Progress Report and Weight Watchers

Hello there!!! 1 month, 9 days since my last weigh in.......5lbs. I've lost 5lbs. At first I was a little disapointed because I have been working really hard at this, but then I thought, I am 5lbs lighter than I was a little over a month ago, another month from now I'll be another 5lbs lighter and that will be 10lbs and so on and so on. I am not giving up on this.

Today I tried Power Pump. A weight lifting class at the gym. It was different from the exercise that I've been doing lately, so, my muscles were screaming out "What The Hell are You Doing?" I am definitely exhausted from it, but well worth it. I will be going again. Also, the instructor for the class is the person in charge of the gym's facebook page so I talked to her about bringing my camera to class and take pictures and she said yes. I even get some free tickets for the classes :) I am very excited about it.

In other news, I signed up for Weight Watchers yesterday. Not sure if I'll be able to keep up the point system, but I am giving it it a shot. It seems pretty simple. I get 25 points a day and the online points tracker is easy to do. So, we shall see how it goes......

Today was a better day. I went to spinning and felt so much better afterwards! I love that class. It is definitely challenging, but it is such a rush, it is hard to explain. During the course of the class this morning, I drank 24oz of water!

I had a bowl of special K in the morning with some grapes on the side. For lunch I had a turkey breast salad from subway and broccoli and cheese soup, it was yummy! For dinner I had a ham and cheese omelette.

Friday I want to try a class called Power Pump, which is weight training.

And that is it for today.....

Down

I don't want to complain or write about my down days, but after thinking about it, I decided I might as well, hopefully I do loose weight and I can come back and laugh about these days. It's actually been two down days, and by down I mean, days that I really can't see myself loosing all this weight and just feel hopeless. Yesterday I went to Zumba. It is really a fun class, I don't know anybody there, but I really enjoy the music. I haven't gotten new shoes, so my feet hurt afterward, but what bummed me out was a glimpse that I got of myself in the mirror. During the class I stay in the back and avoid the mirrors, well, I saw myself at some point during the class, and I looked so big! I know that I am overweight, but when I saw myself, I just felt so sad. Sad because I did this, I did this to my body and it is so hard to loose this weight. It's been almost two months since I began my journey and feel like I haven't lost any weight. It is annoying to me that it is such a big part of my life, trying to eat right, make sure that I don't over eat, make sure that I work out.... it is really hard to shake off a bad day and think tomorrow will be better. Tomorrow I will eat better, I will work out harder. I know that it is too soon to really see results, but, it is so frustrating!!

Slacking on the blog

I know, it's been over a week since I've posted anything. I tried spinning and LOVED it. It is challenging but you get such a rush, it's great. I am going again tomorrow. Today I tried ZUMBA. Not as challenging as spinning but a lot of fun. Two notes I made to myself. One NEVER be late again! I was 10 minutes late so I was really lost when I got in. Two, I need new shoes! I have the reebok easytone tennis shoes, which are great for walking and some other workouts, but for dancing around, no. I bought some biggest loser workouts from itunes and they are really good. The longest one is about 26 minutes, but they are challenging. Also, you see the people in the video before they lost all of their weight, so it's inspiring.

I went out to dinner with some friends on Sunday and had spaggetti with garlic, olive oil, one piece of bread, and a tiramisu. I felt guilty but determined to have a good week.

I did have a good week, I haven't weighed myself in about two weeks, but I have been doing well with my eating and working out regularly.

Yellow

YELLOW!!! Was the color of the week last week, I know, I procrastinated and yesterday I took this picture at the park. The color was supposed to be crayola yellow which is darker than this yellow, but this is all that I could find last minute. This week is pacific blue, so, I am going to start looking for stuff tomorrow that is pacific blue......

Such an addict...

These are the soy chips that I wrote about in my last post, they are really good, and very addicting. I catch myself going back to grab a few more and more. I also wrote about Fuze drink, it is too sweet. I finished it in about three days, because I could only drink a few sips at a time.

Yesterday I tried some Quaker Tortillaz chips, quacamole flavor, they were really good:) The have 10 less calories than the soy chips.

Anyway, the past few days it's been hard not snack more that I should, I've had strong cravings when I am not even hungry. I don't know if I have been extra anxious, or just bored. Thursday night I made grilled chicken, steamed broccoli and cauliflower with brown rice. Well, it was the first time making brown rice and the last.... Not sure if I did it right, but it took forever to cook, and I didn't like the way it tasted. I ended up just eating the chicken and vegetables which was good. My husband in the other hand was not fond of the veggies. Yesterday I made turkey burgers, the last time that I made them they were too dry, I made them too thick. This time I added worcestershire sauce and soy sauce, onions, garlic and adobo. They turned out really good! I used wheat hamburger buns too. I also had steamed corn on the cob.

As far as exercise goes, I am embarrassed to say that every day of the week I made excuses for not going to the gym to try a class and figured that I was just scared to go by myself (miss you Ashlie!!!!!) I really want to try the Zumba class and spinning. Instead I walked on my treadmill at home and did crunches, leg lifts and push ups.

Mid week update

This week is going by fast! Let's see, Monday, Tuesday, and today I've had Special K and fruit for breakfast. For lunch, either tuna salad, no mayo, just a little bit of italian dressing, or a salad with lots of veggies. For dinner I made steak tacos, I had one on a wheat tortilla. For snacks I've had wheat thins, fruit, or yogurt. I tried these soy chips, ranch flavor, and I am hooked! I have a couple with lunch. I also tried a Fuze drink, I have read about liquid calories and I've been trying not to let them sneak in. The Fuze drink only has 5 calories, but it was too sweet for my taste.

As for workouts, Monday and Tuesday I walked with my dog sizzles. Today, I had a great workout. I took my friend's husky, Bella, to a field near my house, and ran sprints back and forth with her. I walked, skipped and walked backwards in between sprints. I did that for about 45 min. Tomorrow I am going to the gym to try out a class.

Frosted

Every time that I think of the word frosted, I think of the movie How to loose a guy in ten days. The commercial that they do in the movie about jewelry, they call the jewelry frost. Anyway, today I went for a walk around my neighborhood and took some pictures of the snow........

Busy weekend.....

It has now been a whole month since I started my journey to loosing weight!! And....(drumroll please...) I've love 4lbs. I was hoping for more, but I pretty much lost a pound a week which is what the doctors recommend.

This weekend was my husband's and my daughter's birthday, I didn't have cake, or cupcakes, I did have a slice of pizza and one small sneakers bar and half of a bk mocha :( I felt really guilty afterwards, but it is a new week and so far I've eaten well.

As far as working out I walked for about an hour on Saturday outside in the snow and yesterday I didn't do anything. Today I will walk on the treadmill when the girls go to bed.