September 30th, 2016: It's Fri-Yay!!!

I don't know what it is about a Friday that just puts ya in a good mood! Oh yea..the weekend part. Haha. Well today was no exception. And to make it even better, I got Colton's for lunch and I got an extra 15 minutes on my lunch break today. PLUS I got off an hour early.

As soon as my lunch break started, I threw on some walkin' shoes and headed on my country road walk. It was wonderful. I walked a whole mile away from my office, down a field road (gravel) with the sound of crickets so loud they st
arted making me a little crazy after a while. Haha...then...it started raining. Yup...my luck. I had no choice but to keep on walking. No trees to hide under, no shelter...oh well. The great thing is that it started sprinkling and it never turned in to anything heavier. Thank Goodness!

Knowing that I was getting off early (to make up for staying late on Monday for that outage) made my afternoon FLY by...until 3:30...then it moved slower than all get out. Haha.

After work I headed to the gym and did arm torture, and then I pushed out 20 minutes on the Elliptical, which was very difficult. I knew I already had that walk in, and I did NOT feel like doing anything else. I have got to fix my mindset about that. I want the walking to be an EXTRA thing, not a replacement. Dang it.

Next, I went to my bosses house to pick up a little timid kitty. I'm going to spend some time with her this week and try to get her more used to people. :) When I got home, my sister and her kiddos came over to hang out with her and visit and they thoroughly terrified her. LOL. She got on Jamie's neck and stuck like glue until he put her down. It was sooooo cute.

And now I'm about to put some finishing touches on a wreath that I am delivering tomorrow, and then I'm getting things organized for tomorrow and hitting the hay! I feel EXHAUSTED!








Here is the breakdown for my food choices today:

Breakfast
Oatmeal with Sugar Free Maple Syrup & a tsp of Brown Sugar and unsweetened Almond Milk = 188 cals

Snack
Banana = 90 cals

Lunch
Colton's: Mesquite Grilled Chicken with Rice Pilaf and Broccoli and a roll (no butter) = 554 cals (ouch!)

Snack
Almonds = 170 cals

Dinner
2 cups of Doc's Chili and a serving of Multiseed Crackers = 454 cals


Total for the day is 1456 calories. I burnt 1,000 calories today, so HOPEFULLY, the scale is my friend tomorrow. Lol. We shall see.

Goodnight
xoxo

September 29th, 2016: Brrr...It's Fall in Here!

Yea...definitely got my wish...Fall weather is HERE!! Lol. And I absolutely LOVE it!! I was slightly unprepared for such a big drop in temperature though. It went from capri's and short sleeve weather to pants and jacket weather overnight. Lol. Craziness! But you aren't gonna hear me complain. I am so, so happy! Lol.

So I had to crank the heat on the way to work. Haha. But I got to work early today which was crazy. I never get to work early! But I slept like crap and got up early.

I didn't get a walk in on my lunch today because I was soooo sleepy by that point. So I took me a nap! It made my afternoon much better.

After work I headed to the Y. I had a short Elliptical ride planned, but when I got to the Y my mom called me needing help with her tablet. So she met me at the Y and I helped her before I went to Zumba. Zumba was a short one today (45 minutes) because the instructor had somewhere to be at 7, so I did NOT get a good calorie burn in today. Only a little over 500 calories. But I was super sore from last night and I hit my step goal, so I called it good. Lol.

I came home and cooked some yummy steak and then hung out with my nephews for a bit. We got our close date on our house moved up from October 24th to the 11th. So, if all goes well, we will be moving in just a few short weeks! Eeek! We have already begun packing the things we don't use much. I'm excited!

Here is the breakdown of my food choices for today:

Breakfast
Rolled Oats with Honey and a tsp of Creamer = 230 cals

Snack
Banana = 90 cals

Lunch
Garlic Herb Chicken, Mutligrains, baby carrots, green beans, and 2 string cheese = 349 cals

Snack
Grapes = 64 cals

Afterworkout Snack
Almonds = 170 cals

Dinner
Petite Sirloin Steak, Salad and a small baked potato with sour cream and salsa = 558 cals

That puts me at 1461 cals today. I had a really bad "hungry" day today where I just couldn't get satisfied all dang day! So staying under 1500 calories is a pretty big accomplishment for me today.

Goodnight y'all!
xoxo

September 28th, 2016: Leg Day

Wednesday...Hump Day. Do you know what that actually means? It means that you are over the 'hump' of the work week. And am I EVER glad to have gotten over the Hump of this week! Lol. Work wasn't too difficult, same old, same old. But I slept really well last night, so I wasn't sleepy, so I decided to go for a walk.

I was so proud of myself for actually doing something on my lunch! I walked two whole miles! And let me just tell ya...it felt GREAT! After work I had to go get my swim on! But first...legs! It's been waaaay to long since I've done weights. So I got the leg stuff done and then I went swimming with my cousins, Jessica and Star. I actually felt fine until I started swooshing around in the water, then my stomach started hurting again. Boo.

We did about an hour workout in the pool and then we went to the sauna for a bit. And that's it. I hit my 7,000 steps on a swim day thanks to my lunch time walk! That makes me super happy! I think I'm going to take advantage of as much as I can while the weather holds. It's sooooo beautiful out there right now! And I sure do love being able to have the windows open!

Alright that's all I've got for today.



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

Breakfast
Steel Cut Oats with Almond Milk & Peach Preseves = 225 cals

Lunch
Garlic Herb Chicken, Multigrains, Green Beans, Baby Carrots, Lite Sting Cheese = 349 cals

Snack
Apple Slices = 80 cals

Snack
2 boiled eggs = 120 cals

Dinner
2.5 cups Dc's Chili, V8 Fruit Fusion = 455 cals

That puts me at 1229 calories total for today. I'm quite happy with that. :) And that's all I've got for tonight. Y'all have a great day tomorrow!

Goodnight
xoxo

September 27th, 2016: Oh ma Tummy!

Today was a hard day. Not because of my weightloss life, but because I felt like POO! Seriously, all day long...bleh. It was a very long day at work with me feeling ready to lay down. And I couldn't. Sooooo...it was torture. Lol.

I made it through the day and went to the gym, even though I REALLY didn't want to. I knew I had to though. So I warmed up for 10 minutes on the Elliptical and then I did an hour of Zumba and that was all I had in me. I burnt a little over 800 calories and I say that's pretty good for how poorly I feel.

I came home and warmed up the rest of my Chinese food and had dinner. My sister needed to get meds for her boys, so they hung out with us for a bit and that was it.

Now I'm ready for an early night!

Here is the breakdown of my food choices today:

Breakfast
Oats with Almond Milk and All Natural Peach Preserves = 225 cals

Lunch
Herbed Chicken, Multigrain Mix, Green Beans, Baby Carrots, 2 string cheese = 399 cals

Snack
Apple Slices & Strawberry Shortcake Greek Mousse = 160 cals

Snack
Oven Roasted, unsalted Almonds = 170 cals

Dinner
Brocolli Beef with Water Chestnuts & Mushrooms = 294 cals

Total Calories for the day is 1198, but I'm having a glass of V8 Fruit Fusion Juice before bed, because I love it. :)

Goodnight!
xoxo

September 26th, 2016: Progress

First of all, I want to say thank you all so much who have shared kind words and advice after I posted my blog. I'm nowhere near giving up. I am just frustrated! I've got this y'all. Really! Really, really. Lol.

So today was the end of another DietBet. I finished my 3rd or 4th one successfully. And tonight I started another one. So I decided to do a side by side of my first DietBet (I started it the very first day I began eating healthy again) and then today.

Um...ok...I can see THAT difference. Lol. Sheesh! That makes me excited!

Today was absolute craziness at wor
k. One of my co-workers was sick as a dog, so he went home about 30 minutes after he came in and the chaos soon followed. The work day was mostly just a steady busy until 3:30. At that time about half of our customers lost their internet access. Out of nowhere our phones started ringing off of the hook! About 1500 people without internet and only 2 people answering the phones. Talk about a mess!

So I ended up staying late to answer the phones, and then I went to Lowes (since today is my day off at the gym) and looked at the appliances so that I could get an idea of what we wanted if we get the house.

I had planned to come home and cook a big pot of Doc's Chili, but I came out of Lowe's and smelled Chinese Food and ended up getting dinner there.

I came home and spent some time with my hubby and then I went to see my little nephews. :) I love playing with them. And now my momma is here talking my ear off while I am writing this. Haha, so who know what I'm typing!

Here is the breakdown of my food choices for today:

Breakfast
Steel Cut Oats (that was interesting to cook) with Peach all natural Fruit Spread and cooked in Almond Milk = 225 cals

Lunch
Garlic Herb Chicken, Mutigrain Mix, Green Beans (no salt added, proud of that), baby carrots, 2 string cheese = 399 cals

Snack
Almonds = 170 cals

Snack
Peaches N Cream Greek Yogurt, and a small orange = 162 cals

Dinner
Black Pepper Chicken (tooooo much), Breaded Shrimp with cocktail sauce = 535 cals

That put me at 1491 calories for today. Which is totally fine, especially since yesterday was so low. So there we have it. Y'all have a good night. ;) I'm having some Honey Vanilla Chamomile Tea and hoping to fall asleep soon!

Goodnight
xoxo

September 25th, 2016: Weigh-in #15

I was nervous, yet excited to weigh in today. I burned plenty of calories at the gym this week, and despite a bit of fair food this week, I made very healthy choices for the week as a whole. After having two of the last three weeks give me a pound or less lost, I was still nervous though.

I got on the scale, and seriously saw one of my biggest fears. Only. One. Pound. Better than nothing, but NOT ok for me. I've never had this happen to me before. I did the work. It's supposed to show.

So I did a google search about plateau's...not helpful. The jest of it was this: #1 Change up your routine (I do that constantly), #2 If you are eating crap to stay under your calories, eat better (I don't do that), #3 Cut out Diet Sodas (don't drink em), #4 Count your calories (pshhh, duh!) and if you follow these guidelines you will break through your plateau unless you have a medical condition (ie: Diabetes, Thyroid Issue, PCOS, ) DING DING DING...well what if you DO have one of those?? Then what? Yea, the info out there is non-existent nearly. I did read that people with PCOS are more successful with weight-loss when they get 200 active minutes of exercise per week and at least a third of that is strength training. What a JOKE. I had almost 400 active minutes last week. Lol. And that was a LIGHT week for me.

So, I'm sure you can see my frustration here. I go to see the lady doctor in a few weeks and I'm going to talk to him about what I'm doing and what's going on. I've tried Metformin in the past and it made me sick to my stomach. But, I'm willing to try anything at this point. The Metformin is for diabetes so it helps with the insulin resistance that I get from the PCOS. I just hope he can give me some information to help me. Otherwise, I may go nuts.

I feel like I've done all this hard work for 3 weeks, sacrificed having a life, eating yummy stuff, and been sore pretty much every day, for no dang reason. It's really hard. So needless to say, I spent my late morning in tears. I ate lunch and barley made it through because I was so upset. But I picked myself up and got my crap together and headed to the gym. I had filled my cousin Jessica in on what was going on, and thankfully she came up to the Y to work out with me. I needed her. She lifts my spirits and validates my feelings. And just, straight up makes me feel better. It was exactly what I needed. We went to YPump and got our butts kicked, then headed over to Zumba and got them kicked in a totally different way, lol. Afterward I had almost 9,000 steps and she was right behind me, so we went upstairs to walk until we got our steps in. Then we headed to the sauna to sweat it out.

I left in a MUCH better mood than I arrived in. Working out does that for me. It's like those endorphins kick in and I'm good to go. We went and grabbed some groceries and then headed to Cato to see if we could find a shirt for Jess for the outing we are going to this upcoming Saturday. She found a couple of super cute shirts and I found some jeans! They have size 28's and since the 26's I bought were really snug on my thunder thighs, I decided to try a pair on. Crazy thing...they were too big. Wow. So I got a pair of 26's. They were perfect there. So yay. Except they are waaaay too long. LOL. So thankfully, I have a sister that can sew and she is taking them up for me. They came down like 2 inches past my toes! Haha.

I headed back to Dexter feeling 100% better. Dropped off my groceries and headed to Walmart for a few other things. Mom and Dad met me at home and we had us a little BBQ. I barbequed drumsticks for Jamie and I and threw some hotdogs on for them. I also cooked up some chicken for me for lunch this week and made up my lunches while the chicken legs were taking forever to cook. I love getting to spend time with them. I don't think I got enough time though. :)

Now I'm all done, haven't ate enough calories today, but I really don't even care. I did try something new today. Lipton Green Tea that has Dragonfruit and Acai and melon...yum! I added some stevia for sweetener and a fourth cup of Vanilla Almond Milk...it was sooooo good!! I think I'm in love! I also got some Vanilla Caramel Chamomile Tea to try too :)

Here's the breakdown of my food today:

Breakfast
Vanilla Light Monster Java = 100 cals

Lunch
Taco Salad = 429 cals

Snack
Salted Caramel Greek Yogurt Mousse and Amonds = 180 cals

Dinner
2 Chicken Legs w/bbq sauce, and a salad = 314 cals

Almond milk for 2 teas = 15 cals

That puts me at 1025 calories for today. Here's hoping for a great week this week. I'm going to change up my breakfasts this week. I'm burnt out on smoothies right now. I'm going to be doing my next weigh in on Saturday morning because our employee outing is that night and I am NOT counting calories that night. Very first cheat meal since I started. I probably shouldn't, but we are eating at an Italian Restaurant that has amazing bread with olive oil and seasonings and I plan to eat too much of it, so forewarning. A good Cheat Meal might actually do me some good, who know. We shall see.

Love you guys, have a great Monday tomorrow.

Goodnight!
xoxo

September 24th, 2016: What a Week!

Geez Louise it has been a crazy week for me! I  so glad to see it come to an end. I mean, I stay busy usually anyways, but this week...no, no, no. Too darn much!

My day started with me getting and getting ready for the gym. I got up at 7:30 for some crazy reason. I normally get up at 8 because I have to leave at 8:30, but I was so worn out last night that I went to bed at a decent hour.

I took advantage of my early morning and put away some clothes, and then I got ready for the gym. My sister actually went with me, so I caught a free ride, lol. We did Zumba and then walked, and then did some Arc Trainer torture. I ended up leaving the gym with my 10,000 steps, which is always my goal on Saturdays. So I was feeling accomplished.

I headed home and got me a shower and cooked my lunch and Jamie's dinner and before I knew it, it was already PAST time to be at the fair! Sheesh. Always running late these days. It makes me crazy!

Once I got to the fair I went ahead and ate the supper yummy and healthy lunch I made. My goal was to stay away from all fair food today since I weigh in tomorrow. No such luck. I shared a tate
r pile with Barb. Don't judge me. Lol.

So we stuck it out at our booth until around 6:30ish, and then we decided to pack it up. It was dead in the back of the Vendor Barn. We weren't getting hardly any hits at all. So we called it a day and packed it up and loaded everything up.Then I went walking around the fair with Barb and her family while her girls tried to barf. Lol. I do NOT have a stomach like that anymore! JUST watching them made me so nauseated that I had to look away. Haha. I guess that's part of getting old. Or maybe the fact that I get motion sickness pretty easily. Lol.

So we did that and then I headed home. My stomach is hurting yet again. I think this time may be from the heat, I don't know, but I'm ready for that mess to go away. And now I'm going to be lazy and watch the America's Got Talent finale and hopefully eat some Doc's Chili in a bit. :)

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

Breakfast
Fit & Active Protein Bar = 190 cals

Afterworkout
Vanilla Light Monster Java = 100 cals

Lunch
4 oz Pork Chop, Brown Rice, Green Beans = 334 cals

Afternoon Snack
Part of a Potato Pile w/Cheese = 270 cals

Dinner
Doc's Chili w/a side Salad 345 cals

And there you have it. Tomorrow morning we shall see if all of my hard work translates on the scale. I sure hope so! I've worked hard trying to get my calorie burn in at the gym and even though I've had a bit of fair food, I definitely had very little and kept it in check. So here's hoping! (Fingers Crossed!)

Goodnight!
xoxo

September 23rd, 2016: Makeover Craziness

What a loooong day! This will be a short one because I didn't get a chance to write any of it at the fair and I'm exhausted and ready for Sleep!

I worked a 4 hour day again today. It was lovely. I wish I could work 4 hour days EVERY day. Lol. Who wouldn't like that? Especially if you could get paid to do that! Heck yea, where do I sign up!?

Anywho, work went smooth, I got the important stuff done and then headed out of there. I was ready for some workout. Who am I kidding? No I wasn't! Lol. My stomach hurt (yes, again) and I just wanted to go home and crawl into bed and stay there for the remainder of the day. But that just wasn't in the cards for me and I knew it. So I headed to the gym.

I started with 30 whole minutes on the Elliptical. I rarely do that because that machine is harder on my joints and I talk myself off of it after 15 to 20 minutes usually. But I was watching the Bold and the Beautiful, and the time really did go by pretty quickly. Next I went upstairs to walk. I started watching this new show called Bull, and after 10 minutes of walking, I thought I could watch it better from the Arc Trainer. Lol. So I did 20 minutes on the Arc Trainer. Well then I still hadn't hit my 7K steps for the day (I was aiming for 10K today) so I started walking again. I walked for another half hour and ended up with a little over 9k steps, which I knew I would get to 10k by that point so I packed it up and headed home.

Once home I had some lunch and watched today's episode of the Bold & the Beautiful. Haha. I was a little behind from being so crazy busy all week. It was nice to sit and relax for a bit. My sister came over while her boys were sleeping (we leave both apartment door open so we can hear since we are right across the hall from each other) and we ended up having a nice visit. So nice, in fact, that I totally forgot that I was cooking dinner for myself. LOL.

So now it was time to go and I had nothing for dinner. Yay for Subway! Haha.

Off to the fair I went. I was expecting a crazy busy night. Well it was busy alright. But not in the way I had expected. Our booth was pretty dead. So sad. But I got to see a LOT of friends & family today and that made it an awesome night! I also got to put on makeup for 4 people today and that was super fun. :) Two of those people were my besties daughters. I've been wanting to get my hands on them for a while. And we surely had fun! Plus one of my other besties brought her family out to the fair and I got to spent a lot of quality time with her too. My mom and day came out too and my dad was cracking me UP tonight. He was in a really good mood and he's always funny when he is, so we just had a good time.

I had a little bit of fair food today, not much, so I feel pretty ok about it. I haven't had a homemade corn dog and that's what I would LOVE to have, but I imagine it has about 600 calories in it, and I'm just not doing that! Lol.

I found me some super cute little divided Tupperware containers to use for my lunches tonight. I love building up my containers so I have some different options. I'm all about options these days! I've learned that I'm ok with eating the same thing for lunch all week, so long as I get a little variety in my dinner. And I'm growing tired of the same smoothies every day, so I may be changing those up soon.

Here's the breakdown of my food today:

Breakfast
PB Smoothie & a cup of coffee with a hot chocolate packet (I know, bad, but oh so good, lol) = 320 cals

Snack
Almonds = 100 cals

Lunch
Multigrains with Veggies, chicken, baby carrots, 2 string cheese = 416 cals

Snack
Popcorn = 100 cals

Dinner
6inch Turkey Sup with Provalone, about 1/8 of a Blooming Onion, and seriously one bite of Funnel Cake = 408 cals

That puts me at 1344 calories for today. I think I'm doing pretty darn good for being around all of that yummy fair food every day! It's torture! But I'm making it work. I really hope it shows up on the scale this week dang it!

Goodnight y'all! Have a great Saturday!
xoxo

September 22nd, 2016: Back at the Gym!

Well today, I felt like I did something right. I worked a half day at work since I had some extra paid time off left. It worked out great! This is the slower time of Month at work anyways, so it worked out perfectly.

At a little after noon I headed to the gym. I hadn't decoded exactly what I was going to do so I just winged it. I started walking to get my muscles warmed up. Next I did 15 minutes of intervals on the Arc Trainer, then I walked 10 more minutes and did 20 jump ropes between each lap that I walked. Then I did another 15 minutes of intervals on the Arc Trainer and finished off an hour of Cardio by walking. I was pooped!! I decided to go chill (or burn) in the sauna and then took a shower and headed home.

Once at home, I ate a late lunch and started getting ready for the fair. It was so nice to have a little break between work and the fair tonight! I needed it!

The fair was a little busier this time around. Barb was cracking me up! She did half of her face with makeup and half without. I came up with the idea to draw a big black line down the center of her face. Hilarious! She got some serious funny looks tonight!!

Here is the breakdown of my food choices:

Breakfast
Banana Smoothie = 236 cals

Snack
No Bake Cookie (oops) and a boiled egg = 180 cals

Lunch
Multigrains and Veggies and Chicken, baby carrots and Cottage Cheese = 416 cals

Snack
Almonds & Popcorn = 200 cals

Dinner
Doc's Chili & part of a Tater Pile = 443 cals

That's 1475 calories for the day. Not bad. AND I got over 10,000 steps today. So that feels like success to me! Good night y'all! THis girl is tired!!

September 21st, 2016: Avoiding Temptation

Well I'll tell ya what. Today was pretty good most of the day. I had a good day at work. We were getting bills ready, which kept me busy most of the day, and that makes the day fly by.

I keep having to fight the urge to eat non-stop right now. I've noticed that it definitely comes in phases, but I'm in the 'Eat Everything' phase right now, and it SUCKS. Lol. I'm ready to be through this mess again for a while.  So if you notice my calories are little higher than usual, well then you'll know the reason!

I had to switch out that Couscous for more of the Multi grain stuff because I like it much better for SURE.

After work, I headed home to grab a few things and my dog seriously acted like she hasn't seen me in a million years. Lol Then I kept hearing cute little squeals in the back, and went out there to find my sweet little nephews having a blast. Lol. And of course, one of them needed to come chase my kitty cat! So needless to say, I got a little held up. I got my dinner ready for Jamie to warm up when he got home and headed to the fair grounds for night #2.

It was kindof a slow night. I guess because its a church night. But we still did ok. I was ready to go around 7:30 though. Lol.  I just keep thinking of what else I would rather be doing that sitting at a booth. Lol.

The temptations of this place are killing me though. Fresh Corn Dogs, Tater Piles, Blooming Onions, Funnel Cakes OMG. How am I supposed to survive?! This place is killing me! Lol. Ok so it's not that dramatic. But seriously, the temptation is rough, rough ROUGH!





Here is the breakdown of my food choices:

Breakfast
PB & Banana Smoothie = 286 cals

Lunch
Multigrains with Veggies & Grilled Chicken, 2 string cheese = 390 cals

Snack
Greek Yogurt Mousse and 2 boiled eggs= 216 cals

Snack at the fair
Popcorn and baby carrots = 126 cals

Dinner
Doc's Chili = 243 cals

So that puts me at 1261 total for now. Not as bad as I thought at all. So I'm gonna have me some Almonds later. Woohoo. Lol

*Disclaimer...I am writing my blogs from my phone this week since I'm at the fair, so that should explain any crazy typos. Lol! I felt the need to tell you guys. ;)

September 20, 2016: Fair Day!

Well today was definitely less crazy that yesterday for sure! My work day went pretty smooth which was welcomed for sure.
After work I zoomed home to get a few last minute things together and head over to the fair grounds. I'm pretty crushed that we are in the back side of the barn, because there are about five times as many people going through the front part and lucky us, we had to pay the same price. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me. We did have some pretty good foot traffic forna while though and I think we made some good contacts.

My whole body is hurting from standing on the concrete with very little movement all night though. I wish i could move around a little more, but that would defeat the purpose.

Like I said yesterday, I'm keeping my blogs short this week since I'll probably be writing them from the fair grounds every night.

Here is the breakdown of my food choices for today:
Breakfast
PB & Banana Smoothie = 286 cals

Lunch

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast & Couscous with veggies(I wasnt a fan, maybe the seasoning, but eww no), baby carrots & 2 string cheese =  376 cals

Afternoon Snack
Strawberry Shortcake Greek Yogurt & an Orange =  125 cals

Snack at the Fair Grounds
Free Popcorn! = 100 cals

Dinner
Subway, Chicken Breast on Wheat woth Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips = 530 cals

That puts me at 1430 calories for today. Right where I wanna be! Yay. Y'all have a great Hump Day tomorrow!!

September 19th, 2016: I am not a slug, I am NOT a SLUG!!

Today was a loooooong day. I've been awake for 16 hours, but it feels like 48. I only got about 6 hours of sleep last night, which is rough for me. I need 8 at a minimum. 9 is good. 10 is better. Lol. I've pretty much always been that way. So 6 hours of sleep is hard.

My boss is always telling me it's my own dang fault for staying so busy, but honestly, I don't know what I could take away to be less busy! I already don't get to see some people as much as I want. My sister is already freaking out about us moving (3 minutes away) because she thinks she won't ever see us and we won't see the boys. Honestly, it will take effort, on both of our parts. We won't have the convenience of living right next door anymore. I sure have LOVED that part. Getting to see my nephews multiple times per week. It's awesome. They are adorable and I will miss getting to sneak up and talk to them through the windows and little short visits.

Anyways...so work was a normal Monday today. I brought some
Multigrain stuff with veggies in it and I added Chicken to it. It was pretty darn tasty! I picked up the Muligrain stuff at Aldi on Sunday and it was in the frozen section, so no preservatives...good stuff!

During the last hour of work, Jamie called and informed me that our insurance company was going to charge us over TRIPLE what was estimated for home owners insurance. What? Why? I freaked the heck out! I knew that meant that the monthly payment would sky rocket outside of what we could afford and I was crushed. I called the company to make sure they had the right info, and they did. No explanation as to why it was so insanely high. So....Bad mood mode kicked right in. Then we had an outage at work right before time to leave. I stayed a little late getting people called back and such and then headed to the gym.

I was in a terrible mood. Most people who know me, know that I'm a positive upbeat, and happy kind of gal. But nobody is perfect. And I am sooooo nervous about this home loan going through. We made some terrible financial decisions in the past. I learned to budget well the hard way. By making a LOT of mistakes. But we have been working soooo hard the past few years to get it all right so we could buy a house.

I did not want to work out. I felt like a slug. I forced myself to go in and I started walking. About 10 minutes in, Jessica arrived and walked with me. Then we wanted to do the Arc Trainers but a lady was on the one I like the best, so we went down to the Ellipticals. Bad idea. We both hated it. Lol. We felt like we were in slow motion. So we rounded off 10 minutes on there and headed back upstairs to snatch the Arc Trainers while they were open. We did 20 minutes on them, and then started walking again. We both wore the wrong shoes and our feet were going numb. It wasn't cool! But we finished our hour and then headed to the sauna. My favorite part. Lol.

When I came home, I threw together some Nachos (healthy style, of course) and then sat down to sign a TON of paperwork and fill in my life's history on them. Lol. It was torture! Haha, but it's getting us one step closer, so here's hoping.

Now I'm all done with that and ready to hit the sack!

Here's the breakdown of my food choices today:

Breakfast
PB Smoothie = 210 cals

Lunch

Yummy Stuff!!

Multigrain Blean With Veggies, Grilled Chicken, Baby Carrots & 2 string Cheese = 416 cals

After Workout Snack
Almond & Walnut Pack = 100 cals

Dinner
Taco Salad (Multigrain Tortilla Chips, Black Beans, Lean Ground Beef, Shredded Cheddar Cheese, Fresh Salsa, and Sour Cream) = 665 cals
*I could have cut the calories really easily by having only one serving of chips instead of 1.5 and leaving out the Black Beans, but I had a ton of calories left.

Total Calories for today was 1391, right on target.

Tomorrow is fair day. I'm a little nervous, but also excited. I really hope it goes well. Expect short blogs for the rest of the week. ;) But you know I love ya!

Goodnight
xoxo

September 18th, 2016: Weigh-In #14...Failure Is NOT an Option!

Today was a hard day. I slept well. I slept late. I felt pretty refreshed when I woke up. Then I got on the scale and I saw my worst nightmare. I didn't lose a single pound. Nope. None. Not joking. My diet & exercise were both on point this week. I was crushed. Nothing hurts more than busting your butt and passing up all the good stuff you want to eat and then not getting a good result from it.

In the back of my head I KNOW that it's ok. I know that this was a really bad day for me to be weighing because it's that 'time of the month' and sometimes my weight is all crazy during that week. But it hurt my feelings. I was so upset that I just went back to bed for a bit. Jamie was very supportive and made me feel better. I ended up getting a headache and I know I did that to myself.

We had some yummy breakfast at lunch time since we lazed around all morning, and watched a little TV. It felt very nice to relax and recharge a little after such a crazy week.

My late morning caused me to get headed to the gym late so I didn't get to get much cardio in, so that's no good. We went and had a very cool friend of mine show us how to do deadlifts. At the Y they have a board of 4 or 5 different weight lifting things and the people who hold the records for each part. I want my name on that board! The only one in the Females over 220 that has anything is the deadlifts, so that's the only one that has something to beat. 190 pounds. I did 140 today, but when we put 200 on there, none of us (Me, Jessica & Star) could do it. You have to get it up to your waist. We made it to our ankles...haha. It was HEAVY! I'm going to start practicing with it and try to get better and better at it, until I can beat that 190. Then I'll see about the other ones. Lol. I think Star and I have decided to compete against each other. Haha. It'll be fun since we are so competitive.

I had to leave the gym right at 3 to get headed to the Fair grounds and get our booth set up. We make a good team and got it ready in no time. I think it looks really nice.

After we were done with the booth and figured out where we were putting things when we weren't there, we (Me, Jamie and Barb) headed to grab mom and dad at our apartment and have them follow us to the new house so they could see it. I'm so proud of it. I think we really picked out a great house! I just hope everything goes as planned and we are able to get it and get everything moved in seamlessly.

We came home and visited with my parents and my sister and her babies and we had some yummy Doc's Chili. After everyone went home, Jamie and I had to run to Walmart for a few things that I was still needing for the week. Luckily I got what I needed for Lunches yesterday, so I was able to get my lunches all prepped and ready to go yesterday.

And that about sums up my day. Here is the breakdown of my food choices for today:

Breakfast/Lunch

2 Whole Wheat Waffles w/2tbsp PB and 1/2 serving of Sugar Free Syrup, 3 Boiled Eggs = 484 calories

On the Way to the Gym
Monster Java, Vanilla Light = 100 cals

Dinner
Doc's Chili (2.5 cups) = 405 cals

That puts me at  1184 calories for today. A little low, but I didn't lose any weight last week, so whatever.

Goodnight Y'all! Have a great Monday!
xoxo