Weigh-In, Etc. Etc.

Well its my time of the month, so I wasn't expecting a big weight loss but is still a little disappointing. I only lost .4 this week. I know I may be a bit hard on myself, but I really work out intensely and to see only 153.0 is a bit shocking. I feel like I've been in the 150s forever. I just feel totally frustrated. Feel like going order a pizza and just eat it alone. But that won't do me one bit of good. I bet I would be feeling like crap if I were to do that so instead I'll just work extra hard this week hoping the scale is a bit more kind to me. I really need to work on my core this week. I'm sure you ladies know that after having children things get really lose in that area. Since I'm only 5'2, I have to work really hard at toning. It seems that the more I lose the more I think I might have to get a tummy tuck. Its weird to even consider that. I've NEVER had any type of surgery whatsoever so I'm not certain that's the route I want to take but its a thought just the same. I've had four kids. Two were over 8 lbs., one was over 10lbs. and one was over 7lbs. So I have a ton of toning to do in that area. I have 17 lbs. to go so I suppose I may reconsider going that route once I hit my goal weight. Well I have to go figure out what to do with the kids today. Have a good week everyone!

Dee~

Weigh-In, Etc. Etc.

Well last week was an extremely long and stressful week. If you have in-laws, you know how much of a burden they can be when they come to visit for an entire week. All I can say is that I'm soooooooooo glad my fil has gone back home to Louisiana!! For the most part, his visiting was nice but on the other hand, there were many moments where he could have been murdered lol. Anyway, I'm definitely glad to be back to normal!!

Stepped on the scale bright and early before my 6 am workout and I was VERY thrilled to see 153.4!!!!!!! I didn't sleep very well at all last week and I only managed to get in THREE freakin' workouts(boy was I pissed about that). But it seems that I gave it my all during those workouts and I got unexpected results on the scale. I think keeping up with my water intake and eating the right foods obviously helped:) It would be soooooooo awesome to be in the 140s next week but I don't know if I can pull off another 3lbs. weight loss unless I REALLY kick it up a notch this week. It would be great if I had a punching bag in my "gym" area of the basement. There is something about punching, jabbing, and kicking that brings out the most intensity in me. I am going to have to do some shopping around for one of those stand alone types of punching bags. It would be a great addition to my equipment. Well, motherhood calls as I need to get some fuel in my system before the little ones wake up (can't believe its 8 am and they're still sleeping!!!!!). Have a great week ya'll!!!

Dee~

Weigh-In, Etc. Etc.

I'm happy to report that I'm now 155 lbs.!!!! 19 lbs. to go before reaching my goal. I feel absolutely fantastic. I never thought I would be able to accomplish this with four young children, but I'm making it happen. I'm now in a comfortable size 10(I seriously need to take some updated pics.) The only downfall to my weight loss journey is that I'm getting extremely unorganized and its driving me insane!! I have almost a garbage bag full of important documents to shred and sort threw. It makes me sick just thinking about it:( Anyway, it really makes no sense to cry over something that won't get done unless I do it. Hubby "cleans" in his own little way. We know how men are lol. I'm starting to really get into cardio kickboxing, so if you have many recommendations for exercise DVDs to check out, I would love to hear from you:)I'm current doing Jillian Michael's The Biggest Winner-Cardio Kickboxing and I just love it!! Its a very intense 30 min. I sweat buckets every time I do this workout. Well, I guess I'll cut this short since I have some major cleaning to do before my fil arrives tomorrow. Have a great week everybody!!

Dee~

Quick Note

Sorry I haven't updated in over a week but with the holiday weekend and preparing for my father-in-law visiting this upcoming week(from Louisiana), I've been running around like a mad woman getting things in order around here. I will definitely update on Monday after I've had a second to breathe!!

Dee~

Weigh-In, Etc. Etc.

Sorry this is so late but I desperately needed to clean my house today. It was getting out of hand and driving me insane!!!I almost broke my neck on a toy last night! Anywho, I lost 1.1 lbs., bringing me to 156.3. I wasn't expecting that much since AF is here(for you guys, that's aunt flow, aka my period). I retain water like the Hoover Dam during my time of the month. Oh well, no sense crying over it. A loss is a loss!I also didn't drink nearly as much water as I normally would. For some reason, I just couldn't get around to drinking it all last week. Today, I finished with 120 oz. I'm trying to increase that but I have no clue how I would even be able to go on with my day with the repeated trips to the bathroom. I need to change up my workout routine. I got obsessed with the elliptical machine for the last few weeks and I think I might do nothing but exercise dvds for the remainder of the week to get some newness into the mix. I would use my treadmill, but the last time I used it, it started making this extremely loud noise when I would run 4mph or more. I have no idea how to go about getting it serviced:( Probably will cost me more to get it fixed than what it costs. Oh well, I need to figure out what to eat for a healthy snack then I'm going to some reading. Have a great week ya'll!!

Dee~

Halfway there

I normally only blog once a week, but I wanted to reflect a little on how far I've traveled on this journey and how much further I need to go. When I started this blog, I weighed in at 179.2 and I'm now 157.4. I feel awesome!!I have so much more energy nowadays. Its great to get so many things accomplished without feeling like a slug. For NSV, I'm now in a very comfortable size 10!!!!I haven't been that size since my 2nd child was born. I caught a sale at the Fashion Bug and stocked up on capris and I just knew there was no way I could fit into a size 10. Boy was I ever wrong!!It feels good to know that everything I'm doing for my body is working. I really hope that I'm inspiring someone out there. Even though I'm a mom of four children, I'm still thriving on this journey. I'm just in that "NOTHING can stop me" mode. I've been wondering if I should aim for 130 for my goal weight instead of the initial 136lb. goal that I set. I guess I'll access that thought once I see that number on the scale. As always I hope you all are having a great weekend!

Dee~

Weigh-In, Etc. Etc.

OMG!!!!I'm in the 150s!!!I can't believe it!!!3.1 lbs. down this week:D I have the biggest smile on my face today. NO case of the Mondays for me lol. My hubby was ecstatic for me as well. His support means a great deal to me. I don't think I could be on this journey without him in my corner. I did my bra shopping online since I completed one of my goals, which was to get down to 159. I actually surpassed that goal!!I feel like I could take on the world today. Accomplishment is a great energy booster. I joined this neat this blog giveaway today for a few prizes. Its a fun little way to keep on track with my weight loss goal. Learning from past eating mistakes and temptations. I hope that everyone has a terrific week out in the weight loss world. I might be back later but first I have to feed my rugrats.

Dee

Weigh-In, Etc. Etc.

160.5**
I'm so very close to my mini-goal of being in the 150s. I haven't been there since becoming pregnant with my 3rd child. I'm very pleased with how well I have been staying on track. I decided to take the day off from working out since I didn't get to bed until 1 am this morning. I don't think I would have been very productive even if I tried. Lately, I've fallen into the "frozen food diet" and I feel like I need to began cooking low calorie meals. I made Grilled Shrimp salad w/light ranch dressing which came to 437 calories. It was soooooooo good and filling!!!

I do think I've been lacking a little fiber so I've started taking Fibersure again. I've never been "regular" and I must tell you its no fun. I've also been trying to up my water intake. I can't seem to get in more than 100 oz a day. I wonder if that's enough though.

I've been really good so far with getting the kids out of the house daily(weather permitting). It makes me feel good seeing them enjoy being outside and its also a good way to have a great nap time lol. I'm not sure what we're going to be doing tomorrow though. I think its going to be the first day in which I don't have anything planned for them.

I think I'm gonna relax now and get under my blanket since my loving husband insists on having the a/c on. Brrrrrrrr its 60F in the house!!!

Dee

Go Me!!!

This week I stepped it up a ton!! I lost FOUR pounds!!!!!!I'm on cloud nine regardless of the fact that its been raining for three days. Here's what I did for workouts this week:

6/1/09 Monday

Elliptical
Miles: 4.84
Calories burned: 751
Time: 60:32 min.

6/2 Tuesday
Elliptical
5.08 miles, 60.21 min., 787 calories burned

10 tricep extensions
30 bicep curls (both using 10lb weights)
20 chest press (using resistance bands)
10 min stretch

6/3 Wednesday
Running: Treadmill
Event Type: Uncategorized
Time: 01:17:47
Distance: 8.38 mi
Elevation Gain: --
Calories: 1,012 C

Copied from Garmin: Device Forerunner 50

6/4 Thursday-Rest

6/5 Friday
Elliptical
45 min.
4.08 miles
633 calories

6/6 Saturday
Elliptical
5.19 miles, 804 calories, 60:25 min.
100 crunches
20 bicep curls

6/7 rest

I'm super proud of myself:) I really focused on myself and did really well with my calories. I stayed within 1200-1300 calories everyday. I found new foods to try so that I wouldn't get bored. I didn't think it would be easy to get full off of such a low calorie amount, but its totally possible.


I can't wait until this horrible weather clears. The kids are driving me insane! They insist on waking up before 7am. This is not cool for a mom who's never ever going to be a morning person. BLAH!! Oh well, nothing lasts forever right? I suppose I should feed the kids since they've been up for about an hour. Have a great week everyone!!

Dee

Randomness

Today started off sort of blah but once I realized that it was such a petty thing to get upset over, the day ended up being totally awesome!!We went out for dinner and people were amazed at how well all FOUR of our children behaved. I get this reaction a lot actually. My kids are 6, 3, 2, and 7 1/2months old. Sometimes we wonder how we are blessed to have such amazing human beings. I can go anywhere with them and I honestly don't cringe or hope they don't do something to totally embarrass us:)Its truly a great feeling:)

I decided to see how long it would take me to do 10,000 steps on my treadmill yesterday. I finished at 1 hour 10 min. I ran most of it and burned a just under 600 calories!!I was very sore when I woke up this morning lol. I like challenging myself and I felt totally awesome that I got through it without one complaint.

My 30th birthday is next Friday!!!I'm actually happy about turning 30. I still remember when my mom turned 30 and was outside on our back steps crying like a baby. I still don't get what the big deal is about. I feel awesome!!Its just a freakin' number imo. I'm going to have a girl's night out on my birthday and I can't wait!!I refuse to let life pass me by. I'm loving life by living it.

Tomorrow I have a park play date with a friend in the neighborhood. The kids really enjoying spending time with them. I make sure to get them out as much as possible. Kids have tons of energy that needs to be burned daily. I need to renew our Zoo membership now that I'm thinking about it. We also have a membership to the Aquarium, so I'm sure to keep my bunch busy this summer.

Well, I think I'm gonna settle down for the night. Have a great one!

Dee

Contentment

Last night was great!!Got to hang out with a bunch of moms and NO kids!!!I so needed some "me" time. The pic is me before leaving. It's my new favorite:)I've had a great day so far. Clarence took the kids outside and to the park, so I had quite a bit of time alone. It was too quiet in here!

I weighed in this morning at 165.3. Three more ounces would have been great lol, but I'll take it. I don't know what it is, but suddenly I have a desire to run when I'm on the treadmill. I ran a whole 3 miles yesterday without stopping and I actually enjoyed it. I NEVER thought in a million years that I would ever get to that point in my exercise routine.

Well I'm going to continue to enjoy my care free weekend. Have a good one!

Dee

Okay I guess

Loss .9 pounds, bringing me to 166 even. I was kind of disappointed with that number today. I assumed I was going to be about 164:( Clarence(husband)thinks I expect too much of myself and may be he's right. Well a loss is a loss and at least I'm headed in the right direction, even though its a little slow than I would like.

Its Mother's Day weekend and I informed Clarence weeks ago and many times after that I would like to celebrate today and not on Sunday because everywhere you go on Mother's Day, its crowded. I would like to be surprised for once instead of having to plan my own day. Here we sit in our pajamas. He also said the yard would get cut today. Is 11:21 am and we're suppose to get more rain again. He's currently playing a game on the XBox 360. If I have to go out and cut the grass myself after taking care of four children everyday, its gonna be hell on earth in this house. Clarence is not an outdoors person at all. I think if he had his way, he would only be outside to get in and out of the van to commute to and from work. I'm going to end this now because I'm getting pretty pissed when I'm trying to give him a chance to rectify the day.

Dee

Holding Steady:)

I'm still at 166.9 and I'm super happy about that. You may be wondering why I'm not upset? Well, I had some great food that I really shouldn't have eaten but it was my anniversary and girl's got to get wined and dined a little. I did awesome on exercising and burned over 800 calories on some days. I'm not going to cry about how I didn't lose anything because I did awesome at maintaining. I can't believe I'm EXACTLY what I was last week. Its kind of awesome. To me, it means that my metabolism is doing its job:)Next week I hope to be down to 163 or 164. I must admit the Chinese food was soooooo awesome:)The key is definitely moderation and LOTS of H20!!

I've been thinking about purchasing a kitchen scale to monitor my calories more efficiently but I haven't come across one that I'm willing to spend the money on. My main goal is to stay within my calorie range of 1400 calories a day. As I get closer to my goal, I may drop it down to 1200. Well no sense in talking about it now, although I'm very sure I will get there in no time flat:)

As for non-scale victories(NSV), I'm officially in a size 11!!!!NO laying on the bed to zip my skirt, NO inhaling to get it over my stomach!!!I'm too happy about that:)(Pics coming soon).

I think we're just going to hang around the house this weekend. I think everyone is due for some downtime. Next weekend we're going to take the kids to MN Zoo. Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far:)


Delisha

Eager!

I don't know what came over me yesterday but I looked so forward to working out. So much in fact, that I actually exercised twice. It was awesome!!!But I'm paying for it this morning. I'm so sore:( But its a good sore:) I'm hoping today will go similar but with four kids,everyday can be totally different from the other.

Today is my wedding anniversary. I love Clarence so very much:)He's changed my life from the moment I saw him. I just knew the second I looked at him that he was going to be my husband. I know many people say that but I honestly thought that and I was so right:)Here's a picture of us on our wedding day

We won't be celebrating until tomorrow since its a work day for him. We snuggled in bed most of the morning. I didn't want to let him go but he has a deadline to meet at work so back to reality. If I had my way, we would go away to somewhere exotic for a few days. I know it will happen in time though. Its just hard sometimes not having any family nearby. But whats most important is the fact that we have a great marriage and respect each other.

Well the kids are getting rowdy, so I'm going to get them some breakfast and send Malique off to school. Have a good day everyone!

Dee

166.9 lbs. =)

I'm really happy that I now weigh 166.9!!For some strange reason, I was actually EAGER to workout each day this week. I didn't workout on Tuesday because I was just exhausted from mommy stuff and actually took a nap!!So I exercised 4 out of 7. Not too bad, but I prefer to get in at least 5 days a week. I feel as if I'm started to get bored with what I currently eat daily, so I will definitely be looking for some new ideas and recipes for the upcoming week.

Today we took the kids to a Easter party hosted by my mommy group(Prior Lake Moms)
Here's a few pics of my gang:
Kaine
Saiya Norah
Malique (right)
Daddy(Clarence) helping Ayannia
I think tomorrow is going to be a PJ day. I have been on the road a bit much this week with the kids, so I think we're due for some down time.

I've decided that sometime this week I will try the "Deck of Cards" workout Jillian Michaels suggested as a training tip on Biggest Loser last week. I think its an awesome way to keep me excited about exercising. Those first 10 minutes I have to literally keep saying "you can do this, you want this" until my body wakes up and gets with the program.

Well, I'm off to start my lazy 24 hours in PJs. I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Dee

Weigh-In, Etc. Etc.

Well my period started and I didn't lose any weight this week. I'm still holding steady at 168.2. I don't know if the Wii Fit aided in maintaining or if it helped me lose. I retain a lot of water when its that TOM. So I probably won't really see my actual weight loss until the next weigh in. I'm going to go back to traditional workouts. I just feel that I will see more results that way. I'm posting two pics of myself(can't believe I'm doing this) the first one at 168 an the 2nd at 191.






I've been thinking about what I'm going to do today in regards to exercise and I haven't settled on any yet. I usually have something in mind by the time I get the kids up but not today.

The weather calls for rain all day:(The sun won't be making an appearance today. That's okay with me since I only planned to do laundry today anyway. Time for me to refill my water bottle. Have a great week everyone!

Dee

Long Week; Wii Fit

Sorry I'm so late in posting this but with a big family to look after, my time is not always my own. So the last week has been absolute hell. Everyone has had this nasty bug. I can't begin to tell you how many loads of laundry I've done or how many times we've had to bathe the kids in one day because they ended up puking on themselves among other things. It was one of the moments that made me feel like it was never going to end no matter what. I'm so glad its over. Now its time to get all these germs out of the house an clean up the yard. Still haven't figured out how I'm going to do that with two kids at school and two and home, all at different times of the day.....BLAH!!



I've decided that since I use my Wii Fit on a regular basis that I will give it a go to see if it aids in weight loss. I started yesterday and slept GREAT last night. I did the Super Hula Hoop three times, the free step for 20 minutes, some yoga poses(love the Sun Salutation),and some other exercises I can't think of at the moment. I've been looking online through sources such as you tube and notice that many people have tried this with great success. I did 1 hour and 16 minutes yesterday and I'm very sore this morning. I think it was the hula hoop exercises.

I'm hoping that I can get the kids outside today for some backyard play. Its suppose to reach the mid 60s today!! I didn't think that Minnesota could get temps like this lol. This has been THE longest winter ever. Well I'm off to do some housework before Kaine has to go to preschool.

Dee

Exhausted, Frustrated, Tired

So my 6 year old son Malique is not feeling well. Went upstairs this morning to wake him for breakfast but smelled something unreal in the boys' room. Apparently, he vomited last night, didn't bother to tell anyone and also did #2. I actually cried at the sight of my son not only sleeping in that filth but not bothering to tell anyone. I have spent the entire day cleaning up after him along with taking care of his three siblings. I'm TIRED!! Guess what just happened a few minutes ago??? Malique screams and cries(vomited/pooped) yet didn't let anyone know. I'm so pissed and tired. Being a parent is the hardest job I've ever had. So I'm pretty sure our Easter Holiday weekend is shot to hell. How do you go somewhere praying that your kid won't throw up all over himself???I have no clue what to do with the other three yet keep it low key. We were going to surprise them by taking them to the MN Zoo to see the Farm Babies and take pictures with Peter Rabbit:(Man I don't know how the hell I got through this damn day. I hope this stress doesn't affect my weigh-in tomorrow. I really need to get out of this house but I don't think it would be fair to leave Clarence home with the kids and he's still not 100% from his illness that started last week. Going to relax (if that's possible)and watch some TV with hubby.

Dee

Weigh-In(Day Late)

Yesterday we took the kids to the local book fair and then to the Mall of America for lunch then down to the Underwater Adventures Aquarium. It was a LONG day but we had a great time! The kids all passed out on the ride home:)It was an awesome day. I can't believe we woke up to snow this morning. WTF??Its freakin' April...ughhhhhhhh!!Being from Louisiana, this is culture shock for me. I mean they are wearing shorts in my native state right now. Mother Nature is losing her damn mind.

With all of yesterday's events, I didn't get to weigh-in. This morning I weighed in at 168.4!!That works for me:)I was secretly hoping for a little more of a loss but that sure beats gaining weight and beating myself up. Getting to watch the Wild play the Detroit Red Wings in a few minutes. We have GOT to win this on or our chances at the playoffs are pretty much shot to hell.

Finally!!!

Out of the 170s for good!!! Weighed in today at 169.8. Although I barely made it out of the 170s, I'm damn proud to be moving in the right direction. Yesterday was just too hectic to squeeze in a few minutes to weigh-in, so Saturday will be the new day for that. I work out Monday through Friday so that will be okay. I had some pretty high-intensity workouts this past week. I'm really proud that I'm managing to get that hour to myself to get back into shape every evening. Clarence watches the kids so that I can really focus on me. I really love him for that. It doesn't take much to make me happy.:)Besides I'm NOT a morning person. I felt like I was just getting it over with instead of getting the maximum benefit from working out.

Dee