Not Feeling Well

Today, I have not been feeling well. I stayed home from work because I have a sore throat and I was all stuffed up. I HATE getting sick! I figured I should probably just stay home try to get over it rather than taking it to work and spreading it around. I just drank some hot green tea with honey in it. Hopefully it will kinda clear up my sinuses for a while. Chris is already in bed, he said he wasn't feeling very well either! :(

Being home all day was not a good thing. You would think that being sick I wouldn't have much of an appetite, but that was not the case! I had a somewhat healthy breakfast, 100 calorie English muffin with 1 tbsp Nutella. Then for lunch, I decided to have ramen noodles. I wanted some chicken noodle soup to make me feel better-it was the closest thing I had. For supper we had spaghetti. We hadn't had that in a while so it sounded pretty good. Plus, Chris will have something to take for lunch tomorrow too :)

It is only about 6:45 p.m. and I am ready to hit the hay! That is sad! I have only been up since 9:30!

I am watch the Cooking Channel right now and Everyday Italian is on. She is making a healthy light meal. It looks really yummy minus the beans on the salad! haha :) She is also making a pasta dish with shell pasta, broccoli, mussels, clams garlic, red pepper flake and white wine. I love seafood so it looks amazing to me :) I would probably rather have the mussels and clams without the pasta. Maybe do broccoli on the side!

Going Way to Quick!

This year is slipping by so quick! It is almost 2012!!! Do you have anything you would like to see happen or accomplish in the new year? It seems as though everyone sets a New Years resolution and by February or March, it is dust in the wind. I am hoping this next year I can stick to reaching the goal I am trying to achieve. I won't be disappointed if I don't reach it by my birthday on February 1st, as long as I eventually reach it. At this point it isn't even the weight that I want to lose, but inches and toning up. I just want to look better :)

I am still having a hard time getting back on track. I was completely right about there being goodies at work too! My manager brought everyone a plate of chocolate covered goodness. Mine is still sitting at my desk at work and almost gone! Oops! I was supposed to bring it home to share with Chris. We skipped working out yesterday and got our shopping done. We did go tonight and I walked/ran 3 miles. I couldn't do any weights because I donated blood today. I have a terrible bruise on my arm if you didn't see the picture on Facebook already. It didn't hurt, but boy they got me good! I can't tell if the bruise is from the band aid or from the needle stick. It bled like crazy after I left the Community Blood Bank. I didn't notice the bleeding until I got back to work and the band aid and gauze were completely soaked with blood. Very gross, I know!!!

I am so happy that Chris is on board with working out :) I really like going together. It is so much more motivating! We are talking about getting up early in the mornings to go, but he has to leave for work at 6 a.m. so that would mean that we have to get up REALLY early! The gym tends to be kinda busy after 6 p.m. and that is when we have been going because I work until that time everyday. I guess we will figure it out.

On Like Donkey Kong

Well, what a weekend! It was a lot of fun. Chris and I went up to my parents house and spent the weekend with my family. We will do Christmas next weekend on New Year's Eve with his family during the day. Time went so fast! :( I ate WAY to much food! Not sure how to get back on track after all that. It will still be hard this week because I just know that there will be junk food brought into work. Should be interesting. I feel like I have gained every ounce back that I have lost. GRRRRR!!!! I sure hope not! I have so far to go before my birthday. It really seems impossible right now. I only have 36 days! The holidays really have slowed me down. I just need to focus and not let it get to me. Tomorrow night we are going to workout and I am going to go extra hard!!! I should go in the morning before work too and do a double workout!!! I think I could really use it. I will have to go to weigh in on Friday again this week and that is only 3 days to eat healthy and workout. Oh boy...scary thought. It is so hard to make myself go when I think it is going to be terrible. But it is important to keep going even though I know it could be bad. Usually, it isn't as bad as I think it is going to be. Tomorrow it is on like Donkey Kong until Saturday!!! haha :) I am making some hard boiled eggs. Chris seems to like them too, so they go pretty quick around here!  I just weighed myself and according to my scale I have put on 3 pounds. hmmm. I see lots of running and weights in my future!!!

Results

I completely forgot that I was going to have to post my results today! haha :) I was a little surprised at weight in today...I only gained 1.4 lbs! Not as bad as I was expecting with the amount of junk food I have eaten this past week.

Chris and I both get off work early today! Yay!!! I only have to work from 9-1 so it should be a nice short day. Then we are going to meet our friend for lunch. Not sure where we are going yet, but Chris mentioned Olive Garden last night. I guess we will see :)

Again...Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!!

This whole week has been really rough. I am dreading WW weigh in tomorrow morning. I can't stay for the meeting because I have to work earlier than normal. I went and worked out tonight and I was there for about 30 minutes or so. I really like doing weights. I tried some more machines and I am starting to get used to them. Wednesday night, Chris and I went together and it was a really good workout. He helped me learn how to use a few of the machines and it was very helpful. As far as eating I am taking a break until after the holidays. I just can't seem to keep myself on track. I think the more I think about how bad I am eating, the worse I am! I will just have to try to workout more than normal, I guess.

I am so ready for Christmas and the nice long weekend!!! I probably won't post on my blog again until after Christmas so I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas! Eat well and enjoy your time with friends and family.

No to Chocolate?!?!?!?!?

The week is NOT going as planned!!! I did make all my yummy favorites, but that is not why...I just have absolutely no motivation to eat healthy this holiday season! I am almost ready to say screw it on eating healthy until January 2nd and just workout extra hard! There is way to much tempting food and if you know me, I just can't say no to chocolate! It is my favorite. Even if I am stuffed there is always room for it! Everyone keeps bringing us things at work and I can't be rude! lol :) Tonight I went to Carlos O'Kelly's with my friend Michelle. We just went to have an appetizer and a margarita. It wasn't the best idea for the diet, but it was nice to just go hang out for a while.

I am finally getting to wrap some gifts! It is my favorite part of getting ready for Christmas. I love making them look perfect!

Chris and I went and tested out the gym on Sunday night. We had a good workout after going to one and not getting in and then driving over to another one :) The beef and broccoli turned out pretty good. The meat seemed a little tough, but I think I might have cut the strips the wrong way. Maybe next time I will try something different and have everything prepped before I start cooking! 

I am watching the news right now while doing this...have you ever watched the eyes of the anchors? They go back and forth as they read off the telepromter! haha! Just thought I would throw that in there cuz I thought it was kinda funny :)

Yesterday

Well, I did a post yesterday, but I never shared it anywhere so nobody probably saw it which is good because nothing in it actually happened. I got home from work and Chris said, "Change your clothes, we are going to my parents for dinner." So we went there to eat dinner and we were there until about 9 p.m. so by the time we got home, I really didn't feel like working out. We just stayed up late and watched Pretty Woman. Tonight we will have the beef & broccoli and go workout! I promise!!! haha :)

My birthday is in 45 days and I still want to lose about 20 pounds. hmmm... I think I better get started on this a little harder. I just keep telling myself that slow weight loss is lasting weight loss. Sure, I could probably lose it a lot faster if I didn't eat pizza or cookies, but I really don't like to deprive myself. My problem is I just need to learn when I am full. When I am eating the filling foods, I can usually tell that I am full.

Tuesday, we are having a soup luncheon at work and each property is making a crock pot of soup and a cookie tray. Our property is making chili so I will probably just eat that since I know what is in it and it is considered a filling food (because of the ingredients). I think I want to make some Oreo balls. Everyone loves Oreo balls. I think I might make the mint ones :) They are my favorite though so maybe that isn't a good idea! haha :) I just really feel like making some Christmas goodies! I haven't made anything yet and I keep seeing the ingredients for stuff when I go to the grocery store. Maybe I will make extras and take them up to my mom & dad's for Christmas.  My goal is to be really good all week and then Christmas will be a splurge day for me :)