Weigh -In Wednesday!

Hi friends!

Well its that time again!

And my current weight is.....

247!

Yeah!!!

So I have lost yet another pound!

And I am one year older now!

My birthday was a success!

And I proved to myself that I can enjoy a meal without feeling guilty about it!

And I still got to eat a piece of my yummy cake that my sweet husband bought for the party!

On another positive note....I had my best workout to date on Monday!

I usually burn around 300 to 350 on my elliptical and this time i was over 400 and still had a few minutes left!

So I took a picture of it for all of you to join me in my tiny celebration!

Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes and encouragement!

My Favorite Foods ....Reveled!

Hello all!!

I am so sorry that I have not been posting lately!

I have decided to start reupholstering a wing-back chair that my sweet sister gave to me!

It is really hard work but I am already really enjoying it!

 

Here is a little sneak peak of the fabric I chose.

As fun as this is, I feel that I have neglected my blog friends!

So here is the post that I have wanted to give to you for a couple of weeks!

These are some of my favorite foods…revealed. Before I started this journey, I ate pretty much whatever I wanted and never thought to look at the calorie count.

 That was a mistake, to say the least. Now I understand why I was gaining so much weight!

So here we go!

1 serving Olive Garden salad = 350 Calories!
Now this came as a huge shock to me...seeing as how I usually eat about 3 bowls of it!

Olive Garden Baked Pasta Ramona w/ Chicken = 1040
Now this has tempted me several times and it tempts me even looking at the picture! (minus the wine:)

1 Texas Roadhouse Roll = 226 Calories!
Now I did know that these were bad, but after thinking about how many baskets I consume…it starts to add up very quickly!

Applebee’s Crispy Orange Chicken bowl = 1900 calories!
OH MY GOSH! This was just heart-breaking to me! That’s 300 calories over my daily calorie limit!

Pei-Wei Honey Seared chicken w/ Fried rice = 1860 Calories!
Since being married to a man who cannot stand the smell of pei-wei, I have not had this in a long time!!! But I do still crave it!

California Pizza Kitchen Margherita Pizza = 1105 Calories!
 I figure that I can still enjoy this one occasionally, but I definitely won’t eat the whole thing like I used to do.

Chili’s Bacon Ranch Chicken Quesadillas = 1480 Calories!
I must say that Quesadillas are one of the foods that I really miss!

IHOP Bacon Temptations Omelet =980 Calories!
Now this does not include the giant side of hash browns (320 calories)

Cold Stone Cake Batter Gotta Have it =830 Calories!
This WAS my favorite dessert to get until I looked at just the ice cream portion….this also does not include the brownie and chocolate fudge and sprinkles that were added to it.

Well.

 I must say that after figuring out all of these calories it makes me proud to know that I can turn these down and pick healthier things at these restaurants.

It is still so difficult to say no to these foods. Sometimes I still order them and then feel terrible afterwards.

But I’m learning and I have come a very long way from where I used to be.

And I look forward to continuing my journey and finding foods that are better for me!

Thanks for listening!

I hope this might encourage you to look at the foods you eat to see how many calories you consume!

One more thing!

Tomorrow is my Brother and I’s 26^th birthday!

It will be difficult not to splurge all day on my favorite foods!

So I am going to try and keep busy with my upholstering!

I hope you are having a great Monday!

(All these photos were found on Google images)

Weigh-in Wednesday

Hello friends!


Well its Weigh-in Wednesday again

Any my current weight is...

248

Which means I have maintained this week.


I'm not up-set but I am even more determined to lose more this next week


Weeks like these I don't like or dislike. 

On one hand...I didn't gain any....but on the other hand I didn't lose any.

But I will push on 


And next week will be better.


Thank you for listening.

Pinterest and Fitness Motivation!

What is up my friends???

Happy Friday!!

So….I LOVE PINTEREST!

So what I thought what I would do is share some fun weight loss pictures and quotes and some cool work outs I have seen that I am going to try!

So here we go!

First off we have the funny pictures about weight loss!

Really I just want to print them off and put them on my fridge!

Here are some quotes that get me pumped up!!

 ^^^^ I know this one says puke....but its one of my favorites!

 ^^^^ This one really hits for me! I'm getting rid of it...not losing it!!!

Here are some of the different tips and work outs I have found!

 So there ya go!! 

I hope this leaves you with some fitness inspiration for the weekend!! 

I hope you all have a beautiful weekend!!

Its Weigh-In Wednesday Time!!

Hello, my friends!

Well it’s Weigh-In Wednesday yet again.

How the week flies by!

And my current weight is….

248

So that means that I am back to 10% weight loss.

I really want to thank all of you for your prayers and encouragement last week.

Your sweet words definitely helped me stay more motivated this week!

It is really nice to finally be back into a normal routine and working out every night.

I’m actually starting to enjoy it! In fact, I find myself working harder every night!

My next blog is going to be awesome!

I’m going to reveal my favorite foods and the calories that I chose to ignore before this journey started!

 It was very eye opening for me when I started counting calories and you will soon find out why!

Again, thank you all so much for your love and support!

And now I leave you with my toughest workout face!

Weigh in Wednesday

Hello friends.

Well… it’s weigh- in Wednesday and my current weight is…

250

Sigh…

I didn’t even want to post my weight today….I just wanted to skip this week and pretend it never happened. Really I just wanted to lie in bed and hide under the covers because I didn’t want to face everyone who reads my blog and have to admit that I slipped up the last 2 weeks.

But I did.

And now I have to struggle and work even harder to lose the weight that I gained back.

I have been thinking today about how angry it makes me that weight can just come back. I fight and sweat to lose pounds and when I don’t work out or track every one of my calories each day they sneak back into the scale on weigh-in day.

I think what frustrates me the most is that this is just time wasted.  I was so proud of those times when I pushed myself so hard. But then I got a little too comfortable with my success. When I don’t work out and eat as I should….I see the consequences.

Now this week I have to work twice as hard to get caught back up to my lowest weight (248). Still, I will have lost 2 weeks. LeAnne (my sister) keeps motivating me, “If you aren’t losing it, you are gaining it.” Unfortunately, this has been true in my experiences.

So now I’m moving on.

But I am mad.

I’m mad at myself for slipping up.

 I’m mad for believing the lies that are still deep in my heart.

“You can’t do this”

“You’re not strong enough”

“You will always be overweight”

“You will let everyone down”

So this week ….will you pray for me to rise above the lies that lie in my heart? For me to not give up and to work hard and remember the reasons why I am doing this in the first place? I need you.

Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement.