Bloggin for Becky ;)

Time to get this blog up and running again (this blog is the only place I am willing to use the running word). It's summer and so much easier to convince myself to be active instead of hibernating and hiding from the snow, sleet and yuckiness that is Ohio in the winter. On top of that, my cousin Becky, my most loyal supporter, needs posts to read so she can keep me in line during her travels.

Also, you should always "know your numbers" I passed with flying colors for all of my health screenings, except weight. No surprise there, as that has been the same for these screenings for the past five years. My weight is 214. I'm owning up to that and the need to lose that 14 lbs and then continue from where I left off.

I've started working out with my trainer again, once a week, so that is also helping me feel more accountable. Also, I found a lifting routine that I feel comfortable with and is easy to squeeze in before work in the morning. Add in the blog and the fact that my entire family is on a health kick, and BOOM, inspiration.

My Mom and Dad are amazing, my Mom alone has lost 30 pounds since January just from eating right and working out. She is on fire! My Dad is keeping off his weight and although we have the same tendency to scarf pizza without taking a breath or chewing, he's doing great on making smarter choices too!

I've recently fallen in love with substituting zucchini for pasta. I bought a julienne peeler and it's my new best friend. I would sleep with the little bugger tucked under my pillow if I didn't think I would end up shredding myself during the midnight hours. You can top it with spaghetti sauce, lemon juice, balsamic, pesto... the list goes ever onward! I like it even better than spaghetti squash because 1. it's cheaper, 2. you don't have to wait for it to bake for 45 minutes and 3. it has a better taste than the squash.

Today I'm off to a good start with my whole grain cheerios (dry, because I rock at remembering my milk) and a banana. I've already had 5 glasses of water and for lunch I have some veggie stew that I made and froze a few weeks ago. Tonight I plan on taking the dog for a walk/jog as the weather is gorgeous... unless mother nature decides against it ie: allergies, storms and other random acts of God.

After I might grill out with a turkey burger, zucchini pasta topped with lemon juice and some broccoli. :) Happy Hump Day everyone!

Hello 2013!

Remember when I lost 60 pounds?

No worries, I was able to find 13 of it... they came back in the second half of 2012.

Which means that 2013 is dedicated to running away from those 13 plus the remaining 20 I'd previously set. So we're up to 33 pounds people. I expect you to help keep me in line, as I apparently can't rely on myself! I'm taking some baby steps towards getting back on track. Mainly I need to stay away from yummy food again and watch my protions. I've been at the gym at least four days a week, so the goal is to add one or two more with one day of rest. I really miss my trainer... I could use a good butt kicking right about now.

It's wedding season yet again with Bridesmaid duty #1 in March and Bridesmaid duty #2 in September. Weddings seem to be a good driving factor for me, so that's my goal... to be extremely easy on the eyes in those dresses ;)

Did I forget to mention it's Lent and I've given up meat again? Meat and chocolate chips. Two words... oh boy. Maybe another word... shit.

The world is making it hard this year... my mom ate bacon at breakfast in front of me this weekend, The Food Network is showing meat filled cooking shows and it seems everywhere I turn in the store there is some other delicious carnivoristic option dancing before my eyes.

Here's my weekend attempt at getting back on the veggie train.

Breakfast consisting of egg whites, tomatoes, green and red peppers, onions and a bit of cheese. All paired with the lowest calorie bread you can find...

 

Mashed Cauliflower. Not so bad, not so great. Not mashed potatoes... sooo this is essentially a stop gap option.

My new favorite thing! Hummus plate with, der, you guessed it, HUMMUS! Red pepper hummus to be accurate. Topped with brown rice, red peppers, onions, tomatoes, romaine and a bit of mozzarella. Should be feta but you gotta go with what you got.

So now you're caught up. I can feel your eagerness for more but believe me, we need to start off slow otherwise we might burn out.

Anyone have EASY & QUICK veggie meals they can suggest for the Lental season? You'll get to see my toodles and noodles here soon and after that I'm all out of options :)

Let's Vlog :)

It's almost...

My favorite time of the year. I love fall. I love the weather, I love the clouds, I love the colors of the changing leaves, I love apple cider and bonfires and hoodies. I love fall? My dad keeps telling me it's not fall yet, and Mother Nature is on his side... 90 and muggy today, but that doesn't stop me from being excited for Saturday which should be a nice, chilly high 60's kinda day on the lake :)

One of my BFFs, Danielle, and I share a birthday month. She made me the cutest OSU wreath to display on my front door. She got my creative juices flowing and I made her a wreath for her own birthday. We were both inspired by Pinterest, go figure.

 

Annnd now I want to make a crap ton more and try to sell them. They are SO cute. In other news... I have a cold that will not go away. Urgent care insists that it is my allergies. I'm sorry, but this gunk coming out of me is not allergy gunk, it's head cold gunk... get it right Mr. Volunteer Dr.

 

This weekend my cousin Michael and his gal Jenna are getting married. This will be my 5th wedding this summer with three more to go. So excited to see all my cousins and family and celebrate the happy occasion.

 

I've officially gotten into Insanity. I did my day five workout last night. I was supposed to do Cardio Recovery but I didn't have that video available to me... so I did Pure Cardio. I had gone to the gym earlier in the evening to get my chest/tricep lifting in, then got a quick 10 minutes in on the elliptical, then Insanity and then went for a walk with Kristy and Colbie. I'm tired, BUT I feel like I'm slowly getting back on track with my exercise... now to get hardcore on diet.

 

 

Today's lunch is similar to this photo below minus the sweet potato. I'm having a clean the cupboards month... so I found a can of tuna for a tuna salad sandwich and a side salad.

 

Alright, I'm not feeling very bloggy today, so here's your update, have a great weekend!

 

Fit Test Time

Alright, I started Insanity officially. I randomly did a random workout about a month ago, it was not the fit test although that's what I thought I was doing. That one went well... this one, not so much. How did I do better on the harder and longer work out than the fit test?

The only thing I can think of is that I ate a horribly heavy breakfast/lunch and then attempted to work out without a water bottle handy.

Moral of the story, is the next 60 days will more than likely suck. Bring it on Shaun T, bring it on.

Hello Rut, my name is Lindsay.

I'm having the hardest time keeping up to date with this thing... similar to losing my drive to continue towards my skinny life. Even knowing I'm in a wedding in March hasn't gotten my weight loss juices flowing.

Hello Rut, my name is Lindsay.

The one thing I accomplished was successfully turning in my petition to get the clubhouse gym open from 6-8AM in the winter. I would love to get half my work out done in the morning so in case something popped up that evening at least I wasn't too far in the hole. I don't know how the board received it, but I should know by next week!

In an effort to show some of my half hearted efforts (I had a semi good streak going for a week), here are some meals that I've downed recently.

 

Alright, so the above picture was the one and only cookout I've had on my deck. For some reason the cookouts have all taken place somewhere else. We have here a sweet potato (with non of the butter and brown sugar I would normally add), romaine with light balsamic and then a black bean veggie burger with extremely low cal bread, fat free Kraft Single and Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce.

 

This was delish, hands down, a new summer favorite. I'll be sad to see my summer squash go into hibernation. Above we are looking at spaghetti squash, zucchini, summer squash and red onions. Add a little salt and pepper to taste and boom. Scarf time.

 

Last but not least, whole wheat, flax seeded low cal tortilla roll ups with grilled chicken, red/yellow/green peppers, onions, fat free ranch and fat free cheddar cheese.

Kates said...

give paleo a try. I did well on Monday then Tuesday I went to Hoggys. :)

Let's start at the very begining... it's a very good place to start. When you sing you begin with do re mi...

I promise not to let this blog get anymore scatter brained!

Alright, so Monday was a good day. I had a peach for breakfast, an apple for a snack, a sweet potato and grilled chicken for lunch, and finally spaghetti squash, green and red peppers, red onion, grilled chicken and light spaghetti sauce for dinner. It was delish and I wish I had taken a picture BUT I was too hungry.

I didn't go to the gym but I was so long in calories that I didn't feel quite so guilty. Then Tuesday happened. Hoggy's totally happened. Corn muffins, bbq pulled pork and mac and cheese so happened. Everyone will cringe when I say that after my apple for breakfast followed by that cluster fudge of a lunch I didn't eat for the rest of the day. I went to the gym, started my new weight lifting routine for an hour (see paragraph below), did ten minutes on the treadmill before heading outside to walk with the dog for an hour and fifteen minutes. I'm sure that didn't completely offset my dangerously bad lunch but I feel better for doing it.

Now, to share with you my new inspiration. Behold.

http://lauramustloseweight.com/

Laura is a girl, just like me. Imagine that! Laura is a girl who was almost my height, almost my weight and just as unhappy as myself. She made a change in her life and BOOM, girlfriend is looking diesel! She's inspiring and listed the weight training regimine she follows, the diet/food she eats and the cardio plans she uses.

For the first time, I went to the gym and did a workout that I put together, not my trainer... While I still felt a little out of sorts and like I was doing something wrong (which I did), for the first time I felt like I could do this on my own again. Yesterday I did a combo of the shoulders, biceps and back exercises she listed. Tonight I move on to legs... FUN!

Today I've had a banana, some delicious bag o' watermelon, I plan on downing a peach here soon and following up with a lunch of my sweet potato and grilled chicken. Dinner is a plan of peppers, onions, zuccini and squash paired with the light spaghetti sauce. (I know that the sauce is processed and not really following Katie's paleo, but I need a little somethin somethin!)