Goin the right direction

So...for my first week....down 3.8 lbs. I'll take it! I was happy about it. Feeling pretty darn good too. We traveled to the Farmers Market again yesterday. It was close to 90 yesterday again, and the shaved ice was perfect. :)

Earlier this week I did remember to take a picture of our yummy dinner. This is a Chicken Parmigiana with Spinach Noodles. Well we actually made it with turkey cutlets, and it was very tasty. Low fat and everything. The kids even loved the spinach and everything. :)

Well...it's birthday week for me, so wish me luck to keep my eye on what I eat. To at least keep the treats to a minimum. I'll update you again soon. :)

Fresh Veggies and the Market

Well...my mood is a tad better.lol....actually a lot better. We went to the Farmers Market this weekend after working out...and got a load of fresh veggies. We also had some delicious fish tacos. Yum!!!! I watched the lady make them and then we bought the stuff there to try our own at home.

I have to say...yes it is faster to run to McD's and get a value meal.lol...but nothing is as good as really fresh food. On Saturday we made a wonderful stir fry...it really is amazing how much everyone loved it. The girls even loved all the veggies. We had it coupled with some brown rice....It was yummy. Then we did tilapia fish tacos on Sunday...ohhh they were good too...with fresh cabbage and tomato's and cilantro as well as some fresh made tomatillo salsa from the market. Ned had a wonderful tilapia and potato's made when I came home from work on Monday night. This was all rounded out by some Shrimp Scampi on whole wheat noodles last night with a salad. Please...please...please tell me where my camera was during this time. The neat thing about fresh meals like this is the colors in everything. I can't wait to make something tonight. Another thing that is fun...trying out new recipes....we were getting in a rut of making the same things over and over....and this newness and freshness puts a different spin on things.

Well...next week is my bday...dinners...and the Cheesecake Factory...and the casino this weekend. :) I can't wait. :) Here's to making healthy choices...no matter what I'm doing. :)

Trainers

“Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse”

So very TRUE!! I really did not want to go to our first training session tonight. I actually was intending to be "sick" so I wouldn't have to go. I dreaded it allllll day. I never really got over it...but I did go. Ned and I went together. The treadmill warmup wasn't so bad....it reminded me of last year when we were doing so well. I thought I can totally do this....but I was quickly reminded of why I had dreaded it all day long. :( Maybe it was the wall sits....then the situps....and plank exercise....all the things to test our "core" (p.s. I have NOOOOO core....I absolutely despise those types of exercises) and after the core things...we did jumping jacks. You wouldn't think jumping jacks would be such a big deal...but let me tell you...to do them for a full minute with all your fat flabbin up and down...and a minute is a longggggg time....so long and so difficult for me...my legs would no longer cooperate after about 40 seconds. Ohhh how I hate trainers. I really really hate them. I mean...really hate them. Just like in Nacho Libre....everytime he says Orphans...replace that with Trainers




I hate to say it like that...but I've just had bad experience after bad experience with them. Ya know...after your "free" session with them...they sit you down like a timeshare sales ploy...and try and get you to buy several training sessions that cost a couple thousand dollars. They also tell you that you have so much weight to lose...that you probably can't do it without their help. Sorry to say...the personal training just doesn't work with my personality at this point. Maybe when I'm in better shape and need more help toward the end...well then maybe I would feel differently about it. I came home in a foul mood...but it has improved over the evening with the support and encouragement of Ned. I work the next couple of days, but Ned plans on going to workout with Caitlyn, and I will join them this weekend. I'll be ok...and I'll get to working out good again.

Yes, it's hard!

“Yes, it’s hard. It’s suppose to be hard. If it wasn’t hard everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.” ....and we want to be great. :) Ned signed our family up for Gold's Gym. We have our first training tomorrow night....here we go. We will get back on track. We will. It is a place for all of us...and that is encouraging as well.

So tomorrow it is. :) Back to the grind...can we get through it? I think we can. It's all about being consistent...and we do that best together. I'll update you on how it goes tomorrow night. :) Wish me luck for a good day of eating prior to the workout. :) We know what to do....it's just a matter of doing it...and to keeeeeeeep doing it!