Kettlebells are my BESTFRIEND....

Kettlebells and I have a love/hate relationship I love that they are helping my drop the pounds, but MAN do they suck...lol. Check out this video that our local news did on Kettlebells, and you can see the torture that I endure and my torturer being interviewed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvtEkLe5VJU

So I had another TOUGH session with Shane today, I am so glad I have a weekend to recover from it, however the husband is still gone, so I will have a full weekend alone with the kids and dog...so it won't allow me that much recovery time I suppose.

Also if I make a recipe that is DELISH, I thought I would include a link for it in case you feel like trying something new!

Today's Menu...

9:00am
English Muffin............................160 Cal
Margarine..................................70 Cal

12:00pm
Leftover Vegetable Lasagna................350 Cal
Leftover Japanese Cabbage Salad...........250 Cal

1:00pm
½ Apple....................................35 Cal

3:00pm
Pretzels..................................200 Cal
Ranch Dressing.............................60 Cal

5:30pm
Vegetarian Meatloaf.......................287 Cal
(http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Cottage-Cheese-Roast-Vegetarian-Meatloaf-88753)
Mashed Potato/Cauliflower..................90 Cal
Mixed Veggies..............................40 Cal

7:30pm
Bear Paw Cookie...........................210 Cal

8:30pm
Pretzels..................................200 Cal
Ranch Dressing.............................70 Cal

9:30
Japanese Salad............................200 Cal
Iced Tea..................................100 Cal

Total Calories...........................2322 Cal

Happy Weekend.
Anee

Rain Rain

Nothing exciting to tell today, was a wonderful rainy day, love those!

Here's the menu...

9:00am
Cinnamon and Raisin Bagel................190
Margarine.................................70
Half a banana.............................50

12:00pm
Homemade Japanese Cabbage Salad..........550
(includes, cabbage, mushrooms, bean sprouts, chow mein, ichy ban, almonds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, green onions)

1:00pm
Ice Tea..................................100

5:30pm
Vegetarian Lasagna.......................420
Japanese Salad...........................250
Freezie...................................50

9:00pm
Tortilla Chips...........................260
Cheese...................................180

Total Calories..........................2120

All Alone with two kids and a dog.

Well my husband has left me for the week to enjoy some music in Maryland with a bunch of friends...now I haven't decided if that's going to help or hinder my good eating, but I do know that without him here I am burning WAY more calories by chasing my kids around by my lonesome. It's definately harder to pick healthier options though when you are rushed, like tonight my 5 year old had T-Ball, so I am doing the one man show to try and get both kids get fed, then the older one ready for ball, and of course the dog fed and taken out as well. So Burritos for supper, but I have learned that it's not ALWAYS about exactly WHAT you eat, but the portion size, because no one can be perfect 100% of the time.

I also had another tortue session with Shane, and boy do I love kettlebells (sarcasm), although maybe I should love them more because they are helping me to dump the plump...HELLO 4 POUND WEIGHT LOSS this last week!!! It's all worth it, and I really enjoy the workout...once it's finished! Now after a very full day, I am relaxing on the couch...well deserved! Here's my menu...

8:30am
1 Whole Wheat English Muffin......160 Cal
Margarine..........................70 Cal

9:30am
Hard Boiled Egg...................70 Cal

12:00pm
1 Piece Garden Veggie Pizza......210 Cal
Baked Potato w. Margarine........300 Cal
Mixed Veggies.....................60 Cal

3:00pm
Hard Boiled Egg...................70 Cal
20 Swiss Cheese Crackers.........180 Cal

5:00pm
Bean and Cheese Burrito..........360 Cal
Cooked Carrots....................30 Cal

9:00pm
Lightly Salted Tortilla Chips....300 Cal
Cheese...........................190 Cal
Iced Tea.........................120 Cal

Total Calories..................2120 Cal

I love losing weight!

I am feeling so pumped up by my ALMOST 4 pound weight loss this last week, and I can't wait to lose more! P.S. I have only 7 more pounds to lose before I reach the weight I was when I went on my honeymoon! So that's my next mini goal!

Here's today's menu...

10:00am
1 Piece Rye Toast w. Margarine.......................90 Cal
1 Section Orange.....................................10 Cal

1:30pm
3 Pieces of Garden Veggie Pizza.....................625 Cal
(I estimated the calories on this one, based on the calorie count website for a similiar pizza)

6:00pm
1 Bowl Homemade Potato/Leek/Carrot/Bean Soup........380 Cal
1 Piece of Homemade Brushetta.......................170 Cal

8:00pm
20 Swiss Cheese Crackers............................180 Cal

8:45pm
2 Hard Boiled Eggs..................................140 Cal

10:20pm
Lightly Salted Tortilla Chips.......................230 Cal
Cheese..............................................110 Cal

Total Calories.....................................1935 Cal

WEIGH DAY...

It's amazing what a little diet and exercise will do....WOO WOO.

Here's this weeks numbers...

Starting Weight: (January 4th, 2010)
274.8

Today's Weight:
251.6

Pounds Lost since last week:
3.9

Pounds to Go:
76.6

Pounds Lost Total:
23.2

Gardening Day...

Well I did alot of gardening this weekend, I spent the entire day today in my yard, was out there until the sun went down...LITERALLY! I was doing alot of digging and shoveling, so that must count as physical labour. Because of the holiday there was no tortue session with Shane, and I think my calves were very thankful for that because they are STILL hurting me!

I forgot to type up my food journal from yesterday...and I wrote it all down in a notebook, but to be truthful my dog ate it...no seriously, my dog got a hold of the journal and chewed it to bits....so I can't exactly remember what I ate yesterday, but I know I came in around 1900 calories for the day.

But for today's food....

9:00AM
1 Piece of Rye Toast w. Margarine................90 Cal
1 Hard Boiled egg................................70 Cal

12:00PM
1/2 Cup Basmati Rice............................150 Cal
5 Meatless Meatballs............................200 Cal
Cucumber Salad...................................40 Cal
Baked Zucchini...................................20 Cal

4:00PM
1 Apple..........................................70 Cal

5:45PM
1 PC Thin Bun...................................180 Cal
1 Meatless Burger Patty.........................290 Cal
1 Tbsp Ketchup...................................30 Cal
1/2 Tbsp Mustard..................................0 Cal
Slice Onion.......................................4 Cal
Cheese Slice.....................................30 Cal
Grilled Zucchini w. Olive Oil....................65 Cal
1 Baked Potato w. Margarine.....................340 Cal

10:30PM
Lightly Salted Tortilla Chips...................230 Cal
Cheese..........................................190 Cal

Total Calories.................................1999 Cal

Will I ever walk normal again?

Well my calves are KILLING me today, thanks be to jump pull ups. I can visualize my sexy calves forming....lol....but as of right now I am sure I look pretty hillarious trying to walk half normal. Oh the joys of exercise! We had a lazy rainy day today, didn't do much of anything, but I started journaling my food and counting calories again, so that's a great help to keep me on track, and now for today's verdict of my foods.

10:00am
1 Package Quaker's Instant Oatmeal (Peaches and Cream)........130 Cal

1:00pm
1 Kirkland Garden Burger Patty................................200 Cal
1 PC Thin Bun.................................................190 Cal
1 Tbsp Ketchup.................................................20 Cal
1/2 Tbsp Mustard................................................0 Cal
1 Slice Onion...................................................4 Cal
6 Slices Cucumber...............................................8 Cal
Water...........................................................0 Cal

3:00pm
1/3 Cup Trailmix..............................................280 Cal

5:45pm
Pita Pizza
1 Pita........................................................290 Cal
Pizza Sauce....................................................20 Cal
Spinach........................................................10 Cal
Onion...........................................................4 Cal
Cheese.........................................................90 Cal

Cucumber Salad.................................................50 Cal

8:30pm
Snyder's Pretzels.............................................260 Cal
Popcorn.......................................................200 Cal
Iced Tea.......................................................75 Cal

10:30pm
Cheese String....................................................60 Cal

That's a grand total of: 1881 Calories

Which I think is right on track for how many calories I should have eaten, I do wish I would have made a few healthier choices for my evening snack, but at least I stayed within my calorie allowance!!!

Until Tomorrow!
Anee

TGIF.

What a day today has been, was feeling a bit overwhelmed today with the kidlets and our puppy....but I feel way better after my tortue session with Shane. Working out really relieves the stress, better than eating away your sorrows, although I have never been an "emotional eater", but I can see how some people might do it.

I did a bunch more kettlebell exercises, and some jump pull ups, which LOOK like they might be enjoyable, but they surely are not!

I also met with Emily today, the dietician, and I am instructed to start journalling what I am eating again, as I have kinda got out of that lately. So aren't you all excited to read what I have been eating again?!!?!?! lol. It will keep me eating good, because I sure do not want to be writing down Pizza for Breakfast and Chips for snack. I will make you all proud, this weight is coming off, I feel SOOO good today, I feel much better than this morning, and I just KNOW I am going to do this.

Even though my muscles will cry and my belly might crave salty chips, I will NOT FAIL! I feel like I am a motivational speaker, I can envision myself standing on a soapbox and talking about racism...lol.

Anyhoo, I am going to start food journalling again tomorrow, and I hope you all have a great long weekend!

Anee.

Finally a WEIGH DAY.

Starting Weight: (January 4th, 2010)
274.8

Today's Weight:
255.5

Pounds to Go:
80.7

Pounds Lost Total:
19.3

So it's been a while since I weighed myself, and I have gained about two pounds in the last month and a half, which isn't even that bad considering the little amount of exercise I did and the poor eating...but I am back, and I have been working out HARD.

Last Wednesday I did TIRE FLIPS, like with a huge tire, I had to squat down, lift it up (with my legs) and flip it, and I had to continue flipping it across a gravel pit in Temple Fitness's outdoor workout area, and then when I reached the end of the gravel pit, I had to flip it back, then PUSHUPS, then back to tire flips, etc. I did that for a good 45 minutes. I have a nasty bruise aswell to prove the WRATH OF THE TIRE.

Then on Friday I did some interval training on the treadmill, even though my legs were feeling like JELLO from my workouts earlier in the week. I did 45 minutes, with walking/running intervals and it added up to 4 kilometres...woo woo.

On the weekend I took a minor break for the typical workouts, but I did go to the pool with the family and built a fence, so that must count for some physical labor.

And now MONDAY, I went through some more torture from Shane...I had to pull a weight attached to a harness down a VERY LONG ALLEY (at least it felt very long) in the 30 degree heat, and then back again....PLUS more kettlebell workouts and a few mountclimbers for good measure!

This weight is getting dumped and nothing is going to get in my way!

If you want more information on Temple Fitness and the services they offer for your own weight loss journey, or if you just want to get into better shape visit www.templefitness.org

Chow.
Anee

Feeling 90 years old...

Well I am back at the workouts, stronger than every, thanks to SHANE at Temple Fitness. He's my new trainer, and he sure brings on the hurt. I did a kettlebell workout and it worked sooo many muscles, infact those same muscles are crying right now, but in a good way....lol. So now I am working out with Shane Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and I am going to continue to do my interval training on the treadmill on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I didn't hit the treadmill today though, I need a little more recovery time because of the pain I am in.

I did however shovel gravel tonight to make a pad for our new shed, so theres some more physical labor to help drop these pounds.

As a smaller goal I would like to lose 60 pounds by the end of the summer, so I am really getting strict!!!! No more bad eating, no more late night snacking...no more pop.

I did forget to weigh myself on Monday, so I will try to remember for tomorrow morning.

Chow,
Anee

Back on the wagon...

In case you haven't noticed...I haven't written on here in a LONG time...I FELL OFF THE WAGON...booo...I stopped trained with Jeff...her dumped me...lol...he's just too busy with life, which is okay I understand, and I thought I could do the gym thing by myself...but with no one to make an appointment with, I just chose not to leave my house to make it to the gym. With not going to the gym in kinda made me throw my good eating out the window too.

BUTTTTT....I AM BACK people, I am not letting a couple of weeks of bad eating and no exercise let me lose track of my long term goal, and that is STILL to lose 100 pounds.

I am still not eating meat, and I never thought I would say this, but I can't see myself eating it again and I am really enjoying the new lifestyle I have adopted. I have watched a lot of documentary's lately and read a bunch of articles, and they have really changed my mind on meat in general. It's now not only a weight loss thing, but a lifestyle thing, and it's not just about the health reasons, but the animal reasons too!!! I encourage everyone to watch the following documentaries...
1)The Cove 2)Food Inc. 3)End of the Line

And read... Diet for a New America and Eating Animals

Anyway, I haven't weighed myself in a long time, because I don't want to face the music of gaining some, but I am going to work out and eat right this week and I will do a brand new weigh in on Monday!!!! And I no matter what that number is I am NOT going to give up! I was doing so good for soo long!

I am now trying to train myself to RUN....so I am focusing most of my exercising on cardio, I am doing running interval training on the treadmill; 4 minutes of walking then 1 minute of running, back and forth doing that! And I lasted 45 minutes yesterday! And I am also doing Aquasize to switch up my exercising and to focus more on toning, using the resistance of the water.

Sorry to leave ya'll hanging, but I AM BACK! And I still working on my goal!

Thanks for reading!

Anee