I have changed my goal

I originally had my goal as 150 lbs but I am thinking that I would like to go for a little more. I am starting a competition with my Dad and brother Ben to hopefully get to our goal weights by the end of this year. The winner gets a weekend with their spouse in San Francisco. I want that. I also want something else but it wont come in the form of a vacation get away or a new wardrobe (although that would be nice), mine and Jesús' 10 year reunions are this year. His is in October and so that is my goal date. I want to look good for mine too but mostly I want him to have a hot wife on his arm. My new goal is to get to 140. I can do it, I've gotten this far. That means I have 36 lbs to go. There is plenty of time I just have to take every minute to remember what I want most. My weakness? Macaroni and cheese. When I ever I make it for the kids I have to taste it to make sure its stirred enough and then again to see if its too hot. Whatever is left after they are done, I finish it off, even when I have already had my lunch. I told my self today that I would not even taste it. I found myself scarfing it down out of habit! I have to stop. I have to. I worked out yesterday, and the kids just went down for a nap so I might go try and get in a workout now. That will make two days in a row. I will picture myself in a beautiful J Crew dress that I want badly and hopefully that will inspire me.

lightest ever

I weighed myself today just to see and I am now at 176. That is the lightest I have weighed in probably 6 years. I had a couple of days when I went running but it has basically been eating better. Hopefully I can speed up this process.

I did it!

I went walk/jogging for 3 miles today!! And I didnt die! It was incredible, it was really hard but at one point I said to myself "I can do this" once I got into my groove I felt like I could have run the whole thing, and then.......the bladder. Having kids has done awful things to my bladder and the muscles that keep me from embarrassing myself. I wish I would have thought of that before I left because I think I could have run the whole thing. In the end I think I ran at least half of it if not a little more. But now it won't be as scary the next time because I know what to expect. Wish me luck!!
P.S. Biggest loser was awesome last week or whenever the finale was, and last night where are they now was pretty good too. It got me motivated.

A little winter recipe

I havent updated for a very good reason, I'm lazy. More like embarrassed that I havent exercised in something like 4 months. I know, bad me. I however havent done too bad on my eating habits. I have had a lot of bad days but I always make up for them with good days. I have done better the last few weeks but its not much good without exercise. I watched biggest loser finale last night and it inspired me to see the finalists at the end and how amazing they looked. I promise myself this season to limit my intake of sweets and donated goodies to a bare minimum and make sure my kids eat them to hike up their sugar levels to create holiday cheer and craziness. I will be sure to make sure they run circles around the house to work off all the extra calories and to brush extra hard. Now coming to my point, I have a really good soup recipe. It's almost like chili but not. Its called 3 bean soup and its pretty low fat.

Here is a picture of the final product. I added another can of chicken broth to make it more soupy and so did my mom. It makes plenty, for leftovers. (You might want to make it in a bigger pan than I did)

Just a quick update

I have been terrified to weigh myself because I have not, NOT, been exercising. So I have had good and bad days of eating healthy but still I did not want to weigh myself. Today I took Patrick to the doctor and I was staring at the scale in the exam room and I decided to bite the bullet. Turns out I am two pounds lighter! Weird!! I'm not complaining, in fact now I am more determined to keep going. Hopefully I can make the effort during our big move.

New recipe ideas

I have tried a couple of new things, I dont think I have kept track of them all but here are a few ideas. First, I am a new convert of Tabouleh and couscous. Its healthy and very tasty. It much more filling if you put it in a salad or a lettuce wrap.

Another thing I made the other night was Spinach and Parmesan cakes. I thought they were pretty good but Jesús felt maybe they needed a little something. I made some rice pilaf to go with them and I thought it was perfectly filling.

I loved how colorful they were. A perfect St. Patricks day dinner!
I also got on the scales yesterday and found I had bounced back to 183 which isnt too bad considering how badly I have been eating and not exercising. So now I plan to get back on track and drop those 33 lbs I still have to lose. After that, maybe a new goal? But first I need to tackle the task at hand.

I need to post, badly

Okay, its been a tough couple of months. I started working out about 3 times a week and I was feeling much better about my progress. Unfortunately I got sick and so is everyone else in our house. My chest is so congested that I cant breath, if I start to get my heart rate up I cant seem get enough oxygen. So I have had about 3 weeks of absolutely no exercising besides cleaning and chasing kids. I hope I am getting better, I feel that its not nearly as bad as it was and my cough is almost all gone. Hopefully I can use this one more week to get all better and then next week I am going to start again. I know it will be difficult because I will have to go through being sore again but it will be worth it. My husband got the date for his 10 year reunion next year, so now I know my cut off line to be my hottest. I even have the dress I want to wear picked out in my sisters J.Crew catalog. I can do it. I just have to push it.