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

WEIGH DAY...

Starting Weight: (January 4th, 2010)
274.8

Today's Weight:
253.4

Loss Since Last Week:
-0.9

Pounds to Go:
79.4

Pounds Lost Total:
21.4

Not the greatest loss this week, but it's still a loss, so that's good...I will make it to my goal, slowly but surely.

Things are going well with my eating, I am doing pretty good with snacking too, although on the weekend I had some alcohol, so those were added calories that I really did not need. I am trying to wake up earlier and go to bed earlier, just to get into an all around "healthier" routine....but things are good, I am really loving life this week.

Love my kids and my new puppy and my weightloss!

Going to the gym now...
Anee

SOOO SORE!

Well I worked out with Jeff on Wednesday, and it was BRUTAL, it was way harder than what we have been doing lately. We didn't use any machines, it was burpees, pushups, crunches, squat with medicine ball, etc. I was sure sweating, and it's FRIDAY, and my legs and arms are still sooo sore I can barely walk or kneel...but that means I was working HARD. I AM A BURNIN'.

Also we just got a brand new addition to our family, A PUPPY, her name is Juno, and she is sooo cute. I am really excited to take her on walks everyday, yay, more exercise too.

I have a wedding to go to tomorrow, so I am not sure what my food choices will be, but I definately won't be able to eat the meat...so that will help me to hopefully make better food choices. And maybe dancing up a storm will burn some calories.

Have a Great Weekend...

Night.
Anee