Oreos!

So tonight I went grocery shopping when I was hungry!  Bad, bad, bad idea!  Took everything I had to walk out of that store with a gallon of snickers ice cream and a pizza!  But I didn’t!  Ordered my Subway sandwich and had it eaten by the time I got to the end of Military Road. 

Let me talk about my weekend.  In my last blog I discussed how I never do well traveling, especially with my parents and especially at my grandparents.  Oh and the cookies!  Well….you’ll be happy to know I didn’t gain!  Didn’t lose but didn’t gain.  Huge accomplishment for me.  No I didn’t eat exactly as planned but I did watch my portion and filled out on lettuce.  The trick I used was using a smaller plate and not the dinner plate.  It was a little awkward though.  People stare when you do things differently.  Then it becomes topic of conversation how Jamie is losing weight and doing so well.  I like attention but not when it comes to my weight.  The last thing I want to talk to my relatives about is how much weight I gained and how much I have to lose.  Not that they judge, just not a topic I want to be the center of.  Another thing I did was track EVERYTHING that went in my mouth!  EVERTHING!!  Garlic bread and cheese cake are loaded with fat and calories BTW.  Haha.

My week is going great!  Loving my new exercises and sticking to my “diet” fantastically well!  Thank you Cheri for talking me out of eating those Oreo’s.

Travel

I’m never doing sit ups again!  Hurts to laugh, breath, bend, cough, or think!  Naaa I’m only playing.  I’ll do ‘em again just not with Jami Nalley.  Haha. 

I’ll be traveling this weekend to visit my family in Texas.  Traveling is really hard for me.  That jar of cookies is daunting!  Plus I’m with my dad, the Italian man.  We like to eat!  But I’m gonna prepare myself for this trip.  Only drinking water, taking my own snacks, and paying the extra $3 for an overpriced salad at any restaurant we eat at.  Probably won’t be able to do much of a workout, because of where I will be staying, but we’ll see?  Maybe I’ll shop instead!

It's Been a Minute

It’s been a minute since I’ve had a chance to blog.  School had started back, which is taking up a lot of my free time.  So let me talk about school.  IT’S STRESSFUL!  And my number one down fall is stress eating.  Sometimes I don’t even realize I’m doing it.  Its habit I suppose.  This semester I vow to be more aware of my eating habits.  I’ll let ya know how that goes….

I wanted to share something I did Saturday that helped my keep my fat and calories under control.  I started my day with a pretty decent workout.  Had egg whites (my new favorite) for breakfast, and a cereal bar for a snack.  Here came the challenge.  One of the classes I’m taking this semester meets three Friday’s and Saturday’s for 6 hours each day.  Terrible idea!!!  I was forced to eat out.  Ran by Wal-Mart and close by was Wendy’s.  Don’t get the jr. bacon cheeseburger, don’t get the jr. bacon cheeseburger…..  I chose the small chili and two side salads.  Weird, I know, but ya’ll should try it.  Chili on a salad kinda makes it seem like a taco salad!  Again Mexican food!  Low in calories and fat! 

Later that evening, I was having baby shower for my sister in law.  Cupcakes, candy, chips, torture.  Luckily I had the brilliant idea of ordering a meat and cheese tray.  Ate pretty decent, only a few tortilla chips, a sandwich with lots of veggies, and a cupcake.  Yea I said it….a cupcake!  I did an extra days workout to burn it off tho..

And guess what?  I’m at a new low!  Down 25 lbs!! That means 15 more to go for my first goal and 35 more till my ultimate goal.  I’m feeling more and more motivated

What is it about breakfast that is so easy?  Seems like most everyone I meet with and myself, for that matter, can eat the correct breakfast every day.  Even on the weekends.  What happens at lunch time that makes me what to falter?  Seems like the day starts going downhill from there.  Today I searched and searched at Kroger for something somewhat healthy to eat for lunch.  Finally I settled on chicken tortilla soup.  Premade, unfortunately, which has more sodium than I’d like,  but low in calories and fat.  Then I came across that dang salsa!  So I grabbed the salsa and marched down to the chip section.   Scoops or lays? Scoops or lays?  Lays is was!  Fat free lays that is!  Man that salsa was GOOD!

Dinner was a catastrophe.  I was making this spaghetti bake my husband loves.  Looked in the pantry for the sauce….no sauce!  Luckily I have a fantastic neighbor that had some.  Jumped in my car, gone for maybe 3 minutes, get back, and my golden retriever had eaten half of the pasta! I WAS LIVID!  My sweet, sweet momma came the rescue again and brought me more pasta.  By that time I didn’t even want look at the pasta.  The oven was already on so I decided to cut up the fresh eggplant Donna gave me, bread it and bake it in the oven for some make-shift parmesan.  It turned out really good!  Paired with a cucumber salad and a glass of un-sweet, decaf tea….I was completely satisfied!  Turned out to be a pretty good day!

So so day...

Today was one of those days where my determination was really tested.  I realize that I’m gonna have those day, I just don’t like them.  Kim! We have to stop going to lunch.  Although I had the lunch fajita’s it was still more than I wanted to eat.  And….ya’ll ready? For dinner, I had a cupcake!  No frosting though!  I was in a funky mood, my kid is being stubborn, Ryan was late getting home, and blah blah blah…excuses excuses.  It happens.  Tomorrow is a new day.  I’ll do better.

My Goals

OMG!  All I’ve wanted to do today is eat!  Luckily I work at a gym and food isn’t that convenient.  Otherwise I would have eaten alllll day!  No lie.  When I got home from work I ate a whole bag of steamer veggies.  It was either that or ice cream.  I think I chose the better choice.

I think I have forgotten to blog about my goals.  My first and foremost goal is to have lost all my baby weight by the time my son turns 1, which is 40 pounds.  So far I’m down 22 of that 40.  That means I have 18 pounds to lose in 3 months.  Before my pregnancy 18 pounds wouldn’t have been too difficult to lose.  Well not that difficult anyway.  But now….since having my son, I swear I have NO metabolism! I mean I can look at a skittle and gain a pound!!  It’s very frustrating.  But I gotta to what I gotta do! My next goal is to lose an additional 30 pounds.  I’m not putting too much of a time restraint on that goal but next summer would be nice.  I try not to focus too much on the scales.  Just for the simple fact that I wouldn’t care if I weighed 300lbs and was a size 8.  My saying is “you can see inches, you can’t see pounds.”  So here’s the big goal!!  I want to run the half marathon in March.  That’s 13.1 miles if anyone is wondering.  Lots of goals!!  But I’m excited! 

Oh the Weekend....

Friday when I posted I was a little down.  Weekends always seem to be the time I blow my “diet.”  Not this weekend!  I tried to keep myself busy and anytime I went searching for food I read my blog.  Or swept!  I did a lot of sweeping.  Oh and napping!  My sweet boy hasn’t been feeling all that great lately.  He took THREE naps Saturday.  All over an hour long.  Trust when I say that not normal.  We’re lucky to get an hour of sleep till bedtime.

 Sunday rolls around…this is where it gets tricky!  Before church we needed to run into to Wal-Mart to get something for Korb.  And wouldn’t ya know…the entire center aisle is everything Mexican.  Refried bean, tortillas, avocados, jalapenos, etc…. there was the first craving.  Then after church, my dad invited us to eat.  And where do they pick?  That’s right Mexican!  I do not do well with a basket of chips in front of my face!  We went anyway….  Typically, in the past, when going to this restaurant I order the same thing.  But I decided to venture out.  Chile relleno it was.  I thought since I was ordering off the vegetarian menu it can’t be too bad.  Ha! Think again.  A Chile relleno is a chesses stuffed pepper (unseeded might I add), breaded, fried and another layer of cheese!  Not the best decision.  Thank goodness it was unseeded or I might have eaten it.  Instead I ate the beans, rice and guacamole taco.  Too many crabs I know…but at that point it was too late.  Don’t worry…I kicked my own but at the gym later that day.

The rest of the night went fine.  Wasn’t too hungry after all those cards for lunch but I ate anyway. 

Today was a good day.  My workout went great!  I feel so much better when I get up before work and head to the gym.  My day runs smoother.  And I haven’t thought of a bazillion excuses as to why I should just go home instead of working out after work.  Stepped on the scale when I got to work…. And I broke through my plateau!  I lost over the weekend!!  Felt so good to not be discouraged on a Monday.  Hoping that means the rest of the week is gonna be just as good…..