Thursday - Day 4

Ok, I'll keep this short and sweet tonight! I bet you will never guess what I had for breakfast . . . I'm starting to feel like a Jersey Shore cast member GTL or PBG . . Protein shake, bacon and green tea!

At lunch, I had a salad downstairs because I was out of groceries this morning and running late. Thank you large semi-truck stuck on I-44 and Yale. It was full of meat, yes meat. It was on the bridge for over 5 hours today. Crazy!!

Ashley and I had planned to have a healthy dinner at Chicken Char in Bixby. After spin, we drove to the vacant spot that used to be Chicken Char. We were able to cope by eating Rex's chicken across the street ... FAIL!! I did drink water, that's 3 days of no alcohol. Technically four since Monday was one beer.

I did 45 minutes of spin today followed by three sets of 20 push ups, 20 lunges and 20 dips!! Tomorrow is Yoga after work. Saturday I'm teaching spin at 9 and thinking I might run 15 or 20 minutes afterwards.

Marty and Billy, have a good Friday! Love you!! Keep trying everyday . . . everything counts.

Sometimes you have to sleep in

So, I let myself down and slept in today and I'm not going to get a work out in this morning… boo! 
But, instead of listing an excuses.  I'm going to instead to commit to saying. I will MAKE myself walk at lunch and workout after Lorelai goes to bed tonight no excuses!! 
I'm already posting this because I want to make myself accountability.  
As the great Miley would say "Ain't about how fast I get there, Ain't about what's waiting on the other side..It's the climb"

That was for you Billy ;)

Day 3 - Marty

I'm keeping this entry short and sweet, it's past my bed time ;)

My day started off amazing.  Lorelai was being very sweet and loving and asked that we started our day off with a a big family hug.  It's really was a moment of this is why I want to do this so I can start every day  off with a big family hug (same size hug smaller waisted family).
I got up at 4:15 did a work out at home since the access card issue hasn't been resolved.  I did the 40 minute work out on wii EA Active… which may sound super easy but... it's not when you haven't worked out in a while.  I felt like it gave me a pretty decent work out.
Then I had my shake for breakfast on my way to work, grapes for a early morning snack… too busy for my lunchtime shake but had a small slice of cheese and two whole wheat crackers in the late afternoon just so I would have something in my tummy and not be starved by the time I get home.
Leftovers for dinner but stuck to the small portions.
Drank all my water today.. yipeee!!!

Thank you Jami for this awesome idea I think it's really going to help.

Also, thank you to our friends who are following and supporting us and helping us stay on track.

Nighty Night!

The Littlest Inspiration - Coach LL

Girls Night . . .

I gotta say, today was a good day!! Breakfast was the norm, you will get so tired of seeing it :) Metagenics shake, bacon and green tea. Apples with raw almonds for a snack. Lunch was a salad with grilled chicken, cheese and dressing cody made, yum!

No run ins w/ the police today and not a jacker in sight . . . it was however girls night! The best night of the week. Tonight Chad, Will, Nina, Ashley and I ate at a girls night crowd pleaser . . . Laroma. First of all, I know pizza two nights in a row NOT diet friendly. BUT, I did drink water, and the pizza is so delicious. I'm planning on being really strict the rest of the week and GNO is always cheat night (contributing to the overwhelming feeling it's the best night of the week).

If you live in Tulsa and have not tried LaRoma, go right now! Well, not if it's after 8pm, but go your next opportunity. Their pizza is so unique and delicious. The atmosphere is very family friendly and the owners are always there. I alway feel great about supporting their business and in my opinion a Tulsa legend. While it's not a romantic getaway, it's a great place to enjoy your friends where you can hear them and be treated just like family.

For workout tonight, I taught a 50 minute spin class. Tomorrow's plan is 50 minutes of spin AND lifting. I'm thinking I can squeeze some yoga in Friday too.

You day was (choose one): 1) Making a fist 2) long time no-see 3) Embraced

I'm going with embraced. Embracing a good day with good friends!!

Day 2 Disaster - Marty

Thank sweet baby Jesus in the manager with a tuxedo shirt on today is over!!
Let's just about how life wanted to mess with me today…
I woke up early to go to the gym… WOOOOOOOOOO!!!
My access card at the gym didn't work….. FAIL!!
Decided to turn a negative into a positive, went home and started to walk around the neighborhood… Wooooo!!!
It was so cold I  started to freeze so bad i thought i was going to die…. FAIL!!
Remembered to bring my walking shoes to work for on my lunch break… Wooo!!
Was so busy I didn't get to take a lunch… FAIL!!
It was crazy party day at my work a birthday party and a employee recognition (woo for Adrienne!) watched my portions… Woo!
Ate a cake ball… FAIL!

Thankfully, Billy was nice enough to make dinner while LL and I were at Jazzybugs.  We are still trying to use up all the groceries in our house since we are on a financial freeze.  Which means for now i'm really trying to work on portion control instead of really modifying what I eat and I passed that tonight.

Billy made a meatless Ziti with whole wheat pasta and reduced fat cheese.  It was super yummy and I used a little plate to keep my portion size down… so Wooo!

Tomorrow is another day and I'm going to rock it out maybe like a rock lobster???
Oh, and I also had to do a class project for LL coming up with things that start with the letter L and let me just tell you I'm now in love with lobster dog!!

Small Apology

Wow, I can really abuse a "!"
It's really alarming.

But I'll never stop!!!

Victim of the $5 Pizza - Thanks Joe Mama's

Well, luckily you can get on and off the wagon . . . I started off great with my run this morning, and a yummy taco salad at lunch. The afternoon was a different story, I stumbled with a miniature kit kat, chocolate and one starburst. Those are going in the trash tomorrow!! Too much temptation at my desk with leftover Valentine's candy.

After a SMALL nearly unmentionable run-in with the campus police, I sat through class with a grumbly tummy. THEN, Ashley suggested going out for dinner, THEN I just happened to remember it was $5 pizza's at Joe Mama's in Tulsa. My plan was to eat half, but it was too yummy and personal sized!! It was gluten-free, bonus!! I did not drink, well I guess water does count as a drink so I did have A drink. All in all, not the worst day ever. Looking forward to getting back on the wagon tomorrow.

Tomorrow is a healthy eating day, except girls night. But I do enough talking to offset any eating! I also have my duathalon training class that I teach at the Y. That's always good for some extra calorie burn!!

I'm so glad we are doing this blog!!! I will start to work on more recipes, give me some frozen indgredients, I'll see what I can turn out!!

And my thought of the day "There's a skinny girl that lives inside me, I usually shut her up with cookies" -I saw it on sign at the salon, a KEEPER!!

Billy pack snacks, it makes me sad you are hungry!! Marty, I really liked how you have considered other times in your workout. Pretty good idea to be flexible with LL. Just keep movin'!!

Day 1

Day 1 is just like any other day for me. Tonight, I will be working out as long as my key card works. If it doesn't looks like crunches and perfect push-ups (thanks, Marty) at home. Today, I will be watching how much I eat as opposed to what I eat. This means I'm having to tough out the hunger pains. I really should have packed a few extra snacks for between meals to quell this hunger. Lesson learned. While transitioning into my new healthier lifestyle, I'll be trying to control my portions in order to clean out the "unhealthy" food in our house. I'll have to be creative in order to do this, but I'm confident.

I'll be easing into my new workout routine as well. This will be difficult for me since I have little patience for things like this. Going to work on cardio at first and get myself back in some kind of shape before I start sculpting the bod. Do Work, Son!

Dear How I met my healthy lifestyle,

thank you for getting me out of bed at 5:15 this morning so I would not be shamed by reporting I did not run!! 33 minutes on the treadmill, one protein shake, three slices of bacon, a green tea AND I'm about to eat my apples!! :)

Day One - Marty

Well… day one wasn't anything to write home about for me.  Which is ironic since… i'm writing home about it.  Monday is always my off day to work out.  It use to Friday but I would always find myself not working out on Monday so I decided if I'm going to make it work I need to work within my parameters.  So, I switched my off day from Friday to Monday. 
Food went pretty well for me.  Started off the morning late with my Metagenics shake at around 11. Then I had another one at 2:30.  I had my snack around 3:30, which was a green apple…. yummo!

Salmon seasoned with Ms. Dash
whole grain brown rice
side of steamer bag veggies

For dinner we went pretty basic.  As I've mentioned in our bio we are working off a very small budget as we are trying to save up for somethings to celebrate (like our 5 year anniversary and our trip in June… wooo!) and pay off the debt we have gotten ourselves into.   So, our first step in squeezing ever cent we have is a spending freeze.  We are trying not to spend any grocery money until we use up everything we have in our house.  My grandfather had generously sent us some omaha steaks and salmon a while back so I thawed the last of those, heated up some whole grain brown rice, and then made a steamer bag of target/archer farms veggies.  Nothing fancy or big, but plain, simple and good.  I always try to balance out my plate with way more veggies then anything else. 

Part of my healthy lifestyle change is to stop sitting on the couch and watching TV after dinner/Lorelai goes to bed.  So, last night I did some chores around the house and put some clothes away but then of course i got sucked into the bachelor… hello it was home visit week.  I have to keep some perspective you know ;)
Thats it for my first check in… here is hoping for a better today tomorrow.. guess its not really about hope is it more about will power and How bad do i want this...

Day One - Jami

Oh . . . day one. Never a fun day! Today was the day I jumped back on the wagon. Who knows what our blog will turn into, but what the heck . . . here I go!! My goal for the next 3 months is to become rededicated to lose additional weight, help motivate my awesome brother and beautiful inside and out sister in law, and anyone else who wonders how I've lost weight or wants to lose some of their own.

First of all, I slept in today. NORMALLY, I would have run this morning (on a really good day) been at work all day, and then yoga at 5:30, RUSHING IN RUSH HOUR!! Everyone needs yoga after that!! But today, was not that day. I slept in, not too late . . . maybe snoozed 5 times!! Did not run intervals, but did make it to work with my protein shake, microwave bacon, and appples for a snack. I was off to a good start with two slices of bacon, chocolate protein shake (thank you Metagenics) and green tea.

I ran to meet Cody at the dentist around 11. He is thinking about doing invisalign, which WOW what a ton of work before you actually decided to do it! He had a photoshoot, impressions and lots of chairtime. We left the office so hungry, we could not decide on lunch. Earlier in the day I was planning on a healthy salad, but without my snack ( I forgot it at work) I was starved. SO, we finally decided on Bill and Ruth's. Small ham with cheese on wheat. Water to drink, no chips.

Cody and I shopped the rest of the afternoon in south tulsa. On our way home, about 5:30 . . . yep, I missed yoga, we tried to decide on dinner. We decided on fresh guacamole and chicken burritos. Our grocery list was: Wholly Salsa, lettuce (spinach, iceberg or romaine), 1 lime, 2 roma tomoatoes, one red onion, one white onion, 1 red bell pepeer2 soft avocadoes, one block of cheddar cheese, one chicken breast, 1 bag of yellow corn chips, whole wheat tortillas, sour cream, and two cans of pinto beans. When we got home, cody chopped the tomatoes, red onion, lettuce and avocados. I shredded the cheddar cheese, combined the gucamole ingredients, heated and mashed the beans and heated the tortillas. Cody had cut the white onion and red bell pepper in halves for the grill. We always cover them in olive oil before placing on the grill. He grilled all three (veggies first) and we let them cool while we placed everything on the table. While he was grilling, I combined avocados, some chopped tomotoes, chopped red onion, one tbl spoon of mayo and two lime wedges for guacamole. It was yummy!! Total cook/prep time 20-30 minutes. The worst part was all the bowls from our ingredients to wash . . . thank you dishwasher.

All in all, a pretty good day one. Only one drink at dinner, then strictly mocktails the rest of the night. For tomorrow, I am planning on running at 5:15 in the morning, because I have work/school all day tomorrow. Let's hope I can be stricter tomorrow, oh by the way the burrito leftovers will make for a great taco salad tomorrow with salsa for dressing!!

Some dream of a white Christmas while you dream about a . . . . that's easy!! Beach Vacation