Day 30

I got to work out today! She was feeling a little better so she let me work out and boy it felt great! Tomorrow we have alot to do as Chris leaves Sunday for a week so I am not sure if I will get to work out tomorrow but I will have a week for just me. I think I might go meatless that week. I have read that you should skip eating meat once a week. Not in this house. My husband doesn't care what we eat but it has to have meat. That is the one thing he asks for. Hopefully a week of no meat might help. It will also be lower calorie dinners because it will just be chelle and I.



Breakfast/lunch was egg beaters with mushrooms,avocado and hot sauce.


Dinner was chicken pot pie. "Healthified" version!!Not store bought. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Day 29- Weigh Day

Thursdays are my normal days to weigh in so here it goes. I lost 1.9 pounds. Oh so close to 2 whole pounds. Sometimes it drives me nuts. I am into whole numbers and I am not sure if anyone notified the scale but 1.9 is not 2. Oh well, maybe next week. I am down to only needing to lose 45 pounds total!

Since chelle is sick still I decided to wash everything in her bedroom, mop all the floors and Lysol everything.Scrubbed the heck out of the bathroom.Nice little work out.

I wanted to work out today but chelle is still sick and every time I left the room she was upset. Just letting me clean was driving her nuts. She just wants me to stay with her so I will. I will just eat less to make up for no gym.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Day 28

Today was not anything how I had it planned. I feel like I am on a roll then all of a sudden something changes. Chris was given today off which was nice. Rachelle is sick. So sick she was crying this morning. That is nothing like her. We can only work one heater in the house so far (German heating is diff. then the states). She has the chills so she is on the living room floor. My work out space is where she is right now. So workout for today is zero. It sucks but what can you do when you have a sick child in the only area you can work out. I really miss the states sometimes. There I had a gym and a big house with more room.Oh and a heating system I knew how to work.

So today I ate leftover chili for lunch and dinner. I seem to not eat as much when my husband is around. I feel the need to impress him. Anyone else ever do that? Eat differently when you around certain people. As a result I have a headache though.

Tomorrow is my weigh in day so we will see how that goes. The monthly visitor needs to take a hike. I step on the scale every morning. Lets me know where I am at. Let that "time of the month" come and I will avoid the scale if all possible. I hate the scale with a passion for that one week. You guys are counting on me though no matter what so I will step on the scale. Just for you! Don't you all feel so special.

Day 23-27

I have been missing but I am still here. I haven't felt well and sitting up with the computer wasn't my idea of fun so I watched movies. I hate to admit but I didn't work out Friday to Monday. Come to find out I was beginning to get the monthly visitor. The one I hate. It seems when it is late it hurts me worse.

I worked out today though. A shorter video but I did work out and added some weights. I also did a little yoga today to. To keep me moving some and not just laying from pain I was in the kitchen cooking it up. I made baked applesauce, homemade chili and my daughters favorite fresh fruit salad. Kept me busy and moving. Bad note is it is 540pm and all I have had is a grilled cheese today. I guess that is good in away considering I was around food!

Today is my weigh in day for Countdown to Christmas. As much as I did not want to get on the scale considering my visitor I did and I am down 2.8 pounds. I have seven pounds to go. I know I can do this. I have to. I have to for me. I am excited to see what I can get my weight down to for my daughter's bday on the 24Th. I like to use important dates. It pushes me.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Day 22 -Weigh Day

It was another loss for me!! I am not excited about the amount but when I do think about it it is average, I hope. 1.8 pounds down. So close to 2 pounds yet so far away. 7 total pounds by my third way in. 7 pounds lighter then I have been since Dec. 2008. I can't wait to see what I am going to weigh this December. I'm the lowest I have been in almost a year. Hopefully I will be at least be 5 pounds lighter be December.

I am on the way to new healthy me and I won't have to start out the New Year with the stupid resolution of wanting losing weight. I am already on that journey and I am not looking at it as a diet. I am looking at it as a new lifestyle. I want to lower my risk of diseases. I don't want to refuse to go to the doctor because if I go then I would have to step on a scale & that's no fun. I want to get dressed in the morning and go. Not change 2 to 5 times before I decide which "fat" outfit looks the best.

I am tired of looking at clothes thinking one day. I want one day to be right now. I want to order clothes off of the Internet. To have my picture taken and not break into a sweat trying to suck it all in everywhere. I want to enjoy life. This is the one chance I get at it and I am tired of regretting not taking pics with loved ones or enjoying going out. In fact my husband complained awhile back that we have no pictures of us together so we take one wherever we go but it is painful for me. I want people to think of me as the girl that did it all & wasn't afraid to have fun.

Day 21

As I look at my weight loss I am not to impressed. I feel like I should be further along but I am happy for loss and not gain. I can not wait until this weekend so that I can go get hand weights. I am really praying that it will help my journey along.

I am not great with slow weight loss. I know it comes on easy and falls off SLOW. This is where I get discouraged. I have to keep going though. My body deserves better. I am in this for the long run. I mean it is not like I can go body shopping for a new one. It just seems like everyone is losing large number of pounds at a time and I am not. That makes me wonder what I am doing wrong.

I have decided to change up my workout instead of doing the same one every day. I know that can't help and the same one all the time drives me nuts. So here is my new list for now.

Monday~ Biggest Loser Cardio Max

Tuesday~Billy Blanks 12 Power Rounds

Wednesday~Billy Blanks Tae Bo Extreme

Thursday~Billy Blanks AB Boot Camp

Friday~Billy Blanks Cardio Boot Camp

Sat. & Sun. are up in the air. Either a walk or a video or nothing depending on if my husband is around. I will do this for awhile until I want to switch it up but I would say that this is going to be good for awhile.Hopefully on Monday I can add weights!

Day 20- Countdown to Christmas

Today I called one of my good friends back home. W h haven't known each other for more then a little over a year but we became inseparable. Anyways she just got a call yesterday that her grandpa was ready to die. He passed away today but she will take great care of him. She is a funeral director and Embalmer. It is written in the will she will fly home and do the embalming. I know that the family will feel better knowing that family took care of him all the way to the end.

I worked out today but I only did the 20 min. power round video. Hopefully tomorrow will be all better. My hamstring did not throb to bad.

I have decided that when I do reach my goal I am going to order somethings from Fredrick's of Hollywood. I love that place. Granted the things on there models will never look like that on me I love what they have so that is what I will do for myself when I hit my goal weight.



I am joining the Christmas Challenge with Dawn. I think that it is really a good idea.

The Rules

1. Choose a specific, realistic goal that you can achieve by December 25TH.

2. Post weekly updates (you choose the day) about your progress.

3. Decide on a gift (reward) that you’ll give yourself when you meet your goal.

1. My goal for Dec. 25th is going to be 15 pounds for my total. Hopefully I can get some free weights this weekend. I think I need something more to add to my work out. That puts me at only needing to lose 9.8 pounds. I am trying to keep in mind that I am not as active as I once was.lol

2. I will post every Tues. and have my regular weigh in on Thursday

3. As for a gift I have no clue. Maybe a new pair of shoes or a movie. I am limited here.lol

Hope you will join us and thanks Dawn for the extra support for the holidays.