Weigh-in Wednesday and Boat day!!

I hope you all had a great weekend and week so far. I know I have, even though we're in a heat wave.

Monday was Boat Day!! My good friends invited us out onto their boat, I haven't been on a boat in a really long time, and it was KBeaner's first time ever on a boat. Not going to lie, I was kind of nervous to be in my two piece bathing suit... but I did it. And guess what?! I didn't die of embarrassment, and honestly I didn't feel that self conscious. Talk about a Non Scale Victory!!!

Thank goodness I had that NSV because I did not lose any weight this week, I did not gain any either (which is the part I should concentrate on). I realize that even though I felt like I was trying to stay on track this week, I obviously didn't try hard enough. I tracked my points about 60% of the time. I need to get back to 100% of the time! I am trying to not be tough on myself, anything is better than not tracking at all.

I have been working on planks, squats and push ups. I can now do a 28 second plank, 50 squats (at one time), and 13 push ups (at one time). I know its not a lot of exercise, but it is a little bit, and its something I know I can do every day, even if I feel super lazy. I also went for a 1.6 mile walk with my daughter this past week (before it became too hot), it was a lot of fun, and I later measured the mileage with my car and now know how far I have to go to make it exactly 2 miles. I plan on doing it again once it cools off a bit.

I am going to try harder this week than I did last week, I have to take it every meal, every snack and every craving at a time.

Here are some pics of boat day...

KBeaner all ready for boat day!! She loved her Hello Kitty USCG approved life jacket.

Love this family shot!

Had to do a selfie

KBeaner was worn out by the end of the trip, she fell asleep that way.

Weigh In Wednesday.. a day late

I weighed in yesterday, expecting to see 155lbs which would mean that I had maintained. Nope I gained 4 lbs!!! I'm hoping it was mostly water weight.

This past week I ate alright, some meals I ate better than others. I did workout a little bit. Even though it was only a little bit it was more than what I had been doing. Last week I talked about challenging myself to do a plank everyday, push ups and squats every other day and see how many I can do at one time. I now can do a 26 second plank, 35 squats at one time and 10 push ups! I know to many that doesn't sound like much but for me that's good!

I also did a Brazil Butt Lift workout on the 4th of July! I had gone for a walk up to a parade in the morning and figured that would be my exercise for the day, but my friend  convinced me to do the workout with her. I am so happy that I did it, working out with a friend is a lot more entertaining that working out alone.

So far I have tracked my food yesterday and today, I also went for a 40 minute walk since it wasn't too hot today. I'm trying to concentrate on getting back to the basics. Here is a post I wrote in the beginning of my blog all about the basics, I'm going to go read it again, I hope you do too and that it will help you out!

Here is KBeaner and I waiting for the parade to start

Weigh In Wednesday

My first Weigh In Wednesday in a long time! I stayed the same at 155 lbs.

I've been struggling to get back into working out, my back has been bothering me.. most likely because I have not been working out! When my back hurts it's easy to use that as an excuse, well I've been trying really hard not to use that as an excuse. I may not be able to workout as long and as vigourously as I normally would if I wasn't hurting, but I need to just grin and bear it!

On Monday I did Brazil Butt Lift Bum Bum Rapido which is a quick 10 minute workout. I also went mini golfing.. can't really count it as exercise but it was a ton of fun!!

Mini-golfing!

Tuesday I decided that I should challenge myself to get stronger. I'm going to try to do a plank every day, also push ups and squats but alternate days for those two. Tuesday I did a 20 sec plank, and 6 good push ups. I hope that I can increase those numbers every time I do them!

Today I did 30 squats and another 20 second plank. I've also been trying really hard to track points and drink lots of water. Check back next week to see how the rest of my week has gone...

MIA but hopefully back in action soon..

Sorry I have been MIA recently. I've had a busy couple of weeks and have not really felt like writing very much.  To be honest I haven't wanted to do much of anything..such as exercise or eat well.

The scale is showing my laziness. I got up to 158lbs, which isn't a high number but since only a few weeks ago I had been 151 lbs, it was too high for me! I gained that weight by not making working out a priority. We moved into a new place (I love it!!!) but since we were moving I was busy and used the excuse of moving to get out of working out. Also since we were moving instead of planning ahead and making healthy meals I ate pizza and *gasp* McDonald's.

I'm now back down to 155lbs, and seem to be hovering around there. I haven't been trying very hard to get back on track, I'm eating healthier but I am not tracking points, and not working out daily.

As hard as it is writing this post, it is important that I write it. I am hoping that this will now help me get back on track, and that it will hold me accountable once again.

the big gain

Hey all it's Weigh-In Wednesday... and I gained. Ugh.

I gained 2.5lbs.

I'd love to say "oh I don't know why I gained..."

I do know why... I'd be really on top of my eating, saying how I was going to get back on track, and then I'd see some chips or want a piece of pizza and I'd eat them. In the past I've been able to have some "bad" food and still lose or at least maintain. I think that in a way has hurt me, because I keep trying to push the limit of it. Obviously I ate too much "bad" food this week and did not have enough healthy good for me food.

I am not going to say I am getting back on track, because every time I do that lately it seems like I hit some imaginary wall and self sabotage.

Instead I will say I will try harder, I will try harder today to track each point I eat. I hope next week I can come back and say I have lost that 2.5lbs that I gained.

Here is KBeaner and I at a Diner... one of my "bad" food choices..but it was so yummy!

mommy daughter photo shoot

Today Kbeaner and I had a photo shoot. My friend Quinn did the photography, she is amazing!!! All of the professional photos I have of Kbeaner have been from Quinn. She is one of the nicest people I know, and she is incredibly talented.

You all should "like" her Facebook page and check out her website www.qh-photography.com

Here are a couple pics...

weigh in and a yummy snack idea!

It's was weigh in yesterday, this week I happily maintained.

I haven't been super strict about what I'm eating. I try to stay with the serving size of the food, but a lot of the time I have been guesstimating...which isn't the best way to do it.

Yesterday and today I have been getting back on track, tracking all of the food I am eating and trying to eat clean.

Speaking of eating clean... I have discovered the most amazing snack! They're fake Lara Bars (I've never had the real ones) from Chocolate Covered Katie. If you haven't checked out her page you really should, so many great, delicious and HEALTHY desserts!! I made the Cashew Cookie Lara Bar, today I am going to mix it up and try to make one with coconut, almonds and dates, maybe some chocolate too.

Showing off the new shirt I bought when I was back home in Mass. Part of the proceeds of the shirt go to the One Fund