From Flab to FAB!

…results will occur!  I have officially lost 6 pounds  I don’t know when it happened, or how it happened, all I know….is it happened.  A couple of weeks ago I weighed myself to find that I lost 3 pounds..then, last week I weighed myself again, and it showed that I lost another 3 pounds.  We’ll just say the best motivation for me is actual results.  Ever since I’ve seen that, I’ve been more motivated to do it.  I did hurt my leg at the dog park last week so it’s kind of hard for me to run or jump on it but I’m trying to push through it.  Oh yeah, and I’ve gotten to the point where I can actually run a minute and a half straight.  That’s pretty freaking good for me  It’s been awhile since I’ve written and unfortunately I really don’t have to much to say except for that.  Yes, I understand this probably should have more thought put into it (as I’ve heard from several people on here), but this really is just way for me to vent out my frustrations, keep track of my progress, and see how far I’m going.  It’s not for anyone else, just myself.  So if you don’t like it, please feel free to click the exit button at the top of the screen.

Thanks and good wishes

-K

Filed under: Uncategorized on March 26th, 2012 | No Comments »

Yes, so it has been forever since I’ve written. I’ve had so much going on at work that I literally haven’t had a second to spare.  I do have nothing but good news to report though.  Not sure what my current weight is but I feel better, lighter and I actually looked in the mirror today and somewhat liked what I seen.  I am still doing Zumba but now, Aaron has me running suicides and duck walks with him.  We are doing this so I can kind of ease myself into running….ease…not really the word you’d think of when it comes to suicides, but it works.  Trust me, they suck and if I could figure out a different way of doing it…maybe I would…maybe I wouldn’t…I don’t know.  All I know is that I love having him as my very own personal trainer.  He probably motivates me and pushes me more than anyone else would and in a way that I can handle.  He knows when I’ve pushed myself far beyond what I should.  Maybe I’m just on Cloud 9 with him or head over heels in love and that’s why I feel this way, but either way, I wouldn’t change our workouts together.  Meanwhile, he’s finally jumped on the diet boat with me :)  Now we are both watching our calorie, sugar, and sodium intake.  He is also trying to stay away from junk food so it’s really great to have the support at home also.  I’ve been doing really well with my eating.  I bring 2-3 bottles of water with me to work every day and when I’m at home we use these flavor packets that have all of 10 calories that are mainly from carbs.  No sugar, no fat. Just deliciousness.  At some point, Stacey and I are going to start waking up at 630 AM and start running at the gym.  We’ve been attempting this for a week…lol.  Well, I pretty much don’t have so much to say now about what’s going on.

Oh..please continue to keep Baby Ryan in your prayers.  He has to go back to MUSC for surgery because he can’t hold anything down.  He has been doing so well and I know that if we just keep up the prayers that he will come out of this so much stronger. Thanks a ton.

-K

Filed under: Uncategorized on March 19th, 2012 | No Comments »

I’m the least inspirational person on here I think.  Honestly, I’m not sure why it’s so difficult for me to just stick to a diet.  Maybe it’s because my boyfriend loves bringing junk food in, or I work too much, or maybe I’m just full of BS excuses.  I literally suck at this.  I just wish I never would have gained all of this weight, then I wouldn’t even have to worry about it.  Isn’t that what we all want?! The easy way out?  That would be fantastic so I’ll take an order of that with the greasy fast food fries please.  So, in my defense we really hit a financial rut recently to where we haven’t been able to go shopping for real food so the bad processed stuff is what we’ve been getting.  I HAVE been pulling over time to where I can’t make it to the gym, but COME ON! At some point I have to just stop making excuses and get off my ass.  Jeez, I have two workout videos at home that I have yet to touch BTW.  I have no idea what’s even on that Biggest Loser DVD that Amanda is letting me borrow.  Soon enough I’m just going to be eating my way into oblivion.  I can definitely be trying so much harder and yes, I am still ordering the side salads with chicken nuggets at Mcdonalds.  But I also drink the hell out of some sweet tea, and love junk food.  I can’t get away from it.  Aaron and I talked today though and I think we are both going to make an effort to just stop buying junk food.  I’m literally at my point of no return, I’m so tired of this. Well, no good news today obviously. I’ve probably either gained weight this past week or lost it.  However, my man IS amazing and surprised me with a visit to my mom’s this past weekend.  I’ve missed her a ton and it was great to spend the full weekend with her instead of just a few hours.  She is trying to convince us to move to Charlotte, with the way the economy is here in Myrtle, who knows what could happen.  Well, I hope everyone else is having a better weight week than myself and really I have no one to blame but myself.  Keep that in mind, if there is no progress the only person you can blame is you.

- K

Filed under: Uncategorized on March 7th, 2012 | No Comments »

No progress is literally a slap in the face.  I had Aaron take a picture of me without clothes about a month ago.   The other day I had him take another picture and it looks exactly the same…I guess I deserve it.  I really haven’t been strict on my diet but that is about to change.  I am officially not cheating.  I need to remember that ultimately it isn’t what I eat but how much I eat.  I’ve been doing really well so far.  Here at work we have been swamped, so the past couple of weeks I’ve put in 15 hours of overtime, so I really haven’t been able to put in too much Zumba time. Tuesday I got called into work and left about half an hour early just so I could make it in time.  I did the class and then lifted weights afterward. Nothing serious just some arm curls and rows and then free weights, but man am I sore.  That was literally two days ago and my body is still killing me.  Zumba class lasted an hour and I was a little late but my workout was good enough to land my thighs in pain overdrive these past couple of days.  But yesterday before I went to work, Aaron and I went to this dollar store in the mall. It was amazing.  They have all these name brand food items for atleast half the price.  I got so many healthy snacks!! I got rice cakes, granola bars, sunflower seeds, and these salsa/cream cheese crackers that are only 150 cal per 15 crackers.  Not too shabby.  I’ve unfortunately got back into the habit of soda so I really just need to not make any exceptions whatsoever when it comes to that.  Also, I’m trying to drink mainly water and stay away from too many sugary juices/drinks.  The juices are what’s going to be kind of difficult.  I just desperately need to make this change because I am not comfortable at all with myself anymore.  I am seriously a skinny girl stuck in a fat girl’s body and I can’t take it anymore.  Some days I feel so pretty and then I’ll look in the mirror and be taken aback, because it’s not me.  I hate it.  Aaron tells me all the time how beautiful he thinks I am but in the end, I don’t agree. Not anymore anyway.  Now it’s time to change a couple of things around….I’m definitely going to have to kick my own butt when it comes to exercising at home because for some reason I just can NOT find the motivation but I’m gonna put some pictures of to jump start that motivation into gear.  I have two workout DVDs at home that I’m perfectly capable of doing that I just don’t do.  Also, starting tomorrow I am keeping a food journal. No excuse.  I’m digging out an old notebook and just keeping track of everything I eat, maybe I should get an organizer eventually and keep track of it that way, be more organized.

On a side note, my meme is out of the hospital and my papaw finally gets to get his beauty rest so thanks a ton for the prayers.  Now I need your help for another one, baby Ryan had to be transferred back to MUSC in Charleston.  He stopped breathing the other night  and started having seizures, as it turns out he has an upper respiratory infection and it’s not doing good with his body.  Please keep him and his family in your prayers.

Well, that’s all for now.

Have a great night

-K

Filed under: Uncategorized on March 1st, 2012 | No Comments »

So as we speak, (er as I write), I am finishing up my salad :).  I’ve done really good the past couple of days with kicking my butt into gear.  Yesterday for lunch, Aaron said he was going to get me something from McDonalds for lunch.  So, as my friend Nikki (who was my college roomie fyi) suggested, I told him to get me a side salad and a four piece nuggets (i don’t like the chicken sandwiches or fish).  I wasn’t expecting much out of the salad but it was actually a decent size.  I ate that salad with Italian dressing.  Then, on the way home,  Aaron said he was really in the mood for some salad now.  So….we went to Walmart and got stuff for grilled chicken salads!! I grilled them on my George Foreman with seasoning salt and lemon pepper.  I somehow managed to convince Aaron to invest in some Romaine Lettuce instead of the usual Iceberg (which is his fav).  Had to compromise and say yes to the Iceberg and mix it in with the Romaine but hey, got my dark greens!!  We had it with green peppers, cucumbers, and cheese.  I used raspberry vinaigrette yummy :P.   Today I didn’t wake up in time for breakfast because I had to work this morning and woke up late.  I had just enough time to grill up a chicken breast and fix a salad for my lunch.  Well, I get to work and one of my co workers goes to McDonalds so I have her pick up another side salad for me and Sweet tea…which is obviously my weakness.  Good thing I had that and not my lunch because I was asked to stay for a double shift, that means my chicken and salad became my dinner.  The chicken was plain, I didn’t put any kind of seasoning on it and it was grilled on my George Foreman.  FYI, that pop tart from 3 days ago is still in its package, in my bag.  I don’t wanna touch it.  We’ve been swamped at work so I haven’t had much time to write on here but I’m trying !!!  Tomorrow I plan on going to Zumba since it’s supposed to be my day off, however, I more than likely will be called in for some more over time hours so we will see how that goes.  All I can say is, cha ching! Pay check will be awesome

On a side note: Please pray for my meme and papaw (grandma and grandpa).  My meme was just put in the hospital because of her COPD (She couldnt breathe) and my papaw has lung cancer, which he is doing amazing with chemo for the 3rd year in a row but still, prayers can only help.  Their names are Barbara and Darrell Jackson. <3

- K

Filed under: Uncategorized on February 27th, 2012 | No Comments »

Let’s just start off by saying I’m pretty proud of myself.  Yesterday I had the day off and we were running around the phone books again (which, might I add is pretty exhausting).  Well we decided to take a break and get the 6$ lunch buffet at Ryans.  For all of you who don’t know what Ryan’s is, you’re missing out, it’s delicious southern food :).  Now, I realize it’s super easy to get way too full there and eat all the wrong things but I actually did a pretty good job :).  I had a fried chicken breast (yes, I know the fried part isn’t too great), a SMALL amount of mashed potatoes, green beans and a couple other veggies.  After that, I had a salad with dark greens and spinach leaves, cucumbers, carrots, strawberries, green peppers, sunflower seeds, a little bit of cheese and then some raspberry vinaigrette. It was yummy, for dessert I had a small ice cream cone with soft serve vanilla.  Didn’t eat the cone or all of the ice cream.  I was going to do Zumba last night but we will just say some other things came up and I was unable to make it ;).  Today for breakfast I had some Apples and Cinnamon oatmeal and a pop tart.  The Pop tart made my tummy upset, it happened the last time I had one too so maybe I just won’t have anymore.  For dinner, I had Beefaroni and some pizza with plenty of water and cranberry ginger-ale. For snacks I had pretzels and pickles.  Yep, still on the pickle kick :)  Well, I gotta go back to work , just figured I sneak this in real quick!

-K

Filed under: Uncategorized on February 24th, 2012 | No Comments »

The title says it all. I have none.  Mrs. Flo came to visit and totally shot any diet I may have been on.  I somehow managed to scarf down two Mcdonalds Meals and One Sonic Meal in the past two days. Don’t ask.  I did have a Dr. Pepper but Aaron drank majority of it and now I’m having a diet coke..not sure why but it seemed tasty.  As bad as I want to say the meals made me sick and they were gross, I’m not because they were freaking delicious.  However, I am beating myself up now about it because I should’ve been stronger and said no.  The deliciousness is not worth the fat.  I just had a grilled chicken breast and beef noodles for lunch yummy.  Yesterday Aaron and I delivered 400+ phone books to earn some extra cash. We woke up at 830 AM and didn’t get home until 7 PM and we STILL have about 100 + books to deliver.  Blah.  We get home and rest a little but not too long because we had friends meeting at the apt at 830 to go to my bestie’s birthday party at Daisy Dukes (country music bar).  It was boring at first until they finally started playing the line dancing.

Ok, so that first part was a few days ago…now it’s even more true, I seriously have zero willpower.  This blows :/.  Aaron and I have been delivering phone books which means we have been on the road a lot this past week.  You know where I’m going with this.  We’ve had nothing but fast food, goodness.  I guess I could’ve said no, I want something healthier, but we really just haven’t had time for making things, we’re on a deadline.  Anyway, no excuses, my fault but I really need to step it up.  I’m excited for this weekend because they are have a Zumbathon at our gym to support Disabled American Veterans.  There’s a $5 charge and it’s 3 hours long.  I really want to do it but I have to be at work at 4 so I’m seeing if one of my coworkers wants to switch days with me so I can get my exercise on.  The good thing about delivering all these phone books is walking around.  Now mind you,  my guy wants to do majority of the walking around for safety reasons but I get out there as much as possible and hightail it along.  Speed walking is good right?  Walking with a purpose I think they call it. Who are they anyway?!  Oh well, guess we’ll never know but whoever “they” are, they are really aggravating. Today we did eat out for lunch but it was Subway so it was kind of good…I guess.  Anyway, I need to get back on track because this whole week has been nothing but nastiness.

Positive Note :  Baby Ryan came home this week and he is super duper adorable.  He is adjusting well and his momma and daddy are very glad he is home..finally.

-K

Filed under: Uncategorized on February 22nd, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Hello world…again

I probably should be inputting some information for work, you know, boring paperwork, but I just felt like blogging and talking about my awesome deliciousness of lunch today lol. It’s pasta, bad I know (that’s probably one thing I won’t give up lol), but it was garlicky and seasoned and so freaking delicious…also really bad for me. Now I’m making up for it with a crap ton of water and tomorrow is ZUMBA! Yeaaaaa I brought some pretzels with me for a snack so that should be pretty tasty and dry. In truth I’m getting kind of tired of pretzels, I eat them so much because they actually aren’t that bad for you. Now, I will tell you that I could really go for some Veggie Straws. I don’t know if any of ya’ll have tried them, but I seriously recommend them!! They are so yummy, they taste like McDonalds French Fries, but they aren’t (obviously) and they are good for you! Now the Mcdonalds thing is just my take, most people don’t agree with me on it. But hey, if i can get that awesome greasy fast food taste out of something that is actually good for me…I’m down. Found out today that I should be getting my mom’s car soon..yay. I’m only using it for work/school/emergency usage because we really can’t afford to do the whole gallivanting wherever we want to deal Lady Flo gave me a call this morning so lets see how I can handle these chocolate cravings for the next few days ugh. Oh yeah, last night I had more pickles. Then, I took a crazy straw, and drank the remaining pickle juice out of the jar. Lol. I’m telling you, seriously addicted. However, bad news, I’m all out of pickles :(. So lately I’ve just been trying to conquer the mindless binge eating that comes with sitting on your tush watching TV. Difficult. Did I ever mention I love lemon water? I had some today with my totally unhealthy lunch, and mmm mmm mm, so yummy. Well, I guess that is all I really have for today, not too much going on and yes, I could’ve gone for a walk or gone to the gym this morning before work…but I didn’t, because along with mindless binge eating, I’m also trying to conquer this thing called laziness which keeps me in bed until work instead of getting up and moving

-K

Filed under: Uncategorized on February 16th, 2012 | 4 Comments »

Okay, so it’s definitely been a minute since I’ve had an opportunity to write on here. I’ve been so busy this past week and then I got sick somehow.  Just a minor cold not sure how it happened but what can you do.  So let’s start from this past weekend.  My momma came to visit!!! I was super excited, I missed her so much.  She wanted to get in one last visit before she started work on Monday.  She brought Nickie which is Sammy’s (our puppy) sister.  He had a BALL!!!!  She did take us to taco bell where I had 2 cheesy gordita crunches and a soft taco with cinnamon twists.  I guess I could’ve eaten a little better during that time, however, I didn’t have soda I had pink lemonade instead.  Or, I shared my pink lemonade with my 1 year old godson lol. He LOVED it.  That night I had some hot wings for dinner at my mom’s friend’s house.  On Sunday, we made a chicken roast for dinner.  We did have a Grammy Party and had a couple friends over.  There were chips, quiche, sandwiches, and I made potato skins.  I had more potato skins than anything but again, I opted out of the soda and had juice instead.  Monday I woke up and instantly felt sick so I had to call out of work. Felt guilty all day long about it :(  I had a cinnamon raisin bagel with strawberry jelly on it and also a packet of Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal.  I did have a coke to calm down my queasy stomach and had some of Aaron’s mom’s chili.  That was yummy, I had two cups of it.  We played UNO and had a ball.  Aaron and I went home and slept for a couple hours.  I woke up and snacked on some crackers and pepperoni mmmm.  Somewhere along the way I have gained a slight addiction to pickles.  Anything pickles.  I have downed almost two of the fat jars of pickles (plus the juice) in a matter of a week.  I don’t know how it happened, and I don’t even realize when I’m doing it.  It just happens.   Tuesday was Valentines Day :)  I made my guy this little homemade gift.  I took a deck of cards and labeled them “52 reasons I love you.” On each card, I took a permanent marker and wrote a reason I loved him or something I loved about him.  I come home and it turns out he did something very similar for me lol.  He took the little vday cards from grade school, put some airheads in them and wrote “38 reasons I love you” haha. Love him He made me dinner and it was so yummy.  We did have caffeine free Mountain Dew with dinner.  He made chicken seasoned with Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce, sliced them, and put them on top of homemade garlic bread. It was so yummy.  We each had three slices and we were stuffed.  I did splurge a little because his mom made us a heart cake. It was red velvet with cream cheese frosting. So I had some…with strawberry ice cream topped with whip cream and nuts and sprinkles. What?!  lol. I am officially laying off the sweets for some time now.  I haven’t been able to hit up the gym but I have been running up and down the stairs whenever I get the opportunity.  I have noticed my clothes fitting a little better but that could just be in my head.  Today, I had a bowl of macaroni and cheese with some kielbasa sausage. I had planned on a small cup of strawberry orange Sunny Delight with my lunch, however, my puppy had the same plans and decided to knock it over and lap it up off the floor.  So water for me, juice for Sammy.  lol.  I came to work and I had some pickles and the juice with it (I’m telling you, I may need rehab),  and I am currently gnawing on 6 pretzel sticks (110 cal total).  I brought a Tortellini Alfredo from Michelinas for dinner and tonight I’ll probably have some leftover chicken.  Meanwhile, if I’m in town this weekend, I completely plan on hitting up Zumba class Friday night :). Hope you all have a fabulous week and weekend if I don’t get a chance to get back on here.

-K

RIP Whitey Houston