Weight Loss Goal #2 Down

Today was weigh in day....and I did it!!  I weighed exactly 220lbs this morning.  It was close actually.  Yesterday I ate waaaayy to much (that's another post in itself) and was 1000 calories over my intake.  So last night I worked out and burned 450 calories.  So worth it.  Now that I've made my goal I feel a renewed sense of purpose.  I will be making sure I really watch my eating.  I kind of slacked the past few days.

Anyway, I'm excited to spend an afternoon reading.  I just have to find a day to do it. LOL

Weight Loss Goal #3:

June 30th - 215lbs.

Reward:

Open a new Bath & Body Works Lotion.

Here we go!

Feeling Tired

I have not been able to go to sleep until 1:30am the past few nights and now I feel so tired.  I don't feel like I have the energy to workout, but I know I need to so I think I'll do some walking and then a short Kinect workout.  Hopefully that will get me energized again.

Also, I have felt more hungry the past few days which has made it really hard to not eat more and stay under my calories.  I did not eat well yesterday. Well last night mostly.  Pizza and enchiladas.  2 cups of milk.  Mostly I just ate too much.  My stomach really felt overfull.  

So back to eating great today.  Breakfast was scrambled eggs, a banana, and 1% milk.  I need to go drink a couple glasses of water though and maybe chew some gum so I don't keep trying to eat.

Healthy Sunday Dinner

Pretty fantastic dinner today.  We grilled Teriyaki Chicken Kabobs! YUM!

These were pretty healthy.  I'm not quite sure how it works nutrition wise when you marinate the meat, but I don't think it's all that much more.  Here's the recipe:

Teriyaki Chicken Kabobs

Marinade: 

1 can of citrus soda (usually 7up, but I only had Squirt)

1 cup of soy sauce

1/2 cup oil

1/2 tsp ginger

Cut up 2 chicken breasts into 1in cubes.  Put in a tupperware container (I use those Ziploc or Gladware tossable ones) with the marinade.  Marinade in the fridge for at least an hour.

When you're ready to grill alternate the chicken cubes with pineapple on a bamboo skewer.  Grill for 10 min.

Weight Loss Goal #1 Down

I told you it wouldn't take me very long to get back down to 225 after the family reunion.  I weighed this morning and came in at 222.2 lbs.  Oh yeah!

So I enjoyed a nice long hot shower as my reward.

Weight Loss Goal #2

This one should be pretty easy also.  Especially since I'm under 225 already.  My goal is to weigh 220 lbs by June 15.  That's 2.2 lbs in just over a week.  So if I eat right and keep my calories down and burn 200 calories per workout per day, I should be good to go.

This goal's reward:

Spend an afternoon reading.  :)

Here we go!

New Furniture - This one's for Rachel H.

We got new furniture back in March and I've been meaning to post pics of them, but I hadn't had a chance.  So here they are:

Couch

Loveseat

Together in the Living Room

I have a chair that matches also, but right now it's in Myelle's room covered in stuffed animals.  Erick needed a recliner to sleep in after his surgery so his parents gave us their old one and it's in the living room right now.

Here's the table, chairs, and bench that we got.

We love, love, love our new furniture!  And we got it all for just over $1000.

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On the weight loss side of things, I did not reach my goal today.  I was so close.  I did good through Saturday (225.2), but I ate too much at the family reunion and Dad's birthday party Sunday and Monday.  Today I weighed 229.2, but I think it will come off quickly.  I felt sick to be honest and I didn't even eat that much.  I did drink a lot of Pina Colada that my Aunt Margie made though.

So once I get down to 225 I will post my next goal.  Today, I worked out hard and ate really well and I feel much better.  My goal this week is to drink more water & burn at least 200 calories in my workouts.  As usual, my caloric intake will be 1650.

Checking In

So we're halfway to my first Weight Loss Deadline.  May 31 is only 5 days away.  This morning I weighed 227.8 only 2.8lbs to go.  In 5 days, I think that's totally mine.  

I'm on day 2 of no pop.  I told you, pop is a hard thing for me to give up, but I've been drinking water every time I want something to drink.

Yesterday, I walked around the green belt at Jensen's Grove.  I think it's a mile.  Today's workout will just be some Kinect Fitness, Yoga & stretching, and an ab workout.  The Physical Therapist says I need to really work on stabilizing my core.  So I'll be hitting those exercises hard.

Oh and my reward for hitting 225lbs....?  

A long hot shower. LOL

Maybe silly to you, but I can't even remember the last time I got a long hot shower.  

Weight Loss Goals

I've been watching The Biggest Loser faithfully this season and I've come to the decision that it is time for me to make solid goals and lose weight.  For real this time.  I've written down weight loss goals from now until I reach my goal weight and they seem reasonable and very doable.

So starting today I weight 231lbs.  My goal weight is 150lbs.  That's 81 lbs and it may seem like a lot. Actually let's get real.  It is a lot of weight to lose, but I know I can do it.  I'm putting in place a good support system and I know I'll be able to make my goals and change my life.

So my first weight loss goal is to weigh 225 lbs by May 31.  That's 6 lbs and very doable.

I'm going to lose that 6 lbs by cutting down on my calories.  Paying attention to not drink as much pop. (I'm really bad at that and it's hard to cut it out completely for me, but I'm working on it.) Also I'm going to work out at least 30 min 2x a week.

I want to thank my friend Emily that has helped inspire me to get going on this because of her dedication towards her own weight loss.