Holy smokes, I am so incredibly bored this weekend. It doesnt help that it is super gloomy outside (supposed to rain this afternoon) so I also feel like eating because of that.
Baby L's grammy and grampy dropped by to see him today so I got to visit with Mr. Dukie Dukes. I miss him so much!
I dont really have much to talk about today because I am just so bored but if everything goes well I will be heading to see one of my BFF's this evening. Havent seen her since last april!
Here's the menu:
Breakfast:
1 Chocolate Chip All Bran Bar (2pts)
Lunch:
Chicken Teriyaki Stir Fry with Rice (5pts)
Snack:
1 Chocolate Chip All Bran Bar (2pts)
Supper:
Boiled dinner (5pts)
with 3 L's of water because it was so salty, but I ate mostly vegetables!
So my day is looking pretty pitiful food wise. You may have noticed that I desperately need groceries which I plan on getting tomorrow if my monkey man feels up to it!
AP's, well its gross outside today, hasnt rained but I do not want to be out of the house so its exercise dvd's tonight after the baby goes to sleep. I will do at least an hour (approx 4 ap's) and if I am being really ambitious an hour and a half for the 6 AP's I try to earn everyday. Since WI day ive done 4.5 hours of activity!! How awesome is that?
I find this go with Weight Watchers I have been looking at exercise less and less as a chore and more and more as "so long as you are out moving your body, you will lose weight". I dont know why it was such a hassle before but I make sure to move my body in some way shape or form every single day on purpose! It is definitely paying off because its becoming a good habit and my body just does not want to let go of the weight unless I am physically active!
Thats it for now, hopefully tomorrow is more exciting!
C
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
What a boring day!
I realized today another reason (as if I didnt have enough) why this town depresses me. Baby L and I went for a walk this afternoon and there was absolutely no traffic! Its a saturday for crying out loud! When the town pretty much shuts down on the weekend that screams loud and clear that it was an excellent idea for me to move to AB. I miss it so much, cant wait to go back. I am only staying here for my little man to meet his family.
Today's Menu:
Breakfast:
Protein Shake (5pts)
Lunch:
Cheesy Chicken Pasta (6 pts)
Supper:
Going to Boston Pizza!
Having some sort of Caesar wrap, a salad and water (10 pts)
So we are heading out to BP around 430 for supper this evening. Afterwards I get to see my other baby boy (Mom wont let me have Dukie Dukes here so he is staying at his grammy and grampies!) Then sometime this evening I want to fit in some more activity. Ive already walked with baby L for an hour so thats 4 AP, I will probably do some lower body work for another 2 pts.
Not a very exciting day at all so I am going to end it here.
Till next time
C
Today's Menu:
Breakfast:
Protein Shake (5pts)
Lunch:
Cheesy Chicken Pasta (6 pts)
Supper:
Going to Boston Pizza!
Having some sort of Caesar wrap, a salad and water (10 pts)
So we are heading out to BP around 430 for supper this evening. Afterwards I get to see my other baby boy (Mom wont let me have Dukie Dukes here so he is staying at his grammy and grampies!) Then sometime this evening I want to fit in some more activity. Ive already walked with baby L for an hour so thats 4 AP, I will probably do some lower body work for another 2 pts.
Not a very exciting day at all so I am going to end it here.
Till next time
C
Friday, September 25, 2009
Friendly Competition
So I was really bright today! It all started on facebook, my status read "C seriously needs to shower, cardio + me = a sweaty MESS! but at least my ass is getting smaller". My brother and one of our colleagues (we work at the same dealership) have recently started going to boot camp and trying to get fit together, so reading this they posted some comments. K said "Is this a new thing or are you just trying to keep up with S" (S is my bro). So being the cheeky bastard I am my response was "No S is trying to keep up with me, hes trying to lose the baby belly too". Well from there all hell broke loose.
Well not really I am a tad bit over dramatic haha. S proposed that "the first one to have a 6 pack out of the three of us wins". So K being competitive was totally for it and I am not about to turn down a challenge. Only thing is they are both boys so chances of them losing a tonne of weight way faster than me is very likely. However, I highly doubt that the two of them would lose so much as to be a totally ripped 6 pack abs kind of guy. SOOOOOOO If I am really lucky I will win hahaha. If either of them win the two losers take the winner out for steak dinner. I don't eat steak so if I win, its TBD but it will be "Worth my while" says K. haha
So I will keep you posted on that but it should be fun, a little competition hasn't hurt anybody... well except anorexics! But the three of us do not anorexics make!
Here is my menu for today:
Breakfast:
Protein shake (5pts)
Snack:
WW banana muffin (3 pts)
Lunch:
Sweet and Sour Chicken stirfry with rice (5pts)
Snack:
Activia Yogurt (2pts)
Supper:
Haven't had anything yet, not feeling very hungry but I have 9 points left so I really ought to have something. I may have some whole wheat macaroni, with chicken and tomato sauce.
Activity - Haven't done it yet but it will be 30 mins of weights (got to get the buff arms so I can lug Baby L around. (I referred to him as little L this afternoon and got that jamiroquai song stuck in my head!) and will also do 60 mins of cardio for a total of 6 AP's.
I will end this post with this - I recently ordered the 30 Day Shred from amazon.ca. I have decided that I am going to start it on October 1st. So I will be posting before and after photos as well as my before and after measurements. I am not expecting a miracle but the dvd itself claims you can lose up to 20 pounds in 30 days. I just want the benefits from the exercise. Hopefully gain some muscle, boost my metabolism, gain some strength and lose some inches.
I will be able to post my review on October 31st! I am pretty excited for this, I have heard that it is very difficult!
That's it for now!
C
Well not really I am a tad bit over dramatic haha. S proposed that "the first one to have a 6 pack out of the three of us wins". So K being competitive was totally for it and I am not about to turn down a challenge. Only thing is they are both boys so chances of them losing a tonne of weight way faster than me is very likely. However, I highly doubt that the two of them would lose so much as to be a totally ripped 6 pack abs kind of guy. SOOOOOOO If I am really lucky I will win hahaha. If either of them win the two losers take the winner out for steak dinner. I don't eat steak so if I win, its TBD but it will be "Worth my while" says K. haha
So I will keep you posted on that but it should be fun, a little competition hasn't hurt anybody... well except anorexics! But the three of us do not anorexics make!
Here is my menu for today:
Breakfast:
Protein shake (5pts)
Snack:
WW banana muffin (3 pts)
Lunch:
Sweet and Sour Chicken stirfry with rice (5pts)
Snack:
Activia Yogurt (2pts)
Supper:
Haven't had anything yet, not feeling very hungry but I have 9 points left so I really ought to have something. I may have some whole wheat macaroni, with chicken and tomato sauce.
Activity - Haven't done it yet but it will be 30 mins of weights (got to get the buff arms so I can lug Baby L around. (I referred to him as little L this afternoon and got that jamiroquai song stuck in my head!) and will also do 60 mins of cardio for a total of 6 AP's.
I will end this post with this - I recently ordered the 30 Day Shred from amazon.ca. I have decided that I am going to start it on October 1st. So I will be posting before and after photos as well as my before and after measurements. I am not expecting a miracle but the dvd itself claims you can lose up to 20 pounds in 30 days. I just want the benefits from the exercise. Hopefully gain some muscle, boost my metabolism, gain some strength and lose some inches.
I will be able to post my review on October 31st! I am pretty excited for this, I have heard that it is very difficult!
That's it for now!
C
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Time to play catch up
Ok so here's the deal. I havent posted in over a year and I am going to do a 20 second "catch everybody up to speed" run down on my life.
So in an effort to keep myself going as well as trying to be supportive to a friend who is also trying to lose weight I decided to start up with my blog again. It always used to help keep me motivated so heres hoping it will this time as well.
The good news about being back on weight watchers is that now because I have my son I find I push myself a lot harder to stay on track because I am now a role model!(Scary!) I want to give him the best start in life and teach him good healthy habits from the get go. So in order to be the best mommy that I can be I am being/becoming the healthiest mommy I can be.
So here is the plan: I want to try to update my blog daily. For the sake of my friend I might post what I am eating everyday ... it might help throw out some meal ideas and if anybody will still be reading this thing it helps keep me accountable. I also will post what ive done for activity. One thing that is a fact of life for me is that especially since I have had a baby I MUST move my body every single day or the weight will not budge. I find now more than ever my body is fighting me most of the way because it is going through such a huge change trying to adjust to having just had a baby. However I am working my ass off to make sure I am doing my absolute best. From the looks of things I cant be doing too bad becuase I feel almost 14 pounds in 8 weeks is excellent!
So here is what I had today:
Breakfast :
Protein shake (5 pts)
Lunch :
Protein shake (5pts)
Snack:
1 fat free Activia yogurt (2 pts)
Supper:
Pita Pizza with chicken, veggies and feta cheese (8pts)
2 cups raw veggies(0pts)
I am allowed to have 24 points a day but today I only had 20. I know a lot of people freak out a bit when they hear that I am having protein shakes but it is helping me to get my milk products in. I try really hard to stick to the 8 good health guidelines so this is one way to do so for me. I dont do this all the time but it helps mix it up. I also take a supplement as well as salmon oil pills (I am hoping the oil will help my terribly dry skin!)
For activity I did 25 minutes of strength training this morning and 60 mins of cardio after supper for a total of 6 AP! I also guzzled down my 3 liters of water today :)
The last thing im going to report on today is that I gave up drinking soda (again, thought I had it kicked last time I gave it up but started up again) the day that I started weight watchers. So today is day 58 without it. I honestly dont think I will have it again because it is something I dont want L to have. When he starts eating real food I am the one who has to bring it into the house so if I set the example I am hoping he will follow my good example as he grows older :) If not at least I will know I did my best!
Thats it for now!
C
- I got pregnant last september
- Gained back all my weight during pregnancy (highest weight while pregnant was 239lbs)
- Had the baby (It's a boy!! 7lbs14oz)
- Waited until baby L was 5 weeks old to start trying to lose weight
- Started weight watchers (again) 8 weeks ago at 213.5lbs
- Loss to date 13.5 lbs (as of Wednesday September 23)
So in an effort to keep myself going as well as trying to be supportive to a friend who is also trying to lose weight I decided to start up with my blog again. It always used to help keep me motivated so heres hoping it will this time as well.
The good news about being back on weight watchers is that now because I have my son I find I push myself a lot harder to stay on track because I am now a role model!(Scary!) I want to give him the best start in life and teach him good healthy habits from the get go. So in order to be the best mommy that I can be I am being/becoming the healthiest mommy I can be.
So here is the plan: I want to try to update my blog daily. For the sake of my friend I might post what I am eating everyday ... it might help throw out some meal ideas and if anybody will still be reading this thing it helps keep me accountable. I also will post what ive done for activity. One thing that is a fact of life for me is that especially since I have had a baby I MUST move my body every single day or the weight will not budge. I find now more than ever my body is fighting me most of the way because it is going through such a huge change trying to adjust to having just had a baby. However I am working my ass off to make sure I am doing my absolute best. From the looks of things I cant be doing too bad becuase I feel almost 14 pounds in 8 weeks is excellent!
So here is what I had today:
Breakfast :
Protein shake (5 pts)
Lunch :
Protein shake (5pts)
Snack:
1 fat free Activia yogurt (2 pts)
Supper:
Pita Pizza with chicken, veggies and feta cheese (8pts)
2 cups raw veggies(0pts)
I am allowed to have 24 points a day but today I only had 20. I know a lot of people freak out a bit when they hear that I am having protein shakes but it is helping me to get my milk products in. I try really hard to stick to the 8 good health guidelines so this is one way to do so for me. I dont do this all the time but it helps mix it up. I also take a supplement as well as salmon oil pills (I am hoping the oil will help my terribly dry skin!)
For activity I did 25 minutes of strength training this morning and 60 mins of cardio after supper for a total of 6 AP! I also guzzled down my 3 liters of water today :)
The last thing im going to report on today is that I gave up drinking soda (again, thought I had it kicked last time I gave it up but started up again) the day that I started weight watchers. So today is day 58 without it. I honestly dont think I will have it again because it is something I dont want L to have. When he starts eating real food I am the one who has to bring it into the house so if I set the example I am hoping he will follow my good example as he grows older :) If not at least I will know I did my best!
Thats it for now!
C
Saturday, July 5, 2008
C25K Day 1!
So I know it may seem like ive been on hiatus again but I promise I havent, my hunnie just happened to take the internet with him when he went to work this week (we have one of those USB port ones that we share between our two computers)
So the last week has gone okish... but today I was being lazy watching tv and I noticed a nice breeze and I decided to get off my ass and actually do my first couch to 5k work out. Duke even got to come with me :) It was very worth it, I am glad I made the decision to get up and get out there.
My thoughts on it so far... it wasnt too difficult, I figured it would be tough. I was out of breath at first but I just kept breathing and working through it, I did feel the muscles in my thighs by the time I finished up but nothing unbearable. I very well think that this program will be doable.... just have to see how difficult it gets but the great thing is if its too hard I can do-over a particular week.
So overall day one of C25K is a success!
So the last week has gone okish... but today I was being lazy watching tv and I noticed a nice breeze and I decided to get off my ass and actually do my first couch to 5k work out. Duke even got to come with me :) It was very worth it, I am glad I made the decision to get up and get out there.
My thoughts on it so far... it wasnt too difficult, I figured it would be tough. I was out of breath at first but I just kept breathing and working through it, I did feel the muscles in my thighs by the time I finished up but nothing unbearable. I very well think that this program will be doable.... just have to see how difficult it gets but the great thing is if its too hard I can do-over a particular week.
So overall day one of C25K is a success!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
WI and update
So I didnt update yesterday because I didnt go online after work. WI showed me as down 1 pound (GRRRRR I was looking forward to seeing 181!!) So I was showing 183 but this morning when I weighed it was showing 181 again (I took 183 becuase it was still down one pound!) But for sure next week I *hope* I will be out of the 180s.
Yesterday's Menu:
Breakast:
FF yogurt - 2 points
Lunch:
Booster juice smoothie - 8 points
Supper
11 points - casserole
Todays is pretty much the same thing but so far Ive only had a smoothie. I have left overs from that casserole in the fridge waiting for me when I get home. I will probably have a yogurt and fruit as well.
In C25K news - its been raining since sunday I am so disappointed. Too bad I didnt have a tread mill (sigh)
Yesterday's Menu:
Breakast:
FF yogurt - 2 points
Lunch:
Booster juice smoothie - 8 points
Supper
11 points - casserole
Todays is pretty much the same thing but so far Ive only had a smoothie. I have left overs from that casserole in the fridge waiting for me when I get home. I will probably have a yogurt and fruit as well.
In C25K news - its been raining since sunday I am so disappointed. Too bad I didnt have a tread mill (sigh)
Sunday, June 22, 2008
It's raining, It's pouring
Well as you can tell by my title, it decided to rain today. I am all but impressed! I was really hoping to start my running today. The only reason why I am not going out in the rain is because (as some of you may know) I live in an area where we have all of 2 paved streets in the town. Thus rain = mud = messy = not ruining my new shoes on the first day.
So instead I am going to have to switch things around! I am going to do my 20 min basic pilates DVD and maybe go on my gazelle (gag... i hate that thing its soooo painfully boring!!) But I will get some AP in this afternoon.
I also have to clean some more. I ended up not doing anything yesterday in terms of house work *oops* heheh.
I have planned what im having for supper so I can already put my menu up for the day :)
Breakfast:
FF blueberry yogurt - 2 points
Lunch:
Subway (again im an addict)
Foot long Turkey with mustard - 12 points
Supper:
1 Serving Campbell's Cheesy chicken and rice casserole - 8 points (yum)
Total: 22 points
If I find myself really hungry after supper I still have 3 points left for a snack plus whatever I earn for AP today. Worst case scenario I can make a big yummy salad for a very low amount of points (depending if I put dressing or not)
My exciting news for the day I did go to town and got myself a Timex watch. As you probably figured out I am doing my C25K outside so I need some way to track my time. I got a Timex because it has a stopwatch/timer feature and will beep at particular increments so I will know when to start running/ walking again! Its black and pink :) It also has a pulse feature so im pretty excited about that too because it was only 40 dollars!!
WI tomorrow (actually excited for this one!)
So instead I am going to have to switch things around! I am going to do my 20 min basic pilates DVD and maybe go on my gazelle (gag... i hate that thing its soooo painfully boring!!) But I will get some AP in this afternoon.
I also have to clean some more. I ended up not doing anything yesterday in terms of house work *oops* heheh.
I have planned what im having for supper so I can already put my menu up for the day :)
Breakfast:
FF blueberry yogurt - 2 points
Lunch:
Subway (again im an addict)
Foot long Turkey with mustard - 12 points
Supper:
1 Serving Campbell's Cheesy chicken and rice casserole - 8 points (yum)
Total: 22 points
If I find myself really hungry after supper I still have 3 points left for a snack plus whatever I earn for AP today. Worst case scenario I can make a big yummy salad for a very low amount of points (depending if I put dressing or not)
My exciting news for the day I did go to town and got myself a Timex watch. As you probably figured out I am doing my C25K outside so I need some way to track my time. I got a Timex because it has a stopwatch/timer feature and will beep at particular increments so I will know when to start running/ walking again! Its black and pink :) It also has a pulse feature so im pretty excited about that too because it was only 40 dollars!!
WI tomorrow (actually excited for this one!)
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