July 18th, 2016: Making new Friends!

What is it about Monday's that make them drag on and on? I mean really! Today has been the slowest day, and my brain has been all over the place. I'm thinking about our upcoming trip to St. Louis, that will last a week at the beginning of August. I want to be prepared so that I can stay on target for my calories. I plan to make sure I'm under 1,800 calories per day while I'm there since it will be a lot harder because we will be eating out for dinner every night. But I will be bringing a cooler and I packing my lunches every day so that I won't have to worry about them, and I will be eating oatmeal and fruit or yogurt or whatever is available at the hotel. (I'm bringing oatmeal from home just to be on the safe side.) See, I've got a game plan!

I talked to my sister earlier and I am so dang proud of her! She has almost lost 50 pounds since she started! She started around a month or so before me and really gave me that last final kick I needed to get going. I wish I would've started when she did!  We've both decided that we are going to leave the 300's in 2016. Her goal is to get under 300 by the 21st of December because that's her birthday, and I will definitely be right there with her. I'd love to hit 300 by Thanksgiving. That would be awesome. But we shall see. I don't want to put a whole lot of stress on deadlines as long as I keep seeing the scale go down. That is my number one goal. Keep losing. More and more and more. Until eventually I have to figure out what to do next! Lol. But I have a long time before I have to really give that much thought.

So, if you tuned in to my blog the day I went to Rue 21 and tried on dresses for convention, then you might remember that I found a dress that I really liked, but it was just a little to snug. I've decided that the weekend before we head to St. Louis, I'm going to stop by there and try it on again. It may not be much of a difference, and I may surprise myself, who knows. But I'm going to try. I keep thinking about that stupid dress and I just want to be able to wear it! Maybe it'll happen, and maybe it won't. I guess we shall wait and see! I have just over two weeks to go and it's been about a week since I tried it on. I've already lost a few inches here and there, so maybe in that time, a few more inches will be just what I need, right? :)

So I finally made it to the end of my work day. I was so excited that I had to take a selfie!! LOL

Hahahaha I know, I know that I'm ridiculous. LOL. But I was ready to move ON with my day dang it! I made an appointment with a Chiropractor today and after work I had to swing by and fill out the paperwork so that it wouldn't take as long for the appointment because I'm going on a late lunch to do it on Thursday. I'm seeing one because my back has always bothered me, but it's bothering me more now. And the harder I push at the gym, the more I think I couldn't benefit from getting my backed lined out. I'm also hoping that he might be able to help me sleep better! I hear of all sorts of benefits you can get by going to a Chiropractor, so I'm excited to see how it might work for me. I've never been, so I'm nervous!

I was actually in the mood to workout today! Something about losing 3.5 pounds in a week will do that to ya! I was seriously READY to HIT IT! I went to Zumba, and was a little disappointed. The Monday night classes don't go as smoothly back-to-back like the other classes do, and then it ended 10 minutes early so I didn't really get the calorie burn in that I was looking for. I only burnt 556 calories in 45 minutes! That's crazy low for me for a Zumba class. So I headed up to the Arc Trainers with my sister. I tried the weight loss mode for the first time since I've been back. I set it for 15 minutes. It goes from easy to hard and back and forth the whole time to keep your heart rate up. I was 10 minutes into my workout and a woman I met this weekend hopped on the machine next to me. I don't know if I have just been extra chatty both times I've talked to her or what, but I think I talked her dang ear off! LOL, I talked to her for 20 minutes! So I did 30 minutes on there today! Woohoo! And it was really a breeze because I had great company that made it fly by! So I had decided I was doing good for the day and went down to leave....but I left my duffle bag upstairs! Boo!! Lol. So I go up to grab it and ran in to someone else I knew and talker HER ear off for probably another 20 minutes! I finally shut my mouth and go to leave and then somehow started up a convo with this super nice lady outside...and you guessed it...I blabbed for at least 15 or 20 more minutes...haha. I LOVE meeting knew people and talking about their fitness goals and mine and where they are going and how they got there and all of that! I just love it! So for me it was a great night!

I didn't get home until 8:30!! Sheesh! And I still had to cook dinner! I made me some super yummy stir-fry with Brown Rice..mmmm...(tip: if you use LOW SODIUM chicken broth in place of the water when you make your brown rice, you will love it so much more, just sayin').

Now it's 10 and I have to put together my lunch for tomorrow and get my booty in bed! I slept like poo last night, so I'm hoping for a more restful night tonight.

Here's the breakdown of my food choices for today:

Breakfast
PB Banana Smoothie = 335 cals

Morning Snack
Strawberry Nutrigrain Bar = 120 cals

Lunch
Half a ham sammy, cottage cheese and this yummy blend of berrie (pic below)=352 cals

Afternoon Snack
Vanilla Yougurt with granola = 175 cals

After Workout Pick me up
Protein Shake = 100

Dinnah!!
Veggie stir-fry with Brown Rice and Chicken = 450

That big ole bowl of berries was only 90 calories!!

That put me at 1532 calories total for the day. I had what I call a "fat girl day", which simply means I was hungry all day. So I ate 5 times and had a protein shake for the 6th. I do NOT go hungry, I promise you. I pre-pare myself for cravings so that I don't cause myself to go off plan and get crazy. I keep pretzels at work, I usually have some baby carrots or something super low calorie at work in case I get the munchies. I actually drink the protein shakes when I have a sweet tooth, because they are a flavored drink and it curbs that feeling. I set myself up to succeed. That's why this works for me.

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Love you guys!!! Have a GREAT Tuesday!!!