LSC Day #8 halloween- not cool.

Happy Halloween! :)

So on a diet for Halloween totally sucks! I mean seriously all kinds of chocolatey sugary sweet goodness for practically free and for the first time in my life I will not be partaking. This sucks.

I was a good girl today, 3 egg whites with my super awesome salad...mmm.

I did not go running though. Long story short yesterday I dropped my phone one too many times and broke my SD card so all my pictures and music is gone so there was nothing to run to. Instead I did my jillian michaels work out video...she kicked my butt no doubt but at least I kept up and finished it strong! So yay for that! Until I did my addition abs work and it reset my pedometer. BEYOND PISSED. BEYOND....PISSED. But thats cool...

I really want a Reese's.

LSC Day #7- Sunday Fun Day

Everyone needs a day off! I mean even God rested on the 7th day right? I "rested" today. I ate pretty much what I wanted today and I realized I was only eating it since I was bored. See Denny and my sunday activities are as follows: church, lunch, tv, snack, nap, snack, dinner, snack, bed. Today was no exception, but I did manage to keep it around 1500 calories which was not to bad considering my lunch was a full bag of "butter-licious" popcorn. Denny went on a walk with me around our housing around and I still did my abs and arm work outs. It was in fact a fun day on this beautiful Sunday!

Point being: everyone needs a day off and for the love of everything that is good I DID NOT have a salad today!!!! :)

Tomorrow...back to the grindstone. Egg yokes, salads and 500 calories. Yay?

Stay Tuned. <3

LSC Fay #6-

Hello!

So for the first time ever I did a morning run! Ok by morning I mean like 10am but I slept in on a Saturday and that is so not a crime. I realized this is not for me what so ever! My body and legs were pretty much like "what the frick is going on we were just in bed 10 mins ago and now we are running?!" Yep that's exactly what's up legs so hop to it. They did not. This was more of a walk then a run but I couldn't help it! My legs and brain were so not on the same page. Even so I still walked an extra lap so that made up for the less running.

Breakfast was 3 egg whites and 2oz of frozen grapes! Not to bad :) lunch....hang my head in shame... was a taco salad. No sour cream though and for those if you who know me that's pretty stinkin crazy since I can eat that white creamy goodness by the spoonful! But dinner was a grilled chicken salad so that is good!

Walked around LaClaire IA with my mother in law which was good for my legs and heart today :) yay for beautiful days with loved ones!

I can tell over all I am feel better as far as my body feeling good and having more energy already and its been a week!
To be honest I don't reallly miss allllll the junk I was eating since Im gaining a more healthy and fit body now. But don't get me wrong...I will still be enjoying a big mac once in a while :) Some things will never change!

LSC Day #5ish- Frozen yogurt doesn't count.

Hello all! Sorry I didnt post last night...I have a good reason though!! So last night I got home from work on time and was home around 5:15 (shocker I know right) so I facebook creeped for a few mins then went out for a run! Not just my usual run/walk BUT I added 2 extra laps! HAHA suck on that legs! :) Then was out with friends until midnight. At which arriving home I turned "into a pumpkin" as my hubby says...which means I was super grumpy and fell asleep.

So eating yesterday...It went pretty well. I found out I hate the texture of the yoke of an egg so thats ok since all the good stuff is in the white part anyways! I had a roll of smarties as my morning snack but it was only 25 cal which is less then my carrots and it was sugary so I was totally content. Do you know how long you can make a tiny roll of smarties last? 30mins. Beat that. Then lunch...it was another drug lunch but not just any drug lunch it was Wig&Pen pizza...for those of you who dont think this place is like the "it" pizza place of Iowa CIty. So you know what I did? Go ahead and guess. I ate....my boring stupid salad and my 1oz of goldfish! HAHA SUCK ON THAT! It was reeeeeeaalllyyyy hard and it SUCKED hard but I did it and felt AWESOME! No afternoon snack. Yay me! Then is where things get a little weird...No dinner either 8pm when I met friends for Frozen yogurt but not just any frozen yogurt it was the kind where you pick your own flavor then add your toppings and pay by the oz. Now I did get the low fat 'birthday cake' and low fat 'pumpkin pie' but I DID NOT skimp on the chocolate chips. But its ok because I didn't write it down in my food diary so it doesn't count right?! If you tell it does bite me. Then we went to Old Chicago with friends and promptly on arrival to our table I embarrassed my wonderful hubby and asked for the nutrition list. Where I found out the pepperoni rolls were only 366 cal for 4 of them!! HALLELUJAH!!!! So I ate my four and was totally happy. So all in all if you dont count my chocolate chips from Gurties yogurt (which I clearly do not) it was a great day!

Running- I did it and got the official OK from Denny to buy new cold running gear! Yay!

In other sad news....I dont get to eat cheese its anymore. This is VERY sad since the Dr. I work for and I have a shared love for the small square cracker. Between the two of us usually about every other day I would have a container of cheese its on my desk and we would both munch on them throughout the morning. It wasnt anything big but I always loved having that to share. Yesterday I heard her tell a patients small child " oh your eating cheese its? my nurse and I love cheese its" and it made me sad since there are no more cheese its in my life. But I keep reminding myself this IS NOT forever and I will get to have that container of cheese its on my desk once again.

I am willing to sacrifice cheese its for a 6 pack. This sucks.

To end on a happy note- I am starting to see very small definition in my abs...now this could very well be my imagination BUT I see it and that makes me get up and go running to keep seeing it. Yay! :)

LSC Day #4 Oopps...

Hello all! Today was a better day! :)

Eating went well today again! Breakfast was a smoothie but no eggs (we were all out and no chicken to lay me one), morning snack was about an oz of carrots, lunch again my sweet salad everyone is jealous off with my 1oz of gold fish and babybell light cheese, no afternoon snack and then dinner...oh dinner! My wonderful hubby had tonight off so we went to Buffalo Wild Wings because lets face it- it was MY gift card and I totally rocked out! I had the grilled chicken buffalitos which was only 380 calories with 40calories of medium sauce. Not bad if I do say so myself! :)

I mentioned I had an oz of carrots for my morning snack...I officially hate carrots now. The only veggies I will eat are green beans, zuccini (SP?!?) and carrots...until now. As Im sitting at my desk in between patients Im chewing on these carrots thinking how much I hate the texture and taste so much I want to literally through my bag at my computer since I hate it equally as much. But I didnt. I cant do it anymore. Carrots are officially out. CARROTS YOU SUCK!

On a funnier note...I had a "blonde moment" in the kitchen tonight and I think everyone will get a good kick out of this. So for my super awesome salad I have everyday I cook the chicken breast (speaking of breasts its OCT so feel your boobies!!) and then I put it in a smaller baggie and leave in the fridge all morning so its cold to go with my lettuce. Wellll....I finished up cooking the chicken and I wanted to put it into the baggie but it was still hot so I held the bag next to the pan and kinda just flopped the chicken pieces into the bag over the side of the pan with my spatula. I was not paying attention to the baggie since I was so concerned with getting the chicken pieces directly from the pan to the bag that I did not realize the bag was touching the pan...that was still VERY hot. Well I didnt want the chicken to melt the bag...but that was clearly not the problem...the problem was the baggie on the HOT pan. So I just ruined my kitchen-aid red pan. Sweet.

On a completely different note I went running again! Its getting cold thought so this will not be happening much more...which means I have to do my Jillian Michaels butt kicking video...sweet? No.

Healthy Tip of the day: When going out to eat look at the menu BEFORE you go there, look at the nutritional values first! That way when you get there you will already know what you want and wont even have to open the menu and be tempted to get something you shouldnt! :)

LSC Day #3 NOT COOL!

Super short post...nothing ridiculous happened, its late and Im sleepy.

So day 3...I spent the evening with two wonderful woman from my church so I did not have time to go for a run and by the time I got home it was almost 8:30 and my tummy wanted dinner so I did not do Jillian's butt kick video either. And Im tired so suck it. However spending time with those ladies and working on operation christmas child stuff takes a MUCH BIGGER priority over working out and was 110% worth it! I like to think of as food for my heart. Corny? Yes. Again...suck it.

Good news: I may have failed at working out buuuuuttt I totally rocked on eating though!! :) I did make an egg to eat for breakfast but I then walked off and left it on the counter. Story of my life. But I did not have a morning or afternoon snack and stuck to my boring chicken salad for lunch. YAY me!

Oh and then I threw away the rest of red velvet cake...and then cried.

I (Me, I, MEEEE) got a gift card to Buffalo Wild Wing today...Dennis is pretty stoked about it.

Tomorrow will be better right?

LSC Day #2- Temptations are everywhere!

So its day 2 and I am still alive but feeling pretty BLAAHHH! THERE ARE SO MANY TEMPTATIONS HOLY MOLY!!
Is it legit to wear a bright neon pink shirt that says "Im dieting please don't offer me anything that didnt come from the ground"...? See at my job we get "Drug Lunches" on certain days and today was one, the drug rep brought deli stuff to build your own sandwich with cheese and crackers and cookies for dessert. On top of that one of the Dr. in the office also shared her basket of cookies by design cookies.

Seriously? Not. cool.

So instead of eating all that AWESOME goodness you know what I had? A salad with Romain lettuce and grilled chicken, a babybell light cheese and two yogurt bits. Im pretty sure if there was an olympics of self control I would be wearing the gold right now no joke! The crazy thing is as much as I would have LOVED a sandwich and cookies the pride I felt in myself was even better. I sat in a room of 8 ladies enjoying cookies and sandwiches and I ate a salad. SUCK ON THAT! :)

In other news I also had 2 eggs for breakfast in addition to my smoothie. Now that may not be that big of a deal for most of you but the last I Elizabeth Lynne ate an egg was...welll...I couldn't even tell you. I hate the texture and the taste so much!! But I did it and again felt so accomplished I did not mind choking it down.

But the shocking things dont stop there- I went for a run after work! This I can PROMISE you will NOT be an every day thing but it was nice out and Denny was working a little late so I figured why not. And you know what? It didn't kill me! Here I am- alive and blogging to tell about it!

So to sum up day 2: I have WAAAYY more self controll then I though I did and running did not kill me. Successful day? Sure! :)

P.S. Tues is officially weigh in day which I did this morning. I will spare you the terrible details but it was an all time high for me. Not a day too soon did this fun LSC adventure begin! A week from today my goal is to be down 2 pounds, everyone needs a goal and this is mine :)

Life Style Change Week #1 Day1

Hello my name is Elizabeth and I LOVE food. Wow that felt good to say...but unfortunately it has left me in a tight position. Literally tight. See a few months ago my WONDERFUL husband was laid off and he started to work a part time job which was awesome but the hours were 2nd shift. So there I was home along every night with me, my tv and all the junk food I wanted. This was a dark time in my life and our marriage and I am not proud of how I dealt with it but I did what I knew I could control- I ate. Alot. We did not have any friends in the place where we had moved a short time before, we were not involved in the church we were attending and with Denny gone every night I was extremely lonely....and depressed. This went on for about 3 months, that was at least 90 days of full bags of popcorn, bags of chips, m&ms, little debbie snacks and well you get the picture.

Over the last 2 or 3 weeks I have finally started to notice what I have done to myself. I don't have any energy, my brain felt like a fog and the worst- my jeans stopped fitting. I noticed my "pouch" in front and considering I am not with child this is not sexy nor funny and I knew SOMETHING needed to be done. If I would have noticed this about 100 days ago I would not have just spent a full paycheck on a new "fat wardrobe". BUT since I did not I am here starting my life style change.

My life style change was inspired by my awesome mom who is helping me through this time of change. Its not anything like stop eating for a week or spend 8 hours in the gym to look like the women on the cover of Body Builder USA. This is about eating what GOD himself gave us...not the factories and doing a little exercise. Its based around fruits, veggies and protein with about 20-30mins of physical activity. I know what your thinking "duh thats common senses"...well allow me to show you a usual day of food in my pre life style change life.

Breakfast- cherry pesi, ruffles cheddar and sour cream chips, and a reese.
Morning snack- a kit kat and some cheese its.
Lunch- a cheese burger or whatever was left over from the night before
afternoon snack- a little debbie snack and some more cheese its or chips
dinner-....could be anything...literally anything.
after dinner snack- a bag of popcorn and another little debbie snack, a pickle, some more cheese its and ice cream.

I wish I was making that up. But I'm not...not even exaggerating.

SOOOOO with all that being said here is to my new life style full of things green, red, orange and full of protein! Wish me luck :)

Healthy choice of the day: We all have our TV shows we are addicted too right? Instead of missing them due to a busy gym do continuous sit ups, push ups, lunges or jumping jacks during ever commercial break that way you wont miss anything but will get a 20mins work out in during an hour long show!