Saturday, January 28, 2012

Is my scale broken?

I got on the scale just for the heck of it this morning. I know its not my weigh in day but I was just curious. It said 196. something. That can't be right. Thats almost another 4 lbs. I will know for sure on Wednesday. I did get a new toy.I'm very excited about it. I have had my juice plus complete a few times which I love because of the taste and because of how long it keeps me full, but it doesn't blend well with milk while using a spoon. So I've been putting it in a water bottle and shaking it or using the big blender to add blueberries. This morning I used it to make me a fast blueberry Juice plus shake and it was divine and super fast and east to clean up. 100% worth it.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Check it out------------->

I weighed in this morning!! Down 4 lbs!!!! Finally some progress. I could actually say 5 lbs because I weighed myself last thursday too and I was at 205. Either way, I love seeing the difference. Jesús says I look thinner too. I measured my waist yesterday too, down an inch and a half! Woot!

Monday, January 23, 2012

A much needed update

I've been needing to get my feelings out about this month so far. I have been using the spark people app on my phone to track my calories. It was telling me that I should be eating 1520 to 1870 calories a day. Wrong!!! So wrong. If you'll noticed on the side of my blog in my weigh in section, it seems that I have been yo-yoing for the past 3 weeks. I have to admit that it was getting me discouraged and for the last two weeks I have been less motivated and mad that this isn't any easier. I've been lessening my workouts and being less productive at home. A depression so to speak. It sucked. Then I talked to my brilliant friend Kelsie who does this stuff for a living. She said maybe I wasnt eating enough or that my calorie intake amount was off. She was so right. She taught me how to calculate the amount of calories I should be eating a day.

First take your weight, I'll use mine as a example, 204 (or thats what it was at the time I discovered this trick). Multiply your weight by 10 and then again by 7. So now I have 14280. Then if you want to lose 1 pound a week you subtract 3,500 and if you want to lose 2 pounds a week you subtract 7,000. I of course would rather lose 2 so I subtracted 7,000. Now I have 7280. Divide this number by 7 and this is the number of calories you should be eating if you want to lose 2 lbs a week without exercising. If you exercise then you need to add back in the calories that you burn off, so for example my total came out to be 1040 but today I burned 461 calories while running. So now I add the 461 to my daily total 1040 and I get 1501. I have not burned that many calories since I started this new lifestyle change and I was eating more calories than that everyday. No wonder it wasn't working. So this weekend when I wasn't running, I had to be super careful about what I ate because I hadn't burned any calories. 1040 really isn't a lot compared to what I had been eating. Since I figured this out I have felt ten times better!!! Its amazing what a change it made to eat less. I'm not starving all the time because my stomach is getting used to me eating less. My energy is amazing also. Two weeks ago I would be back in bed after my workout and shower and now I'm getting stuff done. Oh and do you want a healthy energizing snack after your workout? Juice Plus Complete! I love it!! I blend it with some blue berries and its divine. I love the flavor and how long it keeps me full. I had it for breakfast before church yesterday and it kept me full almost the full 3 hours. I started to feel hungry about 10 minutes before we got out.

There's a reason that we are supposed to take care of our bodies. There is a purpose to this. It helps us live a more productive and happy life. I'm not saying that you shouldn't love yourself, but I love myself being healthy and having energy and being able to keep up with my kids. So hopefully on Wednesday when I weigh myself there is payoff to my new discovery.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Another update!

Ok, I have been trying to work out 5 days a week, 6 if I can. Last week was rough because it was after Christmas and before new years and both of my kids had to go to urgent care. I did however get in 4 days last week. I am back up to running 30 minutes straight and walking 5 minutes, except today I walked 10 and ran 30 with a 5 minute cool down. My goal is to burn as close to 300 calories a day as I can so that one of my meals is obsolete. And guess what I got for Christmas?!!!A Jack Lallane juicer!!! I was on THIS site the other day and I was reading how green juicing is becoming very popular. But the reason its becoming popular is because its good for you. Your basically just drinking your fruits and vegetables without cooking them so you are losing the nutrients that you need. So raw fruits and veggies every day. I mentioned to my husband that I wanted to look for one on craigslist and Christmas morning I opened up a brand new one!!
We have been juicing for 6 days now. We are replacing breakfast with green juice. So far we have made up our own recipes which have been pretty good, but there are recipes online. We were thinking about getting a book too.
So lets get down to it, we bought a scale. I know. Why on earth haven't we had a scale before? Well this is a weight watchers endorsed one. I wanted one that I knew would be closer to my weight rather than the cheapo ones that you can buy that change your weight every 10 minutes. So the last time I was weighed was the weekend before we moved to Texas and that was on the first. I weighed 206. Scary, I know. So last week on Wednesday morning I weighed myself and I am down 3lbs. So now I am at 203. Its a start. I am going to weigh myself every week on Wednesday. I think weighing myself on Mondays might be bad since weekends are rough with all the eating I do and not as much exercise other than cleaning and walking around. So for my weight tracker on the side I am thinking I will start over so I am not looking at the past and instead I am focusing on the future. 2012 will be my year.