they are discontinuing. I love the idea of having clothes to show off what I'm selling, but I've never ordered them because seeing as that everything I currently wear makes me feel like I look fat, I can't justify buying a new dress that would just end up making me look like I'm a fat chick tryin' to not look so fat. As much as I was taught growing up and as much as I teach the youth at my church that we should be happy with the bodies God gave us, I have to remind myself not to fall into that "trap" with my heaviness right now.
Things to remember to do today:
*EAT! Meals, and healthy snacks only! No junk!
*MOVE! Even if it means I'm shlepping boxes around my basement, it's moving and not sitting!
*DRINK WATER! That means fill the Nalgene bottle and add a Crystal Light flavor if need be!
Lately I've been too tired to remember to do the things I need to do. Pathetic excuse, I know, but it's about all I can really say about my lack of motivation. I'm having to remind myself that the more I keep myself moving, the less tired I feel, and the more I start to reboot my metabolism. The problem is actually remembering to remind myself to keep on the move, instead of sitting down to watch what the kids are watching, or read my book. Like I said, pathetic. I know...
Yesterday I didn't even bother to count out any calories or put stuff in my burn meter. Today, I didn't even weigh myself. However, I did just sit down and enter in what I have had to eat so far this morning. Yesterday I found myself snacking on a lot of things. Okay, so one thing in particular, but snacking either way. I made some haystacks Tuesday night, but not your normal haystacks. I made the ones my mother-in-law makes that are Weight Watchers friendly. They are only 1 point each and are soooo yummy! The downfall is that they are just that: SO YUMMY! It's hard to resist them... Made with one sleeve of Original Fiber One cereal and a 18.8oz bag of Cookies 'n' Creme Hershey's Kisses, you can get 36 haystacks turning out to be just under 92 calories a piece. If you make them with one less serving of the Kisses (setting aside 11 of the Kisses) then they're only 86 calories. Just remember how yummy I said that they are and then remember how much fiber is in them! Eating more than just a few in a day could cause you to be in the bathroom more than once the next day! Hehe...
I've also decided that when I am as tired as I've been lately, I have a hard time with my willpower and keeping myself from eathing the sweet and more fatty things in the house. The unfortunate thing is that, of course, I would rather eat those because it's easier than cutting and cleaning celery and takes so much less time to grab the candy or chips instead of spreading peanut butter on the cut and cleaned celery. I need to work on my willpower. I think it's time to pull out the dresses I'd like to be able to wear again and hang them up around the house. It's either that or order the dress that I loved in last summer's Avon books that they are discontinuing. I love the idea of having clothes to show off what I'm selling, but I've never ordered them because seeing as that everything I currently wear makes me feel like I look fat, I can't justify buying a new dress that would just end up making me look like I'm a fat chick tryin' to not look so fat. As much as I was taught growing up and as much as I teach the youth at my church that we should be happy with the bodies God gave us, I have to remind myself not to fall into that "trap" with my heaviness right now.
Things to remember to do today:
*EAT! Meals, and healthy snacks only! No junk!
*MOVE! Even if it means I'm shlepping boxes around my basement, it's moving and not sitting!
*DRINK WATER! That means fill the Nalgene bottle and add a Crystal Light flavor if need be!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Nothing but JUNK!
Day 12
So this morning started out fairly well, with eating that is. Other than the fact that I'm not able to sleep due to sick kids being awake all night, today went better than I figured...
When I don't sleep, I tend to eat more junk, I'm noticing. It's almost as if the salty and sugary items help to keep me awake or something. I'm not sure why it is, but just something I'm noticing the last few days when I haven't gotten more then about 3 hours of sleep total. However, I'm still eating less than my stated calorie intake for each day!
For example, I had told Hannah at bed last night that if she would drink the honey I was giving her to help soothe her throat and keep it from getting dry that she could have the chicken nuggest and french fries she was asking to have for dinner, the next day. So today we stopped at McDonald's for a Happy Meal (which had a cute, but way annoying Alvin and the Chimpmunks toy in it) and something for me as well. I had a fish sandwich (380 calories) and a medium fry (another 380 calories) to go with my Diet Coke (0 calories). After that I said I didn't need to worry about an afternoon snack. I was pretty satisfied from my food and felt decently full. For dinner, however, it was another McDonald's meal. This time I opted for their Chicken Ceasar Salad, and the only bad thing about the calories from that was the dressing was over 200 calories alone! Add to the night the ice cream run that I made (seeing as we were out) so that I could share some ice cream with my sore throat-ed child, and I thought I'd be hugely over what my last few days of caloric consumption has been.
However, I AM NOT!
As of this moment here are my currently counts...
Calories consumed: 1,771
Calories burned: 2,322
Now to just hold off from anything else for the night. Wish me luck! Hehehe...
So this morning started out fairly well, with eating that is. Other than the fact that I'm not able to sleep due to sick kids being awake all night, today went better than I figured...
When I don't sleep, I tend to eat more junk, I'm noticing. It's almost as if the salty and sugary items help to keep me awake or something. I'm not sure why it is, but just something I'm noticing the last few days when I haven't gotten more then about 3 hours of sleep total. However, I'm still eating less than my stated calorie intake for each day!
For example, I had told Hannah at bed last night that if she would drink the honey I was giving her to help soothe her throat and keep it from getting dry that she could have the chicken nuggest and french fries she was asking to have for dinner, the next day. So today we stopped at McDonald's for a Happy Meal (which had a cute, but way annoying Alvin and the Chimpmunks toy in it) and something for me as well. I had a fish sandwich (380 calories) and a medium fry (another 380 calories) to go with my Diet Coke (0 calories). After that I said I didn't need to worry about an afternoon snack. I was pretty satisfied from my food and felt decently full. For dinner, however, it was another McDonald's meal. This time I opted for their Chicken Ceasar Salad, and the only bad thing about the calories from that was the dressing was over 200 calories alone! Add to the night the ice cream run that I made (seeing as we were out) so that I could share some ice cream with my sore throat-ed child, and I thought I'd be hugely over what my last few days of caloric consumption has been.
However, I AM NOT!
As of this moment here are my currently counts...
Calories consumed: 1,771
Calories burned: 2,322
Now to just hold off from anything else for the night. Wish me luck! Hehehe...
Monday, January 11, 2010
What's So "Special" About Special K?
Day 11
So I'm doing the "Special K Challenge" and making it a poing to eat a bowl of Special K for breakfast, the same for lunch, and then a "sensible" dinner. So far it's helping me to keep my calorie intake DOWN and logging all of my daily activities (including typing this blog entry for the day), I'm finding that I really am burning more than I am consuming, and I don't feel as guilty as I would normally feel for not working out every day that I want to.
This last week Meijer had Special K items on sale, so I bought the Blueberry and Chocolatey Delight cereals (I have about 6 boxes of regular and Red Berries stored with the other foods on the shelves in my basement), and a handful of Special K bars and their new Fruit Crisps (which taste a bit like having a PopTart). I also picked out "light" potato chips, and a couple of boxes of 100 Calorie snacks. The idea of having "healthy" options for things like that in the house are great, for someone like me who goes through snacking phases here and there. And yes, I do keep things lik ecelery on hand for celery and peanut butter as a snack. It's amazing to think of how many items we normally eat are so high in calories. I remember a guy I worked with at Old Navy once said that the he and his roommates would get these particular bagles at Panara Bread in the mornings before work. He said that they would get two a piece and that he himself had no problems consuming them both in one meal. The girl that would sell them to him however, did inform him one day that the calories in just ONE of the two bagels he was eating was basically your entire calorie base for the day. In other words, they were about 2000 calories each! Finding that out really made me think about what kinds of things out there I LOVE to eat and have that are going to have to be the special items I get to have a couple times a year instead of once a week!
Yesterday I almost gave up on counting my calories for the day. Sundays seem to be a day to not really watch what I'm eating as much, mainly because we go to my in-laws' house and my mother-in-law always makes such yummy foods! On the plus, there's always salad and I know that if I'm feeling really guilty about my calories for the week, I can always just go for salad and nothing else. Yesterday, however, it was not just eating the food for lunch, it was dinner being a sort of potluck at the church before our congregational meeting, and everyone bringing such yummy things to eat! I did only have a few sweets that would have been high in calories compared to the "dinner" items I ate, but I had to just guess on what I ate last night. I think that I was fair in figuring my dinner was close to 800 calories. But on the plus, with everything else I'd eating yesterday and with the activities I was able to log, I still had less calories consumed than burned! :-) I can't wait to weigh in later this week (I forgot about it this morning) and see if I've lost anything more...
Things to look forward to this week:
--Planning worship for Sunday's service,
--ZUMBA on Wednesday night,
--Weighing in on Thursday morning,
--Practice Thursday night,
--Moving around more things in the basement for a "workout zone" and a "kids play space!"
Hoping I can make all this happen this week, while still working out when I can, and snuggling my sick little kids...
So I'm doing the "Special K Challenge" and making it a poing to eat a bowl of Special K for breakfast, the same for lunch, and then a "sensible" dinner. So far it's helping me to keep my calorie intake DOWN and logging all of my daily activities (including typing this blog entry for the day), I'm finding that I really am burning more than I am consuming, and I don't feel as guilty as I would normally feel for not working out every day that I want to.
This last week Meijer had Special K items on sale, so I bought the Blueberry and Chocolatey Delight cereals (I have about 6 boxes of regular and Red Berries stored with the other foods on the shelves in my basement), and a handful of Special K bars and their new Fruit Crisps (which taste a bit like having a PopTart). I also picked out "light" potato chips, and a couple of boxes of 100 Calorie snacks. The idea of having "healthy" options for things like that in the house are great, for someone like me who goes through snacking phases here and there. And yes, I do keep things lik ecelery on hand for celery and peanut butter as a snack. It's amazing to think of how many items we normally eat are so high in calories. I remember a guy I worked with at Old Navy once said that the he and his roommates would get these particular bagles at Panara Bread in the mornings before work. He said that they would get two a piece and that he himself had no problems consuming them both in one meal. The girl that would sell them to him however, did inform him one day that the calories in just ONE of the two bagels he was eating was basically your entire calorie base for the day. In other words, they were about 2000 calories each! Finding that out really made me think about what kinds of things out there I LOVE to eat and have that are going to have to be the special items I get to have a couple times a year instead of once a week!
Yesterday I almost gave up on counting my calories for the day. Sundays seem to be a day to not really watch what I'm eating as much, mainly because we go to my in-laws' house and my mother-in-law always makes such yummy foods! On the plus, there's always salad and I know that if I'm feeling really guilty about my calories for the week, I can always just go for salad and nothing else. Yesterday, however, it was not just eating the food for lunch, it was dinner being a sort of potluck at the church before our congregational meeting, and everyone bringing such yummy things to eat! I did only have a few sweets that would have been high in calories compared to the "dinner" items I ate, but I had to just guess on what I ate last night. I think that I was fair in figuring my dinner was close to 800 calories. But on the plus, with everything else I'd eating yesterday and with the activities I was able to log, I still had less calories consumed than burned! :-) I can't wait to weigh in later this week (I forgot about it this morning) and see if I've lost anything more...
Things to look forward to this week:
--Planning worship for Sunday's service,
--ZUMBA on Wednesday night,
--Weighing in on Thursday morning,
--Practice Thursday night,
--Moving around more things in the basement for a "workout zone" and a "kids play space!"
Hoping I can make all this happen this week, while still working out when I can, and snuggling my sick little kids...
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Dancin', Yeah!
Day 7
So I went to my first ever ZUMBA class last night and it was amazingly awesome! Anyone who fears a fitness class that's wrapped around dance, because they feel that they're completely uncoordinated need not worry about taking this kind of class. There were not very many coordinated people in there and having a dance background made me have to try and look past everyone else and pay attention to the instructor and the "routines" we were doing so I wouldn't laugh at anyone else but myself.
ZUMBA is just what I needed to feel good about my fitness life and myself. The instructor sought me out during our first break and told me that she saw a natural dance ability (I'm sure that having taken dance at age 3 and sticking with it until high schoool and then going back to it in college some helps with that! lol) and suggested that I look into becoming a trainer myself! Man, that would ROCK! Talk about motivation! I've now decided that if I can get myself back to being somewhat "trim and slim" that I'll take the trainers course to be able to teach and lead classes myself.
It was sooooo much fun and I'm so glad that I went, even if it was by myself. It boosted my caloric burn meter (even though I went over on my food calorie meter yesterday) and it was just pretty darn fun! I'm already looking forward to next week and am going to try my darnedest to get more people to come with me. If I do become a trainer, I think I may look into trying to lead a class at the church. It could be a fun new way to do ministry, too...
So I went to my first ever ZUMBA class last night and it was amazingly awesome! Anyone who fears a fitness class that's wrapped around dance, because they feel that they're completely uncoordinated need not worry about taking this kind of class. There were not very many coordinated people in there and having a dance background made me have to try and look past everyone else and pay attention to the instructor and the "routines" we were doing so I wouldn't laugh at anyone else but myself.
ZUMBA is just what I needed to feel good about my fitness life and myself. The instructor sought me out during our first break and told me that she saw a natural dance ability (I'm sure that having taken dance at age 3 and sticking with it until high schoool and then going back to it in college some helps with that! lol) and suggested that I look into becoming a trainer myself! Man, that would ROCK! Talk about motivation! I've now decided that if I can get myself back to being somewhat "trim and slim" that I'll take the trainers course to be able to teach and lead classes myself.
It was sooooo much fun and I'm so glad that I went, even if it was by myself. It boosted my caloric burn meter (even though I went over on my food calorie meter yesterday) and it was just pretty darn fun! I'm already looking forward to next week and am going to try my darnedest to get more people to come with me. If I do become a trainer, I think I may look into trying to lead a class at the church. It could be a fun new way to do ministry, too...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Settling in...
Day 5
Well, I did it again. I've not been using the Calorie Count website as faithfully the past couple of days, nor have I been working out at all this week. I know, I know, it's only Tuesday, but shopping doesn't count as working out! I guess I can at least count my "cleaning" and "laundry" from yesterday and the day before.
Do you ever notice how about a week into diets we sometimes fall off the wagon? At least in my case I do. I think that whole "counting calories" thing was becoming an issue to try and keep it up. I'm going to keep at it until the end of January though because that's what I said I would do. I said I would not switch to back point counting until February if I wasn't doing well with just counting calories.
On the fitness front of things, Zumba classes start tomorrow, and I may just have to find a babysitter so I can attend and see if I like it. I'm still looking for someone to join with me because it would make it so much more fun to do it with a friend! If I like it enough to keep doing 6 week sessions then I may look into buying the DVDs and doing them at home, or using them to lead a class at church even. I think it would be a total blast to be able to have fun and workout at the same time!
Today is the second day of having Rob at home with the kids. I know that is why I've not worked out and why I've not kept track of what I've been eating. I've been busy with him and the kids. That would be a good thing, but at the same time, it's kind of dumb of me to not still try and keep better track of my eating and such. My own fault and something I need to work on.
So for today my goal is not so much to remember to log my calories for the day, but to get the things in my house done that I said I would. If I can clean up and pick up the kitchen and dining area, my desk and still get to the church office to figure out a table for the 30 Hour Famine information, then I'll feel productive in at least part of my life today. If I can do all that, plus get the kids clothes and toys gone through (find what they don't play with and can't wear anymore) and put them where they need to go (closets or basement!), and still have time to watch a movie we rented with the hubby and kids, then I'll have accomplished everything I'd like to have done in the past two days with Rob home. If not, then hey, at least I've got the possibility of going to a Zumba class tomorrow to look forward to!
Well, I did it again. I've not been using the Calorie Count website as faithfully the past couple of days, nor have I been working out at all this week. I know, I know, it's only Tuesday, but shopping doesn't count as working out! I guess I can at least count my "cleaning" and "laundry" from yesterday and the day before.
Do you ever notice how about a week into diets we sometimes fall off the wagon? At least in my case I do. I think that whole "counting calories" thing was becoming an issue to try and keep it up. I'm going to keep at it until the end of January though because that's what I said I would do. I said I would not switch to back point counting until February if I wasn't doing well with just counting calories.
On the fitness front of things, Zumba classes start tomorrow, and I may just have to find a babysitter so I can attend and see if I like it. I'm still looking for someone to join with me because it would make it so much more fun to do it with a friend! If I like it enough to keep doing 6 week sessions then I may look into buying the DVDs and doing them at home, or using them to lead a class at church even. I think it would be a total blast to be able to have fun and workout at the same time!
Today is the second day of having Rob at home with the kids. I know that is why I've not worked out and why I've not kept track of what I've been eating. I've been busy with him and the kids. That would be a good thing, but at the same time, it's kind of dumb of me to not still try and keep better track of my eating and such. My own fault and something I need to work on.
So for today my goal is not so much to remember to log my calories for the day, but to get the things in my house done that I said I would. If I can clean up and pick up the kitchen and dining area, my desk and still get to the church office to figure out a table for the 30 Hour Famine information, then I'll feel productive in at least part of my life today. If I can do all that, plus get the kids clothes and toys gone through (find what they don't play with and can't wear anymore) and put them where they need to go (closets or basement!), and still have time to watch a movie we rented with the hubby and kids, then I'll have accomplished everything I'd like to have done in the past two days with Rob home. If not, then hey, at least I've got the possibility of going to a Zumba class tomorrow to look forward to!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
2,073 Calories
Day 2
I know that 2,073 calories for one day seems like a lot, but aparently for trying to lose 35lbs by December of 2011, it's the amount I should be getting each day. HA!
Yesterday, I had 2,045 calories in my diet. The downfall of that is that I was shooting for 2,000 and I failed. However, I did NOT snack last night before bed, I did get an okay workout in in the afternoon and attempted some sleeding with the kids (Caleb and I ended up in a tree, but surprsingly no snow made it into my pants!), so I was able to work off an extra 300 calories from just those activities.
Now what all I've just mentioned is the stuff that I have plugged into the newest website I found that's kind of fun. Calorie Count is the name of it, I have it attached to my Facebook account and set up where if any of my friends on FB join Calorie Count it lets me know. It's a sort of weight loss community. There is even a place on the site to use so you can blog about your journey, however, I think I'm going to stick to this one. I have the link for Calorie Count on my blog here to the right. It's pretty nifty, in my book!
This morning I have to figure out how I'm going to fit in my 2,073 calories. What I'm noticing about counting calories compared to counting WW Points is that at the end of the day, if I'm out of points, I know that there are zero point foods I can have for snacks. There are very few zero calorie kind of items like that out there! Well, there's always diet soda and carbonated waters, but drinking anything before bed just leads to having to wake up to use the bathroom, which causes uninterupted sleep to be something that never becomes achieved. I guess I'll have to pick my caloric battles at some point soon.
I'm still determined that if counting calories does not work for me, then I will go back to counting points with the Weight Watchers system.
Today my goal is to get a light workout in. I was only able to physically handle 20 minutes of a roughly 30 minute tape yesterday afternoon, and although I am not feeling overly sore today, I'm sure that if I try the same workout tape, I'll be feeling it in the morning! Today, I think, will be a Wii Fit Plus day so I can do a little bit of everything to help lose and tone. I'm sure I'll be sore from a few of the workouts I'm thinking about doing, but it can't be as bad as trying another TaeBo tape while still so out of shape!
Hey, January: BRING IT ON!
I know that 2,073 calories for one day seems like a lot, but aparently for trying to lose 35lbs by December of 2011, it's the amount I should be getting each day. HA!
Yesterday, I had 2,045 calories in my diet. The downfall of that is that I was shooting for 2,000 and I failed. However, I did NOT snack last night before bed, I did get an okay workout in in the afternoon and attempted some sleeding with the kids (Caleb and I ended up in a tree, but surprsingly no snow made it into my pants!), so I was able to work off an extra 300 calories from just those activities.
Now what all I've just mentioned is the stuff that I have plugged into the newest website I found that's kind of fun. Calorie Count is the name of it, I have it attached to my Facebook account and set up where if any of my friends on FB join Calorie Count it lets me know. It's a sort of weight loss community. There is even a place on the site to use so you can blog about your journey, however, I think I'm going to stick to this one. I have the link for Calorie Count on my blog here to the right. It's pretty nifty, in my book!
This morning I have to figure out how I'm going to fit in my 2,073 calories. What I'm noticing about counting calories compared to counting WW Points is that at the end of the day, if I'm out of points, I know that there are zero point foods I can have for snacks. There are very few zero calorie kind of items like that out there! Well, there's always diet soda and carbonated waters, but drinking anything before bed just leads to having to wake up to use the bathroom, which causes uninterupted sleep to be something that never becomes achieved. I guess I'll have to pick my caloric battles at some point soon.
I'm still determined that if counting calories does not work for me, then I will go back to counting points with the Weight Watchers system.
Today my goal is to get a light workout in. I was only able to physically handle 20 minutes of a roughly 30 minute tape yesterday afternoon, and although I am not feeling overly sore today, I'm sure that if I try the same workout tape, I'll be feeling it in the morning! Today, I think, will be a Wii Fit Plus day so I can do a little bit of everything to help lose and tone. I'm sure I'll be sore from a few of the workouts I'm thinking about doing, but it can't be as bad as trying another TaeBo tape while still so out of shape!
Hey, January: BRING IT ON!
Friday, January 1, 2010
This year it starts with ME!
Day 1
Happy New Year!
Wow, 2010 already, huh?
This morning I started out by actually having some breakfast. I've never been a big breakfast eater, but I've found in the past for me, if I eat something in the morning I don't snack as often. So this morning, I had a bowl of Life cereal. Yum! It's what Hannah was having so I figured I would have some, too! Caleb had some Cheerios and I'm sure that would have been the better choice for myself, but Life worked just fine!
I'm on cup two of coffee this morning, too. I did not add any extra creamer to it, but I did have a decent amount of coconut cream liquid creamer in the first cup. When I warmed it up for my second cup, I didn't add any more because I didn't need to.
I have made one small slip-up today, which was not doing a weight check this morning to know what my total goal is. I will, however workout today. I figure if I can workout every other day, with a TaeBo tape ,I should be pretty good. In between or off days I plan on doing Wii Fit exercises and I have a pilates DVD that I'd like to use again. If I get really ambitious, I plan to pull my exercise ball out of the basement twice a week and try to do the Core Secrets workout DVDs we have. Those are the things I have in the house I can use to help with workout routines not ending up being stale. To help me to get out of the house and workout, I may attempt mall walking on days that Rob has off, until the weather is not so snowy and cold outside (mainly to save me from bundling up the kids and making them ride in a stroller that has to be pushed in the snow and ice covered sidewalks by our house). However, I did find out that Jumping Jupiter (www.jumpingjupiter.net) will be starting ZUMBA classes soon (www.zumba.com) and I think that I will try to sign up for the courses. I think that if I were to find a workout buddy to do the ZUMBA classes with me, that I would have much more motivation to actually make it happen. My only issue so far seems to be that I cannot find anyone who's willing to take the class with me!
So here's my goal for the month of January: I am going to workout at least 6 days a week (taking Sunday's off, since I'm pretty much not at home those days anyway), and if it's less than that, double my time the next day. I am also going to try and track the number of actual calories I eat in a day. Basically, I'm going to take this month to figure out what I need to really change about my diet. If I find at the end of the month that I need to go back to counting Weight Watchers points, then that's what I will do. At this point, I'd like to get a hold on what I need to do, rather than just attempt to lose, tone, and gain muscle all at the same time and feel like I'm making no progress. That's been my reason for giving up in the past and I'm just not going to do that this year!
Happy New Year!
Wow, 2010 already, huh?
This morning I started out by actually having some breakfast. I've never been a big breakfast eater, but I've found in the past for me, if I eat something in the morning I don't snack as often. So this morning, I had a bowl of Life cereal. Yum! It's what Hannah was having so I figured I would have some, too! Caleb had some Cheerios and I'm sure that would have been the better choice for myself, but Life worked just fine!
I'm on cup two of coffee this morning, too. I did not add any extra creamer to it, but I did have a decent amount of coconut cream liquid creamer in the first cup. When I warmed it up for my second cup, I didn't add any more because I didn't need to.
I have made one small slip-up today, which was not doing a weight check this morning to know what my total goal is. I will, however workout today. I figure if I can workout every other day, with a TaeBo tape ,I should be pretty good. In between or off days I plan on doing Wii Fit exercises and I have a pilates DVD that I'd like to use again. If I get really ambitious, I plan to pull my exercise ball out of the basement twice a week and try to do the Core Secrets workout DVDs we have. Those are the things I have in the house I can use to help with workout routines not ending up being stale. To help me to get out of the house and workout, I may attempt mall walking on days that Rob has off, until the weather is not so snowy and cold outside (mainly to save me from bundling up the kids and making them ride in a stroller that has to be pushed in the snow and ice covered sidewalks by our house). However, I did find out that Jumping Jupiter (www.jumpingjupiter.net) will be starting ZUMBA classes soon (www.zumba.com) and I think that I will try to sign up for the courses. I think that if I were to find a workout buddy to do the ZUMBA classes with me, that I would have much more motivation to actually make it happen. My only issue so far seems to be that I cannot find anyone who's willing to take the class with me!
So here's my goal for the month of January: I am going to workout at least 6 days a week (taking Sunday's off, since I'm pretty much not at home those days anyway), and if it's less than that, double my time the next day. I am also going to try and track the number of actual calories I eat in a day. Basically, I'm going to take this month to figure out what I need to really change about my diet. If I find at the end of the month that I need to go back to counting Weight Watchers points, then that's what I will do. At this point, I'd like to get a hold on what I need to do, rather than just attempt to lose, tone, and gain muscle all at the same time and feel like I'm making no progress. That's been my reason for giving up in the past and I'm just not going to do that this year!
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