sick of Being Sick

David and I have been sick with this really bad respitory infection for two weeks. Now we are both waking up with Bloody Noses. So I got out the humidifire for him this morning and I am down stairs working out and getting ready for work.

I vow to get back on my treadmill track this week.

Progress Where Am I?

Arm Left Arm by Mole 15
Right same thing. 15
Thigh’s 28 Inches each
Stomach Inches 46
BreastLine Inches 44
Hip’s Inches 53
Neck Inches 14
Weight: 244.50
As of this morning. This is unoffical but I wanted to see.

Lets hope I keep going down.

Sip the Water Sip it

So I am getting used to being slightly tighter this evening. I have not had a fill in almost a year (as I stated earlier) but I am happy to say I have lost 5 pounds total since my last fill. We all know I have been up and down since then.

As of right now I have 2819 calories left to burn on my watch before I burn off another pound of fat. I have another fill for my Band on the 9th of March at 3:44. I am going increase by another CC at that appointment if I am able. But my goal by that date is to be below 240 (reaching goal envelope #1)

But man after eating my dinner I felt full the 4 oz I was able to eat. Dave and I worked out. But I noticed that I am being smarter and making healthier choices since blogging everything and I am being more honest with myself.

I am educating myself more on things that I should do. And Working out with my Husband has been great. Can I say that I love having that commitment with eachother and that date every night with him has made things so much easier because he pushes me to do better.

I started using my I Fit card on my Treadmill again today too and that NEARLY killed me because I was dumb and did the hardest one first. So I will not be doing that again. But Lily was so well behaved while I was working out on the treadmill she played with her treats and her cat toy and layed on the couch and watched me.

So out of morbid curiosity I think tomorrow morning after my Yoga I am going to take my measurements JUST TO SEE.
But I am feeling better about myself after 2 weeks of consistent working out with my Husband and 2 weeks of Marriage today. Nothing has changed except our commitment to eachother and health. And the Dog!

Going in for a fill!

Ok so I have not had a fill or un fill with my Band since May of Last Year! So guess what... Today I am going in for a Fill toady at 3:30.
So I am going to be a bit tight tonight and Water is going to have to get in as much as I can before I work out tonight.

Water is important. Now let me just get my viatmins in!

Counting Calories

So today I am counting my Calories and I am realizing that I am not eating enough to take care of me with all this extra exercize I am doing.
But I am not going to increase what I eat. I am just going to make better choices.

Last night David did not get home until 8:30 and well we have our Date to workout every night together but I stayed up and I waited. And it was WORTH every minute of waiting. Because I feel Great today.

So I got up this morning for the first time before the Alarm went off!
I did Yoga for Better Sex DVD because it helps your thighs and hips which I must admit this week have tightend up quite a bit from all the squats and lunges we have done. It felt really good to streach those out. And HURT too! So I need to do that again tonight streach out my hip flexors and hamstrings before I go to bed.

Then I did Tighter Assets DVD. And the ONLY reason I did that is because tonight I am going out with Lisa and Mom to see a movie.

But the best part of the morning is I stepped on my old Bathroom scale and saw a Budge in the scale it went down.
I am really close to my goal but I will not count it until my Weekly Weigh in on Wednesday Morning. Because who knows what the weekend will bring.

Right now I am listening to Super Size me... And I have made an Appointment for my Lap Band to get a minor Fill. Because I am now able to eat more than 6 OZ each meal and that has to stop!

The Little Things make a Big Difference

So I never thought I would notice the small things but here is what I am noticing.
1. I can get through the whole work out with David with out stopping. So my Stamina is building. (Last night Dave did not get home until 8:00 but I waited for him so we could keep our commitment to workout together like we promised. While I waited I walked on my Treadmill and did some hard play time with Lily and went for a few long walks with her. I walked 7500 Steps after I got home from work)
2. My body feels different. I want to measure my inches but I am not doing that until I reach my first goal of 240. But this morning my legs feel warm and they hurt a bit but they do not hurt like they have.
3. Yoga is getting harder because my muscles need to be more flexible so it is more of a challenge.
4. Eating healthy is easier because I am more motivated to do it.

I cannot wait until next weeks weigh in. My hope is that my goal is half way there. Now to go make breakfast and shower and get ready for the day.
I would recommend the Nutrition Diva Pod Cast. She is funny.

I am big...

I am serious about my health, just like I was serious about my wedding.
What is my Wall? What is holding me back?
I do not think being thin is a possiblity for me. I never thought that being fit was possible for me. I am so used to being fat and out of shape that I do not know anything different. For the first time in my life I want to know something different in my life. I want to know what it feels like to walk with out my skin slapping against my body.
I am so glad that David is being supportive and working out with me. I am so glad I have my Dog Lily to walk with and I am so glad that I have my Treadmill to walk on.
I am so glad that I can cook healthy meals.

I have to keep pushing so I can get to my goal. My first goal of 240 pounds.
I just keep thinking that my legs feel powerful (And they do hurt) and that my AB's have a feeling in them they have not had for a long time.
I have to keep going. My life and my future children's lives depend on me.

Weight Gain due to More Muscle?

So I weighed in this morning and gained 2 pounds back. I am working out for more than an hour each day and I was frustrated. But then I think of how I feel. I have muscles moving when I walk and I feel things I have not felt in a long time. I am guessing that I am building my muscle mass and next weeks weigh in will yield better results. So I will just keep working.

I will not give up!

Why am I working out.

So I just had an light bulb come one.
Why am I working out with David? Lots of Reasons.
1. I want us to have a healthy marriage and healthy life.
2. I do not want to be ashamed to get on the scale at the Doctor's office and feel ashamed. I want to get down to my lower weight.
3. I want to be an example to my family
4. I WANT TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF
5. I WANT TO FEEL SEXY IN MY OWN SKIN!
6. I want to have kids and have a healthy pregnancy.
7. I need to prove this to myself.
8. I need to love myself more than food and other crap.

Today was a good day for exercise. And I am going to do it again tomorrow. STAMINA! Here I come.
Tomorrow Morning is my Wii Fit Weigh in!

This Morning Ahhhhh

So last week I had the Motivation to get my Butt out of bed and walk on my Treadmill. I put my Ipod on and Used my Gillian McKeith Bootcamp CD to walk to. It was 30 Minutes of Motivation talk from Gillian and great music to keep me moving. I went 2 miles in that 30 minutes and went up to 5 MPH it was really fast walking.
After my walk I took Bubby for a Potty Run and threw her up on the bed with David.
For Breakfast today I am having my Bolthouse Farm's Mocah Cappuccino 356 Calories. and 19 Grams of Protien.
I have already had 2 Glasses of WATER! Ahhhhh...
Tonight David and I agreed to do Slim in 6 again. My hope is I can make it the whole 30 minutes with out getting Dizzy and sick.
That is my challenge today.
Now off to MY TRAINER BOB!

Working out with Dave

So tonight Dave and I started Slim in 6 together. And let me tell you I can tell I have had 8 days off because it was as hard today as it was on Day one 4 weeks ago. I WANTED TO DIE! But I made it through the workout. Then I went upstairs and cooked (Mexican Stir Fry)
This is what I made
I marinated Chicken overnight (4 Tenders) in Chiplote Lime Salad dressing with Fresh Cilantro and some Garlic.
Then right before I cooked it I pounded them down to make them thinner. They cooked super fast.
Then while the chicken was cooking I chopped up Zuchinni, Portabella Mushrooms and Yellow Squash Red Onion Red Pepper and some Garlic
I added that to the cooking chicken.
While they simmered a bit I cooked some Orzo Pasta. Garnished with Fresh Avacado!

Mixed it all together and YUMMY! 200 Calories for this Dinner and it was so good.

On top of that I went 10000 steps today with out even touching my treadmill.
Walking with Lily helped that on top of all the walking I did in Vegas I got used to it. But man muscle building with slim in six kill me now but Dave and I have another Date to do that tomorrow!

I was honest with Dave and told him I needed him to work out with me so I would push myself more and he understood and he helped. I got really dizzy. Usually when I work out alone I have to pause the DVD so I can get my bearings. I think us doing this every night this week will not only help me but him as well.

Home from the Honeymoon

So we are home from the Honeymoon and I got my hair cut. I am so glad. It is in layers and shorter and feels much lighter and more mature. I feel more business like. So I lost 1 pound while on the Honeymoon and I have until Friday to meet my Wii Goal number 1 of 10 pounds. So here comes week one of being super serious about this goal. Now that stress is out of my life and no more worries about the wedding I will be able to focus on this goal.

I have a lot to do today. Clean my kitchen and get rid of the old and in with the New!

I lost 6 pounds

I did it... This morning I weighed in and I have lost offically 6.2 Pounds. That is more than Joelle. Whoot Whoot. I really wanted her kicked off the biggest loser this week. But that just motivates me to keep pushing harder than HER!

The Chellenge

So I am sure you have noticed that I have gained weight back in the last year. And it turns out my Medication Lexapro is causing a great deal of this weight gain. Needless to say I stopped taking it Early in November. Because I kept gaining weight and I am working out daily and eating healthy and nothing was budging and my scale kept going up and up. I do not like that. As a result of being off this medication I am more emotional than usual and very sensitive to things and cry for no reason. And David knows that I do not deal with STRESS at all well. So we are now working out together and trying to get in shape. But we need a motivator or healthy competition. We are asking you to join us in this competition.

Well because I have gained 50 + pounds in the last year and I still have my lap band at it's sweet spot and I am exercising I am hoping after this drug gets out of my system completely I will go back down in weight.
David and I have set a personal goal for ourselves and we wanted to tell you about it.

Every night David and I play on our Wii Fit Game. While one person is doing a game the other person is jumping on the trampett (Baby Trampoline) or Doing Weight lifting. We set a goal to do 30 minutes a night on our Wii Fit each and we take turns. (So by the time we finish we have been working out for an hour.) Then we end the night with 20 minutes of Yoga. In addition to this I walk on my Treadmill for 40 minutes while watching two of my favorite shows from BBC You are what you eat and Coupling. (Yes I forward through the commercials)

My Personal goal is to get back down to the 175 I weighed when I met David or Lower than that. His Goal is to get down to the weight he was when we met which is 180. Once we reach our Goal weight we are going to reward ourselves with a vacation to some place we have never been. Hawaii.

We hope to reach our Goals by October of Next year and book the Vacation for April or May of 2010. We would like to Go To Hawaii and stay at the Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore. We have been looking at prices on Orbitz and other Travel Sights and it is about $2000.00 per person for a All Inclusive Romantic Get Away with a Daily Spa Treatment, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner a convertible car, and an Ocean Front Room.

So on top of starting to save our money, we are trying to save our lives and be healthy and better examples to each other and our families.

If anyone else is interested in doing this too we would welcome the competition and would love to have a vacation like this. We consider it a once in a life time opportunity. If we reach our goals sooner we would like to go sooner but Lexapro weight takes a while to get off.

Write back and let me know what you think.

http://www.turtlebayresort.com/

Day 2

So Yesterday I made my goal of 10,000 Steps. My legs I can feel muscles in them.
I am up early again I did Yoga this morning. Now I am running late and I have to go get ready for work.