Day 26 of 60lbs

I am getting a little anxious about losing the 3.8lbs in the next 6 days.

It is times like these when I need help on balancing my food intake with appropriate calories and nutritional value.

I know it is possible to lose the weight... people on BL do it all the time, although I know I don't have as much to lose as some of the contestants, I still know it is possible.

I am still nursing which throws another curve ball to the mix.

There is a trainer at the gym that is awesome.

I really want her to train me.

I would obey her.
{ I promise.}

But then I just read my quote of the day calendar and it says,

"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time." -Anna Frued

Hmph....

I watched the Suns game highlights on ESPN at the gym this morning and it was nice to see the win last night. We were lucky enough to get it broadcast out on the east coast. I was texting my dad throughout the game. I sent a text that said, " mess up so I can see you on T.V."
He text back with " love you guys."
Well, it was worth a shot right?
( my dad does the score board and/or the 24 second shot clock for all the Suns games)
Pretty cool to see your dad on T.V sometimes.

A huge snowstorm is coming tonight... I REALLY hope it snows more than 5 inches... because then Superman wont have to fly tomorrow morning! I really don't like this cold weather, but I guess it could have some benefits.


I am going to organize the house today.
I just started laughing after typing that sentence. But really I am going to try.
And then I am going to get out my sewing machine and GO. GO. GO.
I whipped up some cute little V-Day hair clippies that I am sending to some lovely people.
Infact... if you want one, and you will cause they are TO DIE FOR CUTE! Then leave me a little comment and I am going to pick one lucky person to send a little valentine to!
Who knows... maybe even 2 peeps!

Day 24 of 60lbs

We returned safely from Charlotte!

We had so much fun with the Lenzi's!

Lucy and Katelyn are getting better... although I am pretty sure we had some serious PMS going on with the dolls for a day or 2!

Makes for some real interesting situations!

I indulged while on mini-vaca.

We ate at Melting Pot... it was DELICIOUS,

just how I last remembered it.

We ate cinnamon rolls and frozen yogurt at IKEA
and I bought some new pillow covers for our couch pillows.

Oh, and we had Chinese... I have been craving it, and superman doesn't like it unless it is from Panda Express... and let's face it, that resembles NOTHING like chinese!

I was certain that I had blown my caloric intake all but 1 day....

But I was aware of my choices.

I hopped right back into things when I returned home and the scale didn't hate me that much.

I am
DOWN
1.2 lbs

Not too bad considering my indulgent ways!?!

I still have some work to do to catch up... I have 3.8 lbs to lose before the 4th of February- basically in 7 days to stay right on course.

The gym felt good after having 5 days off.
It is getting easier in many ways, harder in others.

The poll ended while I was in CLT.... so here you go.

BEfoRE

This is me being REal! So easy on the criticism....
this is taking alot of courage.

Day 17 of 60lbs

I worked out later than normal today.

I REALLY prefer working out in the mornings.

All the weird-o's come out in the 4-6pm hours.

If gym NAzI wants to talk gym etiquette with me then I am going to challenge her to come between those hours.

I feel like the gym should have posters up about how to dress appropriately.

Too many guys with too many lbs left to lose trying to look like they belong on "Jersey Shore"
(I haven't seen it yet, but it is all the buzz in all the trashy magz that I shuffle through while standing in line at the grocery store- and on Chelsey Lately). And seriously who wears jeans while they are working out? Pah-lease!

Too many women trying to look like they can pull of some skimpy little numbers that they are clearly NOT ready for!

And why does everyone smell like they just bathed in some $2 clearance body spray?

I am going to stick to my morning ritual from now on.

I stayed away from the cookies today.
I am off to North Carolina tomorrow to see my favorite Lenzi family!
Let's hope the girls can get along and the boys too!

"GTL" -out!

(minus the "T")

Day 16 of 60lbs

The Gym NaZI wasn't at the gym this morning!
Thank goodness.

About 2 months ago I made a double batch of THE best chocolate chip cookies... I have had the cookie dough in my freezer until I saw it in the refrigerator on Saturday night.
I asked Ben, " is the cookie dough in the fridge a hint?" He smiled and said, "yes, but we don't have any ice cream."
You see... since I have started my good eating and strict exercise... I have slowly weeded out and not bought anymore sweets.
I made the cookies last night.... they weren't very good.
Doubling the batch is not a good idea. Making 2 batches would have been a better idea and then combine them into one container.
But the thing is... there they were sitting on the counter all day long. They were flat, not like my usual fluffy ones, so I thought, "they are so thin, it wouldn't hurt that much to have one"
Well, then one turned to two, and then three.
BAD NEWS...
This was exactly why I hadn't un-thawed the dough and made the cookies.
Back to the gym tomorrow HARD CORE and I will do better I promise!

On another note... it was 50 degrees here yesterday and today! I took the kids for a ride in the
Red Wagon. It felt really good.

Day 15 of 60lbs

2.4

WHOOOHOOOOO!
I feel good about that number!
In 14 days I have lost 5 lbs!
I feel
{REALLY}
good about that number!

On another note:

I met the
"GYM NaZI"
this morning.

What a treat that was!
Just to give you a run-down of the event....

I woke up early to go to the gym today so Elizabeth and I
could still do our "mall-walk" at 8:30.

So, I was up at 7 and out the door to the gym.... I just finished my warm up- which by the way felt exhilarating after stepping on the scale and seeing the 2.4!
I proceeded over to the free-weights, which by the way is about the size of a volleyball court... nice size.
NOT A SOUL was there when I started.
I was in the ZONE with my purple i-pod shuffle of course.
I was about 1/3 done with my circuit from my bible aka Jillian Michaels "Making the Cut"
when little miss Smarty Pants interrupts me ...

MID-SQUAT

"are you using the 15lb weights right now?" to which I replied while LOOKING very directly over to the other rack of weights where another set of 15's were and said ,

"Um, no. Not right now"

She then lectured me on "gym etiquette"
"you know I don't mean to be so forward, but has anyone gone over gym etiquette with you? Because you shouldn't gather all of your stuff up and keep it to yourself. Other people might want to use those things and you shouldn't have these things out if you aren't using them right away."

(there were only 2 people now in the free weight area)

Do you know ... I had this look on my face like are you really going to bother me at 7:30 in the morning when I had like less than 3 hours of un-interrupted sleep last night?
And then I said, " thank you."

THANK YOU?
REALLY?????
Kristen, you idiot!

I know.... I really wish sometimes that I could say the right thing... at least the things that come to my mind for the next 12 min after being lectured by Gym NaZI.
(she was one of those old women who have nothing better to do with their time than correct people)
So annoying.

Let me tell you though... I was fired up and I took it out on my workout!
So it was rather productive.

And there you have it... I must be doing something right because I feel good and the numbers are dropping, even if I have Gym Nazi breathing down my neck.
ha.

Little baller

This one is for you Dad!
Love you

(click on words)

Day 12 of 60lbs

It is really nice that the weather is warming up these last few days! I never thought I would be so excited to see the 40's! I still like to wear my flip flops in this insane weather, it kind of makes me hopeful that the warm days will return soon!

I went to the gym really sore today. I have been doing the workouts from Jillian's book back to back when I should be resting in between.... so, I did cardio only today! It was actually really nice and kind of a break! I could focus on more intense cardio because I wasn't so whooped after my interval training!

The masses are starting to dwindle at the gym and I think it is kind of funny.

Eating is still a chore.. and by that I mean getting the right balance!

{BUT}

Tonight we went to the Walbeck's for dinner, they are like my #1 fans for this weight loss

-as far as I can tell anyways-

and they made dinner special for ME! They are so sweet and we are so thankful to have them as good friends here in WV! After dinner Amy and I went to their community gym/pool/rec-house that is

amaz-a-zing!

Someday, I hope to own a house that can have that kind of set-up in it full of the essentials in workout equipment.

We had a lot of fun, and the night ended with Lucy wetting herself and borrowing a pair of Lexi's pants to wear home!

So embarrassing.

Peter has his top 4 teeth coming in and it is a BEAR!

I feel so bad for my little boy-we call him "bigs" around here!

I did take a before picture.. actually Ben took it, I made him take like a thousand re-takes and he got really annoyed but whatever. Still undecided as to whether or not I am going to post... so go on over to the right hand side bar and vote away...

Have a good weekend!