GOOD HEALTHY FOOD!

LAST WEEK WAS A STRUGGLE BUT YESTERDAY I GOT BACK ON TRACK TO GETTING MY LIFE BACK. FOR DINNER LAST NIGHT I MADE A DELICIOUS DINNER! CHECK IT OUT. I WOKE UP THIS MORNING DOWN MORE THAN I GAINED DURING THAT BAD WEEK. I AM DOWN JUST OVER 24LBS! WOOT WOOT... 

 

Crappy Weekend Diet

To be absolutely honest the food I ate this past weekend was straight crap! I don't know why I do this. I need to remind myself that getting myself in the position that I am in with my weight didnt happen in a couple of weeks, it took years. It is going to take time get to where I want to be and it is going to be baby steps. I have the will power and I will do this!

Hard time tonight

Today I was WAY sore from the gym yesterday! I was sitting downstairs this evening watching a tv show with Shaileen and I was having a hard time getting up to go to the gym. I finally talked myself into going and I am glad I did. I did not work out that hard but I know my body will thank me. I read. Little quote it said something to the effect that it doesn't matter how fast we go because we are lapping the people at home on their couches everyday! The only thing that sucked about tonight is that I dropped my phone and broke my headphones! Ugh... Guess I will be buying some new headphones tomorrow!!!

Starting to feel different

Man it feels good to start bring healthy. I can feel a bit of difference in the size if my stomach and can definitely feel a difference already in my strength from weight training! I really don't know why I have struggled in the past with making it to the gym and being healthy and eating well. I LOVE MY BODY

Bountiful baskets

We went and picked up our bountiful basket this morning! We got some pretty decent stuff! Especially for only $15! I am not sure how often we will do bountiful baskets but I am excited to eat what we got!

Nice dinner

Tonight I was home alone because Shaileen went to a baby shower with my mom and sisters! This left me to making dinner for myself tonight! Not much sounded good and I was searching through the kitchen for about 15-20 minutes until I remembered that I bought some broccoli stuffed chicken from Harmons last week that is not breaded! It was delicious and hit the spot. I also had a salad with lite Italian dressing that is only 35 calories for 2 tablespoons and some kind of topping that we found at the store but I don't really know what it is! Of course I had a big glass of ice water too!

I'm excited for tomorrow morning because we ordered a bountiful basket and we have not gotten one for several months. I will definately do a post on what I get. I am a little nervous though cause it is getting to the season where not much is being produced.

How I spend my time

The hour or so spent

in the gym is important...

But the key to results is

how you spend the other 23!

Weigh-In Tomorrow

Can't wait for tomorrow morning to come so I can jump on the scale and see my weight progress. I have decided that for the next while I am not going to weigh in every day and to just weigh in on Wednesdays and Saturdays. I think it will be better for my mind not seeing my weight fluctuate during this process. It is nice seeing the weight drop but I am more excited to get healthy. Thanks to all that watch and view this blog as it helps give me motivation. This is not going to be a thing that is going to be for a couple of months. It HAS to be a lifelong decision.

Getting healthy in more than one way!

This past weekend was LDS General Conference! This is where our general authorities of our church speak to us specifically about our life on earth today to make us more successful and happy. To just become the best person we can be when it comes time for Christ to return again. Instead if sitting in front if the tv for hours I got up and went to the gym and did an hour of weight lifting focusing on my chest and biceps, and then put in just over 5 miles doing cardio while I was listening to the morning session of conference! I decided that why just sit there. I may as well burn some calories while I am doing it so I can get my life back!

Heathy eating and football

If you remember my post about a week ago I said that I had fallen off track a little because of college football and the eating that comes with it. My mindset has changed completely lately after the blog I posted recently where I have decided that I just don't eat certain things to make my body as healthy as possible. At the byu game in Friday night Shaileen and I went to a healthy stand and I got a fruit bowl. It was a little out of season but was still delicious! I am so proud of myself with these small steps that I have been making towards a life full of healthy happiness.

Buring calories at work

This past week Shaileen has been off of work becuase she had surgery. During each of my breaks at work lately I have been walking for the whole 15 minutes or at least 15-25 minutes during lunch. It is nice to get outside mostly but also burn a couple of calories while doing so.

Presidential Debate while working out.

Last night I was having a hard time getting up to go to the gym because I was watching the presidential debate. I am not a political person at all but thought it was interesting what each of them were saying and could not get myself to get up and go. Then I remembered that I could steam KSL radio through my phone and listen to it so I jumped up and went. It was a leg day and I killed my legs and then did some cardio. It was a good workout, not as hard of cardio as I have done recently but still good.

Hair Swap

Enough Said!

How to shop healthy!

I was reading website yesterday while at work about good healthy things to buy at the grocery store. Usually when I go I have a hard time deciding what to purchase and it is always just what I see that sounds good. There was a line on that website that I loved. It said something to the effect of  "stay on the perimeter of the grocery store" that is where all of the healthy stuff is to eat. I had never thought of it that way in the past. Of course there are some things that are healthy on the inside isles but it is safe to stay on the outside. When I went to grab a couple things at Harmons Grocery store yesterday I tried this out other than salad dressing and it worked very well. I plan to use this plan as much as I can from now on.



here is a little diagram of what I found yesterday!



weight training and many miles

Usually I am more of a cardio freak but I have been reading and decided that I need to do some weight training with my cardio. Last night when I went to the gym I first did weights and sit ups before I got too sweaty and feel bad to get the machines all nasty. I did weight training for about 30 or so minutes and focused on back and bicepts. On the myfitnesspal app I found that I can input strength training also. I can input sets, reps and weight. It will be nice to see my progression over the next little while and be able to see how weak I am right now compared to how I am going to be! Also yesterday on the elliptical I did 4 miles, 8 miles on the stationary bike too! I was a sweaty mess when I left. I found a quote today on instagram that said "It took more than a day to put it on. It will take more than a day to take it off. Move" I need to remember this more often because I want instant results. I need to remember that it is my health that I need to keep in mind!

I DONT!

I was reading Shaileen's Aunts blog and I learned somthing so simple but so effective at the same time. You can find her blog here. She was saying how sometimes when we are brought to foods that we are not going to eat because of our new lift change to be healthy we say that WE CAN'T eat it. She was saying that it is a horrible way to look at it. When I am placed with a thing that I can't do sometimes it drives me to do it anyways. They way that we need to think is that I DON'T from now on. I DON'T do it because I am living a healthy life. I think this little mind change can and will make a big difference in my life. I have not had soda in almost 5 years and this is the way I have looked at it with soda. I can't wait to say that it has been 5 years of good healthy eating and for the rest of my life as well!