Day 1 of the New Year

Today is Tuesday- January 3, 2012.

Body Composition:
Weight: 184.2
Waist: 38"
B.B: 42½ (Belly Bulge)
Hips: 41½

Exercise: Walked 35 minutes on the treadmill (2 miles) I know it was slow, but I that is how I roll. I need to start out slow and take baby steps to success.

Here is a note from December 26th- the day after Christmas. "I'm tired of punishing my body. I have an addiction to food. If I want to be an example to my children I need to take better care of myself. Stop eating when I'm full. Choose healthy snacks. Choose better food for my spirit. Drink only water!!!! No juice, no pop, no sugar drinks. My waist is size 41" and my ponch is 43" and I know I have water retention, but still I'm obese. My weight is 188.2 lbs. A few weeks ago I was 175-180 lbs. It's time to pay the price and get fit!"

Affirmations:

I see me- Energetic
I see myself lean and fit
I see myself being an example of health
I see myself helping others overcome addictions
I see myself healthy
I see my and my husband happy
I see my boys addiction free
I see my girls being modest and virtuous
I see me- full of live, happy, healthy and strong

Goals to accomplish my affirmations:

1) Get rid of all junk food in home
2) have fresh fruit and veggies available and ready to eat
3) Exercise daily for 30-60 minutes
4) Strength train 3 times a week
5) Plan meals each week
6) Prepare meals- fruit in a.m. and veggies in p.m.
7) No food after 7-8 p.m.

Leg Day-

I am not very fond of leg days. They are my strongest muscles right now as I do lots of walking- but working them out more- ouch! Here are the exercises that I tortured my body with today. Well not tortured but strengthened my body with.

Legs:

Warm up- 5 minutes on treadmill
Stretches
Superset: Reverse Lunges x10, Hamstring pulls on ball x10 (Repeat 3 times)

Walked 2 mintes on Treadmill

Superset: Single leg squat x10, plank x30 -45 min (Repeat 3 times) On the single leg squat I could only do 5 on each leg on the last set- My thighs were burning and shaking.

Superset: Wall sit x1 min, Calf Raises x10 (Repeat 3 times)

Cool Down: Walked on treadmill for about 17 minutes at 3.7 speed, so ended up walking 1 mile.

Ball Exercise for Abs: Basically doing a V-sit - I did that for 5 reps, where you lean back and hold and then sit up and repeat-

Stretches x10 minutes.

Afterwards I came up and made a wonderful breakfast of oatmeal, blueberries, flaxseed, and whole wheat toast (homemade with freshly ground wheat- it makes wonderful toast). I do sweeten my oatmeal with maple syrup and used a bit of soy milk to make it creamy. It is delicious!

Summer is here

It is the last day of June, and I haven't kept track of my healthy lifestyle. I will make a plan today for the next 9 weeks of summer vacation.

My summer goals for me are:

1)Lose 10 lbs in 9 weeks.
2)Sugar free for the summer. I will allow myself my 1 tablespoon of Maple Syrup a day.
3)Walk everyday with a friend.
4)To follow some sort of exercise program daily- tae-bo, bowflex and katie's bootcamp.
5)To eat a good breakfast and drink lots of water throughout the day.
6)To take my vitamins daily.
7) Ab workout daily

My summer goals for the home are;

1) texture kitchen/diningroom ceiling (done July 13)
2) prime/paint kitchen/diningroom ceiling
3) paint livingrooom
4) paint kitchen/diningroom
5) move deepfreeze downstairs
6) build kitchen pantry
7) lino installed
8) kitchen cupboards built
9) kitchen completed by end of summer 2010
10) pictures back on walls

It's been a great week!

I have walked everyday this week. My walks have been on a minimum one hour, so anything overthat is a bonus for me. I have walked daily anywhere from 5k to 12k. It has been wonderful to get out and walk again on a daily basis. I have found a new walking partner and she hustles, so we are good for each other.

I haven't been following my own advice on eating healthy- I have all the knowledge, the food- just too darn lazy to make it happen, so here it is another week gone and I am putting on the lbs. daily. It is amazinig what the wrong foods can do to your body.

New goals for the upcoming week. No eating after 8 p.m., in bed by 11:00 p.m., walk daily and get my butt out of bed to start bootcamp plus stick to watching my calories to make sure I don't go over and that I am eating foods to fuel my body.

Goal Re-cap:
No eating after 8 p.m.
Bedtime 11 p.m.
Arise 5-6 a.m.
Daily walks- 1 hour minimum
Kate's bootcamp M-W-F
Follow healthy eating plan by counting calories
Track my food daily

Time for a cleanse

This week I am doing a cleanse, which basically I am eating lean proteins, lots of veggies and some fruits and drinking lots of water. Today was my first day and so far so good.

I started the morning with a 30 minute walk up and down some rather steep hills. A few hours later I went on another walk. This time up a steeper hill. It was about a 25 minute round trip walk. It was nice. It was pouring rain and I loved it. In about an hour I will try for another walk. I am trying to use my legs more and walk where I can and drive less.

Here is a tip for the day:
Upon wakening drink one large glass of hot purified water(I used warm- not keen on hot liquids) with juice from half a lemon or lime squeezed into it. The drink helps flush waste matter from your digestive track.

Stay focused!

Walking

Exercise for today was walking around Ikea. Took the kids to their first Ikea store and had a fun time. We stayed there for about 3 hours and after enjoyed a nice meal in the restaurant and then went back to the hotel and went swimming later on.

March is here- time to get busy

Body Composition:
Hips- 39 1/2" (41 1/2" Feb.2)
Waist- 36 1/2" (40" Feb 2.)

Weight- 176 (182 Feb. 2)

Exercise:
Walking- 60 min.

Back on track- Positive people

Good Morning,

Wow, do I feel great today. I walked my kids to the bus stop then walked on the treadmill for 30 min while alternating the incline from 3-7. It felt great to be back in the groove. I also did 15 min. of some yoga stretches.

I have a good friend who is also losing weight. She has a personal trainer who is helping her and she is looking good. Her trainer coaches her at home and she uses the treadmill, bowflex and then other items that are just around her home. No expensive gym fees. She uses the stairs alot for running and pushups and she also does alot of core exercises and exercises with filled up milk jugs. Has lost 18 lbs so far and she started in January.

My sister and brother in law are also getting active again. My brother in law has been off sugar for almost two months now and has lost 28 lbs, and my sister has lost 13 lbs. Good for them.

I love hearing positive stories like that it keeps me motivated.

Exercise:
Yoga - 15 min.
Walking- 30 min.
Stretching- 5 min.

Weight - 175 lbs

The headaches have subsided

I have made a commitment to avoid white flour and refined sugar for the month of February. I was just thinking about the past years- and I have gained about 50 lbs. in 17 years, and 30 of those lbs. in the last 4 years. Yes, I had 5 children, but that is no excuse. If I would have kept my hand out of the cookie jar and kept myself away from the candy and sweets section at the store I would be better off today. I have no control and not very disciplined, so here I am in my 40's trying to make up for my mistakes. One day at a time- as my husband would say" just think how long it took you to gain that weight"- so I need to be patient and hopefully it won't take me 17 years to lose it.

Yes, I am a sugar addict. After not having sugar for a few days I did experience headaches, but they have subsided and I feel great. I don't get as tired as I usually am during the days and my 3-4 hour naps during the day have stopped, so that is nice.

Exercise:
1 1/2 hour walk

Weigh day and Body Composition update

Weight- 175.6 (182.2 on Feb 2)

Body Composition:
Waist- 37 1/2" (waist-40"on Feb 2)
Hips- 41 1/4" (Hips- 41 1/2" Feb 2)

Exercise:
2 hour walk at a pretty good pace
stretching- 10 min.

Day #87- gym membership today

I walked this morning 4.6k and it felt great. I am experiencing some hip pain, but hopefully will subside soon. It seems to hurt when I am running. I took last week off of running due to the pain and it went away, and then last night went on a nice jog and it starting hurting again. I wasn't doing a correct heal strike and so now I am and now my hip hurts. Before I was running on my toes and everything hurt to my feet, calves, shins and now it is just my hip. Strange, eh?

I decided yesterday to go an renew my membership at the gym. My treadmill is buried downstairs and right now there is no where to put it as with the bowflex. Too much stuff downstairs with renovations.

I will post later to see my results with the gym and with my eating.

Day #61- (8 weeks 5 days) w/ Venice Nutrition

Well tomorrow is my weigh in date. I like to take my measurements at the beginning of each month and also weigh myself. I did weigh in today and I am .2 oz from meeting my 10 lb loss goal. Time will tell. My average at this time is 5 lbs a month. It is slow going as I am still learning and I still have thing for sweets.

Today I went on a nice 90 min. walk. I walked at a pretty good pace and when I reached the top I decided to run back down the road until I reached the trail again. It was going great until a friend I was with decided to run on the trail. I am not that coordinated yet to be trail running.

Today my son made a mii on wii and also signed me into wii fit, and once my age and weight and composition was in it said, "my wii age was "70" yikes! It also said, "I was overweight", which I already knew.

Pedometer Log
Steps 14,785
Steps into KM 10.64k

Day #5- Eating every 3-4 hours upon waking

When we eat the correct nutrition we are able to stabilize our blood sugar throughout the day.