Blah Week

Well, on weigh-in eve...I know it has not been a successful week.  I have been hungry and I have drank too many Dr. Peppers.  I could blame it on lots of craziness in my life (school, home, etc) but I'm not.  I'm owning it.  I made the poor choices.  One good choice I made was the sign up to participate in a Corporate Fitness Challenge with some people from work at a local gym.  I'm not sure of the details.  But I do know we get points for going to the gym and we get to go to this particular gym for free during the challenge.  I'm hoping this will get my butt moving :-)

Week 4

Week 4

 

-4.6

 

Grand Total: -11.6

Ok, Ok, I know that my wonderful stomach bug played a big part in this weeks weight loss.  But, I am trying very hard to keep it off.  This weekend has been a challenge with eating out like a crazy person.  Well, not too horrible....but it is eating out.  I had grilled chicken at Chickfila and a sub from Subway.  Tonight, I'm cooking dinner!  YAY!

Enjoy your day with one less hour :-)

Stomach Bug...BLAH!

So, shortly after my last post...where I was feeling great...I CAUGHT THE STOMACH BUG!  UGH!  What a miserable thing. I woke up Wednesday morning, had breakfast, played with the boys, and then it hit.  YIKES!  Yes....it was double the trouble :-)  Jeremy came home from work and it hit him too.  The boys haven't gotten sick...yet.  Fingers crossed they don't.  David went to my parents house for the night...thank goodness.  Nicholas is pretty independent...so he was good to go.

Today, I have showered, eaten some soup, and now I'm sipping some tea....I think I'm almost back to myself 

Stay away from the stomach bug!

Mid-Week Thoughts

This has been a good week so far.  Yes, it is only Tuesday night.  But it has still been a good week.  We have had good dinners for the last three nights.  I haven't drink very many sodas.  We have played volleyball two nights...which means I have had two good sweats :-)  For those of you that know me...know that I can SWEAT!  hahaha!  I haven't had any headaches.  My drainage/sinus blah is clearing up.  YAY!

I haven't looked at the scale.  But I feel good.  That IS half of the battle...right?

Snow - that is on the thoughts of everyone around here.  But all we have right now is rain.  Oh, well.  The challenge will be not eating everything in sight if we are home tomorrow.

Time to go cheer on my HOKIES. 

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Week 3 and sickness

Week 3 is done and I am down .6 pounds.  That is a total of 7 pounds. Not great, but not bad.  I have been absent on here because we have a had 2 weeks of sickness.  It started off with a cold at the end of last week with David.  He was nice enough to share it with me.  He then got "sick", which was nasty and we stayed home Thursday from school.  Which was desperately needed since I could hardly talk and he slept almost 8 hours!  And then slept all night!  I will post more soon, but for now we are just chilling :-)

Honesty is the best policy....

So, I promised myself when I started this blog...I WOULD BE HONEST.  So, here is comes....I AM HUNGRY!  This week I have had the munchies.  I haven't felt so great...headache, scratchy throat, and drainage.  It isn't an excuse, just a part of life.  But man it sucks!  I have tried to grab a bottle of water every time I have wanted to stuff my face with anything salty.  HAHAHA!  Yes, I've been going to the bathroom a lot :-) 

Who would like a day off tomorrow???  That would be ME!  hahahaha!

Volleyball Match

We had a match tonight....lost....but had fun and yes, I broke a good sweat.  A teammate made cupcakes for the team...UGH!....i had some of the icing, but did not eat the cake.  That's a good compromise...right??  Nicholas enjoyed it!

I haven't felt so great today.  Horrible headache and just blah.  Tried really hard not to snack....but I did have something little this afternoon.  Now it's time to take some advil, jump in a warm shower, and the head to bed.  Fingers crossed I can get up tomorrow!!!

The Biggest Loser

Just wanted to announce that this might be the first time ever that I have watched the Biggest Loser without sitting on the couch eating a crazy snack.  HAHAHA!!  Well, I am sitting on the couch...some...mainly to type this post...but I have been watching and moving around the house.  It was nice getting back to school and NOT having the temptations of the kitchen.  I admit it, I LOVE TO SNACK.  I only take my lunch, one Dr. Pepper, and a fruit for a morning snack.  I keep a Diet Sprite in my fridge to have when I'm wishing I had a sweet tea or another Dr. Pepper.  I also have bottled water.  Tomorrow night we have a volleyball match.  That will be a good hour of exercise.  I usually leave the gym dripping sweat.  Woot-Woot! 

PS - I am going to take some "starting off" pictures....FINALY!

Week #1

Week one is in the books

I feel like I did a good job.  Something I have to do more of is WORKING OUT!!  Even if it is just walking...I need, no, I HAVE to do it!  Here are the results of week one.

 

-6.4 pounds

 

WOOT-WOOT!

The Day of Love

What a nice Valentine's Day!  Jeremy and the boys got me a strawberry bouquet....the are dipped in chocolate...yikes!  But no worries, I think Jeremy might eat them all before I let them mess up my diet :-)

Today - only ONE Dr. Pepper!! Yep, I didn't even think about it until tonight...how cool!!??

Saturday morning is the big day!  My first "weigh-in".  I am nervous....but excited! 

My left hand is still bother me a bit...another chiropractor appointment tomorrow.  I'm also getting my hair did!!  hahaha!!!  I'm trying to let it grow back out...who remembers when it was this long???

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Getting there......

 

VERY SHORT

 

I don't necessarily want it that long again....but I would like for it to get a bit longer....

Credit...

I mentioned in my first post that I was inspired by a pin on Pinterest...I finally went back and found it.

Here it is:  http://www.thehouseofsmiths.com

A picture....

I haven't had a chance to take any "before" pictures of myself...BOOO, I hate pictures of myself.  I love being the one behind the camera....or if I'm in the picture, I'm usually behind someone so that part of my is covered up.  I promise I will do it this weekend.  :-)

 

I love how I'm acting like I'm talking TO someone...hahaha!

Here is a cropped picture from Christmas morning.  BLAH!  GROSS!  My face is so puffy that my eyes are barely open.  GEEZ!!!  THAT IS GOING TO BE THE OLD ME!



Christmas 2012

What's my goal?

I know that I need to get on here and state my goal.  What is my mission?  What do I want to achieve?  How will I know when I'm done?  Will I ever be done? 

Well, let's see.  At this time, the ultimate weight goal that I have is too far away and in my mind, too unrealistic to even think about achieving.  So, I need to look at a smaller goal and then go from there...

My most immediate goal is to feel better.  I am so freaking uncomfortable.  My chiropractor said that for every 10 pounds you lose you are taking 5 times that amount of weight off of your joints.  How awesome is that???  I know that just my small changes will do wonders with how I feel.  Here are some of my small changes:

• 2 Dr. Peppers a day - this is a change from 5 to 6 a day.
• NO Bojangle stops in the am - I love a good biscuit and sweet tea...and also a Bo-berry Biscuit.
• No snacking at night...this is very hard - a trait I totally get from my dad...LOL.  I am trying to substitute snacks with water.
• I have been packing my lunch....instead of sandwiches on bread, I have been putting it on a tortilla shell and using salsa to dip. 
• When dinner is over, I clean up right away....instead of grazing the hour after dinner.

I know, I know....I will need to do more than that get to my long term goal....but it is a start to get some basic weight gone.

I am going to go to the gym tomorrow and get some walking in.  I'll let you know how that goes.  Tomorrow night is taco night at the Crawford house.  We have NOTHING to do...which is a change.  YAY!  Lots of family time :-)

So, what's my goal?  By the last day of school - June 5th.......

• I want to be able to wear a 2XL t-shirt comfortably.
• Lose 40 pounds.  That is 18 weeks away.
• Pack up all 3CL t-shirts and put them away!

Totally do-able...right??!!  RIGHT!

Back to school....

After a three day weekend, it was time to get back to the daily grind.  I also made a few big steps into being motivated about myself.  I think I will just list them.....

• No Bojangles on the way to school....that was a tough one...I love some sweet tea for the week.
• I went walking at the gym after school.....it was only 20 minutes, but I've got start somewhere.
• I had my first Chiropractor appointment. I talked with him about the numb fingers on my left hand and also about the fact that I needed his help with the pains of starting to workout with ALL of this weight.
• I have only had one and a half Dr. Peppers today.  I would say that I easily drink 4 to 5 sodas a day...NOT ANYMORE!

Well, I'm just a day or two into this....but I'm moving in the right direction.  Every little bit helps!!!

Happy Monday!

My First Post

I guess there is no better time than the present to write my first post for my AMY blog.  Yes, did you notice that?  Amy, Motivate Yourself.  Did you see it?  AMY...Ok, ok, maybe it is corny, but will it work?  I feel like I am a motivated person.  I am motivated to be a good wife, mother, daughter, friend, christian, teacher, coach....I am motivated to stay organized, be creative.....I am motivated to smile, be friendly, be sarcastic...hahaha....I am motivated to keep up with ALL of my TV shows, celebrity gossip...so, with all of this motivation...why can't I be motivated to take care of myself?  Why?  For one of the first times of my life, I can tell you why......or at least the excuses that I can use....all of those things I am motivated to do, I let them be my reason.  No, I can't go to the gym after school, I need to get the boys home from daycare.  No, I can't get enough sleep...I don't get to do things around the house until the boys are in bed.  But I should use those things that I am motivated to do as reasons to BE MOTIVATED!  Duh!!!

Why a blog you might ask....  I love blogging.  We have a family blog and I am in the process of starting a teaching blog.  So, why not blog my motivation issues :-)  I am also addicted to Pinterest.  While looking around one day, I came upon a blog that a lady used to chart her weight loss progress.  That gave me the idea....so, here goes nothing! 

Posts that will be coming soon:

• What do I want to achieve?
• How will I achieve this?
• Pictures...dreaded pictures.....
• Weight and measurements...YIKES...do I really want to make that public?  The jury is still out on that.