Goal: size 5!

Thursday May 30, 2013
I have been told by several health magazines that I need to have a specific weight loss goal to reach by a specific date. But I am not going to do that. I have been weighing myself every day and trying to loose weight but that is not necessarily why I am doing this. The healthy weight for someone my height and build is 121 to 135 so I am in that zone. But I am not happy with how I look so that is what I want to change. When I was first told it was ok for me to exercise again I was really determined to loose weight. So I started working out a lot and I started gaining weight!!! I got so frustrated and just gave up. Something occurred to me though, I was gaining weight but I had gone down 3 pant sizes while exercising! I don't know why I didn't remember this insanely common fact that muscle weighs more than fat. So I am going to try not to focus too much on the weight that I put down every day and just try to fit into my favorite jeans someday. I used to wear size 5. After having Baby A I was at a size 13! Now I can barley fit into my size 7 jeans. 2 more sizes to go!

Breakfast: 1 bowl of Honey Bunch of Oats fruit blend
Lunch: Ham and cheese crescent hot pocket, cherry fruit role up, 2 glasses of grape juice
Dinner: Chicken, rice a roni, string beans, 2 glasses of grape juice
Snack: Coke, cheese and crackers, lemon herbal tea
Weight: 131.8
Exercise: 40 minute dance off the inches hip hop body blast, 35 minute walk with my mom

I want that waist again :)

No Sleep Won't Tear Me Down!

Wednesday May 29, 2013
The day that I knew was going to come came. I knew there would be a morning that I was so tired that I would just want to crawl back into bed instead of exercising in the morning. Last night Baby A had a really rough night. I also had a bit of a scare which lead to kind of a major melt down in the middle of the night. So although I am complaining that I didn't get much sleep, unfortunately my husband got less. He sat up with me and then he had to get up early while I went back to sleep until Baby A woke up again. Poor Husband T was sure nice about it though. He is awesome :) But I had decided when I started this that exercising in the morning was not a choice. I decided I don't even have to think about it, just do it. That is something my little brother would always say to me about things I didn't want to do. Just do it.  I am very proud that I did and I felt much better afterwards. Now if I can keep that attitude that would be awesome!

Breakfast: Oatmeal, 1 glass of 1% milk
Lunch: Coke, Turkey/potato/ peas frozen dinner, banana
Dinner: Chili cheese mac hamburger helper, vegetable mix, 2 glasses of grape juice
Snack: 1 glass of grape juice, apple
Dessert: Sparking jello (jello made with 7-up)
Weight: 134.5 lbs.
Exercise: 1 hour Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones, 50 minute walk with my mom

If only Baby A would sleep all through the night :)

Lots of apples and lots of water

Tuesday May 28, 2013
I read in a health magazine something really awesome that I think is good to live by when cravings hit. "If you are not hungry enough to eat an apple, you are not hungry" and "If you are not thirsty enough to drink water, you are not thirsty." So that is what I have been doing. Eating lots of apples and drinking lots of water :) Just doing that won't make me gain weight. Though a hamburger sure sounds good a lot of the time.

Breakfast: Oatmeal, 1 cup of 1% milk
Lunch: 2 boiled eggs, chips and dip, can of orangeade
Dinner: Beef stew with rice, 2 cups of chocolate milk
Weight: 134.5 lbs.
Exercise: 20 minutes of Jillian Michaels 30 day shred

Memorial Day

Monday May 27, 2013
So Monday was memorial day and I kind of did bad. But I guess that is what happens when your whole family goes to a buffet :P So the question of the day is, can you do bad on holidays? Or will it just turn into an "exception" that could possibly turn into a long list of "exceptions". I think if I were to eat a ton and get no exercise every holiday, birthday, or weekend I would be doing terrible about half the time. So I guess the answer is probably no. But at the same time I think its ok to be a little lenient on those days because you don't want to miss out on all the fun. You still have to control yourself though. Since my family went to a buffet what I should have done is picked a couple of things I just had to have and had a smaller portion. And I still needed to spend some time exercising. Then I could still enjoy myself but not hate myself the next day :).

Breakfast: Frosted Flakes
Lunch: 2 cups of root beer, 3 hot wings, 2 roles, Caesar salad, shrimp, 2 coconut macaroons, chocolate strawberry, ice cream, chocolate marshmallow, cotton candy
Dinner: 1 cup of chocolate milk, pulled pork sandwich
Weight: 132.9

Remembering my Grandma on this Memorial Day :)

Blogger Hobby!

Sunday May 26, 2013
One of the reasons I started this blog was because Husband T told me I needed to find a hobby for myself. What I really wanted to do was to join a softball team, or a colorguard team, or a choir

. But I just don't have that kind of free time with my little boy. I asked him if feeding the baby or laundry was counted as a hobby and he said it had to be something I enjoyed. So I asked him if taking showers could be my hobby. He said no.... :P So I asked him if photography worked and he said it did. So I decided that is what I would do in my free time. The problem is I don't really like taking pictures of things that much, I mean its ok. But I love taking pictures of people. I guess that is not the problem... the problem is I am basically antisocial so that wouldn't work out too well :P. So because I needed help staying motivated to exercise and to eat right I started a blog and Husband T says that works as a hobby too. Yay! So now I have a hobby that I can do and have time to take care of my baby.

Breakfast: 2 pop tarts, 1 glass 1% milk
Lunch: Crackers and cheese, taquitos, coke
Dinner: Fettuccine, broccoli, 1 piece of bread, 2 cups of apple juice
Dessert: Cheesecake, 1 marshmallow, 2 rice crispy treats
Weight: 131.4 lbs.
Exercise: Played at park for 30 minutes

My State Championship winning colorguard team 2008 :)

Yard Work! Best Medicine

May 25, 2013
Yesterday was really good and a lot of fun. I have always loved doing yard work but since getting married and always living in an apartment complex I have not done it as much. Every Saturday my parents do so I decided to go help them.
I have been dealing with BPD and severe anxiety and lately it has been much harder to handle. What is awesome though is whenever I stay active and get exercise and make sure I get outside I feel 100% better. Sometimes it is hard to get up and do those things but it is worth it every time and I just need to remember that when I feel like just staying in bed. My awesome mom has been helping me so much with that. She gets me outside and on walks almost every day. Thank heavens for warmer weather!!

Breakfast: Granola Bar
Lunch: Soft Taco, 1 Glass of Milk
Dinner: Chicken Noodle Soup, Half of a Grilled Cheese Sandwich, 1 Glass of Milk
Snacks: Can of Lemonade, 1 Apple, 1 Banana
Weight: 131.4
Exercise: Mowed my parents lawn and planted flowers.

Avoided Mindless Snacking

May 24, 2013
I can already tell this is helping my habits. Yesterday I caught myself mindlessly walking over and looking through my kitchen looking for something to eat. Since I have decided to write everything I eat down it made me stop and think. I never realized until yesterday just how much I snack.
Well yesterday I did eat a hamburger and I would like to leave it at that but not is not completely honest. :P It was a McDonald's hamburger. Oh shame on me... It got me thinking though, I really don't want to cut those things out of my diet. Being as I maybe eat one of those a month. That is what I exercise for right? So it is ok for me to eat what I want to sometimes. It would be better for me to cut those things out entirely but its simple, I don't want to :)

Yesterday: Breakfast- Oatmeal with one glass of 1 percent milk.
                 Lunch- Hamburger, fruit parfait, can of coke.
                 Dinner- Taco Salad, One glass of milk.
                 Snacks- Can of Lemonade, Apple.
                 Exercise- 45 Minute Dance Workout.
                 Weight- 133.6

Here is the culprit!!!

Here is the culprit. He is such a cute culprit :)

Lets see if blogging motivates me!

May 24, 2013
Hi my name is Jaycie and I have a muffin top. This came along in the usual way of my cute new addition to my family, Baby A. He turned 3 months old yesterday. Before he was even born I was itching to loose the weight I was gaining. 6 weeks after he was born the doc told me I was ok to start exercising again and I got right on it.... for about a week. My motivation to exercise got less and less and my lack of sleep got more and more. I started reading health magazines trying to find and "easy" way to loose weight. (None exist, just so you know). I finally decided I just need to do it the hard way, the only way, but I needed to find motivation some how. While this morning laying on the couch reading yet another health magazine I read something that got my attention. It said, "Blog your goal: It's harder to quit in front of an audience." I thought that sounded funny at first but then it sank in. I have just recently watched Julie and Julia so I kind of got excited about it. So here I go. I will take notes during the day and report the next day on here.