Aaaaghh

I've give anything to just under 130 lbs.... oh just to see the 120s again....  oh maybe someday... it is so hard with BF trying to diet... every time I attempt to cut calories I have zero energy, feel weak and almost faint or feel horribly nauseated.... blah

Finding Time?!

Finding time is so hard these days, time for ME that is.  I have plenty of time of my sweet baby, and then a little time for cleaning and chores... but like zero me time.  Which is ok, to an extent, I mean I did sign up to be a mommy, which is a 24/7/365 job!  

I have been slipping on my healthy eating habits as of lately.   I have come to a stall on weight loss because of it.  I'm at 134.6 lbs this morning.  I would love to make it to 130 lbs by Derby day next Saturday.  So I have given up processed sugar until then, trying to stick to natural sugars like fruits.  I know if I stay focused and stick with this until next Saturday that it will be easier to get back into my old healthy eating habits.  So fingers crossed I can stick this out. 

I've been taking my baby for a walk in the stroller everyday that I am off from work, which is at least 4 days a week, and sometimes 5 days.  It is much harder to run pushing that darn thing tho!  But I am working up to it.  Yesterday I ran 0.8 miles of my 2.1 miles.  (Not consecutive running, but still, gotta RE-start somewhere) 

So my short term goal is reach 130 lbs by next Saturday, and my next goal is to be around 125 lbs by 5/23 (which is a follow up appt with my OBGYN)  I want to be closer to my pre-pregnancy weight! by the time I had a Dr visit my pre-pregnancy weight was 118.8lbs in the office.  at home when I found out it was right at 115 lbs. Also we have 6 month family photo shoot scheduled for the end of June, so my goal would be to be about 120 lbs by then.  So my long term goal is to be at 115 lbs by 9/29, which will be when my baby is 9 months old.  They say it takes 9 months to put on the weight, it should take 9 months to take it back off.  So here is to FINDING TIME and reaching goals!

May 3rd 2014 ~ 130 lbs

May 23rd 2014 ~ 125 lbs
June 29 ~ 120 lbs

Sept 29th 2014 ~ 115 lbs

I'm Back!!!

So on Dec. 29th a had a beautiful healthy little girl, 6 lbs 11 oz.  She is just perfect! Love her so much... she was def. worth every nasty pound of weight I gained!

I started my pregnancy at about 115 lbs... and ended my pregnancy at about 160 lbs!!  thats 45 lbs!  yuck!  I had intentions to only gain 25 lbs... that didn't work to well.. although I stayed pretty on track and keeping running up until October, then when I quit running the pounds just packed on... but o well.  

So today I weighed 139.2 lbs... thats 2 1/2 weeks postpartum.  I'll take it.   I'd really like to see 130 lbs by the end of month (which is my birthday.)  I started back to gym this monday, just walking on treadmill at like 3.5 to 4 mph for now trying to ease back into things. 

In 2012 I lost 26 lbs and was once within 0.6 lbs of my UGW of 110 lbs.... this year I've lost 20.8 lbs so far, most of which was baby and such though.   Hopefully by the end of year I will be back or close to 110 lbs.   

I am breastfeeding exclusively so I cant restrict as much as I used to b/c I want my baby to be healthy, so you probably wont hear too much of a food log this year... just exercise. :-)

small update

i am doing pretty good... last check up HR was 158bpm, I am 15weeks now. and I've only gained 4lbs so far. No bump yet...  we find out the gender next Wednesday, pretty excited about that.

I miss all you guys.  

goodbye...

just wanted to say goodbye for about 8months....  you can guess what that means...  so see ya next year. :-(


well i decided i can't just NOT blog... so check out my 2nd blog here!

day 2 photos

ABC day 2 ~ another 500 calories or less day...  

Breakfast - Chocolate Glazed Donut Coffee - 0 calories

Lunch - McDonald's Sweet Chili Grilled Wrap - 250 calories 
 - Coke Zero - 0 calories
 *i only had 1/2 of the tortilla (maybe a lil less) and no garlic sauce (this saved me like 110 calories!!) it did get super messy tho, a lil leaky without that extra tortilla holding it together!

Snack - 4 spicy pickle spears - 20 cal



 

Dinner - carbmaster cinnamon roll yogurt - 60 calories

 

Total Calories IN = 330 calories

Exercise
3 mile run - 34:02,  11min/mile pace, like 5.3mph - 267 calories burned
  * Hope I do that well or better at my first 5K Friday night!
6 mile leisure bike ride - 251 calories burned


Total Calories Burned =  518 calories!!


btw I have been updating my weight in the about me and stats sections... i am just ashamed to post it in the blog until its under my SW for the year... hopefully that will be soon!!

day one photos

breakfast = coconut mocha coffee - black - 0 calories

some hydration = 1/2 diet twist up, 1/2 sugar free cherry limeade - 2 calories

 lunch = orange, 1/2 of the apple, 1/2 cup of mix fruit, and 16 oz water - 88 calories

dinner = 1/2 cup green beans, 3 oz pork loin, 1 cup mix fruit, 2 spoonfuls of asian salad, and 1/2 cheddar biscuit (not pictured... my husband didn't want to eat the very bottom b/c it was too crunchy, and i just couldnt let it go to waste... oops!) still managed to keep the calories low at - 260 calories

post work out snack-a-roo - spicy thai pineapple wrap - 40 calories

so total intake was 390 calories!!   
and i decided to restart the ABC today... so Success for Day 1!!!  under 500 calories... yah!



Exercise I also ran 1 mile, 9:30 seconds, which is 6.2mph pace. (which only burned 90 calories, but hey, i'll take it!)  I have a 5K Friday night, which is my very first 5K.  Wish me luck!! 

challenge = photo food diary

i am challenging myself to take a pic of everything i eat through the day and post on here... the good and the bad... accountability = success = UGW!

beginning again

so today is day one of ABC diet, which is 500 cal or less. and also, one thing i love about ABC diet is that it is fairly easily to burn all the calories you take in, and that always makes me feel super accomplished!

here is my plan:

Breakfast
Coconut Mocha K-Cup with Splenda - 0 cal

Snack
Clementine - 35 cal

Lunch
Smoothie (Spinach, banana, strawberry, pineapple) - 120 cal

Snack
Veggies from veggie tray - 25 cal

Dinner
Slushie (diet sprite, strawberry, mango, pineapple) - 75 cal

Exercise
Walk my doggy, 30 min ( -88 cal)
Jog 5K, 35 min (- 280 cal)
And go to beginners cycling class, 45 min ( -300 cal)

Total Intake = 255  cal
Total Burned = 668 cal
Net = - 413

i'll update tonight, when the day is over... seems a lil ambitious, even for me!

 

abc... again

so i am pulling out the tried and true ABC diet... i am going for a personal best, to make it past 14 days.  and i really need the weight loss. i am super depressed this morning the scale was 119.  mega fat, super huge.  i am disgusted with myself right now, which isnt it good thing bc it makes me want to binge more....

so here are my weakness and my plan to manage them..

salty snacks, like cheese cracker (my favorite!)... spicy pickle spears (5 cal each), or banana pepper rings (1 calorie per ring)

chocolate... every girls weakness i am sure... i found this arctic zero chocolate ice cream that is gluten free and it has only 150 calories in the whole pint, so 1/2 cup has like 37 calories... or a sugar free fudgesicle at 40 calories.

skittles....  frozen strawberries, 1/2 cup 25 calories.

so next time i am craving one of those 3 of my favorite binge foods, i WILL make a consicious decision to eat the alternative or just drink a glass of water. :D

what are your favorite binge foods?? and would could you sub that would help you lose the weight?!