297 whooo hoooo

So I weighed in today at 297!!!! soooo exciting to see small results :) they feel huge to me. I did Zumba twice this week already, and will be doing it tonight at 6! I had a few mishaps this week as far as eating goes, like chic-fil-A nuggets instead of a grilled sandwich, 2 servings of taco salad instead of just 1 and some fruit. I also had a box of reeces pieces :/ when I should have shared them. I can say that having a short term goal to start out with has been very helpful, and not discouraging. I don't feel guilty about the mishaps, I just focus on not doing them repetitively. I've tried just cutting back everything at once and it lasted a week. One time I ate an entire box of nutty buttys b/c i felt deprived of chocolate and sweets...... At the beginning of this week i was doing really well about not eating sweets, and I had a moment of...... lets just say a small anxiety sweets attack. My heart was racing and I was feigning for cookies cake chocolate whatever had sugar in it. I needed help before I ate an entire bag of Inergy cookies, so i asked Mike Worley here at Livn what was happening to me. He explained to me that my body can't just go without something I've been with for over 20 yrs. He suggested to open a pack of sugar put a little in your mouth and follow it with a sweet apple or a piece of toast with jelly. I did the apple thing and it actually worked. Now mentally I was like phhhh yaw right! That is not going to taste like no cookie! but the point was is that it didn't have to. And it worked. SOOOO I'll be buying some sweet apples and some low calorie caramel dip :)

Anyhow, I will be leaving for TX tomorrow to see my family. This will be the first time away from my hubby since we've been married. I think it would be good for us. Granted we adore each other most of the time lol... but I love the feeling of refreshed acquaintances. I mean we do work together, and time spent apart is cut down to grocery shopping and shower time. Am I the only one who thinks a couple days apart is not a bad thing????

- Still LIVN!!!! whooo hooo

Weekly progress!

So, I haven't blogged in a week and a half and thought I would share some progress with you all! Last week I did Zumba 3 times (Mon, Thurs, sun) and I made sure that Breakfast was my biggest meal of the day, and that I actually ate it! I missed my morning snacks b/c I simply forgot :( I made sure that I got my 25 grams of fiber in a day, thanks to Todd Littleton (Livnnsidout's owner) and I LOST 2lbs in 4 days!!!!!!!!!! soooo you guys come do Zumba with me! Next week my goal is to work out 4 days instead of 3!

I love you all that support me :) its so encouraging to read your comments and to talk to you at the gym!

Life is starting to live thru me!

LivN makes me sleepy!

Living makes me sleepy!!!! Man my day felt so busy, but that's not hard to feel when your the master of conserving your own energy lol. My normal day goes a bit like this. Wake up at 7:15ish get to work by 8:15 sometimes this consist of playing with kids all morning, or being spit up on by babies, even stepping into the little girls barber shop of toddler hair dressing! Then lunch, then back to work til 4ish. Then we head home get fast food, eat together, and lounge on the couch. I'm so lazy sometimes that i can get the baby to bring me stuff.

BUT!!!! Today was different:) same work schedule, but got off went to the grocery store for taco salad ingredients, which was interesting. I always bought the bag of lettuce instead of using fresh lettuce, you know to save time on not having to chop it myself. And since I've never bought a head of lettuce, I've discovered that cabbage is not the same as a head of lettuce, altho they look the same..... i stood there holding both of them in my hands wondering why they have a different name. So.... i called Mrs Jill as i do for everything including food questions, b/c she's the best nutritionist ever! and she told me which one to get. And stated clearly that i really didn't want to get the cabbage for taco salad. She didn't tell me why. ......

So i got home put up groceries made and dressed the Delicious salad ate and felt great for about 30 mins. Then i ended up in the bathroom for 30 mins not a good one :/ come to find out i purchased the cabbage instead of lettuce. Man that stuff goes right thru ya!

Anyhow, while i was cooking I gave Kamden a tortilla chip and he choked on it :( in all my 7 yrs of child care and being CPR and First aide certified nothing prepares you for how your going to feel as you see your child choke, i was terrified! I tried not to display my emotions as i did what i was trained to do and push up on his abdomen, and my husband scooped his mouth with his finger and got the soggy chip out. Kamden didn't even cry he just looked at us like something was wrong with us, and then wanted more. phew! I'm so glad he is ok!

It's 8pm and I'm exhausted. I told my husband today that now i see why people who are living a healthy, spiritual and active life style go to bed so early! Hopefully this is the start to awesome sleep and a fun filled LIVN day tomorrow!

OH YEAH! for you grammatically correct people whom I absolutely adore :) I don't care if all my I's aren't capitalized and i misspell some words!!! And if i forget a comma or 2 consider it exercise by running ;) all of this slang texting and instant message stuff has messed up my well taught vocabulary.

I will be doing Zumba on Thur's at 6pm..... I'm suppose to work out 3 times a week to start off. So if anyone would like to join me please do!

I lived today so I'm sleeping good tonight!

Life is worth LivN!

This year i've decided that my life is worth living! If your wandering why I've spelled the word LivN instead of living in my title..... Its because our slogan at LivNNsidout Wellness complex is all about life and how we're living it! I got hired on in 2008 to work part time in the best gym childcare that ever will exist! And since then I've gained about 40lbs. Which is horrible b/c not only do i get a free membership to a gym that has an all natural non-processed restraunt (Inergy) i get to work out on the best equipment and do some cardio in a huge cinema that has better technology then a movie theatre! And we have Zumba! these are just a few of my favorite things! I'm not here to try and sell you LivNNsidout! I'm just justifying why none of my excuses for gaining weight and not attempting to lose any are going to work. I have two darling children both boys, 7 and an 18 month old. My husband is the greatest! He does majority of the housework, and he gets the diaper bag ready, gets up in the morning with both of them, takes my oldest one to school which btw is my son from a previous relationship, and he never complains!



I wanted to start this blog to track my weight loss and journal everyday why i eat, what makes me hungry and what i'm doing when i'm hungry! Today, January 4th was my first day of new eating habbits and workout challenges. I weighed in today at 303 lbs. Im 5'5 and in the worst shape i've been in my entire life. You see i've always been a heavy girl weighing in around 170-190 but i was tone and felt great! Thanks to God i've never had any health issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholestoral. etc.... But this yr i've made up my mind to get out of the Lazy mess i've allowed myself to get in and make a diffrence in my life as well as everyone around me.



The goal my nutritionist set for me is i need to eat breakfast, something i never do... also a snack of 100 calories before lunch and one before dinnner, then a healthy dinner at that.... today i ate 2 granola bars, and water!..... i was so busy at work by the time my stomach was growling it was 11:45 so i ate a quesodilla from Inergy restraunt that contained brown rice, black beans, chipotle sauce, steack and cheese. I only ate half of it :) then for a snack i ate the rest of the barbque chips from home which i know wasnt very good but i did snack and i didn't eat to many! Then i headed to the gym for Zumba class at 7pm. After an awesom 45 mins of shaking my bom bom! I ate a turkey melt on whole wheat bread with cheese and carrots on it. No dressing !!!



I must say this was a good day b/c normally i dont' eat breakfast just lunch and dinner and its usually a but load of fast food! So go me!



I'm pooped have a good night! Till tommorow sweet dreams!



-I Lived today!