Im here!

I know i know i have been slacking. I have had sick kids lately so its been heard. Ill update progress soon. I just started this new class called Ripped. Its so hard but so fun! I love it. You sweat buckets and are sore all week from it. WONDERFUL! Grown men go in to the class and are dying. Love it! The trainer is amazing. She pushes you to keep going and helps to make sure your doing things right. She is great! Find a class that you love it helps so much!

Weight In!

Ok , so when I woke up today I was so nervous because I knew I would be having to step on the scale and see a weeks worth result. I haven't weighed myself all week.. well for one cause my scale is broke and two cause I really wanted to just work hard and see what happened in a week. I was completely surprised to see I had lost 5 lbs exactly in one week! Its such a boost to know that your hard work is paying off. I owe Terry, my father in law a huge thank you for helping me with weight training and my mother in law and sister in law for being so willing to watch the kids while I go to the gym! 25 more pounds to go by March 1st. I can do this!

Eating Clean!

I have sorta ate "clean" the last month or so but this week is when I do it full blown forever. 80% of weight loss is done in the kitchen 20% is done in the gym. Which means if your goal is to loss weight you HAVE to eat healthy! Its so much better for you anyways.. plus I like to think if I do it now and the kids grow up like this they may not be 24 yrs old and having to change how they eat completely. Hopefully it will just be a great habit I teach them!:) Here is a website that that explains Clean Eating to the T. Wish me luck!

http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/getting-started/

Weigh In Day!

I guess Wednsdays will be the days I post pictures and the weigh in numbers! Today in the gym was cardio. 20 Min on the eliptical and 15 min on the step machine and then I work on abs. I alternate days of lifting and cardio! 

Tip of the day: Choose Fresh fruit/veggies, then frozen, then canned. Canned veggies and fruits are your last option if needed. Kents Market ALWAYS has their frozen veggies for 99 cents. Stock up when you can, fresh can be pricey sometimes!:)

The Start!

When Nick got deployed I decided that spending time in the gym would help pass time. In September I didn't like working out, I would have rathered sit home watch my shows and play with the kids. But I needed something to make my days go back quicker with out Nick. I didn't except to fall in love with the gym. I have lost 30 pounds since September and now have a love for the gym! If I can do it you can too!

•  I work out for an hour a day Monday-Saturday. I don't stress about going..If i don't have a sitter I don't go. If there is something els that we have planned I don't stress about making it to the gym. Its tough enough to balance kids on your own and to make it to the gym everyday. I do my best to balance both! Don't stress about it!
• Making healthy meals for your kids/family and yourself can get tough to please them all. What I have found to work out best is I haven't changed what the kids eat.. I just have changed what I eat. For example- Tonight I we are eating Baja Chicken. The kids will have a baked potatoes and some corn. I will have the chicken and some salad. Just cause your eating different doesn't mean it has to be hard to make meals! I also like to make extra chicken so I can eat in for lunches.
• Protein! I have bought the protein whey from wal mart and bodybuilding.com. I much rather the bodybuilding.com taste over Wal Marts. I drink on for breakfast usually, I'm not a big breakfast eater, and a snack and then one right after my work out. This helps build muscle and muscle burns FAT! At first I had to choke this stuff down. Now I actually like it!
• Reward yourself! But remember your not a dog so don't reward yourself with food. I reward myself with gym clothes! I really love this yoga pants from Victoria Secrets. So when I loss 10 more pounds I get to order them!:) Find something you want/need and work for it. Do small goals so you can reward yourself often but still work for your reward!
• Take pictures of yourself! I hate this! But I do it. It helps me look back and think "How did ever let myself go like that". It will remind you why your working so hard and you also can see your progress through out.
• Drink Water.... A LOT of it! Your body needs to be hydrated to loss weight and gain muscle. When you pee clear ... that's when you know your hydrated! (OK this is hard for me because my vitamins make my pee neon yellow.) But try drinking about a gallon a day! NO POP! Your body is not made to digest pop and it is awful for you body! It also expands your stomach and eat more then needed! So NO POP!

I fallow the work out plan on bodybuilding.com under the fat loss program! It kicks my butt but I love it! I also use the vitamins that they suggest off there as well! Its a great website for food plans, work outs and tips! Ill be posting a picture and my weight each week! Follow me with my weight lost goals and getting fit!