Trial and Error

So in the past week I have started implementing changes in my life style to ultimatly make me a healthier person. All in all I have giving up the goal of losing weight because being healthy is more important. If by being healthy I come to lose the weight I want then so be it.

Here is a break down of my day:

• 1 cup Green Tea - 0 Calories
• Large cup of water to take my Vitamin C pills and Woman Oneaday
• Bowl of sugar free oatmeal with a Rice-cake covered in sugar free grape jam - 185 Calories
• 1 cup of coffee - 0 Calories
• 2 Hard boiled eggs with some salt on top - 120
• 1 boiled Oscar Meyer hot dog (No bun) - 130
• 1 cup of coffee - 0 calories
• Snacks through out the day - Murray Sugar free cookies - 130 calories/4 wafers
• Potato and Cheese Pierogies (Naleway)- 200 Calories/5 perogies
• Petite Garden Melody (River Valley) - 2/3cup / 30 Calories
• 1 cup Coffee -0 calories
• Murray Sugar free cookies - 130 calories/4 wafers

Now if you add that up its about right under 1000 calories for the day. Now remember there are variations for how many times a snack and other little tid bits I munch on. (Child lefts overs DO NOT count in diet) As you can see not everything on there is sugar free, but I still believe that it is a good start to my ultimate goal of no sugar intact. Another thing that you may notice is that I have a cup of coffee after every meal. The reason why I don't that is (1) because I love coffee and (2) Its helps the digestive track to process all of that food. Some days I will skip the coffee entirely and substitute it for green tea which has the same basic benefits and also boosts my immune system. Cant go wrong in my book.

Let me elaborate more on the immune system. If you take care of it then it can actually do its job and CURE YOU, hence why I take Vitamin C. On a normal morning I take about 2000mg of the stuff and on a sick day Ill take my normal dose in the morning and then another dose before I go to bed. Also through out my day I drink glasses and glasses of water. Some make fun of me for it but I just make fun of them for drinking sugary sodas that give them crazy moodswings. As you know the human body is made up of 57% water. So to me it makes sense to flush all that out in a day. Because, lets get real, woman are just a shrine sitting on top of a waste dump. So if you let that water sit in your system, whats going to happen? Its going to get nasty and stale and you are going to pee yellow with a funky smell coming from the toilet. No one wants that, especially the person who goes after you. So do yourself a favor, drink water, cut out soda, save money because water is free, and cleanse your body because it is a beautiful machine that needs to be taken care of.

*Steps off soap box*

Now I do have to admit that I haven't strictly stuck with the work out routine. Ive walked many miles and ran a little but getting all that together with a toddler involved is a little trying. The other part of the work out,

• 50 Jumping Jacks
• 5 pushups
• 20 sit ups
• 20 mountain climbers
• 30 second plank
• 7 burbees

i've really slacked on. I'll admit, it got HARD and I got SORE. Now if only you wouldn't change that into a sexual innuendo because it would have been more enjoyable if it was. *Sigh* Well even thought I was ultimately not a fan of this I am going to try again to complete at least a week.

Something else I have been working toward this past week is to cut out Smoking entirely. So far I am four days in without a cigarette. Thats 96 hours. Now for non-smokers that doesn't seem like much, but for someone that has been an avid smoker since about Sophomore year in highschool, thats an accomplishment. My husband has even decided to cut back to help me smoke less since I don't like kissing an ashtray. So on top of not smoking I have done it with cigarettes in the house. Iron will I tell you.

Well that is my update for the past couple invisible (non existent) posts. Tomorrow I will be going more in depth about why I take vitamins and how the help me feel good and not get sick.

An Update and an Education

So for the past two days I have taken a break from my blog and my work out. I have stayed with the diet and continued walking but also allotted time for my muscles to recover. During that time I decided to do a little research into what im eating. Which led to the decision of my new years resolution: No More Sugar. Ever. The reason why I have made this choice was to prove I could do it. Sugar is very addictive, sugar is in almost everything we eat. Sugar causes mood swings and weight gain. Well, I have already quit smoking, so I figured if I could do that then I could do anything.

Now onto food, because until the time comes for me to quit sugar I WILL be eating healthy+sugar.

My first food of the day is:

Buffalo chicken rolls.

I chose to save this recipe for the little bites. They are tiny and could easily be regulated for quantity variances. And dont they just look so Nomy.
You can find the recipe here

Next is Sun Dried Tomato, Goat Cheese and Olive Oil Loaf
This just sounds so delicious I cant control myself. Just cut off a slice and you have a little snack.
Here is where you can find the recipe

My two next post will be covering (1) good healthy and CHEAP snacks on a diet and (2) my experience going through my parents pantry to understand how much im going to have to throw away. Looking forward to it. :)

Nom Nom Nom Healthy Food

1) Granola, Peanut Butter, and Apple Sandwich
2)7-Layer Greek Dip
3) Zucchini Pizza: just add cheese and peppornni. Bake.
4) Banana and Peanut Butter Ice Cream

More Motivation

Today Laura and I had the second day of the workout from the previous post. We were incredibly sore from the day before. Today we are also adding on some running. Since this is our first week of running we will be running 1 minute and walking 90 seconds. Repeating that eight times. For the motivation today I am adding 3 pictures.

1) My dream running shoes. I hope I can get them by Christmas.



2) A reminder for good posture while running so it doesnt hurt and give me an excuse to stop.




3) My goal. Plain and simple

Lets dust this blog off

So I have decided to restart my health blog in order to keep track of myself again. Lately I have been feeling lazy and depressed. So I figured that if I focused my efforts onto something productive I can get myself out of this funk and lose the 10 pounds I've regained in the past month.
a more detailed post will be written tonight after I put my daughter to bed. Or if Im lucky, during her nap. Diet

The Beggining of The End

Of being unhealthy and over weight.

Starting Weight: 180
Waist- 34 Inches
L Thigh- 26 Inches
R Thigh- 26 Inches
Chest- 41 Inches
Butt- 44 Inches

Calorie Goal: 900 or less

Over All Goal: Lose 40 Pounds by May 27
Days Left: 132
Pounds Left: 40

From this point forward I will measure and weigh myself every week to see my progress. But I will blog everyday about what I'm doing to achieve my goals. :D

This is technically the third day that I have been on my diet. Until; now I have been following my progress on www.MyTrainerBob.com. Let me tell you that that website has been a huge help. But i realize now there there is only so much I can do on that website for motivation. So i decided to start this blog. :D Here I will try and keep track of what I eat. How I work out. And the emotional roller coaster along the way.

So Lets get started.

Breakfast:

2 Bags of Raisin Date and Walnut = 280 Calories
1 Jimmy Dean Sausage Slice = 75 Calories

Snack:

8 Club Crackers = 140 Calories

Lunch:

1 Hot dog with Bun and a smidgen of Ketchup = 250 Calories

Dinner: I had my Left over Spaghetti Chicken Mac and Cheese as a treat. Not so healthy. But I am going to be staying below my 900 Calorie intake and that's what matters. :D 300 Calories

Exercise:

Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred

Review of Exercise Day 1: Lets just say that after this I HAD to go take a shower. Its only 20 minutes long but Jillian makes every second count. I didn't think I had gotten that out of shape. i remember when i used to eat cycles like that in high school. It is great for Beginners, Intermediate, or even Expert. But remember you are your own trainer. So you are the one controlling how hard you are going. I plan on staying on beginning for at least a week because at this moment in time my chest is in excruciating pain. So I'm going to get my body acclimated again to doing this type of physical work.

Over All: I do believe that this was a successful workout. I feel really refreshed and pumped to keep this blog up.Burned up 200 Calories