30 Days to Lose Weight - Week 1

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Well a week has passed and not only have I not lost weight, I actually gained a pound. A week of working out, watching what I'm eating, and drinking nasty lemon water, and I gained a freaking pound. This is so unfair! I think that little gremlin bastard in my scale is getting a real kick out of this right now.


Don (my husband) says I am probably just gaining muscle since I've been working out and muscle "weights more than fat." While I certainly appreciate the sentiment, I just don't buy it. You see, my waist hasn't gotten any smaller either, and muscle certainly isn't more fat than fat.

I haven't been perfect, I'll admit. I had a coke and some chips the other day, but come on. I can't be perfect all the time!  And, I was doing really well with the Jillian Michaels' DVD too. At least until I hurt my foot. Yes, my foot. I actually pulled a muscle on the top of my foot. I din't even know I had a muscle there. It's all the damn jumping jack, jump rope, but kick cardio that did me in. So now I'm doing my jumping jacks  hopping on one foot and looking like a moron, but I'm still doing it!

I'm not giving up, just venting little. Hopefully, in another week I'll have good news. But as things are looking right now, I'll be wearing a tankini on the beach.

30 Days to Lose Weight - Day 3

Well, surprisingly I don't feel that bad. Not that I feel great,  I still hurt a lot, but the pain is actually less than it was yesterday. I was able to do the DVD again  - though I had to pause some because my calves were on fire. I haven't really lost any weight, but that extra 1 1/2 lbs seems to have magically dissapeared according to my scale. It likes to mess with me, I've noticed. One day it will tease me into thinking I've lost weight and then others it says I've gained. I'm convinced there is a very tiny, cruel man in there getting a kick out of tormenting me.

Anyway, I did fall off the wagon a bit. I went to McDonald's - the root of all evil, I  know - for lunch. I blame my friend Heather. She is a terrible influence (he-he). I did stick with water thought, and I got a chicken sandwich. I did get french fries, but it is McDonald's. You can't go into McDonald's and not get the fries.  I swear I didn't like it. (I'm totally lying. They were wonderful!)


I'll keep the updates coming. Though at this point, I may just put them out at the end of the week.

Have a nice weekend.

30 Days to Lose Weight - Day 2

Oh my God! I think I might die.  I am completely stunned by how a little 20 minute workout could so thoroughly kick my butt. Every muscle in my body hurts, but my legs are the worst! Every step up to the second floor of my house kills, I am completely unable to squat down for anything, and trying to use the toilet is an act of torture. I knew I was out of shape, but this is ridiculous. 

Even so, I somehow managed to do the video again today though I had to take breaks here and there. I actually did better than I expected. My fear now is what tomorrow will bring. If I feel this bad today, I'm afraid that I may not be able to walk tomorrow. I guess we'll have to see.

Oh, and as for my weight... Well, It seems that I actually gained a pound and a half when I visited my parents this weekend so now I have 8 1/2 lbs to lose - lovely. 

But I'm staying positive. 

Can't you tell. 

Here's a picture of us working out:

I got both of the kids to do it with me today. They were really cute. See their dumbbells, they're actually tinkertoys my husband made to look like my dumbbells.

30 Days to Lose Weight - Day 1

I'm not super overweight or anything. Like many of you, I am just not where I want to be as far as my weight and appearance go. When I was younger, I could drink and eat anything I wanted and remain thin. As I got older that started to change somewhat, but it wasn't until after having my two kids that my body seemed to just give up. The thing that kills me is the belly fat. If you have belly fat you know what I mean when I tell you how nasty it is when you sit down and your stomach touches your boobs. Sooo gross!  The thing that pisses me off the most is that I eat a heck of a lot better now than I did in my twenties, but my body doesn't seem to care.

To make matters worse, I'm going with my husband to visit his family in Miami in exactly one month. If you've ever been to Miami, Fl you know it petty much only contains only 2 types of women: ridiculously beautiful and troll. It is my goal to NOT be a part of the troll group when I visit. Unfortunately this is made more difficult by all of the ridiculously beautiful women in my husband's family - one of which was a Hawaiian Tropic model. Seriously, I'm not making this up. As you can imagine, standing next to these 5'9" goddesses, I really do feel like a troll. Not one of the Lord of the Rings types, more like the troll pencil toppers. You know, the ones with frizzy hair and boobs hanging over their bellies. Yep. That's me! Except with clothes, of course.

Anyway,  I started trying to work out earlier this summer, but then I hurt my back and subsequently fell of the wagon. Now I only have 30 days left to get my butt into shape so I am going to do it over this blog. Why? Peer pressure. If I put it out there that I am doing this then I actually have to do it, right?

So here's my plan:

1. Drink water. I have been drinking diet for a while, but recently discovered research showing that diet drinks may lead to more abdominal fat. I have to, unfortunately, admit this might be true since this is the worst belly fat I've ever had. So I am forced to drink water - and coffee, of course.
2. Eat more fruit and salads. I actually eat a fairly healthy diet already so I'm just going to try to step it up a notch.
3. Less crappy late night snacks. (FYI: I am eating Ramen as I write this. Oh...the hypocrisy)
4. Do the Jillian Michaels - 30 Day Shred DVD everyday (at least every day I can walk). It's a 20 minute video which is about all I have time for, but it really kicks your ass. I was shaking after doing it today. 

Here are my goals:

I would like to lose about 7lbs and 4 inches off my waist. I realize this is unrealistic for one month, but it is my ultimate goal. We'll just have to see how close I come to it.

Here's a picture of me exercising with my daughter today. It was soo cute. I wanted to upload a video, but couldn't get it to work. I'll try tomorrow.

Yes. My house is a mess. I'll get to that tomorrow too...maybe.