Comments(1) Today’s magic number . . .
1.5 pounds from last week. Pretty good. I don’t have much time to add very much today as I need to get ready for my trip but I wanted to at least get my number here!
Excited! Ok, time to go! Be good everyone!
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Tomorrow I’ll be leaving for Arizona to attend my sweet little nephews first birthday. I’m really excited! I’ve been a little nervous because of my diet but as it gets closer I get less and less so, I know I’ll do just fine, I’m ready for this. I still want to take my DVD’s and try to get them in just because 4-5 days of no workouts straight, I just don’t feel good about. I tell myself it’s a vacation and I should just relax but really, I like my workouts. I feel I burn off a lot of negative energy during them and it helps me get though the day and deal with stress better. Exercise has been the best anti-depressant I’ve ever had, better than any pill I’ve ever been on that’s for sure! I think I’ve finally convinced myself not to exercise tomorrow. Trying to exercise would mean waking up at 4am probably earlier and really, I’m not down with that. I know it will probably help with the stress of flying but waking up that early will make me grumpy and counteract the goodness of exercise.
I’m going to be weighing in tomorrow, a day early, since I’ll be in AZ on Friday. I’m also making today cleaning day in hopes that my house will still be clean when I get back (the husband isn’t coming and will be home alone while I’m gone.) Anyways, that’s it for me today! I better get started on my cleaning!
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So we got the stuff and my daughter helped me bake these up tonight. Pretty yummy! We don’t eat dairy so we used almond milk in place of regular milk but they taste just fine. I saved up some calories from dinner so that I could have one warm out of the oven! Only thing is I forgot to spray the muffin cups so they stick to the paper but that’s my fault.
They are good sized and pretty filling, I think these will make a great breakfast with a nice hot cup of tea!
Comments(1) Around this time of year I crave pumpkin and since I’ll be skipping the pumpkin pie this go round I’ve been looking for low calorie pumpkin options to curb my pumpkin cravings. I found a recipe on sparkpeople for pumpkin muffins that looks pretty good. If we feel like it we may go out and get the stuff to make them tonight. If we do I’ll update about how it goes. Anyways, here’s the recipe for anyone interested.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray a 12-serving muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray or line with paper baking cups and spray insides with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside. In a large bowl combine pumpkin, eggs, splenda, vanilla, milk and stir well. Sift in flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice. Fill prepared muffin cups equally, sprinkle tops with extra cinnamon. Bake 20 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Added note: if you can’t find oat flour then try putting quick cook oats (not instant) in your blender and pulverizing, shaking, pulverizing, shaking the container until it all grinds down to a flour. Should work just fine! Also…be sure to spray your muffin pan or cups with nonstick spray or yes, they will stick.
Number of Servings: 12
Here’s the direct link also http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=171272
Comments(2) It’s weigh day! Wait, no it’s not .. but yesterday was and I couldn’t get this site to work :( So better late than never. Yesterdays magic number . . .
Exciting!! I’ve finally left the 160’s! I soooooooo love leaving a weight decade! I also get to cross another mini goal off my list, next up, 149. I dropped 3.5 pounds from last week and boy am I happy! I had secretly been hoping I’d pull out of the 160’s this weigh in but was afraid to voice it in case it didn’t happen, but it did so wooohooo! Also I’m at a total of 52 pounds GONE!
I was pretty bummed yesterday when I couldn’t update everything with my new exciting number, I don’t know what’s been up with the site but I hope it’s all worked out now. Next week’s weigh day is going to be a day early because I’ll be out of town on Friday. Visiting family in AZ, more exciting but also nervous making.
Anyways, that’s it for now!
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So my other half is a drill sergeant. You know the kind you see on TV and movies screaming at everyone. This is the side of me that gets me up in the morning, gets me on my elliptical and through the rest of my morning routine. This is the side of me that screams “You don’t need that cookie!” and “Get off your butt and clean the house!”. But this is also the side of me that screams “You shouldn’t feel proud of what you’ve done, you should have never gotten here in the first place!” and other ugly put myself down type things that get me nowhere.
I often find it hard to balance my ‘to easy on myself’ side and my ‘drill sergeant’ side. I have a love/hate relationship with my drill sergeant. Without that side of me I don’t think I would have gotten this far but sometimes, it’s just so mean 
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A couple post ago I talked about how I was feeling like I wasn’t making any progress or not trying hard enough and I think I’ve figured out why. When I was sick I could have easily said “I’m sick I so deserve . . .” you know the rest, but I didn’t. I didn’t really even have to try because I think the way I eat now has become habit, I just do it. I don’t have to think before I check labels it’s automatic. Really, it’s a great thing! A really great thing but it makes it that much easier so I don’t feel like I’m trying anymore, which is a nice thing but something I have to get used to. Now that I see it tho, I think I will be able to better deal with those feelings of “I’m not trying hard enough” at least when it come’s to my eating.
So, another milestone for me! Good habits.
Comments(0) So today I tried on a couple pairs of jeans in my “someday” box that I haven’t tried on in about a month. Last time I tried these on they didn’t even fit over my thighs, this time however I got them all the way up and over my butt! All but one wouldn’t button and the one that did is in no way whatsoever something I would go out in public wearing (just because I can squeeze myself into something doesn’t always mean I’m going to wear it out) but it’s still a victory in my book!
Maybe in another month I’ll be wearing them! Or at least be able to button them 
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I want this shirt. I want it bad and I want it in a small!
So, of course clothes are a big reason why I want to lose weight and the cute girly stuff has a place but what I really want, dorky tee-shirts. Yep, I want to lose weight so I can proudly proclaim I’m a gamer and a dork, who wears a small size of course. I was looking at jinx.com today at all the shirts I want to get once I reach my goals. Here are a few of my fave’s.
NEED it.
Yep.
I am (at games at least).
Seriously.
And if I ever have another kid I’m so making it wear this onesie.
I so can’t wait.
Comments(0) So this month hasn’t gotten off to the best start but that’s ok, I’m going to make the best of it anyway. In October I lost a total of 7.5 pounds putting me 0.5 pounds short of my goal of 8 pounds but all in all I’m happy with my loss. Also, considering I lost 11 pounds in September I’m already ahead of the game. I did however go above and beyond my exercise goal of 1300 mins with a total of 1655!! I did less in Sept and was eating the same but lost more, who knows why the body does the things it does.
Anyways, I set my new goals for November at again 8 pounds to lose putting me at 154lbs and 1400 mins of exercise. Now I set these goals BEFORE I got sick, so that whole week of being sick might put a crimp in my plans but I’m going to keep them the way they are, why not. If I make them great! If not I’ll just keep movin, not like I’m ever going to go back to my old lifestyle anyways so really what else am I going to do?
Well, I’m not going to take the way November started as a bad omen. The only things going on are my little nephew’s (he’s not really my nephew, he’s my cousins son but I think of myself as more of an aunt then a second cousin if that’s even what I am to him) FIRST birthday and Thanksgiving. Family that I haven’t seen in a long time is going to be there at my nephew’s birthday and I would really like to see them so I’m excited about that. I am a little nervous just because I’ll be out of my element and staying with my grandparents but I plan to call up my grandma and let her know about my diet so everyone’s on the level and they’ll hopefully be understanding if I pass something up or don’t eat very much. I only just found out for sure that I’m going to be able to go (my husband just got the airline passes) so I guess I haven’t been worrying about it until now. Also I really don’t like flying but it will be so worth it to see everyone and see that cute little man eat his cake! I’m also not super happy about missing workouts, I wasn’t so worried about it but with as much as I missed already this month missing more isn’t gellin. Oh well, like I said before, there are going to bumps but it isn’t like I’m going to hit one and go, oh well and turn around. I’ll just keep on going.
As for Thanksgiving, well, that’s another can of worms. It will probably be with my mother in law and if you’ve read my other posts you’ll know she’s not the most understanding about my weight loss so, it’s going to be stressful. I can only stress about one thing at a time so right now it’s Arizona, after that I’ll stress about Thanksgiving.
Anyways, that’s my thoughts on the ending of October and the now November!
I choose now.