Friday, January 27, 2012

weigh in

I weighed in this morning and lost 2.5 pounds! Still was hoping for more, but I will take it. A loss is a loss. I was feeling pretty good about my 8 lb loss for the competition with my in-laws, but we totally lost. My brother-in-law and his wife killed us all with losing 6.5% - holy cow! That's a lot. So I'm stepping up my game next week. Ok, actually - I don't really know what I'll do differently because I'm doing what I should be, and it is coming off, just slower than I'd hoped. Dieting and nursing are a tricky balance. Already I'm feeling like it's effecting my milk, but I'm also not being drastic, just smart. So anyway, I'm talking in circles. Hopefully I can lose more and it will start coming off faster. I'll try to get a new pic up here on Feb. 1st.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

One Month

This week started off as a very frustrating depressing week. I was working my butt of and my weight never moved! So upsetting, I was working so hard and has of Wednesday still the exact same thing. Finally yesterday a a few pounds came and weighed this morning I lost 5pounds!! That puts me at 19 pounds this month. I will take it. My brother is getting married Feb 18th, and I would really like to loose another 11 pounds by then. Probably not a realistic goal, but I will aim for it!

So Monta took this picture of me at the beginning of January.
So last night Kira and I went to the gym and I made her take a picture of me, I did not pose exactly the same. My legs are extended in the top pictures not the bottom one. But you can see my muffin top is shirking.
Gary and I are going on a date tonight, so I am a little nervous, about gaining it all back in one bite. I am going to try this weekend not to be bad, one meal is okay all weekend not so good! Dallin is napping and I started back to work this week, so while he sleeps I work!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Question...

What's the point of exercising and eating right if you don't lose weight? I know.. being healthy, feel better about yourself.. blah, blah, blah. Just kidding. I know those things are important, but it's so frustrating when I have SO much to lose for it to be so hard to lose. Sure wasn't hard to gain it:) I really tried to do good over the weekend, and have been good so far this week too, and I've lost half a pound since Friday. Yes, a loss is a loss. Hopefully my body will kick in gear and I'll lose 10 pounds in 2 days. haha. I'll keep at it though, because I know if I don't I'll just gain. And on the positive side, even though I haven't really lost a lot of pounds yet, my pants seem to fit a bit better this morning than they did last week. So I'll keep it up.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Weigh in

I'm going to start doing my weigh ins on Friday from now on because it's the day we weigh in for our little competition with Jerry's brothers too. I am happy to report that I lost 4 pounds!! Yay! I have so far to go, and honestly I was hoping to lose a little more this week because I did really good on my exercising and eating - even on my anniversary! BUT... that being said, I will gladly take the 4 pounds and continue to press forward:)

Stupid Scale!

Stupid Scale! I gained a pound this week...... Not very happy about this. There were a lot of reasons and excuses I have for this weeks gain. BUT I GAINED!! ;(....

Monday, January 16, 2012

Weigh In

Yes, I'm a few days late at getting this on here, but it's not super great news to report anyway. I lost 1 1/2 pounds. Not too great. Part of the reason I haven't gotten on is because Luke is so extremely needy. That boy doesn't sleep - ever. At night he is in bed with me because it is the only way to get him to go to sleep. I've made him "cry it out" and he falls asleep, but not for long. He's up in about 45 min. screaming again. I feel like I'm feeding him all night long. If he's asleep and I move or get up to go potty he wakes up automatically. He doesn't sleep well during the day either. He hardly naps. The last couple days it has been a TOTAL of about 2 hours of sleep during the day that he gets and then he doesn't go to bed till 10:30 or 11:30 again at night. Yes, I'm going a little crazy. Because he's so tired he just cries all day if I'm not holding him. Right now he's in his exersaucer. He was happy for the first 2 min., now he is screaming so loud at me. His cough/wheezing/etc is finally going away but we are still on lots of medicines, including 2 breathing treatments each day of albuterol and pulmicort. (So 4 breathing treatments each day) for the next MONTH! I feel like I'm being sucked dry literally and figuratively. So because I have to just hold him all day, I end up just puttering around the house all day waiting for him to fall asleep and just munching on whatever food is around. I know - excuses, excuses. But because we finally have healthy children I'll be able to go to the gym today and at least get 30 min. away from children.

So I'm hoping I'll get an extra boost of motivation here soon. Just like Korina is doing the "Thin it to win it" competition, Jerry's brothers are doing a competition for the next 3 months too. We will be competing as couples. We will weigh in every two weeks and the winner gets 1/2 of the money put in for the session. The other half goes to the pot. The overall winning couple at the end of the 3 months gets the entire pot. Jerry is onboard and excited, so that helps me too.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Weigh In!

I lost another 3.8 pounds this week! I'll take it! My goal is to loose 4.2 pounds by the end of January and that will 20lbs in one month!!!!!

I am excited about my weight loss. But I almost feel like I am cheating before the New Years I was literally working 5 times harder and loosing NOTHING!! Now that I am able to watch my calories and not having to worry about my milk dropping I am really able to watch my calories. And my hormones are adjusting.

I did not win on Thin it to Win it this week. SOMEONE lost 15lbs!! WOWZERS!

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Mid-week check in

Not Good!
With 3 sick kids, including one that doesn't sleep I've not done too well this week so far. But, not giving up yet!

Stress

I was very lucky over Christmas break and didn't gain anything even though I was terrible.  I think my biggest challenge right now is overcoming stress.  I cannot expect to maintain or even lose weight if I continue to let life give me stress.  So, I am eliminating anything and everyone who causes it.  The only thing I can't do that to is my current life situation which we have no real control over.  If I can limit it to that only then I think I'll be fine.  So far I am still the same weight I was in November....with a growing belly.

Friday, January 6, 2012

I'm kind of here

Well I am here and everywhere I think! Its been awhile. I kind of considered stopping blogging on here. But at this point I am going to do everything ( i will get more into this) I can to get to my goal. So so since the last post.

I ran the Vegas Half Marathon! I wish I could tell you the time. But that is a mystery! A few days they posted it took me way longer then I thought I had ran it in. But I was like whatever they have timing chips. Then a week later I got pictures of "me!" and it was an old man! I'm not a old man! Then the week before Christmas I got a email that said it looks like we registered you with the wrong number, please email us your time and info! Even though it was crazy, I enjoyed it my favorite race by far! I did loose two toenails from it! But I finished and did not walk one step! I did time it myself but the corrals were not organized so we started running before we even hit the starting line. So I had to start it way early so I would not get trampled! And at the end it was raining so I was just trying to get to my foil jacket on.


And I maintained and maintained and maintained really the story of my life I felt like I could eat the world and not gain a pound or work my butt off and still maintain!


For Christmas I got a Planet Fitness gym Membership!!! I am super excited and really love it. But as usual did not matter what I did still maintained! :? After Christmas my mom came in town which means lots of food and food. So I put a few pounds on.

New Years day I was on my way home from the hotel visiting my Mom when Monta calls and ask if I want to be in their "Thin it to Win it" Competition I really need the motivation so I said sure! So this week I have made a lot of changes.

1. Really watched my calories, I think I have skin milk I can pump 10ounces and Dallin still has still have a bottle after I feed him my milk. So I decided since I have to feed him bottles anyways I am okay with my milk dropping. Since I have been having to give him so many bottles anyways.

2. Gym went everyday except for Wednesday and Wednesday i worked out with Monta. I met with the personal trainer. He is supposed to get me a workout schedule soon.

3. NO SODA NO SUGAR DRINKS

4. WATER!! ( I even Got a new water bottle)

5. No eating after 7pm

6. Also Monta gave me this spray and it reminds me of a Listerine strip. So after you spray this stuff in your mouth it taste all pepperminting so you don't want to eat anything. Kind of like right after you brush your teeth. So I eat dinner finish then I spray that way I will not munch!

7. I also joined this thin it to win it we all put 5 dollars in and at the end of the week. The person with lost the most BMI. That way its fair for the skinny people! :P gets all the money honey!! So I am competitive and I like money! We have been rooting each other on also!

8. I also readjusted my little trigger to my goal weight instead of pre pregnancy weight.


So after a week! We met up this morning and all weighed. WE ALL LOST!! And guess who won that's right ME!! I lost 12lbs!! I have never lost that much weight ever!


I really think a lot of it has to do with cutting the calories. Meeting with the trainer he was asking me everything I have been doing and eating. And has soon has I told him I was breastfeeding he said, "That's why." He said either people loose weight from breastfeeding or the total opposite where some people's bodies hold in calories to make sure they will have enough to make the milk. Which it ends up holding more calories then it needs. I realize my milk will and is drying up and I have mixed feelings about this. Sometimes I don't want to stop and other times I am so ready to be Korina again. Then I worry what if I stop and still don't loose the weight then what will I do! That's my excuse! :P Plus Dallin is my last I don't want to regret it , can't make up for it again. Mixed feelings about this whole thing!

So for a monthly picture here you go! GROSS!! Look at that muffin top!

For next week, I would love to continue to loose, and really hope it will keep coming off I have maintained long enough!!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Success or Failure?

Yes, you guessed it.... Started fresh...AGAIN! The last couple days in Dec. I was eating so much junk that every morning I felt so yucky and vowed to never eat any more chocolate. But within a couple hours somehow I was eating chocolate again. I was happy and sad to be starting a new year. I know, that sounds crazy. Sad because I knew I couldn't just eat my heart out anymore and it was going to be time to be accountable for my eating. Happy because I really need to get in control again of my eating and exercising and start feeling better about myself.

I weighed in on Sunday morning and was, of course, depressed because I gained even more than expected. I made it till 5:30 before giving in and eating any chocolate. I'm going to look at this as a success, that I made it that far before giving in :)

We went on a little trip to Chicago Tues-Wed. I knew this could be very detrimental at the beginning of my new start, but was determined to do my best. I did work out at the hotel on Tues. and also went swimming with the kids that night. I wasn't super strict on my eating, but I did eat better with no major unhealthy snacks. That is so hard during car rides. Once we got home there were still lots of Oreos left in the package. (That is so rare, which tells me I must be the one to usually eat most of the Oreos) :( Anyway, the temptation was too great and I gave in and ate an Oreo. Here is the success part - I stopped at 1. Usually once I break and eat something "bad" I go crazy and eat anything else I can find. So normally I would have finished off all the Oreos and gone for the ice cream in the freezer as well. So instead of beating myself up I'm going to pat myself on the back for stopping at 1.

So - New Year, New Goals. I have my ultimate goal that I want to get to. But I'm going to start with a couple short term goals so that I can hopefully celebrate a little success along the way. I'm going to be on here more. If I don't write very often you can probably assume that I'm not doing well. When I do my mid week and weekly check in it keeps me more on track. I NEED you guys:) My first short term goal is to fit my pants (The ones that AREN'T maternity pants) without muffin top by Jerry's birthday weekend. That is 3 weeks from starting. My next short term goal is to lose 25 lbs by the weekend that Jerry finishes finals for this module. The first weekend in March. It is ambitious I know. But I have so. much. to. lose!!! I did lose 4 lbs after the first day of eating good and exercising this week. That tells you just how bad I was over Christmas. I will hopefully get the new month pic posted soon so I have my point of reference to go from when I'm smokin' hot!! :)