I am so excited about my garden this year. I actually got to start growing from seedlings. I have Green Pepper, Cucumber, Tomatoes, Onion (YUCK – hubby’s idea) and Lettuce. I love watching them grow! Never thought I would. But here I am growing veggies!

So, tonight I went to dinner with some great friends. At the beginning of the year we made kind of a pact to meet every so often and have dinner. Our first dinner was early January and it was freezing cold! We meet at the Macaroni Grill and talked for about 3 hours. It was a wonderful time and we all planned to meet again soon. That time was tonight. We met at the Mall of America and had dinner at the Twin Cities Grill. I had 1/2 chicken that was marinated in Rosemary and Garlic with a side salad to start. It was delish! I choose to try to add some carbs in and had some bread and french fries with my meal.

So – I intended this post to be out LAST Wed night. But I got distracted and couldn’t post it. I must of seen something shiny. I have no idea what distracted me. But anyway here it is. I had just come off my week with no carbs or sugar and was feeling great! On Thursday I went back to eating all the bad things. I felt fine for awhile but by Sunday night I wanted some light food and my Club Soda to drink. As of today 3.28.11 I have chosen again not to add by the soda or carbs. I am going to give my body so time to heal and not fill it full of nasty stuff. Today again was hard. But I know as time passes it will get easier. I did it once I can do it again. So – really no Winnner-Winner Chicken dinner today. But back on Thursday it was! ;-)

I know, I was bad. I planned on Blogging everyday this week and I failed. I have been so busy with work, working out and socializing that I haven’t gotten to do very much blogging. I promise that going forward I will make more of an effort. Life tends to get in the way.

My social calendar has filled up. I consider it a good thing. But not when you have a 2 day test to study for and working out. I am excited to go do things with people and I think it is very important. It’s just, right now, I wanna be a hermit and get some things done. I came home last night expecting to record a podcast (my weekly one with weight management information) and ended up having to fill out some paperwork that needs to get somewhere soon (that’s a story for another day…). October already is filling with events as well.

Working out this week has been good. I joined a coworker on Monday to attend a kickboxing class which was a ton of fun and I burned 700 calories in an hour. We are going to continue to do that next week and do a cycling class on Wednesday together. I am going to only attend the gym in the morning during the month of October. I am starting to stress a little bit about this test. I need to pass this thing this year. I can retake it in May – but I don’t want to give up. This is really important to me – can you tell?

Due to my busy life I haven’t recorded my foods either. That is not good. I need to try to slow down and take the time to do that. So, this coming month –I am going to slow down, study, and record my food and workouts.

ONE GOOD THING that has happened so far this week is that I have managed to take my vitamins every meal except one. I can tell a huge difference in how I feel! I am going to finish out the week strong and take them during the weekend. It will be a challenge because I typically let this stuff lag during the weekends. I am also going to try to record my foods this also I  let lag during the weekends. It’s go big or go home time.

I hope that you all have a good weekend and I will continue to keep you updated on my weight loss progress. 

FYI – As of Monday the 20^th my weight was 185.2. There I said it. It’s on the internet now.

I want to give a shout out to my good friend. Unearthingem! You can find her blog here: Unearthingem Blog Spot. I couldn’t remember her blog name on my podcast and for that I haz sad. Sorry girlie!

My plan is to embarass myself by posting a picture. Which you will find below. I needed a starting point and a shocker to myself to give me motivation to continue. I got that and then some!  YUCK – here it is..

I had a fantastic day at the gym and in terms of my food. I burnt 500 calories in the AM doing weights and riding the bike. Then I went back at night with a friend and did a Kickboxing Jam class and burnt another 700. No way I could eat that many calories in a day so now I have a surplus of calories. I may need those over the weekend though and Wed. we are going out to dinner with friends.

I am doing this to make myself accountable so that I can focus on the task at hand weight loss. And really – to get over myself. I am so worried about my body and the weight gain I needed to put myself out there to try to bust through.

Heading to sleep – I have to get up in the AM.

Hypogirl

Here is Babee being over protective on her water bowl.

Why’s there a golf ball you ask? It helps them not to eat so fast. They have to push around the golf ball to get at their food which helps keep them from overeating. Wish I can stick a golf ball in my food.  Speaking of food. I have decided to get back on this bandwagon that I seem to kinda fall off of every now and then. I have been doing ok in food recording – but not so much in the types of food I eat. Time to change. Starting tomorrow I will blog almost everyday regarding my workouts and food items. Don’t worry the blogs won’t be boring! I promise!

I have been very busy with glasses for the IAAP CAP exam in early November. I have had a full social calendar and I am done talking to people! LOL! I am looking forward to a “me” filled week with workouts, reading and fake test taking. I am working on having all the laundry washed, dried and put away so that I can focus on those things listed above all week. I hope by Friday I can have a good report.

My new meds seem to be working swimmingly! I have had no problems as a result of dropping them down. I feel better, more awake and more energized! Finally feeling a little normal. This week I am planning on concentrating on taking my vitamins. I have them organized for the week in a weekly planner. Nothing like feeling OLD! I have them separated into 3 daily doses and have reminded myself to have them with a little fat. My hubby is upstairs right now mixing Guacamole for the week. I never liked it before but when my SIL made it one time it was delish! I now have her recipe and plan on making a small batch weekly. I have grilled chicken, mixed veggies for lunch and a Shakeology protein shake for breakfast. It will be my first time trying that too!

Well, I just wanted to touch base and I will be posting a little bit more this week with my weight loss efforts. I plan on kicking my own butt!!

See you soon!

Hi Everyone! That there is my Kitteh Babee! She wants to see what you are all doing!

I finished another Podcast tonight and right now hubby is working to get it uploaded to the site. This will make a total of 11 podcasts and over 1,500 downloads total. I want to sincerely thank everyone of you for listening. I like recording them – so we make a good team.

Here is a link to the new podcast: Gym Rat

A few things I mention in the Podcast can be found here: Audible (where I get my audio books) and My Fitness Pal (where I log my food and workouts).

Earlier this month I was interview by the Dearthyroid site as part of their Blogger Spotlight. To read my interview visit the Dearthyroid Site.

Enjoy the Podcast and thanks for listening – You Rawk!

AM Workout: NONE

Breakfast: Hashbrowns & bacon Calories 287 – I am a sucker for Hashbrowns. YUM!

Lunch: Turkey wrap with lettuce, tomato, cheese, olives and soda Oh – and CAKE! Calories 731

PM workout: C25K wk 2, day 2 & weight  lifting, Elliptical 20 minutes Calories Burnt: 536

Dinner – chicken breast 4 oz, French Fries 14 count, soda  360

Food Calories: 1,378

Exercise Calories: 536

Net Calories: 842

I am under my calories for this day by: 281

I am under my calories for the week by 905.

I might have enough to enjoy the weekend with. What do you think? I am still going to continue my routine and finish out the week. I would hate to get relaxed and end up using all my calories in one day.

Tomorrow I might post something remotely fun. Instead of concentrating on food.

Have a good night everyone.  CAKE!

Oh and did I mention there was CAKE!?????

LOL

AM workout: Elliptical- Calories Burnt 206

Breakfast:

3 hard boiled egg whites and a soda – Calories 200

Lunch; 1/2 ham sandwich on ciabatta with lettuce, tomatoes & Cheese with a side of fruit – Calories 303

Snack; tortilla chips and a soda-  Calories 206

PM Workout: None (I have an abundance of calories right now)

Dinner: I was really hungry for a huge meal Popcorn & soda – Calories 350.

Food calories: 1,071

Exercise Calories: 206

Net Calories: 865

I am under by 257. Which brings my weekly calorie surplus to 724.

As you can see I do have a huge problem with soda. I really need to be careful going forward. Tomorrow I am going to be good with it and not have any. I also crashed big time after eating 1/2 of my sandwich. Too many carbs in Ciabatta bread maybe? Monitoring my food this way is helping a ton. Thanks for going on this food journey with me. :-)

AM Workout: Eliptical Calories burnt: 308

Breakfast: Bagel sandwith (wheat bagel, egg, bacon, cheese) Calories 379

Lunch: Chicken breast 4 oz, White rice, Broccoli- cooked, soda Calories 392

PM workout: C25K wk 2, day 1 & weight  lifting Calories Burnt: 227

Dinner – Soup Chicken Noodle, Saltine Crackers, soda Calories 355

Food Calories: 1,291

Exercise Calories: 536

Net Calories: 755

I am under my calories for this day by: 367

I could of eaten so much more last night! But I usually try to save extra calories for the weekend. It gives me a break from having to monitor it all the time.

I am sure this format might change. But for the first post it could probably work.