Day 29: Weigh In

I have been doing pretty good with exercising and eating right. I did have a weak moment but I worked harder at the gym to make up. (I had a slice of cake yesterday for Mother's Day)....Hey, I deserved it! I've been doing an hour each day of cardio at the gym. Here's what I have been doing:

• 10 minutes on the stationary bike 
• 20 minutes on the cross trainer (I love this machine. I usually burn 300+ on this bad boy)
• 30 minutes on the treadmill

This is not what I will be doing everyday but what I have been doing for the last 5 days. I plan to switch it up a little now and then.

Well, I stepped on the scale this morning and only lost 8 oz. I didn't like that too much, considering that I worked very hard but this week I'm not going to lose sleep over it. I am determined to get my way and I'm not going to back down! :)

On Saturday, I was shopping at Walmart and decided to buy a Gold's Gym 10 lb. kettlebell. I have been reading up on them and really wanted to try them out. I bought the smallest weight they had because I'm just starting out. So I took my new kettlebell home and did a 30 minute workout. I actually love using it rather than doing strength training at the gym with their weights. It wasn't hard. Just had to learn how to swing it correctly which can be found anywhere on the internet. It counts as part cardio, as well, so that's nice. As I get more comfortable with the kettlebell I plan to get more heavier ones.

Little Steps to Eating Right..

Okay, it's not easy. It's been a roller coaster for me to eat right. It's especially bad when you have such a big family to cater to and it's been a really huge challenge for me to make them adjust to healthier food choices. We have made some good changes. My kids were big juice drinkers and really didn't care for the water. Well, hubby bought a water cooler a couple of months ago and so now that's all they want to drink, which is okay with me. Then we eat salad mostly every night as a side salad or sometimes as the full meal, topped with chicken, fish or steak. I had a few problems at first with my two oldest ones, that would say things like "I hate eating like rabbits!" and "I feel like I'm eating grass!" LOL! After a while, they just got used to it because they knew that if they didn't eat it, they didn't eat nothing. I still make the same things for them that I used to but I have had to learn how to portion them better and try to substitute to make it a more healthier meal.

There are many times that I make my favorite dish, usually high in fat but I downsize it. The challenge is when I can't get enough and I see everyone else enjoying but I'm limiting. There are days that I can be content with what I've eaten but then there are those that I want more. I guess there are always going to be those kinds of days...

I have made some steps in my eating. For breakfast, I will usually eat healthy...A bowl of oatmeal and fruit instead of eating nothing. For lunch, salad and soup or a sandwich with all the fixin's instead of a fast food lunch. My snacks have changed, as well. My snacks used to consist of Doritos, chocolate cake, chocolate bars and ice cream. Now the snacks I eat are fruit, yogurt, cottage cheese, granola bars, light string cheese and microwaved pepperonis. Whenever I get a the infamous sweet tooth, JELLO is where it's at with a little whipped cream on top!

I'm hoping to keep this up. I have to.

What are some healthy changes you have adjusted to since eating right?

Day 22: Weigh In

So today is my weigh in. I have to say that I have been doing some strength training and thought I was going to be disappointed at the scale being that usually when you start adding strength training you usually build muscle for awhile. Not this week! I am at 267 lbs, that's now 1.8 lbs lost for this week.

I worked out yesterday for a total of 2 hours at the gym. Not because I planned to but because I lost track of time. I had my Ipod on my favorite playlist and it had 2 hours of music, so I stopped when the playlist ended. I was really enjoying myself, which is something I never thought I could do at the gym. I burned 720 calories!

Day 20

Started my day with lots to do. Yard sales, paying some bills and shopping. Then I worked out at the gym for an hour and a half.  Then took the kids to the fair. We did so much walking but it was nice. I had so much energy! There was so many temptations, though. Funnel cakes, french fries, bbq ribs, spanish food and pizza. I didnt give in and when we left i was so proud of myself. Water is a great filler! Anyhow, i had a great day and 20th day of my challenge!

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