Holiday Scale Scare!

Okay, you have posted about how bad you have been. Now it is my turn! At my last prenatal appointment I had gained 4 lbs mostly due to drinking soda. Since that appointment I have gained another 5!! Between vacationing at Disneyland and then coming home for Thanksgiving with LOTS of goodies around the house I've gone crazy!! To top it off I haven't actually gone out and "exercised" in 3 weeks!! That's not to say I haven't been doing enough walking around and cleaning to make me completely exhausted. I just haven't exercised. I think the box of cinnabon is what made me gain the 5 lbs... talk about weaknesses... that is definitely one of mine. Did you know 1 cinnabon has 737 calories?? Yikes!! Oh so good, but oh so bad at the same time.

So, I have 11 days till my next appointment and that means I've gotta eat good and at least go for a walk every day to get these 5 lbs off. We'll see how it goes!! Luckily soda is no longer an issue.

What would you do??

I don't really think I even had a choice, nope. There was no way around it. Let me explain.
Sorry I didn't do my weigh in last Thursday. Honestly I forgot about it until after I'd eaten breakfast, but I'm sure it wasn't pretty. So I didn't change my ticker last week. I will this week, promise. Even though I'm not feeling too good about what the scale said this morning. And sadly, the scale was probably even being kind to me considering all the junk I ate all weekend. Plus the only exercizing I did was the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving. Not good!
So for breakfast one day we ate Monta's delicious oven pancakes, with the dangerously good fattening syrup. Well, I bought buttermilk for the syrup, but only used a cup of it. That is pretty pricey to only use one cup of it, and I didn't want it to go bad in my fridge so I figured I should use it up before it went bad. Naturally I HAD to make buttermilk brownies TONIGHT. Weak, I know. I was supposed to be so strong today. I really HAVE to watch myself over this next month so I might be obnoxious, but I'm going to force myself to write a couple times a week to keep myself accountable.

Thanksgiving!!

I just stepped on the scale!! AHHHHHHHHHH I may have enjoyed Thanksgiving a little too much!! And the weekend is not even over yet!!

Turkey Trot 2010

I think a year ago when we decided to run the Turkey Trot is when we finally became serious with our journey. I know it was for me. Being able to run the whole thing was such a huge step for me in the right direction. My goal at that time was not to walk one step of it.

Thanksgiving 2009
(WOW awful picture)

Thanksgiving 2010

The sad thing is a year later and being pregnant my goal was the exact same. PLEASE don't let me walk!! Luckily both years I have been able to run the whole thing.



We did not get a picture with Kim she was not able to make it. But next year all three of us will be there with 2 babies in tote!!

Weigh In

I realized today that I have been lying for at least a few weeks. I thought I weighed something and seriously I have weighed this forever. I checked my trigger today and realized somewhere in this past month I gained a pound. Not sure when but it is there.

A growing family!

A year of changing! We have been up to A LOT of good all year!! This is probably the first year in a long time, that the kids are the only one's growing!

December 2009

March 2010

November 2010

And I am 3 months pregnant! I have lost a total of 53lbs in a year. I have not yet gained any weight!(I know will not be long) I have started to gain the tummy, the hips and the thighs! :) Not to bad for a year!

Valley of Fire Half Marathon!

I did it! (This will be pretty much the same thing I'm going to write on my own blog, sorry) This race was BY FAR the hardest race I have ever done! Honestly, it was, physically, one of the hardest things I've ever done. But I didn't want to give up. I kept going, and I ran the whole thing. Well, let me rephrase that. In my mind I was running as fast as my legs could take me, but I'm sure to any onlooker I looked like I was just walking and pumping my arms very hard. The "killer hill" on the Hurricane half had nothing on these hills. They were so steep and so many. They just kept going. It was an "out and back" race, so when I'd be going up a steep hill I'd just tell myself it would be so nice on the way back. But, nope, then the wind kicked up and those hills that gave a little reprieve on the way out were now monster hills that never ended. When I'd get up a big hill and got to go down the next, it didn't matter. The wind was so strong that I really couldn't go very fast anyway. There was also a good two mile stretch that was on loose gravel and sand. That was hard because I didn't feel like I could just let loose and go because I was worried about twisting my ankle so I'd have to brace myself for every step, which doesn't help with my plantar fasciitis. BUT, even with all those challenges I'm SO glad I did it. It's nice to prove to yourself that you can do hard things. And it was really so much fun running with all the girls. I also just love the race atmosphere.
As far as the rest of the week goes - I forgot a midweek check in. The first half of the week was VERY stressful with getting ready for the Tuesday Relief Society Meeting, and also for Rebecca's birthday. I did finally get to exercise on Wednesday, and kept going the rest of the week. Since it was also a tapering week and I didn't exercise as much, and I ate bad on Monday and Tuesday, I only lost one pound. I'm revising my goal a little bit. I'm going to be SUPER good next week till Thursday, and I'll make Thursday morning my weigh in day. I'm hoping to be down at least one more pound. Then throughout the holidays I'm hoping to maintain my weight. I'm going to give myself a little leeway. I'm going to try to not let myself go over last weeks weight. I have put on too much weight over the last month, which is so frustrating because even though I've not eaten the best, I've still been training for a half marathon, and putting in the miles. If nothing else it just shows me that I really can't just take a huge break over the holidays because I'll easily gain 15 pounds. Then once January hits I'll get renewed motivation and I'll start looking for another race to do, probably something a little less than a half. I need to let my body heal.

Short Term Amnesia

Have I forgotten everything I've been working on this whole year??!! I swear, I have totally reverted to old eating habits this week. I did pretty good till after our big run on Thursday, but the run acted as a starting gun for an eating contest where I was the only contestant. So needless to say, the weigh in wasn't pretty. I'm going to use the Friday weigh in results rather than Sat. because Friday will make me feel better about myself.
BUT I am determined to make this only SHORT term. I really don't want to put on much over the holidays. I'm not going to expect myself to lose, but I'm hoping I can get down a bit within the next week and a half (till Thanksgiving), and my goal is to weigh the same, or within 2 pounds of Thanksgiving weight by New Years. This will be VERY hard, because all the Christmas goodies are so tempting. So I might just have to compensate by living on the treadmill for the next month. :)
Wish me luck!

4 weeks already!!

My plan to maintain did not work. I have had MAJOR headaches this month... at least 2-3/week. These headaches are literally dabilitating. I cannot do anything when they come on. Worse than that, the only way I've been able to get even a little bit of relief is by taking tylenol with caffeine, aka PEPSI! It never cures my headache, but it always helps.

Due to my massive increase in soda intake I ended up gaining 4 lbs!! UGH! Luckily, I have a wonderful doctor, who is actually puzzled by my headaches because usually they happen because of high blood pressure, but mine is normal. However, I do have a lot of stress, so he thinks that might have a lot to do with it. Yesterday at my appointment I explained to him my problem and he was so nice. He gave me a prescription for the headaches. HOPEFULLY it works. I haven't had one in 2 days so I haven't had the chance to try, but I am praying it works.

Wednesday already!?

I can't believe it's already time for the midweek report. Well, so far I've been exercising well this week, and eating ok. Not having sweets or desserts, but I know I could be eating even better. I've been way too tired this week because of the time change and how it is affecting my kids. When I'm tired I'm lazy. I don't know if I'll lose weight this week, but hopefully at least a pound. We'll see.

Weigh In

I forgot take my picture for 12 weeks, I will get on it tomorrow! And I maintained, I really wish I could keep saying that every week. But I realize the scale will shortly continue to go up and up and up and up!! Tomorrow we are running then 9 of us!! That is right 9 of us are running at Valley of fire are getting together to decorate our shirts!

November pictures, and weigh in.

January, June, and November 2010


January, June, and November 2010

After eating horribly all week I did gain weight. Gained 2 1/2 pounds. My will power is really weak right now, but I will get it back. Almost all the Halloween candy is gone, and what's not gone by the time I go to bed will be thrown in the garbage, tonight! You might not want to talk to me tomorrow because most likely I'll be suffering from major withdrawls after a whole week of sugar. I didn't do too super well on working out last week either, so I was REALLY scared about the run yesterday. 12 miles!! I took it a little easier this week, and it was actually a really enjoyable run. Now I'm not quite so scared about the race in 2 weeks. Still scared, but not quite so bad. So my plan for this upcoming week is to get back to my motivated self. I want to lose those 2 1/2 pounds plus at least another pound.

EVEN WORSE!!

I was even worse then Sarah by far. I make Sarah look perfect. I ate terrible and a hard time working out. Really I should have probably gained a thousand pounds this week. Some miracle I maintained!! I really need to get motivated!! OH MOTIVATION I need you!!!

Bad, bad girl

In a nutshell - horrible! Halloween candy sitting around the house is too much of a temptation. Eating candy leads to a tummy ache (at least when I'm the one doing it because I can't stop at just one) which means I don't want to work out on a full tummy.
I did exercise finally last night - at like 10:30. The guilt got to me. I ran and walked on the treadmill.
Did weights today, and I'm planning to run tomorrow. Wish me luck on the 12 mile run on Saturday. I'm gonna NEED it!!

Take Two

Last night I told Jerry I was going to try to go all week without eating any of the Halloween candy. He laughed at me and said, "Good Luck." I was so determined to show him the strength of my will power facing the huge bowl of Halloween candy. I even put it away in the back of the pantry when I woke up this morning so it wouldn't be there taunting me all day.
But about right now I'm thinking about going and digging it out of the pantry and enjoying. My kids are on a 3 day sugar high, and I'm in withdrawls. Not a good combination. I think I might HAVE to have some just to keep up with the. Really, I don't want to, I'm just being a good mom:)