4 lbs DOWN and trip to gym

Well I am 4 lbs lighter than I was 3 weeks ago. LOL I've been adding nightly walks to the mix and decided tonight to officially start my trips to the gym here at my apartment complex. They have a very nice setup. I did 40 mins on the tread mill- stepped off and thought I was going to pass out- and then worked my arms and my legs for another 20 mins. I feel very shaky and light headed, but I also feel accomplished and motivated. I've never wanted a change as much as I do now! I'm ready and welcoming it with open arms!

Now I must go lay down before I pass out. LOL Wish me luck on my new found journey.

Oh and for fun Ben and I did a rune reading for me tonight and out of the entire bag of runes I picked the "transformation" rune. Wow, talk about a sign!

Oh my little Cooper, you're so amazing. Yes I love your brother and sister, but right now you're my last baby and I just think you're the cutest!

Look at the Diet WORK!

So it's been a week and I feel great! I think I even look greater. Is that a word?



HAHA- Actually, I was playing around with my webcam's settings and came up with that. Now only if I could get the sound to work.

The diet is going well. One week down and 20g of carbs a day. I do feel great and it's been alot smoother than I thought it would be. BONUS! I really want to drop some weight. I have clothes in the closet screaming my name. We'll see.

Diet and Stuff

I've decided NOT to update this with all of my meals, because it takes too long and I always forget, so I'll just track progress, not food intake. My back is FINALLY feeling better today, so I'll be able to work out now. So far on the I've only "cheated" once and it was having a cookie. I even made spaghetti last night and DID NOT eat any! I had my fish instead. I was super proud of myself. That was my first test and I passed. I know for a fact that I've lost a couple of pounds. But my stupid scale vacillates the weight, so sometimes I'm 2 lbs. heavier than the day before or 5 lbs. lighter than 10 mins ago. You get the point. It's annoying and I've decided to weigh myself only once a week on Mondays. So, I'm still doing it and it's only been 4 days, but hasn't been bad at all. It's amazing how good water suppresses an appetite!

Day 2 with Coffee grounds

Let me start by saying that Leia will NOT leave the trashcan alone. She has this fascination with it and loves pulling things out of it to walk around with, such as the empty milk carton, etc. She does leave gross things in there like diapers, etc. Anyway, as I was feeding Coop at some point yesterday, Leia walks up to me with what looked like dirt all over her mouth. Upon closer inspection, I realized she ate a handful of coffee grinds out of the trash. OMG! This girl is going to do me in! It was pretty funny though.

Anyway, today starts day 2 of my diet. I know it's all in my head, but I'm already feeling better and thinner. LMAO I drank so much water I thought I'd float away yesterday, but it's sooo good for me. Ben also decided to "hide" any temptations that were around, so that really helps too!

Breakfast:
2 eggs with shredded cheddar cheese
2 small sausage patties
coffee

30 by 30

I'm SICK and tired of being overweight. So, I've decided to do something about it! Starting today, I'm going on a modified Atkins diet- and adding 60 mins of exercise a day. I will be blogging my journey here. My first major goal is to lose 30 lbs. by my 30th birthday- October 29th.

Today marks day one.

So far, I've eaten two eggs with shredded Cheddar cheese, coffee (I read it's better NOT to cut coffee from the equation if you're a big time drinker I've cut back though) and now I'm drinking tons of water. So it begins. I won't be able to exercise tonight the way I was hoping as I pulled my back this weekend and don't hink lifting weights tonight would be a good idea. I do intend on taking a walk this evening though. Also, I will be taking a Vitamin D supplement daily to combat the "first two weeks" foul mood. I'm super excited about this and I'm ready to become a healthier Wendi! Wish me luck. (Oh I did weigh myself, but that's between me and the scale.)

Food for the day:

Breakfast:
two eggs with shredded Cheddar cheese, coffee (I read it's better NOT to cut coffee from the equation if you're a big time drinker I've cut back though).

Lunch:
1 can of tuna with 1 tablespoon light mayo
1 slice of cheese

Snack:
slice of cheese
handful of sunflower seeds

Dinner:
Small steak with mushrooms
green beans
cottage cheese
1 sm. glass of light cranberry juice

My message board is COOL

I have a new love. RockStars. A little background- for almost 4ish years I ran a message board called "Structured Chaos" while it was pretty popular, drama ended up being it's demise. Well, that and the fact that I had Cooper and couldn't really handle 3 kids and a message board. Well, I decided to open a new one called RockStars. It's very mellow and we have a great group of women. My message board is here:

http://rockin.forumotion.net/forum.htm

Just another small part of me.