Losin' It Month 1 progress

Thought I gave up eh?  I usually do but not this time.  With my girls that support me I've kept on losin' it.  I'm going to wait and do monthly pictures side by side.  These weekly ones show nothing except my lack of fashion. I get sick of all the pictures, there just not cute lol.  Aso, I'll start posting the scale pics, that way you know I'm not just hiding  ;) 
 
Here is my progress so far.  Week 3 was after the craft weekend (see previous post and you will understand :).  Ahhh!  But I recovered to finish  out with a monthly loss of 14lbs! 
There was also a few days of down time from not feeling good but I kept that -5 lb weight loss since last Monday.  Didn't gain, didn't lose the from 7/22.

I have high hopes for next month as I start to attempt the Insanity workouts.  I've really have been avoiding it for as long as possible because well, I really suck at working out.  I have NO balance and NO coordination. 

It's so much easier for me to say well at least I'm eating right.  BUT now that I've seen what my one kick butt week of exercising everyday for about an average of 45 min I know I can lose so much more.  I realize I can keep up that pace and it'll help my attitude about working out and my metabolism to keep me going!!

I'll update weekly, with pictures monthly from now on :)  On to Month 2!!!

Girls Craft Weekend

Here are a few pictures from our Girls Craft Weekend.


Awesome ladies + Crafts + Lots of laughter + Amazing food   = 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Losin' It Week 2 progress

So its the end of week 2, beginning of week 3

Here are my slight changes......

Yah so its only a 2 pound weight loss BUT its still a loss. I know exactly what happened.  Even though I was technically eating the correct foods for the SBD I was not eating near enough and in return my energy level was super low so I wasn't working out as much as week 1.

My plan: 

Eat 6 small meals a day (a quality protein/a quality carb)
     *also following recipes from this website --> http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/
Yoga in the morning/swim OR walk in the evening. 

This week I will try --> Vanilla flavored coconut milk in place of regular milk. 

I put this in my coffee this morning and its AWESOME!

I definitely recommend!

                                     

 

I also wanted to mention our Facebook group page "Just BE Fit"  The main goal is to help motivate and support everyone in Body, Mind, and Soul.  Let me know if you would like to join, I can send you an invite :) 

I've been waiting for this my whole life! I'm gonna be a scarer!

Well I've been waiting a good 10 years, for Monsters University that is. 

 

Only within the last year has the kids even gotten into Monsters Inc. but they were hooked so taking them was such a great treat for all of us.  We even brought along Ethan's friend Blake.

 

I so loved the movie.  Oh yah, the kids did too haha.  :)

 

 

Mesmerizing....lol

Regular day stuff

Today (well since I'm doing this at midnight it was technically yesterday) I got to play around with my new beauty.....

This girl, Mavis ;) Mauryn named "her" will be my new best friend for many years to come.

(I know I'm spoiled...what can I say I have an awesome husband)

 

 

So now I get to have great quality memories in pictures because anyone who knows me knows this is a must haha!

 

AND feeds my new addiction (rather than food that is) of digital scrapbooking!!

 

I'm so excited to figure out how to use this.  I need Val to come help me.  Pretty please Val???  *batting my eyelashes*

 

Anyways a couple of things we did today.  The oh so much fun trampoline

(by far the best money spent on a kids toy)

 

 

 

 

And finally an every kid dinner event.....The dreaded broccoli tasting.....

Now they've had it before (not often enough apparently haha!)

but I wanted to capture their reaction this time.

They are going to have to suck it up because we now eat healthy :)

 

Losin' It Week 1

I've renamed my weight loss program to Losin' It--which does leave it up to interpretation :/ !!  BUT  as I lose certain things I will gain positive things in its place.

Here is my Week 1 progress.......

 

Now you really can't tell anything and I didn't expect to but I am not going to dare wear skin tight anything's for awhile.  Disappointing I know!  :)  I hope to see progress monthly though!

I stayed on my diet pretty strictly.  I even had to face a huge buffet of 4th of July food (stickin' awesome jalapeno popper dip was actually in my presence courtesy of my SIL Kristina and I didn't devour it--> Technically it didn't even make it to the table everyone else hovered until it was gone. It was that good!)  and a wedding.  No wedding cake.  I deserve a medal for that! 

Exercise tapered off while I was out of town.  I played with the kids outside and danced a little at the wedding dance but it wasn't really workout worthy.   But my dance skills were flippin' awesome--I can chicken dance like no other ;)

Things I will change for this next week will be portion size.  I ate the correct things for the phase 1 of SBD BUT portion size (which isn't technically something to be super strict on) was a little out of control at times (cough 4th of July food!)

Next Monday I get to introduce myself to "Healthy Carbs".  I can't wait to see you healthy bread and fruits! 

Here I go...Let's see what I can do this week.

Lost:  12lbs  Gained:  Incentive to keep doing it   Feelings:  HAPPY

Happy 5th Birthday To My Bean

Oh my sweet little Bean.  What a blessing you are. 

I love you so much with my "whole wide heart"

 

From the moment your little blue eyes opened you had personality bigger than life.  Everyday is sweet and wonderful with you in it. 

I cant possibly write out all my feelings for you but I promise to show you in the things I do EVERYDAY.

 

I love you sooo much.....Bean, Mar-Mar Binks, Peanut, Sweetie Pie, and your favorite      

"Beautiful Pwincess"