I went again! Man I feel powerful! I almost didn't go because some friends stopped by and the kids needed stuff, but Brett told me I needed to go. So I did! :) I feel great plus I burned 500+ calories. Not too shabby, eh? :)
What healthy strides have you made today?
Jenn!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
I went!
I made it to the gym for the second night in a row! Wahoo! I'm seriously thinking of putting up a counter to keep track of many days in a row I work out. That would be sweet! (on Sunday's I stretch and do crunches and pushups.
See you tomorrow. Need to start posting menus and my before pics still. :)
Jenn!
See you tomorrow. Need to start posting menus and my before pics still. :)
Jenn!
The Eat-Clean Diet and a Revelation
Yesterday I went to the bookstore. I had five minutes to find the book I wanted and check out, or I would be late picking up Logan from school. I ran in and because I tend to go overboard, I bought four books; all of them by Tosca Reno.
Now, you may be asking "Alyson, I thought you were a Body-For-Lifer?" but I have recently come to the following conclusion: Body For Life gives too much leniency. It substitutes margarine for butter, and other things that I am ready to take out of my diet (pudding, bread). I have done research on this subject, and realized that I want to be a clean eater. A clean eater is someone who still eats lean meat, but there is absolutely NO processed foods involved. AWESOME! I am no vegan.
Now for the revelation. In the past I have let myself believe that I only would have to eat this way and exercise for 12 weeks, at which point I would go into maintenance mode/aka: not exercising and cheating all I wanted.
Whoah! It hit me that I should probably just make a life-style change and incorporate all this stuff into my normal daily routines. Duh! I have to ask myself why would I want to go to all that work, only to let myself get out of shape all over again. The point is to get healthy and STAY healthy! Why would I want to buy all new clothes (Come on size 4!) only to grow out of them in six months. HAHA! Okay, I really see my silliness now.
And the books? AWESOME! I am so overly motivated right now!
Alyson
Now, you may be asking "Alyson, I thought you were a Body-For-Lifer?" but I have recently come to the following conclusion: Body For Life gives too much leniency. It substitutes margarine for butter, and other things that I am ready to take out of my diet (pudding, bread). I have done research on this subject, and realized that I want to be a clean eater. A clean eater is someone who still eats lean meat, but there is absolutely NO processed foods involved. AWESOME! I am no vegan.
Now for the revelation. In the past I have let myself believe that I only would have to eat this way and exercise for 12 weeks, at which point I would go into maintenance mode/aka: not exercising and cheating all I wanted.
Whoah! It hit me that I should probably just make a life-style change and incorporate all this stuff into my normal daily routines. Duh! I have to ask myself why would I want to go to all that work, only to let myself get out of shape all over again. The point is to get healthy and STAY healthy! Why would I want to buy all new clothes (Come on size 4!) only to grow out of them in six months. HAHA! Okay, I really see my silliness now.
And the books? AWESOME! I am so overly motivated right now!
Alyson
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
I did it!
I went to the gym tonite at 8:00 like I said I would! Wahooo! I stayed on the treadmill doing inclines and varying speeds for one hour! Yes I did! Woot woot! :) I feel awesome and can't wait to go back tomorrow night at 8:00. :)
Jenn!
Jenn!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
One more quick thing
I just wanted to say that although I previously have written longer posts that's not the idea. I will try to keep my posts short and sweet and to the point; unless I feel a need to go longer. Just thought I'd let you know. :)
Jenn!
Jenn!
Hello again!
It's Sunday. It's late afternoon. The kids are doing the dishes. I just finished helping my son make homemade Oreos for a fireside treat (quick because they use a cake mix) but really unhealthy because they have shortening in them.
I admit that I didn't come back on Saturday to report in for my workout. Let's just say that the mind was willing but the flesh was weak. Haha I didn't get my workout in. That's bad. I did try to drink lots of water. And I worked on photography a bit. That's good.
Today I sang with the primary kids all of the songs we are singing in our program. My voice was hoarse after both sessions of that. That's a lot of singing! Plus I bet I burned a lot of calories. :) That's good. Then I came home and
made cookies and didn't have any . . . Until I was all done. That's bad.
You wanna the positive side of this? There's always tomorrow! I am glad that I can even make good choices the rest of the day.
I sure hope Alyson reports in here soon. I am waiting for her to update herself in the pages above. And for her to make any changes to our blog that she needs to. This is a blog for both of us. Well I will be posting tomorrow with awesome news. I am excited to get my workout groove on this week. :) also I will be posting before and after pics soon (today or tomorrow) watch for all of that! :)
Jenn!
I admit that I didn't come back on Saturday to report in for my workout. Let's just say that the mind was willing but the flesh was weak. Haha I didn't get my workout in. That's bad. I did try to drink lots of water. And I worked on photography a bit. That's good.
Today I sang with the primary kids all of the songs we are singing in our program. My voice was hoarse after both sessions of that. That's a lot of singing! Plus I bet I burned a lot of calories. :) That's good. Then I came home and
made cookies and didn't have any . . . Until I was all done. That's bad.
You wanna the positive side of this? There's always tomorrow! I am glad that I can even make good choices the rest of the day.
I sure hope Alyson reports in here soon. I am waiting for her to update herself in the pages above. And for her to make any changes to our blog that she needs to. This is a blog for both of us. Well I will be posting tomorrow with awesome news. I am excited to get my workout groove on this week. :) also I will be posting before and after pics soon (today or tomorrow) watch for all of that! :)
Jenn!
Friday, October 21, 2011
Possibilities
I heart possibilities. This week I told my husband that I wanted to give him my weight loss as my Christmas present to him. I thought he'd roll his eyes or say "no way, I have something else I really want", but he agreed. Okay I'll be honest, first I told him the only thing I want this year for Christmas was for him to reach his goal weight. I just thought that it would be really motivating for him, plus I figured the fact that I would get really close to, if not reach, my goal weight would be an awesome Christmas present for him. His eyes lit up and he got all excited for a minute, then he reached over and put his arms around me and said, "Wow! Yeah, that would be great!" I'm not sure, but he could be more excited for how I will look than for my health, but whatever. :) I am excited for both, so I can't be too hard on him.
The humor:
I am really great at coming up with motivational ideas for weight loss. It's just the following through that gets to me. It's kind of funny if you think about it.
Once I recorded workouts on a calendar and paid myself a dollar a day to work out. Every day I worked out I earned a dollar, but if I missed a day then I lost all the money I had made to that point. I could only get paid for it every 3 months. Genius huh?! Until we didn't have any extra money to "pay me" and then I lost my motivation. I worked out I think over 100 days in a row. Pretty awesome huh? I was excited that I had been so consistent and besides that I felt great!
The reality:Working out gives you such a great feeling of euphoria though. But as a mom of 5 sometimes the confusion and business of the day gets to me and I just don't make time to exercise. My husband has even told me to go to the gym after we get the kids in bed and I have once or twice. But by the time I get home it's time to go to bed and I'm extra tired and don't have a lot of time for my husband. And then I'm up later than I would be if I hadn't gone to the gym and yet I still have to get all the kids up at 6:00. And then I think: is it worth it? And my tired body wins out. Why? I know it's worth it, I need to just get to the gym anyway, or even go for a walk around the neighborhood, or do p90x. There are no excuses!
And yet it seems I have lots of them. Does that mean I am the Queen of Excuses? Yes! Finally I am the official Queen of something. haha
So though it's late at night I promise that tomorrow I will not have any excuses to not workout. I will just go do it and then I will check in here. See you tomorrow! Can't wait!
Jenn
The humor:
I am really great at coming up with motivational ideas for weight loss. It's just the following through that gets to me. It's kind of funny if you think about it.
Once I recorded workouts on a calendar and paid myself a dollar a day to work out. Every day I worked out I earned a dollar, but if I missed a day then I lost all the money I had made to that point. I could only get paid for it every 3 months. Genius huh?! Until we didn't have any extra money to "pay me" and then I lost my motivation. I worked out I think over 100 days in a row. Pretty awesome huh? I was excited that I had been so consistent and besides that I felt great!
The reality:Working out gives you such a great feeling of euphoria though. But as a mom of 5 sometimes the confusion and business of the day gets to me and I just don't make time to exercise. My husband has even told me to go to the gym after we get the kids in bed and I have once or twice. But by the time I get home it's time to go to bed and I'm extra tired and don't have a lot of time for my husband. And then I'm up later than I would be if I hadn't gone to the gym and yet I still have to get all the kids up at 6:00. And then I think: is it worth it? And my tired body wins out. Why? I know it's worth it, I need to just get to the gym anyway, or even go for a walk around the neighborhood, or do p90x. There are no excuses!
And yet it seems I have lots of them. Does that mean I am the Queen of Excuses? Yes! Finally I am the official Queen of something. haha
So though it's late at night I promise that tomorrow I will not have any excuses to not workout. I will just go do it and then I will check in here. See you tomorrow! Can't wait!
Jenn
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