Day 29 - Evening Update

It's 11:20pm and I'm going to bed. For dinner tonight I cooked cheeseburgers! I used 96% fat free ground beef and lowfat cheddar. They turned out okay. It's hard to make a good burger with lean ground beef but they weren't bad.

Since I wasn't able to make it to the gym today I went on a walk with my younger daughter after dinner. We went to Trader Joes after work but forgot a few items so we walked down to the store after dinner.

Alright...I'm so tired I can barley keep my eyes open. I'm going to bed. Will check in tomorrow morning after my weekly weigh-in. :)




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Day 29 - Morning Check-In

This morning I resized that my one month anniversary isn't on Wednesday like I thought, it's actually on Friday. So instead of doing my measurements on Wednesday with my weigh-in ill be doing them on Friday (something else to look forward to).

I must have seriously bruised my butt yesterday on that bike ride because it really freakin hurts. I should take a pillow with me to work. Lol. I was really feeling like yesterday. Part of that was from over doing it on that bike ride and part of it was my stomach. I'm not sure of it was the Alli or something I ate...whatever it was made me bloated and in a lot of pain. I didn't want to take any chances last night so I skipped my Alli pill at dinner (which was fine since I only ate cereal) and then I skipped it again at breakfast. I ate a few sugar free candies yesterday and I think they are more likely the culprit for my stomach discomfort. To be sure, I'll stay away from the sugar free candies today and I'll take my Alli pills at lunch and dinner. Since I was taking the Alli pills for almost a month without issue I strongly think it was something else that caused my pain. Either way, I am happy to report that I woke up feeling a lot better. I was worried I might have to cancel my client today. Now it looks like I'll be okay.

If you've read my other posts you may remember me saying that my Tuesday client has a gym (and shower) in their building. It's kind of hard to change into my workout clothes, warm up at the gym, do a cardio session, stretch, shower off, and then get dressed again all in under an hour. I can probably do it in 1.5 hours but in order for that to happen I have to get to work early. Luckily I took a shower last night so all I have to do this morning is wash my face, brush my teeth, and get dressed. I'll be able to take a shower after my workout instead of taking one this morning. It may actually work. Now, let's see if I can actually get there really early.

Alright...gotta go. It's 8:15am and I have to take my little one to school. Chow. :)


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Day 28 - Going to Bed

Ugh, I am exhausted. It's also been hard to post detailed updated over the past few days since I left my laptop at the office on Friday. I can still write updates using my phone it just takes a bit longer.

Today was my four week anniversary. I was feeling great, that is until I went on that 4 hr bike ride. It wasn't the actual bike ride that did me in. It was going uphill dragging 100 lbs behind me. My butt is sooooo sore. I need a bike seat that's more padded. Someone my size shouldn't use a tiny little bike seat like that.

I was too tired to cook dinner. I ended up making chicken nuggets for the kids and I had a bowl of cereal. I ate a late lunch and I had a couple big snacks so I wasn't that hungry.

This Wednesday is not only my weekly weigh in, it's also my one month anniversary of being on this diet. Since I am doing my measurements monthly I get to take new measurements on Wednesday. I hope all my hard work had paid off. I still have a long road to go but it is nice to see the progress and if does add motivation to keep it up.

Alright, I'm going to bed. I'll try to pick up my laptop tomorrow so I can write a detailed update. I also need to update my groups on MFP. Good night everyone. :)


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Day 28 - Afternoon Check-in

I am sooooo tired and sore. Let me go back and start from this morning:

The kids and I woke up around 6:30am as we do every school day. At 7:30am I dropped my older daughter off at school. My younger daughter and I had already decided that she was going to stay home today. She was very tired and has a bad cold. I didn't have any clients scheduled today so I had planned on going to the gym today. Since my daughter was sick I knew I'd have to cancel the gym plans. So many things have come up this past week that's making it really hard to get to the gym. Instead of admitting defeat today I decided to try something new.

When my daughter was small I used to go on bike rides with and and pull her in a trailer. It had been at least three years since I had last got on a real bike. I went to the garage, pulled out the bike, constructed the bike trailer back together, pumped all four tires, and we had the means for an awesome workout. We packed some healthy snacks, a blanket, and plenty of water. We left the house around 11:45am and didn't get home until 4pm!!! We did stop at the park for 30 minutes and the again at the grocery store (where we also got some yummy frozen yogurt). All in all I estimate that I was biking for at least three hours straight...and now can tell that I overdid it. My legs ache from the workout, my butt really hurts from that darn seat, and I am completely exhausted. I came home, ate some lunch, took a shower, and now desperately want to take a nap. Have you ever worked out so much that you feel like you are coming down with the flu?  Well that's how I feel now and it sucks. Usually I feel awesome and energized after a workout. Not today. I am literally zoning out. My six yeaol keeps asking me what I'm staring at. Lol

I have no idea what we're going to do for dinner. I am too tired to think about it. Will try to check in later. 

P.S.  Yay four week mark!!!!

Day 27 - Evening Update

It is 10:19pm on Sunday night. This was another super busy weekend. Today we went to that birthday party from 10am-12pm. Afterward we ran a couple errands and then won't home to grab some lunch. Around 3pm I asked my mom if she could babysit the kids so I could go to the gym. I was so stoked when she said "yes"! I hadn't been to the gym since Wednesday and was dying to get back to my usual workout routine. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE going on walks with me kids but that's more fun than exercise. I was needing something that would get my heart rate up and make my muscles burn.

My younger daughter decided to have a break down when I went to leave. She wanted to come with me even though I explained the gym's daycare was closed on Sundays. It took a few minutes of cajoling but I was finally able to convince her to let me leave. She had been crying and was still sniffling a little by the time I left. I honestly thought about skipping the gym because I hate when my kids are sad but she does this every time I go anywhere without her (which isn't very often) and she needs to learn how to cope, after all she is almost seven.

So I ended up going to the gym and I had an excellent workout. Instead of doing the usual 30 minutes of cardio I did 45! As always, after my cardio session I stretched for about 15 minutes followed by 30 minutes of strength training. I completely lost track of time and before I knew it, it was already 5:45pm. I was supposed to be at the restaurant for my grandma's birthday dinner at 6pm and I still had to shower and pick up my kids. I called my mom and asked her to meet me at the restaurant (since she has my kids). I then busted ass, took a two minute shower, got dressed, and zipped over to the restaurant. I made really good time but was still five minutes late.

For dinner I had the New York steak with a side of veggies. I split the steak with my younger daughter so I only ate half of it (plus the veggies). Dinner was delicious. My family ordered champagne with dinner and then some super yummy desserts (my weakness). I am very happy to report that I didn't have any champagne or dessert (not even a bite).

We left the restaurant at 7:30pm and then had to run over to out friend's house who was having a party for her baby daughter who was turning one.

We got home around 9:05 and after putting my kids to bed I straightened up and ran a load of laundry.

I did extremely well today if info say so myself. We went to three birthday events all of which had cake and I didn't eat one bite! I am also happy that I ordered the steak at the restaurant when what I REALLY wanted was a cheeseburger. The restaurant we went to has the BEST cheeseburger and I used to pick up to-go orders from there all the time. Their cheeseburgers rank on my top five favorite foods so you can imagine how hard it was to not order one. If I hadn't been taking the Alli I probably would have. Thank goodness I have this wonder pill to keep me in check.

Speaking of Alli, I was wondering if it was even working (some people eat whatever they want without the horrid side effects). Well, I now know for sure that these pills are working.


I must have eaten too much fat yesterday because I experienced a little of the "treatment effects" today. It wasn't that bad but I also didn't eat that much fat, in fact, I was kinda surprised I even had "treatment effects" since I've been really good about my diet. I have a feeling I added too much oil when cooking my corn tortillas last night. Guess I won't be doing that again. Lol.

Alright...there is more to report but it's already 10:47pm and I am really TIRED. Good night everyone, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs (Gross!) bite. xoxo


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Day 26 - Afternoon Check-In

It's 2:37pm and I'm about to pop in the shower. My brother came by a little while ago and took my six year old for a walk downtown. There's a car show/parade that's going on downtown right now. My twelve year old has a cold and doesn't feel like going (although in still trying to convince her to go). I had to finish making her some soup and eat my own lunch before I left. I also had to take a shower and get ready.

I woke up pretty hungry this morning. I wonder why that is. I didn't eat late last night, in fact I had dinner at 7:30pm, and ice cream sandwich at 8:30pm, and that was it. I went to bed four hours later at 12:30am so I should have been fine. Maybe is was hungry because I didn't work out yesterday. I'm going to start paying attention to that so see if that has anything to do with it.

For breakfast I had the usual: Special K cereal w/nonfat milk and a sugar free Redbull.

For lunch I had: Lean Cuisine Lasagna with Meat Sauce. I've had this one once before (a few weeks ago) and it was pretty good so I decided to try it again. I'd give it 8/10 stars. I'll be buying this one again.





I am glad I filled up before going down to the car show. I'm sure there's going to be food stands with all of the favorite fried fixings. I'm going to bring some healthy snacks with me just in case I get hungry.

I need to get going. Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far.


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Day 25 - Evening Update

It's 11:42pm and I'm about to go to bed. Today was a pretty good day. I wish I could have made it to the gym but that wasn't possible. I ended up leaving my office at 6:00pm. I picked up my daughter from afterschool and stopped at the grocery store on the way home. As soon as I got home i unloaded the groceries from the car, put them away, and then hurried to make dinner. I wanted to take the kids for a walk downtown to get ice cream after dinner...at least that was the plan. After we ate dinner and cleaned off the table I was exhausted. I sat down on the couch and ended up falling asleep for 45 minutes. When I woke up i felt refreshed but it was too late to go for a walk (it was 8:45pm). 

I don't know why but I've been hungry all day. When I woke up from my catnap I still felt a little hungry so I ate a Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwich. I then added my dinner and dessert to my food journal on MyFitnessPal and saw that I went over my calories by 133- why did I eat that damn ice cream?!  

At 9pm, I put my kids to bed and cleaned the dishes left over from dinner. Since I was over my calories for the day I decided to do a little housework which would be recorded on my FitBit. Since my FitBit syncs with MyFitnessPal I figured I may be able to come in under my daily calories if I moved around enough by doing housework. 

So...I cleaned the kitchen, cleaned the bathroom, took out all of the household garbages (rooms, kitchen, bathroom...), took out the recycling, straightened up the living room, cleaned all of the toys off the front deck (did they really need 15 stuffed animals out there?), and then folded and put away a load of laundry. I am not sure if I'll end up coming in under my daily calories but at least I have less housework to do tomorrow. :)

I was mistaken about the party this weekend. It turns out the birthday party for the six year old is on Sunday. We were invited to another party on Sunday which I thought was fine because I thought the first one was on Saturday. I think we will still be able to attend both. The six year old's party is from 10am-12pm. I think the party for the one year old is later in the afternoon. 

As for tomorrow, my twelve year old still has Saturday school from 7:50am-11:00am. She wasn't feeling good this evening (which is a little "convenient") so there's a small chance that we may have to reschedule again. She has a cold but I don't thing she's sick enough to miss school, even if it's on a Saturday. It's also my Grandma's birthday tomorrow!! I think the family is planning on going out to dinner to celebrate. After I drop off my daughter at Saturday School tomorrow I'll have to pop by the mall to grab a gift.  

Since it turns out I won't be child free for a couple hours tomorrow it looks like I won't be able to go to the gym as planned- AGAIN. Boooooo. I am going to try and see if my mom can babysit for a couple hours. That way, I will still be able to make it to the gym. I haven't been to the gym since my double workout on Wednesday and not going for a couple days is making me all antsy and stressed out. 

Alright...It's 12:05am now and I have to go to bed. Good night everyone. xoxo