Feeling it

Wow what a great workout tonight. I did my 20 minutes of kardio(with a k!) and 15 minutes of yoga core. I stretched more than I have ever done. And in my kardio, I did more jumping jacks with weights. I am feeling pretty proud of myself. Before my shower, I stood infront of the mirror and flexed. Im getting toned biceps!!!!! Now if I could only do something about this tummy. Im excited to get my muscles toned. Now I have a rest day tomorrow and then 4 days of the reset, with no workouts, or light workout. Im hoping that I can shed atleast 4 pounds, although I would like to loose 5. I intend to do a light workout everyday and maybe walk on the treadmill. My calorie count will be low and I dont want to over do it though. I have my official weigh in tomorrow as well as my measurments. It will be interesting to see how far I have come in these last weeks of the pink primary. Also, I wanted to mention that I made turkey pattys with stewed tomatoes and sun dried tomatoes, with green beans and couscous. It was sooooo good! I cant wait to make turkey meatballs over whole wheat spaghetti! Even Addie enjoyed the turkey pattys. And I made enough for loads of leftovers! Im planning on having it for lunch tomorrow! And with that, Im heading to bed.
"You have the power to make a change" Jenna from PINK

1st time for everything

Well I have been doing pretty good so far with this diet thing. I have been following the diet and doing the workouts. That was until today. I did the workout this morning, it sucked by the way. We were going back to my parents for my dads birthday. They made sure they made the veggies and rice the right way for me. And I ate my 4 oz of steak. But then he had birthday cake. And yes I had some. Not just some, but 2 1/2 pieces! I have no will power when it comes to cake! It was good and I didnt even feel bad about eating it. And let me tell you in was delicious! I just know that tomorrow I will work even harder at staying on track with the diet and doing the workout. I just hope this doesnt lead to having no will power at work tomorrow. And with that I am heading off to bed!

I think * I live * I am PINK

Wow am I really feeling my 40 minute workout tonight! Im pretty proud of myself because I did a few more jumping jacks than I normally do(I do a few then do the modification.), and I did a few more crab crawls. I have decided that I need to work on the plank position because I always do the motification for that. I wish that I could look in the mirror and see more of a change. I still look down and see my tummy flab. I feel like my arms are getting stronger though. I can start to see my muscles! Im weighing in tomorrow. The last time I weighed myself, I had lost one more pound. So I weigh 154. Im hoping I can get into the 140s by next week. Man, that would feel great! I looked ahead in my pink book and in a week, I do the restart diet for 4 days, then start Phase 2. I hope Im ready! I get worn out now trying to keep up and its only going to get harder. Yesterday was a rest day and I did just that. I was going to do one of the bonus workouts in the evening, but instead I relaxed with my husband and a cup of hot tea. We went to bed early last night and I think that was the best thing for me! Tomorrow I want to get up early and workout because we are having breakfast with some fiends from Ians guard base. Im not sure what I will eat, but I plan on sticking to the diet! I think soup and salad are on tap for lunch and Im not sure about dinner. Well I need to finish my post workout shake and head to bed. Night all!

Day 12

Well here I am at day 12. I havent bloged for awhile so I thought I needed to. Truth is, I dont have much to tell. I thought once I started the workout portion I would be loosing more weight. But I havent. Im still stuck at 155. Ian says he notices that I have lost weight. And I had a friend mention they could tell too. But I havent really noticed anything:( Ian reminds me that I am building muscle. I still just see tubby tummy and flabby arms. I am going to weigh myself tomorrow. Im hoping I have lost atleast 1 pound. I have the day off tomorrow so I might do an extra workout and use the treadmill. I am sore after my workout tonight. It was my push muscles and lower body stuff. My booty is still hurting and it was hard to walk back up the stairs after my workout. I guess thats all! :)

13

13. Most people say thats an unlucky number. Now I am a superstitious person but today 13 was my lucky number. Why you ask? Because I weighed myself and I now weigh 155!!!! I have lost 13 pounds so far!!!!I am so excited, its insane! Especially because yesterday I fell off the bandwagon, hard. Not only did I eat 1 hot dog bun with ketchup, I ate 2. And some popcorn. But in my defence it was a stressful day. We took the Envoy in to get looked at and we have been looking at vehicles. Pressurey(is that a word?) salesmen and expensive parts left me stressed out. And so I guess I have to admit Im a stress eater. And it was free. The bad thing is, I didnt really feel bad about eating it. I felt that way until I put my work pants on and they still fit tight. Then I felt bad for eating 2 hot dog buns and some popcorn. But at the end of the night, I told myself that tomorrow was a new day I would just have to work harder. And did I ever work harder. For breakfast I had 2 slices of turkey sausage and 1 slice of organic bread. I ate my carrots and cauliflower for snacks and drank my water. I even walked around the gift shop at the zoo several times! For lunch I had a bowl of veggie soup, a salad, and an apple. Dinner was fajitas(spelling??) without the fajitas. ???? Ian made peppers, oinion, and zucinni and chicken with fajita seasoning. It was pretty good, just a little spicey. I didnt eat too much, so I was nervous about being able to workout. Well, I did. And it felt good. I did some moves that I didnt think I could do. I only did them 2 times, then did the motification. But atleast I tried. And the scale tonight proved that! I cant believe that I weigh 155! 13...unlucky to some....lucky for me!

working out

This is day 2 of the pink primary diet. And I just want to say first and foremost, Im feeling great! Yesterday was the first day of the new diet and exercise. For breakfast I had 2 slices of canadian bacon and 1 slice of glutten free wheat bread. I also had a cup of green tea. It was delicious! Since we had gone out for Chinese the night before, I had the leftovers for lunch, plus a salad and an apple. And for dinner, we made couscous, pork chop, and green beans. It was so good! After Addie went to bed, I put on my work out clothes, got a bottle of water and my PINK dvds and headed downstaires. Phase 1 is a 20 minute kardio designed to burn fat by involving multiple muscle groups and lots of fast paced but low impact actions. This phase starts right in and I was sweating like no other! The PINK instructor was always saying things like, "you can do it" and "believe in yourself". It was hard and some of the moves I tried and couldnt really do. But the instructor also said that its ok and shows other not as strenius moves. I powered through the 20 minutes and the next part  was yoga. It wasnt your average yoga! Again it was a total body emphasis. I just laid on the floor for awhile when I was done. It was hard to walk back up the staires. After the workouts, I still have to have the whey protein shake. So I had that while I relaxed. Then I enjoyed my hot tea, read my book, and headed to bed. When I woke up this morning, I felt sore! I told Ian I need to take ibuprofin before I work out again! I decided to the next dvd in the morning, so I got ready for that. This time it was strength push muscles: the chest, shoulders, triceps, and thighs. It had the same fat burning intensity. The bonus workout was athletic abs. Oh lord do my abs hurt today. After the workout, I had the protein shake, 2 slices of turkey sausage, and the glutten free bread. ( i make toast) For lunch today, we had veggie soup, salad, and banana. As I write this, Im enjoying green tea. I should probably wrap up because I still need to plan dinner. Looking forward to strenth pull and pilates tomorrow!

Drum roll please....

Well lets see, did I weigh myself today? YES. Was I happy with the result? YES. Am I starting the P.I.N.K primary a few days early? YES!!!!I made my goal of loosing 8 pounds on the reset. I now weigh 160! And boy does it feel good. We went grocery shopping tonight and we didnt have to get so many veggies since now I can have fruit! Also added to the diet are: canadian bacon, turkey sausage, cereal, and more slow carbs!!! Im excited to have cereal, even though its high in fiber and glutten free. Im excited to start a new chapter in my diet.
Switching gears a little, today was a little rough, even though it started great. I made carrot/cauliflower soup and I was optimistic trying it. Let me tell you, it was gross!! So much for lunch. And for supper, well it was delicious! Since we were getting groceries at Hyvee and Addie was getting a little fussy, we decided to eat dinner there. I got Chinese and the salad bar. I had 2 huge salads, with extra veggies. Then I had chicken and veggies. I admit I was a bit jealous of Addie and Ian eating the fortune cookies. (Thats when I went up for my 2nd salad)
So.......today after not eating my soup and being very hungry, i questioned why Im doing this. Then I remembered that I liked being able to fit into my work pants, and having people actually noticing that I lost some poundage. So I ate my bag of carrots and had a handful of almonds. And maybe a few of Addies goldfish. So now Im going to take another picture of myself, front and back and add it to the archive since I havent figured out how to upload pictures here. Then Im going to finish planning my menu for a week of the primary diet and try to figure out when Im going to work out.

Vegetables

Well the title says it all. This diet requires me to eat A TON of vegetables. I made veggie chili yesterday for dinner tonight. I used HOT chili powder, but other than that it was delicious. It was a P.I.N.K recipe. Then tonight, I chopped veggies for mixed veggie soup. And I chopped more veggies and made cauliflower/carrot soup, another P.I.N.K recipe.Then I chopped more veggies for roasted veggies tomorrow. Phew Im tired of chopping veggies! All of these veggies have led to A. weight loss and B gas. First, with the weight loss, I have noticed my pants fitting a little better. I also think Im going to be able to start the P.I.N.K primary a few days sooner. Im reading my book tonight and getting my meals planned. Im going to weigh myself tomorrow and if Ive lost 8 pounds, then Im going to start primary. With the gas, I know its gross to talk about, but man all these veggies are really sticking it to me. I definatly have to roll down the window when we are driving. Sometimes I can just hear my stomach churning. But I know its for a good reason. Also, we had dinner last night with my parents. When they were asking where I could go, my dad said we want to eat where you can go. I said name a place and I can find something to eat there. He said Firehouse Pizza. Immediatly my mouth watered. I LOVE Firehouse Pizza. I said, well I can eat a salad :( So he said, where can we go? We agreed on Applebees. So I ate out again on my diet. I had a salad while my parents and Ian ate queso and chips. I didnt even look up while I was eating my salad. And I just smiled knowing that my salad wouldnt make my jeans fit tighter! For dinner, I had the 7oz sirloin with doubled broccoli since I couldnt have the baked potato. I decided to eat all of the steak since for lunch I didnt have a light protein. (I had Sexy tomato soup, another P.I.N.K recipe) Wow, Im really kicking this diets butt!!! Also wanted to mention that I tried the Silk milk and almond milk. They were decent. I didnt hate them, but didnt love them. I can imagine having silk milk on my cereal, maybe even the almond milk. Ok, so wish my luck with my weigh in! Im heading out to read up on my P.I.N.K primary.

1 week and 1 day

Well  I have been on the pink reset for 1 week and 1 day today. I am feeling pretty good about this diet. Last night we had stewed tomatoes with a turkey patty. Let me tell you it was delicious! And we had garlic green beans on the side. Today I had my shake for breakfast and I had a salad and veggie soup for lunch. Dinner was chicken breast marinated in italian dressing, leftover green beans, and salad. Again, delicious! Today while Ian was at work, I made tomato soup and vegetarian chilli. And they smelled so good, I cant wait to eat them! I made them from recipes from the pink method. Addie and I also took advantage of the beautiful weather and went for a walk yesterday and today. Im hoping we can get out tomorrow too. Im also hoping this helps me shed a few extra pounds. Im SO ready to start pink primary! Tonight Ian told me how proud he is of me. I am pretty proud of myself too. I cant believe I have stuck to this diet! And I cant beleive all the great food I have been able to eat, even though Im on a diet. I hope I can continue to stay on track, loose a few more pounds and start the pink primary! Oh I also want to mention that I tried some of the almond milk and silk milk. Not great but not bad either. I dont think I could drink a glass of it, but I can definatly put it on my cereal. Off to bed we go!

Weigh In

So this was the moment of truth. This was the day that I weighed in. Drum roll please.......I lost 3 pounds!!!!! Now I weigh in at 165! 3 more pounds closer to my goal, which I havent given a specific weight that I want to be. Maybe in the next blog as I havent wittled down a weight yet. I do know I want to fit into atleast 4 sizes less in jeans:) Thats all for now!

big day

So I decided that tomorrow Im weighing myself. And I just got the courage to write that when I started this venture on Sat, I weighed in at 168. There I said it. Or rather typed it. I cant believe I wrote it. I also want to say that today went well. I had my shake for breakfast, and lunch was a big salad with the veggie soup. And for dinner, we had pork chops and veggies. I had marinated the veggies in a tablespoon of italian dressing, garlic, and italian spice. Let me tell you, it was delicious! I had 2 helpings of it. I even asked Ian, who knew healthy eating could taste so good?! Of course I had my daily thirst for a coke, but I chewed some gum. I do have to admit I ate some of Addies goldfish crackers. I dont feel bad. I just know I have to stay on track tomorrow. Ah, tomorrow. I cant beleive Im excited to weigh myself tomorrow! And with that, Im going to finish watching Revenge, drink my hot tea, and head off to bed!

Day 4

So I created this blog and Im already behind! Let me play a little catch up.First let me talk about the PINK method. I have to follow the PINK reset diet for 14 days, or until I loose 5-10 pounds. Before I could start the diet, I had to diet! I also had to weigh myself and take my measurements. The book also recommends positive thoughts lead you to positive behaviors. So I tried to look on bright side. I also had to write my goals. My goals are: fit into my clothes better, buy a smaller size of jeans, be comfortable in a swim suit, and feel better about myself. I reminded myself that I am doing this diet for ME! So the PINK reset I have to eat alot of plant foods and light proteins. My breakfast would consist of a smoothie and thats it. Lunch and dinner were a 4 oz serving of a light protein, like turkey or chicken and low calorie vegetables. So, when I got up on Saturday, I was really nervous. My first thought was, I can do this. But then I thought, who starts a diet on New Years Eve? But I was ready to start my LIFE resolution! Anyway, I got up, weighed myself and had my shake. Im not sure if I want to share my initial weight with the world. I may as time goes on. Anyway, I had my shake for breakfast, which consisted of almond milk, whey protein powder, and frozen strawberries. It was actually pretty good. And I was suprised that it actually kept me full longer than I expected. Ian, Addie, and myself went to Best Buy. Ian and I armed ourselves with a healthy snack of carrots and hot tea. We made it through the store and headed home. Thats when we decided we were a little hungry. So we ate our carrots, instead of a coke and probably an apple pie from Mc Donalds(darn dollar menu!) For lunch I made myself a BIG salad with my 4 oz of turkey. The day went on and I was really hungry. But Ian was very supportive of me and suggested we have some more carrots. I wanted to shout you can take your carrots and shove em! Give me my coke, give me apple pie, give me dorritos! But I bit my tongue and shoved a carrot in. On to dinner! Since it was new years, my brother and his girlfriend came up to watch Addie so Ian and I could go out to dinner at Red Lobster. Yes I know what you are thinking, who starts a diet on new years and then who goes out to dinner on the first day of their diet? Well, the first question I asked myself all day. The second question, I planned my meal. I can have fish. So I ordered the tilapia. I cant have the potato so I doubled my broccoli. And for my salad, I ordered the light red wine vinegar on the side. I sighed as Ian ate the chedder biscuit. Oh, speaking of this reminds me. I cant beleive I am going to say this, but after we gave our name we went to sit since it was going to be awhile before our table was ready. We sat next to an older couple. The lady turned to me and asked how far along I was. Wait what? I asked. Ian just shook his head as she asked me again, how far along. I said, Im not with tears forming. She was very apologetic but it still hurt. I didnt think I looked pregnant. I thought I looked fat. Boy that really made me want to get going on this diet even more. Until the cheddar biscuits came out:) So anyway, I drank my 2 glasses of water, ate all my salad, had my 4 oz tilapia and broccoli. I had to admit, I was doing great with this diet. Of course that changed when we went home. My brother and his girlfriend brought a ton of snacks. About 930 I had a rumbly in my tumbly. Boy those doritos look good I told my brother. Ian just got me my carrots. Good man. He also made me some hot tea. Ok I feel like Im just rambling. Sorry. So after Ian and I shared our new years kiss it was off to bed. I got up the next day, had my shake and even ate at Mc Donalds! Well I got the chicken sandwich, plain, peeled part of the skin off of course. Had my carrot and cauliflower snack,went to the Polar Plunge, came home, had a huge salad, and for dinner had vegetable soup. Because veggies are unlimited, I had 2 bowls. Boy that was good! And it was good for me! I think I had almost every vegetable in that soup, including black eyed peas for good luck in the new year. The real test came on Monday because I had to work. I weighed myself and I already lost 1 1/2 pounds! Oh I was excited! At this rate, I thought I might be able to stop the reset earlier and move on to the primary diet. But anyway, I tried a new shake that day. It had the almond milk, strawberries, banana, beets, and spinach. I tried to pych myself up but man that was horrible! I about threw it up so I made my regular shake. But I added a banana. And it was so much better! So then I went to work at the zoo. Suprisingly again, I didnt get too hungry in the morning. I ate my carrots and drank my water and hey I was doing alright! Lunch came and I had turkey on salad and some left over veggie soup. Oh that was tasted even better the second day! Dinner was chinese, made with LOTS of veggies. I tried a different salad from the pink method recipe but I didnt really care for it. That leads me to today, Tuesday the 3rd. I had my  shake for breakfast, carrots and cauliflower for snack, and left over chinese for lunch. Dinner was left over veggie soup. I had temptations again. Addies mac and cheese looked so good. But I took a big bite of my soup and tried to think positive. And so now I sit here at 1047, feeling fullfilled after my hot tea. I want to end by saying it has been difficult to stay on track. I honestly dont know how I have done it. I guess partly because of what the lady said to me at Red Lobster, partly because I cant really fit in my pants comfortably. So I want motivation tips from you. I want to know what keeps you motivated when tempted by coke, or chocolate. I also want to end by saying, I love my husband. I know that I cant do this alone. My husband supports me, my family and friends support me, and my sports bra supports me:) But to quote Dora the Explorer, "I need your help!" So send me your motivational quotes, stories, whatever helps you.

New Year

Everyone seems to make new years resolutions. They say they want to work out, get fit, diet, etc. They put in the effort for a few weeks and then it seems they fall apart. I didnt want to be one of those people. So I decided not to make new years resolutions. I decided to make LIFE resolutions. In December of 2011 I watched an episode of 'The Doctors'. This particular episode was labeled 'pink' and was all about womens health issues. There was a lady named Cynthia and she was talking about a fitness and nutrition program. She had come up with something called the P.I.N.K Method. She explained that she wanted to empower women to lose weight, better their health and look sexier than ever before. Clips were shown from the fitness DVDs and there were several interviews of people who had done this "pink" method. Something just resinated inside of me. I was searching for something to help me regain my confidence and my inner strength. I was searching for something that could teach me how to eat better and exercise. So I discussed it with my husband, Ian. I was really excited about this new fitness idea. Something must of resinated in him too because he did some research on this program. We discussed it a little more, but then we kind of forgot about it. Or so I thought. After a busy weekend at my parents resturant, I decided I would use my tip money to buy the P.I.N.K method. Again, though, I kind of forgot about it. Then after another weekend at work, Ian was very persistant in getting me to check my email. I didnt think much of it but I went along with it. So while I was looking at my email, I noticed an order confirmation. What is this I asked myself. When I opened the email, it was an order confirmation for the P.I.N.K method! I couldnt believe that Ian had purchased it for me! He said he wanted to give it to me for Christmas, but he didnt want to be the husband that called his wife fat on Christmas. I was really excited and couldnt wait for this to arrive. Finally it came in the mail and I immediatly dove into the information. The first thing I saw was a bracelet that said, I Think*I Live*I Am* P.I.N.K. This was to be my mantra. I read the nutrition guide and I was pretty nervous. Whey protein shakes for breakfast, small lunch and dinner and unlimited veggies for snacks.Oh boy, what did I get myself into? But I went all in. I planned my menu, made my grocery list, and was nervous but excited to start. But then there was that problem, when do I start? With the holidays coming up, I didnt want to start it then. And I didnt want to start it as my new years resolution. So after a few days of thinking about it, I decided to start on Saturday December 31, 2011.That was it. I was ready to make my LIFE resolution. I was ready to find my inner strength, find my way into a smaller pair of jeans, and to find my confidence. I was nervous as it got closer to that day. The week before, I got in my fast food fix. I had Arbys, McDonalds, my last coke, and my last ice cream. The Friday before, Ian, Addie, and I went to HyVee and purchased all of my essentials. The cart was overloaded with veggies. Once we got home, it was time to put all of the produce away. Our fridge was exploding with all kinds of vegetables. On the eve of starting my diet, I had everything planned out. I had my meals for the next 2 weeks for the "restart" part of the diet. When I woke up on Saturday......