Reached a small goal!

So my goal weight was to be under 140 by my sisters baby shower. As you know and have read I changed my wkout and eating habits. I do my normal cardio but also add some weights which is really much needed. I need to tone my arms and legs but have no time once Im home so I read that if I do weights before I do cardio my wkout and results will be good. I also changed my foods like I mentioned and by me adding a good breakfast and eating every 2hrs has really kept me more aware of how and when I eat. I was nervous to weigh myself on Saturday morning. Whenever I get close to my goals I somehow slip and gain or dont loose. ....................I woke up in fear that the scale wont be nice.........I stepped on and in big numbers it read 139.8........... yes I lost some ounces~!~!!!! I was soooo happy , then it hit me........I dont have time to wkout........what am I going to do now ? Will I gain a few ounces back this weekend? will I gain and be stuck AGAIN? and then I realized..................Yes , maybe you will BUT you have finally reached a goal and you did it without any pills or starvations..........you did it! be happy! enjoy this little victory and move forward, so I did =) Yes I have more to loose but I will take the small joy I got when I read the scale that morning. I never thought I would see that number after 7mon of having my son......I know think positive, but I always struggled with my weight and body. I now fit into my old jeans and tops.........I have alot to tone but I feel great knowing that I am loosing this baby weight and not making myself wait a year like I use to. If I gain some ounces so what I will loose them again, I now need to really be on top of things I CANT gain anything back I need to loose the remaining 14lbs by November........ I do need to make sure I eat atleast 1200cal a day, I notice I gain some ounces when I eat less..............I cant have my body think Im starving, because Im not. I have heard people say I eat a little........but I eat ALL day. I stop by 7pm. This is a typical day for me


Breakfast
Onions - Raw, 0.13 cup, chopped
Generic - Bellpepper, 0.25 cup raw
Egg White - Large, Generic, 2 large egg white
Folgers - Hazelnut Ground Coffee, 2 tablespoon
Bread Du Jour - Italian Rolls, 1 roll
Coffeemate - Hazelnut Liquid Coffee Creamer - Sugar Free, 7 tablespoon (15 ml)

Lunch
Lettuce - Green leaf, raw, 1 cup shredded
Foster Farms - Honey Roasted & Smoked Turkey Breast 98% Fat Free, 1.5 Slice

Dinner
Homemade - Chicken Fajita, 2 fajita
Mission - Flour Tortillas - Fajita Size, 1 tortilla (32g)
Baja Fresh Mexican Grill - Salsa Verde, 0.5 oz
Oil - Olive, 0.75 tablespoon

Snacks
Homemade by Me - Mixed Fresh Fruit Honeydew, Cantelope,
Zone Perfect - Nutrition Bar - Chocolate Peanut Butter, 0.63 bar
Snyders of Hanover - Sourdough Specials Pretzels, 9 pretzels
Orange - Orange (S) 3-4 oz, 1.13 small 2-3/8 inch diameter
Fresh Produce - Apple, Red Delicious, 0.5 Large
Bread Mexican - Concha, 0.5 doughnut
 
Totals 1,288

Dinner changes ofcourse and so does lunch it all depends but I dont eat alot in one sitting because I eat mostly all day..........Im happy with where I am =) thank you for cking on me...

I finally knocked down my wall =)

Don't get me wrong, No I'm not a professional nutritionist (although Id love to be) but when I hit a wall I decided to change my routine of food and wkouts, yes I was hesitant.......I didn't want to gain anymore weight (I gained 2lbs ) and I didn't want to be stuck where I was..........so I did some research.
I'm sure MANY if not ALL of you already know this....but like many of us we try to avoid the truth and want to do things our way because well we know how to right? Well this mentality got me to where I am....stuck.
I use to eat a piece of bread with butter spray (I cant believe its not butter its 0cal) and my coffee for breakfast, yes that's all and mainly because I don't have time to make me a good breakfast in the morning I wake up really early and have to be at work at 6am..... (does the excuse sound familiar?) I would still wkout 3times a day in 2 15min intervals and 1 30min and would burn 450-600cal a day.
I would be soooo hungry that all my snacks would be gone and I would be hungry when I got home at 2:30pm that I would just snack, I would ask myself "OK self.........why? why are you getting back into your old habits? Your NOT pregnant anymore so you need to stop eating like it" One day I just realized what I had to do.........I started prepping my foods the night before (Id do this already but I now included breakfast) I would wake up early enough and make myself my 2egg whites with chopped bellpepper and onions and I would still have my Italian roll and BOOM an eggwhite sandwich and my coffee........DELICIOUS! Another thing I changed, I would eat EVERY 2hours......You heard me....every 2hours I would eat or snack....ok my snacks are pretty healthy and I still drank my water and coffee. I have been doing this all week and still workout the same amount and guess what? My scale is moving to the right direction again, I lost the 2lbs I gained and I'm now ounces away from being out of the 140's.
I had my son 7mon ago .....I never knew how to loose and keep the weight off until about 2yrs ago, I was determined to not spend 4yrs loosing the baby weight.....I am meeting my goals, slowly but they are being done. I know its easy to skip meals, its easy to eat out more...but fast food has tons of sodium and you can never be sure 100% what is in the food...........Yes I still eat out but I cook at home 6days a week....always chicken so redmeat is only about 1 a month or so..Im glad my scale is moving again and I'm glad I found a way to keep it moving =)

I met one of my challenges! =)

Yesterday our manager at work treated us to lunch at a restaurant. I didn't skip my breakfast ....I still had my normal 2egg whites in a Italian roll that I found its only 90cal for the whole thing but I use half.........I ate normally and even snacked....I still worked out 45min and made sure to burn enough calories, I refused to let myself go being hungry and without a wkout..........I ate an apple before I left to have something in my tummy JUST IN CASE......we got there..... and then I got nervous....
They had a buffet style set up..... and I went in telling myself "OK Lynnette, don't over due the carbs only 1 protein tons of veggies OK" I repeated it to myself over and over even as I walked towards the food, I was nervous........will there be foods I can eat and log in correctly? will there be foods drenched in oils and sauces? Can I overcome this feeling that I cant do this without failing? The answer to this was YES...................

I had a "challenge" from my cousin she did it on purpose she said "You cant do it...." she said this to me to make me go "yes I can!" I'm grateful to her for helping me...I wanted , no , I NEEDED to prove to myself that I could do it....so I did....

I had spring mix salad, sliced cucumbers, ALOT of steamed veggies (zucchini broccoli baby carrots cauliflower red bellpepper yellow squash) 1 scoop of rice pilaf and 1 slice of roast beef.............It was delicious! I had just water............I was offered a roll I said no thanks , no explanations.......just no.....

Well once I was done with my plate...I wasn't full just yet.......so I sat there and waiting for it to settle..................DARN I wanted more .......so I kept waiting...another thing my cousin told me to do...I needed to see if I really did want more or if it was just the fact that the food was there....after a while I decided yes I wanted more, I got more veggies.........and that's about it...........oh and I tasted the pasta it was only 6pieces of the pasta but soo not good. I wasn't to full I was satisfied.............

I did it..............I succeed at choosing healthy foods..........I feel pretty proud of myself =)

Ah ha moment!

I'm my own enemy. I do things to sabotage myself on a daily basis......I KNOW I shouldn't eat things but I do....why? WHY!?
I'm not sure why, maybe its because once I'm home the mom takes over.....Im not selfish............I don't tell them "No Mommy cant spend time with you because I come first and I need to wkout more than I have" my kids will ALWAYS come first.... they know that nothing or no one is more important than them, maybe that's why I fail at always being 100% good? I am not blaming my kids.........its all ME.......I have 3kids...........WONDERFUL caring children. My oldest is 11 and she can help out and does....the 2nd oldest is 5 1/2 and is more independent than Id like to admit...my baby is 7mon old....see he NEEDS me......hes Mommy's boy. MAJOR!!.
My daughter graduated kinder and she LOVES when I bake, which I don't do that often. See I'm not the type of mom who says "No I wont make that its bad for you" I will not teach my kids to be obsessive about their foods but I do let them see that if you have things in moderation and workout you'll do OK. I asked her what she wants me to make....BROWNIES (YIKES) OK so I made them and my oldest helped..... after I made them we went for a walk with the dogs, when I came back in my mind I said (small piece small piece) and what happened? I don't know.........the fact that I haven't had many sweets came over me..........it TOOK over....no I didn't eat the whole pan....but I did have more than I wanted.

Then why am I still struggling this week? Oh did I mention I made banana bread last night?? NO? YES I DID! =( I didn't have a big piece......I had a small piece and halved it...............then why am I complaining? I'M SCARED!! I don't want to over eat it... I have finally realized I have NO control sometimes....maybe its the fat girl inside me?? Yes I have one.... No I wasn't 200lbs....close to it but I lost the weight 20lbs before I got there.....so I'm sure it comes out when there's food....I have a constant inner struggle with her...she tells me its OK just one more........and the thin girl says "NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I read everyday how people on here do so well and its making me feel bad....like the kid who took the cookies and ppl are talking about how good I am about not taking them anymore....GUILT...........but I wanted to just say it helps me .....as much as I feel the guilt it does help me to know that I am not the only one with bad days.......or weeks...........I want to just say thank you to those who on a daily basis encourage me......I am my own worst enemy I will always battle my inner fat girl...... but I know now that I'm NOT alone on my journey.........

AGAIN THANK YOU =)

A wall has been HIT!

I feel like I cant move anymore.....weight wise. I have been lacking sleep, my son is back in our bed.....he seems to sleep longer this way, I dont mind believe me if I can sleep then Im all for it. I do still workout while at work 2-3times.....lately its only been 2times and with a total of 45min and 450cal burned I was burning around 500-600cal a day, this could also be why Im not loosing but I nap on my last break, I need this nap in order to tackle home once Im off work. No I dont have a nonstop schedule on a daily basis, but I do have 2 other children other than my son and a husband who needs me to be alert. I go home cook and go from there....I am trying to just relax when I get home but its not easy for me.

I log all my food once I know what Im making for dinner this way I have an idea of where I am. Ive been using myfitnesspal and its helped me alot....I feel very motivated when I read how others are doing....its like ok they can do it then so can I!

I havent lost more weight, but then yesterday I was thinking "ok so Ive lost almost 10lbs so far total is...............29lbs! almost 30!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When I see it that way I feel good...........yes it was once my son was born in November but hey ! it takes hard work to loose the weight! well for me. I do get ppl telling me that I look smaller...........I have lost a few inches on my waist and hips....but I KNOW I need to step it up if I will make my goal weight ...

.I cant make excuses....I cant allow myself to say "I dont have the time or money to do that or this..." I do have the time....I can do weights instead of cardio everyother day....I can do more its just to be honest....Im tired...........I know this will pass and I will have the energy to break down the wall...........I wont allow myself to fail and I will not say "Im happy with my weight" because Im not...........

New goals:

Eat more fruit and veggies (I notice I havent ate much veggies)
Make time to do more weights and toning.....(hard)
Drink ONLY 1 cup of coffee a day (lately its been 2-3) @__@
NO MORE EXCUSES! Wkout 5-6 times a week........

This is major goals but to me I need to be able to reach theses before I can make them harder...... I only gave birth to my son 7mon ago..... I WILL be at my goal weight by his 1st bday....NO ACCEPTIONS!

Txs for cking on me! =)

My battles :)

Ok so yesterday was hard for me... I do my best to stick to my allowed
calories with some left over..... I NEVER eat them all, I know that in
order to loose the baby weight I need to be strict on myself. Well baby has
been fussing, hes teething AND got shots like I mentioned so I was
exhauseted. I skipped ONE wkout of 15min which usually equals to 150cal
burned ( I napped instead).........this TOTALLY set me back =(

I spoke to hubby and he was having a hard time working while he had both
the kids, so I told him that once Im off work I just need to go to the
store really quick,  and then I will head over and take them to my sisters
so they can play he said that was ok. I mainly shop at Fresh and Easy
Albertsons and Costco, yesterday was F&E, I needed to grab some emergency
snack bars and some other needed items.! I was already low in left over
calories and I didnt want to risk eating at my sisters.... I had a Cliff
Mojo bar and a Kind bar both are organic and vegan, No Im not vegan but I
do try to eat more natural things when I can not always but more than I use
to.

Im sooo happy I bought the bars! I had one (the Kind bar) before I went to
my sisters, she made rice beans and tacos!!! It smelled SOOO good and Im
sure it was BUT I couldnt have any, I was already at 180 I think....and I
had some coffee..... I know I wouldve gone over if I had one taco. I
usually do really good when Im home, Ok sometimes I dont but if Im not home
I can be way worse.....When we left I became hungry but also another thing
I make sure I dont do is eat after 6pm...... SUCCESS!!!!

Today will be hard also, Im watching my nephews so my sister and bil can go
out for their anniversary I will be alone with my kids and them (5kids) I
know they will want popcorn and so on, I WILL KEEP TO MY ALLOWED
CALORIES!!!!!!!!!!!  Ive logged my food ( I log ALL of it ahead of time so
I know how I will do at the end.) I did wkout  I just need to do one more!
wish me luck!

Just wanted to log my tiny struggle =)

Feeling good..

I notice little things now, Im not doing it on purpose but I seem to hear
people complain about little things lately.

Example: today at the gym someone offered me the eliptical sine I only had
30min for lunch I said thank you and then asked how long theirs was she
said 1hr..... WOW! Id love to wkout for an hour!!  well the person next to
her said " well it hasnt done me any good" hmmmm...I didnt know what to say
to that.........I wanted to say " well what are u eating? are you eating
healthy or just eating because you wkout for an hour?" but no I didnt say
that........all I said was " well it also depends on what your eating...."
she said true and mumbled as she walked to change into her cloths so she
can wkout.....I honestly cant take when people complain about things they
refuse to change..... Im not being mean Im being honest....why complain
about your weight if you refuse to change your foods and lifestyle? I mean
you dont HAVE to run a 5k or go all no carbs or crash diet BUT do eat
healthier versions of your favorite foods and replace the times your on the
couch for 30min walks and build from there......

Its amazing to me...... I dont have alot of time on my hands to wkout the
way Id love to .....I use to wkout for an hour a day........I was once
130lbs and getting to where I wanted to be...........now Im at
141.8........Ok I hate the ounces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but little by little
Im getting back to where I once was AND Angel is ONLY 6mon! yes Im very
happy with where Im headed. I will say this.............I was getting
discouraged, no one said anything bad to me but I just felt like my
progress was SOOOO slow..... I did gain a few ounces back (again I hate the
ounces) but its due to my YKW...................anyways I was at work and
someone emailed me and it said " Hey meant to tell you, I can tell you lost
weight :) " yup thats all she said........and you know what? it helped me..........it made my day she said my face looks thinner also.........yes
Onis told me I look thinner and also Akira my honest child tells me I lost
all my weight........but I sometimes feel like they just say it....Im not
fishing for compliments......Im not like that BUT it did feel good to know
that its noticeable at work =) I am able to fit into some prebaby jeans!

I know this weekend will be hard for me...........Im going to a graduation
party...........stragly I have never been to one! I know what type of food
will be there...so to prepare I need to wkout in the morning....atleast
walk the dogs..... eat a good breakfast that will keep me full...... and
have some snacks in my purse for when I go I wont be on empty......and next
week I leave work early again, I left early 2 times last week for Akiras
bday and Gena needed me to pick her up from school (tough days with little
wkouts) Gena graduates from Kinder next week so my wkout will be less .....
I need to keep focused! I need to make sure Im prepared and not on hungry
mode!!

Thats it for now =) thanks for cking on me!