2nd week

Well this is day 4 of the 2nd week of workouts. I have been doing good on my breakfast,lunch, and dinner choices. However some of my snacks and drinks have not been the best. I have had a few cokes and chocolate chip cookies. I dont know why I cant fight temptation for a coke. For the rest of the week, I will try to work harder at not drinking pop. As for my workouts, well sat I was suppose to walk for 40 minutes but I didnt do that. I didnt know where to walk and I didnt want to do the treadmill. It had snowed, so I decided to play in the snow with Addie. We were outside running and playing in the snow for about a half hour. I didnt break a sweat, but every little bit helps right? Sun I did a relaxed workout. And Mon I didnt workout. I was so tired in the morning and in the evening we went shopping and I had to get my headlight fixed. By the time we got home, ate dinner, and got Addie asleep, I was just too tired to do anything. I had Tues off and after I dropped Addie off at daycare, I had alot of errands to run. Of course I had plans of working out. But somehow shopping and crafts and house keeping got in the way. And it always seems like my days off go by so much faster than when Im at work! But at night I did my workout and also kickboxing video. When I woke up this morning, my body ached! But I know thats my bodies way of telling me its been working hard! I did my workout this morning and Im planning on doing my kickboxing video tonight, although I might try to find another PINK video that I like. Oh and I weighed myself on Sun. I lost another pound, so 3 pounds all together. Hopefully this week I can loose another 3 pounds or more. But I know I will have to work harder. Send any extra motivation you can! Heres to a great day!

hello scale

Well last night I wasnt going to weigh myself. But for some reason, I did. And I was pretty nervous stepping on the scale. When I saw my weight I didnt know why I was nervous. I had lost 2 pounds!!!! I couldnt believe it! I did a little happy dance. When I told Ian, he high fived me and said how proud he was. I was pretty proud too! So I decided to reward myself by doing my P.I.N.K kick boxing video! I wasnt going to do the whole thing, just the arm part. But I loved it so much I did the entire video. Boy was I warn out when it was finished. I didnt think I could get back upstairs!  But I did. And I was again proud of myself! We ate a decent dinner and I drank alot of water during the day. Today when I woke up I was pretty sore. But then when I remembered that I had lost 2 pounds, it was a good hurt. :) So today has been ok eating wise. I have been drinking my water, but it gets old fast. And I did my level 1 workout in the morning. Im thinking Im going to do another P.I.N.K video tonight but Im not sure which one. Hopefully I will still have the motivation tonight! Heres to a fit RM!

Day 1 of the diet/workout is done! I woke up this morning and did Level 1 of the workout PLUS the 100 calorie that I found on pinterest. I ate a decent breakfast. I had multigrain cheerios with a banana. My snack was a chocolate and oats fiber bar. For lunch I had a sandwich(on the slim sammie),cheese,apple, and a 90 cal brownie. For dinner, we had spaghetti(made with whole grains)and lots of veggies in the sauce. I drank water and a gateraide today. NO POP! I can not believe that I didnt have a coke today. I do miss it but I want to LOOSE this weight. Anyway, before dinner, I walked 20 minutes on the treadmill, and found out I am so out of shape. I hate the treadmill, but I want to follow this workout. Tomorrow I plan on doing the level 2 of the workout plus the 100 calorie workout. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner should be good. Hopefully I can wake up early enough(the adster has been waking up early....)Ian just informed me he didnt have pop today either. Im so proud of us! Heres to hoping I can do well tomorrow!

Well hello! I bet you thought I was done with my blog. Well I am here to start it up again! I need something in my life. A lot is going on in my life and I decided I needed to get back to blogging and working out. So, after a trip to Goodwill where I bought 2 fitness books, many weeks of trying to decide what I want to do, I came up with a new plan. I took what I learned from the 2 fitness books, my PINK videos/guide, and my preferences, I decided on my plan of attack. I tried to start to ease into it by watching what I ate and doing a mini workout. Well I couldnt even do that. WTH? I dont know why I just cant get off my butt and workout! Im tired but feel good when I do it. So today started a new week. And I didnt follow the diet, because we ordered pizza at work, but I did bring healthy snacks. I did however do the Level 1 workout of one of the fitness books and I ran on the treadmill for 2 minutes! Tomorrow I will follow the diet better and I will do the workouts. I need a change. Everytime I look in the mirror I think, why cant I just diet, why do i drink that coke? I look and feel miserable! I eat because Im depressed, Im depressed because I eat. So Im hoping this week I can get back into the workouts, eat better, and loose the weight. Please send me motivation!

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well here i am. i bet you thought i had disappeared. well i didnt. i wish i could say alot has happened since i last wrote. i wish that i could say that i have been working out and eating right. i wish i could say that im at my goal. but sadly not alot has happened and i havent been working out or eating right. and sadly im not even close to my goal. i couldnt even weigh myself because i knew i gained alot back. i was going to start the diet and working out hard this week. i did alright today. but it was so busy at the zoo and i was so hungry and thirsty. so i had animal cookies and a gateraid. and now i dont feel like doing anything. i dont know why i cant find motivation. i dont know why i cant just suck it up and work out. tonight i have a headach and i dont feel like doing anything. so im telling myself right now: tomorrow is a new day. i will work harder at eating better. i will workout tomorrow. i owe it to myself

power through it!

I am completely drained! I thought I was going to have the day off and be able to complete 2 wokrouts. But they were busy at work so I got called in. And we were pretty busy. So I didnt get some of the cleaning done that I wanted to but I made a little money. Anyway, I got home from work, ate dinner, and took Addie to swim lessons. I made Ian go with her because, for one I was tired, and two, I didnt know if I wanted to see myself in a swim suit. When we got there, I saw several reasons that I still need to continue with this diet! After Addies lesson, we came home and relaxed for a little bit before getting her ready for bed. Then one of my favorite shows, The RIver was on. I decided to watch all of it and began to think, naa Im not going to do my workout. Then I remembered those reasons I still needed to workout. So I got ready, and did the kickboxing workout. I was exhausted, sweaty, and had a horrible headach. But I powered through it. I admit, I did the modifications, and I rested longer than I should but I got through it. Im glad that I powered through it becuase the scale rewarded me. Im officially in 1 3 9!!!! I cant believe it! I still dont know why I cant fit into the next size jean, but again, my jeans are too big and contiune to fall down. And Im fittiting into shirts better. But I still have a gut. This week I need to focus on powering through it. I need to focus on: sticking to the diet, getting out and enjoying the beautiful weather by walking with my daughter, and doing the workouts. And hopefully at the end of the week, the scale with contiune to reward me.

lets go

So I weighed myself today. I was a little nervous but Im glad that I did it. Before I tell you my weight, let me tell you about my day. I had the day off and I went to Goodwill after I dropped Addie off at daycare. I wanted to buy pants for work but didnt find anything. I did get a couple of medium tops though. (And Sponge Bob jammie pants for Addie!) After Goodwill, I went home and did some laundry and cleaned the bathroom. I knew I wanted to workout, so about 11 I did my phase 3 workout. It was kickboxing again. I LOVED it! I was dripping in sweat and it felt great. I even tried doing some of the harder moves instead of motifications. It was brutal. But I felt so good after it. I even decided to run on the treadmill. I told myself I would run for as long as I could, then a little longer,and then be done. Well I ran for probably a minute before I was done. For not running, or even walking on the treadmill in a long time, I thought it was pretty good. So before I took my shower, I decided to weigh myself. Again, I was nervous but I needed to know. And I was happy with the result. I weigh, drum roll please, 140! I have lost 28 pounds so far on the PINK method. I am just a little excited with that number. Im going to continue to work hard, follow the diet and LOOSE this weight!

getting back

Ok, so I havent been keeping up with the blog and I havent been keeping up with the diet. I was excited to loose those 25 pounds, but one sip of pepsi and I was off. And tonight was bad. We had pizza for supper. It tasted so good. But now my tummy is aching. I guess its not used to grease. And I feel bloated. So why did I eat the pizza? Im not sure. But tomorrow Im going to restart the diet and workouts. Im going to loose 25 pounds in the last 3 weeks of this phase. I did 2 of the workouts already. The one I LOVED! It was kick boxing. It felt so good to to say, "hooaaa" ! These workouts are crazy. They are so intense. But I love the lead on this phase. So hopefully she can keep  me engaged and help me loose this weight!!!!

Look at that body....I work out

Im sexy and I know it.....lol I thought those lyrics were perfect for what Im feeling. I weighed myself and Im proud to say that I weigh 143 pounds!!!!!Holy cow!!! I dont even know the last time I was in the 140s. My size 14 work pants are finally fitting. And last weekend I bought a size 12 jean from Goodwill.I could fit into them but they were tight.Im hoping in a few more weeks I will be able to fit into the smaller jeans. And I might just have to buy some more new clothes. Oh darn!  I wish that it would give me inspiration to work out tonight. But Im exhausted from meetings at work and Im trying to get rid of a headache. I wanted this post to be longer but my head is really hurting so on that note, I am going to bed!

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So Im not really feeling my workouts this week, well the ones I have done. I dont know whats going on. I feel like Im not loosing the weight and I dont feel like doing the workouts. I did have a real test this weekend and on Valentines Day. I had to work at my parents resturant. I was around pop, carbs, and chocolate. I did drink water and ate my correct portions. But I had a drink of pepsi and a few chocolate kisses. Again, I was hoping that I wouldnt like it. But I did. And I didnt have time to workout Tues or Wed. And when tonight came around, I really didnt want to do the work. But I did. And it was an ok workout. Im really needing your motivation and your inspiration!On a positive note, I told Ian that I didnt want to workout but that I didnt want to be fat more. So I worked out:)

Happy birthday

So its been awhile since I blogged last. I apologize to my few readers that I have not blogged in a few days. Heres a quick catch up. I have entered phase 2 of my workouts. They are intense! Longer workout sessions have left me sweating and hurting. But I know its all worth it! I havent weighed myself in awhile because we have celebrated 3 birthdays and Im a little nervous about the result.(Hence the title of this blog) We celebrated my dads birthday, where I ate a good dinner, but had 2 pieces of cake. Oh man was it delicious! Then we celebrated Ians grandfathers birthday last week and I ate a good supper again, but had a 2 small slices of ice cream cake. It so was GOOD! And today we celebrated Ians birthday at Red Lobster. I ate my salad, tiliapia, rice, and broccoli. I resisted the temptation of the chedder bay biscuts. But I did not resist the temptations for a glass of wine AND dessert. Ian and I shared a chocolate chip brownie sundae. Oh my goodness, as Phase 2 lead Lisa would say, it was soooooo good. I do feel bad but its a celebration. Today was also my day off day, so as I said, I DO feel bad. But my mouth was watering just looking at the desserts. I know when I do my workout tomorrow I will push myself. I just have to do it. One small celebration that didnt involve food was the fact that Ian, Addie, and I went to Goodwill and I bought a pair of new jeans! They are tight, but I squeezed myself into them. I look at it as my inspiration jeans. Im hoping that by next week, I will be able to fit into them. Its the small things that make me happy! Oh the last time I did weigh myself, I came in at 148. Wow, I feel like I have put a couple of pounds back on since then from the birthday celebrations. But also I am building muscle, as Ian likes to remind me everyday. To be in the 140s is great. Im almost half way done with the PINK method and have lost 20 pounds. Im hoping that I can loose another 20 in the last half. So heres to living and breathing PINK this week and shedding those birthday celebration pounds away. Heres to pushing myself even harder and loving myself. Heres to fitting into my new jeans(did I mention they are a size smaller?!?!?!) and heres to having a great week!

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Well, I didnt do as good as I wanted to with the 4 days of the reset diet. And I know why. I have no self control. And I was home 3 of the 4 days. I think with Ian here I do alot better because I dont want to disapoint him. I snacked this weekend. I snacked alot. Whenever Addie had a snack I had a snack. We got Chilis to go and I had a steak with broccoli. But we did the 2 for 20 so we got an appetizer and our meals. I had some of the chips and salsa. Then I had some of Addies cinnamon apples. Another day I had some of Addies mac and cheese. I had carbs instead of carrots.And tonight dinner was so good that I ate more protein that I should have. Ahhhh why cant I stop myself? With all of that, today I weighed in and did my measurements. Im disapointed in my weight, but my measurements were ok. I weighed in at 153. I have lost 13 inches collectively from my bust, waist, hips, and thighs. I am proud of that. And something else I am proud of is the fact my size 14(yes I said size 14) jeans dont fit anymore! They dont fit in a good way, I need a belt! I am so excited about that. Im going to focus on that and move forward. I had 4 days of the reset and 2 days of it I did yoga. And today Addie and I went for a walk. Tomorrow I start phase 2 of pink primary. The workouts increase in intensity and duration. Im excited but nervous. Tomorrow is a new day and the start of a new week. I will focus on what I eat and eat my veggies.

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.