Recap of last week and Birthday Events

So like I said in my last post I am determined to blog more often as I feel it forces me to be more accountable for my actions.  I only have like one follower (literally) so even if no one is really reading it, I at least like to think that someone out there holds me accountable. haha!  (Please feel free to follow me. Just click on the Bloglovin tab on the right side of this page.) :) I am relatively new at this, but I am determined to get better.  I do love to talk! Anyway so here goes my recap of last week....

June 30th - July 6th

As promised....here is picture of my adapted version of a 30 Day Shred Challenge I found on a 30 Day Shred Facebook Page. I had to adapt it because of vacation plans.  I am also posting the original challenge in case anyone wants to try it.  Again my version was adapted just for me and my time and access to the videos while on vacation.  

ORIGINAL 30 Day Shred Challenge

                                            MY ADAPTED 30 (really 32) Day Shred Challenge

     So far I was able to stay on track with my workouts. “Quick Trouble Zones” are the circuits/exercises within the “No More Trouble Zones” workout that do NOT require you to get on the floor. You can find this on You Tube if you search for it.  (I had to look this one up.)  I will say that the No More Trouble Zones workout really is NO JOKE!  Geez....there is no way that I could do that every day! A great workout (no so much cardio, but lots of strength exercises that left me laying on the floor in front of my fan! Below is a pic that I got my son to snap as I attempted this workout.  (Bad lighting, but here it is as proof! haha)

Diet for last week...
Well....I am trying the IIFIYM (If it fits in your Macros) using my fitness pal to log in my food for each day. So far I am actually gaining weight! I have not check inches yet and I really do need to stop weighing myself each morning and night!  If the scale is up even a little then I feel like I should just eat whatever I want even though I know that my weight fluctuates from day to day and hour to hour even.  We will see how the weigh in goes this week.  

Birthday Events....
My birthday was this past week and lets just say that I didn't eat any cake, but I wasn't exactly a good girl either.  Still working on those Macros and I just eat way too many carbs and no where near enough protein.  My goal is to work on that this week. 

A picture of my little family at one of my favorite Japanese Restaurants! This was a belated birthday dinner, but I will take it! 

After my workout, I spent my Birthday lounging in the pool with the kiddos!  

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July Weekend! I enjoyed my long weekend at home with the hubby and kiddos.  We love it when daddy is home to spend extra time with us since it is mainly us all day every day in the summer time.  We spent most of the weekend in the pool and relaxing outside.  We had a great afternoon and night playing at the park and watching the firework display in a neighboring town. I love the simple life!  

I would love to hear any of your ideas for getting less carbs and lots more protein into my diet.  I am such a picky eater so this is going to be a challenge.  Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

BECKY

Here I go again! New Challenge

Hello Blog World,

I really have no excuses as to why I haven't been posting!  My goal is to start posting 2-3 times a week as a minimum.  I have recently joined Skinny Meg's Challenge Group on Facebook and a 30 day Shred Challenge on Facebook as well so hopefully these will keep me motivated. Part of Skinny Meg's challenge is to log my food into My Fitness Pal Daily which is eye opening in and of itself!  I am also giving the IIFIYM (If it fits in your macros) a try.  So far it is still a learning curve.  

Just a little update on myself and why I am so eager to get back to working out daily and truly on my way to a better me.  In the beginning of May, I was officially diagnosed with Hashimotos Disease which is basically where my body attacks my thyroid gland and makes me have hypothyroidism. My doctor said that several things can be a trigger for this disease and gluten is one of them. Actually gluten is the BIG one.  So I was sent home from the doctor with very strict orders to avoid gluten as much as possible and my meds were changed. I found out that I have a severe Vitamin D deficiency and that I am estrogen dominant which meant that my body was not producing any progesterone. So I was given meds for both of those as well and  within a week and a half later, the swelling around my thyroid decreased and is all but gone and my face thinned out some and I was starting to have lots more energy! I should have went to this doctor years ago.  Anyway, I have been working very hard on eliminating gluten from my diet and although I just take it one meal at a time, I am having some success and feeling soooooo much better. 

Weigh-in Wednesday  Update!

 At the point that I went to this doctor I weighed 163 pounds and right now I am 156.4 pounds.  I just started working out this week and I have actually gained weight since then but my inches are still decreasing. 

I am currently on Day 4 of the 30 day shred challenge and loving it so far!  I just hope that I can keep it up.  I am working on creating my own calendar for the 30 Day Shred Calendar as I will have to tweek it up a bit due to vacation plans that we have for this month, but I think I can make it work.  I will post a pic when I finish. 

Thanks for reading my update and I am looking forward to sharing my continued weight loss journey with you. (if anyone is actually reading this blog.) And if not, then I will still be writing this mainly because it helps me to get my thoughts out there.  It helps me feel like I need to be accountable for my eating and workouts. 

Becky

Questions, questions, questions??? Please help!

Hello everyone,

       I just feel like I am always running around and just can't get this blog thing going like I want to.  But I guess it is better to post some than none at all.  Anyway I am in need of some help from those of you out there who know a lot more about fitness than I do!

        I am thinking really hard about purchasing some type of a calorie/heart rate monitor watch combo.  Not really sure what to get. I have been looking at the Polar watches but not sure which one to choose. (There are bunches of them.) I have also looked at the bodybugg and fitbit. My husband has a Garmin watch that he loves but I don't think that I need to spend that much money since I don't need a GPS.  Lord knows I just don't run enough to need that.  I really just want something that will help me keep up with my calorie burn and heart rate range to know when I am burning fat.  Please any suggestions that you might have would be very much appreciated. 

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!!! 

Thanks in advance for any advise that you might be able to give me on this.

Planning to link up with Weigh-In Wednesday this week so I will see you then!

 

Have a wonderful night,

Becky

 

 



Weigh In Wednesday for 3/5/14 (on Friday!)

Weigh In for this week:
160.3 so I gained .1 pounds this week.  I guess it could be a lot worse.  I did not stick to my goals for the week as well as I would have like to.  I only worked out twice and I tried to drink more water but I have a long way to go with that goal.  I did try to watch what I ate but I seem to do well during the week and blow it on the weekend and then spend all week trying to fix what I did on the weekend. 

So my goals for this upcoming week will be....
Workout 5/6 days (maybe this is more realistic)
Watch what I eat.  (Less sugar)
Drink more water
Do not eat so much over the weekend!!!!

Does anyone have any tips on how not to eat too much on the weekend??? I am open to any and all suggestions!  Thanks in advance :)

I hope everyone has a great weekend!  See ya on next Wednesday's Weigh In Link Up!

Becky

Weigh-In Wednesday 2/26/14

Weigh-In Wednesday (Late Post) 2/26/14

Well I did manage to lose those horrible pounds that I packed on last week.  My previous weight was 163.6 and my current weight is 160.2 so that is a  3.4 pound loss!  Thank goodness!  I was really starting to worry how quickly those pounds were packing on.  So I will take this loss especially when I only worked out two times that week. Hopefully I will be able to post on Wednesday of next week.

Weekly Goals for 3/2/14 to 3/8/14

• Workout 5/7 days!
• Drink more water!
• Eat less sugar!

Hope everyone has a great week! Looking forward to linking back up with Weigh-In Wednesday! 

Becky



 

Weigh-In Wednesday 2/19/14

Well let me just say that even with the best of intentions I continue to amaze myself at how I can lose focus and splurge so easily.  I did not get to workout very much this past week due to our snow storm that kept us inside and away from my group workouts at work.  I know that I could have worked out at home but I allowed myself to use the snow storm as an excuse. Then I went out for a Valentine's Date with my hubby and ate way too much.  Afterwards we came home with a box of Cinnabon to eat on for the rest of the weekend.  They were the small ones and I only ate two but that makes a big difference especially when my Thyroid is going out of control again.  Anyway enough excuses so....drum roll please..........Current Weight 163.6 and a previous weight of 160.4.  That is a GAIN of 3.2 pounds as of last Saturday!  YIKES!!!!! WTHeck!  Oh well I am working harder on my diet and exercise this week so we will see how the next weigh in goes. Hopefully better than the last! 

Have a great night! 

Becky

Food-A-Holic?!?!?

Could I really be a Food-A-Holic?

Answer:  YES!

Clues that I am a Food-A-Holic? 

• I constantly think about food!
• I plan my nights and weekends around food!
• I eat even when I am not hungry! 
• I have formed many habits that are surrounded by food!

Foods I love the most.... (I have these food almost every weekend!  I just can't seem to break the cycle.  I do okay through the week but I just negate anything that I did good during the week on the weekend eating this stuff.  I just can't stop!  My biggest bad habbit is SWEET TEA!  I love, love, love it!  Like seriously......I don't need alcohol or anything else to calm me down after a hard day of work.  I just need my sweet tea!  (And yes in case anyone is wondering....I am from the South! haha)

 

 

 

 

I have been sick with a horrible cold and we were snowed in the last part of this week and this weekend so I have all of this stuff and more!  Why? I justify it to myself as I do it by saying that I am too sick to workout so I might as well go ahead and eat what I want. Plus the food will make me feel better! 

 

Why do I do this to myself????  I DON'T KNOW!  All I can think of is that I am truly a FOOD-A-HOLIC!  And I need some serious help! 

 

So let me just say:  Hi, My name is Becky and I am a Food-A-Holic! 

 

A few of the options that I have come up with in my mind are.....

• I must break my usual habits especially on Saturday and Sunday's  by trying to find healthier options for breakfast especially!  Or maybe trying to do a workout when I would rather go out to eat something that I know I shouldn't be eating.

 

 ANOTHER PROBLEM???

 

I have Hypothyroidism and have had it for 10 years.  6 1/2  of those years I stayed on the same dose and was able to lose weight without a lot of difficulty!  In 2010 my thyroid decided to go absolutely crazy and I gained massive amounts of weight in no time!  It took me a little while to get it back under control and since then it has went out of our control a couple more times as well.  My last lab reports said that my thyroid was hyperactive right now.  I am in the process of finding a new doctor who can really get to the bottom of my problem.  With my thyroid being hyper active right now I should be experiencing weight loss but I am not.  I have read that sometimes your body does not convert thyroid T4 like it should to T3 which is what your cells use.  There can be many reasons that your body doesn't convert but you have to find a doctor who will test for those reasons.  Otherwise you are taking medicine that is not actually going into your cells as needed even though the blood work says that it is.  I am hoping to call tomorrow to get an appointment so that I can get clarification that this could be part of my problem and maybe get it fixed soon.  Please know that I am not blaming all of my weight gain on this problem because I know that what you eat is most of the battle but at this point I feel like I could eat basically nothing and still gain weight.  I think this also makes me feel like there is no point in trying so I should just eat what I want.  Yes, I know this is not a good or healthy way to think about it.  It is like I just can't snap out of these horrible habits I have formed in my life and I just need help!

 

Please feel free to comment any advice that you might have on this subject.  At this point I am never going to lose weight and my workouts are for nothing!