Hello, September!

Well, I fell off for a couple weeks.  There was a reason, but I am not so open to exposing it here.  However, I am back on track and tracking my food and looking forward to get back to blogging.  I have to admit I am really excited that it is September and the cooler weather is coming.  I can't wait to get back to walking everyday and getting a work out in that way.  I am going to keep doing some Insanity, but not going to hold myself to the strict schedule it has.  I just like to get out and walk also, so incorporating both I think will be my best decision.

Hope everyone is doing well!

A Little Detour

This week has been a bit of a setback - have been making poor choices but starting Monday I am back on the system and double down on my commitment.  I know that I shouldn't have been off my game but I have been.  There is no excuse and I am not going to make any.

Back to the usual next week and I use this as a space to keep me honest so look for an increase in posts next week!

Monday FUNDAY!

1.) Mood:  Pretty good - I am having a good day and always am pretty happy when its a good day!
2.) What was your favorite board game as a kid?  I didn't really play many board games as a kid...  
3.) Do you like your current hairstyle/color?  I do - its at a length I enjoy but I am toying with going blonde.
4.) Current nail polish:  Essie Penny Talk !!LOVE!!
5.) When is the last time you went to a theme park?  Gosh, years.
6.) Current outfit:  Black top, jeans - ran out to store and get a taco w/ Courtney
7.) You're at a movie theatre... what snack do you get?  Popcorn - its my favorite
8.) What is one makeup tip you wish you knew 2 years ago?  Take off your makeup EVERY NIGHT!
9.) What is a really classic/popular movie you have never seen?  Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, stuff like that
10.) Weekly goals:  Just getting this new work project off the ground.

"Perfection is not required for results"

I was on MFP (the website that I log my eating) and sometimes I will see what the featured blog posts are for that day or whatever, and one looked particularly interesting.  It basically said that you need to get over yourself.  Everyone has a bad day, everyone misses a workout but it is how you respond to that which matters.  You have choices in life -- if you are going to eat a "bad" meal or if you aren't or to workout.  You don't always make the right choices, but that doesn't mean that you aren't on track to accomplish what you want.  As humans, we are going to go off course and stumble.  What is important is that we don't stop.  That we keep pushing towards our goals and desires.  We won't get there tomorrow, but guess what?  We will get there eventually.  This hit home to me today because I missed my workout yesterday and I plan to make up for it on Friday (my "rest" day).  But the fact that I don't let missing one day deter me from missing today too is what really matters.  I know that I am one who will give up if I am not perfect.  I don't feel as good about what I accomplish when it isn't 100% perfect.  However - weight loss and getting healthy isn't like that.  I don't know anyone who is perfect at it.  For instance, my sister has lost 100 lbs.  However, she still will slip up and eat fast food or something like that.  She will miss workouts or not give it all 100% in one.  However, she doesn't just give up.  She keeps going and finds it in her to just move forward.  I feel like that is where I am getting.  When I think about my food choices lately, again, I'm pretty proud of myself.  I have eaten what I like and what is healthy.  On my 30th birthday, I went out for Mexican and enjoyed it.  I told myself that you only turn 30 once and if there is something I really want then go for it.  However, the old days that means a ton of cheese covered nachos and chips and a ton of guacamole but this time it was less chips, a hard taco, and a chicken and cheese quesadilla (smaller sized).  I still ate what I wanted, but what I actually wanted had changed.  I even skipped my loved Mr. Pibb/Dr. Pepper for Diet Coke.  Again, it was what I wanted.  

On a similar note, I started doing Insanity as I had mentioned before.  It really kicks my ass and makes you sweat and move and jump and get up and down and its just crazy.  So when I started it I  expected to start seriously dropping weight - I eat around 1200 cals a day and was burning almost that same amount five days a week.  But it didn't happen.  Needless to say, I got rather frustrated but kept going and figured at some point the scale would reflect a loss.  I also noticed some of my clothes fitting differently and I am pretty sure if I keep this up I will need to invest in a belt.  In fact, I might get one this weekend since my jeans are already getting pretty loose.  However, I digress.  Yesterday I stepped on the scale and had over a 3 lb loss.  Then today I did it again (after not working out last night) and had an additional half pound loss.  I figure if I keep up this schedule I should be hitting a big milestone in the next month - 50 lb loss (aka halfway there).  I am already down in my pantsize and I have a goal pair I want to fit in to this fall.  They are probably a month or 6 weeks away from fitting (I guess) but I try them on once a week to see my progress.  I bought them in 2007 and was not able to wear them then - I think I squeezed myself in them once.  My goal is to make them my favorite jeans for this fall/winter.  I mean, I am in shock that I am almost where I was five years ago and plan to get under that.  

Well, hope whoever reads this enjoys - and keeps on pushing!

Monday - Get to Know Me!

1.) Mood:  Pretty good - just starting to get in to a groove.

2.) What did you eat for breakfast this morning? No breakfast, but I had a turkey and cheese sandwich and an apple for lunch.

3.) Name the closest red object to you.  My shower towel?

4.) Current nail polish:  OPI - Designer De Better

5.) If you could have any eye color, what would you choose?  I like my blue eyes - so I'll keep them!

6.) Outfit of the day:  Not dressed yet... whomp whomp

7.) What is the best movie you've seen recently?  Magic Mike???  

8.) Do you like karaoke?  Like??? More like LOVE!!!!

9.) When putting on pants, do you button and then zip, or zip and then button?  Zip then button.

10.) Weekly goals:  New work stuff - laundry and put my clean clothes away!!!

Insanity.

Ok, call me crazy, but I started Insanity last week.  I have to tell you it was the best and worst thing that I have ever done.  I have never worked out so hard in my life.  My heart rate is up there, I get so sweaty and just do things I really didn't think I could do.  I am on day 8 today (six days of workouts last week, one rest day, and on day 2 of this week) and am actually looking forward to today since I like the workout today more than the one I did yesterday.  It's Pure Cardio and I'd say it would be better called "Pure Torture" or "Pure Hell" - either one.

Between doing that work out and eating right I am seeing some big differences!

Thirty. Whoa.

So tomorrow I turn 30.  Yea, it is kind of scary.  I know that it happens and that age isn't anything but a number and all that but I still don't want that number to be higher than 29.  I'd be perfectly comfortable being in my 20s forever.  Looking back over the last year has been really amazing.  I have worked for one of the best people I have ever had the chance to meet, I have watched my best friend get married, my sister finally got her RN and is working, my parents are their usual and I have totally reevaluated myself and put different priorities on things in my life.  I don't take for granted spending time with my family or making sure that I put myself and my health first.  A lot of personal growth.  Its been a big year and I feel more secure in who I am and at the same time I feel like I know less about everything.

Anyways, here is a link to what I am making for dinner tonight.  Looks pretty yum to me.  We have felt the need to eat something different and we already had EVERYTHING here at home.  Spicy Parmesan Shrimp Skillet and I will let you know how it turns out.  I have a few blog post ideas so I might write them now and them set them to go live in the next few days -- among them details about my starting the Insanity work out, how much I have lost to date and then a Monday post that should be pretty fun.

Happy Thursday, all!