So really I just wanted to catch you up I weighed myself today and I have lost 15 pounds. Can I just say that I feel amazing I am down to my pre Malcolm weight and some. Since my goal was to lose 50 I have 35 to go. But 15 in three weeks is amazing. Thank you all for your support.
Natasha
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Good question
My friend Erika commented on my last post asking if we were also exercising. Since she asked and both my boys are down for naps I thought I would fill you in on our exercise routines so far this year.
I decided I wanted to start running after I had Malcolm. I have never been good at it before but it seems like something you can enjoy once you get into it. I got a ten week program from a friend that slowly eases you and your muscles into running. There are two prep weeks of walking and then by the tenth week you are running for half an hour. I started the program and a face book group a few weeks ago. So I have my 30min of Running/Walking I do three times a week.
There is actually a 5k the weekend after my last week so my currant goal is to be able to run the 5k on March 6th. I want to build myself up to a half marathon that is my ultimate goal and why I started the program.
Next we have our ab workout we do on the days we are not running Tue, Thur, and Sat
Its just Steven and I doing a few exercises we have learned but Steven wont let me go to bed till we have done them.
and lastly I have an 8 min in the morning program that helps build lean muscle tissue.
That is Basically it plus all the stretching that goes with it and.
I know that is sounds like a lot we are doing here but it really isn't. Also I want to say that we are not doing these things as new years resolutions That will fade to the back of our minds and be forgotten. I started the running program after I had Malcolm and was giving the okay to exercise and I really want to be a runner for life. Then Steven and I were watching The Biggest Loser Finale (we are big fans) and I was amazed how people starting at 300 pounds could get down to weighing less than I do. So I asked Steven if I lost 50lbs if we could go on a cruse. We looked it up and I would be in my healthy weight range for my height and age so he said yes.
Who knows if we will go on a cruise but 50lbs is my currant goal. It all seemed to fall around the new year and my 25th birthday so I guess it is just that time in my life to make a change, So wish me luck because here I go!
I decided I wanted to start running after I had Malcolm. I have never been good at it before but it seems like something you can enjoy once you get into it. I got a ten week program from a friend that slowly eases you and your muscles into running. There are two prep weeks of walking and then by the tenth week you are running for half an hour. I started the program and a face book group a few weeks ago. So I have my 30min of Running/Walking I do three times a week.
There is actually a 5k the weekend after my last week so my currant goal is to be able to run the 5k on March 6th. I want to build myself up to a half marathon that is my ultimate goal and why I started the program.
Next we have our ab workout we do on the days we are not running Tue, Thur, and Sat
Its just Steven and I doing a few exercises we have learned but Steven wont let me go to bed till we have done them.
and lastly I have an 8 min in the morning program that helps build lean muscle tissue.
That is Basically it plus all the stretching that goes with it and.
I know that is sounds like a lot we are doing here but it really isn't. Also I want to say that we are not doing these things as new years resolutions That will fade to the back of our minds and be forgotten. I started the running program after I had Malcolm and was giving the okay to exercise and I really want to be a runner for life. Then Steven and I were watching The Biggest Loser Finale (we are big fans) and I was amazed how people starting at 300 pounds could get down to weighing less than I do. So I asked Steven if I lost 50lbs if we could go on a cruse. We looked it up and I would be in my healthy weight range for my height and age so he said yes.
Who knows if we will go on a cruise but 50lbs is my currant goal. It all seemed to fall around the new year and my 25th birthday so I guess it is just that time in my life to make a change, So wish me luck because here I go!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
One down five to go
Steven and I have started off the new year with a bang also known as a diet. We are doing a six week diet program that our friend Chris is using for the boot camp weight loss program he runs.
Today is the first day of week two and boy am I glad. For this program we eat the same thing every day all week, so here is what we have been eating for a week now:
Meal one: 3 hard boiled eggs (with out the yoke), 2 pieces of Canadian bacon
Meal two: 1 cup cottage cheese and 1/2 cup pineapple chunks
Meal three: romaine lettuce one serving of canned chicken (There are six serving in one of those little cans so it ends up being about 2 tbsp) one medium cucumber and 2 TBSP of vinaigrette dressing.
Meal four: a grape fruit and a sugar free jello cup
Meal five: 4oz ground turkey steamed yellow squash and broccoli and 1/2 cup kidney beans
We don't get to add salt or any other flavors and we drink a gallon of water a day. I ended up throwing up twice last week, I couldn't handle the eggs.
But this week we get oatmeal with fruit and nuts, celery with peanut butter we have chicken and kiwi for a meal and strawberrys, apples and yogurt and fish with sugar snap peas for dinner. I am so excited to eat foods that are regularly part my diet.
Now I have to tell you Steven and I are doing the diet a little different then Chris. We start our week on a Thursday so we have 3 days to follow the program then on Sundays we give ourselves a little break. We make a normal Sunday dinner of meat and veggies but no breads, for breakfast we eat a hot cereal, then we add in two fruits throughout the day. Also all we can drink is water. Then we continue our week Monday through Wednesday and start with a new menu on Thursday. We also have decided that lime juice is allowed on vegetables and on the last day of our week we give ourselves a little something extra, yesterday it was a slice of cheese with dinner. Now I would like you to imagine how amazing cheese tastes after a week of bland food, it was divine.
Today is the first day of week two and boy am I glad. For this program we eat the same thing every day all week, so here is what we have been eating for a week now:
Meal one: 3 hard boiled eggs (with out the yoke), 2 pieces of Canadian bacon
Meal two: 1 cup cottage cheese and 1/2 cup pineapple chunks
Meal three: romaine lettuce one serving of canned chicken (There are six serving in one of those little cans so it ends up being about 2 tbsp) one medium cucumber and 2 TBSP of vinaigrette dressing.
Meal four: a grape fruit and a sugar free jello cup
Meal five: 4oz ground turkey steamed yellow squash and broccoli and 1/2 cup kidney beans
We don't get to add salt or any other flavors and we drink a gallon of water a day. I ended up throwing up twice last week, I couldn't handle the eggs.
But this week we get oatmeal with fruit and nuts, celery with peanut butter we have chicken and kiwi for a meal and strawberrys, apples and yogurt and fish with sugar snap peas for dinner. I am so excited to eat foods that are regularly part my diet.
Now I have to tell you Steven and I are doing the diet a little different then Chris. We start our week on a Thursday so we have 3 days to follow the program then on Sundays we give ourselves a little break. We make a normal Sunday dinner of meat and veggies but no breads, for breakfast we eat a hot cereal, then we add in two fruits throughout the day. Also all we can drink is water. Then we continue our week Monday through Wednesday and start with a new menu on Thursday. We also have decided that lime juice is allowed on vegetables and on the last day of our week we give ourselves a little something extra, yesterday it was a slice of cheese with dinner. Now I would like you to imagine how amazing cheese tastes after a week of bland food, it was divine.
Friday, January 1, 2010
2009
The reason I have a blog is so I have one more thing to be behind in!
2009
Move to Stillwater: Check
Birthdays: Check, Check
Elliot's first step: check
3rd Anniversary: Check
Trip to CA, NC, UT,and ID:Check, Check, Check, Check
See Wicked: Check
Nest for 3 months:Check
Birthday: Check (literally)
Trick or Treating with Elliot the elephant: Check
1 million trips to Moore to spend time with my Fam: Check
Made 6 pies for Thanksgiving: Check
Birthday: Check
Christmas: Check
New Years: Check
2010
BREATH
2009
Move to Stillwater: Check
Birthdays: Check, Check
Elliot's first step: check
3rd Anniversary: Check
Trip to CA, NC, UT,and ID:Check, Check, Check, Check
See Wicked: Check
Nest for 3 months:Check
Birthday: Check (literally)
Trick or Treating with Elliot the elephant: Check
1 million trips to Moore to spend time with my Fam: Check
Made 6 pies for Thanksgiving: Check
Birthday: Check
Christmas: Check
New Years: Check
2010
BREATH
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