HAPPY BLOG-A-VERSARY

The count down continues.

I'm sore from yesterday's 2 mile walk. My abs and my inner thighs are sore. Interesting places for soreness from walking.

Finished having supper... talipia, sauteed veggies, and baby red potatoes. Delicious and I got full very fast not like me at all. What I have changed about my dinner routine is my dinner plate. I have been using Annaleigh's Barbie plate. Silly, I know, but it's the right size to help me control my portions. I am also measuring my oil using my teaspoon. Sounds ridiculous I know, but before I would just coat the pan and didn't realize how much oil I was adding to our food. Not all fat is good. I think this has help too.

Small changes seem to be helping and so glad to finally seeing results.

OH, I just remembered...

Happy Blog-a-versary to ME!

A year today I was inspired to begin blogging! I went in with motivation and spunk. It fizzled by hitting the frustrating road. I'm striving to figure me and my reason for being overweight/fat. Blogging became a eye opener in many ways to me. I am determined to keep going despite little success. What's important right now is that I'm not a quitter. I refuse to quit. I'm struggling, yes, but I'm willing to figure where I need to adjust my life, because I want to live a healthy lifestyle. I want to show my daughter that there is a better snack choice other than chips! That working out can be fun and pray that she'll join me in my walks! I can't lose weight on diet pills, or shakes, well I could, but doing that for the rest of my life would end in failure. I realize I need to eat to live, not live to eat! I've heard this before and it's perfectly said! This year blogging I plan on having better success and making better choices.
Here's to me! Here's to you! Let the journey begin with victory!

Guilty

Day 53 let's check it off my list!

I made a huge dinner mistake. I had a greasy burger and lots of curly fries! can you say calorie overload?

I felt so guilty and disgust as I ate it. I didn't get to enjoy it. I was super hungry and made the mistake to not think ahead to get a decent supper made at home. Afterwards I had to exercise, a 2 mile walk! I was flushed and sweaty; not a very pretty picture. Now I'm exhausted and thirsty for water.
I need to take a step back to realize. I should have eaten a fruit or veggie to control my hunger before I let it get out of control.

How about some inspirational wisdom to remind me to keep moving...

Inspired to work my rear off!

It's No Joke

I knocked my weekly weigh in day with a 5 lb. loss! No April fool's joke! Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!

Oh I'm so happy right now. This is awesome, very proud of my hard work. I have to remember there will be days when birthdays or if I forget one day to pack my lunch, that it takes reminding that I need to control my portions! Portion control may be the key here, let's not forget drinking the water is another key to helping that portion control! A big glass of water to help my stomach feel full!

Like I mentioned last week, I promised a weekly picture. Not my favorite part at the end of the week, but here it is... avert eyes... always a caution!

I can tell I look very swollen last week. It looks like I"m struggling to keep myself upright. Well I guess I am! I'm carrying so much weight on my body.

Day 54 is going to be a day where I plan for the week. I'm going to focus on making lunches for the week so I won't have any excuse. I'm pumped up and ready to get that scale moving again!



Relaxing

Day 55 is a bit slow, but going well. I am preparing for my weigh in tomorrow. No negative thoughts! No disappointments! I need to keep striving toward eating healthy! Strive to working out! Strive to keep preparing daily.

I'm just going to finish enjoying my Saturday. I'm going to catch up on reading my many favorite blogs and check out new recipes to add in next week. I need to start cooking new veggies. That's the new goal I need to focus on starting tomorrow.

Despite Good Intentions

day of my challenge and it was going good until Mark's parents took us out for an early birthday dinner for Mark. I knew I wouldn't or couldn't be trusted to go out to a restaurant and find the healthiest thing on the menu. I even used the online menu to find the best option for me to choose from and low and behold things were high in fat content and high calories. I refused to make a big deal, after all it was Mark's choice to eat at an Orlando's Italian restaurant for his birthday dinner.

I do want to brag about my salad and ranch dressing. I probably used a teaspoon of ranch to drizzle on my salad and I kid you not... I still had my container fill and very pleased with myself! I did only eat only half of my "Uncle Louie's Chicken Caldo" pasta dinner. I had one delicious bite of cheese cake and one delicious bit of chocolate rum cake and vanilla ice cream. I think it's safe to say I had more calories than I wanted despite good intention by looking on the website for a healthy alternative.

Tomorrow I'll have to keep it up a notch so that I can work off calories!

Prepare or Fail

I'm winding down day 57... it's been one of those days when I haven't planned or prepared well.

Not being prepared can set me up for a downward spiral. Eating "crap" for the day is not a way of eating healthy. I didn't have any lunch prepared, because I forgot to prepare the night before and couldn't think quick enough this morning. I had lunch at daycare. I tried to behave myself and measure out (eye balling) my serving of chicken Alfredo, corn, and a roll. Can you say carbs and starches?

 What was the end result? I was too full! I felt my good mood slip into tired and full coma. I almost... almost caved into opening Cheetos Puffs, but I didn't. That Cheetos bag called me so loud that I had to step away A.S.A.P!

I didn't snack either, but I have had hungry thoughts of what I would cook tonight and the first thought that came into mind was something fat and full of carbs to take care of my hunger, but that was just crazy talk. Annaleigh and I headed to the grocery store and picked up rotisserie chicken, veggies and fruits. Supper was decent and delicious.

My walking DVD that my mother purchase for me yesterday came in good use. I really worked up a sweat and my face was super flushed! Sweating not the sexiest thing in the world on me, but I felt good and so did my aching legs!

I'm off to bed.... I hope!

Sleepless In Texas

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 I'm soooo tired! I have been having some sleepless nights and it's finally catching up with me! You might say I'm a bit grumpy and my family needs to be tiptoeing a little around me.

I can't figure out why I am not able to sleep at night. I have laid off the caffeine and I'm working out. I'm not stressed out and not worrying over anything much, except my weight other than that, I don't know what could be the problem.

I'm going to have to figure this out, before I go a little crazy.  So please excuse me for not sounding like myself. Tomorrow will have to be different or else!