Catching you up on old news...

Well, as you know, I've been extremely busy with watching kids.  When I'm not watching them, I am doing my yardwork and gardening.  As such, I am in almost constant movement.  Ok, not a regimented or scheduled workout, but better than no exercise at all.  Next week, I get to purchase my Advocare and I'm going distributor so YAY ME!  Very excited about that.  So, to catch you up, basically my diet is the same every day... mainly because I don't have time to be diverse and this way, I know I'm eating right.

Breakfast:  Oatmeal w/blueberries and nuts
                  Coffee
                  Water
                   Green tea pills

Lunch:        MRS (but Kellogg's, not Advocare)
                  Water
                   Fruit
                   Veggie
                    Green tea pills

Dinner:       Grilled chicken on M-W-F
                  Grilled tilapia on T-TH-Sat-Sun
                   Water
                   Fruit
                   Veggie
                   Omegaplex

If I get hungry (normally I don't) between meals, my snack consists of soy nuts or almonds and more water.  I'm getting 10 oz. of water at a time, so with my meals and my bipolar meds and my seizure meds, plus snacks, I'm getting over the recommended 64 ozs.  Weight loss?  no loss, no gain.  That will change when I get my advocare, so I'm not worried about it.  My goal is still to lose my weight by Christmas, and I know that I can do that so I'm not worried at all.  Pretty soon I will have yummy fresh veggies from my garden to eat.  My tomatoes are turning yellow.... well on their way to red!  I've got about 2 days to go before I can harvest my first batch of peas!!  All is well.  If anyone has a good, low fat green tomato recipe, I would love that.  The only thing I have is fried green tomatoes and I'm not eating anything fried!!
                
                  

Not neglecting me, or you....

Still doing well, losing weight, and feeling good.  Just super busy and super tired at night.  Watching 2 small toddlers and a ten year old daily.  Will update everything tomorrow or next day at the latest.

Still on track...

Staying on track with the diet portion of my transformation.  Really wish I had my AdvoCare for energy though.  I keep busy with gardening and watching the baby keeps me hopping, but still not back to my set exercise schedule.  Have an appointment at Curves tonight at 6pm.  The dry erase board keeps my nutrition on track though.  Therefore, not losing but not gaining either.

BACK ON TRACK!

Although I won't have my Advocare products for a couple of weeks, I'm back on track with my weight loss.  I have to get up at 7am to be ready for the baby coming over, so that gets my day started earlier.  My exercise routine still isn't up to par, but I've added more protein into my diet and I do move constantly with the baby here.  When he's not here, I'm doing yard work and gardening.  As a result, I lost 4 lbs this week.  I'm at 161 though because I had gained 6 back from the yucky feeling days (Mother Nature helped).  If nothing else, I'm proud that I didn't let the bogged down feeling KEEP me down.  It could've been my bipolar cycling as well, so YAY that it didn't last weeks as it usually does.  At any rate, I'm back at it and happy.  I put a dry erase board on my fridge that has BREAKFAST: protein, oatmeal, fruit, water... Catalyst, exercise, water... LUNCH: protein, veggie, fruit, water...  DINNER: protein, veggie, fruit, water... Catalyst, exercise, water... SNACK: choice of nuts & berries OR Activia yogurt, water...  along with boxes for check marks, of course.  Not all of them are filled in (I don't cheat), but most are so I'm proud but need to do better.  And I get extra water when I'm outside in the yard, sweating out most of what I've already drank for the day.  I'm getting about 3-4 hours of yard work exercise per day.  My yard is looking spectacular.  Pics tomorrow.  

FYI...

Ok, those of you who know me already know this but here goes...  when I don't post on my blog, it usually means I am not doing well.  I'm either not focused or feeling blah.  This time it's been both.  I need to get back at it or all that hard work will have been for nothing.  On a brighter note, my garden is thriving!  Can't wait to eat all those yummy fruits and vegetables!  pics to come tomorrow.  It's 10:12am, and I'm supposed to be exercising as we speak.  Zaye is sleeping (the 10 month old baby I watch) so no excuses....  getting at it.  Thank you all for continued encouragement....  P.S.  WHEN I DON'T BLOG, PLZ SEND ME A KICK IN THE BUTT VIA FACEBOOK EMAIL!!!  Thanks for helping to keep me on track!

TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!!

OH YEAH!!! THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!!!I finally broke through the 160 barrier!  I am officially into the 150's and counting down!!!  Weighed myself today and I weighed in at 157 lbs.  In addition to the appointments I have set up for next week to check out some gyms, I also have a nutrition management class.  The lady at Curves said it's free there and that she doesn't think I'm eating enough, even though it's all healthy stuff.  She said, based on what I told her, I'm not getting enough protein and veggies.  She was also concerned that I've completely cut dairy out of my diet and wondered why.  To my knowledge, I thought dairy was totally fattening...  so I guess that nutrition class will do me some good.  We'll see. 


ON THE GARDENING FRONT:  My tomato plants have baby tomatoes on them already, as do my peas!  Tomorrow, my friend is bringing her kids (who I adore) over to put their hand prints on my garden fence and I bought cute butterflies to match also ...  (pics tomorrow... stay tuned!!).  I am planting my melons this weekend, probably tomorrow as well, providing I get to Lowe's for my dirt & such.  Picked up some flower seeds to put in little baskets (along with other goodies) to send to my little nieces for Easter.  Surprising their mothers (also my nieces, so I guess the little ones are great-nieces?) this year by passing down some of my treasured heirloom marigold seeds, that are from my grandmother's original plants.  They were passed down to me when I was 5 years old and I've harvested and sowed them every year since.  They were 50 years old when I was 5, so I guess that makes them 98 years old now!  God Love You, Grandma Stella.  I'm looking into getting them registered somewhere as "Stella" marigolds.  Unsure of how to do that though.  Have to do some checking with my National Gardening Club, of which I am a member.

Too tired to post, but....

Ok, it's 1am so this will be quick.  I have an appointment next Wednesday at both Curves in Haines City and Anytime Fitness.  The Curves has the Zumba Gold on Thursday nights and Anytime Fitness is open 24/7.  Wish me luck!