Weigh In

Last week 161.0
This week 161.0

So, I stayed the same but I am actually happy about that because I thought I was gonna gain this week since I didn't exercise at all. I liked not weighing myself during the week. I'm going to do that again this week!

Also, this week I want to do 30 Day shred 3 times and work on the assignments from that book I was reading.

Well, I gotta run cuz we're going CAMPING!!! I'm so excited. =) I gotta go get packin! I hope you have a great weekend. You did awesome this week. I'm proud of you! I think your goals are awesome and I'm excited for you!!

Weigh in and plans :)

Hello there! Hoping today is going better than yesterday :) So here are my stats for this past week.

Previous 181.2

New 179.4

Loss -1.8

Yay for being back in the 170's. I didn't do what I said I wanted to do as far as losing what I gained last week plus a pound. But, I know I have set goals a million times and I never stay disciplined enough to stick to them. This time I feel different so I'll show you the goals I set for myself a few days ago....

Goal Weight: 125 pounds by June 15 2012 (before summer officially begins;) )

1st Milestone goal: 10% (-8.6) by September 16
2nd Milestone goal: 25 lb by October 14th
3rd Milestone goal: 50 lb by Feb 24
GOAL! 66.8 by June 15 ( this is including what I have lost up to now starting back in November last time I was on WW)

Now I have done some math to figure out how much I need to lose each week to get to these goals.

From now until January 1st I would like to lose an average of 1.5 lbs a week. I know this is on the high end of WW recommends but I feel since I am so overweight and have so much to lose I should be able to at least AVERAGE this. I know it's going to be tough going through the holidays and wanting to lose this much. But I figure if I can do it through the holidays I can do it anytime. There is no excuses!

From January 1st until June 15 I would need to lose an average of 1 lb a week. Again, I know this is kind of high but I feel like if I can lose more than that for the first couple of months when I start getting smaller then it will be okay to start losing less than a pound a week.

While I was doing this math I figured out a few fun facts...

Before September is over I will be in the 160's
Before Thanksgiving I will be in the 150's
Before the END OF 2011 I will be in the 140's
Before St. Patricks day I will be in the 130's
Before Luke is done with Spring Semester I will be in the 120's!

It helped a lot to break it down this way because I feel like I can concentrate on the smaller numbers easier. Which is funny because in the meeting I took minutes for yesterday there was a strategy planning guy there and he was talking about how you need to set small attainable goals for your employees because they can emotionally connect to those goals. I feel this is the same way with weight loss.

So, I lost a little MORE than my goal this week which will help when my period comes around or when I have a bad week or just get to my goal faster ha ha! The funny part is, even though I'm super excited about the loss, and I'm really glad to be back in the 170's. I would have felt good even if it wasn't as much. This week has been a huge turnaround for me and all week I've been getting comments on how I'm skinnier, I feel better in my clothes, and I just walk with more self confidence. This means so much more to me then the number on the scale, especially since I know if I continue to feel this way the number on the scale will go down and I will continue to feel even better.

Anywho, enough of that now for my goals for next week! (They are going to be pretty similar to last week)

1. I would like to eat only what I earn in Activity points, no Weekly points just to see how it compares to this last week where I ate all of my activity points and about 15 or my weekly points. I would however like to earn a little more activity points.

2. I would like to continue doing 30 Day shred every morning (except Sunday) which means by next Thursday it will be my 11th day and I will start level 2!

3. For aerobic exercise I would like to get my C25K in on Saturday Morning, Tuesday night and Thursday night and complete week 2. I would also like to get a long bike ride in on Saturday night (depending on the weather it is suppose to rain) and shorter rides in on Tuesday and Wednesday night. And maybe a brisk walk on Sunday...

4. I want to continue planning my whole week ahead and planning what to eat before I go out to eat.

5. I would really like to get all of my healthy checks in every day.

So we'll see how my body reacts to this plan and compare and contrast next Friday.

I have also decided (I know Mom and Dad may not be happy about this so we'll see...) depending on how much extra we make for the next 2 semesters I would like to go on a trip next May (if I am where I am suppose to be) hopefully to Disneyland if not then I would like to go to Seattle or something fun and different as a reward and before we start trying to have a baby.

Sorry for the long rant, have a good Friday!

MeAsUrEmEnTs and WoRkOuT! :)

Today has been a REALLY good day! Honestly best Monday I have had in a long time :) I love the feeling of not constantly checking the scale to see if I have lost anything. Today I decided to do my measurements to track them...and I realized that I had already recorded measurements back in November so I actually have something to compare it to...and I have to tell you sister they are good! No amazing because I still have a while to go, but I am excited to see some physical changes. So here are my stats....

Weight 191.8 181.2 -10.6

Waist 43" 41.5" -1.5"

Hips 46" 41" -5"

Bust 41" 40" -1"

Arms 14" 12.5" -1.5"

Thighs 26" 25.5" -.5"

Hoorah!

As far as my bike ride...

Time: 58:00

Distance: 11.3 Miles

Average Speed 11.5 MPH

Calories 568 Calories Burned

I hope all is going well, you should update me on how the book and everything is going :)

No Weekend Regrets

I now LOVE the feeling of waking up Monday morning with all of my weekly points left and a few Activity points left that I have earned so far! So far in the last month I normally have gone crazy on weekends and try to make up for it during the week. It feels so good not to have to do that, and I also haven't weighed myself since my weigh in on Friday. I am going to try really hard not to weigh myself until Friday! Here is a little recap of my weekend :)

Friday- Woke up early and did 30 Day Shred before work (so even though Friday is date night I didn't have to feel so bad about not exercising since I already got some in!) Then after work I went out to eat with Mom and Dad and shared a meal with Luke so I didn't feel ridiculously stuffed after! Then we went to get Frozen Yogurt, and I just got a small cup so again, I didn't feel like I had over done it. After that we went to the grocery store (ALWAYS a good idea to go after eating instead of when I am hungry ha ha) Then after we were done there we helped Lisa move a bunch of her stuff for a couple of hours (so I actually got some activity points for working out after all!)

Saturday- Woke up early and did 30 Day shred and Day 1 of C25K before going to the baptism. Then at the party I did my best to watch what I was putting on my plate and even had a brownie, but tracked all of it. And again, I didn't regret eating any of it! Then after that we finished helping Lisa move (some more activity points!)

Sunday- I did help my Lisa unpack a little bit and she made us dinner. Sunday was actually kind of a hard day for me because of fast Sunday so I didn't have breakfast and since church gets out at 2 so I had a pretty late lunch. But I was still able to get all my points in for the day (healthy points not just junk) and I drank 80 oz of water. Plus I went on a walk around the block with my Lisa and her girls, and then again with my Luke:)

Monday- This morning I slept through my alarm but luckily my boss doesn't care if I come to work at the same time every day (I normally like to come in at 7:30 just because that means I get off at 4) but today I decided to still do 30DS and go in at 8. All in all I am feeling great and VERY in control. I packed a great lunch today and tonight there is a special on Large pizzas at Papa Johns so we normally get that so I have made sure to save points for that tonight :) Hope you are having a good day and don't forget to update me! :)

Weigh In

Last week 161.0
This week 161.0

So, I stayed the same...which isn't good but it's better than I was expecting since I only exercised once this week. My goal this week is to start paying attention to my hunger signals and only eat when I'm hungry and stop when I'm full. I don't think I'm going to be able to exercise much this week because we will have Danny and Marie staying with us and then I have girls camp also. So, I'm going to focus on controlling my eating and I would like to get down to 160 this week.

Good luck this week! You have some big goals but I believe in you. =) I hope you start feeling better!

Weigh in and Plan of Attack

Blah, that is exactly how I felt last night. I really wanted to get in a good workout before my weigh in, but I just couldn't do it. I was cramping so bad and I felt like a I had a rock the size of China in my stomach. So, I'm not surprised at all at the results from this weigh in...bummed, but not surprised.

Previous 178.6
New 181.2
Gain of 2.6

Yup I just gained back pretty much everything I lost in the last two weeks. It sucks, yes but like I said last night IT IS NOT the end of the world and I just have to try harder next week. I know I didn't do very well last week with eating out and making all the right choices. As hard as it was to admit, I did count all my points and I went OVER my weekly points and activity points. It was not a good week. But here is my plan of attack for next week :) I'm hoping to lose at least what I gained (hoping that a lot of it is water weight and being bloated and crap) plus a pound :) Yes, it is high hopes but I might as well shoot for the stars and if I don't quite make it at least I know I tried my hardest.

1. Count ALL of my points that go in my mouth and make sure to plan out what I am going to eat before I go out to eat if possible.
2. Do 30 Day Shred every morning and maybe a little Wii fit depending on when I wake up(except Sunday).
3. Alternate between Couch to 5K training (Monday night Wednesday night and Saturday morning) and Bike rides (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights)
4. Make sure to get all of my healthy checks in (fruits and veggies, activity, water, oil...)
5. Drink at least 80 oz of water every day! (Not including what I drink while I am working out)

Yes, these are lofty goals and yes I do realize I may not be able to reach all of them, but this is my plan and I am hoping for a better week next week :) The most depressing part is that I now am back over 180 and I officially have to lose 52 pounds before I can even start to try and get pregnant. But, my goal stands to try and be there by May 5, 2012 so lets see how it goes. I fell like I have a new founds determination and I think that may help in the following weeks :)

Love Your Body

Ok, so as I told your earlier, I'm going to post my "homework" from the book I'm reading on here. My first assignment is to track my hunger (on a scale of 0 to 10) before a meal or snack and then again 15 to 20 minutes after. You are supposed to do that for four days but I think I'm going to do it for the next two days and see how it goes. The point of the assignment is to see what patterns you have right now and where you need to improve--like going too long in between meals or emotional eating, etc.

So, I'll let you know how my first day goes tomorrow. (I'm starting to track tomorrow morning). Hope you have a good night!

Bad Weekend....New Start

Okay, so this weekend was not as good as I had planned on it being...

First, on Friday that is the day that I had planned on going out to eat with Luke, and then Joe called and said that he wanted to hang out. So we went to Nielsens and got some wings because he said he hadn't eaten there in forever. So, I had a couple wings, fries and a turkey grinder (with the lettuce on it :)) Then we went and saw Cowboys and Aliens, so not too bad. The worst part about eating at Nielsens is they aren't a chain so it's really hard to find the nutrition information on it. But, I had planned on using some of my weekly points for the weekend anyway and I was going to the grocery store on Saturday so I would be fine the rest of the weekend...

Saturday started out well enough except it was REALLY hot REALLY early in the morning so I didn't go on a bike ride like I wanted too, but I did get up earlier than I normally do on a Saturday and got some stuff done. Then Luke and I made turkey sandwiches for ourselves for lunch and then went over to mom's to use her Internet. She then told me that Valerie was coming down for her birthday and they were going to eat at Lorena's...my weakness. Normally it's not TOO bad when I eat there because I share with Luke. So I told mom that we would come, and since I had already put some chicken and BBQ sauce in the crock pot for sandwiches I figured that I could just have that on Sunday instead. But then when we got to Lorena's Luke told me that he didn't want to get enchilada's but he would have a little bit of mine. So, I was hoping to share with someone else...but everyone else that was getting enchilada's was getting cheese. So what I SHOULD have done is put one of the enchilada's in a box and have the other one for lunch. But, Luke ate half of one and I ate the other one and a half and my rice! Not good!!!!! Then, on top of all of that we had donuts at mom's house. They weren't even the kinds I like but I ate one anyway. I'm so mad at myself, but at the same time all I can do is improve right?

Sunday went a lot better and I had the BBQ chicken in a pita pocket with some spinach for lunch/dinner after church. Then, I just had some snacks and a bowl of cereal for dinner. I even went in a walk around the block with Luke in the rain because we were both getting so restless.

But, Monday is finally here so I can get back into my routine of eating every 3 hours and eating healthy choices. Last Friday work was dead so I made a spreadsheet of all my meals including snacks for the next week and I'm excited for planning ahead. Now I just need to work on my weekends. I am nervous because once again we are having a family get together that I'm sure will involve a lot of food this weekend, but I just need to plan ahead and stick to it!

Also, I need to work on working out ha ha! I love bike rides and I feel like I push myself hard enough that it's a good aerobic workout but I feel like I need to do some toning. I think I'm going to go and get 30 day shred tonight. You have always said that you like it a lot and there are TONS of people who love it on WW and say that it's the most toned they have been in their lives. I am going to TRY and wake up a little bit earlier during the week and do it in the morning because it's only 20 minutes right? Then do a bike ride at night if the weather is good and do zumba a couple nights a week. So we'll see how that goes this week.

I hope your weekend went well, and sorry for rambling so much! :)

Weigh In!!

So, I just realized that I never blogged my weight for last week. I looked back in my texts to you and I think since I gained 2.6 last time (which was actually a week and a half since my last weigh in) my weight last week was 163.2. Hopefully that's right!

New Weight: 161.0
Lost 2.2

I'm happy that I lost almost all of what I had gained :-) My goal this week is to go under 160. I put on some jeans last night that used to be too big for me but they were kinda tight so that was really depressing. I love the post it note idea--I'm definitely gonna do that.

Good job to you this week! That's impressive that you lost weight while you were sick--I'm proud of you!

Weigh In and Day 11 What's in your make up bag

Hello there!

I was super nervous for my weigh in because of being sick in bed. My normal plan is to weigh in on Friday and then have a little breathing room for the weekend, then workout Monday through Thursday the next week. It doesn't work when I'm sick! So I had plenty breathing room over the weekend and then wasn't able to make up for it! But I drank tons of water and tracked everything and didn't go over my weekly points.

Previous 179.8

New 178.6

Lost 1.2!

It's so funny because every time I have gone to put this weight I always go to type 180 something because I'm not use to being in the 170's and I'm so glad I didn't go above 180 again! Here is a picture of a fun little thing I read about on a blog on WW, you go through and write on one sticky note for every pound so every time you lose one you can take one off :)

Here is what is in my make up bag, I don't always use the foundation and powder but now with my hair black if I don't I look like a ghost! And, two mascara's is less than I use to use ha ha! Have a great weekend!

Negative Natalie?

Okay, so this isn't going to be health related necessarily....and I'm not sure if you happened to catch the last blog post before I deleted it. It was not a very positive post, and I was just talking to Luke on the phone and he mentioned that he doesn't feel like we are doing very good lately. Like arguing a lot, complaining and just not really being happy. So I was trying to think of what I could do to make myself more happy. Then the answer hit me in the face with the force....of something really strong. Ha ha! I haven't been reading my scriptures, saying my prayers, or going to the temple lately. It's not that I've become inactive..but I really need to make that part of my routine. Me and Luke had set a goal to go to the temple before the end of the month...of course we picked the month that Ogden and Salt Lake are closed for half the month which makes the Bountiful temple really busy and Ogden and Bountiful are closed for the other half. Then I was looking at the new Oquirrh mountain one...and that one is closed! I guess they don't have as many people go in July? I don't know but I would really like to try and go tomorrow or Saturday. It always makes me nervous because we always wait so long in between that it feels like it's the first time we're going. But I think it will be well worth it! Then starting next week I am going to work on my nightly routine for a little while....including prayers and scripture reading. Then after I get nice and good at that for a while I'll add morning prayers. I also just need to think more positive thoughts and try to be around more positive people. It's hard at work because no one is LDS or positive around here but I feel like maybe I can make a difference. Lately I have been feeling like nothing is going right, and maybe that's because I'm not doing everything right. But, I know that if I work on these things at least I'll feel right :) So I thought I would share this with you so you can maybe check on me with my exercising and stuff plus these things. Thanks Tenille! I love you :)

Workout! :)

I did it! I didn't go quite as far as I wanted to go, but I still think I did pretty good considering. I wanted to go to Farmington and back but I didn't quite make it there.

Time: 1:05:02

Distance: 13.67

Average Speed: 12.6

Calories: 694

I'm so glad you are loving your new bike! Make sure to post your stats. :)

Day 10 A photo of my favorite place to eat

Well, I'm hoping that I finally kicked this cold in the butt...maybe. I went to work today and even though I sounded like crap and I didn't feel that amazing I did feel that it was good that I went. But, I am pretty sure that I am going to gain this week because I have used a lot of my weekly points and all of my activity points and I have felt like crap. Blah...I'm hoping to get in a pretty long bike ride in tonight and tomorrow night. And I'm going to drink a TON of water. :) Good luck!

Oh, by the way I'm pretty sure that Texas Roadhouse is my favorite place to eat! ha ha

Day 9 A photo of the item you last purchased and last nights work out!

So, I know I already posted this picture on here...but I figured I would do it again. I love my bike! I struggled last night because apparently an idiot put together my bike and didn't put the pedal on right and stripped the threadings a little bit so it fell off! I felt so stupid because all of these other bikers were passing me asking if I needed help. But I kept saying I was okay and I was just going to call Luke and have him come pick me up. But this one old couple insisted on helping me, luckily he had a little tool bag on the back of his bike and he was able to fix it. The lady was all worried about me out riding a lone and wanted to ride with me but we were going opposite directions. I kept on telling her that my husband is really close so if I had any more problems I would be fine to just call him. But, at least they were super nice and helped me :) So here are my stats for last nights bike ride.

Distance 9.08 (I wanted to go further but the peddle delayed me and it was getting dark)

Time 48:03 (this isn't a very good time based on the distance but I actually rode to the trail which I haven't done in a while and it was hard going super fast going back up the hill)

Average Speed 11.3 (you are going to be amazed how much easier it is to go fast on your new bike)

Calories: 463

I'm excited to see you this weekend!

Weigh in! :D

So, I'm super pumped now! I have gotten a lot of advice from people my age on WW because I am part of a 20's group in the WW community and I feel like this was a lasting loss...

Previous 181

New 179.8

Lost 1.2!

I am really glad because when I weighed myself Thursday morning I was at 182.4 and I really wanted to be out of the 180's this week. I am determined never to go back! I am kind of nervous about the long weekend, but I think it will help to bring my own food to dinner tomorrow and I plan on having a water bottle with me all weekend.

Also, I am going cold turkey off diet soda. I have no reason to drink it, the caffeine doesn't even do anything for me, and all it does is making me retain water and more hungry. :)

A Song to Match Your Mood

So Spencer has been getting ready for his performance Saturday and he's been practicing "Rocket Man" by Elton John. I've had it stuck in my head for two days now but I love it! It's a tough song to sing and Spencer sounds so good. I'm way excited to hear him perform it Saturday. I'm not sure why but the song puts me in a good mood.
Here's the YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNNl3C0qvKg

Thanks for the skinny vibes for tomorrow...I'm definitely gonna need them since I've been a total slacker loser this week. :-( I'll send skinny vibes your way too...you're gonna do great!!

Day 8 A song to match your mood

Hmmm this was a pretty hard one.....I was trying to decide what kind of mood I am in, and I was currently listening to this song... www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS8IZcx7tJY I'm not sure if that is even the right link, because my computer at work doesn't allow me on you tube...so sorry if it's not or it's not a good video ha ha! But I decided to look up the lyrics...http://www.metrolyrics.com/run-lyrics-snow-patrol.html and it put me in a really mushy emotional mood ha ha! I was looking at my facebook pictures last night really thinking how overweight I look and not really thinking I'm attractive and I realize that I really appreciate Lucas. He has stuck by me through the ups and downs of my weight loss, through the bankruptcy, deaths, births, friends getting divorced, and so many other things that would maybe tear some couples apart but it has only made us stronger. He truly is my best friend and I can't imagine my life without him. There you go, I was in tears writing this ha ha! I don't why I get so emotional sometimes...which is another things he has put up with ha ha!

Now here is a picture to make you laugh...or at least the story behind it. So Luke came home with a bunch of these hats and I told him I wanted one. He said..sure but you're never going to wear it. So, today for work I am giving him free advertisement. When he walked in the kitchen I just stood there and smiled ha ha! Then one of the clients at work saw me and said What's up homie? So apparently this hat made mea homie today. Lets send skinny vibes to eachother for the weigh in tomorrow! :)

Day 7 Your dream wedding

Well, my dream wedding pretty much was my wedding :) I was super excited about my wedding and I'm so glad that it all worked out so well and even though there were some things that weren't absolutely perfect I am so glad that Mom and Dad made it happen.

I didn't get a workout in today...but I figured I wouldn't. Me and Luke were in Salt Lake helping Lisa's mom move until pretty late. Also, Luke needs to tune up my bike just a little bit. So hopefully I will get one in tomorrow :)

Crap, I messed up

I just realized that today the photo is supposed to be a picture of a pet you'd like to have. Oops! Hmm...I'm not sure what pet I would like to have. I'm sure it wasn't hard for you to come up with one...ha ha!

Ok, so I was just looking on KSL pets for ideas and saw this adorable picture of a baby Capuchin monkey. Are those even legal to own in Utah? (Someone is selling them on KSL for $170).I don't know but it is so cute! I've always thought it would be fun to have a chimp or a monkey but I'm sure that will never happen!

Migraine

Ok, so I had aspirations to go on a bike ride after it got cooler tonight but I ran into a problem--Taylor fell asleep while I was reading books to the kids at 7:00! Spencer is working tonight, so a bike ride was out of the question. So I decided I would do 30 Day Shred after I got Dylan to bed instead. But, right as I was getting Dylan to bed, I started getting a migraine. :-( I'm so mad because I really did want to exercise but when I have a migraine, there is no way I can exercise! Boo! I'm going to make sure I exercise tomorrow though for sure.

I'm so excited for you that you finally got your bike! I'm way jealous. I put my cruiser on KSL today so I really hope it sells fast so I can buy one like yours :-)

So, I'm going to start the photo thing. Sorry it's taken me so long. I'm just going to start in the spot that you are in now too so we can be posting the same thing ok?

So, here is a picture of me two years ago. It was June 2009 when we went to Snowbird with Mom and Dad. I gives me motivation to keep trying because I don't want to look like that again! I'm not sure how much I weighed then, but I'm hoping that I look thinner now than I do in that picture. Dylan and Taylor are sure cute though! I can't believe how different they both are now.



Hope you have a good night!

Day 6 A photo of an animal you'd like to keep as a pet

I think the answer to this is pretty obvious...ha ha!

Happy Tuesday!

Bike Ride...and attack of mosquitos

Hey there! So hopefully I have one...maybe two more bike rides on the Murray, then on to bigger and better things! Here are my stats for tonight's ride....

Time: 1:23:11

Distance: 16.64

Speed: 12.0

Calories: 840

So, I got hit by at least 3 different humongous dragonflies, and nailed in the face with a few different bugs.

Then when I got in the truck, I rolled down the windows to let it air out and I realized there was a million different mosquito's in the truck with me. So I got 7 on this arm...this picture doesn't do it justice, 4 on my other arm and a couple on my leg. It was horrible! Ha ha, but it felt great to get such a good work out in :)

Day 5 A photo of yourself 2 years ago

Okay so the first picture I have hear isn't quite 2 years ago...because I went on this Vegas trip right before I started working at columbus and that was in April of 2010. But I thought it was pretty appropriate. This makes me sad and happy. This makes me sad because I can't believe I let myself get this big...comparing myself next to Lisa and Jennica makes me luke huge...and I hate it. I have no idea how much I weighed in this picture..I'm guessing at least 200 so that makes me happy to think that I've lost 20 pounds since then...but it's not enough. I have to do more!

The next picture is from the Olive Garden at my birthday in 2009 so it's closer to 2 years ago, I really don't know how much I weighed here either and I really don't want to know! I look huge and it's a side view so it really shows. I hate it and I am so glad that I am doing something about it!

I am hoping to get a bike ride in tonight, if it's not raining. If it is raining then I have to do something inside...no choice after looking at these pictures. Hope you are having a great day!

Best Weekend Ever! :) ...and day 4

So, this weekend was a blast! I love being able to have the whole weekend off and spend it with my favorite person ever! So, I know I told you some of this already and you may not care...so you can skip over this whole post if you want.

Friday- I got off work early because Luke took me instead of me riding with Lisa and I got off 45 minutes early because I could and it was Friday ha ha! So, then we decided to splurge since I have decided to use my weekly and activity points mainly on the weekend. We went to Outback Steakhouse and I got a steak and baked potato and shrimp. YUM! Then we went to see Harry Potter, which was amazing and I bawled, of course. Then we went to Nielsen's because the movie was a lot shorter than I thought it was going to be.

Saturday- I slept in until 11...I haven't done that in a REALLY long time, and I normally don't like to because it feels like I am wasting half of my day. Then I got up and did laundry, budget, deep cleaned, dishes, and much more! I felt so good getting so much done. Then after I went to the grocery store we decided to go on a bike ride. It was pretty late so we didn't go as long as I would have liked to, but it still felt good to get a ride in.

Sunday- We got up and got ready and went to face our new kids...It was fun. It was nice because they were all able to take turns reading the scriptures and they actually knew the answers to the questions. There was one that was rolling around on the ground and making weird comments..but I think they thought we were pretty cool. Then we came home and watched a 007 movie and ate those pizza rolls that I make with the crescents and I added spinach this time. Oh! And I got a really yummy kind of chips that is only 3 points for 22 of them! They are called POPchips, they are on sale this week at Smith's 2 for $4 and they are in the organic section.

So, I am going to continue doing the picture thing I really am. So this picture isn't really my favorite of my best friend...but I thought it was a cute one. Most of the other people had 3D glasses that look like Harry Potter, bummer we didn't get them. But as I was sitting there watching the movie I couldn't really get comfortable and I felt really fat and I realized that I am doing something about it! I just need to continue it....but this week is a new week and I'm excited for the challenge of the holiday. Normally I would use that as an excuse to go crazy. I am glad that I will have a fresh set of weekly points to help, but otherwise I am not going to reverse everything that I plan on doing this week. Have a great week!

Sorry!

I'm sorry that I have been absent this week! It has seriously been a CRAZY week. I can't believe how busy it's been. I feel like it's been nonstop all week. I just got caught up on your posts. Sorry you had to return your bike! :-( I'm glad you can get another one and I hope they put it together for you. Be safe on your old one in the meantime.

I love you and I'm proud of everything you're doing. Keep it up! And I promise I'm going to get back into blogging and exercising this coming week. I really want to sell my bike and get a new one!! I hope I can soon.

Fantabulous Friday!

So, I'm not sure if you are reading these posts or not....but I like to vent somewhere so I'm going to continue to post anyway! :)

So, I have been reading a lot of blogs and message boards on Weight Watchers and a lot of people do their weigh ins on Friday so they get a new batch of weekly points for the weekend. I really like that idea! Especially since I have a lot more self control while I'm at work and during the week than on the weekends. So, I weighed myself this morning and I am still the same so that actually works pretty well. But just so you are aware I will be updating the blog with my weigh ins on Fridays now....if you want to continue doing the blog then you are welcome to do it whatever day you want and you feel works best for you.

So, sad news today is that I returned my bike.... :( Luke said that the sprockets (sp?) were bent and that's why it was making that clicking noise when you ride and one of the handles was messed up and the rack he put on the back was really bent. We are pretty sure that it got beat up in shipping and Luke knew this from the beginning, but I was in denial and didn't want to believe that I couldn't ride it yet. So we returned it to the store and this time did site to store shipping because the lady at customer service last night said that when you did that they put it together for you. I'm not positive on that fact, but either way hopefully they will ship it better and maybe it won't be FedEx that ships it. So, now I am back to the death trap and my estimated delivery is between Friday July 22 and Thursday July 28.

I hope all is well and I hope you have a good weekend! I am going on a date tonight and maybe going to see the new Harry Potter at the new theater in Farmington :)

FiNaLLy! :)

Yay!

I am so stinkin excited to finally have my bike! Luke said that he feels bad because mine isn't as nice as his...but I don't even care. It's 1,000 x better than my other one. I only rode it for like 10 minutes yesterday because it was pretty late by the time Luke got it all put together. But, it rides like a dream...the seat is pretty big and comfortable and has shocks on it! And there are shocks on the front fork, which is awesome! The gears and brakes actually work, so I'm going to have to remember to still give myself a good workout and not always have it on an easy gear ha ha!

Like I said, I didn't really get a workout yesterday so that means I really need to workout every day the rest of the week. I don't think I'm going to go to the party tonight because I still have so much to do and I do have to work in the morning. But, at least I'll be able to see everyone next week :)

I am proud to say that for the first time in a really long time I actually got all of me "healthy checks" on WW, which includes 5 servings of fruit/veggies, 6 8 oz glasses of water, oil, multivitamin, activity and milk/milk products. I unfortunately didn't make a very good choice for dinner and went over my points. And when I weighed myself this morning I'm still the same so I really need to pump it up a notch. Have fun tonight and hopefully I'll hear from you soon ;)

I feel SO good!

I hope all went well on the first night with the bunk beds! As I told you, I went to Farmington and back, this time it wasn't 19 miles though it was only 15 because I didn't start at our house...Luke drove me down to the Legacy trail head and came and picked me up. So here are my stats...

Distance: 15.43 Miles

Average Speed: 12 MILES PER HOUR! ( I have been trying so hard to get this)

Time: 1:17:08

Calories: 778

I am so pumped about biking, and I am so excited for my bike to come today! It says that it's out on the truck for delivery! :)

I didn't wake up early to do Zumba this morning because last night was a really bad night and I woke up a ton so that extra 45 minutes really helped out.

So, I've started actually packing lunches and eating at home...starting today! I brought lots of fruit and veggies and a pita sandwich for lunch and it feels so good! I love not feeling guilty about what I'm eating and knowing that this is going to help me lose weight! Make sure to get your workout in today!

WoRkOuT UpDaTe!!

Hello again! So, I didn't do quite everything I wanted to...Monday's are normally pretty weird for me. I had planned on doing 10 miles on the bike and then 30 minutes of zumba plus crunches and push ups....I only got the bike ride in. I was later than usual getting home, then after eating dinner, and waiting for my food to settle it was later than I had planned. Plus after my bike ride my knees were hurting pretty bad, I think it is because of the chain skipping on my bike and I was also riding in to the wind last night which didn't help. So I laid on the couch at about 9 thinking I would just rest my knees and fell asleep! I woke up to go across the street to use Mom and Dad's printer for a second with Lucas and then got ready for bed and fell right asleep! So, I have decided instead of cramming everything into the evening I'm going to wake up and do zumba or weight training in the morning and then the bike ride and crunches/push ups at night. So here are the stats for last night...

Distance: 10.27 miles

Time: 55:07

Average speed: 11.2 (I've been trying for 12 but it was impossible with the wind)

Calories: 518 (8 activity points)

I am so stinking excited for my new bike! It says that it's still on time to be delivered tomorrow :) Luke's was finally shipped too...and it says it's suppose to come tomorrow as well! The guys who sells them must get them from Walmart or something...because ours are both in the same place, weird right?

Then I woke up this morning..not very prepared to do weights. I planned on using an app that I downloaded and then realized that it requires machines...which I don't have. So I just did some shoulders and chest :)

Bench Press 21 pounds 3 sets of 15

Incline Bench Press 21 pounds 3 sets of 15

Overhead press 21 pounds 3 sets of 15

Right now it's pouring outside so I'm hoping it will clear up so I can go on a bike ride tonight otherwise I'll do Zumba or something.

Have a great day!

Day 3 Your idea of a perfect first date

Hello there! I hope everything is ok, I didn't even actually talk to you yesterday! I felt...weird ha ha.

So here is my idea of a first date...

In cas you can't remember or guess from these pictures....this was my first date with Lucas! I love the fact that he listens to me, I had told him that I had never gotten flowers from a guy before, I loved dressing up in formals and I have ALWAYS wanted to go on a carriage ride. Even though I'm sure I have told you this before I am going to tell you again :)

He didn't tell me what we were going to be doing, but he told me to dress really nice..so I wore a prom dress and he wore a tux. Then he picked me up with the most beautiful lilies I had ever seen, and took me downtown. This was the first time that I really got a dose of Linda too because she called a lot on the date..which at the time I thought was kind of weird that she would call so many times while he is on a date. Then we tried to go to a super fance restaurant in the Hilton that he had made reservations at, and they told us you had to be 21 to eat there because it was considered a bar...so we waited out front for a little while and then a carriage picked us up and took us to the Jazz game. Then we went to the Jazz game...I honestly don't remember if we won or lost ha ha! Then we had to walk back to the Hilton to get the car, but it was really fun. Then we went and got some ice cream and he took me home. BEST DATE EVER! I hope you get your workouts in today! I'll do a seperate post for a workout update :)

Day 2 A photo of something you ate today

Holy Crap! I don't know what's wrong with this blog, but it really hates me today, it hasn't let me comment on any of your posts and then I just wrote a post and when I tried to post it, I lost it! Grrr....anyway here we go again....I am going to comment on your posts here...

WID

I am so super proud of you, and can I just say, I called it! We're the exact opposite ha ha, I always think I'm doing okay during the week and then end up doing bad and you think you are doing bad and end up doing good. I really hope this week is a good one for both of us.

Bike Ride

I am impressed that you already got your bike ride in! I am already exhausted and can't imagine doing a bike ride and zumba tonight...but I have to try! We'll see how it goes :) Hopefully we both have a good week, and I'll post after my bike ride!

As far as the picture, this is the cereal I had this morning...it's delicious! It's Special K Chocolaty Delight....and it's delightful! I love cereal and really wish I could have it all 3 meals of the day ha ha! Have a great night!

Bike ride

I just went for a ride. Here are my stats:

44:40
Ave speed: 9.5
7.11 miles
337 calories

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WID

Last Week: 162.2

This Week: 160.6

Weight Loss: 1.6

First of all, I am so surprised, because all this week whenever I have weighed myself I've been the same or only lost like .6. So, I'm super happy. The other thing is I'm kinda freaked out because a few weeks ago my first weight was 162.2 and then 160.6. Weird...dejavu! Anyway, I was thinking back on my week and I ate out a lot more than usual. I want to try to not eat out this week (maybe only one meal) and I think it will help me lose more weight. It's really good that I lost this week because I was feeling really discouraged yesterday and I was wondering whether it was even worth it. But I've got some confidence back. :-)

My goal for this week is to ride my bike for 45 minutes 4 times (most likely Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) and then do some type of strength training video 3 times (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). I want to aim for a 2 lb loss this week again and keep tracking my calories on that app I've been using.

Sorry about your weigh in! I'm really impressed with your goals for this week, though. It sounds like a great plan. You're gonna do awesome this week!!

I want to do the photo blog thing you're doing. I'll post that later, ok? Have a great day!!

The dreaded weigh in....

Okay so here are my stats...

Last week: 180.2

This week: 181

Gain of .8 :( I'm super bummed because I actually did count all of my points and exercise this week but I have a feeling it's the "dreaded 2nd week" problem they have on Biggest Loser too. My goal was to lose about 2 pounds and since I didn't now I have to play catch up. On my mirror my goal is to get to 176.2 but I'm hoping to lose 2 to 3 pounds this week. I'm going to add to my routine and track my points really well this week to help....this is my plan for this week.

Monday: Bike Ride: 10 miles Zumba 30 min Crunches: 50 Push ups: 10

Tuesday: Bike Ride:15 miles Weight Lifting: App Crunches: 50 Push ups: 10

Wednesday: Bike Ride: 10 miles Zumba: 30 min Crunches: 50 Push ups: 10

Thursday: Bike Ride: 15 miles Zumba: 30 min Crunches: 50 Push ups: 10

Friday: Date Night- Maybe a bike ride? Crunches: 50 Push ups: 10

Saturday: Bike Ride: 20 miles Crunches: 50 Push ups: 10

Sunday: Walk 30 min Crunches: 50 Push ups: 10

I really want to get back in to the 170's this week so you have to help me stay on track :) I hope your weigh in was better than mine ;)

Day 1 A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was

I decided to post these photos as a picture of myself because I honestly think that you have seen most of the other ones. :) So I weighed myself this morning and I have gained 1.5 pounds so I'm desperately hoping that number goes down by tomorrow :( So that is how my morning started and then I got ready for church and actually went to church ha ha. It was really weird because Brother Christensen came up to me and Luke before sacrament meeting and asked us how we were doing and when we asked him how he was doing he said "I'm doing good but I'd be doing a lot better if I saw you during Sunday School....Me, Mom and Luke all thought he meant that we've
been skipping out on Sunday School ha ha! But he just meant that he wanted us to meet with him during Sunday School. So we are now super excited to be able to have a calling together even thought it means we have to be there every week again and we have to actually teach instead of just giving them a treat and something to color ha ha! Then after church we made brats on the grill and had them with Broccoli it was super yummy. After that I took a quick nap and now we're watching Devil...Thus the reason why I'm blogging because I'm trying to only half pay attention to the movie ha ha! Then we have to take the bike back up to Jackie's and put some laundry away. So to explain the pictures I decided to write my goals on the mirror so I'm reminded constantly of my goals and what I need to do to be able to get there. :) Have a good Sunday and good luck for our weigh in tomorrow!

30 Day Photo Challenge

So, I have seen a lot of different 30 day picture challenges on line and I found this one on a blog from one of my Weight Watchers friends. So, I figured I do it on here and you are welcome to too :) But no hard feelings if you would rather not do it. So...here it goes

Day 1 A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was

Day 2 A photo of something you ate today

Day 3 Your idea of a perfect first date

Day 4 Your favorite photograph of your best friend

Day 5 A photo of yourself 2 years ago

Day 6 A photo of an animal you'd like to keep as a pet

Day 7 Your dream wedding

Day 8 A song to match your mood

Day 9 A photo of the item you last purchased

Day 10 A photo of my favorite place to eat

Day 11 What's in your make up bag

Day 12 A photograph of the town you live in

Day 13 Your favorite musician and why

Day 14 A T.V. show you're currently addicted to

Day 15 Something you don't leave the house without

Day 16 Your celebrity crush

Day 17 A photo of you and your family

Day 18 Something you crave a lot

Day 19 Another pick of yourself

Day 20 The meaning behind your blog name

Day 21 A photo of something that makes you happy

Day 22 A letter to someone who recently helped you

Day 23 15 facts about you

Day 24 A photo of something that means a lot to you

Day 25 What's in your purse

Day 26 A photo of somewhere you've been to

Day 27 A pic of you last year and now and how you have changed since

Day 28 You're favorite movie

Day 29 Something you could never get tired of doing

Day 30 A photo of you today and 3 good things that have happened to you in the last 30 days

30 Day Shred Again

This morning I didn't really have time to go for a bike ride so I decided to try 30 Day Shred again. This time I did level 1 (last time I was doing level 2). I think I will be ok if I stick with level 1.

I had a lot of fun with Mom today. We went to the sidewalk sales on Main Street. It reminds me of when we used to go to the sidewalk sales on Bountiful's Main Street. We ate at The Copper Mill. It was SO yummy! Mom ordered fries and I ordered a salad and we shared 1/2 of each. The fries were the best fries I've ever had!! Mom agreed. It's bad that I've discovered them :-/

We're gonna go see Spencer perform at Pier 49 tonight so I'll be eating pizza there. It's not good that I will be eating out twice today...I'm gonna be careful at Pier 49 and not eat too much.

Hope you had a good day. Have fun on your bike ride with Jackie and Valerie tomorrow. :)

WoW!

My legs are like jello! First, I would like to say that I am getting a new bike as soon as possible. I don't know if you've ever had a bike with multiple gears kind of skip a gear before? It makes it impossible to ride up a hill because you can't stand up and peddle. Anywho, halfway through my ride my bike started doing this every third time I peddled and the brake still gets stuck. I can't wait until I can ride a normal functioning bike! K, here's the good part my stats....

Distance: 19.09 Miles

Average Speed: 10.6 MPH

Time: 1:47:54

Calories: 962

I am so proud of myself today! I only used 3 activity points and I earned 22 :) I am so excited!

Great job for you pulling your kids, I have a hard enough time lugging around my weight on the bike, I'm super impressed!

Can't Be Left Alone.....

I hope you had so much fun on your date last night!

I went to the grocery store with Lisa last night because Luke was going to be working late anyway and then she invited me over, but I'm a loser and just wanted to go home...bad idea. We really don't have much to eat in our house...not really even to snack on. So, I was stuck at home with no car and no one to distract me from eating. I was super hungry so I didn't really want to go on a bike ride yet and get myself sick so I had a couple oreos and a bowl of cereal, great "snack" right? Then Luke brought me home a steak quesadilla from albertos, luckily I only ate half of it and then he ate the rest...but it still wasn't a good night. After all of that I didn't even exercise. I'm a bum, after I was so pumped and excited in the morning and I did so good for lunch... and I ruin it from being bored. I just have to remind myself that things like that happen and there will be days like that but I can't let it get me down. I'm hoping the weather isn't too bad because I really want to go on a bike ride tonight, and I am going to count all my points today and try really hard not to use any activity points. :) I hope your day today is a successful one!

P.S.

Thanks for letting me ramble on this thing, it really does help to vent to someone. ;)

Do YoU fEeL iT?

I feel it, Tenille! I feel our drive like last time we did this together, I feel our motivation, our need to have an amazing self confidence, our need to fit into our skinny clothes, our love for biking! I am so excited, and I feel like this blog is going to make us feel like we're minutes away instead of an hour and I feel like we are going to do it this time.

I am committing to you right now that I will lose the weight, I will gain the self confidence that I deserve as a Daughter of God and, I will look good in the clothes that I want to look good in!

I have decided to set an overall goal, even though this scares me because I am so scared of failing once again, I need to be held accountable so here is my goal(s).

My BIG goal is by May 5, 2012 I will weigh 130 pounds!

To achieve this goal and be able to keep it off, I have set the following smaller goals which I will concentrate on one at a time.

August 15 I will weigh 171.2 pounds

October 3rd I will weigh 160.7 pounds

December 12th I will weigh 150.7 pounds

February 20th 2012 I will weigh 140.7 pounds

April 30th 2012 I will weigh 130.7 pounds

May 5th 2012 I will weigh 130 pounds!

It's going to be a very long road, and as I told you for each of these goals I will get an outfit and for my big goal I get to have a mani pedi and a few new outfits. I am so stoked and I'm bummed it's going to take ten months but it's my own fault that it has taken this long in the first place. So I will do this, and I hope you can be withe me the whole way! I am seriously so emotional right now I want to cry, I'm hoping that's a good sign. :)

It's a PiCkLe!

I'm so glad that you posted! :) I'm also super glad that you love biking! I totally agree that it is a great workout but relaxing at the same time. I understand that running might be relaxing for some people....but not me! Ha ha! I got started kind of late last night and as I was biking around the neighborhoods there was a lot of people doing fireworks, so I didn't go for too long...here's the stats.

Time 13:40

Distance 1.82

Average Speed 8.

Calories 92

Today I was so glad that I got to even go on a bike ride, I was so stressed about not being able to. So, as I headed down 500 south I noticed that I was having to peddle more and it was super hard and I couldn't figure it out for a little while. So even though it says that I burned this many calories I really think I burned more because I was having to work so hard! I realized that the break was stuck up against the tire so it was like I was braking...yeah I couldn't get it to work so I had Luke come and get me. So even though it wasn't nearly as long as I wanted to do it, it was still a great workout :) I'm debating still if I should just get a new bike so I don't have to stress every time I go for a ride....bah! Here's to hoping to hear from the attorney tomorrow! As for today here are my stats

Time 47:40

Distance 6.68

Average Speed 8.4

Calories 338

Day #2

I went biking again. I love it! It's exercise but it's relaxing... it's perfect.
My stats:
30 minutes
5.37 miles
220 calories

I'm glad Luke was able to fix your bike. Have a good night! :)

Biking

Yesterday I went on a half hour bike ride. My goal was to keep my pace at least 10 mph. It was harder than I thought it was going to be.
My stats:
Calories burned: 244
Distance: 4.94 miles
Average speed: 8.9 mph (I forgot to pause it a couple of times when I stopped so I don't know if this is totally accurate).

I'm excited to go on another ride today. Did you exercise yesterday?

Weigh in 5 on the 4th :)

Well, I'm completely floored....

Previous 181.6

New 180.2

Lost 1.4 :D

I am so excited, this is exactly what I need to motivate me to do better. I am so excited that I started off like this. I only have 8.6 more to lose before I get an outfit!

I am so glad that you found an app that you like, I tried that app and really liked it. I am just more use to counting points rather than calories so I decided to go back to weight watchers. We'll have to check up on each other this week and make sure we stick to our goals!

My goal this week is to exercise five times, and count my points every day. Hopefully in turn I'll lose between 1 and 2 pounds.

So I'm going to get a little personal here...so watch out! I have decided to go off my birth control...not for any exciting reasons we'll still be using other protection. But I have to go in for my yearly exam which costs money, and I have heard so many things about how birth control messes with your body and makes it so you can't lose weight, so I'm going to see if this helps me not be so tired, emotional and fat ha ha!

Good luck, and remember to post this week what you do for exercising!

Love you!

Weigh In

Ok, so since I'm a bum and I haven't weighed in for a while, I kinda have to start over. My weight for this week:

162.2

I love the app I told you about that I downloaded. It keeps track of calories and exercise and stuff like that. It's cool because you can just scan the bar code on whatever you ate and it will automatically enter the calories for you. :-) So, I'm excited to start that today. It's hard to change eating habits but that's the only way I'm gonna lose weight.

So my goal this week is to use that app every day, exercise 4 times and lose 2 lbs!

Good luck to you this week! Love ya!


Tenille

My aHa moment :D

Well, tomorrow is the weigh in and I'm sure I'm not going to do very well. I have plenty of excuses as usual...I was busy, I'm on my period, I didn't count points blah blah blah. But I'm hoping that will change. When I hear people that have lost weight they always talk about a moment when they realized they needed to change. I think that happened to me this weekend. It wasn't just one moment but a series of moments. First, even though he doesn't ever say it I really think Luke doesn't think that I'll be able to do it...but why should he? How many times have I tried and failed? It's getting ridiculous, quite frankly. One of the other moments was when I was looking at pictures that Luke had taken of me and Lisa while we were doing fireworks. I was wearing my swimsuit with my cute new shorts (which I think shrunk which doesn't help either) and my legs were huge...and whiter than white! Lisa has lost like 20 pounds since she separated with Zak and she looks amazing, all she does is eat smaller portions, stress and have an amazing metabolism. So she is also my inspiration when I see her every day at work. So, my solution to these realizations? Well I'm always talking about want to dress nicer at work and get new clothes but I don't want to because I'm going to lose weight. Well, after buying my super cute new workout outfit I quickly realized after a couple of times wearing it...I stink worse than ever! So, I want to get another one, and a work outfit. BUT I first have to lose 10 pounds. Then after that I can use my budget to buy a new workout outfit and a whole new work outfit shoes and all. Then every ten pounds after that I get to get a new outfit....workout, play or work. :) You've got to help motivate me to do this then by the time I get to my goal weight hopefully the more recently bought outfits will still fit and then I can get a few more. I really hope it sticks this time, and one day I will have the self confidence I deserve. Love you and hope to hear from you soon! :D

Are you still there?

I know the last couple of days have been crazy, and hopefully fun! I hope you post here soon, I'm anxious to hear how you've been doing.

I am so freakin in love with my bike! I just love riding it, and it is so relaxing just to be able to ride and listen to some tunes....so much better than running. Plus don't tell anyone else this but I think bikers are nicer than runners ;)

Monday: On Monday I decided for my bike rides I should go between 45 minutes and an hour to get a really good workout because riding isn't as hard for me as running. So, instead of just going back and forth on 800 West I got daring and rode down 500 south to the trail at Legacy Highway and rode to the exit at Pages Lane, then went up to the Rail Trail until 400 north and then went along 800 west and home. I LOVED IT! I like it because most of the time I was either in a huge bike lane or a trail and that makes me feel a lot safer. I also like the fact that a lot of people take these trails and they are in the open so I don't feel like I'm going to get kidnapped. So here are the stats for Monday's workout....

Distance: 8.72 Miles
Time: 57:05
Calories: 441
Average Speed: 9.2 MPH

Tuesday:
I ended up being really busy on Tuesday but I was able to fit in a bike ride. I've been riding with Lisa so I get home about an hour later than I normally do, and then as soon as I got home I had to go visiting teaching. Then after that I hurried and ate so our Home Teachers could come over...they stayed for half an hour :P Then we had to run to the grocery store to get a few things, by the time I got home it was already 8:30 so I hurried and got ready and hit the road, hoping I'd be able to do the same route. I did most of it, but when I got to 400 North I called Luke and had him pick me up because there was no more trails or bike lanes and it was getting dark. But, I'm really glad that I did it, and it was super nice! I'm glad because I'm going to a jewelry party at Lisa's moms house so I don't know how late I'm going to be. But I love it because I actually look forward to exercising, and I'm even more excited for Luke to be able to come with me. Here are the stats for last night....

Distance: 7.05 Miles
Time: 43:36
Calories: 357
Average Speed: 9.7 MPH

Hope to hear from you soon! :D

Weigh in #4

BOOO! So, I either put the wrong weight last week or accidentally recorded a new weight on my scale.... I'm going to go by my scale.

Previous: 181.6

New: 181.6

Change: 0!

Okay so I have no valid reasons why I didn't lose anything and other than I'm glad that I didn't gain I'm pretty ticked! I haven't even logged on to Weight Watchers in the last couple weeks...which means I'm just wasting money and not losing any weight and I only exercised 4 times instead of my goal of 5.

This week I am determined to work out 5 times and count my points every day! I know yesterday was Sunday and I normally don't work out on Sunday, but I was way too excited to ride my bike so here is the workout.

Distance 4.93 Miles

Speed 8.2 MPH

Time: 36.17

Calories: 250

It's cool because I can choose biking when I put it under my workout so it knows what I'm doing!

Goals for this week:

Exercise at least 5 times ( I would really love to take the dogs on a walk and ride my bike)

Count all of my Weight Watchers points

Lose at least 1.5 pounds (I'm kind of nervous because I am going to be on my period next week)

Ice Ice Baby!

So do I get to call myself a runner if I have to ice my knees? It wasn't too bad, they were just a little sore after my run last night. But I did it! And that is what is most important, right? I want to find some new places to run, I normally just go down to A&W and back and go through the culsdac a I little bit. So I'm going to have to research that so I don't get so bored.

My run went as follows...

Distance: 3.55

Average MPH: 3.9

Calories Burned: 613

Time: 54:10

Great news is that for my cardio trainer I have to weigh myself on Wednesdays andI have already lost 1.2 pounds! Now I just need to keep that up hopefully! I still plan on running today, tomorrow and Saturday. How have you been doing with eating and exercising?

Weigh in #3

Bad! I did not do good at all, and it probably didn't help that I ate like crap yesterday.

Previous 179.8

New 181.4

Gain 1.6

I am super disappointed with myself and I really need to start weight watchers for real this week. I used up a lot of my weekly points yesterday so I don't plan on using any more of those, and I really want to run at least 5 times.

Now, on to the new week so far. So, I don't know if you have ever heard the song Imma Be by Black Eyed Peas? I have and it's one of my favorite songs, it always makes me want to dance...and last night it made me want to run. I just get so excited when it plays and I just want to be happy and active so I played it at least 3 times on my run last night. HA! I'm glad that you cleaned hardcore and you passed your inspection! I'll be checking on you to make sure you ride your bike today. Maybe we can exercise together Saturday morning like go on a walk or something, maybe even a small hike with the kids?

Distance: 3.73

Time: 55:08

Average Speed: 4.1 MPH

Calories: 614 (5 bananas!)

Here is my new running outfit, the whole thing cost $21 because I got biker shorts to go under the other shorts. I love it! And I think that is actually a really good deal, anywhere else it would have probably been at least between 30 and 40 dollars! I fell pretty self conscious when I am running but I just have to worry about myself and know that I am doing something about it. :) The tank top even came with the cute headband!

Monday, Monday

My weigh in will have to be delayed until tomorrow. I had a drivers meeting this morning at 7:30 and I woke up at 7:05...yup today is Monday. So, I didn't eat breakfast or weigh in just pulled my hair back put on my glasses and left.

Great job for you though! I am super proud of you!

My goal is to do 4 short runs and one longer run this week, preferably short one Monday through Thursday and the long one on Saturday. My short ones will probably be 2-3 miles and I'm hoping my long one will be 5-6 :)

I haven't got my playlist done yet, I'm planning on working on it today at work if I get bored, but as soon as I finish I'll let you know. :)

Weigh in #3

Last week: 162.2

New weight: 160.8 -1.4 :-)

I almost met my goal of 1.5 lbs! Woo hoo! I am really surprised because I didn't think I would make it with my back and not eating well this weekend.

I need to figure out what I'm going to do for exercise this week. I really liked riding my bike last week so I think I'm going to do that four times this week and then do some kind of strength training three times. My goal again is to lose 1.5 lbs. I hope I can meet that goal this week!

I hope you have a good day! Enjoy the sunshine!

P.S. Did you get your playlist done? If so, what songs did you put on it?

I love SuMmEr!!! :D

Yahoooooo! I love this weather and that I can go out later at night and it's not pitch dark so I can't run. But it's cool enough by 8 that I'm not completely dehydrated and laying on the side of the road halfway through. I'm kind of bummed because I forgot what I did before to make it 3 miles so I didn't do it as long as I wanted to but I did it so I'm proud. I'm not sure what will happen tonight because I have to wake up super duper early tomorrow morning so we'll see if I have time to do a run. The bad news is that I weighed myself this morning and I had gained weight....so I just need to continue exercising and watching what I eat and hope for the best. Next week I really am counting points for reals and exercising.

I am so sorry that your back hurts that stinks big time! I really wish you could train with me and we could do a 5k together. Hang in there and I bet the more you work out and slowly get better and strengthen your back the better it will feel :)

Time: 34.03

Distance 2.36

Calories: 251

My Back Hurts! {Whine, Whine}

Ok, I did 30 day shred again today. I love that workout--it's hard but it is good and only 20 minutes long. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to do it anymore. :-( Yesterday my back started hurting and I tried it again today, trying to be careful to not strain my back but now I am in a lot of pain! You do a lot of squats and lunges and I think that is what has killed my back. It makes me mad because I really like that video. Ugh! I don't know what to do now. I guess I'll have to find another video I love.

On a positive note, I weighed myself today and I've already lost .6 lbs. So, I need to keep it up--even over the weekend so I can reach my goal of 1.5 lbs.

Good job jogging last night. You're awesome! I like your picture...it's super cute. Sorry I've been too lazy to take a picture and put my memory card in the computer to post it. I will soon though! Hope you have a spectacular day! I will text you later to make sure you get out and exercise. Do it first before you even go over to Mom's then you won't be tempted to not do it. :)

Happy Tuesday!

Happy Tuesday! And Happy Flag Day! How do you know it's flag day Natalie? Because someone was pounding a stake into my yard at 5:00 this morning to be able to put a flag up. :)

I hope your 30 day shred went well, and that she kicked you where it counts. I went jogging/walking last night. I would have jogged the whole thing but Luke came with me and he can't jog with his bum knee, but even then he just takes really long strides while I jog. It felt great to get out and just do it, I don't know why I can't remember that and just do it more often. Luke is going to a Bee's game with Mike, Logan and Dad tonight which is good because that means a night alone for me, which normally means I clean and exercise. But, Valerie is going to be across the street at Mom's all night and you know how much of a social butterfly I am so you'll have to check on me to make sure I do it! So here are my stats for last night: * Please note, the calories and distance may not be 100% accurate because the GPS wasn't working at first and we didn't realize it for a little while, but tried to guess on the distance from where we did notice.

Time: 29.31

Distance: 2.1 Miles

Calories: 147 =2 apples :)

P.P.S I'm sorry that you gained last week! It is super hard when you have so much going. I'm having a hard time getting back into Weight Watchers because it's so hard to track but then I just remember when we did it before and I lost a ton of weight and I tracked everything! So we can do this!

Weigh in #2 :(

Previous weight: 161.1

Current weight: 162.2

I did horribly this week! :( I was good the first part of the week but then we went to Idaho and the birthday party and I totally lost control of my eating! Plus I didn't exercise Friday or Saturday. So frustrated with myself. I'm determined to do better this week though. My goal this week is to lose 1.5 lbs and to exercise 5 times. I am going to do 30 day Shred everyday plus one other active thing like go for a walk or a bike ride at least 3 times this week. Here's to a new start, I guess...

Good job to you though! I'm excited that you lost this week. You rock!

Weigh in #2

Previous: 180.2

New: 179.8

Lost .4!

Yay for weigh in day and a start of a new week! :) I was going to do really good with points and exercising last week...I didn't really do that great with either. But, I'm excited that I lost something even if it isn't that much. So here are my goals for this week:

1. Exercise at least 4 times (preferably run 3 times and do zumba/step aerobics 2 times)

2. Count all of my points for Weight Watchers

3. Lose between 1 and 2 pounds

4. Get between 7 and 8 hours of sleep every night

There you go, here is a pic for your viewing pleasure of showing how much weight I lost. :)