Seeing some results FINALLY!

Holy cow, sorry it has been so long. Life has been very busy with an almost 2 year old and summer being here. I took two weeks off from the Y so I could clean out all of my old stuff and sell it. Including a lot of my clothes.

I am hitting the Y hard this week. I walked/ran yesterday for 52 mintues and today for 42 minutes ( I only walked today though...I was sore from Monday's workout!) I then do about 100 crunches and pick up the Emma bean and go home for lunch which has been soup/crackers or a grilled cheese and fruit. I am learning to eat meals when I never did. They say you need to eat to loose weight. GO FIGURE! I have always starved myself and that works, but it always and I mean always comes back 10fold! As I said I am on a life change and it takes one day at a time to accomplish this monumental task! But I can say my butt is smaller as are my thighs, arms and forearms and even my very saggy tummy. In fact I have had to move my carseat forward...that is CRAZY! So my Tummy will be the last to change I am afraid. Emma really did a number on me (and so did I) Those muscles are very stretched out. I keep plugging away though.

I have splurged a bit in the past couple of weeks. An Ice Cream once and I made Choc. Chip Cookies today, but I froze half the dough, and gave away half the cookies that I did bake so we only have about 12 cookies left to eat ourselves, and they are small. Woot Woot. I am learning. I never fully wanted to give up the luxuries of yummy food, just needed to learn to not overindulge.

Okay, I am done for the most part for tonight. I am feeling great though (sore, but good- I am in need of new running shoes..maybe in a couple of weeks. We will see. I hate breaking them in!)
God Bless

I had the greatest conversation today!

Two ladies and their little kiddo's came into the Pinestead today and we started chatting. One of the ladies mentioned that her daughter was a miracle baby. After 15 years in her marriage her husband and her finally had their daughter. She has PCOS. The second lady also had PCOS and said both of her kids were not expected in her life. Wow! God is GREAT! I told them that although I was not a confirmed diagnosis, I know in my heart that is what I have and we discussed how impossible it feels to not lose weight, yet eat normally. The hair that grows where it should not. etc. It was a relief talking to them and realizing that I am not alone in this. Thank you again God for sending little messages like this that you are there and listening.

Well..one BIG sickness later and I am back at it!!

One week away from the Y and I am feeling like I missed a YEAR! LoL. Darn sinus infection had me laid up and not able to do much except blow my nose and sneeze. I was in a lot of pain, but the Zpack has taken care of that! So I am back at the Y and working my tail off. I tried on a couple of pairs of Capri's from years past and the legs are loose and they fit in the waist...though some are bit tight. Darn baby weight! My tummy muscles are stretched out and are really hard to tighten up. In fact, this is SO gross, but people have witnessed this and it is true, my flabby belly has a list. It leans to the right. Honest to goodness. My right side has no tone and the left side does. When I was in labor I had the most intense burning pain in my right side. I have NO idea if this has anything to do with this, but I wonder. I keep working hard and praying that the results will show soon!!! I went to my Dr. and she didn't even see it. Jeez. My Daycare lady noticed that I look thinner right away. Oh well. You cant win them all right.

My diet is pretty simple these days.

I wake up feed Emma and we hit the road running. Stop for a protein bar and water and hit the Y. Home for lunch..something fast and simple. Soup, sandwich, fruit, veggies something along those lines...Dinner is small with fruit and veggies. I have stopped snacking for the most part, but I try to keep veggies around for those occasional cravings. I was bad this week and had a handful of Sour Cream and Cheddar chips...I took the rest of them and crushed them and threw them out. (someone left them after our Pizza Party) I also had a small cone today. Guilt...but I shouldn't be. I substituted that for a part of my lunch. Calories and fat all work out in the end. I did 40 minutes on the Treadmill today, 100 crunches and one time around on the circuit. A pretty good sweaty day!

Have a good Memorial Weekend!! Stay Healthy!

Ah darn it!

I started the "dreaded" AF yesterday and there was NO WAY in heck I could go to the Y today. Bummer! We are going up to the U.P tomorrow so no Y then either. I will have to take a good walk with Emma if it is nice enough to get some exercise in. (it is supposed to rain YUCK) Soooo....I was wondering why Chocolate sounded so darn good this past week!!! I have to admit that things are def. different in that arena since Emma came along. I hope they improve a bit though. I guess I am glad that it is back, it means my body is adjusting to exercise and hopefully weightloss!!! Have a good Weekend!

It's Hump day!

I have been really good about getting to the Y and working out for about an hour to an hour and a half 4 days a week!! Woot woot...can I see a difference yet..a little. Do I feel it YES! My knees hate me lol...and yesterday I overstretched my neck something fierce and that is hurting today like crazy, plus I have had an uncommon visitor since Emma has come along...NO fun! VEnt, Rant, Vent...... :P My "diet" is okay, I should be eating more then I am, but that can be hard to justify for myself. I am eating more fruit and veggies when I can. I am done eating by 630pm almost everyday now. I eat a protein bar on my way to the gym for energy and stamina and drink a ton of water while there. Lunch is my main meal of the day. I eat that when we get home. It is pretty basic stuff...normal lunch food, soup, grilled cheese, sandwhich, salad, whatever is around and handy at the time. So as you can see things are moving along. It has been a month since I joined the Y and I am hoping things are changing, I feel great (most of the time) and things are firming up!!! Yippeee!

Accountability!!!

Today was a rough day as the little squirt slept in until 10am!! (and I woke her up!) So I didnt get to the Y as early as I wanted to. So we hit the ground walking..ha ha...and got there a bit after 1030a.m. I did 30 minutes on the treadmill and 50 or so crunches and then had to run to pay the electric bill how's that for fun!!!

meals today....

Snickers marathon bar for breakfast with a few swigs of water (its a protien bar..not a candy bar)

Lunch was a half of a Slabtown sandwhich shared with Emma (who knew she liked salami, herbed dressing and onions!) half a desert bar shared with Emma, it was a treat as we went out to lunch and a large water.

snacks today....a handful of peanuts and banana chips*bad* and a bowl of Special K cereal with dried strawberries. I was hungry today for some reason...no I am not pregnant...pms maybe!!! and a fudgesicle(sp)...darn it!

Dinner was the other half of sandwhich and desert was the leftover desert bar. and a lowfat yogut and a glass of water.

So that was my bad day. I was hungry and tired...pms...maybe!

Todays food.

Morning- 3 small blueberry pancakes with Emma and a huge glass of water
2 vanilla wafers (bad girl)

Lunch...kinda skipped..not on purpose..got caught up cleaning the house...
snack...nobake and half a piece of pumkin bread...I never splurge like this anymore..but we were at the hospital for Playgroup and I got my salad for dinner and I love love love their nobakes and I a shared the piece of bread with Emma..though she only had a bite and didnt care for it at the time. So yes I had the whole thing...Accountablilty Kim...I ate it.

Dinner- A yummy salad with chicken (everything Low-fat) It was from a co-worker and his wife who stopped by with their daughter and sil and grandson. It was called Thunder Salad..LMAO! Black Beans cause the "thunder" It was southwest style with corn and avacado and black beans and lowfat cheese..sooo good!
and another nobake for desert

snack a handful of honey wheat pretzels...and a huge glass of Ice Tea with 3 packets of sugar..32 oz. of liquid. Sugar is bad..but the tea was a tad strong.

That was my day...not a lot of food...I need to eat more fruit, veggies and more grains/protein.