Tuesday June 29th
Food: egg whites, whole wheat bagel thin, hummous and whole wheat wheat thins, whole wheat mini pita with tuna and lettuce, avocado, greek yogurt
Water: ALOT! 95oz so far
Workout- 30 minutes on the stair master, my achin buns!
Weight: 154.4
Dear Bloggery-
One of the best parts of trying to loose weight is the first time you do your weigh in and your weight has gone down. What a good feeling! When you have really worked hard to accomplish something and you get rewarded for that hard work! I am learning alot about myself lately. One of my biggest realizations is that I have had no patience apparently. Which holds true in many aspects of my life. I don't want to wait for anything, I want it right now! Maybe it's the American condition we all have. Instant gratification is all we ever seek. So with this goal of getting healthy and staying that way, I just want those immediate results so bad. In college it seemed like all I had to do was work out and eat less for like a week and I dropped 5 lbs and 2 pant sizes. Now, in my old age, that is not the case. As I focus more on getting the inside of me feeling better along with the outside I am reminding myself that good things come to those who wait. Waiting for the right time. Waiting for the weight to drop. Waiting for my wedding date. Enjoying the moment that I am in now and not wishing life way. 3 pounds down, 12 to go to hit my wedding weight goal.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Just keep swimming!
Sunday June 27th
Weight- Weigh in tomorrow (wish me luck)
Food:
Breakfast-Egg whites and reduced fat wheat bisquit
Water- 20oz
Work out- today is my off day, ahhh a day of rest
Just keep swimming!
So I will admit there have been ups and downs this week. The last few days of the week I was very sore from my classes and feeling discouraged with the new way of eating. Now almost a full week down of focused diet and exercise I am feeling grand. Here are a few obstacles I have run into that i'm sure all of you hard working Mom's experience as well. Time!!! Time is the hardest thing sometimes because there is only so much of it in the day. It takes a lot of time to prepare food for the day. To prepare a seperate snack or meal for yourself on top of feeding your family. Because lets be honest not all of your family members wants to focus their diet around lean protein and fruits n veggies all day everyday. It is also hard sometimes to find and make the time to workout. With our busy schedules you either have to get up early before everyone else, work out on your break from work, or find someone to watch your children while you go work out. Making time for this stuff for me makes me feel guilty. I feel guilty that i'm not at home with my family or working on the house or wedding planning. There is that element of constant wifely motherly guilt that plagues me some days when I am putting myself higher on the priority list than I think that I should be. I am hoping as this journey continues this guilty feeling I get will be replaced by a feeling of self worth and peace. Which will be a focus of mine this week in devotions and time spent in the word and in prayer. Another obstacle I have run into is that rough patch you hit mid week. Mid week I am tired, I am sore, I am tired of eating so much healthy stuff and basically bored with bland. Here's what i'm doing to help that. First off I reached out to my best friend Lacey for a pep-talk/reminder of why I am doing this and why this is important. She is always a good person for me to seek with advice or encouragement because she knows just what to say to me. Do you have a person in your life who can be on your side? Someone who you can ask for a pep talk from to keep you going? Find that person so that you have a support team. It's hard to swim against the current of society. More than half of our society does not eat this way, they do not think this way or see value in living a healthy lifestyle. Swimming against the current though, fighting the urges and pressure of unhealthy living will only make us stronger. In the words of one of my favorite Disney characters "Just keep swimming just keep swimming". Tomorrow I will document my progress, but no matter what the numbers are I already know I am feeling great! I feel like I am back to me! I am getting healthy on the inside and out. Thank you God for this opportunity to reconnect with myself and with you! Friends, this week what can you do to make yourself important, what can you do to re-focus and replinish you mind body and spirit? Much luck and love.
Bloggin Bride-
Chrystan
Weight- Weigh in tomorrow (wish me luck)
Food:
Breakfast-Egg whites and reduced fat wheat bisquit
Water- 20oz
Work out- today is my off day, ahhh a day of rest
Just keep swimming!
So I will admit there have been ups and downs this week. The last few days of the week I was very sore from my classes and feeling discouraged with the new way of eating. Now almost a full week down of focused diet and exercise I am feeling grand. Here are a few obstacles I have run into that i'm sure all of you hard working Mom's experience as well. Time!!! Time is the hardest thing sometimes because there is only so much of it in the day. It takes a lot of time to prepare food for the day. To prepare a seperate snack or meal for yourself on top of feeding your family. Because lets be honest not all of your family members wants to focus their diet around lean protein and fruits n veggies all day everyday. It is also hard sometimes to find and make the time to workout. With our busy schedules you either have to get up early before everyone else, work out on your break from work, or find someone to watch your children while you go work out. Making time for this stuff for me makes me feel guilty. I feel guilty that i'm not at home with my family or working on the house or wedding planning. There is that element of constant wifely motherly guilt that plagues me some days when I am putting myself higher on the priority list than I think that I should be. I am hoping as this journey continues this guilty feeling I get will be replaced by a feeling of self worth and peace. Which will be a focus of mine this week in devotions and time spent in the word and in prayer. Another obstacle I have run into is that rough patch you hit mid week. Mid week I am tired, I am sore, I am tired of eating so much healthy stuff and basically bored with bland. Here's what i'm doing to help that. First off I reached out to my best friend Lacey for a pep-talk/reminder of why I am doing this and why this is important. She is always a good person for me to seek with advice or encouragement because she knows just what to say to me. Do you have a person in your life who can be on your side? Someone who you can ask for a pep talk from to keep you going? Find that person so that you have a support team. It's hard to swim against the current of society. More than half of our society does not eat this way, they do not think this way or see value in living a healthy lifestyle. Swimming against the current though, fighting the urges and pressure of unhealthy living will only make us stronger. In the words of one of my favorite Disney characters "Just keep swimming just keep swimming". Tomorrow I will document my progress, but no matter what the numbers are I already know I am feeling great! I feel like I am back to me! I am getting healthy on the inside and out. Thank you God for this opportunity to reconnect with myself and with you! Friends, this week what can you do to make yourself important, what can you do to re-focus and replinish you mind body and spirit? Much luck and love.
Bloggin Bride-
Chrystan
Monday, June 21, 2010
This is expensive!!!
June 21st, 2010
Weight:158
Work out: 1 hour session with Chasity, 30 minutes on Stair master (almost died)
Breakfast: Protein Shake, Whole Wheat Bagel Thin
Snack: green beans, whole wheat wheat thins, hummous
Lunch: whole wheat pita stuffed with steak strips (dinner left over) salad and sun dried tomato dressing, 30 calorie weight watcher treat
Snack: greek strawberry yogurt
Dinner: Taco Salad (meat, black beans, plain greek yogurt, salsa, corn, avocado)
Water: 60oz/96oz
Dear Bloggage :)
Starting off on a good note but i've already run into some challenges. I went shopping lastnight after reviewing my Eat Clean Cookbook. The Eat Clean idea is something that I think in theory is great. It really is the way to go for a lifestyle change that can last forever. HOWEVER, it is expensive and hard to find a lot of the ingredients in your local grocery store. And seriously who has time to go anywhere but Price Chopper, HyVee or Walmart. I mean if it's not there, it's not going home with me! :) Which lead me to think, no wonder our society's obesity rates are so high, it's pricey to live like this! Below are recent obesity rates for the US right now:
USA Obesity Rates Reach Epidemic Proportions
58 Million Overweight; 40 Million Obese; 3 Million morbidly Obese
Eight out of 10 over 25's Overweight
78% of American's not meeting basic activity level recommendations
25% completely Sedentary
76% increase in Type II diabetes in adults 30-40 yrs old since 1990
But here is an estimate of what i've spent so far on this venture:
$320.00 Gym/work out fees
$100 on healthy food for the week (ass opposed to a usual $50-75)
$60 on protein shake, omega vitamins, and multivitamin
Not to mention clothes and tennis shoes appropriate for a butt kicking workout!
I am already inspired to continue to research this topic and see how we can help our lower class adults and children eat healthy and stay fit. The center for disease control has a lot of information regarding the comparison of income and obesity rates. Check it out!
On another note, my workout kicked my butt this morning. It was a little embarassing working out with someone watching my every move! What if I farted!!!! I'm so used to working out with friends that i'm just not used to that sort of one-on-one attention during my workouts. Hopefully I will get over that soon so I can enjoy the ass-kicking Chasity gives me!
Alright friends that's enough for today! Get out there and do something active tonight, go on a walk together, put the baby in the jogging stroller and run down to the park! More soon.
Chrystan
Bridemomma :)
Weight:158
Work out: 1 hour session with Chasity, 30 minutes on Stair master (almost died)
Breakfast: Protein Shake, Whole Wheat Bagel Thin
Snack: green beans, whole wheat wheat thins, hummous
Lunch: whole wheat pita stuffed with steak strips (dinner left over) salad and sun dried tomato dressing, 30 calorie weight watcher treat
Snack: greek strawberry yogurt
Dinner: Taco Salad (meat, black beans, plain greek yogurt, salsa, corn, avocado)
Water: 60oz/96oz
Dear Bloggage :)
Starting off on a good note but i've already run into some challenges. I went shopping lastnight after reviewing my Eat Clean Cookbook. The Eat Clean idea is something that I think in theory is great. It really is the way to go for a lifestyle change that can last forever. HOWEVER, it is expensive and hard to find a lot of the ingredients in your local grocery store. And seriously who has time to go anywhere but Price Chopper, HyVee or Walmart. I mean if it's not there, it's not going home with me! :) Which lead me to think, no wonder our society's obesity rates are so high, it's pricey to live like this! Below are recent obesity rates for the US right now:
USA Obesity Rates Reach Epidemic Proportions
58 Million Overweight; 40 Million Obese; 3 Million morbidly Obese
Eight out of 10 over 25's Overweight
78% of American's not meeting basic activity level recommendations
25% completely Sedentary
76% increase in Type II diabetes in adults 30-40 yrs old since 1990
But here is an estimate of what i've spent so far on this venture:
$320.00 Gym/work out fees
$100 on healthy food for the week (ass opposed to a usual $50-75)
$60 on protein shake, omega vitamins, and multivitamin
Not to mention clothes and tennis shoes appropriate for a butt kicking workout!
I am already inspired to continue to research this topic and see how we can help our lower class adults and children eat healthy and stay fit. The center for disease control has a lot of information regarding the comparison of income and obesity rates. Check it out!
On another note, my workout kicked my butt this morning. It was a little embarassing working out with someone watching my every move! What if I farted!!!! I'm so used to working out with friends that i'm just not used to that sort of one-on-one attention during my workouts. Hopefully I will get over that soon so I can enjoy the ass-kicking Chasity gives me!
Alright friends that's enough for today! Get out there and do something active tonight, go on a walk together, put the baby in the jogging stroller and run down to the park! More soon.
Chrystan
Bridemomma :)
Bridemomma meets her new challenge!
I'm engaged! I'm a single mom, now getting married in October of this year. There's so much to do, so much going on but there is a necessary first step, my health both physical and mental! No one wants to be a chubby bride! So I am hitting the gym in my new adventure to tone up and get healthier! This is not the first time I have said this of myself. Not the first time I have dieted or pumped up the work outs, so I want this time to be different. We've all been learning this day in age that it's all about a life change. Changing the way you think about food, they way you live your life, how you cook, how you eat, when you eat, how intense your workout is and so much more! I knew exactly where to go to get help with this new journey, trainer Chasity Ciaramitaro. Chasity is a personal trainer at my former gym and also owns and runs Studio Fit in Kansas City. I signed up for Bridal Bootcamp, for $300 I get unlimited classes (zumba, body fit, strength training etc.), 6 personal training sessions, a nutrition plan specifically for me, unlimited use of Anytime Fitness in Kansas City and 2 months of unlimited tanning (yay!). When I signed up I was super pumped, I am taking the necessary steps to improve myself physically and mentally. Last week I went to my first one on one session with Chasity. We did all my measurements and weight and percentages and all this other stuff I couldn't tell you what it is. I left feeling very large and not in charge. 158 pounds! Who is this person? How did I gain 15 lbs this year!!! What in the world have I been doing? I don't eat awful, I am a pretty active person, so how did this happen? Ahh haa, I will tell you. As mom's, women, wives, daughters, sisters, friends and employees we tend to put everyone else in our life ahead of our needs and wants. They get our full attention and we get whatever is left at the end of the day. So what does that mean for us women, maybe 10-20 minutes of time at the end of the day to do what with, watch TV? Maybe squeeze in a bath or devotional and pour ourselves into bed. No one at that rate, at that level of exhaustion can be healthy or maintaint a healthy life style. I realized in my reflection that I was giving all of me to Cohen, Adam, my family, my job, my friends, my church and leaving nothing but left overs for myself. So here I stand at 158 pounds saying I need to make time for myself so that i'm not overweight, leading an unhealthy lifestyle and under nurished in sleep and the word. My Bridal Boot camp is a total make over for me, to spend this time leading up to my new life with Adam and our family preparing to make this new change a life long one. I thought, what better way to hold myself accountable than to create a public diary (blog) to document the challenges I am facing and the goals I am attaining. Below will be my first blog that started really lastnight and the grocery store and moved into this mornings training session. Realize, there is no prefection here, I am only writing to help myself and possibly other women who are burning the candle at both ends. I am not a trainer, I am not a nutritionist, I am not a pastor, I am only a Mother and Woman ready for a change. I am challenging myself for the next 124 days and beyond to be better to myself so that I can be a stronger woman of God, wife, mom, friend, boss and employee. Care to join...
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