Day 3

I can't believe that I am already on day 3 of this new program I am following to get back to a healthy lifestyle.  I have to remember though that I won't get immediate results and just be patient and enjoy the journey that I am on to get back there. 

I was up at 5:30 and off to the gym this morning for some strength training.  I went for a 4K run after I got back from taking my son to an appointment and dropping him off at school.  I was feeling kind of down because of the struggles my little man has but once I went for my run those feelings left.  I need to be thankful for all that he can do, not what he can't do.

My muscles are feeling the burn which is a great feeling.  Since this week is my first week of getting back into strength training I will be honest and admit that I am not doing some of the extras that J added to the program.  Next week though I will do my best do do everything that is on the workouts.
I signed up to do 12 weeks of this program but I think that I will try to do even more if she has more to offer.  Being accountable to her is really making me more motivated.  In the new year I will try and go to some bootcamp classes too.  Going 1x/week is better then none.  I sometime wonder why I sign up for things knowing that the distance will keep me from giving it 100%  It really is quite a drive to that bootcamp.  I will keep you posted on how the bootcamp goes in the new year.  Maybe I will love it so much and go 2x/week :)

Well I should hit the shower and then head to the grocery store to pick up a couple of things that I forgot to buy when I got groceries to get me through the week.

Feeling Great

I have done all of my workouts for today and I am feeling so good.  I did a 5K run (with a couple of walk breaks) and then I went to the gym for my day 2 strength training workout.  My muscles are really feeling the last 2 days of workouts but in a good way.

I stuck to my menu plan for yesterday and woke up feeling awesome.  This is my menu for today.

Breakfast:  blueberry protein pancake with 1 tbsp maple syrup

snack: visalus shake

Lunch: 4 oz of chicken and veggies

snack: veggies + hummus

Supper: 4 oz turkey with a sm sweet potato with salsa and greek yogurt

snack: apple + 1 tbsp almond butter

it is actually a lot of food and good quality food. 

It is my birthday today and my wonderful husband wanted to take me out for supper but with me just getting back on track with the eating I told him I would rather stay at home. 

Offical Day 1

The past week I have been doing ok but today was my offical day of getting back on track with a program that J is developing for me.  I have planned my menu for the week and I have planned my exercise for the week too.  J has given me 5 days of strength training programs and I did one of them today which was awesome.  It is going to be hard but oh so good to be strength training again.

My menu for today

Breakfast: sl ww toast with 1 tbsp peanut butter and banana

snack: 2 clementines

Lunch: white chicken chili with 2 ryvita crackers

snack: visalus shake

Supper: 1/2 c rice with 4 oz chicken with veggies

snack: apple with 1 tbsp of almond butter

I am pretty sure that with the amount of food I am eating that I will be pretty close to point totals that I would be having with weight watchers.

Tomorrow I need to take a full body picture so that I will have a good starting point to show my progress.  I really am excited about this journey and it really will help to have J to be accountable too.

Back on the wagon

So i filled out the forms that J needs before starting my on a nutrition/workout program.  I am so pumped about getting started on this.  Until I get that program though I will continue to run (need to start seriously training for around the bay this week) and will join the gym.  I am feeling so crampy and bloated today since it is that time of month and my boobs feel like bowling balls right now. 

I am actually excited to joing the gym.  I know I joined lean and fit but I don't know how that will work for me.  I do need to get in there and see what they can offer me.  I could try to go a few times/month just to make me feel like I am not wasing any money but for now the program that J is going to set me up with is going to be my priority...and of course running.  Maybe I can use the bootcamp class as cardio for days that I don't run.

I will keep you posted on how the program is working for me and any NSV and SV I have.  I am going to try and limit myself to WI's just once/week which will be on mondays.  I have 48 lbs to lose to get to a weight that I think is healthy for me and will make me happy. 

I will be heading out as soon as my food digests for a 4K run, but probably head to the gym first to join.  Not sure if I will get a workout in today or if I will do a 3K run and then off to the gym before work tomorrow morning.  I feel somewhat motivated right now and I hope that the motivation just keeps growing.

feeling like a failure

OMG why can't I get my act together?????  I want to eat healthy but I am getting a major F in this area.  It has got to stop.  I need to get this 45 lbs off and start now.  Well offically I will start on monday.  I am going back to my good ol' motivational person J and she is coming up with a nutrition/exercise program for me which I am so excited about.  I am going to rejoing the gym here in town and start doing strength training as well.  I imagine in the new year I will start going to bootcamp and may actually try getting a few seeions in the remainder of this year.

I am just feeling so off right now with the combination of no exercise for 2 days, eating like crap and my period is coming.  Not a good combination at all.

November...just around the corner

I have been giving this a lot of though and I think that in 2013 I am going to dedicate myself to eating clean.  I am getting a head start and will do my best to start that now.  I know that I won't be able to be perfect but there are many things that I can eliminate from my diet as they are not good fuel.  I need to remember not to put crap into my body that I don't need.

I started today off with a healthy breakfast.  It was just some cereal with bananas and milk.  I didn't go for a run  early this morning but I ended up going before lunch.  It was actually a pretty good run.  I am happy that I made that choice.

We are heading to vegas on thursday.  I know that there will be lots of eating out so all I can do is make the best choice that I can.  I will do my best the 3 days I have before we go away to be perfect.  We will see how that goes.

Day 2

I sure hope that in 5 days I will be able to type day 7 and that I will have stuck to my point range and made clean choices for my diet.  I wasn't going to run this morning because it was raining but I ended up doing 3K after dropping the kids off at school.  I got a little wet but not too bad.  After my run I came home and had some banana pancakes which were so yummy.  I was able to make 4 so I put 2 in the fridge and will have the other 2 on friday.  I topped them with a tbsp of maple syrup and 1 tbsp of walnuts.  I should have taken a picture but I didn't. 

I know that I won't make my original goal that I had hoped to be at for Vegas but as long as I eat healthy until I go will be a huge accomplishment for me.  I know that it will make for a much more pleasant trip if I eat clean and my mind will feel that way too.

I start back to work tomorrow so I am planning out my meals and doing some cooking.  i made a batch of spaghetti squash yeterday and will be making sauce for it soon.  I made a batch of tukey chili from one to tosca reno's books.  I know that in order for me to do well with eating I have to have a lot of my meals prepared so I don't stress about what I will have to eat.

Well I should head to the grocery store to pick up a couple of items that I need and get back to make my sphaghetti sauce before getting the kids from school...oh and to have some lunch too.