An Update...on Yours Truly

Alright... it's officially August.  Since diets/fitness etc can only start on Mondays or first days of the month I suppose it's time to start.  Joking.  Kinda.

ACTUALLY, one of the facebook groups I'm a part of is hosting a Biggest Loser-esque challenge starting Aug 1st and so I jumped on board.  Is it odd that I'm not worried/concerned about winning, but its the whole posting my pics weekly that will keep me accountable and I'm excited to watch the number go down.  I'm not ready yet to post my "before" pics on here...too many people that actually know me read this.  Once there is progress then I'll post some :)  But I can post my weekly weigh-in picture.  It's just a number...that's gonna go down.  It has to. And with the half training it will.  AND I'm taking part in another "challenge", sorta.  Here's my weigh-in pic for last Wednesday, the 1st of August. .

I've had tons of people on the facebook group talk about AdvoCare. I don't know enough to tell you about it at all but I can tell you my experience as I go through the 10 day cleanse.  Yeah....it's a cleanse.  It's suppose to just "clean everything out" so that your body can better absorb nutrients like it's suppose to.  I should be able to eat normal healthy things and not so many restrictions.  It's 10 days. I figure I can do 10 days.
The distributor that I am working with is also training for a half marathon and is a believer in the products and how they have been beneficial for her (duh, or else she wouldn't be a distributor, lol.) I mean, she feels the products help her train/run.   So I ordered the package for the 10 day cleanse and we'll see how that goes.  There is a 24 day challenge too that extends for 14 days after the cleanse that really boosts your metabolism and all that good stuff. See, I have no idea what I'm talking about - no pride issues in typing that either, haha.  Anyways, so once that comes in I'll be happy to post how that's working for me.

Monday I start going back to the classroom every day...all day. I'm hoping my blogs don't suffer but honestly, in the grand scheme of things......being a wife/mommy and then a teacher take priority over my blogs, sorry.  Hang in there and hopefully I'll get back into the habit of things soon.



In the mean time...I dug through facebook and found a face shot from 2010, 3 years ago and my 4 year old had just turned one....and I think I can do a side-by-side shot for a  possible Transformation Tuesday pic (my first ever! wooop).  Let me know if you can see any difference! I think I can!

Wednesday Weigh-In

Nothing fancy here...just checking in for Wednesday Weigh-In

198.4

ta-da!

Wednesday Weigh-In

Well, here is today.....Wednesday.

Which means weigh-in Wednesday.
I'm feeling discouraged...or something... I'm not making an effort I suppose, which is leading to not seeing any change, which then leads to more disappointment.  I'm kinda just blah about it now and only doing the blog because I set out to do it (and not ready to fail at something else).

I feel like everytime I blog though, I'm just reporting back the same thing...."no workout" "no scale going down" ... nothing positive.

So today's weigh-in is 198 even.

My eating hasn't been too bad (probably because we need to get groceries).  I ran 1 mile earlier this week.  I still lneed to begin the 90 day bikini body challenge. Not sure why I haven't.  Granted night times have been rought with Hayden lately, getting her to bed at a decent time. I suppose I need to do the workout during the day, while Abbie's sleeping.
I really need an accountability partner that is driven to losing weight and keeping me accountable.  How do you go about getting one of those?

*Sigh.

E is out on a 2 mile run tonight.  Last time he ran, he over did it and then was super light headed afterwards (slightly concerned) and so I'm kinda wondering how this one will be.    My plan is to run a mile when he gets back (and is breathing normal).

Wednesday Weigh-In

Well here it is. Wednesday. Which means weigh-in Wednesday. 

Today I was excited to see what a difference this past week has been. I knew it wouldn't be huge but at least was expecting a pound, making that slow move outta the 190s.  I've been trying to consciously watch what I'm eating. AND I got in a few miles on the road here in town.

So I'm not going to lie, once I saw the number I got on the scale 3 times!! Surprised by the number that was on there . 

This is the lowest I have been since having Abbie. 

Hopefully every weigh-in Wednesday I'll be able to say that!

Seeing 195 will keep me motivated this week, even though it's just 0.2 pounds from 196. Hopefully next week I can see 194, even better would be 193 to send me on my way to Mexico for a week!!  Which also means I won't get the weigh in next week...but will do it when we get back on Friday to help keep me in check.  Guacamole and Liquor will not undo what I've been doing!!

I've also gone for a run 3 times this past week. Started up c25k and tryin to figure out which week I need to be on.  It's a pride thing...i'll save that for another post. Which, by the way, I'm due for a deep post soon -- one that goes into my history and explains a few things. 

On a happier note, Abbie's FIRST birthday and party is this Saturday.  Then we leave for Cozumel next Thursday! Wow!

Here's to Wednesday!!

Weigh-In Wednesday

Ugh...the dreaded weigh-in.  Since I've been soooo off the wagon lately, I wasn't sure how I felt about today's number. It was still under 200 (barely) but it at least was under.  I wasn't tooooo discouraged, knowing that it was a restart - that I was ready to start over and from here on the number would go down...a lot.

So here it is....

I started back on My Fitness Pal again and WOW I go way over on calories! It's easy to see where my eating hasn't been the best lately, a lot of snacking, thoughtless seconds, unhealthy choices.  So today for lunch it was baked chicken with roasted broccoli and zuchini (who knew I liked zuchinni??).   It's been hard to not snack, because I REALLY want something sweet, but it's not happening. Not because i have amazing will power -- nope, we are ALL outta sweets today. 

I also haven't gotten in a workout today.  The game plan was to workout while AbbDabs was napping but that didn't happen.  Yesterday was crazy hectic with an impromptu trip back home and so today has been schedule recovery -- meaning it's mass chaos here trying to get everyone back on track.   Hopefully once E gets home I can get in a run.  *fingers crossed*