November Goals

Last week was I didn't workout as hard as I should and I didn't eat clean or even 50% clean and I can tell I never thought I would be able to tell how I felt by my eating but it is so true when I eat like shit I feel like shit. I couldn't work out hard or long because I was just not feeling it and it was all due to my eating. So this brings me to:

November Goals:

 

1. Eat as clean as I can even on Thanksgiving. I am limiting my cheat meal to Sunday because we have family Dinner every Sunday with the In Laws and Grandmother and Sister in Law. We all take turns cooking on Sundays. I will let myself eat a little of something bad but I have to remember to cheat in portion control. Just because I choose to cheat doesn't mean I can eat whatever and how much. I am only allowing myself to only drink water and a few unsweet tea here and there.

 

 

2. Drink at least 70 ounces of water ever single day. This is very hard for me due to I'm not a big drinker. I only seem to drink when I eat so I have to make it a habit to always carry or have a bottle of water with me.

3. Workout 4-5 times a week. I have been lifting weights and trying to work my way up heavy. I'm finding that I love it but my Cardio sucks. My SIL and I have been working out and have had a schedule

Monday: Lower body & Couch25k  

Tuesday: Upper body, Cardio 

Wednesday: Couch25k  

Thursday: Lower body & Cardio

Friday: Upper body & Couch25k

I am always looking for new workouts. On upper body day I feel like I don't get a good workout as far as calories are involved I def don't burn enough to satisfy me so I on the hunt for an awesome arm workout that makes my arms on fire. I have been doing the Julian Michaels arm workout. I feel like I need to add more to it but don't know what.



 



4. Couch25k I want to get off week 3. I cant get off week 3 to save my life. I have been running on a treadmill inside and recently started running outside and it is so much harder. I'm trying to get my mind right and finish week 3 its like I do good Monday and then Tuesday I struggle and Friday and I just cant finish the last 3 minutes of running or I stop in between and walk for a minute. Its a mental thing I know and my legs will only hurt for a little bit.

5. Loose at least 7lbs. I didn't want to set my goal at 5 because I feel like 5lbs is always water weight and I seem to loose 5lbs then gain it back I can never loose more than 5 so I am going for it and setting the bar high for me at 7lbs. I know you are not supposed to count weight only inches so I measure myself and will measure again once the month is over. I hope I loose inches in my wide hips

 

There it is my November goals. I am more determined than I think I have been ever and I am blogging about it so I can be held accountable. I mean who want to blog at the end of the month about not meeting and of her goals, right?

Any good workouts or recipes I would love them

Weight Loss fail

Well needless to say between these 5lbs Ive been yo-yoing I cant seem to get this whole loss thing on the weight loss journey. I know my workout is on point but my eating is the reason why. I cant seem to eat good and the thought of  healthy eating just makes me want a girls scout cookie.

 

 Now that I have that figured out Im going to try to not deprive myself and then over eat Im going to try eatng what I want staying within my calorie goal but portion control so Im not starving myself or making me miserable. We shall see how this works but Im not starting until Tuesday because we are going out of town for my Mother in Laws 50th birthday and we all know you cant diet on a girls trip.

Yes I so killed it Monday but I paid for it the whole 2 days afterwards. So if  I can get my eat under control I think I will have the results I want.

Weekends Where Abouts & Goals

My early morning Valentine....Rhett man

He has pitched so many fits about his hair he has won and he gets his Faux Hawk

his hair in this picture is way to short for me so I'm crying inside

 

Just when you think you have it all planned out and then the paint comes off the wall and breaks your wallet with a whooping 1400.00 paint estimate I can no longer have a Roomba for V-day :(

Although the Farmer did small gift really well Fanny May Berries has the best strawberries they were so big and juice I loved them. Thanks you Boo 

 

What idiot plans softball games on freezing days? That's all I want to know.

This is some serious Redic-ness right here.

It took me forever to thaw out once I finally got home I think I have Frost bite

Im a cold weather wuss

 

The Farmer is helping Coach until he has to get back in the field and as big as a Daddy's girl Maci is she isn't sure about him Coaching her. She is always telling him don't dance, sing or act any kind of crazy and embarrass me. LoL  So the whole ride to the game he was asking her if he could do Im Sexy and I know it and Gangnam Style she was sweating it. He loves giving her a hard time

 

Team huddle and Prayer

 

 

Goals:

Last Friday I decided to give this Couch 2 5k app a try and I actually did alot better than what I thought. I made it I didn't think I would be able to do it but I tried and completed the first day

My goal this week is to complete Week 1

My feet are killing me .... any ideas to help its the arches. They are not used to running due to the fact I have not run...ever. I have good shoes but man the bottom of my feet are killing me



I am also going to try to eat alot healthier, last week I ate whatever but I was portion control instead of 4 cupcakes I only had 1 same with my wine instead of 2 bottles I stuck to only1. I think I'm going to work my way into trying the Yeast Free diet but for this week I'm going to really watch my carbs and sugar the best I can so hopefully when I start I will not have the horrible headaches and yucky moods.

This is what I'm currently reading and it is so good. Its for all Moms and I promise you if you are a Mom it is a must read. This goal has nothing to do with fitness but I want to make sure I take in each and every moment with my monsters and I'm going to try to get through this whole week without yelling at them. Yes I'm a yeller I yell at everything and everyone I'm very loud what can I say?





To actually cook this week. The Farmer has been doing all of the cooking while he is off. He shares the same cooking passion as me what can I say but with him fixing to get back into the field Ive got to get back into the game.

Health & Fitness Friday

I'm so excited Ive got my workout partner back we would go together for a while but here lately she has had so much stuff with her Dad and her nieces wedding that she couldn't make it and it was kind of a dull and boring time but now that she is back I have been loving it. I don't know what it is but a workout buddy makes it so much more fun and it goes by quicker. I have bumped up my Cardio and even got my running up to 2 minutes before I have to go back to a walk. I'm walking 5 minutes warm up then I run 2 minutes walk 1 minute and then repeat until my mile is up. BoooYa Bishes! I'm actually liking this running thing. I think I might finally get it. Yes I know I'm only a 2 minute runner but it feels great so I guess for right now I'm really not a runner I'm more like a Sprinter. Bahaha Now that it is the end of the week my legs and feet feel awful I can tell these suckers haven't this much play since....Never! I got the biggest compliment Wednesday night the Farmer and I were welll... skip all that part but he said I have noticed that your calves are tone. Say what??? SO that was huge but when I stepped on the scale to weigh for this week I have gained 2.6 pounds I am pissed I have been running and also I have came in under my calories every single day so how in the hell do I gain 2.6 pounds? wtf? So I not a happy camper and this week is a High because of my running but a Low because of my weight gain. As bad as I want to say F-shiz and call my surgeon I'm sticking with it and not letting this over take my mind...well I'm going to try but I'm still fired up.

My hips are huge I always had big hips so after 3 kids the only got bigger. I'm in need of major shrinkage of the hips while the Farmer loves some curves..ugh not me I like more of a pencil figure with some JWoWWs. I didn't really know what moves or workouts to do. I'm a huge Mama Laughlin blog stalker and Ive gotten some really good advice so while I was doing my day to day stalk of her blog I found a few great moves she posted on hips so I have been trying those out this week.



As far as eating I haven't been eating as clean as I need to but I have been doing really well on portion control if that counts for anything. But....I have remained under my calorie count every single day so that the main thing right?
Please give me some tips Im stuck.

Monday Goals

I'm super pumped to do Monday weekly Goals. Nicole @ The Prairie Princess  posted weekly goals last Monday and I loved it so much I told her I was going to do it this week and she needs to do it every Monday so I could link up with her.
This weeks Goals:

1. Work out 5 days M-F

 



2. Burn over 500 calories each workout

 

3. Loose at least 1 pound hopeful 2 or more

 

 

4. Drink nothing but water and cut out my 1 diet Dr Pepper

 

5. Stick to my cleaning schedule

 

 

6. Pick out a paint color and curtains for my kitchen

 

 

7. Get a Home Tour Post together 



So there you have it these are my weekly goals I will be back next Monday to see what all goals I accomplished and my new weekly goals.

Health & Fitness Friday

 



I have been working out lately and as you know it has not been dropping off any of my weight so I had to change my eating to a more clean eating. I had to cut out the I worked out so I can eat whatever I want.
I use My Fitness Pal to track my calories and I also put my workout into it too. When I do that I usually end up eating those calories that Ive worked out for and I stay under my 1200 calorie diet but I'm this week I decided to not enter my workout calories and still in my 1200 calorie range that way I would  not eat my workout calories and I would loose weight quicker. I'm not a patient person and the fact that this weight loss is not an over night deal drives me nuts. I would love to be able to go back to my surgeon and do some fat ass removing procedure but my budget isnt allowing that right now uhhh

My Journey

Before I begin I just want to say that as I was doing some blog reading I came across Megan @Skinny Meg and I stayed up way past my bedtime reading as I just fell in love OBSESSED over her blog I read so many weight loss blogs and they are mostly the same so I really cant explain why this particular blog spoke to  me but it did and I can explain it but it just clicked for me. For starters I was trying to stay into a mind of eat less weigh less but I came to realize that it doesn't work that way and now here is proof right in front of my eyes. Everything that I read just hit me like a ton of bricks and I soaked it all up and was so pumped to get my weight loss back on track.
My Changes:
Eat more but Eat Clean
Hit the Gym harder (Go Big or Go Home)
Its ok is if I know nothing about Fitness, Exercise, Clean Eating just keep trying and learning and I will get there
Have Fun {Most Important}
Its ok to be selfish and take as much time or work into my Heath

My Clean eating changes include
Grilled Pork Chops with salad
Grilled Chicken Salad
Turkey Wrap with baked chips
Blackened Mahi Mahi with grilled vegetables
Burger with Lettuce as a Bun
Grilled Chicken with Mashed Mock Potatoes
Left over grilled Chicken sprinkle of taco seasoning, lettuce, onion, dab of sour cream lite in a tortilla
Roast and Carrots it was so hard to not have any of the potatoes
Beef Stew without Cornbread which totally sucked
Eggs with turkey bacon and sugar free syrup

I have added Fruit to my diet Grapes and Apple and while putting them into MFP I saw how many sugars they had. WOW Does that count if you are trying to cut out sugars?
I hate Bananas but being that I have turned my workouts up I know I needed to Potassium in my body so I try and choke half of those down after every workout. Its so gross! I would love all the before and after workout food tips.

Laugh away all you want....I am not a runner and quite frankly I hate anything to do with running. I have never been a runner. I'm way to lazy for that. I got some information about running from one of my girls (I wished she still lived close instead of Baton Rouge) SO I thought I would give it a try being everyone just loves it and O how fun it is to be a runner...blah blah blah so let me see what I'm missing.
1. Come in with a good attitude
2. Try and if you fail try again until you finally succeed
3. It takes time I'm not going to be a runner overnight or in a week. Time give it Time
4.Baby Steps are key {well for me they are}
Before I started working out I could only run 45 seconds at a time now I thought I would give it a try. I came into the gym all pumped and did 35 minutes on the Elliptical then I moved to the treadmill to see if I could run O dear I thought. I started of walking at 4.0 then I took the plunge and moved it up to 6 Holy Hell I'm running I'm running I'm a damn runner Hellz yeaaaahhh then I quickly felt the burn when I looked I was at 1m3secs. Boooyahh Bitaches I moved up! From then on I knew that workout day was going to be awe-to-tha-MFn-some!

Love my Lululemon headband managed to grab this ebay find for 7.00 Holla

How much do you love my All abord the HotMess Express tank
Fake boobd and running dont mix so I have 2 tight sports bras on holding the swet puppies down 



 After finishing my 4 miles (usually do 2 or sometimes 3) I was on top of the world so I figured I would see how long I could last at a plank. I have never did a plank for exercise so this is new for me and I thought ok I can do this easy.... well let me tell ya now not as easy as it looks. I was dying but I wanted to hit the 30 second mark and Yay for me I did it. I think I am going to try to do a plank every other day and see how I can get my time longer.

All of this and in the last 2 weeks I have a big deal to celebrate I have lost 4 pounds. Whoop whoop
Cheers to the start of a successful weight loss journey. Now I have no excuses because I know now I can loose weight I just have to get off my lazy rump and get pumped.

Whats going wrong?

I have gained over 20 pounds last year and I simply cant do this anymore. I keep saying I'm going to do something about this and I do good for one day or so but then life happens and I give up. This time I vow to not be a quitter and now I cant quit because I've told all of you I'm not quitter right? Damn straight! I didn't quiet know what to do or how to do it and when I started getting friend request on MyFitnessPal I knew I couldn't let them see me be a quitter or a cheat. So that when my brain starting going and I thought what can and should I do about this I have no clothes that fit.
I want to buy bigger clothes.....says no one ever!
With me blogging about it and making a point to blog about my progress each Friday I have no choice but do well I mean how bad would it suck to have to blog about gaining weight.
I started last Friday and thought about doing a link up with 2 cool chicks but I found out that a linkup very similar to this has just got started and I didn't want to interfere with that link up. I knew I didn't have anything going on all this week in the morning so I could hit the workout hard and go all 5 days. I live an hour away from town and I knew I had to go Tuesday but schedules to go after my workout because remember I'm becoming dedicated!
I'm making a deal with myself that if I keep it up until Easter I can go on a little Spring and Summer shopping spree. I'm not buying any clothing item until then that is my deal and Ive got to stick with it. I love rewards and find it better when I give my self one. It motivates me! I found this cute little number and wanted it for Easter and it was a pre-order it will not be shipped until late Feb so instead of ordering it in a 8-12 I ordered it in a 4-6 and Ive got to get in it my goal.

I knew I had to do something about being more active and since I'm an exercise hater I thought I would start slow and work my way up instead of jumping all in. I have had some days where I was ok with going to the gym and I have had days where it sucks ass and I cried the whole time I was there. But yesterday while do the Elliptical I realized I could only go slow when I first started and now my speed was doubled. It pumped me up so I cant wait to see what my future holds in the Gym-Workout world. I found that this Polar Watch. It tells my time, heart rate and how many calories Ive burned and for me it has been the only thing that has motivated me to workout.

My workout routine I go after I drop my kidos off to school and I try to go all 5 days. I mostly start on the elliptical and do the whole 30 minutes and the 5 minute cool down then I move onto the machines or weights for 30 minutes. I recently got this workout off Pinterest and have started doing it 2 days a week.

I'm in the process of finding more and Ive pinned alot but Ive got to choose a lower body workout routine. My arms and thighs are the areas that bother me the most so those are what I want to focus on. I have a flat booty so I need some junk in my trunk so looking for a good booty builder.

The hardest part about making healthy changes to my life has been my eating I'm a picky eater and I love fast food, junk food, Dr Pepper and bread. So there is a heart attack waiting to happen. Ive got to change my eating and my portions. When there is french fries or bread in front of me I eat and eat and eat until over stuffed. I am willing to make a change to my eating habits but I'm still not going to do without. I'm just going to enter my MyFitnessPal and if I have enough calories then I will and if not then I will work harder and hopefully get to have it the next day. Why couldn't the good Lord make us all a size 0? I know I know I'm looking at new healthier recipes that the whole family can enjoy and I will not have to make separate meals because lets face it...ain't nobody got time for that!