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

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!!

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...