Weight Loss, feeling better, and how I am going to do this!

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Well Its only Saturday, but I snuck into the bathroom this morning and weighted in a couple days early. I just wanted to see where I was at and if what I did this last week was a good thing.

I LOST 2.4lbs!

Yep, I want to do a cartwheel!

This week wasn't perfect.

I did my 30 day shred dvd one day. I about died! LOL My legs were so sore. Last time I was working out doing Yoga, I had a similar experience. Anyone have any idea what I can do to prevent my legs getting so stiff after workouts? I found myself walking like a penguin even 3 days after the workout. hmm. I need to research that. I wonder if I need to stretch differently/more/something.

Even though I only worked out once, I did do 50 jumping jacks every time I did a shower. haha That is awesome! I feel like I'm about to die and then jump into the shower. I like to watch my body in the mirror and imagine what its GOING to look like.

I ate much better than I have been. Now, I did go to Applebees and had a few drinks and then we ended up at Red Lobster one night. I had never been there before. LOL YUM! I teased my husband and asked him why he had been holding this place back from me! If I wasn't being more mindful of myself I would have prob ate myself silly! I had a few shrimp, a roll, a salad, and a billion glasses of water! LOL But I looked on Pintrest for healthy lunches. I found this AMAZING salad idea and even got my hubby loving them too!

TADA this was Monday's lunch for hubby and I! Mason Jar salads! They are sooo good! I loved them! So did hubby!

So for the last week, I have been eating tons of fruits and veggies. I have ate special K cereal every morning for breakfast. Its my favorite. I actually like it! LOL And then I have a snack of an orange or some celery and a bit of peanut butter or applesauce. And I've been having either soup or salad for lunch. I totally enjoyed it this week!

I also have started making my own bread. I don't eat much bread as it is, but my hubby eats lots of it because he likes sandwiches for lunch. But I got a bread maker for Christmas and since we haven't bought a loaf of bread since. The more I think about it, homemade bread has to be so much better for you. You know everything that goes into it.

Here is a loaf of white bread I made. This next week I want to learn how to make some whole wheat bread.

I am really happy with the progress that I've gotten so far.

I've not given up on my diet coke but I've really scaled that down. And I have been drinking more water.

I'm really starting to feel the momentum. I CAN and I WILL do this!

--Love ya'll

Thanks for letting me vent!

Kayla

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Try Try Try AGAIN

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Hello All,

Well I’m back. I’m trying to get myself in a better place, again. This last year didn’t go as planned. What a mess!

I’ve been MIA from SP and taking care of myself for a few months now. So much has happened. I’ve been dealing with the stress of stupid family Facebook drama, losing my financial aid and dropping out of college, the stress of year end accounting fun in my office, and the fun of working with people that I quote, “wish we were back in high school” (yeah.. seriously a girl told me that LOL).

I’ve let my battle with depression control me for several months. I started eating my feelings. I’ve officially gained all the weight that I have lost over the last couple years. I just let all the stress things I can’t control consume me. As I look back at it all it’s sickening the sad lady I have become. I can’t let the stupidity of others and things I cannot change get to me.

I WILL change the way I live my life!

I WILL not let depression control me!

I WILL learn to eat healthy!

I WILL get my butt out of bed and exercise!

The next couple days I will be making a plan to get me back to a BETTER me!

I am going to: buy a work out DVD, go grocery shopping for fruits & veggies, I will make a game plan!

I WILL succeed!

2013 will be MY year!

--Kayla

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Drama, health, and fixing ME!

Saturday, October 06, 2012

SO I have worked faithfully at working on the plan my health lady started for me. I lost a wopping 2 pounds in two weeks. LOL Not what I wanted.. BUT Guess who bought two pairs of size 14 pants yesterday! ME!! Yeah, so I didn't loose much but apparenly I lost some inches. I didn't measure myself like a dummy so I don't know where I started.

I call this summer pretty sucessful. I lost about 5 pounds. And I started at a size 18 in March/April and now Im in a 14. My goal is to get down to a 12 by the end of December and maybe loose so more weight. 10 pounds is my goal.

I'm starting to realize that it is going to take time to get where I want. I think that inside I really thought that all these crazy things I've tried over the last few months would just magically make me perfect. Its going to take effort, disapline, and time to get me where I want to go. I need to take things one day at a time. Then all the good days will add up to a good change.

I'm starting to get bored with my food choices and this week I am going to meet with A (the health helper lady) and see if I can work my food into something better with some different choices.

The last few week has been really emotional for me. I've had a lot of drama that I was unaware of arise from random girlfriends in my husbands circle. I stomped that crap out.

Then, I talked to the hubby over a long dinner and he started telling me how he felt about some stuff. He said that I was letting myself go. He said in the last year or so he has watched me seem to loose faith in myself. He said he watched me slowly stop taking care of myself, our home, and loose interest in life. He said it made him so sad watching me buy those stupid Via shakes and then even paying my health lady for help when last year I was doing it all on my own. I didn't need any help then and he doesnt understand why I think I need help now.

Ah.. It kind of hit me. Why do I need help? I have learned so much about health, nutrition, and fitness from SP and from reading and research why do I need help? I really don't. I'm lazy. But I'm starting to realize that I can not be like this. I need to change and not just one area. I need to make some changes as a whole. I need to take better care of ME, I need to start getting off the computer in the evenings and work on our home. I need to start doing my own thing and make life work for me.

But thats it.. LOL There is my vent for the weekend.

-Kayla

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My healthy lady and our grocery shopping trip

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Finally, Im updating you!

I met last Wednesday with the lady I told you about in my last blog.

She took me grocery shopping. It was so cool! She took me down every food isle in the dollar store and then every isle in the grocery store and showed me which options were good and which were not good choices. I know it sounds very overwhelming but she made it so easy and fun. It was pretty neat.


I spent $150 including her $50 fee and she got me enough food to last 6 weeks. That girl knows what she is doing!!

So she had be buy some "healthy" foods and some "normal" foods. And then she come to my house went through my cubbards and fridge and told me what I have and what I should stay away from. I love her. she said "I'm not going to tell you what not to eat but you need to decide if the calories are worth it. If you eat something bad you'll have to try and eat less of somthing else later." LOL

So this is what she is having me do.

Within the first 30 minutes of being awake I need to eat a big breakfast around 400. Then pretty much every hour and a half she has me snack so two snacks around 100 to 200 calories each. Then by lunch I need to eat 1100 calories. Then two more snacks, dinner, and a 100 calorie snack/dessert. And all that needs to be done by 7. That way your body has time to digest everything before you go to bed.

Its really easy. I did it for one day last week while I was at work. It worked out so well. I put all the snack and lunch times in my outlook and so I had reminders pop up to remind me to snack. Then today is a cheat day. Yeah, I get one cheat day a week too. So it is pretty awesome. And she had me buy foods that I would eat if I was not dieting. I got to buy the dollar stores brand of oatmeal creme pies! They are only 100 calories! She said ask I train myself to eat on to eat better I can trade the less healthy foods in my meal plans for better ones.

Then she made me 7 different days of meal plans.

I'm really excited to see how this works out. I enjoy the food I eat. And I feel like I am constantly eating stuff so I am not hungry. The only part that is hard is dinner because after that is all gone, I get one snack and then Im cut off for the night. But hopefully I'll get through it and not cheat.

I'll let you all know how it goes later this week.

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend!

Kayla

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Positive thoughts about the day.. A health helper and work

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Positivity..

So my husband has this friend that recenly lost 40lbs. And the thing I like about it most was it has just been from keeping active and eating right. So then, I saw his girlfriend the other day.. HOLY S***!! She lost 65 pounds! Last time I saw her she was around my size maybe more so around 200 pounds. That was six months ago. Then.. I saw her. She is a size FOUR! Like not torrid 4x.. Like freaking TINY! && You know how she did it!? AH, she ate right and exercised.

So today, I saw a post she made on fb. She is working as a health helper I guess you could call it. For $30 she will take you grocery shopping and then for $3/meal she will help you plan your meals and figure out what works for YOU! She is getting married in May and I think this is her way to raise funds for the wedding and doing what she loves by helping people be better versions of themselves.

Anywho. I got curious. I asked her about it. And we are meeting on Wednesday at 6. She is going to meet with me. She is going to see what I like to eat. And help me design a plan of foods to eat that are healthy and within my calorie range. She stressed tho to loose weight that it has to be a lifestyle change and not a diet. Gosh, I love her. She is like SP but in real life. LOL

I feel like I'd rather pay someone around$50 to help me change my eating habits than some skinny chick that has never had any problems with weight trying to make me drink some stupid milkshakes. Plus, I know the cash will go to someone I like for her time. Not some gready company just trying to get rich.

I think that this can help me. I like the idea of just having what I need to eat and having it all planned out for me so I can eat mindlessly but do what is right.

..Today I had a bit of a less stressful day at work. I called the lady that retired but never leaves and asked her to come in and assigned some work to her to take a bit off of my workload. Then I wrote an email to the other older lady that never listens to me. LOL All the stuff I needed her to do that she always ignores me on I put in bold red font. haha And guess what, she did it. I know it wasnt like I grew a pair in a day or anything but it was a step in the right direction. haha

Tomorrow is Friday. Im planning on rewarding myself for getting through the week and not going bald or kicking somone by getting my nails painted.

Now this weekend I need to try to get myself into exercise again. I'm going to research stuff I can do. Maybe I can find something local I can go do. I think I want to be a fitness hopper. I do not want to do the same stuff everyday. But I will find a way to get moving!!

This girl is determined to make her life her own! One day at a time!

--KAYLA

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