LSC Day #23- boring...

Short post...sorry! This blogging everyday is getting hard...sorry I have totally been slacking! But on the up side that means Im doing more in life and not sitting lonely on the couch every night with my food so YAY! :)

I had a good day of eating today! Im not like super food crazy anymore...I actually really dont write much down anymore. One reason for that is I eat alot of the same things every day so by this time I know how many calories they are the other...Im trying to not over analyze it.

I have my eggs and yogurt for breakfast then for lunch chicken and brown rice with salsa and for dinner chili.

Oh yeah...then ghurties. AHHH! So freakin addicting!!!!!!

Its ok because then I did roughly around 300 sit ups and my arms with a few squats. I did not have time to do the jillian video but thats ok I did something and that is what matters! :)

I love my new life style :)

LSC Day #22- Slacking

Hello all!! Clearly I have been slacking and Im sorry!

So I did not post yesterday, it was a busy sunday and I had frozen yogurt again. Yes that is 3 times in one week and yes feel free to judge me- but only if you have had it and know how stinkin addicting it is!!! AHHH so good! :) and I had my chili for dinner. My hubby loves him some chili and of course its a giant crockpot full so I had to help eat it! right? Yes.

Today ran my butt off at work. again. Worked until past 6. again. Did not have time to work out between work and dinner with friends but I dont care Ill do it tomorrow since dinner with friends is much more important. Jillian Michaels will still be there tomorrow. I know she says in my video "change is not a future thing its a present one" but at this present time Im full of a 7 layer dessert bar from Charlottes.

I am doing a good job of eating my eggs in the morning though! I think I get points for that...right?! anyone?!

I also think the reason I am gaining weight and not losing at all is due to a medication I am taking. SOOOOOO.....now I have to decide to keep taking this med that makes me gain weight or take another one that makes my face break out like a 13 year olds. Oh decisions decisions...boo. Either way I am happy with the way I am living my life, I am not like a dieting freak or anything I am just being cautious of what I eat instead of gorging on everything.

there are two words that I am living by now: 1. moderation and 2. discipline. God is helping me learn the meaning of both... not to mention patience. :)

LSC Day #20- IHop

Went to IHop this morning for breakfast (courtesy my padre, thanks dad!) and they not only had the famous chocolate chip pancakes but they also had pumpkin pancakes! Now I dont know about you but that had my name alllll over it! :) So when the server came to the table I sat up proudly and ordered a Slim and Fit spinach,mushroom and green pepper omelet. I do NOT recommend this. The spinach was very mushy and the green peppers were not very flavorful. But I ate that stupid omelet and looked at this picture of the pumpkin pancakes pretending that was what was in my mouth. It really didnt work. Boo.

I had 2 cookies and some spinach dip at a baby shower and then I had Ghurties frozen yogurt this even.

I say it all evened out in the end! :)

I did not exercise today :( I will admit I have been slacking there but I just get busy! I promise I will work out tomorrow! I have not decided if Im doing abs video or the work out one...ah decisions decisions.

I want to be skinny. Is it time yet?!

LSC Day #19- Life Style Change

As I was driving to work yesterday I realized something. For breakfast I was eating egg white and yogurt. Me. I dont know how many things are "not me" in that sentence...the Breakfast part, the egg whites or the yogurt its all so crazy to me! Thats when it hit me. Im not dieting. Im not losing weight because Im not dieting. I changed the way I live my everyday life. Thats it. Right there.

As I wrote on day#1 I ate such junk ALL day EVERY day! I mean truly and honestly I was probably consuming over 5,000 calories a day easy. Thats ridiculous.

Now Im right within the 1200 to 1300 range. I mean yes probably 2 days a week I am a little over maybe around 1500 but still I see that as totally realistic.

As I look back on all that I have changed with my eating I am shocked!! Not to toot my own horn but I have literally changed everything about how I see food. I think of things like "how long is this going to keep my full" or "how many calories is this REALLY worth consuming" or "am I really hungry or am I bored" "what is a food I can eat more for less calories and doesn't take terrible". Just to name a few...

And on top of that talk about the discipline you learn! I mean I used to eat what I wanted when I wanted and how much I wanted. NOT ANYMORE! I now only eat my 3 means and 3 snacks in between in a correct serving amount.

This is a LIFE STYLE CHANGE. I have officially realized I changed the way I live my life through food!

I may not have lost any weight but at least I am getting healthier and making better choices :)

Now to work on the weight loss part....To be continue :)

LSC Day #18- better day!

So I have a lot to say but not much time so...

I ate well all day and had dinner with friends at the Bread Gardens. Very good and tried to stay health with a wheat tortilla for dinner packed with turkey, salami and lettuce and a very small amount of pasta salad then...a monster cookie for dessert!!
It was a little piece of heaven for sure. And then I felt guilty.

I did not work out. I did not have time. I did not leave work early enough. Shocked? Im not.

I have so much more to say...Stay tuned for tomorrow! :)

P.s. today was better and no one made me cry!

Today was a good day. :)

Triage- LSC Day# 17- stress

As you can tell the title is different today. That is because it was a ridiculous day at work and when I sat down to blog I wrote "triage" instead of my usual since this is all I have been typing all day.
Ironically I was going to blog about stress on this entry. Can you tell I am under a little bit?

Needless to say today my day went from fine to bummer to terrible to ending in emotional break down at my desk. I can tell you not only did I NOT lose any weight today I probably gained. This was a hard day. Work-1 me-0.

Its really hard to lose weight when you are under stress and I fully believe this is one reason why I am not losing anything. I have a very busy high stress job that I cant just walk away from at 5pm. I leave when the work is done and always I take things home in my heart. Its part of what I chose and I totally get that, dont get me wrong I LOOOVE what I do!! However some days (like today) when I get told Im a Bi*ch and going to hell is pretty rough. I dont think 'Bi*tch' is a good word to describe me and a person and considering I love God and have a personal relationship with him and strong in my faith I can tell you Im not going to hell either.

So that being said...hard day ended with a wonderful night with two ladies from church getting things ready for Operation Christmas child. I ate 1/2 bag of pop and a mini Take 5 candy bar.

Now it is bed time.

LSC Day #16- My sweet made up dinner

No body panic...my pedometer is found! I thought I lost it last night but after my very smart husband suggested I look in my car- TO-DAH!! There is was! So unfortunately I did not get a step count for the morning and that was the busiest part of my day but oh well thats the way it goes. At least it is found now!

So for dinner I wanted to spice things up a bit so I made up my own dinner! I had a whole wheat tortilla and on it I put shredded chicken, spinach and the Philadelphia cream cheese cooking sensation Sante Fe spread. It was awesome! The tortilla was only 130 cal, since I used 1 tbls of the sante fe spread that was only like 40 cals, and since the spinach and chicken are all protein I consider those "free". I was pretty excited.

Forget you stupid salad- WE ARE OVER!!!

I did not do a work out video today though. By the time I got off work, went to the store and got home it was 7pm. I was so hungry I had the shakes so din-din was priority uno! BUUUTTTT all was not lost, I did like 200 forms of sit ups from the videos so I consider that justified. I will NOT be a slave to working out, I have said that from day one! But I wont get lazy either. Today I did not go hardcore but I did SOMETHING. That is better then nothing.

So I would say today was a good day. Im so glad I stopped weighing myself. I think that was making matters worse. Im trying really hard now to look at what I HAVE done. NOT all the way I have to go and everything I still have to do. Today is about today and just like I tell myself every single day at work- I am only one person doing what I can with what I have.

Today I am content.

P.S. in other news Im brunette now. :)