Thursday, December 27, 2012
On a lighter note....
I've seen this picture a million times before, but it makes me giggle and say "Awwww" all at the same time. So I thought I would share.
HOLY COW!!! (again)
Ok, so today I KNEW the scale was going to be up, but I sure didn't expect it to be up 6.6 lbs!!!! HOLY SHIT! are the only words I have. I'd indulged over the holiday a little too much apparently and ate out a couple too many times and to top it off, my water consumption and activity level were down, so here we are at 265.0, but feeling ridiculously motivated. I had a chat with one of my fellow challengers this morning and decided I will NOT be waiting until the 1st of the year to start my cleanse, I will be starting TOMORROW! There is no reason to wait and with only two weeks left of this challenge and I'm sure I'm sitting in about 5th or 6th, it's time to kick this game up a notch. So tonight GNC will see my smiling face to get my cleanse! GAME ON!
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Holy Cow!!!
Ok, so a couple reasons I'm saying that!! I just realized I haven't blogged since 12/14/12!!! YOWZA!!!
Sorry about that folks. Life has been a tich bit hectic around here.
ANYWAY, last week weigh in brought me back down by 1.0 lbs and I super overindulged the last few days, so here's to a new start. Maybe I'm supposed to wait for the new year for that, but I don't wanna!
Today's menu:
Breakfast: Jalapeno Poppers (cream cheese stuffed jalapenos wrapped in bacon)
Lunch: Mozzarella stuffed meatballs, garlic roasted zucchini and squash, and an orange
Dinner: Who knows!! There are chicken breasts in the crockpot at home! We'll see what becomes of them.
After confessing my indulgences to my poor boyfriend yesterday I felt very liberated. I was in denial of the fact that I was ACTUALLY eating like that. There were no binges or anything like that but the weekend left me super short on time (my own fault) and super short on choices (again, my own fault) so there was fast food, gas station food, and of the crap I was pumping in to my body I got a bad case of the "f-its" and ate my fair share of goodies (peanut butter balls, cookies, chocolate covered pretzels). I'm DEFINITELY feeling the effects from abusing my body that way and am over it. I was blessed with a little unexpected cash flow this morning, so I'll be purchasing a cleanse at GNC and getting THAT start New Years Day. Until then, I'm going to eat clean and just be mindful of what passes my lips.
The cleanse should give me a good kick start for the last week of our Biggest Loser Challenge here at work! YAY!
Sorry about that folks. Life has been a tich bit hectic around here.
ANYWAY, last week weigh in brought me back down by 1.0 lbs and I super overindulged the last few days, so here's to a new start. Maybe I'm supposed to wait for the new year for that, but I don't wanna!
Today's menu:
Breakfast: Jalapeno Poppers (cream cheese stuffed jalapenos wrapped in bacon)
Lunch: Mozzarella stuffed meatballs, garlic roasted zucchini and squash, and an orange
Dinner: Who knows!! There are chicken breasts in the crockpot at home! We'll see what becomes of them.
After confessing my indulgences to my poor boyfriend yesterday I felt very liberated. I was in denial of the fact that I was ACTUALLY eating like that. There were no binges or anything like that but the weekend left me super short on time (my own fault) and super short on choices (again, my own fault) so there was fast food, gas station food, and of the crap I was pumping in to my body I got a bad case of the "f-its" and ate my fair share of goodies (peanut butter balls, cookies, chocolate covered pretzels). I'm DEFINITELY feeling the effects from abusing my body that way and am over it. I was blessed with a little unexpected cash flow this morning, so I'll be purchasing a cleanse at GNC and getting THAT start New Years Day. Until then, I'm going to eat clean and just be mindful of what passes my lips.
The cleanse should give me a good kick start for the last week of our Biggest Loser Challenge here at work! YAY!
Friday, December 14, 2012
Put on your big girl panties!
So lately I’ve decided that I need to start introducing exercise to my routine. I’ve been eating moderately healthy, though there is always room for improvement, but I think I’m ready for workouts now. I have found an AWESOME app in the iPhone app store (I would guess it’s also available on Android) called “Gorilla Workout” which uses NO equipment and VERY little time. There are different levels (4, I believe) and 20 different workouts in each level. In addition, there are descriptions of each of the exercises so you know you are doing them correctly. It’s awesome so far and I’m definitely feeling the workouts!
In addition, a couple of my Biggest Loser challengers and I were talking about stretching at our desks…while it may not directly impact weight loss, this is about being healthy….not just losing weight, so I thought I would share a website I found that has a whole list of stretches you can do right at your desk. http://exercise.about.com/od/flexibilityworkouts/tp/officestretches.htm
Weigh in results this week??? Up 3.4 lbs! I'm not discouraged at all. I'm mad and when I get mad....LOOK OUT WORLD! It only makes me more determined!
Last night's dinner was amazing! I put a boneless turkey roast in the crockpot and when I got home I shredded it up and combined it with Archer Farms Mixed Whole Grain Medley (cooked and leftover from a shrimp stir fry), 2 bags of frozen veggies and some 99% fat free low sodium chicken stock and rosemary....ooooooh how I love rosemary with chicken!!! Here is a picture of the Whole Grain Medley for anyone interested. It's pretty good and high in lots of good carbs, fiber, protein, etc!!
So there it is! Have a great weekend all!!
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Chocolate Voo Doo
Ok, so yes, the topic of the day is chocolate voo doo....here's the story behind THAT!
So my manager apparently does these cute "wreaths" made of candy tied to a tinfoil wreath form and hangs them around the department as Christmas decoration. There is also a scissors hanging with said wreath, so we can cut off the "morsel of our choosing" (as she put it). And inevitably the wreath for my section of the department was placed right across the row from me so I get to look at it all day. My fabulous cube mate and I have decided we are boycotting the morsels and have moved our rows wreath to the desk of an individual so it can be his "own personal wreath". Not only was it candy, but attached to this wreath was one of my favorite candies in the whole wide world...the Lindt Lindor Truffles....all different colors and flavors and of course, all of them amazing! Some of my coworkers KNOW these are my favorites and I have explained that I am choosing not to have any of them due to my binging issues....I can't have just one piece. So from that point forward, one coworker has given me one and when I refused she thought it would be funny to leave a little "treat" for me at my desk, hidden in the hood of my coat. When I took it back to her it was thrown at me as I walked away, so I decided if I can't give it back I'll use it to get back....this poor little blue truffle could've been eaten and enjoyed by someone, but instead it has been stabbed with T pins, labeled "the devil" and serves as a voo doo doll for the chocolate pushers who tease and taunt me like they are making a commission on chocolate consumption.
So my manager apparently does these cute "wreaths" made of candy tied to a tinfoil wreath form and hangs them around the department as Christmas decoration. There is also a scissors hanging with said wreath, so we can cut off the "morsel of our choosing" (as she put it). And inevitably the wreath for my section of the department was placed right across the row from me so I get to look at it all day. My fabulous cube mate and I have decided we are boycotting the morsels and have moved our rows wreath to the desk of an individual so it can be his "own personal wreath". Not only was it candy, but attached to this wreath was one of my favorite candies in the whole wide world...the Lindt Lindor Truffles....all different colors and flavors and of course, all of them amazing! Some of my coworkers KNOW these are my favorites and I have explained that I am choosing not to have any of them due to my binging issues....I can't have just one piece. So from that point forward, one coworker has given me one and when I refused she thought it would be funny to leave a little "treat" for me at my desk, hidden in the hood of my coat. When I took it back to her it was thrown at me as I walked away, so I decided if I can't give it back I'll use it to get back....this poor little blue truffle could've been eaten and enjoyed by someone, but instead it has been stabbed with T pins, labeled "the devil" and serves as a voo doo doll for the chocolate pushers who tease and taunt me like they are making a commission on chocolate consumption.
A little note to the demon chocolate pushers....it's not going to work! I'm stronger than that and I'm sorry that you want me to suffer the insulin resistance you, yourself can not get a grip on, but it's not going to happen. The more you push, the more I will fight and this little truffle had to suffer because of it and be sacrficed as a warning to others. Eat the damn chocolate and get on with your day. I don't need to watch you slowly unwrap and savor every morsel like some type of chocolate pornography LOL!
Happy Tuesday!
Monday, December 10, 2012
Time to change the brain
Ok, so I've always said changing your body is just logic, but changing your brain and mentality is always the hardest part and this morning I think I had an epiphany....or maybe a snow shovel smacked me upside the head...either way....here goes.
So clearly if you live in Minnesota you know that we were all snow blowing or shovel our way out all last night and this morning...mine...was the latter of the two. Even being in an apartment I am responsible for making sure the catwalk, stairs, and walkway TO the side walk are clear and salted and I also knew my drive in was going to be super craptastic, so I knew I HAD to get up early to make sure lunches were packed, kids were dressed, sidewalks, and stairs were shoveled. Sure enough my alarm went off at 5 am and I popped up out of bed, no problem. I hadn't gone to bed any earlier and I didn't have any reason to be more easily awoken except I knew I HAD to. So when I finished shoveling I could feel my abs were tight and I'd clearly gotten SOME type of workout in....so here was the question to myself....if I can get up and go shovel no problem, why is it that when I plan to workout and my alarm goes off, I simply hit the snooze button? Shoveling in the cold certainly isn't anymore fun than yoga or weights (in fact its probably much LESS fun) and it certainly isn't any less painful. It simply was the fact I knew I HAD to shovel....I didn't have a choice. So why is it that I give myself the choice of skipping a workout when it's indoors and not required for me to get to work/preschool safely?? Well here's where my revelation (or whatever you want to call it) is....working out IS something I HAVE to do. It IS something that is a REQUIREMENT to get me to my destination (old age) and/or goals safely. Needless to say the benefits are not as immediately visual as removing snow from a sidewalk, but they are JUST as necessary!!
I tell Jordan all the time working out in the morning is NOT an option because I would have to get up so early...but I don't GIVE myself the option (as with shoveling snow) I somehow make it work and the option is magically there and doable...so here's my promise to myself. No more hitting the snooze, no more dodging the required morning activity. No more excuses (I know I've said this before). Need to get up earlier? Then go to bed earlier. There isn't an option to do it later, because just like the snow there will just be more to shovel when later comes. If I were to put off shoveling until this evening, it would harder to shovel because I'd already spent my day working, etc and would be too exhausted making the task at hand even more challenging...the same goes for working out...doing it "later" only makes it harder to do. So I'm not promising anyone that I'm going to workout every single morning, but I AM promising myself that I will get up when the alarm goes off and I will do some type of activity to make sure my daily REQUIREMENT for movement is in before I'm too tired and exhausted to do it when I get home (because that's just what happens).
Well that's my thought for the day. In other news, I'm having a skinny day (which is always good!) Meal planning is in the works for the week and I ALREADY can't wait for the weekend!
Happy Monday all! Be safe in the snow!
So clearly if you live in Minnesota you know that we were all snow blowing or shovel our way out all last night and this morning...mine...was the latter of the two. Even being in an apartment I am responsible for making sure the catwalk, stairs, and walkway TO the side walk are clear and salted and I also knew my drive in was going to be super craptastic, so I knew I HAD to get up early to make sure lunches were packed, kids were dressed, sidewalks, and stairs were shoveled. Sure enough my alarm went off at 5 am and I popped up out of bed, no problem. I hadn't gone to bed any earlier and I didn't have any reason to be more easily awoken except I knew I HAD to. So when I finished shoveling I could feel my abs were tight and I'd clearly gotten SOME type of workout in....so here was the question to myself....if I can get up and go shovel no problem, why is it that when I plan to workout and my alarm goes off, I simply hit the snooze button? Shoveling in the cold certainly isn't anymore fun than yoga or weights (in fact its probably much LESS fun) and it certainly isn't any less painful. It simply was the fact I knew I HAD to shovel....I didn't have a choice. So why is it that I give myself the choice of skipping a workout when it's indoors and not required for me to get to work/preschool safely?? Well here's where my revelation (or whatever you want to call it) is....working out IS something I HAVE to do. It IS something that is a REQUIREMENT to get me to my destination (old age) and/or goals safely. Needless to say the benefits are not as immediately visual as removing snow from a sidewalk, but they are JUST as necessary!!
I tell Jordan all the time working out in the morning is NOT an option because I would have to get up so early...but I don't GIVE myself the option (as with shoveling snow) I somehow make it work and the option is magically there and doable...so here's my promise to myself. No more hitting the snooze, no more dodging the required morning activity. No more excuses (I know I've said this before). Need to get up earlier? Then go to bed earlier. There isn't an option to do it later, because just like the snow there will just be more to shovel when later comes. If I were to put off shoveling until this evening, it would harder to shovel because I'd already spent my day working, etc and would be too exhausted making the task at hand even more challenging...the same goes for working out...doing it "later" only makes it harder to do. So I'm not promising anyone that I'm going to workout every single morning, but I AM promising myself that I will get up when the alarm goes off and I will do some type of activity to make sure my daily REQUIREMENT for movement is in before I'm too tired and exhausted to do it when I get home (because that's just what happens).
Well that's my thought for the day. In other news, I'm having a skinny day (which is always good!) Meal planning is in the works for the week and I ALREADY can't wait for the weekend!
Happy Monday all! Be safe in the snow!
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