September 22, 2013~~ Day 7 of the 28 day challenge

Well...  we started the 7th day of the 28 day diet bet and we're doing fantastic.  Of the 7.3 lbs I'm supposed to lose, I have 1.9 lbs to go.  Curt has another 3 or so lbs to go on his 12.7 lbs.  Its amazing how sticking to the diet and no alcohol works!

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013~ Day 1 of the 28 day challenge

So here is what we're doing.  Since we can't seemed to find anything to get us motivated, I had to go searching.  And I think I found just what we needed to get us moving!  I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir, but I found out through another blog about a website called www.dietbetter.com, but the part we like it the diet bet.  You bet anywhere from $10 to $500 that in 28 days you can lose 4% of your body weight.  If you do, you split the pot between everyone else who also loses their 4%.  For me, that is about 8 lbs.  For Curt its about 13 lbs.  So we found one that suits us and bet $30 each.  Right now, there is $19,000+ in the pot so this could be fun. Now that we have money on it, we have to do it, right??  Today is day one.  We could have been doing it already but it was a no kids weekend, so we ate a little bad and drank a little beer and watched a whole lot of football. 

So goals:
STICK TO THE DAMN DIET!
EXERCISE DAILY, time permitting!
NO MORE ALCOHOL


Here's what we ate:
Breakfast:
C: coffee (shame on him....)
J: key lime pie yogurt, til I realized it was not Dukan friendly!

Lunch:
C: cheese, chicken wings, jalapeno sausage
J: buffalo chicken

Dinner:
C and J: meatloaf

Beverages:
C: ?
J: ?

Exercise:
Not gonna happen today.  I'm fighting off a lovely cold, but can't my life in general count as exercise?  I'm wrapping up several huge orders and I think by the time that my day is over, I've have more than 20 packages going out and one of those has 23 things in it!  Not to mention, I'm babysitting 2 toddlers today, I have a juggle around a DirecTV guy in there and somehow get out to Ethan's school and get him picked up at 3:30 and amazingly get him out to a court ordered alcohol class that is ridiculous to begin with... And then back home to eat real quick and get everyone moving on homework and get Berlyn to a school performance at 6:30.  I'm not even putting in here the part where Curt had to take off an hour early so someone can be here with my niece and nephew that I babysit til my brother gets here to pick them up and then kids need to be picked up from volleyball and play practice and get all those package down to the post office.  Sigh....  welcome to my life.

Monday, Sept 2, 2013

Well, I've picked up working out again.  Walking mostly, but at least its something.  Curt and I hiked 3.2 miles up to the top of Table Rock in Boise on Friday morning to see the annual hot air balloon launch.  It was amazing!  And the climb up was really hard on Curt.  The climb down was awful for me.  My knee just can't stand that kind of manipulation.  It hurt til the middle of Saturday. I'm going to try to post pictures of that in a few days.  This morning I woke before Curt so I creeped out of the house and went for a 3 mile walk/ jog.  My ankle is doing much better.  It's a little stiff in the morning but as far as working out, it feels pretty good.  I have reached 10 lbs. lost, with my lowest weight so far this morning.  Curt, weirdly, keeps going up drastically and down a little.  This morning his total loss is 7 lbs.  I think he's starting to feel a little down about it.  We're going to try to get exercise in for him too.  His work schedule makes it hard, but he's going to just have to do it. 

Monday, August 19, 2013

Well...  I can try to pretend like everything is fine and dandy, but we're having neighbor issues again and it's getting me down.  In fact, Curt called me a while back today so I could calm down before he got home.  These stupid neighbors have been a thorn in my flesh since we moved in.  We had an issue exactly a month ago today and quite frankly, I've ignored these people like the plague since then.  As Curt puts it, that house doesn't even exist.  Well...  it's been a month, all has been okay until our HOA opened her mouth about a complaint we had and she PROMISED to not say a word to them.  Long story short, she did. And now the neighbors want to sue me for slander for something the neighbor himself admitted to and my cousin who was a witness will confirm.  Anyways, I suppose I shouldn't worry but these people non stop accuse my children of going into their backyard.  EVEN WHEN THEY ARE AT THEIR DAD'S HOUSE!!!  Hmmmm... makes you wonder a little.  I'm done bitching about this.  For now.

The diet.  For me, it's going well..  I've lost 8 lbs in 2 weeks, Curt has lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks. 

August 5, 2013- ANDDDDDDD...... We're off!

UGH!!!!!!  I hate all this!!!  My weight is getting me down.  BADLY!  So yes, I wrote a few weeks ago that we started back up.  That was very short lived due to several very stressful situations and activities that made dieting nearly impossible.  So here we are again.  I'm at my highest weight ever- 188.2 lbs.  WTF???????  I would have NEVER dreamed I'd ever be this big.  NONE of my clothes fit.  So it's time because by golly, I am NOT buying new clothes to say that THIS is ok!  To make this worse, I'm so out of shape/ big that I can't even work out.  Frickin' stupid!  Me, my past behavior is what I'm referring to there.  It is just pisses me off that I've allowed this. 

July 17, 2013

Wow!!  It's been a long time since I've posted anything.  I guess it's time to fill in all the blanks.  I'm saddened by my foot injury from the first weekend of May.  I still have huge issues with it.  It is swollen every night and in the morning, holy cow...  I stumble out of bed and limp around for about an hour.  I can't begin to work out, but I did start this week because I have to!  I have to do something and I have this theory that getting more active will help that thing heal faster.

I had every intention to have my weight way down before my brother's wedding.  Of course, I didn't.  In fact, at some point I just didn't give a crap.  I was really stressed out about the whole thing.  Curt and I both had big responsibilities.  For me...  those dresses kicked my butt.  I made the mock dresses and tried them on 3 of the 4 bridesmaids.  I couldn't get the other bridesmaid over to try hers on.  So after doing the mock dresses, then I started on the real ones and realized that the fabric she chose SUCKED!!  Thank goodness my sister in law is the easiest going person I know.  I went to her, 3 days BEFORE the wedding and showed her the "real" dresses and asked if I could change the fabric up again and she said, whatever you want.  So I quickly ran down and bought a shimmery cotton and, what a sigh of relief, made the 4 dresses with ease!  I actually got alot of compliments from people. So for as much trouble as those things were, it was worth it, I guess.

First weekend of June...  Curt woke up on that Saturday morning in horrible pain.  We spent some time in the ER.  His hernia, that has caused problems for several months, popped out and wouldn't go back in.  Long story, short...  he was out of work from June 3 to July 14 and had surgery on June 18 to fix it.  After a few weeks, he's feeling much better.  Hopefully he can start working out again too!  I've been looking forward to racquetball again!

My son is causing stress in my life.  He snuck out again.  He got arrested.  He made me mad.  I don't want to talk about it.  Just know it's there.  By the way, he's been on his best behavior.

We started back up on the diet on July 3.  We've been eating pretty carefully and all that.  I'm up and up and up and up and at my highest weight ever.  I don't get it.  I'm being very careful.  Quite frankly, I'm very discouraged.  I'm going to start posting more regularly to keep myself honest.  Maybe I'm missing something.  I will say that in my defense...  I have a horrible sun burn and at night, my legs are horribly swollen.  AND it should be TTOM in the next day or 2, but the latter has never really affected my weight all that much. I think that I'll try for an attack phase starting tomorrow (Curt already has his lunch packed and gone).  And I should mention here that Curt is also up a little so that is why I think I'm missing something.  We'll just get on top of this all and hopefully it will be better.  I'm tired of feeling like crap about myself. 

This morning's weight:
J: 186.0 lbs (up 1.4 lbs from yesterday, up 6 lbs since Saturday (!!!))

Breakfast:
C: eggs
J: none

Lunch:
C: shredded pork, almonds, 0 calorie jello, pepper jack cheese, yogurt
J: 2 boiled eggs, jalapeno sausage and a handful of almonds

Dinner:
C and J: prime rib, sauteed onions and mushrooms, broccoli

Water:
C:
J: 1 lt water, 1 lt 0 calorie Powerade, 2 lt 0 calorie lemonade

Excercise:
J: 62 minutes on stationary bike, weights

May 10, 2013

It's been awhile.  We fell off the band wagon...  again.  But we've been really good since Tuesday.  We went out of town last weekend.  Curt, Briyanna and I jet boated up the Salmon River for 3 days.  Our first night there...  I sprained my ankle pretty bad. I was going to put a picture of it on, but it won't load so I guess not.  So we were stuck up a river for 3 days, not knowing if it was broken or not, with only ibuprofen, whiskey, vodka and beer.  I did ALOT of drinking to just make thru the weekend.  And alot of sitting.  I actually did do a little work the last day but I regretted it by the time I got home.  Now..  the foot is a huge, black, useless stump.  I damaged every ligament in my foot.  Awesome....  That darn right foot.  I might just cut the darn thing off.  When we got home and back in the grove on Tuesday, we weighed in and OMG our weights were atrocious!  I weighed the heaviest I've weighed.  EVER.  Curt encouraged me tho.  His theory is that my foot is so swollen that I'm carrying extra weight.  I'm agreeing.  Because I makes me feel better.  Since Tuesday, I'm down 5.8 lbs (so is my swelling when I weigh in) and Curt was down 5 lbs, as of yesterday.  Starting next week, I'll start writing down our weights and what we eat.  Right now, we're just doing a 5 day attack.  I made some pretty amazing Mexican food dishes that I tweaked to make Dukanish.

Tomorrow we get to go to district trackmeets to go to state.  Ethan is currently ranked #2 in the state in the 800 (1/2 mile)  and #4 in the 400 (1/4 mile).  And he's not even going to run the 400 for districts.  Dumb!  Briyanna has PRed in the 800 a couple times this season and will probably get to state in the 1600 (the mile) for sure.  Should be a fun, HOT (90 degrees) day. 

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

This is going to be quick...  I'm down 5 lbs in 1 week! Woohoo! About freakin' time!  Curt's not moving much.  Weird, but I'm actually working out where he is not.  Maybe that's the difference?

It's a New Day!

I'm feeling a little more positive today.  I'm not sure what the change is, but I'm in a fantastic mood.  I went to the fabric store today to help sister in law pick out a pattern and fabric for bridesmaids dresses.  She wants sleeveless, so sleeveless they'll be.  I'm glad I know now.  That gives me 2 months (73 days to be exact) to tone up my arms, shoulders and upper back. And 73 days to try to get off between 15 and 20 lbs.  The one good thing about this pattern is that it is slightly high waisted so my stomach area doesn't have to be amazing.  So I'm working on a plan.  *I'm going to start putting on miles.  We have a "greenbelt" that starts about 1/3 mile from our house that runs for several miles.  Later this evening, I'm going to start walking it and see how long it is.  I'm walking for now til my foot is feeling better.  (speaking of...  I started wearing 2 socks on that foot and it feels 100% better.)  I'm only going to do this walk on the nights that Curt works.  *I'm going to start lifting weights more consistently.  I don't need to go to the gym for this.  I actually have weights here at the house, under my bed.  Time to dust those things off, I guess.  *I have P90X here, a couple pilates videos, Insanity, and a 30 day shred here I can do.  Maybe 3 of those a week.  *NO ALCOHOL.  PERIOD.  *Time to get super serious about the diet and STICK TO IT, darn it!  My biggest issue here is going to be the PP/ PV days.  I hate, hate PP days.  By the end of the night, I'm craving veggies so bad that I end up cheating. 

So there's my plan for the next 10 weeks.  We already kinda cheated this morning.  We were in a hurry to get out of the house this morning.  We split a ham, egg and cheese artisan breakfast sandwich at Starbucks.  At least we didn't get one each, right?  Lunch/ dinner are both going to be beef fajitas.  So today looks like a PV day.  And I need to start getting back into drinking more water. 

Morning weights weren't as bad as I thought they were going to be.  I'll start posting them tomorrow. 

In Need of a Reset

Well...  It's Wednesday.  That doesn't mean too much I guess.  I'm just feeling a little dumpy...  I've been feeling really down lately about alot of things and because of that, "dieting" has not been even remotely close to being something I'm worried about.  This morning my sister-in-law called me.  She and my brother were married in front of a judge last December and had a baby boy a few days later.  But they are planning a "wedding" for this June.  Because I sew, she's been really picking my brain for ideas.  I'm basically rebuilding her wedding dress, using pieces that we're cutting off the dress to make 2 flower girl dresses and all 4 bridesmaids dresses.  On the bright side, I'm one the brides maids so I'm a little excited about making sure that mine will fit me well!  So on that note...  now I have a goal to work for.  In a way I've had this mindset that I have nothing to work for so who gives a crap.  I'd rather eat and drink what I want than torture myself.  But I guess that I have a reason to lose weight now.  It doesn't mean I have a better attitude yet, but I'm working on it. 

A Foot Update::  It still is thoroughly killing me and Curt is getting tired of hearing me whine.  He keeps telling me we should go to the doctor but I won't.  But I think I figured out what actually happened.  I was sewing yesterday and talking to Curt about an external hard drive on the shelf under my machines, over my feet, when I remembered a few weeks ago that that damned thing fell off the shelf right onto my bare foot, corner first.  I'm positive that's what caused my issue.  And now I'm wondering if I really did do some damage to my foot and maybe I really should go in.  We've been working out somewhat lately but I get home and get that shoe off and my foot just inflates.  Today, we dropped the car off at the shop and walked about 2 miles.  By the time we got home, I had a blister on the ball of my foot.  Same foot.  Seriously...  just cut my leg off. 

Tonight while Curt is at work, I'm going to work on my taxes, cut out some fabric, work on a menu for the next week or so, sew, and clean my kitchen, girls' bedroom and upstairs bathroom. 

A Serious Sock injury...

How stinkin' lame! This really is the strangest thing.  I have socks that I love.  And I mean LOVE!  They are the socks that I freak out on my kids when I see them wearing them.  They are thick and very comfortable.  They are my DC brand socks.  I absolutely love them and wear them every single day.  I would guess I have close to 15 pairs of them.  Maybe more.  Well...  The DC logo on the top of the foot is the same "sock fabric" but it is thicker than normal and has alot of string and seams on the inside on my foot.  Well, it's no secret that I have a horrible issue with swelling in my right lower leg, ankle and foot due to the car vs bike incident of 2005 (I being the bike rider).  About 3 p.m. every day, that foot becomes a purple and red puff ball.  A few days ago I noticed that I was particularly more swollen than usual, but I had been on my feet most of the day and then that evening, we were weak and had Chinese food.  Hello Sodium! And thus even more swelling.  So there I am...  pretty swollen and still wearing my workout shoes.  I actually wear shoes from the moment I wake up til the time I hit the hay at night.  I would put on my shoes before I put on my underwear if it wasn't weird.  This particular evening, I was dying and took off my shoe (GASP!!) while watching tv and I realized that there was an issue.  It wasn't until the next morning that I went to put on my shoes and socks that there was AN ISSUE.  Is it possible for my sock to break my foot?  Ok, ok... that's a bit extreme, but there is quite a bit of tenderness and bruising.  Of course..  not enough to keep me out of shoes and socks, but I'm cutting back on the DC socks for a little while. 

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Hey! I'm finally down again.  About time!!  I'm so sick of just sitting at the same weight, day after day.  Funny thing is...  I haven't been being extremely good.  I had a night of spending time with the toilet.  I made that egg drop soup which was fabulous but omg...  it did not sit well with me at all.  I made it with a bullion cube instead of the regular canned chicken broth I normally use.  NEVER AGAIN!  It was a horribly painful and uncomfortable night.

So the working out...  it slowed down a bit.  We were going very regularly, but then we started spring cleaning, kind of.  We were thinking that we would get enough of a work out in that way, and Monday we probably did.  But then we slowed down.  My oldest to kids are in Senior High and both run track.  Practice is from 5:30 to 7 every week night.  Tonight, the 3 other kids and I went to the gym and played volleyball for awhile and then walked laps for 20 minutes.  I think as long as it works out, we'll go ahead and keep doing that.  Curt and I just need to get back into the swing of things.

I think that we have decided to go ahead with the Paleo diet.  We have started incorporating fruit in a little at a time and some almonds so far.  I was missing the sweet food and when I would go for something sweet I would completely blow it and go over board.  This fruit thing is helping out there.  I'm avoiding alcohol for the most part.  We both had some Sunday night, and I had a sip of my brother's last night. 

I need to get to work.  I have been very bad as far as my job goes.  I've been lazy.  I do much better when I have no kids here but also, when Curt worked days, I would work while he was working til the kids got home.  I've just got to get my days back in order. 

Friday, March 15, 2013

I... AM.... SO....FRUSTRATED!!!!!  I'm up again today, 179.6 lbs!  I stuck to the diet to a "T" yesterday and put in over 2 hours of working out!!!  So annoying!  Curt made a comment to me yesterday that maybe I'm not eating enough.  And maybe I'm not, but I never feel hungry (til 11 pm or so at least).  We eat mainly PP everyday and throw in a little veggies here and there.  But we decided to do an attack phase for the next 3 or 4 days.  We have also kind of tossed around the idea going to a more Paleo diet or clean eating.  Not for sure if we are doing that or not, but if we don't see any positive results in the next week, that is probably what is going to happen.  I'm just getting pretty discouraged since I have been "dieting" close to 2 months and I'm actually up a full pound from my original start weight.

This morning we worked out.  We are trying something a  new.  Normally we just ride bikes.  Starting this week, we started walking a mile also, trying to improve each time we go.  Here are this weeks results:
Tues, 3/12: 16 min 45 sec
Wed, 3/13: 15 min 50 sec
Fri, 3/15: 15 min 21 sec

We walk laps that are 1/5 mile each, so if we stay about 3 minutes a lap, it works out to 4 mph.  We're going to have to start throwing in running the straight ways and walking curves if we're going to make anymore progress.  It's hard to walk much faster than that.  And as weird as it seems, it's much easier on my body to run verses walk.  There is so much more of a range of motion involved in walking and it kills my bad knee and ankle and my calves light up on fire.  Running is so much easier on my body, but not my lungs.  I need to start working on that too!

Got a turkey out of the freezer for dinner tomorrow.  And Sunday.  And Monday. 

Breakfast:
C and J: eggs and chorizos
Lunch:
C: pork, cottage cheese salad
J: cottage cheese salad
Dinner:
C: burrito (low carb shell), cheese, pork, yogurt, almonds
J: burrito (chicken, cheese and sprinkle of veggies)
My 11 pm food craving:
egg drop soup

I know I've mentioned it several times, but this waiting up for Curt kills me.  I get so dang hungry about 11 I'm ready to put my clothes back on and head to a drive thru.  Thank goodness McDonalds is shut down!  It was all I could do to stay home.  I thought about the places I could go that wouldn't be too bad.  I finally went with eggdrop soup.  Good choice!  Finally!

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Sad, Sad day... My weigh-in weight this morning was freakin' higher than my DAY 1 weigh in!!!  WTF???  I have been having issues tho. Blame that??  So Curt is back on his regular weird shift so we've been staying up late, 2am.  GAG!  But I'd rather do that than me go to bed at midnight and be up at 8 and then have Curt sleeping another 2 hours.  So staying up is the better option.  Only problem...  I get dang hungry staying up that late!  And that is when I get myself into trouble.  All I can think about is how hungry I am and then I talk myself into going out to get something to eat.  I mean..  Jack in the Box is 2 miles away and it is much easier to drive there and get something rather than going down to the frig and getting a yogurt or bottle of water.  Right?  Anyone there with me?  It might just be me.  I'm WEAK!
So this morning at 6:58 am, I ovulated.  Curt and I had an 11 am appointment at the gym for fitness assessments.  I knew that this wasn't going to be a pleasant thing.  When I ovulate I can describe it in 2 ways.  #1.) It's like someone shoving dull knitting needles up my who-ha and attempting to rip my ovaries out. or... #2.) labor with no breaks between contractions.  And if your a guy...  you'll never understand.  Awful!  So we go to this appointment.  My baby making box is killing me!  I'm bloated and gassy.  There is pressure that feels like a massive BM but its only pressure.  My blood pressure was through the roof, guessing due to pain.  I've never had blood pressure that high.  But we both made it through the assessment tests.  Neither were great, but neither one of us were expecting anything great.  For the most part, we took the tests to see how much we can improve in 6 months.

We've been doing really well with going to the gym this week.  We didn't work out this morning after our tests.  Curt was groggy all day long, and I felt like crap.  But after he went to work, I worked and got quite a bit done and then went to the gym.  I got my weights in, did 6 laps on the track and 45 minutes on the bike.  And afterwards, I felt FANTASTIC!  I need a better sports bra.  No need to go more into that.  Just need one.

I went thru one freezer to see what I have to work with for the next several days.  I found a whole turkey, a whole chicken, several pounds of ground beef, ground chicken and a lot of chicken breasts.  We're set for a few weeks, I think.  Now to just make up a menu.  I just wish I wasn't craving Big Macs.  Those things are NASTY!  Why do I want them so bad?

Breakfast:
egg and bacon or sausage burritos
Lunch:
asparagus and grilled chicken
Dinner:
C: taco salad, cheese, pork and yogurt
J: pico de gallo, progresso soup
Liquids:
that is something I need to keep better track of.  I've had several bottles of water and some diet Pepsi

Monday, March 11, 2013

This weekend was Curt's birthday and we spent the weekend celebrating and having fun!  And cleaning!  We had a party at our house on Saturday and had about 30 people at our house.  We spent the entire morning and afternoon cleaning this house.  Wish it would stay that way!  And yesterday, his real birthday, we again spent time cleaning the front yard.  Curt and the boys cleaned up the rose bush and Briyanna and I cleaned out both vehicles and took both down to be vacuumed out.  And then...  we watched TV.  We watching "Breaking Bad."  Interesting program. 

Diet wise...  eh...  Curt's weight is doing well and even seems to be going down, even despite eating a little on the bad side.  I haven't even checked mine lately (3 or 4 days).  Our scale is on the fritz and it frustrates me.  I just need to change the battery.  I'm just lazy!  I'll check tomorrow.  Last I checked, I was at 173.2, which is my lowest since I restarted. 

Curt started a new schedule at work.  He was working Monday thru Friday 9 am to 6 pm.  Now he's back to his random days off and working 5 pm to 1:30 am, which sounds awful to some people, but sounds delightful to me!  We actually get to see each other more than 2 or 3 hours a day and....  WE GET TO WORK OUT AGAIN!!  I really think that we'll be seeing his weight drop dramatically once the workout gets going on a consistent basis.  His body seems to like working out!

March 4, 2013

Well...  I had a few really good days.  I was down 4 lbs in 4 days but then this morning, things caught back up to me. I'm up 2.8 lbs.  I'm going to blame TTOM.  We were pretty good this weekend.  Especially since we had no kids this weekend.  We had to run several errands and we had to sew a huge chunk of yesterday.  In fact, I'm almost caught up with all my orders!  I can breath easy.  And that's a good thing.  I'm ready to have a little break.  Curt's birthday is this weekend and we're having a pretty big party for him and my grandmother so..  it would be nice to have a nice clean house for that!

March 1, 2013

I'm down 1 full pound from yesterday's weight so yay me!  Curt is way up from his last weigh in.  He doesn't know it yet but he is going to go to the gym with me this weekend!  Maybe we can get in a racquetball match!  I went back to look at my "to do list" for yesterday and I suck!  I only got half of my list done.  I had a very lazy day. I didn't get to the gym, I didn't clean the bonus room and I didn't get my orders cut out!  Good grief...  then what did I do??  I'll do better today. 

I have a kinda big goal.  I want to lose 10 lbs by March 28.  Big goal, doable if I stick to the right food and exercise. 

February 28, 2013

Oh my gosh...  where is this year going already?!?!  Enough stalling...  I've been off the band wagon for the past 5 days.  Jumping back on today.  I'm scared to hit the scales in a bit, but I need to see where I am.  Its TTOM and I've been pretty bloated and just crappy feeling in general, in the stomach area.  I'm going to assume it's because I just haven't been behaving well.  I've been sewing alot the past week.  I had 24 mens pirate shirts ordered last Friday and Saturday.  I (we, Curt took off Tuesday to help me.  Thank you baby, if you read this!) got them all made and out Tuesday and Wednesday, but my back is paying for it!  I hate to blame my schedule on my bad eating habits.  I just need to be better about having food prepared in advance so I don't go grazing through the pantry and frig, and I need to find a better way to make my back feel better after working instead of alcohol.  We have gym membership.  A thought...  I could go to the gym in the evening and stretch out on an exercise ball and then hit the hot tub.  I have a really hard time asking Curt to go to the gym after a long day at work.  I'm not sure I would want to.  Speaking of Curt...  He does quite well for breakfast and lunch.  He starts failboating when he gets around me so I think I'm to blame for his night time indiscretions!  I need to quit being such a bad influence...

The kids are at their other parents this week.  MY HOUSE HAS STAYED AMAZINGLY CLEAN.  I think they are what makes my house a mess. Hmmm....  Yet, they don't believe me!  How can they trash the house within 30 minutes of walking into the house?  Next week...  I'm going to start being a hard ass about them just laying stuff all over the place.  I'm not saying I don't ride them, but I'm going to try to make it not be an issue to begin with.  I'm trying to find ways to keep my stress level and workload down now that I'm back to working very regularly.  A messy/ cluttered house can flip a switch in me pretty quickly when I have an achy back!

Yesterday...  I had an amazing night!  I want to write about it, but I don't have pictures ready so I'm going to wait until I have them all ready to go!

So on the "TO DO LIST" for today:
*make a menu for the next 2 weeks
*yell at my son for his D+ in yearbook
*Cut out my "womens" orders
*clean my bonus room/ sewing area/ office area (dreading this one)
*get in a 45 minute workout it AND weights
*do my part time dog walking job
*inventory my frig and freezer to see what kind of food I have on hand

By the way... the weigh in wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be!

February 19, 2013

Curt: 310.2 lbs (down 60.6 since 8/11; down 9.8 lbs since 1/14/13 restart)
            **lowest since restart**  
Jamie: 176.2 lbs (down 4 lbs since 8/11; down 2.4 lbs since 1/14/13 restart)
            **NOT my lowest since restart**

My weight really is just not moving what so ever, despite working out pretty hard and being fairly decent of the food end as well.  I'm hoping to really see some good results in the next few weeks.  Curt is eating well, not working out much.  He's been pretty sick.  We've got alot of sickness in this house and it's pretty much kicking everyone's butts! 

Going to start working out my kids tonight.  My older 2 start their track season this week or next week, so I think they're going to try to get a jump start on that tonight.  Maybe..  That's been the story of our lives lately. 

Ok...  back to work and life!

Tis me! Feb. 15, 2013

Promise...  We're alive and kicking, just super busy!  As far as the diet goes, we've been doing pretty good and I'm going to try to get back into posting that part of us.  I've been working out really hard and fairly consistently.  In the past 28 days, I've lost 2 lbs (BLAH!!!) and 9.5 inches.  And in the past 28 days, Curt is down 10 lbs and in the past 14 days, he's down 5.5 inches!  So there is progress.  We're slowly but surely getting this show on the road.  I came to a huge realization today...  I have got to get serious about this.  I thought that I was...  I quit drinking for the most part, but food is still being a bit of an issue for me.  Anyways, I am so thoroughly uncomfortable in my own skin right now, that it's ridiculous.  So onward I go.  Struggling with food.  I'm working on it.

On to other things...  we're going on a hot date tonight to celebrate our 2 year anniversary (yesterday).  Nothing says "I love you" like an MMA fight, right?  Eh... it's what we like!  I'm excited to just get out of the house for a bit. 

January 19, 2013~~ Day 6

DATE:  January 21, 2013
Day 8


CURT:
morning weight: 314.2 lbs (+ 1.4)
weight loss since 1/14/2013:  5.8 lbs
weight loss since 8/2011: 56.6 lbs
this week's weight loss: +1.4 lbs
JAMIE:
morning weight: 177.4 lbs
weight loss since 1/14/2013: 1.2 lbs
weight loss since 8/2011:  3.4 lbs
this week's weight loss: - 0.2 lbs

TODAY'S EXERCISE:
C:

J: 45 minutes of Pilates

WHAT WE ATE:
Breakfast:
C: 1/2 meal bar


Lunch:
C: steak, cheese, snack bar
J:protein shake

Dinner:
C and J: fiesta lime chicken and a couple slices of deli turkey

Water:
J: LOTS

I started out this morning discouraged.  I'm encouraged that Curt was down 7 lbs as of yesterday.  I'm discouraged that when I woke up and weighed in, I was at my DAY 1 STARTING WEIGHT!!  I put in a workout and then weighed in and got this new number.  I'm going with it because I may pull out my hair if I don't.  I don't need the...  "you know...  men lose weight easier" speech so save it.  I know. I know.  But then "the man" isn't working out and "the woman" is...  GRRR!!  Oh well, still proud of him and want him to keep going!  

January 20, 2013~~ Day 7

DATE:  January 19, 2013
Day 6


CURT:
morning weight: 314.8 lbs (- 2 lbs)
weight loss since 1/14/2013: 5.2 lbs
weight loss since 8/2011: 56 lbs
this week's weight loss: 5.2 lbs
JAMIE:
morning weight: 177.6 (- 0.8lbs)
weight loss since 1/14/2013: 1.0 lbs
weight loss since 8/2011:  3.2 lbs
this week's weight loss:  1.0 lbs

DATE:  January 20, 2013
Day 7

CURT:
morning weight: 312.8 lbs (- 2 lbs)
weight loss since 1/14/2013:  7.2 lbs
weight loss since 8/2011: 58 lbs
this week's weight loss: 7.2 lbs
JAMIE:
morning weight: 177.6 lbs
weight loss since 1/14/2013: 1.0 lbs
weight loss since 8/2011:  3.2 lbs
this week's weight loss:  1.0 lbs

Well, Curt started out slow but ended the week with a bang!  I'm still trudging on, sticking to the diet to a "T" so I guess I'm a little surprised that I'm not seeing better results.  I assume I'll have a "whoosh" any day now. 

January 18, 2013~~ Day 5

DATE:  January 18, 2013
Day 5
PV

CURT:
morning weight: 316.8 lbs
weight loss since 1/14/2013: 3.2 lbs
weight loss since 8/2011: 54 lbs
this week's weight loss: 3.2 lbs
JAMIE:
morning weight: 178.4 lbs (same)
weight loss since 1/14/2013: 0.2 lbs  (grrrrr....)
weight loss since 8/2011:  1.8 lbs
this week's weight loss:  0.2 lbs

TODAY'S EXERCISE:
C:

J: A.M.~ 45 minutes of Pilates

WHAT WE ATE:
Breakfast:
C: 4eggs
J:egg enchilada

Lunch:
C: taco salad, leftover chicken 
J: Leftover meatloaf

Dinner:
C and J:

Water:
C:
J:

I have been terribly pathetic about actually blogging. I would have to assume it's because I'm not doing all that much.  It's so freaking cold!  It's been holding steady at about 4 degrees F.  We hit 13 today.  Big deal!  Still freakin' cold!

So no change....  I'm a little irritated.  I've been very careful with what I eat, added in exercise AND no alcohol.  Frustrating. 

New nephew, Maddex, with Berlyn, born 12/21 weighing in at 5 lbs 14 oz:

Snow, snow and more snow... We actually had a white Christmas!
Curt tubing at my parents:

New pets, cat, Lucifer, and dog, Steffan:

My backyard visitors yesterday!  I love watching quail!

And our poor melting snowman:

January 17, 2013~~ Day 4

DATE:  January 17, 2013
Day4
PP

CURT:
morning weight: 317.6 lbs
weight loss since 1/14/2013: 2.6 lbs
weight loss since 8/2011: 53.4 lbs
this week's weight loss: 2.6 lbs
JAMIE:
morning weight: 177.0 lbs
weight loss since 1/14/2013: 1.0 lbs
weight loss since 8/2011:  3.2 lbs
this week's weight loss:  1.0 lbs

WHAT WE ATE:
Breakfast:
C: 4eggs
J:egg enchilada, skinny peppermint mocha

Lunch:
C: leftover meatloaf


Dinner:
C and J: provolone and olive stuffed chicken, green salad

January 16, 2013~~ Day 3

DATE:  January 16, 2013
Day 3
PP

CURT:
morning weight:  forgot to weigh in
weight loss since 1/14/2013: 2.8 lbs
weight loss since 8/2011: 53.6 lbs
this week's weight loss: 2.8 lbs
JAMIE:
morning weight: 177.0 lbs
weight loss since 1/14/2013: 1.0 lbs
weight loss since 8/2011:  3.2 lbs
this week's weight loss:  1.0 lbs

TODAY'S EXERCISE:
C: Evening- basketball practice

J: Morning- 16 minutes on treadmill (walking and running) and 16 minutes on stationary bike
    Evening- basketball practice
WHAT WE ATE:
Breakfast:
C: 4 eggs
J: 2 egg taco omelet

Lunch:
C: none (sick)
J: 2 boiled eggs

Dinner:
C and J: meatloaf

We had planned on an evening workout a the gym, but after basketball practice, we realized we had a pretty good workout there. 

January 15, 2013~~ Day 2

DATE:  January 15, 2013Day2
PP

CURT:
morning weight: 317.2
weight loss since 1/14/2013: 2.8 lbs
weight loss since 8/2011: 53.6 lbs
this week's weight loss: 2.8 lbs
JAMIE:
morning weight: 177.4lbs
weight loss since 1/14/2013:0.6 lbs
weight loss since 8/2011:  2.8 lbs
this week's weight loss: 0.6 lbs

Once again...  my morning workout didn't happen.  Had a vomiting kid at home.  Hope I don't get it!

January 14, 2012~~ Day 1

DATE:  January 14, 2013Day 1
PP

CURT:
morning weight:  320.0
weight loss since 1/14/2013: ---
weight loss since 8/2011: 50.8 lbs
this week's weight loss: ----
JAMIE:
morning weight: 178.0 lbs
weight loss since 1/14/2013: ----
weight loss since 8/2011:  2.2 lbs 
this week's weight loss: ----


WHAT WE ATE:
Breakfast:
C: 4 eggs
J: 2 boiled eggs, 1/2 c. cottage cheese

Lunch:
C: boiled eggs, yogurt, cheese and pork roast


Dinner:
C and J: grilled lemon pepper chicken

Water:
C:  ?
J: 1.5 liters Diet Pepsi, 2 liters water

Well, here we go again!  And it didn't talk long for me to look at the food and think...  "Ugh... gross!"  But, such is life and I would like to be back in my old jeans by the end of next month.  We're both up about 30 lbs. from July.  CRAZY!   I have felt like CRAP the past few weeks and last night I hit a real low point.  I was extremely constipated.  I had to take a magic pink pill just so I could sleep.  But, I started today and the diet on a fresh new page.  

Two kids start basketball practice today, during which we will be doing our evening workout.  I planned on working out this morning, but I forgot I committed to making quilts with my good friend Jennifer, so I'll start that tomorrow.  Speaking of those quilts, we plan on getting together once a week to make quilts for Christmas gifts for next year.  Hello back pain!

**After going to the first kids practice, we found out there is no coach.  Say hello to the new coaches.  No work out...

January 10, 2013

Just a quick update...  We're planning on starting back up on Dukan on Monday, January 14th instead of January 26th.  The reason...  I think that Curt is tired of listening to me gripe about not eating good and not working out!  Maybe not, but last night he said, let's just start now.  Well..  after a football weekend.  I'm so freakin' excited.  I have felt like CRAP for weeks because of the crap we've been eating.  So I'll start posting on a regular basis on Monday.