4.75 Stars. I went to the gym today and jogged on the treadmill. Got 3 of my f/v in which is why there is .75 stars.

3.5 Stars. I got all my fruits/veggies in but 1 so that is the 1/2 star. Other than that I did good with my eating.

I am looking forward to a week of 5s

Last day of vacation. We drove home today. I had cinnamon toast for breakfast. At lunch I had a buffalo chicken sandwich w/a side salad instead of fries. We ate at Denny's and the salad was huge.
I had a few cinnamon bears in the car. I just had some ramen noodles for dinner.

Tomorrow I get to my star ratings.

Day 3 of vacation. I did not do too well today. Cinnamon toast for breakfast. Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich w/fries for lunch. Delicious homemade tacos for dinner.

There was no snacking so that was good.

Day 2 of vacation. I had toast with cream cheese for breakfast. We stopped for gas & I went in tp the store to get Mike & Andrew some oj. I got myself a 12 oz. V8 juice to drink. Then we went out to Hoover Dam. We took a tour and walked around a bit. I was waffle but caved and had an In N Out cheeseburger for lunch. We only got two fries and shared. I got an ice tea to drink. After lunch we went bowling. We bowled one game. It was quite a walk from the parking lot thru the casino to the bowling alley. We had frozen lasagna, french bread & salad for dinner. I did have 5 Oreo cookies with milk for a snack.

I am on vacation so I am not doing stars until I get home. I am going to recap what I did right today. We drove from SLC to LV today. I had shredded wheat for breakfast. We stopped for lunch at a Dairy Queen. I ordered a grilled chicken salad. I brought carrots for a snack on the road. I had water with my lunch. I didn't drink a lot of water on the road to avoid too
many potty stops. We had Panda Express for dinner. Mike, Andrew & I shared a three entree meal. I was too busy visiting to have any snacks in the evening.

Tomorrow we have some fun things planned that will require some physical activity.

3 stars today. I am changing one of my stars from good eating to 5 fruits or veggies. I am hoping by being more specific it will help me make my goals.

I did about 2 hours of housework today. Could that count as my exercise??

4 stars today. I did really good with my water intake.

5 STARS today. I hadn't been getting my water in but I have done really well this week.

4.5 STARS It was a beautiful fall day so my friend & I took the kids to the zoo for the afternoon. I got a lot of walking in there plus lift kids so they can see things.

5 STARS today. I am really excited to have gotten all my stars in today. I went to the gym & ran on the treadmill for about 40 minutes. It was a good workout & I was able to job for a longer period of time than I have in the past.

3.5 Stars today. I had my fitness class tonight. She did step aerobics (which I hate) & a fun thing where she had us to funny movements. Like walking with toes turned in, goose step march, skipping, crab walks. The class has been really great.

Weigh In

194.8 today. Well this is what having the flu for a week will do for you. Back to the grind tomorrow and hopeful that I will keep losing weight.

My goal in 5# by Thanksgiving.

4 Stars Today. I had a really busy day running around. I am really pleased with myself that I got 4 stars done.

5 STARS today. I actually go everything in :)

In our class tonight we did an aerobics work out & worked with free weights. Part of the class will be to expose us to different ways to workout.

3 Stars for today. I actually got all of my water in.

Weigh In

198.4 today. Down just a tiny bit but I will take it.

3 Stars for today & yesterday.

3.5 Stars for Wednesday. I had my fitness class again. I really like it. It is motivating.
Next week we will to aerobics & learn to work with free weights. We have to bring our own weights. I have some 3# ones but I am going to get some 5# ones as well.

I am hoping this class will help me get over my intemidation (sp?) about using weights.

Weigh In Week 9

198.6 today. I am really happy with that number since it is finally a drop. We were camping Thurs-Sat. I drank some water and we did a couple of really good hikes.

Today my newest nephew was baptized and we are the Godparents. It was a good day with family.

4.5 Stars today.

I started a fitness class tonight. It is a 12 week course on Wed. nights. We did 30 min. weight circuit, 30 min. cardio (tonight I walked) & 15 mins core/stretching.

I also met a really nice gal that is also a stay at home mom here in Layton. Next week I am going to see if she would like to workout another night of the week as well.

3.5 Stars today

Today was a really good day in general.

Week 8 Weigh In

I was 199.4 when I weigh this weekend.

3.5 Star average for the weekend (Fri-Sun)

On Friday my friend & I took the kids to a nature center and walked the trails for about an hour.
I did really good with eating on Friday & Saturday. I was really proud of myself on Friday night. We went to dinner & a comedy club with a group of friends. At dinner I only had water to drink and I resisted getting a dessert at the comedy club.

4 stars today. I did really good with my eating.

5 STAR DAY!!!!!

I went for a 3 mile walk today. I did it in 52 minutes.

3.5 Stars today. It was really a good day all around (life in general). I got some good inspiration from Gloria while I was in Sac last week.

Andrew is back in school 3 days a week now. So I will have 2 days of those days to get a workout in after dropping him off. It is pretty cool here right now so I am planning on running outside tomorrow.

Week 7

I am Sacramento this weekend so I didn't weigh myself. We will see what next week brings.

Weigh In Week 6

It was 199 this morning (-1#) Well .6 loss is better than nothing.

I am giving myself 3.5 stars today. I did very good with my eating but only got about 1/2 of my water in & no exercise.

Overall it was a really good day for all of us. Tomorrow we will be working on getting our stuff into the new trailer. I am going to get my hair cut for our trip next week.

Only 2 stars today. I was really sick today. This only things that I did do was my vitamins & blog.

3 Stars today. I didn't get my exercise in & we ate fast food for dinner.

Today was Andrew's first day of pre-school & we went afterwards to look at a trailer for sale about an hour from here. We ended up buying the trailer. We got home late so we ended up getting fast food for dinner.

Today is 4.5 stars. I am adding another star to my rating system for taking my vitamin & glucosamine (sp?).

I did really good with my food today. The .5 star is for exercise. I was watching my neighbors kids today & had to walk to the school to pick up her 5 year old. It was 15 minutes each way pushing a double stroller.

Weigh In Week 5

Weighed 199.6 on Saturday AM. Well...back to where I started.

By looking at my past blogs I can see that what I need to do to get back on track.

We went to Idaho this weekend to see my Grandma & cousins. I didn't do too bad with my eating.
We did go to the fair on Saturday. I actually did good there considering all of the temptations that were there.

I am going to steal from Gloria's idea to rate my days with stars. Each day I will try to achieve 4 stars. 1 each for the following: at least 30 min of exercise, at least 64 oz of water, blogging & eating sensibly (I know this one is vague but I am not ready to start dwelling too much on the food).

The two most important things I can do to be successful is the exercise and controlling my snacking in the PM.

On a funny note...here are somethings that I found easy to avoid at the fair:
fried Oreos, fried Twinkies, fried gator tails & my favorite..are you ready for this
Chocolate Covered Bacon (I think that is one of the grossest things I have ever heard of)

This has just been a really crappy day!!! I think I am pmsing because every little things is driving be nuts. Dealing with Andrew today has seemed like having a pesky fly in your face all day.

Today is over & tomorrow is a new day :)

Week 4 Weigh In

197.6 again. No change from last week. I am happy with this since the past week has been a disaster as far as diet & exercise went.

I will work hard to see a lose this week.

I haven't had a great week with my diet & exercise. I haven't gotten to the gym at all. My eating has been a little out of control. There was a lot of stress this week with my niece being very ill & I am an emotional eater.

My biggest success would be conquering the emotional eating.

We had a great weekend in Bear Lake with Kevin & Sue. I think I did well with my eating. I did have a raspberry shake. It was super sweet so I ate part right away & saved the rest for an evening snack.

We found 3 out of 4 geocaches. They were fun but only one required a little hiking. We did do a cave tour that involved going up & down 888 steps. Those were steps inside the cave & you had to climb up & down some to get to the entrance.

Week 3 Weigh In

I was 197.6 (-2.4). This was disappointing but not surprising after my week in Oregon.
I have a great time with my family so I feel that it was worth the temporary gain.

Well today wasn't the best day ever for my dieting. I did go to the farmer's market this evening & get some fresh veggies & peaches (they grow great peaches here). We are going camping this weekend so I put them all in the trailer for snacks.

We are going camping at a place called Bear Lake. It is a really beautiful lake here. There is a cave nearby that Mike wants to check out. I found some geocaches to look for that should require a little hiking & Mike found a hiking trail that sounds good.

I probably won't be blogging again until Monday.

We got home from Oregon Saturday afternoon. I didn't do very well while we were there. I ate a lot of the wrong things but they were good. We didn't get much exercise but that is my own fault for not making the time.

I have so little time with Mom & Lizzie that I got caught up just being with them. This is not an excuse just an explanation.

I did get to the gym this morning. I did 3- 5 minute sets on the treadmill w/10 mins of walking.
I have been doing good with getting back to eating better & drinking lots of water.

I have been dying to get on the scale but I want to wait until Friday to stay on schedule.

Week 2 Weigh In

I was at 195.2 (-4.8) this morning. We leave today to spend the week with my family in Oregon. I know this is going to be a challenge but I will do my best.

Well today was so busy that I didn't have time to think about my diet. Actually it turned out pretty good though.

We head out for Oregon tomorrow. We will be gone a week so I will have to just try not to gain any while I am gone. I don't do real well when traveling.

Wish me luck.

I kind of fell off the wagon on Sunday but I figure that I have to do that once in awhile to keep on track for the long run. I even had a coke :(

Monday was a good day. I got in a really good workout on the treadmill. I did 4- 5 minute jogs with 1 minute breaks in between. I think I did pretty good with everything else.

Today was pretty good too.

Week 1 Weigh In

Friday AM I weighed in at 196.6 which is a lose of 3.4# YEAH!!!!
This was just from being more careful what & when I eat, drinking more water. I only got one work out in during the week. I think the biggest thing was no Coke all week.

I did go workout on the treadmill Friday AM. It wasn't a great workout because it was way too hot in the gym but I did get a full 30 mins walk/run that got my heart rate up.

In the next week I am hoping to get at least 3 cardio workouts done.

I am feeling very positive about getting this going.

We had a great day today. Our African American group had a swim party. We were at the pool for 4 hours. I spent most of the time visiting while Mike & Andrew played. It is a really neat pool for smaller kids because it isn't very deep. They have a separate area that is deep for lap swimming & diving. Andrew had a blast playing with all the other kids.

Today was a really good day. I went to this gym this morning and walked/ran on the treadmill. I did 1.67 miles in 30 min. That was 5 min warm up, 3-5min runs w/1 min walk in between & 8 min cool down. Pretty good since I haven't been exercising lately.

I did good with my eating today. I was hungry after Andrew went to bed so I had some cheerios.

Fun side note-- Andrew says that he is chocolate & we are vanilla. Today he called me a "hot vanilla girl". Too funny :)

I didn't post anything Sun or Monday because I was not feeling well. Barely even looked at my email. I am feeling better today.

I am really proud of myself because twice today I had a cookie in hand but put it back.
Tonight I only had an apple & one cookie (I had 2 but put 1 back) after dinner. I drank 24 oz of water and 34 oz of ice tea.

Tomorrow I am going to go to the gym after I drop Andrew off at school.

Weight Check In

Well I got on the dreaded scale this morning which I had been avoiding for way too long. The result was 200# (yes you read that right). This means I have 50# to lose. It was disappointing but not really surprising.

I did really good with my eating today. Which is good considering we thought that Andrew had broken his forearm at tumbling class. I took him to urgent care and it turned out to be only a sprain.

I did read a really great article in the new edition of Self magazine. It was about how we identify our weight with that of our mother's weight issues and how food played a role in our childhoods. I really related to this article. She wrote this at the end of it "Thinness isn't that same thing as happiness and solace isn't the same as food"

I am going to start blogging again. Hopefully this time I will be successful & this will help me with my physical fitness and weight goals.

I did mange to run my first 5K in May. I was really pleased with that accomplishment. Since then I have fallen off the fitness wagon.

My long term goal for the rest of the year is to get back into my fitness routine & run another 5K this year. I also would like to lose at least 30# by the end of the year.

Here are 5 things that I can do to achieve these goals:

Stop late night snacking
Drink at least 60 oz of water per day
Eat more fruits & veggies
Get back to the gym..starting tomorrow AM
Make my workouts a priority in my life

I was planning on starting this blog again tomorrow but I am happy that I started tonight.

I have realized that this may have been a bad time to start my blog since part of my sacrifice for Lent has been to turn the computer off at 8PM. This is really cutting into my time to be sure to blog daily with my exercise & food. Things may be sketchy for the next month but after Easter (4/12) I will be freer be on the computer late so I can do more.

This weekend wasn't a very good one as far as my food intake. We did take a 2 mile casual walk on Sunday.

Today Andrew is sick & I am feeling like I am coming down with something as well.

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs & coffee w/milk & sugar (1tsp)
Lunch: WW tuna casserole & apple slices
Snack: More Apple slices (sharing with Andrew)
Dinner: Ham, baked potato (butter,salt,pepper) & carrots

The next week doesn't have anything going on that should put me off track so I am going to face it with optimism.

Today was a really good day. I went to Yoga class tonight.

I am still looking for a display for a food diary but until I figure that out I will just make a note each day. I did find a weight loss tracker.

Breakfast: Shredded wheat, 2% Milk, Coffee w/milk & splenda
Lunch: Left over meatloaf, peas & rice (whole grain), 2 slices of cheese
Snack: Set out carrots that I munched on all day, about 5 small honey graham cookies
Dinner: 2 slices pepperoni pizza
Water: about 44 oz.

This is a blog to follow my fitness & weight loss journey for 2009.

I started this journey last spring with the help of my friend Gloria. I haven't been very successful on the weight loss aspect but I have definitely gained strength and stamina.

I will be posting my food diary and a fitness journal daily. I think I can get charts for some of this but I will have to figure out how to make this work.

My main goal this year is to run a 5K and lose 40#.

Action Plan:

I am currently taking a yoga/pilates class twice a week & I will be starting a running class on 3/28
Before the running class starts I will do a least 30 minutes of cardio 3 times a week (at least).
Keep a food journal.


I am hoping that by posting this all in a blog is will keep me focused and on track to achieve my goals.