lol I've lost track of the days of dieting but I'm up to a firm 20 mins on the treadmill - with a couple cool down minutes, my heart feels like its racing out of my chest when I'm done so I figured I'd up the cool down a little lol. I hear nightmare stories that people over do the treadmill and then get off and drop dead from a heart attack. Our machine has a heart monitor on it and I use it all the time lol making sure it doesn't go too high. Yeah I'm a worry wart lol
Mike's been making dinner non stop latley and we're eating leftovers more now than ever. I hate leftovers - they are never the same. Except pizza - its always better the day after lol.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Day ??
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Monday, March 23, 2009
1st Week Weight Loss
My first week official weight loss is 5.6 lbs!! I'm excited!!
I ate a little strawberry applesauce and then ran down to do my 16 mins on the treadmill. Now to relax for a minute, have breakfast and do the housecleaning - its pouring out and we are stuck in doors :(
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
Whose idea was this today??
Whose idea was this today?? We got up and went for a walk - to the new subway in town and then down to the park. Well Mike had to go back and get the car... stop laughing!! I couldn't walk home, I was in too much pain. I had already done my morning treadmill for 16mins and then this... still throbbing in pain. I refuse to take Tylenol for it lol.
It's a beautiful day so I wanted to do something outside and be motivated. Such a wrong wrong idea! At least I shouldn't have done the treadmill this morning.
Maybe I can put my feet up for a little bit tonight... heading back outside to enjoy it while it lasts. It's supposed to rain like crazy this week.
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Day 5 of my diet and my husband talked me into weighing myself. I lost 4.4 lbs already!! Yes I'm doing a happy dance lol. I will re-weigh myself Monday morning and see what my weekly loss will be.
I'm really enjoying it this time around - Mike made shrimp and rice for dinner - he's an awesome cook :) He even went out and bought fish and more healthy junk from wally world so we could eat in all weekend and be good on our diets... we normally have pizza on Fridays and burgers on Saturday and leftovers on Sunday. So its going to be a nice change! I'm not feeling the addiction for caffine or soda but I am feeling the cravings for CHIPS I want to sit down with a whole bag and just munch. lol I just want to chew and crunch and taste them... pathetic I know.
I'm up to 15 mins on the treadmill and was rock'n'rollin to my daughters Avril Lavigne songs lol. I got so tired of hearing Mike's Van Halen or ACDC songs. I needed something that would be pop and push me to move.
I'm so sad - we live in such a tiny town that the big news today after school got out early was that Subway had reopened in its new spot!! It's now an eat in and so nicely done compared to the gas station counter and no where to eat on that side but near the bathrooms. (shiver at the thought of eating in there before) Amber was excited, yes she demanded we eat there and then go get movies.
She always gets a Friday movie and sits in her playroom while mom and dad watch Battlestar Galactica - its the Final Episode tonight! We have it on DVR right now so that we can watch it later - its 2.5 hrs and we can't sit through that. So Mike wants to watch it tomorrow and fastforward through the commercials lol. Men!
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Day 3 of my diet is going strong! I'm taking the B12 pills still - no side effects. I don't feel anything from it but I'm going to wait a week at least to see what happens. Did a little grocery shopping yesterday and bought my snack items - I got grapes and was shocked at the size! Have you noticed the green seedless grapes are HUGE this year lol - I had one that was as big as my thumb. Kinda dissapointed since that means I need to have less grapes at a time :(
I'm up to 13 mins on the treadmill - with 1.5 cool down too. I do need to make sure I wear my good sneakers - I did the slip on sneakers yesterday and notice a complete difference when walking. My gf was laughing at me and I just shrugged me shoulders - their easier to get on. What else can I say? Love the dang things, especially if I'm running late. They look like real sneakers and no one notices that they don't have a back when you have jeans on.
After getting Amber off to school, treadmill, cleaning dishes/kitchen and laundry - I sat down for lunch and watched the final disc for season 7 of the Gilmore Girls - NOT an ending I was hoping for - I so wanted to cry at a wedding or something - nope just a lot of sappy things - But it was GREAT watching the entire series with Amber - so nice to laugh and giggle at the same things, now that she gets it and she's old enough to appreciate it. (I always watch the episodes twice, once by myself and then with Amber - why? cause she moves around alot, talks and just can't sit still enough for me to concentrate plus my house is like grand central station - so its easier to enjoy it if I know what's happening - plus she always asks 'why? how? or what happened?' and now I have an answer!)
Now I'm trying to figure out what to do with my husband - we have a little money for a trip this summer and he wants to go to Vegas - since my sister and mom are coming out in two weeks, mom doesn't mind that we wont be coming home for the summer. So now its time to plan what things we'll do on the way there - we are going to be staying at Circus Circus in Vegas!! Ambers excited - yes we are bringing her and the other grandma to help babysit and to enjoy family events :) Any suggestions?
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Happy St Patty's Day!
Ahh The Irish Eyes Are Smiling!!
Todays starting out ok - we'll see how it goes. Yesterday afternoon we got a call from school that Amber had a tiny fever and didn't want to eat. I think she's nervous about the plays they are doing at school this week. But she got up, ate toast, no fever and off to school she went! So I'm staying home to see if she's gonna make it the whole day lol.
I am patting myself on the back this morning as well as my husband - its day 2 of the diet and we both upped the amt of time on the treadmill. The little sucker though is using the elepitcal as well and I just can't go there. He's alternating between the two (shaking head) he has to prove he's manlier lol. I'm up to 10 mins at 2.5 speed - not horrible - I want to be up to 30 mins by the weekend and than stay there for a couple days and then move up the speed. I will say my thighs and ankles were itching like crazy! all that blood flowing finally. That's what I get for sitting on the couch and eating bon bons all this time (NOT).
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Day 1 - And the diet begins!
Those awful dreadful words just came out of my mouth... ughh lol
Yes the diet begins today - but I just remind myself its not a diet - its a restructure of how I eat, what I eat and when I eat. I plan on tricking myself by eating less at one time but eating more often. This seems to work when I put my mind to it.
I'm also using our new treadmill we bought. I got the NordicTrack T7 si when it was on a major sale at Sears. Mike had to go all the way up to Wisconsin and get it since it sold out here and there was no available online delivery. All the reviews I read said it was awesome and I wanted to make sure it had a wide track. I hate those small ones, I feel like I'm gonna fall off. The neat thing is that Mike has the ipod thing hooked up to it so it plays the music as we are walking.
Mike decided to do it with me - which is great - we get up in the mornings, get Amber off to school and then go down and use the treadmill. We are supposed to do it in the morning and at night. So we'll see how it goes. I LOVE treadmills - so much better than the elepitcal that we have. I can't even do 5 mins on that thing! I feel like my thighs are rubber and that I'm gonna fall over after I get off of it. lol The treadmill makes me sweat and I can feel good after getting done.
We also decided to try B12 Methylcobalamin pills (500 mcg) - Mike's read up on them and their supposed to help with energy, fat burning and blood count. Since I'm always anemic they are supposed to help with that too. So its Day 1 for that too. I'm nervous taking pills - don't want any side effects.
I'm going to be putting a side bar to help me keep track of my weight loss - so yes that's the real number lol So now its off to cleaning the house, gutting the kitchen of almost all the snacks (Ambers still needs some) and then laundry!
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