Shred, 2nd Place, and 400

Hi readers! I'm Back again! It has been another busy week at school getting ready for our exam on Thursday. I have a few little things I wanted to touch on today.

First off.. The 30 day shred.

Um, Jillian scares me. It's as if she can see me through the tv and knows if I am not doing an excersize to my full potential. However, after I did my first workout with her this morning, I really can feel the muscles I worked! Maybe I do need Jillian to kick my butt every day. I will shred the pounds in no time!

On to my next bit of news, I am currently in 2nd place for my Biggest Loser competition with my mommies group! The First place person lost over 5% of her body weight in one week!!!! I hope to dethrone her soon, but if she keeps posting numbers like that, she will be one tough person to beat!

Last thing, Have you heard about the 400 calorie diet plan?
I am thinking I might give this one a try. Basically you eat 3 meals that are 400 calories each for the first 2 weeks and then add in one more 400 calorie meal for a total of 1600 calories a day. One example of a 400 calorie meal= a small McDonalds hamburger and an ice cream cone. Now, I might not eat that but I was happy to see some fast food alternatives in this plan. And unlike some other plans (not knocking any of them, just for my simple, overloaded brain) there is nothing else to keep track of! No points, grams of sugar, fat, etc. Just calories! The idea behind the diet is that 400 calories fills you up and keeps you fuller longer than several smaller meals.

Well, that's enough of my rambling. I hope you all have a nice healthy week. Until next time!

Well Hello Readers! Sorry it has been so long since my last post but things have been busy. I had a date night with Hubby on Monday. Dinner and a movie. I think I did pretty well eating out at Texas Roadhouse except for those darn rolls and cinnamon butter. I am drooling just thinking about them again. The movie we went to see was The Dilema. Please don't waste your money seeing it in theaters. Not horrible, but not worth the ticket price (and, really, what movie is these days.)

Wednesday I had a Mom's night out at Mexico. I worked out a little longer than usual to balance out all the calories I knew I would consume. I ended up getting a veggie taco salad and only ate 3 bites of the shell which for me, is a small miracle.

Now on to today. I did my workout already, ate a nice healthy breakfast and have great news!
I AM DOWN 5 POUNDS!!!!!

I am actually pretty shocked since I ate out twice this week. I guess it is true that you can eat anything in moderation.

I am having a problem with snacks. I need ideas for filling but low calorie snacks. Any and all suggestions are appreciated.

Until next time! Sending you healthy vibes!

The Temptations...

And no I am not refering to the group. So after recovering from my sickness, I have found myself wanting to go back to my comfort foods (soda, CFA, mashed potatoes). I haven't been working out as much as I would like either. My hubby was nice enough to hide all the junky stuff out of sight as to not tempt me into cheating. It has really worked for the most part. But passing by fast food lane (aka 360) is a challange. I used to drive all the back roads so I wouldn't even see the golden arches, Wendy's red pig-tails, or the Arby's cowboy hat. Now that they are doing construction on my back roads, I have no choice at times but to go down fast food lane. And before I know it, I am pulling thru CFA and getting a spicy chicken deluxe. Of course, I tell myself I will do extra workout to burn it of "later", then "later" comes and I am too tired. Then begins the viscious cycle. Sigh.

How do you avoid temptation?

Sicky Sick McSickerson

I caught the dreaded bug that has been going around. The Stomach Bug. I have spent 2 days in my bed being taken care of by my dear husband and little lap dog Lily. (Ok so Lily really just liked having a napping buddy but, whatever.) While it has been great for losing weight, it has not been very good for the excersizing portion of my new fitness routine. I am now slowly trying to get back into the swing of things. I might try to do some yoga instead of the cardio that the workout plan had in mind.

On a more positive note, although the scale has not dipped quite as much as I have hoped, I can already tell a difference in some of my clothes! Yay! I can also see some of my muscles in my legs getting more defined like they were when I was dancing.

I have also signed up for a Biggest loser contest among my mommy friends. While I hope to be the Biggest Loser at the end of the contest, I really hope that just knowing that there are others working as hard, will also keep me motivated. They are a support group like no other.

Here's hoping you are having a great start to the new year: Bug Free!

Things I have learned this week

Here are just a few things I learned this week:

• There are 4 calories per gram of protein.
• there are 9 calories per gram of fat.
• there are 4 calories per gram of carbs.
• It is impossible to do yoga with 2 year olds trying to climb on you.

I have also learned a few things about myself too.

• I used to eat WAY too much food. After really watching my portions this week, I now know when I feel full and the amount to fill me up is alot less than what it was.
• I don't miss the junk as much as I thought I would. (thanks to hubby for hiding it out of sight)
• I am slowly regaining my strength and it feels WONDERFUL!!!!!

I hope that one day soon I will be brave enough to post my picture and let you see how far I have to go, but I am not quite there yet.

I have seen a few of my friends losing weight too and they have been my inspiration. Thanks so much for the support you have all offered me on this journey so far. I hope I keep things entertaining enough for you to stick around for the outcome~

~Katy~

Hi All! I wanted to start a blog to keep me motivated to lose weight. I figured what better way to keep me accountable? So here it is, my blog about losing weight , excersize, and whatever else I decide to post about.

Why I wanted to start a blog.......
I used to be very active. I danced for about 20 years, was in show choir and plays in high school, in short, I was always moving. Then in about 2001 I injured my knee and wasn't able to keep up anymore. I got depressed and gained a lot of weight. Then I had my twins and gained even more. Well, I can now say I am over it! I have decided to get my butt off the couch and excersize and really start paying attention to what I put in my mouth.

So right now, I am really counting the calories, watching my portions and getting more active.
Won't you follow my journey?

Happy New Year! I have decided to start blogging about my adventures as a mom of twins, wife, nursing school student, and weight loss. I wanted to start blogging really to hold myself accountable to lose weight. Hope my life isn't too boring for you dear reader. I will post as often as life will let me. Lets start by me telling you a little about myself. I am 28 years old, a little (ok a lot) overweight, mom of twin girls who are 2, wife of my high school (middle school, elementary school) sweetheart. In my spare time (yeah right I am a nursing student) I enjoy reading, knitting, cooking.





Thats probably good for now as you will get to know me even more in my posts.



Here's to a New Year and a Healthier life!