Healthier Lifestyle

I'm going to commit to buying fresh veggies and fruits more often and really eating healthy foods. Ibis says that he needs to work on it too, so that will make it easier. I seem to grab whatever I can when I'm out and that usually involves some sort of deep fried goodie or chocolate concoction. Not so good for the booty. Since I gain my weight in my thighs and butt, I need to spend time making sure that part of my body is super toned. I'm going to the gym consistently, but it's my diet that really needs the overhaul.

My best friend, Alice Anne, has a blog that I've been reading and she's putting everything on there that she's been eating lately and her exercise log. It's really making feel a little more confident that I can truly change my lifestyle to reflect healthier choices in my eating habits. I will be going to the store this week to make sure that I have grab-n-go items that are healthy and delicious at the same time. Wish me luck!!!

Pound for Pound Challenge

So, I was watching The Biggest Loser tonight and I decided to make a pledge of losing 10 pounds in the pound for pound challenge. Because of my pledge, they'll donate 10 pounds of food to a local food bank. I thought that was cool, so I figured, why not? I shouldn't lose any more than 10 pounds, but I thought with all my new year's resolutions and healthier living, I'd aim high. If I lose 10 pounds, I'll be where I was when I got married almost 4 years ago. I was 115 lbs and felt great! Not that 125 lbs is too big, but I figured I'd try to get all the way back down to 115 before we begin trying for baby #2. :)

Consistency!

I've been going to the gym consistently about 4 times a week for the past month and a half or so. I'm very happy with the results. I feel like my stamina is getting much better, my flexibility is great and I feel like I'm toning up. Very happy! I've been taking yoga about 3 times a week and then I do some cardio on the eliptical and the treadmill. I also have been taking an awesome aerobics class that integrates Latin dancing into it. Super fun and a great cardio workout! I'm hanging strong at about 125 lbs. still, which I'm happy with because I've been eating quite a bit of apple pie lately! YUM! However, that will be stopping after the first of the year, so the workouts will continue to keep me on track as I modify my eating. Let's hear it for exercise!!!! Woo hoo!!! I feel like it's my time for myself when I can hop on the machines and read my book and just get absorbed into the workout and the book. There is a kids' club there at the gym, so I can drop off Marli and workout for a maximum of 2.5 hours at a time. It's great! Coco added me onto her gym membership, along with Annya and Geno. It's fun going with them. :)

Early Early Early....

I just typed out an entire entry and it got erased. Not fun. Here we go again:

For the past 2 weeks, I've been going to the gym about 2-3 times a week with my mom at 4:30 in the morning. I've really enjoyed it since I get to go back to bed after about an hour workout. I've been holding steady at 125 lbs. I'd like to be at 120, but I'm not complaining! Some people have noticed that I've lost some weight...always makes you feel good! I do need to work on my diet. It's those darn sweets! I have been tracking what I'm eating and I know how many calories I've been taking in per day. I'm trying to keep it to around 1500 calories a day. Then, I have my exercise and daily activity that helps to keep me slimmed down. It's working! I guess if sweets is my only vice in this life, there are worse things, huh? ;)

Early Bird

I made the decision and followed through with going to the gym with my mom on Wednesday morning at......wait for it.....4:15 AM. I know, I'm psycho. But, that's when my mom goes and when she can get me in for free. So, in order to save money and still keep my weight in check, I sucked it up and went. It felt really good, too. Very early, but good. I'll hopefully be going back tomorrow morning too. I have a show tonight, so we'll see how up to it I'm feeling after that. :)

Not too shabby!

I finished my TBLC competition in 9th place out of 29 ladies. :) I ended up losing 5.5 lbs. That was pretty much just from watching and tracking what I eat. I haven't really been walking or exercising much lately at all. Slacker! I would love to pick it up a bit more soon. Perhaps since Ibis is out of work, I'll be able to go running in the mornings. I just need to get out of bed!

Kickin' it into gear!

We went to the beach yesterday and I got a bit of a workout running on the sand. I went walking today and burned about 250 calories. I've been tracking my nutrition and it says I don't eat enough. Wow. I don't eat enough fat on a daily basis evidently. So, I'm trying to kick it up with almonds and guacamole and the other good fats out there. It's a bit of an eye-opener when you actually start tracking what you eat. Gives you a chance to see where you need to fill in the holes. Also, I've lost about 3 pounds since I've started this whole thing. But, I haven't been working out. That's pretty much been just with diet. So, now I need to get a bit more disciplined with the exercise and we'll see what happens!