Goal

So now I am "dating" a army officer and trust me it is much different than dating a 5,000 calorie per day CF patient! We eat salads, we drink water, we talk about our workouts, we discuss fitness and nutritionh 24/7. Compared to when I used to eat out 24/7 with my ex. So needless to say it has been extremely benificially to me. It's nice to because its a sharing of a common interest. So I'm trying to workout everyday now, eating healthy including counting all my calories I intake and the calories I work off. I also ordered Calorad MG because I heard a friend had a ton of success with it so thought I would give it a shot. Also doing the shakeology again so hopefully with everything combined I will be at my goal weight of 140 this summer! Lets get going!

Hello Shakeology and Water`

It's amazing how two drinks can totally change your life around! In just three days of eliminating pop and adding Shakeology I feel more energized and I feel better in my clothes! I love it! I'm at work right now and I just can't wait to get off so that I can work out. I'm going to do 45 minutes on the elliptical tonight then go home and do sit ups and weights for my arms! I love this feeling! Plus a hot shower will feel good tonight!

Ups and Downs

For once this blog and my other blog have come together. I thought fitness had nothing to do with being a single mom. I was wrong. I have met this amazing guy and he is in the Army so...he is forcing me to also kick my butt into shape. We are going to start P90X (again for me) and he is keeping me accountable with my diet! It's nice because I don't have to dread that we are going somewhere high caloric for dinner and I have something in common with him. We may also start Jujitsu (if thats how you spell it) together! I think this may have a huge positive impact on my life!

Feeling Good

So in a week I have dropped 9 pounds! I feel so much better and have more energy! Instead of laying in bed whining about getting up this morning I jumpped out of bed, got Bailey ready and Breakfast, cleaned my room, and packed for the day. I debated about working out today because I wanted to come home and sleep between jobs but I decided this morning that a twenty minute nap wasn't going to help me in the long run like a 30 minute run would. I've also been eating better. I don't eat as much mostly due to time. I know that I have to get down to a small size before summer because I found out yesterday that I will be having foot surgery in June and no weight bearing (aka stuck on the couch) for 4 weeks and a boot for 3 weeks after that and no exercise for 10 total weeks! Ek! I'm going to use my hand weights though and still keep my upper body in shape (abs too!) I also have planned to drink my shakeology every day! I'm determined to get this weight off and keep it off!

Sick Day :-(

Well today not much got accomplished. I have had an uncontrollable migrane all day. My roommates were up til the crack of dawn this morning watching movies on high volume and running around the house screaming. Needless to say I got no sleep and woke up with the worst headache. Then Bailey hit my head and it got so bad that I was vomiting. Took some meds and after a 2 hour nap its a little better but still not peachy. So all I've had to eat is an omelet and some hashbrowns and most of that came back up. I'm hoping to atleast do sit ups and weights tonight before bed but I have to be back at 7am so I'm not sure it depends how tired I am because I don't want to wake up with another headache again tomorrow. Well thats the update...I looked and no one reads this anymore so I'm not sure why I write...just for my own benefit I guess.

Opps

Well I didn't get to post yesterday...it was an extremely busy day! I didn't do so hot on the wellness front! I was with my best friend all day and we had classes all day. Of course she is a girl with the metabolism of a godess! I on the other hand not so much. So for breakfast I had coffee, cheese sticks, and wheat thins. For lunch we had Jimmy Johns which was my worst cheat of the day. I had another package of wheat thins and some more coffee in the afternoon. I worked that night and about 9 I realized I hadn't had anything to eat since the Jimmy John's that afternoon. I knew I had more than hit my calorie limit for the day so I decided to just go to bed. I did however drink 3 liters of water throughout the day. Let me tell you I peed like a horse all day! That combined with the coffee was a lethal combination. Today I work from 10-2 then I plan to get my legs and cardio in, tonight I will get my abs and arms. I had to rush to work so I didn't get anything but coffee for breakfast. I plan on going home after I workout and shower and grabbing a shakeology with fiber and peanut butter before I head off to work tonight. Tonight at work I'm going to grab some subway to eat later in the evening. Rest is something else that I'm realizing is really important in weight loss. If you don't get enough rest you aren't going to have the energy to do your workouts during the day. Plus it slows down your metabolism. I'm also going to go shop for some healthy snacks so that I can eat 6 small meals during the day. I want to drink atleast 3 liters of water a day so that is my goal. On the plus side this week I did not have one sip of pop!!! Yay for me!

Early Post

I'm posting now because I'm going to be beyond busy tonight so I won't be able to do much else tonight. It's already been a busy day but I have gotten a ton accomplished! This is mainly thanks to the fact that I use a to-do list that I make every night! Then I make a schedule...it's a minute by minute list of when and where I'm going to do everything all day...this helps me schedule my down time and still have time to get everything else done that needs to be done. I started off my morning getting in a few hours working at the Y. I did two orientations and I usually do 5-10 reps on each machine per person when orienting. So I basically got in my weight part of my workout there. I then met my friend Ashleigh to do cardio at the DISC. We did 15 minutes on the bikes and 15 minutes on the eliptical. According to the machine I only burned 240 calories but I didn't have my correct weight in there so it was a little more than that. I feel so much lighter so I will probably weigh tomorrow to see if I've lost any! I had 2 cheese sticks and 5 wheat crackers for breakfast (not a big breakfast person) and a cup of coffee for breakfast, for lunch I had a grilled chicke salad with a lite ceasar dressing. Tonight I will have another grilled chicken garden salad with a little bit of ranch and lots of vegetables on it! I have given up pop so all I drink during the day is coffee, water, or a shake! I feel so good! I know I will keep this up because I have seen positive results! I have more energy, I can feel my muscles ache after a workout and my stomach is never bloated anymore! YAY!

Doing better today

Well I had clinical this morning and all I had was a cup of coffee and an egg sandwich on an english muffin. For lunch I had a small salad and about a cup of turkey chili. As for exercise...haven't gotten there yet...I will update this at the end later tonight to let you know what I actually did. I plan on doing P90X Ab Ripper if I can remember the moves...then do some arm exercises with my new 10lb weights I bought the other day. I will do my cardio and weight machines tomorrow at the Y. I'm feeling much less bloated and large today lol. I look forward to getting back to looking like the picture below!

UPDATE: I had cheese sticks and wheat fiber crackers for dinner. I wasn't very hungry after that, just mainly been thirsty lately! I did ab ripper WHILE Bailey sat on my stomach, along with push ups and some squats and arm weight stuff. Looking forward to working the Y tomorrow and working out with Ashleigh! I feel great!

Monday Monday

Ok so today was my first day working at the Y so I really had no excuse not to work out. So after work I did the rowing machine, a few arms machines, and a few leg machines. I also cleaned all morning and that was a workout in itself! As for the diet. I had two shakes and a salad. I know that is less than you are suppose to eat but I didn't have power this morning at my house and I really wasn't hungry enough the rest of the day. Tomorrow will be hard as well because I am staying the night at my friend's house in Springfield tonight and have clinical way early in the morning so I again won't get my morning shake in! I may extend the cleanse a couple days because this will be way easier to do towards the end of the week when I don't have work or clinical early in the morning. I love my new job at the Y though. It's just a great atmosphere and I can look up nutrition and fitness stuff all the time...plus I learn abou the equipment and classes that they offer! It was the perfect timing for me! Well off to study Med-Surg!

Redo----AGAIN

Ok so I kinda said good bye to the health game over the holidays. I'm sickened by how much I let myself go...and I have to fix it. So today I start the Shakeology Cleanse to start me off...I'm also going to do Chalene workout I think (I'll repost tonight and let you know)...so here we go again! I'll let you know tonight how it went!