Mini Goal Reward

When I get to -20lbs (196.8lbs) I am going to buy these shoes! Yeah buddy! They are expensive, but I need better running shoes!

A Little Too Perfect

Yesterday I purchased some Zone Perfect nutrition bars so I would have breakfast bars at work... I bought the chocolate chip cookie dough ones. OMG! They are crazy delicious! Are just like eating raw cookie dough, no joke! I had one for a snack yesterday afternoon and TWO today! One for breakfast and one after lunch! BAD BAD BAD!!!! I will NEVER buy them again! Or at least not a whole box at a time!

Nutrition Facts:
Calories: 180
Fat: 5g
Carbs: 24g
Protein: 10g

Teeter Tot Hotdish

Okay, dieting is the worst! I hate worrying about food all day long! If I eat this now, then I can't have this later... Bleh! I haven't gotten back to the Atkin's WOE (way of eating) and I haven't totally gone crazy either... I am somewhere in the middle. I don't know what to do... I feel okay, but I also know that Atkin's is the only way I will lose weight quickly and effectively. Am I not cut out for Atkin's, do I need a slower integration of weening off carbs? This isn't really a great time to be "testing" out what is gonna work or not work, but I am stumped.

I have been trying to only eat refined carbs on work out days and eat lower carb on "off" days with a free day on Mondays... But I ate a sandwich for lunch today, tsk, tsk! Still under my calories though!

Do I have too many rules? Too little self control? IDK, guess I will just work out today too!

Trying Something New... Or So I thought!

Last week I started the Couch to 5K program with help from the C25K app for iphone. It really is neat. I paid $2.99 for it (plus .99) for the GPS feature. Anyhoo, it is so easy to use. You can still pick all your music out of the itunes playlists and there is an alert and "coach" telling you when to run and walk. After the workout, you then journal how you felt and plug your weight in to see how many calories you burned. The GPS feature tracks your total distance as well as pace/walk and pace/run. I think it is just so cool! Now if only I could run the whole time I am supposed to!

So since starting this workout I decided that I would eat a few refined carbs on workout days ONLY... I was doing really good for 2 days, but then the weekend came along. Friday night Applebee's, Saturday was an allowed day, as I did my run in the morning, but I went overboard, and Sunday was not supposed to have been an eat whatever day. Mondays are to be my only free days, but I have yet to get through a weekend without failure.

This weekend I will be good. My workout days this week are:
Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday. So I will allow myself a very small amount of refined carbs these days... No fried foods or junk! Maybe a slice of bread, baked potato or CUP of pasta.

Double Digits Paradise Countdown - 97 Days To Be Exact!

Ok, so I know that I am the ONLY one that is truly excited about my wedding, but seriously, I never thought I would even get married. It just wasn't on my radar. No one I dated previously made me think it would be a good idea. Even when Randall and I first started dating (6 years ago), a wedding was something that we cringed about whenever people would ask. We are late bloomers I guess! Once we decided it was something we were/are ready for, it has just been so easy and almost effortless to plan. Which is shocking because when I plan things for other people it HAS GOT TO BE PERFECT or I lose my mind! Or maybe the details and plans are just not as important as what the wedding day will be for us.

We are so excited to not only get married, but being able to go on vacation with our family & friends is going to incredible. I mean think about it, we are going to Jamaica with almost everyone we truly love. It will be so cool to always have someone to hang out with no matter the activity. I for one, will NOT be snorkeling or doing much swimming in the ocean as I don't like feeling seaweed or god forbid fish/sea life on me! LOL! I love the beach, I love walking on the beach, I love the sound of the waves and of course love the sun! I will do my fair share of wading, but don't like to get too deep into the ocean... Too much sand in nooks & crannies! And I would hate for Randall to miss out on those things, just because he has no one to go with. So it's gonna be just perfect!

Shifting Gears

Well I didn't lose any weight this week... But I also didn't gain. It was terribly hard to try and get back on the diet train after last weekend. I have to find a way to fight for myself and my heath!

I have changed my short term goals... instead of shooting for 115lbs, which is my overall goal, I am going to focus on getting to 169lbs. Which would be considered an "overweight" and not "obese" BMI. If my target for each week is 3.5 lbs, I should be there by 11/4/11, just in time for the wedding! That would be great!