Day 136

Song of the day:  Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me

We had a very nice lazy day yesterday.  :)  For dinner we ended up having spaghetti and garlic bread.  I have had a little roller-coaster of migraines lately (had one Friday as well), and nothing seems to be helping.  So last night I really didn't want to cook and spaghetti is super easy (when you get jarred sauce).  It was really good and a little bit 'comfort food' feeling.  I went to bed early and feel so much better this morning.

The challenge for this week is to get 30 minutes of cardio in every day.  Due to my migraine I didn't get 30 minutes in yesterday, but I'm hoping to get in 60 minutes today to make up for it.  Along with working out, I am going to start deep cleaning our apartment.  Elliot's party is in the clubhouse, but we'll be showing people our house as well, so I want it to be clean. :)  It's supposed to rain on and off today, so it's a perfect cleaning day!  And after dinner (which I'm currently unsure of what that will be...) we're going to go shopping for some of the stuff for Elliot's birthday.  There's some things that I don't want to get until Friday or Saturday (ie fruit/veggies) but there's quite a bit I can get now.  

I'm really excited to see a lot of our friends and family that we don't get to see very often!  It's so awesome that people are willing to drive down for Elliot's birthday and really makes me feel loved :)

Day 135

Song of the day:  Adele - Rolling In The Deep


We had such a great time at the zoo yesterday!  Elliot had a fun time looking at the animals, but had more fun at the kids play area, lol.  He also did a lot of walking while holding onto my hand!  I'm almost positive that he can walk on his own, but just doesn't want to, lol. 


For dinner I made a chicken/noodle dish with green onion, garlic, lime, soy sauce, fresh sweet basil, and fresh cilantro.  It was really good and had a ton of flavor!  And the basil and cilantro came from my plants on the patio!  It was so nice to have Kyle home for dinner!  After dinner we went on a walk to Target to get a watering can.  It was so nice outside and I'm hoping that it stays nice for a while!  I really want to do something today, but I really need to get Elliot's nap schedule back on track, so our activities may just be going out in the yard to play.


I'm not sure what I'm going to make for dinner, but I do know that I really really want tacos!  Like, bad for you tacos.  I really don't want to splurge on tacos since I had such a great weigh-in this week, so maybe I'll do a taco salad (or something like that) instead.    

Day 134 - Monday Weigh-In Week #19

Song of the Day:  Jason Gray - I Am New 


1/3/11 - 232.6 lbs
1/31/11 - 217.4 lbs
2/28/11 - 206.0 lbs
3/26/11 - 208.8 lbs
4/25/11 - 206.0 lbs
5/2/11 - 205.5 lbs
5/9/11 - oops...
5/16/11 - 204.0 lbs

Weight loss for Week Nineteen: 1.5 lbs
Weight loss Total: 28.6 lbs

Weight loss since my heaviest (5/22/10 - 264 lbs): 60.0 lbs





YEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!  I am finally seeing the scale make a significant move again!  I feel like it would have made a larger move if I had eaten better this weekend, but I'm okay with the 1.5 lbs!  Also, I didn't really work out at all this past week besides a few days of the challenge, so I'm okay with my weight loss number.  My plan for this week is to continue to eat well and get in 30 min of cardio 3x this week.  That should be pretty easy since Kyle is home this week!


More good news is that I've had a really hard time keeping my pants up - the new pants that I bought like 4 weeks ago!  So whereas the scale isn't making a huge move, the inches are definitely coming off (my hips at least, lol).  I wore shorts and a pair of pants in the past two weeks that I haven't worn in well over two years!  And they fit perfectly!    


Today, Elliot and I are having a play date with Beth and her nieces!  I'm really excited and Elliot will be when we get there, since he loves to flirt with the ladies, lol.  I'm trying not to get too wound about making sure everything is ready for Elliot's birthday, because, really, there is nothing I can do right now.  I could clean up, but I'll just have to do it again, and I can't cook anything because it will be icky by Saturday.  So I just need to enjoy my day.  :)  

Day 133 - such a nice weekend :)

Video of the Day:  Elliot gets up around 7 and church isn't until 10, so he found a way to help get himself ready this morning by brushing his hair.... with a bottle brush, lol.  

We had a really fun time yesterday despite the so-so weather!  We didn't make it to the farmer's market because UW's graduation and move-out day were also going on, so there were a ton of people and parking was ridiculous, so we skipped it.  Instead we went to the Middleton Library book sale and some garage sales!  We found a ton of great deals on books and clothing for Elliot!  Elliot also saw a lot of "pup-pup" 's.  We weren't really sure what he was talking about at first, or that he was even talking, then we realized that he was saying "pup-pup" in reference to the dogs that were at the garage sales.  So, he has another word in his vocab!  We'll see how long this one lasts, lol.  We also stopped in at Daisy Cafe and Cupcakery for some afternoon cupcakes and coffee.  Elliot, of course, loved it. :)    


Today we went to church and have just had a lazy day since. :)  We had plans to do something, but we've done so much for the past two days, and Elliot's nap schedule has been so weird, that we just decided to lay low this afternoon.  We watched some TV and a movie, and now Kyle's taking a nap and Elliot's in bed.  It's supposed to possibly frost tonight, and I'm not excited about that!  I want the nice weather back!  Where is this spring that I remember from years past, lol.  


Elliot's birthday is in a week, and I have a lot to do this week to make sure that we have everything ready.  I'm really glad that Kyle's home this week so I don't have to try and get it all done by myself, or with Elliot's "help." :)  I'm thinking that tonight is going to have an early bed time, because I'm already ready to fall asleep, lol.  


I haven't really worked out at all this weekend.  Our challenge for my group has been to do 75 of a certain workout (push-ups, crunches, forward lunges) everyday, and I've done it about 2.5 days.  But my eating has been really good - minus today!  Not that today was horrible, but I did finish all my Candinas Chocolates today.... in one sitting.... eight chocolates... yeaaahh.  So, I guess I'll just have to see what tomorrow brings!  And I'll remember to weigh-in, I promise, lol.  :)

Day 131 & 132

Song of the Day:  Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole - Somewhere Over The Rainbow


So apparently there were some issues with blogger.com and I wasn't able to sign in at all yesterday.  Weird.  Anyways, Kyle took off work yesterday and we went to Whitewater to get my books and student ID.  Ethan joined us for a while since my dad was on his way to pick him up.  I noticed a lot of facebook status updates that a lot of people from Cole's class are graduating college this weekend.  They were all freshman when I was a senior in high school, and I'm just going back to school now.  Ugh, I guess better late than never, right?  


Since we were on the road I didn't eat very well.  I actually would have been under my calorie range, but I got a sweet tea from McDonald's instead of my usual Diet Coke.  So I was over by about 150.  We had Rocky's for dinner, but I ordered a garden salad and only had one piece of pizza.


This morning I've already made a batch of Tuscan Lemon Muffins and they look really really good!  Today we are heading to the Farmer's Market then to the Middleton Library Book Sale and maybe some garage sales.  It's supposed to be in the 60's today, and it looks like it might rain a bit, so hopefully we'll be able to get everything done!

Day 130 - a little orange

Song of the day:  Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song


I ate amazingly yesterday!  For lunch I had a turkey sandwich with some grapes, for a snack I had a chai muffin, and for dinner I had whole-wheat spinach and ricotta ravioli with a side of steamed spinach.  It was all really good food!  And I feel like I'm finally back on the band wagon!  


It was so humid, and I had to turn on the A/C because of Elliot.  I didn't feel like working out, so instead I decided to try out a self-tanner.  The Jergen's lotion works great, but when it's so humid, I don't want to put on lotion.  I have pretty moist skin due to all the water I drink, and genetics, so adding lotion just makes my skin feel icky when it's so humid.  I talked to Alyson Monday night and she was trying out a self-tanner, so I though, I should give one a try.  I picked up Banana Boat Summer Color Self-Tanning Mist from Target.  Instead of diving right in to the whole thing I sprayed just my right leg.  I wanted to have a reference so I could see a before and after in different lighting.  Yeah..... parts of my leg look tan, other parts look orange, but there's definitely an overall orange glow going on.  I'm very glad that I didn't spray my whole body!  Ugh, oh well, it was on sale, so I'm only out $5, and being able to wear short for a few days, lol.  I'll be doing some mad exfoliation today, lol.  


Today is supposed to be in the 80's with thunderstorms again.  Depending on the weather, after lunch we may head out to some of the other Goodwills and Hobby Lobby.  I really want some inexpensive art/ideas for do it yourself art project that can go on our walls.  They look kind of bare.  Also, I decided to collect Janet Evanovich's 'numbers/stephanie plum series' books.  They're my favorite and pretty quick reads so I would like to have them on hand.  It's more expensive to buy them for the my Nook or from a retail store, and I always see them at Goodwill's.  I got three of them yesterday and it only cost me $6, which is less than one paperback.  Not to bad, but I don't think I'll be wearing shorts to Goodwill, lol.      

Day 129 - hot in herre

Song of the day:  Nelly - Hot In Herre  ...no the double 'R' is not a typo... sigh.


Yesterday was so beautiful!  We played outside in the yard and on the porch for most of the day.  I was a little worried that I might have gotten sunburned, but I didn't!  Today is in the 80's as well with 67% humidity.  It's not the heat that's rough, it's the humidity.  I just turned on the air-conditioning because Elliot is so fussy from the humidity.  He doesn't know what to do with it.  


This morning I had a spinach, green onion, and cilantro egg white omlette with a piece of whole wheat toast and iced coffee.  So so good!  Then we went to Goodwill to get some books and expand our Disney movie collection (still looking for The Lion King!).  After Goodwill we went to Target (of course) and got Elliot some sandals.  I'm pretty sure he grew a ton last night and I had to get him size 4 sandals even though he was just in size 3 shoes last week!  


It's supposed to storm this afternoon so we'll be staying inside.  Elliot's been really into coloring lately, so we'll probably make some more fridge art masterpieces.  :)  I know I should workout, but right now, I'm just too hot.