Counting Down 50

I was having tummy trouble, I thought it was related to the Brussel sprouts and it may have been somewhat, but my husband ended up having to take a day off work due to tummy troubles and my other kids have it now. So I guess it's just a little bug. One of my twins has something going on, I think it's teeth maybe mixed with the belly thing. She's been fighting a fever for a few days and just really miserable. We haven't been getting much sleep. Our 3rd born turned 9 on Tuesday! He wanted Burger King for lunch and a marble cake.. I passed on lunch. As much as those burgers looked and smelled so good, I knew that was too far. I did have cake, a small slice and it was delicious. It was also like 350 calories and 33g carbs. Ugh. Tried to sneak a workout in because I really needed it but with a sick kid and the boys needing 1 thing after another, I only got 20 minutes in before I had to call it. Wednesday was rough. Didn't sleep much but my little one was feeling be

Rough couple of days, I've been fighting some pretty bad fatigue and stomach issues. Not sure what's going on. Feeling a ton better today. Hoping it was all just related to cycle issues. Yesterday was weigh in, so happy to see 208.2!! Worked hard for it this week. We did eat kind of poopy yesterday though, decided to take the kids to lunch at a chinese buffet (their favorite) and I limited how much I ate but not what. But then we got right back on the train and had a good dinner. Back to the grind today! Hoping to get in a workout, wasn't feeling up to it yesterday at all. Hubby didn't lose anything, I think he's lost the fat and water weight and now is going to have to watch calories and exercise to keep losing. He's not big on the idea. We'll see.

I don't know how accurate the fitbit is but the trend I noticed was that my runs don't burn nearly as many calories as my video workouts. So I thought that was crazy, because they sure FEEL like a bigger workout but according to google (and many many different health sites) running in fact burns less calories than well, most workouts! So I told my husband, when my goal is to burn calories, it just makes sense to double on the aerobic workouts and only do runs if I need a mix up of what I'm doing or if the internet is down or something (that happens, a lot, especially in storm season). The only perk to running is that it's a break from kids. I get to listen to my music and run and not have anyone bugging me.Oh and I get to watch the sunset and the sunsets here are AMAZING! So I've been doing 2 workouts a day, trying to get at least 30 minutes each (did 40 this morning). Burns roughly 250-400 calories, depending on how much I "put into" it. I also do my ar

Today was our last awards assembly of the year! When you have a lot of kids, end of year assemblies keep you very busy! Today I had no sitter though, so I had to take my girls and well, they took me! Whew! I sweat more while trying to keep them in line, running in and out as one or the other cried,  than I do during a workout! It was stressful and I was sad I couldn't give my 100% to the kid I was there to see. So when I left and finally got the girls in the car my "stress" response was - EAT. I should eat. Let's go to Chick Fil A. I almost had myself talked into it, by the time I got there they'd be serving lunch. I'd just get nuggets (I know I wouldn't, I'd have caved once I got there). But somehow I talked myself off the limb and I came home. I was pretty hungry, I did coffee way early since I knew my normal coffee time would be get babies dressed to go time. So I came home and I looked in the fridge, in the pantry, in the "snack" cupboar

I said if we stuck to this for a whole month I'd clean out the pantry, get rid of all the foods we can't/don't want to eat.  Here is what is off to the food bank! Lots of soups, canned tomatoes (they ALL had added sugars!), cornbread mixes, stuffing, pasta, rice, beans. Veggies I won't put to use (canned potatoes, for example).  After my pantry looks a little bare. I know, there are still some not-keto-friendly foods but I kept things the kids will use and I do still bake for the kids with flour and oats. Over summer I'll be making them breakfast bars and chewy granola snack bars. I know they're not the best, but when I make them at least I can control what's in them and that it's healthier and not sugar-filled junk that you buy at the store. 

That was the number on the scale this morning, a number I was happy to see!!!! Not sure I'll hit my goal of 199 by my birthday (June 17th) but I think I'll be darn close! It would mean I'd have to lose more than 2lbs a week, which is a lot, but I did lose 3lbs this week so maybe!!  Up to a grand total of... 14.6lbs down! YAY!!!! 35 more to go!

I'm sweating more than usual because I'm feverish but I got that 30 minutes in!!! It felt good too, even being sick! So week 1 done. I was going to take a 2 day break but I may just keep up with it daily. And maybe start increasing my workout times. But for right now I'm pretty happy with this! But then I did this... We ended up not getting McDonalds yesterday, we made dinner instead. I was happy about that but this morning they were begging again so I went to get it... line was out the door around the block. Ugh. I came home and offered pizza and they accepted. I was bad and had 1/2 of a slice. So good, but so bad. 100 calories and 14g carbs (according to Dominios website). Gah! Finished off lunch with left over Parmesan chicken and cheese bread. Which was a keto recipe so very low-carb. Not so much low-calorie though. Cheese is so high-calorie. I love the keto fathead doughs but when I'm watching calories and fats, so much cheese just isn't a

That's what I feel like this morning. Like I was hit by a truck! I could barely get off my bed, my body ached - this isn't sore from workout ache, this is maybe fluish ache. Ugh. I broke down and took 3 ibuprofen. Now I'm feeling better so I'm gonna go workout before the blah comes back. My plans of going out today are turning into just staying home, but that's ok. A day off is good! Tomorrow is weigh in so I really don't want to skip my workout today even if I feel like poo. Gotta push forward! My husbands annual company beach retreat is coming up. August 25th. Last year we had fun but I got photographed, a lot, and those pictures got put in the employee newsletter... horrifying!!!! One was a donut eating contest - they hung donuts and you had to eat them without your hands. They were asking for kids so I got my son to do it. I did NOT realize after the kids, their parents had to do it too. OMG.  Fat lady eating a donut from a string. I could have died ri

I woke up with a mild headache and itchy sore throat. I still got in my half an hour of workout though! Proud of myself. I also painted the girls play table (it comes natural meant to be painted, I've had it for 2 years and am just now doing it lol). It looks great! So tomorrow I'm going to yard sale hop and hope to find a set of chairs to go with it. I'm trying to make their play room look a little nicer so I've got a rug I wanna lay out in there and this table with some chairs. Then maybe hit ross for some wall decorations. Fun stuff! AFTER WORKING OUT, of course! ;) Yesterday it rained from noon till about 5pm. Hubby wanted to go out and work in his garage so I said fine, it's too wet to run, I'll just workout inside. This is how it went - start a video, toddler cries. Get her happy, start another video, other toddler cries. Get her happy, start video, husband opens door and says, "he got dirt in his eye, can you wash it?". Of course. Wash screa

Every thing hurts. Shins, knees, arms, legs.   But it's a good hurt! It is a *I've burnt 600-700 calories a day in exercise* hurt! I told my husband I may have to take a break today and he says, "You say that but you won't". He's right. I'm gonna keep going, no pain no gain.  Today my Kindergartner had his awards assembly so I went to that,  I didn't end up having time to drink my morning coffee but I did sneak in 1 of t hese amazing chocolate muffins . However, I count on that morning coffee to "hold me" till lunch. It always does. So not having it? I was STARVING when I left the awards at 10am! My first instinct is - FAST FOOD. Where can I go get food. All we have in town is a McDonalds and there isn't much there I can eat, plus it was still breakfast. So I ran into the store and grabbed a few things we needed at home. The cookies and bakery items were calling me but I ignored them. Got home, wanted to eat something so bad but

I have NO self control.  I hit DD today. I knew I shouldn't have. I told myself not to. My 12 yr old told me not to. But I still did it.  I said it was a "first day back on the full time mom job" reward (hubby has been home for 2 weeks making my school drop offs and pick ups easy). Stupid, it was a poor choice. Then I gave myself a ton of different reasons not to exercise. Yesterday I did NOT run - I said, oh it's raining and I don't want to get my new shoes dirty (why did I buy them then?!) I said, oh it's too late. I don't really feel that good. I've already ruined the day anyway with bad eating. The kids are cranky. I just had reason after reason not to. So I went to bed feeling like crap and I woke up feeling like crap. I FEEL LIKE CRAP WHEN I EAT BAD!!  So why do I keep doing this? I wish I could answer that. Today after my sugary breakfast of carb death, I came home and I started again with reasons not to work out. But then

That is something I never in a million years thought I'd say! I hated running. I hated most all exercise. But I have been ENJOYING it so much! Maybe because it's kid free me time, maybe because I feel like a million bucks after, maybe because I'm really tired of being fat. I don't know. But I'm glad for this change. So I'm going to start "training" for it, following this .Starting today! It's rainy today, I'll be slopping through the mud but I'm gonna do it!! My goal is to be ready by October to do a zombie 5k! I bought new shoes yesterday for running, an OK pair of Fila's. I had researched best shoes for running and went to the store and grabbed them and - hated them! My feet, do not fit in Nike's. At all. I tried on every pair they had and they were super uncomfortable, I tried regular, wide, a size bigger, size smaller. Nope. I tried ASICS, Saucony, new balance. Nope. Hated them all! So I went with what felt best and offer

213.6 today. I'm let down but considering the week I've had, I guess it's still ok. I guess I just feel like I should still be losing more even if I don't eat the best because I have cut SO much! Here's what a typical day looked like before my diet: Breakfast, every single day - Iced coffee & 2 oatmeal cream pies. 520 calories and 85g carbs Lunch was typically fast food or left over dinners, but let's go with my favorite - 10pc chicken nuggets w/ 2 sauces, large fries & large coke. 1180 Calories 160g carbs Snacks/sweets - Chips 420  54 Candy bar  160 21 Ice cream bar 160cal 25g Sodas - usually 6 cans of coke a day. 840   216  CALORIES - 3,280      CARBS - 561 And this isn't including anything extra I may have grabbed. It was NOT uncommon for me to have a second coffee and a cream pie around 3pm as a "pick me up". It was not uncommon for me to grab a Oreo McFlurry or a 13 pack of cookies from McDonalds 2-3 (or more) times

My 6 yr old had a mothers day program at school today, they were serving muffins and tea. My son was so happy to bring me a mini blueberry muffin, how I could say no?! Look at this face!!! Luckily it was small and not the worst thing. I skipped my coffee for it. And those chicken wings I didnt think were so bad, were really bad!!!! 180 calories per 2 wings. I had 6 today plus blue cheese dressing and when I calculated my macros my meal was 900 calories! Ahh! Lesson learned! Read first then eat! Had a light dinner and hit the yard for laps! Did a whole mile (10 laps) and decided to push it and go one extra lap. Then my son and I did jumping jacks, push ups, knee to elbow crunches, lunges and some squats. Feel the burn!!! I got so nauseated after! May have over done it. My time today.... hope this gets better.

This has not been my best week eating or exercise wise. Monday we had sweets for breakfast (running errands) and then hibachi (with RICE!) for lunch. Bad bad bad. I paid for it too, I always do. Tummy ache, gas, many trips to the bathroom. Tuesday my son had his band awards banquet - catered by the local BBQ place. Pulled pork, beans, corn casserole, cole slaw. Delicious. Carby and my stomach churned, bubbled and left me in the the bathroom for hours that night! My body has really adjusted to the lack of carbs and does not like them now!! Yesterday was better, but hubby had a Dr appt (and got Ok'd to go back to work!) but he brought home a giant container of chicken wings for lunch, which I guess keto-wise isn't the worst meal. But a lot of fat and you don't really know what's in their buffalo sauce. Dinner we did good, grilled chicken with cauliflower mash and spaghetti squash. I only had 1 small piece of chicken, 1/4 cup of each mash and squash. I was still hungry b

10 pounds!!!! GONE!!! I was on a mission to hit 215 this week, I was so nervous last night and this morning I had myself almost sick lol. Jumped on that scale only to see...... 214.4!!!!!! YASSSS!!!!! I did run like a mad woman last night, 8 laps (4 jogging 4 fast walking) I did 30 jumping jacks, 30 push ups and a bunch of other exercises. At 8pm... in the dark. I think the fact it is so creepy outside here at night helped me to really jog fast and get my stuff done lol! I worked out till I had a muscle spasm in my arm haha! Felt great. Also woke me up and I couldn't sleep after that, but oh well! I don't really see where that 10lbs has left but I'll take it. Coffee. My morning isn't complete without it. I love my iced coffee. My favorite is an iced caramel macchiato. But the calories, the carbs! Oh my! So I've been trying to successfully make one at home that has less carbs and sugar but the same taste and today I think I nailed it! Using my small DD c

So this morning I was not strong. I succumbed to the evil little sugar carb balls from hell that bring me such delight -  MUNCHKINS. Satan's handy work right there! So sweet, so easy to devour a whole box without even realizing you've done it! So loaded with calories and carbs! 10 later... just 10!! Caused me to go over fats, carbs and nearly calories! Plus the sugar causes me digestive hell the rest of the day. I don't know why I did it. They're just so good, ahhh! When I calculated my macros, these are the numbers it gave me to use. I have been staying pretty well under it, especially the calories. I think I could safely do 1200 and probably stay under that! I've went on diets before and could not stay under 1500 so I don't know why that's been easier this time? Maybe because I can eat beef and bacon on this diet? Who knows.... With that confession, I'm going to go out and jog for a while, work in my garden and try t

Yesterday afternoon I was talking to my oldest son about wanting a treadmill or an elliptical on our patio so while the girls play I could get in a workout. My husband chimes in, "why don't you just go jog around the goat yard?" Wait, what?! Why didn't I think of that?! Of course he's thinking of saving himself $200 but it was a great idea! I've always hated walking/jogging our neighborhoods because of.. neighbors. I feel like I'm being watched and maybe a little judged and it's just not my cup of tea. But out here, no one to watch! No one to judge! And it's a BIG area and if we wanted more we could actually go jog the front acre too! So my son and I had a little jog. He jogged a little, ok, a lot faster than me and he could have probably done 3x the laps I did but we did it! It felt good! We're gonna do it again today and tomorrow. Then add a lap each week. He loves working out so he's really enjoying my desire to exercise. On the foo

Tuesday my husband had his hernia repair surgery. He was scheduled to be at the hospital at 7 30, with plans of surgery starting at 9 30. They took us right back and got all the pre-op stuff done in 30 minutes. Nurse told us that we would probably be heading back around 9 or 9 30 since everything had went so quick! That didn't happen. The surgery before him ran late, a lot late. I had fully expected to be home by 1pm, but he didn't even go back till 11 40! Surgery took less than an hour, then he had to stay in recover for 1 1/2 hours then he got to go home once he was able to get up and go to the bathroom, drink ect. We didn't end up getting home till 4 30. It was stressful for me to say the least, not only with him in surgery but it was the first time our kids have babysat the younger ones for more than an hour or two, instead of the 5 or 6 hours I expected to be gone we were gone 9 1/2! My older two boys were beat after such a long day with the girls, although they