Weigh-In Wednesday

i couldn't believe the number this morning... so i took a picture... i had to keep stepping on the scale just to make sure it was correct. on the scale. off the scale. on the scale. off the scale. 179.8... that is a 3.8 pound loss from last week and a total of 13.2 pounds total since the beginning of the year! and i am already in the 170's! who would think i would be SO EXCITED to be in the 170's!! 

How did you do this week?!

Next weigh-in: Wednesday, January 30th.

a new semester.

blog posts may slow down, just a little, as i have started another semester of grad school... i am pushing it a little by taking THREE graduate courses...and one of them being statistics (shoot me now). but, by taking three now means i will only have ONE more course to take in the summer and then i will have my masters degree in educational leadership and administration. ONE MORE!! :)

i definitely plan to blog a weight update every wednesday, but keeping up with posts daily could be more difficult... the good news is... i am still taking pictures of food and gathering blog post ideas in my head when i probably should be studying.

(Tim's chicken fajita dish... without the fajita!)

using the "lose it" app has really helped me stay focused on eating healthy and just staying within a reasonable calorie intake. last week, i consumed more calories than the week before...i'm wondering if i will have a bigger or smaller weight loss tomorrow than last wednesday because i ate way more than the week before. i know that when your body is getting less calories it goes into "starvation" mode and hangs on to everything being eaten... i will admit. i was starving the week of january 7th, and i knew i had to up the calories or i would NEVER stick to this lifestyle.

finally, an updated picture of landon. he is getting big and just learned how to get the "Dadadada" sound of his little mouth. and now he is doing it ALL the time! i absolutely adore him.

Weigh Day tomorrow!!!

a confession.

i am ready to confess something. i am ready to admit something that i haven't been able to really say out loud. i recently mentioned it to tim last weekend... and it felt REALLY good to get it off my chest. here it goes...

i HATE yogurt. yep. you read correctly. HATE IT!

when i was young, i wanted nothing to do with it. it tasted sour. it made me gag. but then i started to diet, and i read how healthy yogurt is for you and thought... maybe my taste buds have changed. i remember thinking--i like baked beans now that i have "matured" i bet the same thing has happened with yogurt.

so i purchased my first yogurt. i had many girlfriends ranting and raving about chobani. i HAD to give it a shot. i didn't gag. in fact, i remember thinking... i could totally do yogurt. i would eat a chobani every day for lunch for over six months. over time, i starting to not "enjoy" it. i started to dread lunch because i packed yogurt. and then... i got pregnant...and HOLY FOOD AVERSION.

for the first time, since i was a child. i gagged on yogurt. i then began to gag on yogurt if the person next to me was eating it. i couldn't look at it. smell it. or even hear the foil being torn off the top without a gag.

so. needless to say, yogurt is not a part of my diet anymore. i wish i liked it. but i don't. I HATE IT. and don't even get me started on cooked carrots...

is there a healthy food you HATE?

my baby wears a helmet.

we have had a super busy wednesday! our day started off with another helmet appointment. landon's head is really changing and growing. however, he will still be wearing the helmet for at least another three months. we go for a measurement next week for another helmet... hopefully his third and LAST one.

i have to update my weigh in, of course... but thought i would share some random thoughts that a mom has when her baby wears a helmet.

1. my baby's head smells... not the good baby powder smell. i'm talking, wearing the same socks for three days straight in the same sneakers during a heatwave, smell.

2. i miss having a baby head to kiss and rub. but THANK GOD for the open air hole on the top that i can squeeze in a kiss... and that open hole is a PERFECT place to hold a ball... or a martini.

3. my baby loves people. he will stare, smile and reach to every stranger. i have tried to explain to him to stop drawing so much attention to himself. you are in a helmet!

4. my baby has one heck of a head butt. teeth... who needs them? (obviously, he doesn't) and a black and blue nose can easily be covered up by a touch of make up.

5. and finally, i can't WAIT for the day when we are told that my baby doesn't need to wear a helmet anymore... but until then... i will keep on blinging!! (NEXT DESIGN IS COMING SOON!!)

weigh day today. 183.6... that is 1.8 pound loss from last week. and 9.4 pounds total. next weigh-in is Wednesday, January 23rd.

How did your weigh-in go this week?!

last night's dinner...

 yesterday landon and i went out for a late lunch/early dinner with a friend and my mom at applebees... i ordered the soup and salad without checking the calories first (BIG MISTAKE)... the half salad was 600 calories!! i ate a little more than half... and decided to skip the soup all together since i had a light lunch before going to the restaurant.

however, i was hungry again around 7, so tim created a low calorie dinner to satisfy the feeling... he made turkey sandwiches on an english muffin with a homemade avocado spread... the whole thing ended up being about 240 calories. this was much better to finish off the night with than a bowl full of ice cream.

Weigh day tomorrow... hoping to see at least a one pound loss on the scale since last wednesday's big drop!

Have you ever been super surprised by the amount of calories in a food?

can i get you something to drink?

they say one of the best ways to lose weight is drink LOTS of water. but, i have a problem... i am very rarely thirsty. which leads me to my big question... why should i drink when i am not thirsty?

i seriously don't get thirsty. i remember training for the marathon and i hardly ever got thirsty or sweat (unless it was 100 degrees outside). and my brother... complete opposite... he would drink a massive amount and of course, sweat a massive amount when he was finished a run.

when i was pregnant, i had to force water down me all day. i had a water bottle i carried around and made myself drink two of them a day. it was a miserable time. i just hate drinking when i am not thirsty. but the problem is... i can go the WHOLE day without have anything to drink.

i am trying to include more water in my diet, but it has been difficult. i always have a glass before bed because that is finally when i feel thirsty. now, i am on a mission to figure out how to drink more than one glass a day... even adding one more would be a bonus.

do you drink when you are not thirsty?

Before Landon.

i realized that having a baby in my life has made it a little easier to eat healthy for one major reason.

tim and i don't have the time to eat out all the time like we used to.

on friday night we ordered a medium pizza... i kept within my calories eating only two slices. we then reheated the leftover pizza for saturday night and i ate only one slice but finished off the evening with one of my favorite drinks... birthday cake martini! back in the day, BL (before landon), tim and i would eat out friday and saturday night.... and sunday. and monday. and tuesday...........

tonight, we enjoyed a nice big salad full of veggies and tim measured out a homemade balsamic vinaigrette to mix in... i added some tuna fish to mine and the whole salad ended up being about 350 calories.

hoping to kick off the week on a great note... looking forward to hitting the two week mark of eating healthy... i always feel if i can stay focused for two weeks, counting calories always gets much easier.

Do you find it difficult to eat healthy when you eat out?

a stroller success!

back in december, i made a list of small rewards i would receive for every five pounds i lost... hard to believe, but after the first week, i already earned my first one! i love candles... they really make a home feel and smell more... well... homey. last night, i went to bed, bath, and beyond and smelled about twenty candles until i came across the one...

this morning, i woke up excited to get together with another new mom. landon and i have been staying in a lot because of the chilly weather (and i am "THAT" mom who is PETRIFIED of taking him out in public places right now because of the flu)... so the idea of getting together with a friend and enjoying an afternoon together was just what i needed!

we caught up on life as new moms and i ate my favorite salad from saladworks... the greek salad! afterwards, my friend came up with the idea to take our little ones on a stroller ride. i was looking forward to getting some exercise, but at the same time, knew landon's track record in the stroller.

since he was born, he was a disaster in the stroller. he would scream. and cry. i remember tim and i taking him out in the summer, and the poor guy screamed the whole time as people watched us walk our new baby. i went out on a few walks with friends and their babies. i would watch as their little ones either played with toys calmly or fell asleep as my baby started to melt down. our last stroller ride was november 12th and i swore to myself i was DONE taking him out for rides.

but, i decided to give it another shot... and it was an absolute success. for the VERY FIRST TIME, since he was born... he fell asleep on a stroller ride...

just like MOST babies do.

(beautiful, precious, sleeping babies)