T.H.E Team Starting fresh wk5

I'm completely back where I started, for those of you who remember me from last year. Sigh. Stress eating, and went thru a lot of stress last year. Right now I'm not weighing myself (yet) but I am working on making healthy eating choices. I was planning on hitting the gym but I broke my foot so that's out for at least a month yet, until I can walk on it. But I am going to go back. It was "so easy" the first time, in a sense, because I was doing things I'd never done before thanks to MFP teaching me the "right" way to diet - which is really just changing your eating habits and realizing what goes in and what needs to be worked off. I see Nitag's MFP thing daily when she logs and so every day I'm reminded, and every day I cheer her on.

So although I'm not doing the weigh-ins until I can hit the gym again and see real progress, I will log my goals here. My goals are to make healthy eating choices , not to stress eat or if I absolutely feel I have to, then to stress eat with healthy fruits and vegetables instead of junk. I'm in a household of boys, one teen, and we have tons of junk food . That's life, filled with temptations. This time though instead of clearing the house out of junk food, since I haven't been snacking on the kids' stuff anyway but getting my own (or buying them stuff I'm not that fond of, like Doritos, which they love and I don't) is I have my own "junk food" pile - crispy things like flavored rice cakes, or vegs and fruit, that type of thing. And the kids' stuff I do buy is the prepackaged (expensive) stuff, so that if I do grab some - it's only a serving, I don't have to count chips or weigh it or whatever.

And for those of you who don't know me, I'm Kelli, lost nearly 50 pounds last yr between Jan and May, had lost 30 previous to that, and gained back almost the whole 50 after a very stressful summer. I have 3 boys, aged 4, 6 1/2, 7, and a 15 yr old exchange student, and am married. I'm a stay at home mom, which is probably the biggest reason I can gain weight and eat so poorly - I don't have a regular routine like if you go to work, etc.

Thanks pawprint for keeping up with me. Anyone wants to add me on Facebook I'm Kelli Denman.

Your welcome.... I love doing them. Sometimes though I'm so busy that I forget. Working my job and working on the horse farm is really taking up time and energy. Usually on night that Jason is off though. He works third shifts so when he's off we try and do things together with friends and what not.

We have a 75 Corvette that we are working on and now a horse trailer that we are working on converting over to a ATV trailer. Lots of work... plus getting ready for the upcoming shows....

I'm staying active though. That's what counts right now....

Where is everyone else?????

I am jealous. I use to be a horsey person, but then I moved away from home. My mom still has a couple of our horses. One not ridable any longer. I believe she is in her early 30's (seriously). I don't get to go to her house very often, so I would have to say it has been years since I have ridden. I use to show when I was in High School and I miss it terribly. I was actually a National Champion the last year I rode. Not no more. :sad: Just talking about horses makes me happy. It was like therapy for me, if I had a bad day, I knew my horse would be there for me and listen to all my problems. Oh, those were the days. :bigsmile:

So sorry I kinda fell off the thread this week but I have have been being VERY good and keeping myself extremely busy. I have been working out, eating right and working on a new blog about freebies and saving money on groceries.

I dropped hubby at the airport on Monday and hit the gym Monday evening. I wogged for 1/2 and hour and did 1 hour of water aerobics afterwards. Tuesday was a non-gym day for me cuz I had the little kids here all day, but I managed to still get alot of stuff done around the house. Wednesday I hit the gym too but my phone was dead so I forgot to log my exercise... LOL... In fact, I dont think Ive logged my exercise all week so I'll go do that after Im finished posting. Today since our weather was decent I went for a nice walk and tomorrow I am planning on doing the wogging and water aerobics again. I did manage to run a full 1/2 mile all at once while I was there. Was pretty surprised with myself, but then again... ya dont know until you try!!!

I have a friend that invited me to come do a run/bike mud race with her in October. I'll explain more later. I told her I would see where I am now and work twards the goal and let her know if I think I can get ready by then. I think having the goal will keep me motivated to work out.... not just to lose the weight (cuz that will come with the eating better) but to get in shape and be healthier.

My eating has been awesome again all week. I think I finally got a good grip on it now. Its easier than I was making it out to be, I just needed to make better choices. I dont eat out and I dont make excuses. There is junk food in my house, but i just dont even want it and even my kids arent eating it so Im sure it will be around for quite a while unless I give it to someone else! The kids are loving the food I make for dinner. They werent sure what to do with it at first, but now they are really enjoying it. I also know that come tomorrow morning for weigh in I will see the results I want and it is SO worth it to me to NOT eat the crap food. :0) And YES, I have been drinking my water alllllllllllllllll weeeeekkkkk longgggggg.. :0)

Nitag, If you go to my profile, you should be able to see my blog posts from there for my shopping list and my food journal is public if you would like to see how Im eating. I also posted the recipes on facebook, but if you find something in particular that you have a question... shoot me a message or give me a call. I gave you my number right?? LOL If not its on my FB profile for friends to see. Feel free to give me a call anytime!!

Hubby will be home tomorrow. Im almost wishing he wasnt.. LOL... I actually had time to get some stuff done this week that I wanted to do! But, I do miss him!

Welcome back Adopt4...sorry to hear about your foot.

Thanks JJ!

I noticed a big difference on the treadmill this week. I was running pretty slow last week but this week decided to shorten my time and crank up the speed. Its challenging for sure, but its good because it gives me something to work at without getting bored. :0)

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement!

Thanks JJ!

I noticed a big difference on the treadmill this week. I was running pretty slow last week but this week decided to shorten my time and crank up the speed. Its challenging for sure, but its good because it gives me something to work at without getting bored. :0)

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement!

Have you tried doing intervals? Like 2 min brisk walk, 1 min nice easy wog, 30 sec sprint, then repeat. Any Type of interval to really keep your heart rate up. You will be amazed how much you will progress from interval training. :bigsmile:

egam sw 205; gw 185; cw 199 gain 2 pounds
jjtonic75 sw 206.8 gw 155.0 cw 160.6 loss of 3.80
nitag SW 230/ GW 145/ CW 203 = loss of 1 lb

Not the number I was hoping for but I will take it..

I thought today was going to be my rest day however my trainer called and she has a 9 am opening and wanted me to come in and do legs... SO even though I am already showered I thought what the heck.. So off to the gym....

I will take off tomorrow and Sunday...

Happy Friday all...

NIta

Thanks JJ!

I noticed a big difference on the treadmill this week. I was running pretty slow last week but this week decided to shorten my time and crank up the speed. Its challenging for sure, but its good because it gives me something to work at without getting bored. :0)

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement!

Have you tried doing intervals? Like 2 min brisk walk, 1 min nice easy wog, 30 sec sprint, then repeat. Any Type of interval to really keep your heart rate up. You will be amazed how much you will progress from interval training. :bigsmile:
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when I say wogging I mean intervals of walking & jogging, so been doing that. But adding the sprints in this past week has kicked my butt in gear! What motivated me into it was watching Ashley from biggest loser RUN at a 9 pace....heck Im at a 5 when Im jogging. Pushing it faster is definitly doable. I can feel the sprints in my abs already..lol

when I say wogging I mean intervals of walking & jogging, so been doing that. But adding the sprints in this past week has kicked my butt in gear! What motivated me into it was watching Ashley from biggest loser RUN at a 9 pace....heck Im at a 5 when Im jogging. Pushing it faster is definitly doable. I can feel the sprints in my abs already..lol

I am afraid to go up to 9. The fastest I have gotten was 6. :bigsmile:

Good for you Kelly.. I can't wait till I get there...

I hope everyone has a great mothers day weekend..

Anita

egam sw 205; gw 185; cw 199 gain 2 pounds
jjtonic75 sw 206.8 gw 155.0 cw 160.6 loss of 3.80
nitag SW 230/ GW 145/ CW 203 = loss of 1 lb
losingit4good. SW 252/ GW 200/ CW 219.8= lost 2lbs
Pawprint-sw-168,gw-115,cw-135 Maintaining Nicely
Ragarza1 SW-160/GW-135/CW-154.5 lost 1.5-ish

QUOTE:Morning ladies! I dropped off AGAIN. I went through losing my daughter to New York, which was really hard. I miss her alot. We are trying to keep in touch by skype video chatting so that helps.

I also went to a fibromyalgia specialist and he had me go through cleaning out bacteria and yeast in my body and that was kinda stressful trying to remember all the pills at the right times and so on. I am on 3 prescriptions and 4 supplements to try to help with the pain so hopefully they will help. I start 2 of the 3 prescriptions this next week so it will be a little bit before I know if it works. I do know that I feel better mentally. I feel alive again and feel like living so that is an improvement. Unfortunately I have the munchies alot and I eat all the bad things.

The battery died on my scale so I don't know how things are going. I believe I might have gained 4 or 5 lbs in the last 3 weeks so I have to get on the stick. I am one who needs to weigh everyday so that I will get mad at myself enough to try to watch what I eat that day. If the pain does start to get under control I can start to excercise a litle and that will help.

I am proud of all of you and your loss and keeping going. I will try to get that desire to keep going soon. Wish I had a pill for that LOL.
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egam sw 205; gw 185; cw 199 gain 2 pounds
jjtonic75 sw 206.8 gw 155.0 cw 160.6 loss of 3.80
nitag SW 230/ GW 145/ CW 203 = loss of 1 lb
losingit4good. SW 252/ GW 200/ CW 219.8= lost 2lbs
Pawprint-sw-168,gw-115,cw-135 Maintaining Nicely
Ragarza1 SW-160/GW-135/CW-154.5 lost 1.5-ish
PecanTan SW 300lbs GW 160.0lbs CW 230.0 lbs Loss of 4.80 lbs


Hi everyone this week was an okay week as far as reaching all my personal weekly goals, I did not do so great but I did manage to loss almost five pounds which I will gladly take. I hope that all the mothers had a wonderful day and that they shared precious time with their love ones. I will again try to reach my weekly mini goals and maybe next week I will have succeeded with accomplishing all of them. CrazyBeeRx you don't need a pill all you need is to continue to try your best each and everyday which as far as I can see you are doing, try not to worry so much about your daughter even though that is easier said than done, just think of her at a sleep over and that soon she will be back home again, and for the pain that you are in I will be praying for you to be pain free don't laugh but that's how I deal with issues in my life I pray and let God handle it for me. I hope that you feel better and I'm here if you need me.:flowerforyou: Thanks everyone and I hope that this will be a Wonderful Week for all of you!!!