Carbs

We are going to the lake for a long weekend. Yesterday I made my spaghetti sauce for the night we are to prepare dinner. Naturally, we had spaghetti for dinner last night. I was good and used whole grain pasta, and used a small plate for me to eat off of. Even that little bit was almost pasta carb overload for me. Great! I can just imagine a whole weekend of feeling that way. Today, I will be heading to Sam's to get extra salad mix for me to eat with all my meals, plus my green smoothies. I am thankful for not always wanting carb laden meals anymore.

More after my workout...

Today I began a new workout for the next 3 months, thanks JRo. Arms, were first up, such a good hurt. Julie has been working out some with me - it is really fun to have someone there to work with. I tell her everytime how much I hate her b/c she does not really sweat - not fair. I pour buckets, and she does not even have a drop. Oh well! One last thing...naturally in the middle of my workout I get called to the Kids Klub, Graham pooped. So out to the car to get a diaper, change him, then back to business. Of course he'd save it 'til we were out!

Ran to Sam's afterwards, then home to treadmill. I let the boys play in the driveway - found a great way to get lunges in - drew roads w/ chalk on the concrete. Whew! Got on the treadmill, made it through a third of the workout and quit. Too hot and way too much of lunch wanting to come up. BUT I got out there. I will do it again early in a.m. before we leave for lake, then I won't have food in my belly, forbidden food at that!

p.s. I got a glimpse of some new definition in my arms today. They are so pretty!

another jewelry post

I had my wedding rings cleaned Friday. Oh how they sparkle. They are absolutely beautiful. Ok, the story. Three years ago, Paul and I went on a cruise for our 5th anniversary. Son #1 was about 18 months old; I had not worn my rings since late in my pregnancy with him. After giving birth I never got the weight off and then proceeded to gain about 20 more lbs. For our cruise, I told Paul I was going to wear them. I broke down and had them enlarged, the dream of "fitting" into them again never became reality. Oh, but it was wonderful to wear them again.

Today I was admiring them, still nice and sparkley. I noticed how they somewhat slide around on my finger. Seriously, am I really getting that small? By the end of this transformation, I bet I'll have to have them sized DOWN! I love the little moments like this along the way.

Near the beginning of this journey, JRo and I had talked about getting bracelets to remind/encourage us along the way, not forgetting our goals. The idea came from fellow blogger Chasing Iron. We decided instead of ordering expensive ones, we'd see what the local craft store had. We found some simple but cool leather bands, what we wanted anyway. I have been wearing mine paired with the bracelet from Pam. I always work out in the leather band, to spur me on and not give up. Today, for my unique personalization, I added tick marks on the inside of each pound I have lost. I have a ways to go, but I sure am proud of myself to come this far!

If you look real close you can see the tick marks on the inside.

Arms

I did not get up early this morning, stayed up too late watching Olympics...worth it.
I did not go to they gym this morning, chose to spend precious time w/ JRo.
I did not eat all that clean today.
I did not stick to "no cokes." ERG!

I DID go to the gym at 5pm, shuffled the kids to kids klub, fumbled around with all the people that left work early to workout, produced a good sweat, and looked Hot in my very fitting workout clothes. I abandoned a full body circuit workout, for basically arms and abs. A gal was hogging the leg press, (whiny voice) and I wanted to use it. It was for the best, my legs are still pretty sore from Saturdays grind.

I may not have done a lot of things I should have - oh I did clean 2 bathrooms, sweep/mop, fold clothes and shower during quiet time - but I did the one thing my body really needed.

I am satisfied. Now back to more Olympics. Can't get enough. You?

p.s. the whole reason I titled it arms; at the gym, doing barbell curls I noticed that my arms are starting to look nice. I can't wait to get that last layer of fat off of them. Good riddance.

Back in the Gym

I finally made it back to the gym this evening. It felt good, it's really going to feel good tomorrow. ha ha ha It was great, not too crowded and only a few die hard musle heads. One was using the same jungle gym thing as me and slammed his weights down so hard he shook the thing and I jumped. That really irritated me. Dumb muscle heads, like he's all that. He stunk to high heaven.

Have not weighed yet, maybe tomorrow. I want to get in a good cardio first, and I just don't have energy enough to do it tonight.

Oh, one more thing...when I was doing squats, I was watching my legs. WOW, they are by no means skinny but they are looking thinner. Sweet!

Finally...

I am feeling much much better today! So tonight I am going to do a light cardio work out and see where I am, tomorrow weights. No time to spare!

I don't remember if I have mentioned before the bracelet BF bought me for my weight loss. She lives in Seattle and was down here visiting in June. It's a charm bracelet from Brighton, so cute. Every 10 or 20lbs, cant remember which, she gets me a new charm. In the mail yesterday I got me 2nd charm, the coffee cup. The first is my initial "l". I so love this bracelet, and love dear BF for thinking of doing this, keeps me motivated! Here's a look at it...

In case you weren't aware: coffee with 1/2 & 1/2 or cream of some sort was the one thing I would not give up during this time!!!

Advantages

I wake up this morning and am still "sick." Me and the water closet are becoming best friends! I took a shower this morning and am now wondering if that was a smart idea, I'm so faint. I guess I'll try and eat some toast. Sooo sick of toast.

Anyway, I think there is one and only one advantage to all this...weightloss. I unofficially weighed myself this a.m. Results...172.5. OMG! Still I'd rather not be sick. I'd rather be eating some yummy clean foods than toast and potatoes. The sad part is absolutely nothing is appetizing. I pretty much force myself to even eat the toast. Blech!

Crypto?

I had a big ol' post planned for Sunday, then I got sick. It is now Tuesday and I am still sick, and Son #2 threw up all night last night - gross. 3 other families we play with often are sick. I just now looked up symptoms of that crypto virus, sounds all too familiar to what we all have. Seriously, does that parasite have to infect all the fun water things to do during the hottest part of the summer? Not really sure that is what we have, but you never know.

Here is part of what I had planned for my Sunday post:
In getting dressed for church this morning, my options were very limited. I have definitely shrunk at least 2 sizes in all my dress clothes. SWEET! I did mention in an earlier post abt buying new shorts, well I definitely had to go with the size 12's. WOO-HOO. After wearing the 14s around a while, they were way too big. Great feeling. Back to my Sunday clothes...This is what I wore to church this morning...as you can see the skirt is quite big. You can't see it in the pick but it was so full, I felt like I had a moo-moo on...


TMI - read on at your own risk!

Don't my boobs look great? JRo and I hired a babysitter Friday so we could shop like girls! I got fitted for a new bra, finally. I had been wearing an uncomfortable 40C. Guess my size now...36C. I about fell out when Claudine (bra specialist) told me that.