Stop Giving up

If you follow me on Facebook or instagram you know I have been on

another getting fit, getting healthy kick with 21 day fix!

You may be saying to yourself here she goes again. Starting another diet,

workout plan, and lets gets healthy phase. She never sticks to them.

All that is true and I am guilty of yo-yoing with my fitness journey

for the past few years. I have been stuck for two years now bouncing

back and forth between being fully on board and then back to well

this happened so I will start again Monday.

Always the next week or next Monday.

Before I know an entire month has passed and my weight

just slowly climbs back up.

I hate myself for that so I start over again.

And as you know this cycle continues over and over again.

My weight has been stuck in the same 10 pound area

for over two years now. I track my weight on my phone

and looking over it the other day I realized just how long it has been.

Something clicked and I knew it is time to change that.

I am tired of being at my highest weight ever and not liking myself for it.

I don't feel attractive, amazing, confident or full of energy.

I hide out in yoga pants with either a larger shirt or zip up sweatshirt.

My hair is just always pulled back in a bun and most days I don't bother

with make up. Why? Honestly, I just don't care enough about myself.

Why should I look like something I don't feel.

Putting on jeans, a cute top and some make up isn't going to change

the way I feel about myself.

 

Fast forward a few weeks later I am now in the midst of my new me.

Three weeks ago I made the choice to try again but this time it is for life

not a quick fix or until I reach this weight.

I started out the first week by just working out for five days that week.

I also tracked food on my fitness pal.

The next week I started with the support of my facebook group with

the 21 day fix. I did one round back in September before Vegas and

saw amazing results but never got back on track.

Now I am almost done with week 2 of 21 day fix.

The workouts are 30 minutes a day 7 days a week.

There are two active recover days but I think Pilates is pretty

tough stuff. I have gotten into a routine and I look forward to it.

I have found that they perfect time for me is late afternoon.

I have always struggled with the time between the kids coming

and dinner.  I always feel completely drained and unmotivated to do

anything especially cook dinner. Now I get my sweat on and feel so much

more energetic to tackle dinner and even cleaning up after.

I also do couch to 5k in the mornings three days a week.

We have consistently stuck with that now and are on week 4!

 

My eating is worlds better. I am following along with the 21 day

fix plans with is mainly portion control and clean eating.

I still track everything on my fitness pal.  I am not perfect though

and still daily have ranch on my salad. I need to make a 21 day fix

approved one but I do love my ranch a lot!

My other weakness is night time snacking.

When the kids are in bed and we are watching shows upstairs.

That is also Josh's favorite time to snack or eat.

He will come to bed with a plate of nachos, cheese/pepperoni/crackers,

or pull a bag of sour patch kids out of no where and start eating away.

I am working on my self control but sometimes I can't handle it

and dive in with him.  That is habit we both need to get out of our lives.

 

I am a work in progress.

I will always be a work in progress

but I am ready for the challenge.

I am sharing this all with you so that I

am not alone. I would love encouragement,

accountability, and just be there to pick me up when I need it.

Stick with me as I over post my journey on social media but for me it helps.

I want to look back and know that I will never be that person again.

I am excited for this journey to health and possibly finding an ab.

 I can honestly say I don't think I have ever had one!

 

Another way I will be documenting this process is with

weight loss journal I made with a smash book my actually gave

me back in 2013.  This is a way for me to satisfy my creative size while

tracking my journey.  I love the freedom I have to do as I please with the

pages and content I include. Here are the pages I have so far.

I will update with future posts and my journey continues.

Don't be frighten by my weight or before pics.

 I can post them knowing that is an old me and I working toward

a better me. That weight is a weight I will never see on the scale again.

 

 

I am always looking for quick, easy healthy meals so please share

any you may have! Also your go to snacks that can replace sour patch kids lol!



whole 30 {week 1}

Well I did it!

Week 1 of Whole 30 is officially in the books!
If you want to read why we are doing check out my post here. 

It wasn't as hard as I though it would be.

I didn't have to many cravings but I am 

REALLY missing my coffee creamer. 

Coconut milk is not working for me at all. 

I still use it and drink it but just not the same.

I wanted to go by Starbucks so bad on Saturday 

morning on the way to Jordan's game for an amazing

caramel macchiato. Still sounds so yummy.

The other big thing that has been a struggle for

both Josh and I is our love for night time snacking.

Most nights after the kids go to bed we to climb into

bed to snuggle up to watch our shows. This is Josh's 

favorite time to eat which then turned me into a night time

snacker. This time has been challenging for us. If I can't

handle the itch any longer I will go cut myself an apple

and eat it with almond butter or I have some almonds

I keep by my bed so I munch on some of those. That 

usually cures the itch. Other then that haven't missed out on to much.

I have survived all the cooking I have been doing. 

December was a super relaxed cooking month for me.

Like I barely made dinner and we ate out a lot.

So I think going from that to cooking three meals a day

and all the dishes has kept me busy. I feel like I am always doing dishes!

I can't say I have more energy yet or notice a difference.

I am blaming the no energy on our new mattress though.

I am still adjusting to it so I toss and turn a LOT and barely sleep.

I am down a pound this morning!

WHOOP! WHOOP!

It is not much but a start and I will take it.

I am hoping to get back into running this week if the weather will play nice.

I have taken over a month of so I know it is going to be a rough start.

I will leave you with what I ate for week 1 if you need ideas.
The kids ate everything we did for dinner plus
I offered them fruits and veggies I knew they would eat.

We ate a ton of sweet potatoes, eggs and meat.

I am still working on being creative.

I am hoping to get more salads in this week especially for lunch.

I am a ranch girl and can't imagine a salad with out so I need to work

on finding a dressing this week I can have and at least like!

Day 1 

{Monday}

Breakfast- (top left) one fried egg on top of half a diced fried sweet potato* w/ garlic and 

half of my super easy smoothie. My husband and I share the smoothie. 

The smoothie is 2 oranges juiced, 1/2 c. water, 1 cup frozen blueberries and a banana.

I throw it all in the magic bullet, blend and share between two cups.

* whenever I refer to fried sweet potatoes I always cook them in 1 T. coconut oil with garlic

Lunch- (bottom right)  is ground turkey with taco seasoning, sliced carrots and red onions on top

of chopped up romaine lettuce. In the cup is Creamy Avocado Dressing. I found the recipe here. 

Dinner- (top right) I used the same taco meat and dressing from lunch but I put in lettuce leaves

(like a wrap) and added fresh pico de galo. The pico de galo sounded so good and fresh so I went

to our local restaurant this afternoon and bought some!

Dessert- (bottom left) I had some sleepy time tea and pistachios

 Day 2
{Tuesday}

Breakfast- (top left) scrambled eggs with half a diced fried sweet potato and ground pork sausage.
The ground pork sausage came from half a pig we raised at my parents to eat.

Lunch- (top right) I didn't have much time to cook anything up so
munched on carrots and apples with almond butter.

mid-afternoon pick me up- coffee with coconut milk

dinner- (bottom right) Paleo Asian Fusion
I found the recipe at Cave Girl in the City.

Day 3

{Wednesday}

Breakfast- (top left) fried egg, fried sweet potatoes and my super easy smoothie

Lunch- (top right)- leftover cooked chicken and fried sweet potatoes

Dinner- (bottom left) Garlicky green beans with toasted almonds, fried pork chop and apple compote

Found the recipe for pork chop and apple compote at A Calculated Whisk.

Bedtime snack- (bottom right) apples with almond butter

 Day 4
{Thursday}

Breakfast- (top left)  fried egg, fried sweet potatoes and one slice approved bacon

snack- (top right) cut up apple and almond butter

Lunch- (bottom left)- scrambled egg with pico de galo and one slice bacon

Dinner- Chicken and broccoli stir fry

I just heated 2 T. coconut pol in a pan. I added 1 T. chopped garlic and ginger (both from a jar).
Then I added half a chopped onion and sauteed it. I steamed the broccoli separate.
I added two pounds cut up chicken tenders to the saute mixture and cooked until it was done.
 I then added the broccoli and some cut up baby carrots.

Day 5

{Friday}

breakfast- (top) scrambled eggs with half a diced fried sweet potato and ground pork sausage.

Lunch- (bottom left) fried pork chop and left over apple compote

Dinner- (bottom right) Asian Pork spare ribs in the crock pot.
Followed a recipe from tgipaleo.

I had mother son dodgeball at my son's school so I just ate a quick bowl before we left.

Day 6

{Saturday}

Breakfast- (top left) Super Easy smoothie of 2 oranges juiced, 1/2 c. water,
1 cup frozen blueberries, 1 T. coconut oil and a banana.
drank this on the way to Jordan's basketball game.

Lunch- (top right) fried egg, fried sweet potatoes and one slice approved bacon

Dinner- (bottom right) fried sweet potato with a mix of leftover green beans and pulled pork

bedtime snack- (bottom left) sliced apples with almond butter

 Day 7
{Sunday}

Brunch- (top) half a sweet potato fried, scrambled egg,
 ground pork sausage and 1 1/2 slices of bacon

Dinner- (bottom left) grilled steak (only ate half) and half a sweet potato

bedtime snack- (bottom right) almonds

We live to eat

My husband and I LOVE to eat!

Who doesn't right?!

Instead of eating to live

we live to eat!

It is time to change that. 

To get reprogrammed and hopefully start us on a lifestyle 

change we are doing the Whole 30 program.

In a nutshell they say, "Think of it as a short-term nutritional reset, 

designed to help you put an end to unhealthy cravings and habits, 

restore a healthy metabolism, heal your digestive tract, 

and balance your immune system."

why are we doing this?

We are trying to reprogram our bodies/minds from wanting junk/overeating
 to being satisfied with healthier foods and smaller portions.
As Josh said, "He is a fat kid at heart."
We are no spring chickens with fast metabolisms anymore.

We are at an age where we need to start thinking

further down the road and our overall health.

We have big dreams and lots of things

we want to do in our retirement age but if we are overweight

and unhealthy with lots of issues not going to make that time as fun.

What do we eat?

Well we eat real foods such as meat, most nuts, vegetables and fruit

What can we not eat?

Everything else!

no sugar, no alcohol, no grains, no beans, no dairy, 

no white potatoes, and no carrageenan, MSG or sulfites.

Is it hard and difficult?

with planning and prep it actually hasn't been hard yet.

Well...actually all the dishes I have to wash from actually cooking

three meals a day has been rough and no creamer in my coffee.

The hardest part for Josh so far has been his night time snacking habit. 

Well I guess that is affecting us both a little. We like to snack while we

watch shows at night. We are missing that. We do grab fruit if we really "need"

something. We also watch cooking shows so that makes a drool a lot too.  

Josh has said that as long as he gets his meat he will survive.

He is looking forward to barbecuing up a storm this weekend.

I will be updating the blog weekly with our meal plans, recipes and pictures!

Along with following this plan I will be getting back into running in the mornings

after a month off. We were going to start this week but I got a dumb cold.

5 pounds...whoop...whoop

{This never got posted last night so finishing it up today!}

Tonight ends my 3 day juice cleanse!

The reason I chose 3 days is because I thought 

I would never be able to do it and would never last.

Well I proved myself wrong. It was way easier then I thought.

Well the prep of making all the juices was time consuming 

but other then that easy! I never craved for a thing.

It wasn't hard for me to make meals for the family and not eat it.

I even went to bunco last night and didn't eat a single snack.

I think most of my eating habits are just it is there and I can eat it if I want to.

I don't need to eat it but I can so I will.

I need to break away from that.

Just because there is a piece of garlic bread left from dinner

doesn't mean I have to eat it. It can either get thrown away

or stored in the fridge. 

I don't have to lick, taste, nibble and

eat because it is in front me.

I am a live to eat instead of an eat to live.

I ready to change that around and this has proved I can do it.

The only "side effect" I had from cleansing I was 

cold all the time and I did go to bed last night and wake up this morning with a head ache.

For the next few days I am going to eat only fruits and veggies

and homemade dressings that are dairy free.

We will see how that goes. As I have said before the more options

I have the harder  it is for me to stay on track. I don't want to stray back

to just eating anything I want just because I can.

Today {Thursday} I am starting my first day of juicing and a little eating.
I had my juice around 8:30 am and then around 11 I started getting hungry.
I am slowing eating some cut up potatoes that were baked in olive oil
last night. Usually when I eat I eat really fast but now I find myself taking a bite
and feeling satisfied. I don't need to have the next bite ready to shovel in.
This is all so new and not normal for me.
I feel I have already created some new habits of the good.
I went and cleaned up my pinterest boards this morning.
I didn't crave a single thing I pinned and had no problems deleting old ones.
I am at this point scared of following back into my old ways if I give myself
an inch. We will see. I will keep updating and not make this my everyday topic.
In the three days I juiced I lost 5 pounds which is a great jump start on the 25
I would like to lose! I plan to stick with this plan for another two weeks!
I will also be continuing to run 3 days a week. On the days before I run I will
eat some cooked veggies or a veggie only salad to help fuel up for this!

juice for the day

I am almost to the end of day one of my juice cleanse.

Right now I have Josh munching away on chips

right next to me on the couch while I drink my "dessert" of apples and carrots.

My goal is small and is to last three days.

If I feel up for it I will extend it until Friday for five days.

I made all my juice for the day this morning.  

That really helped for when hunger hit.

This picture shows about one meals worth of fruits and veggies.

 Surprisingly today wasn't that bad at all. It helps I stay

pretty busy and don't have a lot of down time.

I did have a couple times where I felt really hungry but

then I would get busy doing something and it would pass.

I kept up with water a lot today too.

I do better being very limited in what I can have.

If I have to many options and more likely to stray off course.

It was hard to make meals for others that I knew I wouldn't 

get to eat but I think tomorrow is going to be a lot harder then today.

I am following the reboot plan which you can check out here.

getting fit! getting healthy!

I finally updated the tab on the top of the page if you want to check it out.

I completed the Advocare 24 day challenge.

I didn't get the weight loss I was hoping for.

I lost 5 pounds the first week and I had high hopes.

After that I just pretty much maintained.

At least it was a jump start for me.

Since then I have lost almost 5 more pounds so

a ten pound weight loss is right around the corner.

Weight loss is always such a slow process for me

and I am trying to not get discouraged and keep with it.

The last week I started using my fitness pal again to track

my daily calories. I have also been doing couch to 5k 

four to five days a week with my sister in law Christine.

We are totally rocking it!

We have been doing workouts like warm up, run five minutes, walk three

minutes, run five minutes, walk three minutes, run five minutes and cool down.

Another one we have done is warm up, run eight minutes, walk five minutes,

run eight minutes and cool down.

We have shaved our mile time down to 9:02 minute miles!

We were supposed to run twenty minutes straight today but after already

putting in four days this week and I have a huge worn spot on my heal

that I can't seem to keep band aids on while running we opted to repeat

the five minute run interval. We are trying to add in abs three days a week.

That is where I am currently at with my getting fit! getting healthy goals!

Still chugging along trying to stay on track.

getting fit! getting healthy!

First off I need to throw in a picture of my adorable little nephew Ezra Andrew!

He was born Thursday night weighing in at 8lbs 7oz.

More on him to come with probably lots of pictures! 

It is time again for an update on my never ending struggle with

getting fit and healthy. I posted a couple weeks ago with an update and about using 

my blog to help hold me accountable. I forgot to share the link on facebook

if you want to read it. It is short :)

On Monday Josh and I started the Advocare 24 day Challenge!

I am on day 6 today and still in the cleanse phase.

I am "supposed" to be eating super clean and smaller meals with snacks

through out the day.  I would say I am doing pretty good.

Keeping up with my green smoothies for breakfast, salad for lunch

and a mix of things for dinner. If I need a snack I try to go for an 

apple or string cheese.  I did have an off day when I spent 17 hours

at the hospital with my sister! I ate quite a bit of toast and saltines from the

"snack" room and fruit leather from my bag.

I did choice whole wheat on both the bread and the crackers

if that gets me any brownie points.

I weighed myself today and I am already down 4 pounds!

I can't believe it! I am hoping the scale isn't playing with my emotions.

This really motivates me though to stick with the plan and eat even cleaner!

I do need to kick up the exercise. All I have managed this week is one

morning of couch to 5k and a three mile walk with my sister in law.

We had all the kids with us on bikes and a pause at bender to play but we

were moving so that is good! I am aiming for three days of couch to 5k

and hopefully one power pump class this week. My schedule is pretty busy

this next week with extra kiddos, baseball, Jordan is doing VBS and just life.

I am going to try to have Saturday's as my update day!

At the end of the 24 days I will share weight loss, inches lost

and if really brave before & after pictures!

getting fit! getting healthy!

It has been a while since I have blogged on this topic.

It is a hard one for to blog on since I am so on again off again.

I now have new motivation to shed a few pounds.

In September we are going to Vegas for Josh's softball tournament,

our 5th wedding anniversary and early celebration of Josh turning 30!

 I did good the whole month of May drinking my green smoothies

and doing the occasional couch to 5k app on my phone.

I need to get serious though. I am terrible and sticking to anything

long enough to actually see results. I have a good twenty to twenty five

pounds I would love to lose. I hoping if I commit to updating here once

a week it will motivate me to stay on track so I have some positive to report.

I did ease myself into working out this week.

Tuesday I got up and did my couch to 5k app.

I even got Josh to come along with me!

Wednesday I went with Christine and did power pump class

at Homestead.  That is it for the week for me.  My body has been

super sore from power class which is a good thing!

My plan is to continue with couch to 5k app, power pump and

getting in more cardio with elliptical.

Josh and I are going to do the Advocare 24 day challenge.

I am going to continue with my green smoothies for breakfast

and use my fitness pal to track calories.

I need lots of motivation and it helps having people do it with me.

Especially Josh since we live together. If he eats something I want to eat it too.

If he is eating right and working out then I am right there with him.

Here's to another on again start to getting fit! getting healthy!

I will be updated my ups and downs of the week every Saturday!

getting fit, get healthy {update}

I am now done with the 8 week challenge.

Well....honestly I didn't do the last two weeks.

Week 7 we were on vacation in California for the week.

I was not ready to try and keep up with the challenge, track calories, 

and fit in exercise while on vacation yet.  Hopefully some day I will

be able to get up with healthy habits while enjoying a vacation.

I did gain back two pounds that week.  

Week 8 just never happened because my husband was over the whole

challenge. I won in points between the two of us!

My prize if I won was a weekend to myself!

He is going to be taking the kids away for the weekend so

I can relax and do as I please.  Hopefully catch on project life!

When we got back from California I did jump right

back in to calorie counting, exercising and following a new plan.

I lost two pounds the first week and I weigh in again on Thursday.

I am giving myself one free day a week to eat whatever and not

worry about counting calories!  It is nice to know you have that day.

I always tell myself on Saturday you can eat that.

Just wait until Saturday.

I usually have Saturday as my free day.

I used to take a whole weekend but I am doing better

at just sticking to the one day and then jumping right back

into my routine on Sunday.

I aim to eat around 1200 calories a day and have been

using my couch to 5k app for exercise.  I am getting up early to do it.

If I tell myself I will do it later I never do because I come with reasons

not to do it.  It is a much better way to start the morning.

I get some time to myself, get to listen to music and have time to think.

I find that also have more energy in the day and more motivated to do things.

I am not a morning person. I hate getting out of the bed in the morning.

I have to set my alarm at least ten minutes before I really want to get up

because I lay there so long not wanting to get up.

That is the update for now.

Still trying to lose weight.

It is not happening very fast at all

but trying to keep up with a healthier more active lifestyle.

I am a get quick results person so i get discouraged easily

and always quit in the past but not this time!

I will reach my goal weight no matter how long it takes.

getting fit! getting healthy! {week 1 & 2}

I know I said I would post about my first week a while ago

but I was grumpy after the weigh in.  After that I just never felt like

writing about it.  Now you get week 1 & 2 all in one fun post!

I also added a tab on the top of my blog
if you want to follow along on my journey!

Week 1

{january 8th - 14th}

I went into Week 1 with a bang and nearly killed myself on the stairs.

I was so excited to get going I thought it would be a great idea to run 

the stairs for 30 minutes. After about 10 I was struggling. By 30 I was puking.

The main thing is I started and finished it!

Tuesday marked the first day of week 1 of my eight week challenge I am doing

with Josh.  If I win I get a weekend to the house to myself! 

Oh the things I can do or not do with a quiet weekend!

Anyways back on track.

With the challenge it encourages you to eat fruit and 

veggies each day which I am BAD at.

I definitely struggled to get those in daily.

Exercise!

Another huge one I need to get back into doing.

Wanting to get all my points helped me get to the gym.

The thought of Josh going and getting the points 

and me sitting on my butt and getting nothing got me to the gym.

Here are some pictures from the week

Day 1

 getting in the fruit for breakfast

running the stairs

day 2

my meals for the day 

point chart for challenge

day 3

hitting the gym

day 4

meal planning

day 5

climbing and dragging kids up snow hills 

counts as exercise right?!

day 6

shopping

loading up on fruits and veggies Costco style!

day 7

going to start juicing again today!

after the weigh in Monday night I was only down .8 pounds :(

Josh of course lost 8 pounds!!!

What!!!!

I wish I could do that.

I was pretty grumpy after that.

This the point where I am like what is the point of the eating healthy,

calorie counting, and working out if I don't lose weight.

I had to remind myself that it is a slow process and I 

am not on the biggest loser where they drop 8 pounds a week.

I am a see results now kind of person.

That is why I can never stick with it long enough to reach my goal.

I am hoping this time will be different and I will stick with until my goal

is reached.  I just need to get reminding myself it is worth it.

Even if I am not seeing huge results on the scale I am making healthy

choices for the long run in life. I want to live as long as I can and be active.

I don't want to spend my last 10, 20, or 30 years here on earth

sick, always hurt, fat, lazy, ect. So I am not only doing this for weight loss

but overall health and long healthy, happy life!

Week 2

I went into week 2 with an ok attitude and I can do this thoughts!

This week we got double points for working out!

I wanted all the double points I could get because of course Josh 

crushed me point wise week 1. 

Juicing helped a lot with getting more fruits and veggies.

I have been doing AWESOME with not eating any sweets or sugary treats!

It is not worth it to me to lose 5 points over it.

I started doing from couch to 5k this week also.

I have an app on my phone that tells me when to walk and run 

so that is super nice so I don't have to be checking the time.

I went out Saturday morning because didn't feel like going to the gym.

The sidewalks were a sheet of ice.

I did more iceskating then walking and landed hard on my butt once.

This first week wasn't hard I can easily do the walk 1 1/2 minutes

jog 1 minute. I know it will get harder because I know I won't be able to

jogging over a minute very well.  

I am still struggling with weekends.

The weeks are easy to stay on track

but weekends I want to get lazy and eat like a lazy person.

Friday was my worse day.

But not as bad as a before weekend day though.

Here some pictures from the week.

Typical morning breakfast for Josh and I

I have a cup of coffee with mine 

and Josh usually has two cutie oranges.

Did a lot more juicing this week even though it can be a lot of work.

Lots of veggies this week!

Most of your plate/meal should be made of them!

I did eat out one day this week with Jordan.

As much as I wanted to order my normal meal at Taco

Bell I knew calorie wise was not worth it.

So I ordered fresco style!

no good stuff like cheese or sour cream.

I do love the cilantro on these though!

yum!

Saturday morning walk/jog

It was foggy and slippery out.

I actually beat josh this week!!!!

He maintained his weight loss.

I lost 3 pounds!

We are overall about tied point wise now.

I need to keep up with him now so I can WIN!

I like to win.

It is in my blood.

Ask Josh or anyone in my family.

Better not get into that.

That is a WHOLE post on its own.

Today starts the first day of Week 3 of the eight week challenge I am doing.

We get double points for drinking 64 oz of water!

That is super easy!

Wish my good luck this week!

I need all the encouragement I can get!

planning and doing

First off I updated my top bar with a tab for all 

my 2013 goals if you want to check it out.

Part of my getting fit! getting healthy! goal is to get back into 

meal planning and actually going to the store. 

Over the past 6 months both these things have gone out the window.

I am not a fan of grocery shopping.

It is a chore and I don't like it.

I think the part I don't like the most is the getting home, 

taking all the groceries inside, and then finding a place to put it all.

Anyways this week I made myself plan out meals for two weeks.

I tried to find meals that were a combination of mostly healthy 

but meals the kids would eat or pick through.

Today after an emotional roller coaster seahawk game I went to Costco

and then Safeway to stock up on a ton of veggies and food for meals.

When I got done at Safeway I texted Josh for all them to get there shoes

on so they can help me when I get home.

The kids whined through the process but glad I didn't have to do it alone.

No our fridge is jammed packed with veggies like never has been before!

Tomorrow marks the first week of my new getting fit and healthy challenge!
I will have an update on that Tuesday!
Also now that I have a fridge full of health I plan on juicing once a day starting tomorrow!

getting fit! getting healthy!

As I have been saying I have been meaning to share my goals for the year.

Today was a long day so I am just going to share my first one.

Getting fit! Getting Healthy!

I have tried many a times to start this goal

and I usually do great for about two weeks.

I then don't results fast so I go back to my old ways.

I came across this getting healthy weight point challenge

{six sisters' stuff}

and knew it was perfect to get me going.

It is an 8 week challenge so you may be reading about

my ups and downs for a while.

I love that it focuses on making healthy choices each day

and less on eat this and not that.

bonus I can do it with Josh and hopefully I win!

You know how guys are you mention lets lose weight

together and the next day they are down 5 pounds!

Not far!

So this makes it a litttle more even.

If I win Josh take the kids to the Glen for the weekend

and I will have the house to myself!!

Win win situation.

Kids get some one on one time with their dad

and I get a whole weekend to just chill in silence!

I REALLY want to win.

I copied and pasted the attachment into word 

and fixed so each week was on its own page.

I also started it on Tuesday instead of Monday

since we started today!

I even got my mom on board to do it with her too.

We will have a different winner prize between the two of us.

I think loser treats the winner to lunch would be fun!

Here is a little how my day one went.

I took photos through on my iphone.

I started the day off with a cup of coffee.

I had already decided the night before that after

Jordan got on the bus I would jog up and down our 

stairs for 30 minutes. It sounded easy enough. I do a light

sprint up them all day long how hard could 30 minutes.

Well after having a pep in my step for about 10 minutes

reality set in and i realized what a terrible idea this was.

Especially after not doing any kind of exercise for a few months.

Between 10 and 15 minutes I felt like I wanted to hurl.

So i added in a walking lap around the table when i came down the stairs.

The last 15 minutes was pure torture.

But I started and by golly I was going to finish.

I kept thinking about all the people on biggest loser.

If they can get through a Jillian workout then I can do these stairs.

They puke and get right back on the treadmill.

If I am not puking I can keep going.

Those are a few of the pep talks I gave myself.

Right when i started dry heaving going up the stairs

my timer on my phone went off. So i quick ran to the bathroom where

I throw up twice. 

I declared it a successful work out and that

I was waiting a while before I did that again.

{top pictures are before I started}

{left is right when i was done & puked. Not my most attractive picture.

Right I have showered and happy I am done!}

I had to walk around for another 5 to 10 minutes before I finally stopped sweating.

I then made a yummy smoothie and got in my two servings of fruits!

 The rest of the day I did great earning my points while logging

my calories on my fitness pal app on my phone.

I got to have a day date with Josh.

We got asian food with lots of veggies!

I tried to eat those first.

For dinner at bunco I snacked on only carrots and cucumbers.

No ranch even!

My tummy is a little hungry now but no eating after 9.

I am hoping a big glass of water will help!

I am off to help Josh figure out his fitness pal app!