Sunday, March 31, 2014

Church :) We had a wonderful time in sunday school this morning. Fun times!! I was blessed to help with a baptism today also. Bro. Nick had a great message that meshed so well with our discussion in ss!. After Church we went to eat with the Manzanares family again. We went to their house for about an hour and then came home, I got Emma down for her nap and Heather and I were back at church at 4 for children's choir. After choir my AMAZING husband suggested that we go for a walk :) So we went to tie breaker and walked around the ball fields for a while. His support and encouragement mean the world to me! We had a great time talking as we walked :) And then we circled the little playground area so that the kids could play while we walked. A great day. I am blessed.

Meals:

Breakfast: orange slices, apple slices, and grapes

Lunch: grilled chicken and shrimp with cheese and rice and tortilla chips./lemon water

Supper: left over steak quesadillas and chips and cheese./water

Exercise:

Walking.

Total Steps: 9,002

Water:

1 1/2 qt.

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Today we had planned on cutting wood, but the yucky weather planned otherwise. So instead we went to my mother's house and Eric put in her new water heater. I somehow stretched, strained, or pulled my muscles in my upper back yesterday and it hurts when I move certain ways :( BOOO! I need this to heal quickly. God's planning at work though, just so happens that Cathy took off the next 2 weeks so I won't be missing class if it doesn't get better soon. And I can still walk without it hurting too much, it's just twisting or trying to carry Emma around and some bending over it hurts. So walking it is!! :)

Meals:

Breakfast: Protein bar and an apple

Lunch:  a southwest grilled chicken wrap from McD's....my first and last. Just not for me. lol ,apple slices/water

Supper: I made my steak quesadillas again so dad could partake in their goodness! Definitely going to become a regular meal for us. Yumm! Also had a plate of chips and cheese.

Exercise:

nothing.

Total Steps: 950

Water:

1 qt.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Today Miss Emma and I woke up with a yucky cough, so I didn't go to the gym. So now I will have to achieve my steps while doing housework....I am determined to reach my 10,000 steps today since I didn't go to the gym. So, times a wastin' I gotta get movin' :)

Well, my husband asked me to go and get him a firewood permit, so my cleaning and my movin were interrupted :(  After I returned home, Cathy invited us out for a fellowship supper. So we went to their house for supper :) Good times :)

Meals:

Breakfast: protein bar/water

Lunch: I made steak fajita quesadillas...oh they were yummy!

Supper: potatoes(not many) corn, green beans, 1 1/2 rolls, and meat(mixture of chicken turkey and ham? with gravy) it was yummy :) ( Emma and I shared a plate) I also indulged in eating about 5 or 6 oreo cookies with a glass of milk. There were many different flavors so we all passed them around and taste tested each. 

Exercise:
Just cleaning and stepping
Total Steps: 5,115

Water:
2 qt. water

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Today, I went to my bestie Cathy's house and spent the day. Love spending time with my friends! We are so funny together... Two people with the Striiv app can look awfully funny prancing around a kitchen or jogging around an area rug to complete our relay races and challenges...HA! Had a great day and then came home and had a wonderful supper and evening with my family :) I am so blessed. So thankful for all that I have that I don't deserve. Tomorrow will be cleaning day because my house is really starting to look yuck again....

Meals:

Breakfast: protein bar and a banana/acv water

Lunch: mush cakes, broccoli, cauliflower, and lima beans( also 2 cups of coffee)

Supper: grilled fish with brown rice and sauteed green beans and corn with onions

Exercise:

just a steppin'

Total steps: 6,006

Water:

2 qt. 

Weekly weigh-in and pic 3/27/14

So today's weigh in was 310 lbs. A 2 lb. increase from last week. However, last week was a huge jump, so I sort-of expected this to happen. I am not deterred. I think that if the previous week would have been a "normal" week, then I would be a lot more disappointed. But, I'm feeling good and looking forward to seeing that 308 lb. real soon ;).....

So I delayed posting this because I needed to get my picture....and it never happened. So new pic to come next week...

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Gym day....We all have stuffy noses...allergy season...yay...and I SOOOO wanted to just not go this morning, but I laid there and said to myself...You will feel SO much better if you go, your day will be SO much better IF you go. Energetic or Slumpy day???? I got up and started getting dressed lol....and here I am afterwards and I feel great! Ahhhhhh... :) So I have a quick praise and a prayer request. Praise is that TODAY my little sister Brianna (not so little anymore) turns 18!! Happy Birthday!!! Prayer is that I have a dr. appt. today with a dermatologist to look at a spot that I have had on my back for a LONG time...please pray its nothing :) Also it is in Madisonville, so prayer for safe travel there and back. Thanks!

Meals:

Breakfast: protein bar and apple/acv water

Lunch: taco meat, chips and cheese/ acv water

Supper: chicken ranch wrap from McD's before church

Exercise:

1 hr. devoted fitness, 20 min. treadmill, walking around

Steps: 11,343

Water:
3 qt.

Tuesday, March 26, 2014

Well, we were blessed to have "daddy" with us today :) He had a vacation day that he needed to take or he would just lose it, so he took it :) We got up early and made 2 trips to the lake and got 2 loads of wood. The first load I was lovin! The second load.....after I ate lunch... was PHEW! I am worn out! So, a lot of work.... not a lot of steps. :(  I also didn't carry my phone on me because I was afraid I would break it or something while trying to split wood. We came home and a super quick supper and off to bed. YAY Bed! Ha!

Meals:

Breakfast: protein bar, chicken biscuit from McD's./acv water

Lunch: homemade soft tacos and a little taco salad/acv water

Supper: a plate of chips and cheese(something quick)/?

Exercise:

wood, wood, and more wood...lol

Steps: 2,972

Water:

1 1/2 qt.

Monday, March 24, 2014

Well, today has been a little BLAH for me...not too bad, but still a little blah....I haven't done much exercise.I didn't go to the gym like I SHOULD HAVE! I stayed home and moseyed.... I will work on self-motivation. I am not good at that at all! That is something I will have to pray the Lord will help me with. I am not happy with myself at all today... This needs to be a lesson that has been learned....learned so that it isn't repeated. I need to become a morning person. We have spent so much time "sleeping in" because we have spent so much of our working years being on second shift. Now that I don't work and Eric is on first shift. I need to BECOME a morning person. I want to be....I just really like my bed lol. I always feel good when I get up and get moving. I never regret it later. I am always happy when I get up and get moving. Not to mention I always feel as though I have accomplished so much when my day does draw to a close, but yet...it's so hard to do :/

Meals:

Brunch: 1 bite of cheese pizza and left-over wraps/ acv water

Supper: 1 piece of mexican pizza and a yummy low calorie soup, I can't remember the name! lol/ water

Exercise:

Yeah, we discussed that earlier...

Steps: 3,624

Water:

1 1/2 qt.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Well, Emma woke up around midnight and stayed awake till almost 5.... So, I had planned on skipping church and trying to get some sleep, however.... Emma woke up again around 9:30 and was obviously not interested in sleep anymore so I decided to go ahead and go, I just missed Sunday school. After church we ate lunch with the Manzanares family and had a great time with them :) Then we came home, I laid down with Emma and got about an hour nap, got up and practiced movements for junior choir and was back at church at 4 for that. I was REALLY hoping to get in a good walk at Jeffer's Bend, but it had already closed :( we spent some time going around and looking at some of the graves in the Cemetery. Which did me no good!! When we left I was in tears. Graveyards depress me anyway, but I also have a good friend, Tracy Wood, that is buried there also. I miss her. So many things that I wish I would have said to her or that I would have done with her while she was still here. So with all that....yep I was good and depressed by the time we left there....SIGH! We ended up walking a little by the fire station, but it was getting awfully chilly by that time, so it was a quick one lol... So though I had hoped to get in a lot of steps, it just didn't happen.

Meals:

Breakfast: None. :(

Lunch: a chicken and steak fajita taco salad with only part of the shell.

Supper: Zaxby's  a chicken finger plate.

(I absolutely LOVE zaxby's, it's my favorite place to eat, so I decided to enjoy it!) 

Exercise:

a little walk and dance moves for junior choir( I totally forgot to have my phone on me!! grr)

Total Steps: 3,258

Water:

1 qt.

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Eric had to work today so we just stayed around the house and cleaned, we went outside and played on the trampoline for a little while and then I cleaned out the van (desperately needed lol) Then I cut Eric and Jacob's hair and we ate supper and so on....overall, today was ok I reckon. I am noticing that a lot of times when I have a "busy" day, I don't usually get very many steps unless I have went to the gym that morning....Hmmmff. Lol....Can you see my roller coaster of emotions??? HA!! I gotta get up and get movin before my day just ticks away and before I know it, the day has passed, I feel yucky and I haven't done anything substantial....Goals, goals, goals..... :)

Meals:

Breakfast: slept-in ....

Lunch: cheese deer burger flat bread wrap with ketchup, mustard, and pickles

Supper: same as above, but plain... and also I made a tuna salad with tuna, mayo, grapes, apples, and walnuts....and made myself a wrap and had that also.

Exercise:

housecleaning and jumping on the trampoline

Total steps: 1,982

Water:

1 1/2 qt.

Friday, March 21, 2014

I had a great day at the gym today!! I am noticing subtle improvements in my endurance in class, I am almost to the point of not having to modify any of the steps because of major fatigue. That is an amazing thing!! I must say, the Lord has given me the ability to not care what others think. A lot of women, including myself, don't do certain things for fear of what others might think about them. Watching a heavy set woman move around in an exercise class can obviously draw the attention of some.....in a shameful manner. But even with knowing that, I am sure that I have had some looks, or sparked some thoughts....I haven't even given it a second thought or even a first really.... The alternative is not an option. I love what I am doing, and that helps drive me to press on. I honestly don't care what they think. I am doing what I need to do to improve myself and my health, and if someone wants to look at me shamefully, they can just keep looking....eventually they will see the new me :) I am looking up and forward and praising my God while He leads me on this Journey. Thank you Father for being by my side and giving me the strength to press on! Thank you for loving me! 

Meals:

Breakfast: apple

Lunch: cantina burrito from Taco bell

Supper: French Dip and swiss w/o the Au Jus

Exercise:

1 hr. devoted fitness, and I was blessed with being able to go on a mile long walk with my Jamie....LOVE YOU!

Total Steps:11,137

Water:
2 qt.

Weekly weigh in 3/21/14

Ok, we'll today was another busy day, but I weighed this morning and I am now 308lb. !! Yay!!! 9 lbs and I will be out the 300's!!!! I am so ready!!! But I have no pic, I'll take one tomorrow, today's busyness did not allow me the time. 308!!!! :)

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Well, today began unexpectedly....I had a friend call and tell me he had been in an auto accident, thank God he seems to be ok. I went and told his wife and drove her to get him, I spent a lot of time in my van today, and needless to say, completely forgot about weigh-in day :( Till now lol...but I only weigh in the morning for OBVIOUS reasons....HA! So I will weigh again tomorrow and post my weekly weigh in. I have had an ok day, was totally bummed when I found out my hubby was working over, I SO wanted to go for an evening walk with the whole family. But that's ok, I thank God for his job. It is such a blessing to our family. I also found out that 2 dear friends of mine had their babies today, how awesome that they will be able to share the same birthday! Please pray for one of my friends, she has some kidney stones that might require surgical removal :(  Lots of prayers appreciated over my whole post today, and maybe a quick one for my weigh in tomorrow! :)

Meals:

Breakfast: breakfast burrito and a parfait from McDonald's

Lunch: apples with peanut butter and cinnamon crackers and oranges( Heather's specialty), kale chips and some veggie chips.

Supper: tortilla chips with cheese and two tuna wraps

Exercise:

none. :( 

Total steps: 1,583

Water:

1 qt. 

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Gym day :) Had a great time at the gym. The day started out gloomy, looking like RAIN and then decided to brighten up and let the sun come out, however the temperature never really got any warmer. After the gym, I came home and did some light housework and just decided to chill. I haven't done that in SOOOO long! I watched a movie. Then we went to church and came home, ate supper and went on about our normal bedtime routine. Even though it was nice to just relax....I really don't desire lots of time like that anymore. Too much time relaxing and not enough time up and moving is a HUGE part of how I got to where I am right now. And though extremely tempting to just keep relaxing and "enjoying", I now know that true enjoyment is found in the moving. The other is just an ugly facade from the devil to lead us in that wallowing, depressive, "relaxing" place. Where we end up feeling like we are in a dark room and searching so hard for the "light" and occasionally we get a glimpse of it, but are never able to grab it when we reach out desperately for it. Yep, I've been there. It's like a storm cloud hanging over your heart. You don't know why, but you just can't make it go away. That is how I start to feel if I just sit around and do nothing all day. It's like a never-ending viscous circle, because feeling that way makes you want to just lay down and do nothing.  I am out of that circle. Becoming more active has broken that cycle. I've jumped ship and I am NOT going back! There are not adequate words to describe the difference in me. I give my Father in heaven all the praise and glory for where I am today. He has picked me up and set me on a new path, and I am overjoyed to follow and see where it leads me!

Meals:

Breakfast: protein bar/acv water

Lunch: salad/ acv water

Supper: salad with chicken tenders from Arby's cut up on top./acv water

Exercise:

1 hr. devoted fitness, 20 min. elliptical

Total steps: 10,164

Water:

2 qt.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Well, today has been a perfect example of why I need an exercise routine lol.... I haven't done much today. I do have a volleyball game tonight though, but if I don't start moving, I'm going to be FAR away from my 10,000 step goal. School and a little housecleaning...but that was put on hold because my little Emma is napping still. It's amazing how big of a difference I feel between days when I exercise, and then days like today where I haven't done much. I tell ya, night and day! I feel so good after exercising mentally and physically, today...I'm a little blah...and my body is in dire need of a good stretch....I'm so stiff :( I tell you, from my own experience, I think that exercise could be a good prescription for depression. If you struggle with depression, I would suggest lots of exercise! (preferably outdoors, somewhere with lots of trees and dirt lol) 

Meals:

Breakfast: protein bar/water

Lunch: salad/acv water

Supper: green beans and pork loin

Exercise:

volleyball game

total steps: 5,273

Water:

1 1/2 qt. 

Monday, March 17, 2014

Today we went to the gym :) After that we came home and did school and cleaned and then I got supper going and went to volleyball practice. Phew, I am tired! I really want to develop some sort of an exercise "routine" so that I don't have the in-between days that I just sort-of laz around so-to-speak. I want to do something aerobic everyday for at least an hour. We will see how that works out....As far as the switching supper and lunch, it's an awesome idea, and if I were cooking for everyone the same way, it would be doable, however trying to just switch my meals and everyone else's meals are normal....yeah, it's just not working. I'm not that good of a pre-planner lol. 

Meals:

Breakfast: protein bar/water

Lunch: minestrone soup (and a couple fries)/acv water

Supper: green beans with pork loin :) yummmm!/acv water

Exercise:

30 min. on the elliptical, 10 min. jogging on treadmill, and 20 min. walking on an incline, and then another couple min. on the elliptical (I was trying to complete a challenge lol) and then 1 1/2 hr. volleyball practice
Total steps: 15,909

Water:

2 qts.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Today we had a wonderful discussion in sunday school and I had the pleasure of co-teaching the three year olds at church. How precious they are!! A little side note, though not officially, I did get on the scale this morning and I weighed 313lb.!! BUT, I'm not gonna count it till my official weigh-in day Thursday...This afternoon Heather and I had a good time at Junior choir, and now I plan to get myself moving so I have a good amount of steps to report at bedtime!!!

Meals:

Breakfast: protein bar

Lunch: salad, mushrooms, grilled chicken, 2 spring rolls, honey chicken, and a little flaky sorta Chinese cookie thing lol/water

Supper: Same as last night, with 1/2 piece of mexican pizza(thin crust)

                               

Exercise:

nothing specific

Total steps: 6,188

Water:

1 1/2 qt.

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Well today we went to cut wood.....wouldn't ya know, lol. We spent our evening at home. We had a really nice day together as a family. It was SO nice outside! It's hard to believe that it is March already!! Hopefully be the end of this month and beginning of next we will be working to get our garden planted.....Excited!!

Meals:

Breakfast: 2 poached eggs, apple and grapes/acv water

lunch: (picnic'd) Chili, kale chips, grapes, orange, 2 cheese sticks/acv water

Supper: 2 wraps with black beans, salad, cheese and hot sauce in them... different, but good :)/ acv water

Exercise:

helped split, load and unload a truck load of wood

Total steps: 3,580

Water:

3 qt.

Friday, March 14, 2014

:) Gym day!!....which translates into.....GREAT DAY! I love going to the gym! I feel so good after I leave. Going to get some cleaning done and school and then we will see what the evening holds...

Meals:

Breakfast: protein bar/acv water

Lunch: 2 salad wraps with turkey ham, ranch, and bacon bits

Supper: med. soup and salad at chickfila. And a couple waffle fries  

Exercise:

1 hr devoted fitness, 15 min. on the elliptical

Total steps: 12,108

Water:

weekly weigh-in and pic 3/14/14

Today I weighed 315 lb. So no loss. However, I am currently plagued with the monthly problem us women face every month, so I feel somewhat confident that given another couple days and I will show a loss. not the best time to weigh, but that's ok. I am also not in my 'normal' attire, I just stayed in my gym clothes from today....

315 lb. 

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Well, me being completely absent minded, COMPLETELY forgot to weigh in!! BOO! I didn't remember till this evening :( So I'll do my weigh in tomorrow. Today was a pretty good day. I really am a roller coaster right now with my eating, I am eating healthy over all, but I have completely dropped fighting temptations. I have to get back to it!! I let my guard down because I was OVER confident ,honestly, and the first time I allowed myself to indulge a little BAM! I am back where I started... So...time to start climbing that hill again...Oh, and the whole eating supper at lunch....yeah....I'm not there yet..lol

Meals:

Breakfast: banana, energy bar, apple

Lunch: salad

Supper: chili w/ crackers

Exercise:

just house cleaning and then I helped Eric do some work on his truck....which killed my arms!

Total steps: 3,753

Water:

2 qt.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

I had a wonderful time at the gym this morning. I know that I have said this a hundred times, but I love Devoted Fitness. I know 'most' everyone that knows me has seen or heard me speak about it. But for those that might not know I thought I would share a video that really speaks about what it is and what it means to me as well as many others. 

Devoted Fitness

I am going to try something different for say maybe the next week and see how well it works for me. Mrs. Paula McKinney stated today in class that she has started having her "big" meal of the day at lunch and then having a smaller, lighter meal at supper time. That gives her the opportunity to work off the bulk calories that she has taken in during the day. I thought that is a marvelous idea! So I am going to try it. Starting today. We will see if it has an effect on my weight loss or my hunger levels before bed. 

Meals:

Breakfast: apple( I meant to also eat a protein bar, but I totally forgot!)/acv water

Lunch: (left-overs) 2 chicken tenderloins and green beans/acv water

Supper: salad with 2 biscuits/acv water

Snacks: 3 apples

Exercise:

1 hr. devoted fitness, 23 min. on the elliptical, and I split some wood and filled our wood box.

Total steps: 12,189

Water:

3 qt. 

My heart.....

I would like to share a message that I sent to someone late last night. After re-reading it, I thought it really speaks how I truly feel about my journey.

"I don't want to "cheat" my way to being thinner, I want to eat
right and get in shape so that I am healthy. I also want to learn 
self-control.Once I lose this weight, I don't want it piling back on 
because I never learned how to live healthy. I don't want a quick fix.
I am looking for a life change. A new better me. Someone who can
run around with my kids in the backyard, or go hiking, or biking, or
running and it not tire me out after the first 3 min. I want to be active!
maybe even run in a 5k or something one day. I can do this on my own!"

This was spoken in reference to taking something that would help me lose weight...and I am not saying that if someone does, it is a bad thing. I am choosing not to do that myself and I guess some people might not understand why. I KNOW that I can do this without any other help than from God. He is the only help I need. He can supply me with all that I need to conquer anything that stands in my way. 

Romans 8:37-39 says, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Philippians 4:13 says, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Thank you Father for Your glorious Words. Words that speak truth into my heart and let me know that in You, I have nothing to fear. You are with me. You will guide me and You will carry me. You will give me joy. Thank you. 

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

*Disclaimer.... TMI info ahead for any guys that might read my blog lol....

Today got a late start, I was cramping bad this morning so I literally was in bed till noon! I took some ibuprofen and that helped a lot. I got up, got dressed and the girls (Bri and Alissa) and us went walking. We walked over 3 miles! Boy it was nice! Such a beautiful day outside! I need to formulate myself a good walking route... :) We went a little bit of everywhere today lol....some sidewalks were great, others were so-so...and then there were places where the sidewalks were in bad shape or there wasn't any at all! So definitely need to scope out a walking route as I drive around. 

Meals:

Breakfast: nothing, I was still in bed.

Lunch: 2 protein bars and an apple/ acv water

Supper: 3 lemon garlic chicken tenderloins and green beans.

Exercise: 

3.54 mile walk around my neighborhood and volleyball game

Total steps:10,057

Water:

2 qts

Monday, March 10, 2014

Well, today is a nice day!!! We went to the gym this morning for about an hour and then we went to Jeffer's Bend to take a nice walk. What a lovely day it is outside! Thank you Lord for your beautiful creation! I *feel* myself being renewed and it excites me!! Being overweight is like a prison, you have so many limitations to what you can do. Things that should be easy are so hard or you can't even do them at all because of all the excess weight you carry around. I am tired of all the weight. I am tired of the limitations, I am tired of how I feel when I look at myself in a mirror, I am tired of being tired all the time. That is where I was..... and most of those still apply now. I do have more loads more energy than when I first started, but things are still hard for me. A simple jumping jack is hard for me to do. I couldn't do them when I first started exercising, I can now, but they whoop me! Man do they wear me out! That is just an example. There are many things that I either have a hard time doing, or simply can't do at all yet. The Lord is renewing my fire! Thank you Jesus! I realized today....BIG epiphany here....that I only have 16 lbs. to lose before I am in the 200's again. If I lose 2 lb. a week, by May I'll be there! (Hopefully I'll lose more and reach it sooner) That is something that at one point I would have thought would never happen again, and here it is on the brink of reality!! Sweet Victory in Jesus! I need to focus on both my physical and my spiritual health. Because the only way my physical will get better is if my spiritual is thriving! Lord, help me keep my eyes on you!

Meals:

Breakfast: Banana and 2 protein bars/acv water

Lunch: salad with ranch and bacon bits/acv water

Supper: 2pieces of Mexican pizza, chips and cheese, kale chips and a couple bites of icecream

Exercise:

20 min. on the elliptical, 15 min. on the treadmill, then we walked for about an hour at Jeffer's Bend. I also have volleyball practice tonight! YAY!

Total steps:13,261

Water:

2 1/2 qts. 

Sunday, March 9, 2014

The Lord's day!! Agh.... Had a wonderful time at church, we had the pleasure of a visit from one of the men from the church in Brazil we have partnered with, he shared about Brazil and how it is going for them there. Bro. Nick shared a wonderful message today :) After church we went to Godfather's and ate with my sis Jamie and family :) Then we came home for a short while and then Heather and I went back to church for children's choir, then we came home and the whole family went on a little walk around the neighborhood and then Heather and I jogged/walked around one more time. It was nice!

Meals:

Breakfast: apple and orange slices with some dip and a banana/acv water

Lunch: 2 salad plates at Godfather's and one piece of cheese bread

Supper: lentil soup, kale chips

Exercise:

walked and jogged around the neighborhood

Total steps: 5,553

Water:

Friday, March 7, 2014

Oh this is SAD!! I HAVE to start keeping up with my blog!! ARGH! Well, today I had a really good time at the gym this morning and then spent the evening grocery shopping. I feel as though I am *starting* to control my eating better....but my biggest problem, which you wouldn't think would BE my problem given past experience, is not leaning on God for help. SIGH! I did the typical...."God is helping me"....."Oh this is so easy because God is helping me"....."Look at me, I'm doing SO Good"....."I got this!!".....SPLAT!!! Right on my face I fall! Why?.....Because I quit depending on God for strength. I started confusing His strength with my own. I know what I need to do.....but I don't know why it is often SO hard to do!! I know that it is only through Him that I will accomplish such a huge goal, and I know He will help if I ask. But also, once He answers, I have to learn to REMAIN in Him. I have to learn to continually depend on Him, even when I feel as though I can handle it on my own.....because the reality is.....I can't. I am weak, my flesh is weak. I will continually fall into my own temptations if I do not depend on God to give me the strength to overcome them.....

Meals:

Breakfast: banana, apple, energy bar/acv water

Lunch: salad with sliced deer steak, ranch, bacon bits

Supper: (Subway) foot long roasted chicken breast on flatbread

Exercise:

1 hour devoted fitness, 20 min. on the elliptical, 10 min. jogging on treadmill and then I did a 30 min. calorie burner program on the treadmill

Total Steps: 13,272

Water:

2 1/2 qts.

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Today we went and cut a truck load of wood down at the lake. I split some, and then I rolled several large pieces up a slight hill to where we were splitting them. Wasn't many steps, but it was DEFINITELY a workout I tell ya!! Afterwards, we went through the Elk and Bison prairie again lol, and then when down to devil's elbow and made us a campfire and relaxed by the lake for the rest of the evening :) I sure do love my family and thank God for them everyday!!!

Meals:

Breakfast: 2 eggs, apple, banana, protein bar/ acv water

Lunch: salad with ranch, kale chips, several doritos chips, and some home-canned peaches/acv water

Supper: 2 hot dogs(no bread), kale chips, apple./water

Exercise:

splitting and rolling wood and then I walked up and down the bank at the lake

Total Steps:  2,905

Water: 

2 qts.

Weekly weigh-in and pic 3/6/14

Today I stepped on the scale and I'm now 315lbs. Only 1 lb. lost this week, though with how my week has gone, I wasn't surprised. But it sure motivated me to get back up, dust myself off and jump back in for round 2!! My goal is at least 2 lb. a week. 1lb. just ain't gonna cut it!

I had to use a different back drop this time, sigh.... I need to find me a good spot...lol

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Well, today was a not so good day, I have found myself being distracted by things that consume my time. I love karaoke, and my sister introduced me to this karaoke app, I spent the majority of the day sitting around singing songs instead of trying to accomplish my steps goal. I decided to delete it this evening. As far as my eating, I did good today. It just seems as though satan is trying to find any way he can to divert me, to sway me off my path. I have swayed, but I will get back on track. I need to stay focused on my goals, it's when I allow myself to become distracted that I get off track and then the emotional baggage starts piling on, I have also found myself not being as engrossed with my Lord as I was. Another big reason for my set back. But, no worries! It's just time to stand back up, dust myself off and take off again.

Meals:

Breakfast: apple/ water

Lunch: salad with ranch and bacon bits with an apple/ acv water

Supper: a piece of fish with a little rice, a piece of hamburger, 1 piece of deer steak and a biscuit, broccoli with cheese/ acv water

Snacks: apple, I was loving me some apples today lol

Exercise:

None :(

Total steps: 1,324 

Water: 

2 qt.

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Well, my poor friend is still stranded in Allensville, so no devoted fitness for us today. My poor mom couldn't get her car out, so I took her to work this morning and then the girls and I went to the gym. BOY did that feel good! I need a dark room with a screen that simulates jogging outside with wonderful ambient sounds....hmmm, dreamy!! I will SO be doing that once Spring is finally HERE!  It also feels good that I am actually caught up on my blog! I do not like getting behind. It always seems like I can't ever find the right time to come back and sit down and just spend some time on here. However, my worst depressive self comes out when I fall behind on things, I just start feeling so overwhelmed and it just weighs on me like a TON of bricks man. I have REALLY got to stay on top of this thing. On another note, my house is mostly clean all the time now, instead of the other way around. I am really liking the fact that I have the energy and the initiative to keep things cleaned up and looking nice. Now I do still have some clutter issues, but I am slowly working through them....I think lol. Either way, LOADS better than where I was. No church this evening with everything still being so slushy outside. SO many people are constantly getting stuck in this mess. Earlier while we were at the gym, we seen 5 semis stuck....smh....
It's hard to believe that tomorrow is weigh in day!!

Meals:

Breakfast: energy bar, apple, banana/ spring water

Lunch: Salad with ranch/ spring water ( I'm out of stevia ) :(

Supper: 3 pieces of deer steak and Heather's potatoes( my sweet daughter made supper tonight)

Exercise:

13 min. JOGGING on treadmill, 20 min. on elliptical, 20 min. doing a calorie burner program on the treadmill. and I did some stomach crunches.

Water:
2 qt.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Well, today has been good, I cleaned house and we did school. Then while I was making supper I jogged around the kitchen table....lol It was a pretty non-eventful day. A praise worthy of mentioning, my mom found a job!! YAY! She starts tomorrow! I am so happy for her!!

Meals:

Breakfast: apple, banana 

Lunch: Heather's potato and onion specialty :)/ acv water

Supper: 1 hamburger with lettuce as my bread, steamed broccoli w/ cheese and a small portion of tortilla chips w/ cheese/ acv water

Snacks: 1/2 apple with peanut butter

Exercise:

Just housework and my evening jog...lol

Total steps: 6,005

Water:

1 1/2 qts.

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Can you believe it is already MARCH!!! Spring is just around the corner thank goodness! We had a lovely day at church, we had a guest speaker and he had an amazing message this morning. Haven't had much exercise to speak of today, but I am going to try to work on my total steps later on.... My tail bone has been hurting me for like a week now, it is really starting to get irritating! We were blessed to have Brad accompany us to lunch and we ate at East Meets West :)

Meals:

Breakfast: Apples with dip and a banana/acv water

Lunch: mushrooms, grilled chicken, 2 spring rolls, one stick of teriyaki chicken and a salad./water

Supper: salad with ranch/ water

Snacks:some chocolate morsels and walnuts

Exercise:

Nada.....
Total Steps: 2,694

Water:

Monday, March 3, 2014

Well, last night we got a lot of sleet and snow, so no gym for us :( We have snow drifts around our house that are like 3-4 ft! ( I know all my northern friends....we are a bunch of weenies, lol) I seem to be in a bit of a slump....particularly with keeping up with my blog and being as strict as I was with my eating. I am still eating good, but I have added a lot of "whites" back in, or not necessary "added" them back in, I'm just not controlling myself and eating them. Also with my fitness pal. Though I do think I am going to take a break from it, it just got real annoying trying to enter everything I ate on there, then on here, and also using my Striiv..... So I'm going to quit using that for now. I'm just going to focus on eating healthy and exercising and using the Striiv app. Too bad there isn't an app that could just count your calories as they hit your stomach lol....

Meals:

Breakfast: 3 biscuits, 1 piece of sausage/ chocolate milk

Lunch: salad with ranch, apple/water

Supper: taco night! I had a plates of tortilla chips w/ meat and cheese and 1 taco/ acv water

Exercise:

nothing worthy of mentioning....just some housework.

Total Steps: 4,533

Water:

1 qt. 

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Today was a great day! The kids and I went down to the lake and hiked along the Center Furnace and the Hematite Lake. Emma did so well with walking on the path. It was a bit of a challenge at first, but she soon got the hang of it. After we got back to the truck, we sat down at one of the picnic tables and ate lunch. Then we went and moseyed through the Elk and Bison Prairie. It was great! Then we met up with Eric(he had to work) and went down to devil's elbow and started a nice campfire. Then we had a wonderful supper at Cracker Barrel and then headed home :)

Meals:

Breakfast: banana, cereal bar, and an apple

Lunch: ham and cheese sandwich with kale chips

Supper: salad, with pork chop and green beans, and homemade biscuits...

Snacks: I had some dorito chips that I packed the kids to have with lunch 

Exercise:

Hiked around the beautiful Hematite Lake carrying Emma on and off lol

Total Steps: 8,922

Water:

2 1/2 qt.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Sigh... Today is really Sunday, and I am playing catch up lol. Friday was a great day for me. I have been having some problems with my knees hurting while I am exercising, so Friday morning I took 2 ibuprofen before workout and had a decent breakfast and I felt a lot better. So much so I broke my steps record!

Meals:

Breakfast: protein bar, fruit and yogurt, apple/ acv water

Lunch: salad with ham and homemade ranch/acv water

Supper: italian style fish with brown rice/acv water

Snacks: not sure :(

Exercise:

1 hr. devoted fitness, 20 min. on the elliptical, and 15 min on the treadmill.

Total Steps: 17,312!!

Water:

3 qt.