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I'm home from dinner, we waited one hour to get a table then 45 minutes to get our food. Yes thats right I waited until 8:45 to eat dinner. I am a dinner at 5 kinda girl so I was starving! I ended up ordering my fave meal and I ate about 3/4 of it. I was very conscious of my body and was able to stop when I was full, so I deem that a success! 

I am now home downing water to help balance out the copious amounts of sodium from dinner. I actually am new at this sodium thing but I guess water helps avoid bloating? Right?? I don't weigh in until Sunday morning so I should be able to balance my body out. 

I ended up doing 30 minutes on the treadmill this afternoon and wanted to do some yoga before bed but I think that it would kill me. I have found that I need a lot of digestion time before I do yoga or else I have serious nausea. Does this happen to anyone else? 

It's Ladies night...

So I just got the call that the girls are going out tonight for dinner and drinks at a local pub. CRAP! Let me explain, we are going to one of my favorite eateries where fried is the way to go. They are prized for their buffalo wings, burgers, and local brew beer. My favorite is a buffalo chicken sandwich with ranch and homemade fries!! YUM! I am literally drooling thinking about it. What to do what to do. 

I know that ordering the usual is not a good choice but man is it good. I know you are all probably thinking that I could find a lighter option on the menu but I'm not so sure there is anything that I would eat. I have issues with ordering a salad at a restaurant because I am cheap and would rather pay $12 for a burger than lettuce. Besides most of the time the dressing is 10 points on its own! 

Ok excuses much? Yeah. I am going to give it some more thought and see if I can come up with a plan. I wonder how many points the above meal would be? Maybe 25?It is fried, breaded, coated in buffalo, with ranch on a bun. about 10 round cut fries. Please let me know what you think.

I am off to do something to earn some activity points!

EDIT- By the way I am not a big drinker so I will save some calories there and drink Diet Coke!

Ready set Goal

SO I have been giving the BLBE experience some real thought today. I would say I have about fifty pounds to lose total to be where I want to be in my weight. It would put me into the healthy range which means a lot to me. It would just be amazing to be able to say I AM HEALTHY!! 

That being said I know that I am not going to lose 50 pounds in 16 weeks, I know that would not be healthy.

 I think realistically I want to aim for twenty pounds that is just a little over a pound a week, totally doable as long as I don't plateau at 175 like usual. My plan is do completely jump over 175 so it won't be a problem, yeah as if it is that easy. 

 If I drop 20lbs it will put me in the high 160's which would be amazing. It have been probably 5 years since I saw 160-something on the scale and I am ready for it! By the way I have this ongoing (I've been trying for about a year) deal with my husband that if I lose 50lbs then we will go to Jamaica and stay at one of those all inclusive resorts. He basically hates sand, ocean, hot weather, and leaving the house so it is a pretty big effort on his part. So 20lbs is almost half way to that goal, not too shabby! 

Busy day..

Today I spent some time fixing my financial aid for this coming semester yay more loans : P Oh well at least it is done. I then spent the afternoon doing copious amounts of laundry at the laundromat. 

Usually I make my husband carry the two huge army duffle bags up the two flights of stair to my apartment but today I decided that I would try it myself. They are so heavy!! Also being the lazy by nature creature that I am I decided to carry both up at the same time. It was tough and I had to stop at the first landing but hey I did it. I think that is progress mentally for me to say to myself "hey why not carry those up myself and get a little arm workout" I am thinking of it as a small step to health. 

I am now off to go babysit one of the children who used to be in the preschool room that I work in. He is now a big kindergartner so I see him rarely. Should be fun and hey babysitting is easy money if you are good at it! I actually love babysitting because I am getting paid to play with a child, and have fun. Love it!

I am going to bring a book to read while the little one is in bed but depending on when he actually goes to bed if I have time I may do some crunches, push ups, and squats. Of course I don't want to be caught doing them when the mom comes home!! How awkward haha. If you have kids how would you feel if you came home to your babysitter doing crunches while the child sleeps??

Have a good night, make good choices, and try to get off your butt a little but only if you are on team Angie!!

Exercise..

Tonight I did my yoga dvd and walked 3mph (thats as fast as my little legs will walk) for 30 minutes. I think it would have been better to do that in reverse order because the yoga relaxed my tight leg muscles but then the treadmill made them a little sore again! 

As I just told Kud I am doing well on my exercise this week but you have to take into consideration that I am on school break and not working this week so it has been quite easy with all the free time. So I am really appreciating all the kudos I am getting from you all because I am hoping once life catches up to me I can still keep it up. 

Go Team Angie!

Done finally..

I have been cleaning all day! Organizing my pantry, hallway, kitchen, and bathroom to boot! I felt nice to get things done and I was able to clear out some stuff to send to goodwill. Sometimes it feels good to purge your life of stuff you just don't need. My to do list for the week is shrinking quickly!!

On the food front I had some soup for lunch and dinner was pizza hut (personal pan veggie) which is an amazingly different choice from what I would have eaten before! Lets just say it WOULD have been half of a large pepperoni pizza, extra cheese yes please!. I am still sitting comfy with 2 points to spare for an evening snack. 

PS my inner thighs are killing me from all those squats last night!

TEAM ANGIE!!

All righty kids its on..I am a team Angie girl and so ready for it! Please feel free to leave me a note if you are on my team I am always looking for people to share motivation with!

On a similar note I did 30 min on the treadmill, and met another weekly goal of completing on of my dvds (other than yoga). I did the The Firm Cardio Strength training video. I'm not going ot lie it totally kicked my ass and I was mad. There was one part that I just wasn't able to do it killed me. but to look on the bright side I am looking at it as a challenge. Next time I will be able to complete it and that will feel extra good. 

I still may do my yoga dvd before bed. It is a pretty easy beginner routine and it relaxes me more than I would have ever believed. I may become a yoga fanatic yet!

By the way can you tell I am not working today? 3 posts in one day!! Love it!

Evening plans

So the plans for the evening, dinner and treadmill w/ biggest loser. I am hoping to do some walking and maybe running during commercials. After biggest loser maybe some yoga, bath and bed. 

Since I am not working this week I have a lot of plans. Mostly including cleaning and reorganizing my apartment to get ready for the coming semester. I always feel better when I have a orderly home. Which by the way never happens! So I have a pretty hefty list to work on but I got a good start today. I put away my Christmas tree, got the dog's nails cut, visited the daycare, and ran some store errands. Tomorrow is the Laundromat (big time), organizing my pantry, and cleaning out entrance/hallway of my place. 

I definitely got my water in today which is good because it makes a huge difference in how I feel in general. I have found that buying bottled water makes it much easier for me to get my water in. I know that it is a waste of money, bad for the environment etc. but it works for me so I am sticking with it. At least I recycle and I do refill the bottles once or twice and put them back in the fridge. The fact that the water is cold, portable, and available makes a big difference. 

Yay Employment!!

So I have been waiting for a grant to come though for my job at the daycare and it finally did! Although I will be without pay for two weeks this month due to timing I am glad to know that I will be back at work soon. It is so hard to find a job that is flexible with a full time school schedule and I love working with the children. 

So good news this morning!!

One down..

When I got home from my ww meeting tonight I felt pretty good so I decided to do my yoga DVD so that is one goal met for the week!! Woo.

Wow..

So I went to Victoria's Secret today to get a new bra, picked out three I thought would work and headed to the fitting room. On my way in I made the mistake of asking the sales associate if she could find me the bra I was wearing because I wasn't sure exactly what it's name was. She checked my tag and went to find me one. 

When she came back she and gave me the bra I put it on...knock knock knock. Me- Uh yeah? with the door cracked. In she walks, PANIC!! I have no shirt on!!! She checked the fit and stood there chatting with me. It was so Awkward!! Every bra I tried I rushed but she kept checking on me and coming in. It was really horrifying for me. SHe was just doing her job, she wasn't really pushy, and she was really comfortable. 

It wasn't as traumatic as I thought it would be but next time I will probably say I am ok on my own. It was basically my worst fat girl nightmare for another person (besides my husband) seeing my stomach, stretchmarks and all. 

It did however make me feel a little better that a month ago I would have looked much worse. I was also a little proud that I was able to stand there topless and talk to the sales associate without dying. I guess thats progress. 

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2 part post

As I get ready to head out the door this morning I am concerned that I have gained weight, my scale says 1-2 lbs. It frustrates me so much because I counted every point, got activity, and drank water. I am hoping it is wrong, because like times before I am afraid that gaining will make me lose my motivation. 

1 Hour later

I'm back from weighing in and yeah I gained 1.2lbs. It sucks and I am a little disappointed. 

Ok you may now enter the conversation in my head.....

Well I stayed within my points this week, I counted everything that entered my mouth, I should have lost something!

I exercised and earned 13 activity points of which I only ate 2. I should have lost something. How can I gain on my third week of weight watchers? What am I doing wrong? Dammit not again!!

Ok well maybe my muscles are a little heavy from all the walking I did yesterday. I know that dinner was really high in sodium, and I didn't drink as much water as I should have this week. Ok well I just bought some healthy groceries and I am feeling better about my body. Next week should be a decent loss.

I have no choice but to push on. 

Exit my head.

So the question is do I keep working out? DO I just focus on my diet? Will it balance out?

Obvious??

I just realized something that I thought I would share with you guys, do you have Netflicks? I do and I had never thought to look for work out DVDs on it before today. There are some good ones, including some that you can stream on your computer right away. A good way to test out a DVD and see if it is worth buying for sure! I think I will add the JM 30 day Shred since it has gotten such good reviews online. 

Of course it would also be good if I used the ones I already own..oops. I have the Jillian M frontside and backside DVDs, as well as a firm resistance band workout, and a walk away the pounds DVD that I haven't even opened yet! I think I may have to make a plan to get those into rotation. Maybe workout dvd night once a week to start? 

Ok so weekly goals for this week are...

-Do one complete workout Dvd 

-Do yoga once this week

- Drink 64oz of water a day

- Lose 1lb

Beat!!

Wow I just got home from my road trip and man am I exhausted!! I bet we walked about 3+ hours straight! Two of them in Ikea alone. It was a really good time. 

Food could definitely been better but when on the road it happens. I started the day with a granola bar, a slice of pizza for lunch with a diet coke, and finished off with a cheeseburger and fries. The burger was on the small side and I ate about 3/4 of it and about 10 fries. It really was a poor choice but I had the points to cover it and it could have been worse. I also indulged in half a bag of peanut M&Ms, YUM. 

I weigh in tomorrow morning hopefully all the salt from dinner today won't bog me down too much and I will see my 1 pound goal loss! I am completely within my points for the week with about 9 activity points to spare so I should be good for a loss. 

Also on the NEWS front I signed up for 

SO here we go!!!

BOSTON

Road Trip tomorrow!! I am heading to Boston with my husband, my friend and her husband. Her husband lived in Boston so he is driving and taking us to the fun places in Boston. My request was IKEA, we are also going to Quincy Market and Newbury Street. 

We will be eating out for lunch and dinner (not sure where) but it will be balanced out by all the walking we will be doing. I have 3 flex points and 4 activity points on top of my 26 daily points so I am feeling ok about it. 

I'll let ya know if I find any good finds!!

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Yoga tryout

So a day late but thats ok. I tried out my yoga kit and it was really good. It was my first time trying yoga in general and I found the Firm DVD to be really easy to follow. It was 30 minutes and pretty easy. I found that yoga is great because I was able to do the moves to the extent that I was physically comfortable with. I will definitely be doing it more often and would recomend the DVD and especially the kit to anyone who is interested in trying yoga. 

I heart Jeans

Kind of a strange comment for a girl who is battling her weight. I love love love jeans. I hate hate hate muffin top. For me 90% of the time Jeans=Muffin top so I was pleasantly surprised today when I tried on some of my jeans. 

Ok let me back up a little, about 2 months ago I came acrossed some very cute American Eagle jeans at the local Marshalls for a rediculously low price. I loved them, they didn't nessessarily love me but I bought them anyways. Two pairs actually. They are denim trouser type pants, you know the kind that can be worn dressy or casual. Normally probably $40-50, I got them from for $16.98 come on who wouldn't have bought them? Well they were really tight, too tight to wear and caused serious muffintop. 

Ok back to my point, I tried them on today and was really pleasently surprised by the lack of muffin top. I bet I will be wearing them very comfortably by this time next month. Victory!!

It is amazing how much 5-10lbs can make in your body. I had completely forgotten how fast your body can change in the beginning of your weight loss.  My goal in my weight loss has always been to be able to dress in the clothes that i love, to invest in really nice clothes knowing that they will look good and last forever. I love fashion and cannot wait until I can rock out anything I want and feel good about myself. 

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