a ruined weekend.

this weekend was a rough one. we had a small get together with friends last night. and of course i ate my face off. chips and dip. pasta in a heavy cream sauce. homemade garlic bread. cookies. cadbury mini eggs. jelly beans. and more.

today we had a retirement party to attend. and of course they had appetizers galore! i ate cheesesteak bites. crab cakes. cupcakes. chicken wrapped in bacon. hummus on a pita. and i ended the night with more cadbury mini eggs. it was a mess.

it took all my might to do the shred tonight. i kept thinking "i am ruining my whole diet plan. i ate THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS worth of calories this weekend." the shred is going to do NOTHING for me if i keep eating the way i do. but, i decided to push through and do it... and i will give you the honest reason why......

i wanted to check off the day on my "shred chart." the chart is on my fridge. i put it there for a reason. the reason being...to stick to it. don't give up. complete ALL thirty days. (oh. and i am obsessed with using post-its... that could be the REAL reason why i did the shred tonight. to use a post-it.)

so day 4 of the shred is done. i felt gross doing it tonight and a little more miserable than usual knowing that i ate my face off this weekend. but it is done. and i am back to eating my normal way tomorrow.

have you ever felt miserable after falling off your healthy eating plan? i know i do... but i keep thinking this whole weight loss thing is a process and of course... tomorrow is a new day!! :)

The Shred... Take THREE!

I stepped on the scale this morning and it read 169.8.  i knew i had put it off for way too long. i am no longer in the 190s anymore. i have no excuse. so i did it.  i started Day 1 of The Shred.  i did The Shred back in September, and i seriously thought i was going to DIE with all that weight bouncing around. my knees hurt doing even doing ONE jumping jack. today, was a complete different story. i was able to do the whole workout with no pain and stopping only once.

(THANK YOU PINTEREST!) 

here is my 30 day shred calendar... i printed it out and put it on my fridge. if anyone has the DVD and would like to follow along, let me know!! oh and it is also free on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pc-NizMgg8)... it helps me tremendously when other people are holding me accountable and doing things with me. 

i'll definitely be doing progress pictures after each level to see if there is a change. hoping i can do this!! wish me luck!

Weigh-In Wednesday

i should be back to blogging more than once a week... because i am finished TWO grad courses for the spring semester! woot! woot!!! i just wrapped up the last one on monday night. and it feels amazing... almost like the feeling i got when i stepped on the scale this morning. 170.8. that is a weight loss of 1.8 pounds this week. and a total of 22.2 pounds since the new year.

it feels good to say that i am only about fourteen pounds away from pre-pregnancy weight. and not almost forty pounds away!! i kept saying in my mind that i would start exercising when i got in the 160's... well they are so close! i can't believe how excited i am to see the 160's!

i stopped counting calories about two weeks ago. i know i shouldn't have, but eating only 1200 calories a day was killing me. i now know how many calories are in certain snacks. and i am just trying to pick healthy choices and eat smaller portion sizes.

i have also always allowed myself even when i started back in january a food that i LOVE every day. this week it has been a scoop of chocolate ice cream. but for the past couple of months it has been the OREO cookie... my FAVORITE.

next weigh in: Wednesday, March 20th.

how did you do this week?

do you have a favorite treat you love to eat? obviously mine is chocolate!! :)

Wednesday Weigh-In

I've been slacking on blog posting simply because i have been super overwhelmed with grad school. i don't know what i was thinking this semester balancing three grad courses and a baby. seriously. but the good news is statistics was a 4 week intense class. and my ethics class was an 8 week long accelerated course... so that means this time next week, i will be down to only ONE grad course!! but let me tell you, the last eight weeks of my life have been HORRIBLE. just ask tim. or my mom. or landon. or even my cat.

even though i have been highly stressed, i have still managed to lose weight this week. the new number is 172.6. that puts me down 2 pounds this week and 20.4 pounds total since the new year! i have earned my 20 pound reward! a manicure!

i am going to be honest about this weeks weight loss... i had a massive stomach bug on sunday night/monday. and i just started to eat some light food last night. i'm pretty sure "the bug" probably helped contribute to my weight loss this week.

and i'll end today's post with an update on our little guy. he is NINE months today. and honestly, in the past month, he has developed a little personality. he is becoming more determined which has caused him to start doing the old army crawl. he is getting faster and faster every day. he lights up a room. literally... he has learned to turn off and on the light switches! and he smiles ALL the time. just saying a word to him brings a huge smile to his face. tim and i are absolutely adoring him and enjoying every second with him.

Happy NINE months Landon Robert!!

Weigh In Wednesday and an Update

I thought i would start this post with a helmet update. Landon has been wearing a helmet 23 hours a day since September 17th. i am going to be honest, i was really sad when we first put him in a helmet. i never got the chance to be a mom who had a head I could kiss all day. or smell the fresh baby powder smell. instead i kissed plastic. and smelled sweaty socks. but this is a process i am SO HAPPY we decided to do for our little guy. without a doubt, it was the HARDEST decision we had to make as a family but one i don't regret for even a second. 

We are on our third and final helmet. the nice helmet lady told us we have around six weeks left of wearing a helmet full time...give or take. SIX WEEKS!!!! that seems like nothing. there are a couple of places that need to grow in still on his head... and few places that need to be pushed around. and then we will be good to go... 

How many of you moms out there have THREE molds of your baby's head... talk about lucky! ;)

 The biggest change is his cheeks! his face is finally becoming symmetrical!

 In this picture you can see the eye pop out along with his forehead... 

 September 17th

February 17th

And here is Landon sporting his new helmet!

Weighed in this morning... 174.6. that is a .6 weight loss... I'll take it!! :)

Next weigh in: Wednesday, March 6th.

Weekly Calorie Intake

HOLY RED!!!!!!!!!

Weigh In Wednesday

Stepped on the scale this morning. 175.2... that is a gain of .2 pounds. not getting too worked up about it. it is the first time i gained in seven weeks! and such a small one at that!  i still have been doing a decent job not losing control and staying pretty close to my weekly calorie amount.

still no exercise. ugh. i had two simple goals this month. lose seven pounds. and exercise ONCE a week for thirty minutes. okay. this will be the week. i will feel the burn this week. i am determined to be successful with just one of my goals. :)

this guy doesn't seem to mind that i haven't started exercising yet.........

Next weigh in: Wednesday, February 27th.

How did you do this week?

Weekly Calorie Intake

i meant to post this yesterday but was completely swamped with school work. and i mean SWAMPED! i have one more day to try to meet my goal of exercising just once this week... tomorrow has to be the day... just thirty minutes.