Just a bit busy

I swear, ever since he officially proposed its like putting on the Ring has put me in uber wedding mode. I've almost got my venue comfirmed, just need to sign the contract. I pretty much have my photographer confrimed, I just need to sign the contract. I don't have a quote for my caterer yet, but once I have my venue confirmed we'll start on that. I have a couple of options for music, one of which is a live band, which would be really nice :D. The details - time, decorations, ect... - are still a bit haphazard, and I still need to get my invitations rolling, but they are in the works.

But besides that, I have still been committed to working out :) thats my NO Wedding Zone! And I've been eating good, with only one really bad/good cheat day a week and walking almost every day since I'm on nights, and it has SOO payed off!!

I'm down to 188.2! That's only 13.5lbs from my #1 goal, and 18.2lbs from my possible #2 goal!! So I'm gonna keep going on that track and I'll be to my goal weight before the end of the year!! and then I'll just working on toning up some trouble zones.

Back to wedding stuff :)

I think Rich and I both are stressing out a bit about the budget, Rich had set aside money for a new old car which he now thinks he is going to loose because of the wedding. Now while I don't know where he is going to put this new old car.... I don't know, but I don't want to deprive him of it either. So my hope is to get a set budget for the big details: venue, photography, caterer & music, see what that leaves us for details and we'll go from there.

I'm trying not to stress as more people become involved in the workings of my wedding, and I think I'm doing a pretty good job. My big sis keeps telling me that this is MY wedding, and I'm not suppose to make everyone else happy, just me :)

Well I don't know how much I'll be on here since I'm so busy, but I'll try to update more often than once a month. Till then Peace :)

So Much To Do...and only 7.5 months to do it in...

Well last week was a busy one to be sure, and this weekend was definitely the peak of business, but it was fun busy. Sarah came down and we did a lot of wedding talk, and she even convinced me to go dress shopping. I really did not think I would find a dress, I had what I thought I wanted in my head, even if I did not know where or how I was going to get it. I wanted something light and easy and fun, and I didn’t imagine that was going to be found on the dress racks of a wedding store.

Well we went to David’s Bridal first, and though we made an appointment, we did not end up going back; they were very rude :P. Then I called Alfred Angelo’s and was much happier with the response I got, when we got there I met my new dress consultant, Brittany, who was wonderful! I told her what I was looking for, and she came back with a few others as well. The dress I ended up falling in love with is not at all what I thought I wanted, but the jury is still out, I’m waiting on input from my family, but I’m pretty sure I’m going to be purchasing it in the near future. And the best part, other than the pockets, is that it is under $500!!!!

So I've also gotten some quotes on food, and I am not happy, but I think I found an alternative, one that is preferred and one that is my back up/last resort. And I still have some people who have not gotten back to me yet.

Photography is another issue on my plate right now, and I have two possible options. I was talking to one of my co-workers, and he says that his son had a photographer that didn’t do any of the editing and such on the photos, allowed you to keep full rights to the pictures, and just put them on a CD for you. That is my cheapest option right now. I have another inquiry out for pictures, and I should get a reply today, if not, I’ll send her a poke.

Well, I admit I'm a little weddinged-out right now, so we are moving on.

Today was Weigh in and also Measurement updates so here we go:

19 Sept 11	8 Aug 11
Weight	195	194.6
Chest	42.4	41
Waist	40	39
Hips	43	42
L.Arm	14	13.5
R.Arm	14	13.5
L.Thigh	26	26
R.Thigh	26.5	26.5

So that’s .4 lbs difference, from last month, but given the weight gain I had between now and then, I think I did good. Though I did gain back .6 lbs from last week, I’m giving myself some slack given last week’s events. Totaling up the inches, that 4.4 inches lost total, which I’m pleased with. My next measurement day will be Halloween, and I’d like to be down a bit more than .4lbs by then.

I also have this week’s schedule worked out, as well as next month, since this is my last week on the day shift.

19-23 September Schedule

Monday (1600-1700) - BBF Spinning
Tuesday (1600-1700) – BBF Weights
Wednesday (1700-1800) – BBF Body Blast
Thursday (1600-1700) – BBF Circuits
Friday (1600-1700) – BBF Kickboxing or (1715-1815) Spinning

Well Night Shift starts on Saturday, and I don’t know if I explained this already, but when I’m on the night shift, I just can’t make it to my BBF Classes, and so since they are awesome, they just put my account on freeze, till I come back in November. So I’ve worked out a schedule for night shift, and I hope it works:

Night Shift Schedule

Monday – Cycling [30 Minutes] & Nike Training Club [NTC] Ab Burner & Back Definer [30 minutes]
Tuesday – NTC Wipe-Out Work Out [30 Minutes] & Walking [30 minutes]
Wednesday – Cycling [30 Minutes] & NTC Arm Definer & Shoulder Ripper [30 minutes]
Thursday – NTC Wipe-Out Work Out [30 Minutes] & Walking [30 minutes]
Friday – Cycling [30 Minutes] & NTC Butt Buster & Leg Sculptor [30 minutes]
Saturday – NTC Wipe-Out Work Out [30 Minutes] & Walking [30 minutes]

Also, I know I mentioned last week, how much my shoes were bothering me, but the thought of spending a lot of money on a new pair of shoes, heck the idea of spending any large amount of money bothers me… so I was putting it off. Well I talked to one of my instructors last week [Friday] after my first Spinning class, and she told me about SofSoles, orthotic inserts which she loves, and they are only about $30, half as much as buying a new pair of shoes! So I’m going to find me a set and go with those, hopefully before next week!

Well it’s an exciting time, and it’s just going to get more so…so hold on and off we got!

Officially Official

Well, I know I said I would give a blow by blow on the whole proposal story, but to be honest, I'm a little worn out from telling and re-telling the story, and I know I'm not done yet.

But, I have the RING! Its official as of yesterday morning at roughly 4:30AM.

That being said I think I was totally justified in going a little crazy on my food. It wasn't anything super fancy, that's just not us, we went to Chili's when I got home, had a nice dinner a few margaritas and a totally awesome ... you know how easy it is to be distracted by a shiny diamond... Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake... that's actually what put me over the top, I was good on the rest of my food choices.

I've started figuring out the total amount of calories I burn vs the calories I consume, which includes my resting metabolic rate [RMR] which I calculated at THIS site. So I'm estimating my RMR is at 2615 as per the site, and to loose 1-2 lbs a week you need to burn 500-1000 more calories than you consume. I've started a spread sheet [I like spreadsheets] to see how I'm doing. Even with my big fat dessert yesterday I still burned 601 calories more than I consumed. So I feel like I'm still on track, I actually have been pretty consistent with burning more than 500 calories as opposed to my intake.

Well this morning started off well, since I won't be able to make my 1600 class, I woke up at my normal time and went to the early morning class. I really do like working out in the morning, I feel refreshed, awake, vibrant and so sexy :) and that just carries me through the day so much smoother. I didn't even get frustrated with the traffic that I ran into heading from class to work :). I can't wait till my 9-6 shift when I'll get to do the morning classes for a whole month :).

Well today's our Lady's Lunch, which can sometimes be a real challenge, but I've gotten better. The worst is when we go to the Italian place with bread .... the most evil of carbs ;). I'm hoping for shrimp tacos today actually, but we'll see what the consensus is.

Everyone have a great day! I know I will :D.

Monday - Weigh Day

I admit, I cheated - I told my self I wasn't going to get on the scale between weigh days...but after working out most every day last week, I really wanted to see if it had any impact. I was happy with the number I saw on Saturday, and even more so today.

194 lbs even, from last weeks 196.8 - So that's another 2.8 lbs down!!

I'll take measurements next week, so we'll see where I stand then.

Sunday Goals

All right, time to look back on the past week and see how I did:

Goals
~Attend at least 3 BBF classes this week Check, I should have gone to 4 but, I made my 3 class goal :D
~For days that there are not any BBF scheduled classes I will work out at home Check, I walked, did the NTC work out, I rock!
~I will drink more water on the weekends I didn't drink as much as I would have liked to, but I did drink more than I have, so that is a some what check
~I will only drink alcohol 1-2 nights I went over by one night...Friday was a bad day :P
~Record all food every day Check!

So Time for new goals:

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11 September - 17 September 2011

Goals:

~Attend 3-4 BBF Classes
~Drink more water on the weekends
~Reduce drinking days to 2 or fewer
~Regulate sleeping 6-8 hours a night every night

Schedule:

Sunday
Walking

Monday
BBF Spinning

Tuesday
BBF Weights

Wednesday
BBF Butt Blasting

Thursday
BBF Circuits

Friday
BBF Kick Boxing

Saturday
Cycling

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I think its time

My feet are killing me....

I walked 3.77 miles in an hour, go me! But my feet hurt so bad, not even from eventual soreness either. I've known I needed to get some new shoes, but this has really reinforced it, last walk I got a blister, this walk my feet hurt, and my knees and hips hurt more than I think they should have.

So I am going to start shopping for shoes in earnest. I would like to get a pair that I can use for both boot camp class and walking, I'm not a big fan of single purpose purchases.

After that this morning, I really don't feel like doing anything else today. I'll probably clean up...eventually, but right now I'm gonna bum and recover.

Here comes the weekend

Well Rich isn't home this weekend, so heres what its looking like:

Lots of cleaning up

Lots of sitting around bored

Hopefully good food choices

To alleviate my boredom I might go see a movie, there are a few I want to see: Crazy, Stupid Love - Rise of the Planet of the Apes - The Help... actually I think I'll go see Crazy Stupid love since it is still out :).

Well I really feel bad for not going to work out yesterday morning, and I'm not sure the extra sleep did me much good...but I figure I've been really good all week, worked out almost everyday. I've got Power Bootcamp in a half hour, and I plan on going either walking or cycling tomorrow [if I get my tires aired up].

Today is the 6 week weigh in at the Boot camp, and I haven't gone in so long, I've juts been keeping my own measurements. If I go on a six week schedule like they do, I'm not up for measurements till the 22nd. I was thinking about this yesterday and again this morning looking at the measurement sheet they have...

I think I'm going to keep this private for right now, though I do need to start taking pictures :), and once I hit my goal weight, I'm going to actively start working on my % body fat, cause that's one measurement I can't do on my self.

Well that's all I have for today :)

Lazy food choices...

Well yesterday was Rich's last day at home, so I skipped my extra class to spend the last few hours with him. Got home and we started talking about dinner, at first we were going to go to Chili's, but we decided to order in from Papa's Pizza for monetary reasons.

The reason I didn't cook is cause the only protein I have in the house right now is Pollock which turned out really bad the last time I cooked it...all together un-happy with those results and not wanting to revisit them.

After I calculated the calories and such...I felt terrible, in retrospect, we should have gone to Chili's...then at least I could have gotten a salad. You know what I did though, I went to the office and worked out hard for 30 minutes and I felt better and I regulated some of my nutritional overloads from the Philly Cheese Steak Sub ... yeah I know, really bad choice.

Well today, I have to do a bit of rescheduling since the ships didn't start till 7 and I won't get out of here till 4 [when my class starts]. So I'm going to the Body Sculpting Class instead of the regular Circuits class, its a speciality class, and they tend to work you a bit harder, so I'm excited. Tomorrow will be a little screwed up too, but I've got a plan for that one too, I think I already mentioned that I'm switching to the 9-6 for just tomorrow. Well there is an early morning class, so I'm going to be up early for the 5:15 class, and then treat myself to a healthy omelet from IHOP across the street since I'm gonna have some time on my hands before I have to go to work.

Thank goodness I get payed tommorow :).

BB Every one!

Hump Day

Well yesterday was a little busy, not hectic, just a constant stream of stuff to do - three ships at dock will do that. I went to class today, without giving into Rich's puppy dog eyes begging me to come home - HA I win! It was a good class, we did a lot of upper body; there was this one circuit that was about ready to kill me:

With a parter we took a medium tension resistance band and stretched it between us, holding our arms out to the sides and pulled back to activate our biceps, and while we held that we did bicep curls with the other arm...and then we switched.... we did that three times.

As always I felt good at the end of the class, worn out and sweaty but accomplished and sexy :). Today I would normally go to the later 5:15 class, but it's Rich's last day at home, so I'm going straight home and we are gonna do some house chores, and probably some snuggling...he is leaving me next shift to go see his dad, so I got to get all the snuggling in. Even though there won't be any class today, I think I've set a good precedance this week: a 30 minute walk on Monday and a Boot camp class yesterday, two more classes this week. I might have to change up my Friday schedule because one of my co-workers wants to switch shifts, and I'm a nice person :).

Well Happy Hump Day Everyone!

Yay for Labor Day

I forgot to turn off my alarm for work this morning so I rolled over, turned it off, and at the same time decided to turn off the 4:45 alarm for my BBF workout...I just did not want to get up yet. Instead I decided to go with a natrual wake up, my body woke up at 7:39 this morning and so I very happily got out of bed and began to meander around. I gathered up all my cycling gear, ready to hit the road.

Well I got to the end of the block and discovered that my tires were flat...After putting the bike up I debated on doing an inside work out or going for a walk. Seeing as how it is still very nice outside, which is a rare blessing, I changed shirts and hit the pavement.

It was a good walk, I now know that I am only about 1 minute shy of a 15 minute mile, that's something I would like to work on. I walked 2.05 miles in 34:14 minutes, averaging 3.6 mph and burning 254 calories [go Runkeeper].

I also tried a new recipe for breakfast: Protein Pancakes

Now I'll honestly say they are not very tasty by themselves, but I topped them with a tablespoon of Peanut butter divided between the two and Light agave nectar syrup and 1/2 a banana sliced.

So that came out to a breakfast of 325 calories and 20.8g of Protien! so that should keep me going for awhile :)

Well even though today is a holiday, it is still Weigh Day, and here are the results:

196.8lbs as compared with last Monday's 198.8 lbs ~ So that's 2 whole pounds down!

Something I have decided - I am not going to get on the scale between Mondays, my weigth fluctuates too much during the week and it can be depressing, but looking at it on a weekly basis is much more uplifting.

Happy Labor Day everyone!

Goal Setting Sunday

Alright, so my goal setting has been a little haphazard since I started this blog, so we'll just add that to today's goals. First off, I'm resetting the precedence for 'Goal Setting Sundays.' From now on, each Sunday I will have new goals, and review how I did on the previous weeks goals; also I will also put up my work out schedule for the week.

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4 Sept. - 10 Sept.

Goals

~Attend at least 3 BBF classes this week

[I need to really start getting my money's worth out of my annual membership...]
~For days that there are not any BBF scheduled classes I will work out at home

~I will drink more water on the weekends

~I will only drink alcohol 1-2 nights

[Preferably only 1]

~Record all food every day

[especially weekends]

Schedule

Sunday

Nike Training Club & Cycling

Monday [Labor Day]

0630-0730 - BBF Weights

or

1100-1200 - BBF Spinning

or

1600-1700 - BBF Spinning

Tuesday

1600-1700 - BBF Weights

Wednesday

1700-1800 - BBF Butt Blasting

Thursday

1600-1700 - BBF Circuits

Friday

1600-1700 - BBF Kick Boxing

Saturday

0800-0900 - BBF Power Boot Camp

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Yay for long weekends!

Crash go boom

Well I had 3 hours in the morning during which it was a great day, at 7:05 the one ship that was suppose to be an easy one went to pot. It was one thing after another and it just did not stop until 2:25 when the damn ship finished.

Then I discovered that the Zumba class I had so been looking forward to had been canceled some time ago...totally missed that.

So I came home and indulged in too many drinks probably, but not terribly so.

Then yesterday I was a total bum, I sat around and did absolutely nothing but eat and drink...I have really got to find some activities to do on the weekends.

Oh well... I'll make it through.

Early to bed, Early to rise

I haven't felt this good in the morning, with out copious amounts of caffeine, since I started the 6-3 shift ... which was Monday :). I went to bed almost an hour early, after having gotten my lunch packed, cloths set out, and my gym bag set aside so I wouldn't forget it. I'm awake, at work, with out the assistance of coffee and I feel good!

Its Friday, I only have one ship to baby sit, I'm looking forward to my first Zumba class, and Rich will be home in 2 days and 2 hours; Life is good.

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So Update from yesterday, like I said yesterday, it wasn't a great day in terms of diet, but it wasn't terrible either.

Breakfast:

1 Scrambled Egg & 1 Scrambled egg white [this is becoming a staple for me]

1 non-fat greek yogurt mixed w/ Crystal Light Green Tea Peach Mango and 1/8 cup of Bare Naked Granola [next time I'll have to get some plain granola, but the banana goes okay with the peachiness]

1 cup Light OJ

1 Cafe Mocha [major cheat, I was a little frightened by the stats on this drink]

Lunch: it was Ladies Lunch today so .... yeah

Chips and Salsa [of course]

2 Chicken Quesedillas

1 serving Charro Beans

1 Serving Mexican Rice

Dinner:

I made a mini skillet meal

Johnsonville Chicken Sausage Chipotle Montery Jack Cheese

Yellow squash

Zucchini

Desert: I know I shouldn't...

Skinny Cow Carmel Cone

Even though I was tired and didn't go work out, the mini work out from Fitness Magazine was very nice, and reminded me that my quads are still super sore from Wednesday :)

All in all, I didn't do terrible, didn't even go over any of my nutrition goals.

1678 Calories [1726-1976]

51.6g of Fat [44-73]

91.9g of Protein [99-164]

202.1g of Carbs [151-220]

Sleepy

Goal for today: Go to bed early

Well I'll do my full update tomorrow, but I think even with a not so good lunch which was some where between 800 & 825 calories, I did pretty good. Even though I didn't go to class, I did a mini work out here at home which I was pleased with.

And now I'm going to go recline for a while in bed before turning in :)

Cafe Mochas are not cheap....

All right, first things first, update on yesterday.

I did good food wise, and I'm almost done with all the unhealthy left overs [I just can't waist food...]

Breakfast: I'm trying Greek yogurt, see below for some awesome additives to it!

Chobani Vanilla Greek Yogurt

w/ 1 slice of a frozen peach, and an 1/8 cup of Bare Naked Gronola

Low fat milk w/ Protein Powder

And of course Coffee when I got to work

Snack: Pam brought Shipleys, and I couldn't help it

Sausage and Cheese Kolache

Coffee

Lunch: Leftovers

1/2 Chicken Fried Steak

Healthy Cheesy Brocolli and Rice

A Peach

Snack: Eaten in the car on the way to errands

Banana

Nature Valley Gronola Bar [1 bar]

Dinner:

Yum Salad

*Lettuce

*Cherub Tomatoes

*Red Onion

*Boiled Egg

*1/4 Avocado

*Sunflower Seeds

*Tuna

*Salad Spritzer

Desert:

Skinny Cow Chocolate Fudge Cone [Yum]

I went to class and burned an estimated 504 Calories [WHOOP]

1934 Calories [2109-2359]

76g of Fat [57-86]

102.1g of Protein [128-193]

221.8g of Carbs [189-258]

So I feel good about it :)

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So yesterday I went and did a few wedding things.

I went and checked out a possible venue, the Bienville Social which is in the Strand District in one of the many old buildings. I'm really feeling it right now, though I've previously looked into renting a beach house for the reception. Though it would be nice, I've only found one place that will allow large gatherings, and it is nice, but I'm just not sure about the size. Also it is on the far side of the island and I'd be worried about people having to get back to their hotels.

So I have some options.

So after that I went and saw Don, since my ring is picked out and we are just waiting on Rich for that, I figured it was my turn to go and do some ring shopping for him. I officially love Don, he is just such a nice guy and they have some awesome jewellery there, I mean I'm not really into a whole lot of sparklies but this stuff is nice!

So as I was saying I was doing shopping for him...not me... I found this ring with the chain in the middle which I thought was really cool, though I was trying to find something that had a similar design to mine with the wave in it. But the main thing is I like the material, its Titanium and super light, so Rich won't have to be annoyed by a heavy ring :P.

So right now I'm googling around to see if I can find a design I like any more: standby.

Okay So this one I like for its simplicity, but a bit unique since it bevels out instead of in, which is kinda cool.

This one kinda has a wave thing going on, I think I like the polished better than the brushed.

I'm actually really liking this one, sorta has a wave theme, but more to the point its two lines wound together, so kinda like the theme of my ring interlocking with the engagement ring, this one is us wound together. :)

So now the trick is going to be getting him to pick one...I know he doesn't really care, and just as soon not wear a ring, but I want him to have one that he will not mind wearing and which looks nice. So I will let you know how that goes :)

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Okay getting back to my Greek Yogurt from the top. This morning I would like to send out a salute to Hungry Girl; some time ago in one of their emails I read something about mixing Greek yogurt with one of the mini drink packets from Crystal Light. I finally got around to it, and let me tell you DELICIOUS!! I mixed it with the Metabolism: Green Tea Peach Mango, and it was AWESOME!!! Add a bit of granola to give it some staying power, that and a scrambled egg+egg white and I haven't had to snack yet!

Well this afternoon I was suppose to go to my normal 1600 Circuits class, but since the ship didn't start till 8, and I didn't have to be in here till 7 [yay for sleeping in] I won't get off till 1600 so I'll have to go to Kickboxing after all at 1715...

That means though that I'll have some time before class to go shopping. I'm gonna stop at the Academy and see about some free weights, maybe some more work out cloths, and just general shopping.

Speaking of shopping, yesterday I decided that I really needed to get a new pair of shoes...so I've found some on Zappos, and I'll just have to go back and seriously start looking. The ones I have are good enough for yard work and cycling, other than that... no bueno...

Also if you take a look at my tracker down here, you'll see that I'm down 3.6 lbs since Monday, WOOT!!

Well I'll be back later :)

Happy Hump Day

So yesterday was a fullfilled day when it came to diet stuff, I reached my caloric, fat and carb goals, though I'm still under valued for my proteins :(. My last few meals have really shown how very little I have in the house, trying to use up everything in the fridge before going grocery shopping, as well as getting rid of leftovers :P

~Breakfast~

1 Scrambled Egg, 1 Scrambled Egg White

Cherub tomatoes

A little bit of cheese

A few frozen peach slices defrosted

OJ

&

Coffee [of course]

~Snack~

1 Nature Valley Bar

1 Tbsp Peanut Butter

Coffee

~Lunch~

2/3 of a half of a meatball sub

baked tostitos

~Dinner~

Side Salad

Fettuccine Alfredo w/ Chicken from Spark Recipes

Skinny Cow Carmel Cone [YUM]

3 beers >.>

Even with the beer though I did good:

1659 Calories [1600-1850]

58.7g of Fat [40-69]

64.g of Protein [90-155]

166.9g of Carbs [138-207]

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Well today promises to be busy: work [obviously] then going to go see a possible venue in Galveston at 1615 and then I'm determined to make class at 1715...so that should be interesting.

No topping off

Wow, I'm just in a posting kind of mood today :)

So I had half of a meatball sub from Papa's Pizza, from the other night, packed up for lunch, that and half a serving of baked tostitos and a chobani. I ended up not eating all of the sub, or the chips, and didn't even touch the chobani [snack?]. I'll admit, my stomach said I was full, but I took one more bite, but I still have probably a little more than a third left from the half that I had packed, and we are talking about a 5" half of a sub.

That is probably one of the biggest reasons I can't blame my weight gain over the years on any one else; when I really pay attention to what I'm eating, I also pay attention to my body's signals, which are that which indicate when I am full.

I'm very pleased with myself right now :)

Ticker Tracker

Adding a pretty ticker from Ticker Factory

Forgetful

Well yesterday wasn't terrible...

Breakfast

Rich made me eggs, bacon and toast

Snack

1/2 a Granola bar

Lunch

I had breakfast again in a 1/2 sandwich form

Snack

1 Graham Cracker

Dinner [big bust....]

Rich made chicken frided steak

But I made the side: Broccoli and cheese brown rice

I was bad and had a few drinks

But I still worked out and ended up only going over a few grams of fat

1873 Calores [1780-2030]

75.5g of Fat [46-75]

74.6g of Protein [104-169]

156.7g of Carbs [156-225]

I also did my first run of the Fitness Magazine [FM] Supersets, which I really liked actually.

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Well I forgot my gym bag today... class is at 1600 so I don't have enough time to go home and pick it up and get back to the studio. I do have the option to go to a later class at 1715 but that will cut into my allotted time to go to the recycle center, grocery shop and set up for the rest of the week.

So New Plan for the rest of the week:

Tuesday: FM Supersets & Cycling [if its cool enough]

Wednesday: BBF Circuits [1715-1815]

Thursday: BBF Circuits [1600-1700]

Friday: BBF Zumba [1715-1815]

Saturday: FM Supersets & Cycling

Weekend & Rich Proofing my Diet...

Weekend Pros:

I drank only one day, and then it was only 3 beers

I didn't eat much

There was a lot of relaxation

Weekend Cons:

When we did eat it was really bad food...except for one breakfast I made at home

I was very inactive...

Results:

I went up by 2lbs... I'm back at 198.8 :(

New Goal:

I need to work on my short term to maintain my long term. Which means that I need to really start committing to working out regularly!

So here is this weeks schedule:

Monday - Fitness Magazine[FM] Superset

Tuesday - BBF Weights

Wednesday - FM Superset

Thursday - BBF Circuits

Friday - BBF Zumba [SOOO EXCITED]

Saturday or Sunday - Bike Ride & FM Superset

This months goal

Get below and stay below 195 and if possible drop into the 180's

Drink more water on the weekends

Cleaning & Cookies

No I'm not eating the cookies, I'm just making them for a BBQ benefit tomorrow. Well work out was a no go today, but I'm sorta working out with all the cleaning I'm doing, still not done, and probably won't finish tonight, but I've made some serious progress. With the people coming over this weekend, I want to get things straightened up around here.

Well on to business; My meals went well today, I'm really feeling the scrambled eggs in the morning these days :)

Breakfast:

2 Scrambled Eggs [tomorrow I'll go back to the 1 egg + 1 egg white] w/ a little bit of cheese and hot sauce, and I also added some forzen broccoli which was very good

1 Mini Protein shake

And of course coffee when I got to work

That filled me up so no morning snack was needed.

I had brought a healthy but all together unapealing lunch, so I was persuaded to go out to eat with the girls, I didn't do terrible, but it wasn't good either....

2 Chicken Fajitas

this tasty pork concoction

Refried beans which were AWESOME and rice

3/4 of a tamale

And this was one of those traditional type mexican places and had soft serve ice cream cones ... >.> you can guess what happened

Again, really full so no snack other than coffee

Dinner turned out really good, I was very impressed with my self

Chicken Sausage link

1/2 cup brown rice

1 yellow squash

3 mushrooms

all mixed together with a little bit of white Balsamic Vinaigrette and Low sodium veggie broth

Very tasty, though I admit I've licked the spoon once, but nothing terrible I swear!

1697 Calories [1978-2228]

81.6g of Fat [49-84]

103.4g of Protein [110-189]

176.6g of Carbs [168-252]

Upward & Onward

That's sorta become one of my new phrases, not quite a catch phrase or saying, just something I've taken to saying/thinking: Upward & Onward, sorta like 'Up, Up and Away'

Well class was awesome last night, got home to eat dinner and was happily chilled out. We did Circuits yesterday, and though cardio still kills me, I think I did really well. When they were doing running high knees though, Jackie pulled me out and let me get on the stationary bike just cause I can't run and jump at the same time. So that was my first time on a real Spin Class Bike and they are really different from either regular stationary bikes or road bikes. Let me just say this, don't loose your footing, cause your calf will get smacked by the pedal.

I also worked out a work out schedule for the rest of the month as well as next months shift which starts next week actually.

For the rest of the week I've got:

Wednesday: Fitness Magazines Superset which looks really good, so I'm excited

Thursday: I'm gonna try for one more day of morning cycling, and then Body by Frances Kickboxing

Friday: FM Superset

Next week I'll start the 6-3 shift:

Mondays: FM Superset

Tuesdays: BBF - Weights [1600-1700]

Wednesday: FM Superset

Thursday: BBF - Circuits [1600-1700]

Friday: BBF - Zumba [1715-1815]

I'm excited about the Zumba, this will be the first time I've gotten around to taking the class! And also...it means I'll be missing Kickboxing >.> I just really don't like kickboxing, and I'm not too fond of the instructor either.

Well thats the rest of my week set out, I'm hoping this weekend will be a bit relaxed even with friends. I have to go home and clean up today after my superset :P

What more can I say...

So again, just a meal recap here for Tuesday:

1 Scrambled Egg & 1 Scrambled Egg White w/ Salsa and 2% cheese

Light Orange Juice

Gala Apple

and a cup of Coffee when I got to work

Morning snack, a new favorite:

1 Nature Valley Oats n' Honey Granola Bar spread w/ 1 tbsp of PB

I had the sandwhich I made for Monday:

Orowheat Sandwhich Thin w/ Turkey

Topped w/ alfalfa sprouts, tomato, red onion and montery jack cheese and spread with Dijonnaise

Gala Apple

Baked Tostitos scoops

Gingerbread cookie >.>

Afternoon Snack

Another cup of coffee, still dragging

1 Honey Graham spread w/ 1 tbsp of PB

Dinner was one of my fave salads

Lettuce, Tomatoe, red onion, 1/4 avocado, alfalfa sprouts, sunflower seeds, boiled egg, 3 mushrooms, and Tuna

Spritzed w/ Salad Spritzer

And ... another brownie >.> thank goodness they are almost gone.

Didn't go over any of my stats, go me:

1590 Calories [2108-2358]

73g Fat [57-86]

78.7g Protein [128-193]

178.3g Carb [188-257]

Just another day in Paradise

No real sense to the title of the post, just one of my pseudo-sarcastic sayings.

Well another week is gone, and though this month is proving to be quite hectic, I'm still some what on track. After the gain from the wedding [went from 195lbs to 200lbs], I dropped again to 193 the following week, and then after this past weekend floating the river [which always involves beer] I went back up to 197lbs as of yesterday.

Hopefully this next weekend won't be as bad, I have some friends coming into town and we will hopefully be doing a lot of running around and sight seeing. No doubt there will be some splurges with eating out, but I don't think there will be as much drinking. One is a recovering alcoholic and the other hasn't really ever been much of a drinker.

Right now, even with the random gains and losses, I'm averaging 1.2lbs / week. Now that will extend my dead line a bit, but if I stay mostly on track, I should be at my goal by Christmas.

A few things I'm working On:

Shopping List

~New Shoes

Goals

ST

~BBF 2-3 x's / week

~T-Th Cycling

~Update Journal Daily

Rewind

I'm coming back and updating my meals as of Monday:

I was lazy for breakfast:

Protein Shake w/ Designer Whey [Chocolate] & 2% Milk

Banana

1 Nature Valley Oats n' Honey Granola Bar

Morning Snack was a Peach and a Weight Watchers String Cheese

Lunch I went Mexican with a friend

Chicken Fajita Tacos al Carbon on Corn Tortillas

Mexican Rice [only half of it]

Charro Beans [again, just 1/2]

Gucamole

And of course Chips and Salsa

Dinner I'm trying to clear out the fridge and freezer so we had:

Mini Corn dogs

German Chocolate Brownie [My sis is evil >.>]

The totals weren't terrible, though I did exceed my Carb limit

1705 Calories [1604-1854]

56.5g Fat [40-69]

65.1g Protein [90-155]

208.8g Carb [138-207]

Tired but Accomplished

Its a bit hectic here at work, simply because we recently lost one of our co-workers, there has been training and previously scheduled vacation that had to be covered. So my schedule has been moved around a couple times this week and let me tell you switching from the 9-6 shift to the 6-3 shift...it ain't fun.

None the less, I have made it to two classes, and my meals have been wonderfully balanced :) *proud*

I think I'm gonna revise my earlier statement; posting every day is not always going to be possible so I'm going to scratch the meal descriptions I did last week.

I have noticed something: when I start my day with a protein shake, my whole day seems to stay a little more balanced. I'm not too thrilled with the Chocolate Designer Whey though, its not as chocolaty as I would like, and not as versatile as Vanilla, I can't imagine it would mix well at all with OJ so I've only been mixing it with milk and so my options for flavour are very limited. Once I finish this canister I'll probably go back to vanilla.

I'm really wanting to get a heart rate monitor to better gauge my work outs.

I've shopped for them before, and I think I might get a little more serious. There are the strapless ones that are nice and all, but I think I'm going to go for a watch and strap set. There are ones that will beep at you when you are outside your target heart range, I think that will really up my work out.

Also, I was looking in the mirror last night and noticed that my very cute rump was very jiggly...not appealing to me at all. So I'm going to add some exercises to my days:

Donkey Kicks: these are some major butt-kickers

~ On your hands and knees, pull in your abs to stabilize and work your core at the same time. Lift one leg up behind you, keeping your knee bent at 90 degrees, until the bottom of your foot is parallel with the ceiling. Lower and pull your knee into your chest before pushing leg back up again. Repeat 15 times and switch legs. [2-3 sets]

~This time lift your leg out to the side, keeping your knee at a 90 degree angle and your hip the same in respect to your body. Your goal is to lift your knee as high as comfortably possible before bringing it back to center. Repeat 15 times and switch legs. [2-3 sets]

Lunges [Forward & Reverse]

~Start with your right foot as stationary; lunge forward then push off and with out touching down lunge back. Repeat 15 times and switch legs. [2-3 sets]

Step-Ups

~Simple step up alternating feet.

So there are few fitness things I want to get in the near future:

A set of hand weights 8-15 lbs

A heart rate monitor, I'll let you know how the shopping goes

Weekend Bust

Well this weekend I had friends in town, my little sister and her friend, I had a wedding and an unplanned wedding after party.

So suffice it to say, I did a lot of drinking and eating of bad food. The actual meal times were not bad, it was the drunken snacking that probably did me in, not to mention all the alcohol...wow...

But I had a lot of fun, and I was getting all sorts of compliments and I know they were talking about me when I wasn't there. Its bad, but I felt really good because of all the people that I went to school with that were at the wedding, minus my friends that had come down to stay with me, I was the only one to not a) gain weight and b) I actually lost weight.

I let it go to my head a little, but damn I felt good, if they think I look this good now, what are people gonna say when I get down to my goal weight. You know even though I gained back what I had lost last week, I'm not dettered, I know I will loose it, and I'm even more commited to loosing it now :)

Also on wedding news, I found the ring I want, and I got a quote for it! So I might have a ring by the end of the month!! So excited!

Wedding Mode

Rich has been talking more about rings and marriage and such, I think he is a little anxious for me to find the ring I want so he can get it. He asked me when we were getting married, and of course I already have the date, and once its official I'll start making reservations and booking stuff and all that jazz. He also asked me how I wanted him to propose....and I don't know and I don't know that I care either...

Oh well, I'll let you know how it actually happens.

Guess who's home

Again, no class, I just seriously got off my game with that fall this week :P but I am proud of myself for sticking with my nutrition at least [minus today :( ]. Rich is home, so yeah I bummed all evening and drank a few beers and ate bad food :P

Had a PB&B [Peanut butter and banana sandwich] for Breakfast and a cup of milk.

Thursday are our ladies lunch, and we had Italian today, I hate to say it but I could not resist the bread :(

I had 4 little rolls

But I had a protien packed chicken and shrimp 'healthy salad' healthy because they don't put as much dressing on it.

I was hungry but I only ate some string cheese for snack

Dinner was Pizza and Beer....

Had a thin crust veggie pizza w/ tomatoes, spinach and artichoes, and 2 cheese sticks... 2 beers and I exceeded both my carbs and calories, damn...

2089 Calories

68.5g Fat

110.4g Protien

221.8g Carbs

I'm gonna have to try really hard to be good this weekend with a wedding and friends in town that want to party... I'll keep you posted

Angry at self

The best layed plan...thats crap!

I have no good reason for not going to class yesterday other than the fact that I was so damn tired, and right now that doesn't feel like a good excuse! I will admit that I still hurt all over, but I don't want to accept that either...

Damn...

This week might be a bust when it comes to work out...but I can say that I have kept my food intake in check, and though let me tell you I really wanted a drink last night, I resisted! Go me?

I've got people coming over tomorrow, and they'll be here till at least Sunday morning, so that puts a kink in things, plus the wedding we are going to...fun.

I've committed myself to 3 weekends straight of a lot of interaction and I feel the 'I just wanna be alone' phase coming on...oh well, I'll muddle through it.

~~~

Wedding stuff:

Okay I didn't get to go to the Jeweler yesterday, but I did talk to John, whom I offically really like, and he said to call him this morning and set up a time after hours when I can come in and see him. So hopefully next week I will do that and if I have it my way, I'll have a ring by the end of the month :)

Off to work :P

Blah

I don't know why I am so tired....I didn't go to class again....but I stayed in my caloric range:

Had another banana & peanut butter protien smoothie for breakfast, they always keep me going and start me off on the right foot.

Snack was one Honey maid Graham Cracker and a plum

Lunch I had Amy's Chili & Cornbread Organic meal [so tasty] & a Peach

Snacked again on Skinny Cows Dream Clusters and string cheese.

Dinner I had a tasty salad which I don't feel like building up for your right now :( sorry.

1456 Calories

59.6g Fat

77.7g Protien

165.5g Carbs

Night, I'll start fresh in the morning

Not much of a recovery...

Yesterday was just not my day....one of those days I should have just stayed in bed...

Oh well, I didn't have a class last night, and even though I had to stay late at work :P I still got home and relaxed a bit, and that's all I'm gonna get for right now. I stayed with in all my nutrition guidelines which is a blessing, you know on those crappy days, you just wanna eat something bad...

Breakfast was a some what lazy affair after my encounter with the road:

Amy's Organic Breakfast Burrito

1/2 Banana

1 cup OJ

and a cup of coffee when I got to work

I had my favorite snack:

Apple & Peanut butter

I had tried a new recipie and I wasn't too enthused, but I ate it...

Corn Chicken Salad

Texas Caviar w/ Salsa & Chips

Plum

Since I was so late at work I ended up having two afternoon snacks:

Peanut butter and graham crackers

Stove top popcorn and string cheese

Dinner I just threw something together that was a bit mishappen but not too bad:

Mexican Turkey Taco [very tasty, I'll have to put the recipe up once I find it]

Extra meat no tortilla

Cheese, Avocado, light Sour Cream

And of course I had to have my Ice Cream and Black berry Jam

So in the end I still did pretty well for the day:

2037 Calories

81.9g Fat

100g Protien

251.5g Carbs

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As for today, I'm soooo sore... but thats okay, I push through it cause I know I'll see results. I have a cup of coffee that will hopefully get me through, and I have Circuits tonight, so another some what late night, but I'll survive.

OWWW

Well I got up at 0600, got dressed for my bike ride and was out the door and on the bike by 0608, I was determined to do 30 minutes at the least, little did I know I wouldn't be home until 0707...

The first 15 minutes was honestly pleasant, not easy, still sweating up a storm and missing my camel pack [note for next time] but a good ride to be sure. When I heard the cue telling me it was 15 minutes, I turned my bike around to be greeted by the Galveston 'breeze'...A few minutes in to that I was spent, so I got off my bike and walked for a couple blocks. I figured I would get off the seawall in hopes that a side street wouldn't be as windy....

So I take a side street and realize that I have chosen one that has trolley tracks that I must cross... now what I should have done was cross both tracks at the same time at almost a 90 degree angle, as opposed to what I actually did which was cross one track, that went fine, and then cross the second track at closer to a 20 degree angle...

Of course my wheel slipped into the trolley track and I went over like the idiot I am. First off let me tell you that my falls have always been spectacular, I'm not sure exactly what happened in this instance, I was more concerned with not hitting my head than the aerodynamics I was performing at the time. But I fell on my left side, so I have a road rash on my knee, and a few scrapes on my hand and a bruised shoulder, as well as a bruised right knee and hand...

Well I picked my self up and was instantly dizzy, so I sat down on the curb in the middle of the median...more smart thinking on my part... I decided I would call a cab to come and take me the last 16 blocks home. So waiting for the cab I got out of the road, got my head back on straight, and took pictures of my knee which I posted to Facebook :).

Turns out the Cabby took too long, and I was ready to get back on the road and push through it. He actually found me a few blocks away and was very nice and concerned if I was okay, I told him I was fine and would push on, Yay for nice people.

Now remember that wind I was talking about, well turns out that it was no different on the side street than it was on the Seawall...oh well, those last 16 blocks took me about 10 minutes, and I made it home in time to shower, dress, eat a sensible breakfast which I inhaled though not as quickly as I was drinking water and juice, and I was out the door at 0746, ready for work despite my injuries :)

So the things I learned, or rather was reminded of today:

HYDRATE!!! so next time I'll have my camel pack and/or a couple bottles of water

Road Obstacles should be respected

But with all the walking and the biking, I burned 445 calories!

So here goes another day in paradise :)

Post work out bliss...till tomorrow

Well I have to admit that it really didn't feel like a sluggish Monday, I would like to attribute that to my re-commitment to weight loss and just feeling good about the world in general.

I went to class, and I'll say I really felt like a newb again...thats what I get for being so lax with my work outs :P. And too boot, I had Monica...crazy little Albanian woman with WAY too much energy! So I will admit that there was a lot of pausing, especially when it came to the cardio; but I uped my weight, lifting a steady 8 lbs [High school self scoffs at the weight] and pushing through some really difficult sets.

So I am happy to enjoy this post work out bliss, and look forward to a really good nights sleep, and I just won't think about how sore I'll be in the morning even though I'm going to still try to go for a ride.

Besides an awesome work out, I did really good on my meals too, its so much easier during the week :P

Breakfast

Protein Smoothy

1/2 cup low fat organic vanilla yogurt

2 tbs Peanut Butter [I'm addicted]

1/2 banana

1 scoop Vanilla Designer Whey

That held me till lunch

Sandwich Thin

-1 Orowheat Sandwich Thin

-3 slices Hormel Natural Choice Oven Roasted Turkey

-1 thin slice Boars Head Munster Cheese [my little cheat :) ]

-2 slices tomato

-lettuce

-red onion

-2 tsp Hellmans Dijonnaise

Red Plum

20 BBQ Pop Chips

I acutally had two snacks, one closer to my work out

Peach

1/2 Nature Valley Bars

1/2 Nature Valley Bars

1 tbs Peanut Butter [I spread it on top of the bar...ooooh so tasty]

For dinner I made my AWESOME Salad

Lettuce

Cherub Tomatoes

Yellow Bell Pepper

Boiled Egg

1/4 Avocado

White Albacore Tuna

Salad Spritzer

Sunflower Seeds

Fitness Magazine has a really nifty salad builder that is very helpful

1563 Calories

64.6g Fat

91.7g Protien

169.3g Carbs

Burned 499 Calories at boot camp!

Now to fix my lunch for tomorrow and pass out...I'm pooped :)

Plan Revision + More

Okay, I think I have discovered the flaw in my plan...

I just can not get up early on Mondays, even though I went to bed relatively early, I still cancel my 6:00 alarm in exchange for my usual 7:00 alarm. So that being said, I'm changing up my cycling schedule:

T-Th-Sn I will go riding in the morning!

The reason it is not T-Th-St is because I have my boot camp class on Saturday morning, so that will give me a break in cycling. But every other Saturday I can change it up if I want, there is a spinning class that I can go to on the even weekends after my boot camp class, so that will be interesting.

So I will let you know how my new schedule goes tomorrow.

Onward to Measurements:

Weight: 195

Waist: 40

Hips: 43

Bust: 42.4

R-Thigh: 26.5

L-Thigh: 26

R-Arm: 14

L-Arm: 14

I don't have anything significant to compare my measurements to other than my weight:

Last week 1 August 2011 I was at 200.8 so that's a 5.8 loss. Now don't freak out, just cause I lost 5 lbs in a week, I swear I'm still eating and being healthy, no need to call the doctor or the shrink. I figure its just water weight, but it is definitely nice to see that number go down.

I've got class tonight, Weights at 6:30, and if I don't make that class because of work, I have a back up plan at their second location at 9:45.

Onward and upward!

End of the Weekend

A few things here:

First off, I've known this for a while, but I'm really gonna own up to it right here: I don't drink enough water at home, especially on the weekends. So that is something to work on. Lets just add that to our ST goals.

Secondly, I'm gonna try to keep a report here on my daily meals. I use Daily Burn [www.dailyburn.com] to track both my meals and my exercise. It is a free account with paid options which I have used since I started this journey, and it very proudly states that I have lost 49.8 lbs :D

Breakfast was nice and relaxed at about 8:30 :

2 scrambled egg whites & 1 scrambled egg

1 peice whole wheat toast w/ 1 tsp Smart Balance Light Butter Spread

1 red plum

1 cup Light Premium OJ [Krogers Brand]

It filled me up, and I didn't eat till almost 1:00

Pulled pork Tacos [flour tortillas] w/ 2% Mexican blend shredded cheese

Texas Caviar [Home Made]

Hell on the Red Salsa

Baked Tostitos Scoops

Nutella & 1 low fat honey graham

First off...its a bad reason, but I was trying to get rid of leftovers, I can't help it, I just can't waist food... Secondly, I need to work on my sweet tooth, I have this inner compulsion to eat something sweet with every meal...well that's just another ST Goal.

I made up some stove top pop corn for a snack and three more portions for later in the week.

Dinner I decided I needed to cut back on the carbs so I fixed a salad

Lettuce [obviously]

Cherub tomatoes

Red Onion

Yellow Bell Pepper

2 oz rotisserie chicken from last week which I had divided out into 4 oz servings for just this reason

Salad Spritzer

And again I had to have desert:

Blue Bells No Sugar Added Vanilla [so much better than the light and they have a new flavor!!!]

Smuckers Sugar Free Blackberry Jam [my FAVE Ice cream topping right now!]

I was very happy to see that I didn't go over any of my stats:

1582 Calories

74g Protien [something I need to work on as well]

68.4g Fat

190.3g Carbs

This will be the 3rd day in a row that I have not exceeded any of my Stats! Woo Hoo Go me!

Starting some where in the middle....

I feel that I’m starting a blog too late in my journey, not to say that I haven’t tried to get one going in the past. I have a new sense of determination though! I’m ring shopping, and that makes the wedding seem all that much closer [YIKES!], and I am determined to look stupendabulous [Stupdendous + Fabulous, I like making up words] :)

Even though I'm well into the journey, I can still give some stats on my start up...if I can find my original measurements... standby

Okay...maybe I can't find the exact, but here we go:

Dec. 2009 ~250lbs Aug. 2011 ~195lbs Total lost: 55lbs

I have been stuck between 195 and 200 lbs for the last year trying to make my new work schedule work for me...Suffice it to say I'm just gonna have to work around it, dang it, why couldn't it be easy ;)

So last week I restarted my Boot camp at TransforME [www.bodybyfrancesbootcamp.com] and though I wasn't very good at attending all my classes, it at least got me excited about going again. So this week I am committed to attending all three classes, and at least one of the weekend classes. On top of that, I am going to start riding my bike every other day [M-W-F] in the mornings.

The hardest part is going to be my would-be-fiancé...

He has been supportive of my weight loss, never having made me feel self conscious about my weight, holding to the fact that he loved me at 250 and he loves me now, no difference. Now, that being said, he has not helped at all with my diet, and since he is home all day for four days, he usually gets to cook dinner before I get home...and they are the typical guy choices... Meat & Potatoe! On top of that, he wants to spend as much time with me as possible when he is not working on his tug boat, and I do to, but he kills my work out when he gives me those puppy dog eyes and whimpers wanting me to come home instead of being an hour later than usual going to my classes...

But that just means I need to be firm and stick to my goals! And mentioning goals, lets start the tradition of Goal Sundays:

Short term [ST]:
~Boot Camp 3-4x's per week
~M-W-F Cycling
~20-30 minutes
~Resist Rich's Puppy Dog Eyes

Long Term [LT]:
~1-1.5 lbs/week
~ 170-175 lbs by Thanksgiving
[Random I know, but its the rough date of completion if I loose between 1 & 1.5 lbs / week]

Goals set! Lets get this Race started!

See y'all tomorrow :D