I met my goal!!! :)

I did it!!! I met my goal. I can now fit into my size 5 jeans comfortably. It is an awesome feeling. Now I guess my goal is to not change my lifestyle now that I met my goal. I still want to get some form of exercise every day and eat right. After having Baby A I really never thought I would be able to get to this point because it seemed too far. I made it faster than I thought I would. There is something to say about making it a daily goal to treat your body right.

Thursday June 20, 2013
Breakfast: S'more :P
Lunch: Chicken patti, potatoes, corn
Dinner: Lasagna, salad, milk
Dessert: 100 calorie frozen yogurt
Weight: 129.0
Exercise: 45 minute walk

3 bite rule

This last weekend was fathers day so I had a lot of opportunities to eat dessert. I decided to do the 3 bite rule so that I could still eat dessert but not regret it. I was surprised how I felt satisfied afterwards. The three bite rule is awesome. I also read that if you still want more after that eat a slice of deli meat and that should help. I never had to do that but its nice to have something to turn to.

Tuesday June 18, 2013
Breakfast: Honey bunch of oats
Lunch: Chicken and bacon hot pocket, juice, grapes
Dinner: Potatoes, ham, grapes, juice
Snack: Cheese
Weight: 127.0
Exercise: 45 minute walk

Wednesday June 19, 2013
Breakfast: Oatmeal, milk
Lunch: 1/2 spaghettio's, 2 chicken legs, pink lemonade
Dinner: Cheese ravioli, grapes, juice
Weight: 129.0
Exercise: 1 hour Zumba class

That darn cortisol!

Wow its been a few days since I have posted. This post is for all you people that stress way too much. I do, it is a very bad habit :P In your body is a stress hormone called cortisol that builds fat around your mid-section. For us stressed out people that is something we don't want to add on to our plates. Its a good habit to get into taking some time to yourself every day to do breathing exercises or meditating. That is one way to keep back that darn cortisol. I have always been one to have a stress ball with me at all times. I also love that I am doing these Zumba classes, that is a huge stress reliever to me too.
Doing these things have helped with a lot of other aspects in my life too. It is really important for me to keep my stress level down because I have such severe anxiety. I need to be able to take care of my baby. So not only does doing these stress relieving exercises help with my weight but also helps in taking care of my family :)

Friday June 14, 2013
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Corn dog, sugar free jello, juice
Dinner: Turkey/avocado/bacon melt, tomato bisk soup
Weight: 129.9
Exercise: 1 hour of Zumba class

Saturday June 15, 2013
Breakfast: Honey bunch of oats
Lunch: Ham and cheese sandwich, fruit strip
Dinner: 2 slices of pizza, strawberry milk
Dessert: 4 bites of ice cream
Weight: 129.9

Sunday June 16, 2013
Brunch: 1/2 waffle, scrambled eggs, spam, orange juice
Dinner: Lasagna, sugar free jello with yogurt,
Snack: Pink lemonade
Dessert: 3 bites of cheesecake, strawberries
Weight: 128.5

Monday June 17, 2013
Breakfast: Honey bunch of oats
Lunch: 2 slices of pizza
Dinner: Hamburger, grapes, juice
Dessert: 2 bits of red velvet cake
Weight: 128.5
Exercise: 20 minutes of strength training

This is what my baby looks like when momma is not stressed :)

Leaving the serving dishes on the stove

I read an awesome idea that I have been doing for a couple of weeks now. It has been helping me and Husband T. The health magazine said to leave serving dishes on the stove instead of at the table and you will eat nearly 10 percent less. So I have been putting the right portion on my plate and then not taking more. It helps me monitor how much I am eating. Sometimes it is hard because I am still hungry or what I make taste really good to me but lately I have noticed I am getting to the point where I am not as hungry as I used to be when I started this blog. A lot less can fill me up now. How it has been helping Husband T is I have been trying to have vegetables and if I let him dish his own food he won't take any but if I put it on his plate he eats all of it! It is awesome :)

Wednesday June 12, 2013
Breakfast: Honey bunch of oats
Lunch: 1 1/2 roast beef sandwich, pink lemonade, 1/2 brownie
Dinner: Mac & cheese, Parmesan bread, corn, chocolate milk
Snack: Spoonful of peanut butter
Weight: 131.4
Exercise: 1 hour of Zumba

Thursday June 13, 2013
Breakfast: Honey bunch of oats
Lunch: Egg/cheese/sausage sandwich, juice
Dinner: 2 chicken legs, potato, salad, milk
Weight: 131.0
Exercise: 1 hour of Zumba

Weight Fluctuation

So I was super excited on Monday because I got my weight down to the one hundred and twenties. Ya 129.9 is way too close to 130 but I didn't care. I was still really excited. But then on Tuesday I got frustrated because I was back up to 131.4. So I googled weight fluctuation to see why this happens because I have noticed it a lot. I read this really good article.
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/weight-loss/weight-fluctuations-explained.html#b
After thinking about it I feel better now. I was fluctuating between 131 and 134 and now I am fluctuating between 129 and 131. I say that is progress :)

Monday June 10, 2013
Breakfast: 1/2 of 1/2 a bagel with cream cheese, milk
Lunch: Ham and cheese sandwich, pink lemonade, potato chips, 1/2 brownie
Dinner: 1 1/2 slice of pizza, juice
Weight: !!!!129.9!!! :) 
Exercise: 20 minute dance workout

Tuesday June 11, 2013
Breakfast: Honey bunch of oats
Lunch: Pink lemonade, Philly steak and cheese hot pocket
Dinner: Chili dog, juice
Dessert: 1 cookie
Weight: 131.4
Exercise: 35 minute strength training, 50 minute walk with my mom

My bathroom mirror :P

Pop tarts for Sunday breakfast

Sunday June 9, 2013
Growing up my family almost always had pop tarts for Sunday breakfast. It kind of became a tradition and I still like doing it. It's just the Sunday thing to do :) I was wondering Sunday morning if I should eat them because they are a bit more calories and not as good for you as some other breakfast foods. Then I remembered something I read in one of my health magazines saying that if you eat dessert, eating it for breakfast is the best thing you can do because then you have the whole rest of the day to work it off. Is that an excuse to eat it? It sure is! Haha.

Breakfast: Pop tarts, milk
Lunch: Thomas's special cheesy ramen
Dinner: Chicken marnae, salad, role, juice
Dessert: Snicker Doodles
Weight: 131.0

Me on pop tarts... haha just kidding :P

Not Givin' In!

Saturday June 8, 2013
I am craving soda so bad ever since I decided not to drink it anymore. My husband is awesome at cheering me on to stick with my goal. I must not give in!!!

Breakfast: Honey bunch of oats
Lunch: 1 peanut butter french toast, 3 pieces of bacon, milk
Dinner: Hamburger, strawberries, blueberries, crystal light
Snack: String cheese, spoonful of peanut butter, pink lemonade
Weight: 131.4
Exercise: Mowed my parents back lawn

Smile :)

Golds Gym Experience

Friday June 7, 2013
I went to Golds Gym with my friend M and she had a coupon for a free session with a personal trainer so we did that. It was so hard! I am extremely sore now. It was good but it was kind of silly because he was trying so hard to convince us to sign up with a personal trainer. I already knew that was out of the question because I don't have that kind of money. But the things he said to try to convince us were very strange. The most surprising thing was he told me I was clinically obese :P Bwah haha. He then went on to say that I will never reach my goal unless I have a personal trainer no matter what I do. He said to picture that my goal was to get to New York from here. If I went to a personal trainer once a week it would be like walking there, twice a week would be like driving, and 3 to 4 times a week would be like flying there. But basically it doesn't matter how much I exercise and eat well on my own I will never get to my goal :P Well I will just have to prove him wrong :)

Breakfast: Honey bunch of oats
Lunch: Tomato and cheese sandwich, pink lemonade, potato chips
Dinner: Hog dog, 1/2 hamburger, potato chips, milk
Snack: Apple, spoon full of peanut butter
Dessert: 3 snicker doodles, milk
Weight: 130.1
Exercise: 30 minutes with a personal trainer at Golds Gym

I weighed about 130 in this pic. SOOO OBESE! Haha. 

Zumba is Amazing :)

Thursday June 6, 2013
I did a Zumba class for the first time and it was amazing! It was so much fun and it was a wonderful workout. I think that is sooo important if you want to consistently exercise. If I went running every day I would give up so fast because I hate running. But if I do something I love it is so much easier to do. I'm so tired now so that is all I will say for today :)

Breakfast: 1/2 bagel, milk
Lunch: Hot dog
Dinner: Beef Stew
Weight: 130.1
Exercise: 1 hour Zumba class

I do LOVE dancing :)

Brushing after dinner

Wednesday June 5, 2013
I want to try something new today to see if it helps. I am going to brush my teeth right after eating dinner so I don't eat anything afterwards. I have been doing ok but every once in awhile I slip. I am very much one of those people that in the winter love to have a hot chocolate before bed and in the summer time a bowl of ice cream. Having those things every once in awhile is fine but its really not good to do right before bed. Your metabolism slows down when you sleep so you shift from fat burning to fat storage. I have read that it is good for you to not eat anything three hours before you go to bed.

Breakfast: Honey bunch of oats
Lunch: Orangeade, taquitos, jalapeno poppers
Dinner: Cordon bleu, Parmesan pasta with corn, apple cranberry raspberry juice
Weight: 130.1
Exercise: 45 minute workout on my exercise ball

The less I eat the less I EVENTUALLY will want

Tuesday June 4, 2013
One thing that has kept me going is excepting that losing weight is not going to be comfortable. Once I excepted that I felt much better about how things were going. I try to look at the positive parts to it. For an example I can think whenever I am feeling hungry its a good thing because that means my stomach is probably shrinking. At least that is what I think happens. I have just noticed throughout my life that when I eat small amounts for a long period of time it gets to the point that eating a small amount makes me full. The hard part is just getting to that point.

Breakfast: 1/2 bagel, 1 glass of 1% milk
Lunch: Chicken/broccoli/cheese crescant hot pocket, 2 glasses of orange juice
Dinner: Hamburger, fries, green beans, 2 glasses of apple/cranberry/raspberry juice
Snack: Orange juice
Weight: 130.1
Exercise: 50 minutes of Pilates, 45 minute walk with my mom

You never know what awesome things you will see on a walk :) I miss living up in the avenues. That was a cool place to walk around. 

Treats for my man

Monday June 3, 2013
"If you live with people that like to indulge, buy treats that you don't like yourself." This is a little tough for me to do because there is not much I don't like. But one thing is I don't prefer hostess kind of stuff. I will eat it but it is not that big of a temptation for me. Thomas really likes those things so I get them for him. So then we are both happy... well I would be happier with treats but you know what I mean :)

Breakfast: 1/2 bagel with cream cheese
Lunch: 2 open face egg salad sandwiches, beef jerky, 1 glass of pineapple juice
Dinner: Egg, meat, and cheese muffin sandwich, 1 glass of orange juice
Snack: Apple
Weight: 131.6
Exercise: 45 minutes of yoga, 45 minute walk with my mom

My husband definitely does not need to lose weight :P

I'm full.. therefore I shall stop eating :)

Sunday June 2, 2013
At dinner I put the potatoes, vegetables and pot roast on my plate. About half way through eating what I dished I decided I was full and stopped eating. My husband joked with me that I was waisting food. My dad said something kind of funny. He told Husband T that if he wants a skinny wife its a good habit for me to stop eating once I am full. We all grow up being told we need to finish what is on our plates. But if we can tell when we should stop eating because we don't actually need anymore I think that is a really good thing.

Breakfast: 1 bowl of honey bunch of oats
Lunch: 1/2 bagel with cream cheese, 1 glass of 1% milk
Dinner: Potatoes, vegetable mix, and pot roast
Snack: 3 marshmallows
Dessert: Brownie, 1 glass of 1% milk
Weight: 131.6

That massive piece of pizza was the best!!!

Goodbye my good friend! I will miss you terrible :(

Saturday June 1, 2013
Something very sad happened today. I drank my last coke :( I have decided not to buy anymore. One of the suggestions I have been given is to not drink anything with calories. I am not one to just drink water all of the time, although I have been trying to drink a lot lately. So instead of cutting out drinks with calories for the time being, I am just going to try to cut out soda pop. Sooo depressing! I have had some friends and family members that have cut that out of their diets and it has made a huge difference. Why this is especially difficult is because I would gladly drink juice instead. But I am poor, very poor, and juice is so expensive. Except Kool-aid (ha ha if that was good for you I would be in heaven). So water and milk here I come. Thank heavens for frozen juice too. I can afford that sometimes too right? :)

Breakfast: 1/2 bagel with cream cheese, 1 glass of 1% milk
Lunch: Scrambled eggs, toast with jelly, toast with honey, 2 glasses of chocolate milk
Dinner: Lasagna, 2 pieces of cheese bread, coke
Dessert: Cake and ice cream
Snack: Apple, orange juice
Weight: 133.4
Exercise: 1 hour at the park

Me and my soda :P

I never have to skip a meal again!

Friday May 31, 2013
I used to think the less I ate the better off I would be. So I would skip breakfast and lunch and barley eat anything before dinner. Well I read in one of my health magazines that is not going to help me loose weight. (It will just make you sick). If you don't blow off meals you will loose on average 8 more pounds a year!!! If you do blow off meals your body will get really confused and might start storing fat. I call it "starvation mode". You may not be actually starving but your body may think that it will soon if you deprive it of what it naturally needs.
I actually love that I found this out because I really love eating. Skipping meals was always so depressing :P

Breakfast: 1/2 blueberry bagel with cream cheese, 1 glass of 1% milk
Lunch: Beef and bean chimichanga, apple, coke
Dinner: Quesadilla, chips and dip, 1 1/2 glass of 1% milk
Snack: Orangeade
Weight: 132.9
Exercise: 50 minutes fat blasting dance mix, 1 1/2 hour walk with Jelaire.

That is so me eating an apple :)