Don't Lose Faith you Got This!

Well another week has gone by. There was some changes to my weekly routine the big one being that I did not have a softball game on Sunday. Softball has been the one consistent sport that I have been involved with my whole life and I love to play it.

This week also brought a freezer full of fish! My youngest sister works at an Ice Cream shop near our house and although that can be a problem sometimes (who doesn't love a large Sunday at 11:30 at nigh!) it also give us the benefit of free fish every so often because the shop is located across the street from a test kitchen and they will give the workers the fish.With that plus the fact that our deck is rebuilt, which means we have a grill (and AMAZING outdoor area) it makes for a great rest of the summer/fall.

As for weight loss, when I got on the scale this morning I was expecting to gain seeing as the meals that I had last week/ not weighing in last week. I was certainly surprised seeing as I went up only 0.2 pounds. Not bad at all!

Firefly 5K: 47 days
Chicago Blackhawks Mad Dash To Madison 5K:  53 Days
Pounds removed: 76.4

Ain't' no Mountain high enough

I have been recently using the treadmill to be getting back into running. I started out by doing my own thing of alternating between running and walking for 5 minutes. I felt a little lost with it. So I turned to the internet to try and find something. Not only did I turn to the internet but I turned to Pintrest. Now I didn't know what to expect but I was looking for something that I felt like I could do, something that looked intense but not something where the speed is to crazy fast. It didn't take long till I was able to find something. Than I found it!

I can tell you this is AMAZING!!!!! I love a good workout where when I am just drenching in my own sweet and this does it. This is also a workout where, for me, I don't feel like it has been 45 minutes that I have been on a treadmill working my butt off. I try to do this at least once a week if not more. All in all I can not recommended this routine enough!

Firefly 5K: 50 days
Chicago Blackhawks Mad Dash To Madison 5K:  57 Days
Pounds removed: 76.6

The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph! ~Marvin Phillips

So I failed a little. When I first started this I thought that I was going to be posting more than once a week but obviously that didn't happen this past week, but it is a new week.

So this past week I felt was going to be another good week. I went to at least one spin class and I decided that I was going to make a weekly commitment to start attending Turbo Kick at my gym. I LOVE going to spin class. Pretending to be going up steep hills and pushing myself to limits that I keep redefining makes me feel great, not to mention because of spinning (and running) I think that I have some great sticks I'm walking on lol. Turbo Kick is my gyms version of kickboxing. I don't know what it is about kickboxing/boxing in general but for some reason I really do like it. So needless to say I feel like I had a great week at the gym. Than the weekend came. Lets just make a long story short and say that there was lots of heavy food that I ate that also may not have been the healthiest things to eat. I am completely ok with what I ate this weekend because I was able to enjoy myself and have a great time with great people.

Firefly 5K: 53 days
Pounds removed: 76.6

You + Your Goal = It's coming

This week was a good week! It was a normal week (whatever normal is) that didn't see too many stressful situation. I say that because I am a stress/ emotional eater and that is something that I have to change about myself.

I did have a day that could have easily brought me down. On Sunday I went to the Taste of Chicago.  The Taste is something that I have gone to for many years and I LOVE IT!!!!!! It is lots of fun and there always is lots of food! I was a little worried about what I was going to eat there and staying within my ww daily points but I am happy to say that I survived! When my mom and I first got down to the Taste the first thing that we did was visit the huge Humana tent. In the tent they were giving away free pedometer which was nice considering I didn't even think about putting on my pedometer when I left home, now I have a way of seeing just how far I was able to walk and I would be able to calculate my activity points! Also at the Humana tent they had special card that said what the healthy options were for people to eat and lets just say that sheet of paper did not get put away! Although that Taste is about food and showcasing the great restaurants in Chicago, there is also non-eating activities available for people to participate in. My mom and I went and watched a cooking demo from Sarah Grueneberg the executive chef of Spiaggia and she also happened to be the runner up on one of my favorite shows ever Top Chef so that was a plus! All in All I managed to stay on plan and walked over 2,000 steps just at the Taste alone!

Today I also registered for a 5K in September. So I have that to start getting ready for and I am excited for it.

This week I removed 3.4 pounds!

Let's do this!

It is often believed that the third time is a charm. Well this is my third attempt at blogging and this time I am going to be blogging about something closer to me. I will be taking you all on a journey that will never end, my journey to become healthy/fit and stay healthy and fit! What I am hoping to do with this blog is I will write about my struggles and obstetrical of my new lifestyle journey. I will also write reviews on products that I use, I am not being paid to write the reviews so it will be just my opinion, that is all if you trust my opinion that you can trust the reviews.

On February 14, 2011 I took a big step. I walked into my first Weight Watchers meeting. It has been without a doubt one of the best decision I have ever made. Since joining I have lost around 73 pounds! I still have a way to go so i am hoping that this will help me!

I hope you enjoy coming on this journey with me!