Monday down 3 more to go!

I have a love/hate relationship with 4 day work weeks because... I love getting a paid day off (not using my PTO) but it seems like the week drags on that much more. It doesn't help that I'm still fighting with this cold/allergy BS.

On the work out front... day 3 of Turbo Jams... I am still doing learn and burn and plan to do so until I feel like i have the moves down but... Don't worry TD I'm improving my calorie burn every day :P. I really really like it... I didn't think I would because I started with Cardio Party and quit about 5 mins in.... if you know me and my OCD you know I don't quit things very often like that but... IT WAS HARD. I've been getting bored of work outs lately and my allergies have been giving me problems so I needed to move the work outs inside and I need to leave work and get home to my little escape artist Mazda at night. Turbo Jams has two thumbs up from me... I can't wait to move on to one of the harder work outs!!

That's all for tonight. I'm turning in my numbers and going to bed!

The thing I HATE most...

LAUNDRY!
For those of you that know me... you know that weekends are usually spent cleaning... I can be found any random night of the week showing my beloved Dayson some attention. So a neat freak must have one thing they suck at right?

For me it's laundry and it's BAD. I have formed a super bad habit from my family of doing the laundry, drying the laundry and then throwing it in a pile to wrinkle until I need it and throwing it back in the dryer to fluff up. Sometimes I even leave a load in the dryer and let it tumble for days. About once ever two months I swear off being horrible at laundry and I do it all and put it all away... and I keep up with it for 2 or 3 weeks and then... down the toilet that goes...

So today...despite the fact I'm sick... the laundry is getting washed/dried/folded/ AND put away... I simply can't take it anymore.

In diet news I made English Muffin Pizza's for lunch and they were 200 calories for cheese and 250 for peperoni AND 9 grams of fiber. Not bad eh? For dinner my mommy is spoiling me and bringing me chicken noodle soup and figuring out the nutrition facts for me. I love my mom.

Speaking of my mom she's doing great on the diet front too. She is at 24 lbs lost (I think.. maybe a bit more actually?) and her blood pressure and cholesterol #'s were never better!! I hope to have good news like this when I get all my blood work done in about another 2 ish months :)

I broke down and went to an Alegent Quck Care today to make sure I didn't have strep or something like that... The verdict is a spring cold and some raging seasonal allergies. What does that mean for me? Back on the claritian every day... and just when I thought I could get rid of a pill.... boo. Oh well, I'd rather take one of thos a day then feel like I do now for a week every so often. I had to miss work on Friday and for those of you that know me... you know I HATE using my precious PTO for sickness... That should only be used for FUN!!

That's all for today I think.... My weekend posts have become long.... Sorry!

A Small Success

Despite the fact I feel like complete trash today. I got my rear end out of bed at 6:20 and went to Walgreen's to stock up on sick staples such as NyQuil... when you feel like crap... you deserve to sleep a lot :) Then I made my way across town to weigh in. I'm down 1.4 lbs... that's 35.6 total. I'm glad it's a loss but I think I could have done better. All things considered this week I'm happy about the loss for sure.

Today will be about resting and trying to get better... I think I'll check out some Turbo Jams today and see what that's all about. The last time I put it in I couldn't keep up... Little did I know there's an instructional video.... I'm not pushing it but I do think it's important to work out on days you feel like crap... because then I regular days you don't want to... you really have no excuse... You did it on the days you were feel like crap right??

I've been watching food network all Friday and Today dreaming about delicious foods I couldn't taste or find calorie counts for...Better to watch Guy Ferrei and All of those on "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" get phat than me right? I like to watch the shows for small hints and to find recipes I can modify.

Ash- I hope your birthday party is rockin'... having if you like cherry coke Ask for a Diet and Effen Black Cherry Vodka... you can thank me later :)

Jessi- I hope your trip goes well. You rocked it this week, what a great foot to start off on for a traveling week. While your there... Please have 1 guilty pleasure and think of me :)

I decided I'll post the next picture at 40 lbs... I am not in the picture mood this weekend so that will be a good milestone :)

That's all for now... Have a fantastic Saturday!

Worried

I'm worried that tomarrow might be a gain.... I made the mistake of making Stir Fry last night becuase Jordan was sick and that's what sounded good to him so now I have lots un-needed salt in my body.... on top of that... I woke up this morning with the worst sore throat ever and feel like crap all day long and just wanted to eat things that scratch my throught :( I'll find out tomarrow... All I can do is move forwad....

BUSY

What a totally busy week!

Where to start?
Monday night I really for the life of me can't remember what we had going... I think I was fighting off a sickness and we grilled burgers. I still managed a 3.3 Mile Jog...

Tuesday was Phil's brithday so I helped him do up number 21 right :) BWW has 6 naked tenders for around 260 calories... not bad for a wing place :) I was able to get in a 40 min walk...

Wednesday- We have had TONS of work people in for different events happening so today I had a scheduled lunch at Grainte City... for the record nothing I ever have at that plave is amazing or good. It's always under done, over done, or cold. Today I had the flat bread bbq chicken pizza which was cold and also on a cracker not so much a pizza. I used the counts for pizza though so holler for over-estimation and avoiding the tempation of the only thing they DO do well there... Waffle fries.... their service is also very slow and terrible...
I aslo had a dinner with the sales specialist girls that are in for traning! That was a lot of fun. I had a great time getting to know them and talking shop. I had a beef dip and mashed potatos from Mimi's Cafe... again not impressed and only ate 1/2 of the sandwich and one bite of potatos and decided they were not worth waisting calories on :) Tonight I walked about 30 mins because it was getting colder and lets face it... it's been a long day.

I'm confident I'm at the point in my WL now that I'll be loosing anywhere from 1.5 lbs to 2 lbs per week. This is kind of what I'll shoot for... I'll always welcome a bigger loss but... I keep things in check and I think this is what I can expect.

I'm looking forward to kicking my Thursday and Firday work out's back into high gear for a great weigh in Saturday. I'm so glad it's getting nicer outside! I love being able to excercise and walking Mazda. My little girl pretty much demands walks now :)
I promise to get some updated photos taken this weekend :)

I guess that's all for now. Hope your week is going smoothly :)

Wipped

Sorry I have been MIA the past few days getting ready for Phil's graduation party!

In weight loss news... I'm down another 2 lbs... that's 34 total.

In life news... Phil's party was a great success. Everyone had a great time and I got to show our house to everyone. Mazda was the best little girl ever!! We had my aunt and uncle from Missouri stay with us over the weekend and that was a lot of fun! I'm so glad they were able to make it up for the party and visit with all of us!!!

Today I'm recovering, I'm not hungover but I am so sore from being on my feet all day. The plan today is to relax, finish cleaning up (show the Dyson some love) and go to Saphora... I think I might also have to invest in a new pair of jeans and work pants.... I hate spending money on new clothes that I would be able to wear for very long... but I'm super pumped to have clothes that don't fit because I've lost 34 lbs :)

I guess that's all for now... OH I was able to keep it at 1200 calories on the party day... Holler for me :) And I jogged when it was 26 degree's out...

Toodles :)

Better

Today was a better day! I got a great jog in and Mazda was a good little girl!
Tomarrow I'm breaking my lenten promise for Casey's birthday. Don't judge... her favorite is PF Changes and I'm not about to deny a girl her birthday meal!

Started working on cleaning up the kitchen tongiht. Thinks are looking up!

SIGH

I don't know what my deal is but I'm super un-motivated today. Yea I walked for 45 mins tonight ( my back has been suffering from the jogging so I'm scaling back to just a few days a week ) but I only burned 350 calories... it's getting harder and harder to burn calories but it feels like I'm not ready to push my body to the next level... I'm also frustrated that Mada was able to escape out of her kennel... SIGH...

I'm also getting stressed about Phil's party... just making sure everything is the way I want it... all of these things combined... I promised myself that tomarrow I had to have a better day and a better work out....

That's all for tongiht.

Another Lazy Sunday...

OR NOT...
Today has been so busy! Trent came in for Brunch which was fun because we got to grill up some home made sausage... mmmmm mmmmm mmmm! :)
Other than that I have been cleaning up a storm and trying to de-clutter my house for the upcoming graduation festivities!!
I was able to get a job in with Mazda today which I love!

Tongiht... it is laundry, more cleaning, and declutterization! We were aldo able to get some of our pictures and wall hanings up...

GA-REEEN!

That's right folks 32 lbs down... TD could use a refresher course in addition and subtraction math. Last week I was at 29, today at 32...3 lbs down... *toots own horn* I love meeting goals!
Still more hard work to be done. TD's son Logan said I was going to loose 10 lbs next week and also said I could skip work to do crazy biggest looser work outs so.... Thanks Logan! Maybe 5 year olds should run the world???

I'm gearing up for a great job with Mazda in a bit. And I'm looking forward to a great dinner with the Sallenbach's tonight! Where oh where will we go?!?

In other boring news today... I have to clean for Phillip's party....

Thanks for reading!
Maybe more later!

GREAT work out!

You all know I'm hot on the trail of 30 lbs this week (crossing fingers). I kicked my work out into high gear tonight and it felt great... now I have to do better tomarrow... Hope I'm not to sore.

Dishes are done, house is semi clean. Life is good. We are doing a deep spring clean this weekend in preperation for the big Graduation Party so I will post pics of the new furniture and rugs this weekend.

Tomarrow the plan is to upgrade my cell phone... cancel the block buster monthly pass and sign up for netflix :)

Good Night!

Today I got a walk in over lunch, came home got a jog in, cleaned up my house, went to dinner with Casey and Justin, and my MIL ANNNND walked with Jordan! Mazda was a happy puppy! That's all for today. All my activity makes up for my less than stellar work out on Tuesday night!!

Happy

I'm so happy I got a jog in before the rain started!!! I love being able to be outside and work out! Tuesday is the day we get new furniture!!! YAAAAAAY!!!! :) My house is a total mess right now I can't wait until it's here so I can get everything back in it's place!!

Skinny Jeans...

No no... not the increadably to tight painted on trendy jean your thinking...

Today... I decided to do something daring... I had an old pair of jeans with a broken zipper that I was in love with... I was going to get them fixed and never did and then... never did turned into now they are tight... and now they are to tight turned into they don't fit... (embarassing)... So today I was feeling brave and tried them on and.... THEY FIT!!! HOLLER!! Now I just need to get that silly broken zipper fixed :) Now... don't judge that I had jeans from when I met Jordan still sitting around. They were meant to stick around for this moment today..
What a great freaking feeling!

I'm hard pressed to get 30 lbs this week so I've been kicking it into high gear... Mazi and I jogged for 40 mins this morning and I purchased some new iTunes songs to keep me going :) I'll Take pics at 30 lbs. Next week.

Other than that it's Sunady Funday Laundry day... I hope this post finds you motivated to do the best things for you :)

2 away....

I'm at 28 lbs total! 2 away from 30 so that's my goal for next week :) Shouldn't be to hard but you can bet I'll be busting it! :) I plan on a jog with Mazda again today... maybe up at Standing Bear Lake for something new... she loves her jogs!

In other new I purchased 2 new area rugs for our living rooms!! Our new furniture comes Tuesday so I'm super pummped. We are gearing up for Phillips graduation party... also my first event to to show off the house so I'm working extra hard to get some projects done!! Other than that... this weekend is about CLEANING!

I hope everyone has a great active weekend!

New Accomplishment!!

Tonight... Mazi and I needed to get outside and so tongiht we jogged... for 30 mins... I only took about 3 breathers and slowed to a brisk walk....... but... I JOGGED!!! That's so exciting! The plan is be running by May!

It's Friday tomarrow! Good Luck to my freinds that weigh in tomorrow!!

Splitting...

So... the hubbs and I new favorite thing to do is to split meals... that's right... slipt meals... not to save money although I won't lie... it's nice for the bank account:) But... to get the portions in the right place... all meals come with 2 sides usually so we aren't really missing out.... At outback tongith we spend 13.49.... that's amazing right?!?! Try it out!!

In other news tongiht.... we bought furniture for our front "formal Living room!!! I'm just so excited!!! We got a great deal too... that's all for tongiht... must get to bed...

Long Over Due

Hello! I've been slacking on posting weekly pics... Mazda ate our memory card and then I got one and just kept forgetting when Jordan was around. Sunday I had him snap a few shots...







In other news... I have a back issue that's been creeping back right has I have started jogging. I visited the chiropractor on Monday and he said to stick to elliptical and bike but I tried that out Monday night and I JUST CAN'T BURN ENOUGH Calories... sad...so...

Tongiht I tried a warm up... 15 mins of ball work... a job work with the medicine ball.... and finished with another brisk walk... Then som stretching. I've committed to cutting out the inclines I was doing... that went a bit further but I still feel like it's a step backwards :( Have to do what's right for my back but I want to keep up with my progress! It's kind of made me unmotivated too... blah...

Oh well... as Dori would say... just keep swimming...

PS. As I agree to loose my incline... Bob with the BL is telling me to burn more calories to bump it up and stop using my hands... OK GOD... is that a sign?!?!

I hope this post finds everyone striving for their goals :)