Yes, I'm Still Alive

Mom you have been so good at keeping up with your posts! I have not been good at posting, at eating well, or at exercising. With this last bit of school to get through I do not have a whole lot of time. Before, I was worrying so much about getting my exercise in that I was getting to bed really late and not getting as much homework done. So I decided that I really just needed to concentrate on getting my work done, especially this big research paper due so soon, and getting enough sleep. I will focus more on diet and exercise when the semester ends and I have time to do things other than read, go to class, and take care of Mila. I feel like if I can get into some good routines this summer and get into good enough shape that I don't completely hate exercising, then it will be easier to keep it up. Maintaining is a little easier. Well I better get to work while Mila is taking a nap, or maybe I will take one too! I think I counted that we will see each other in 25 days. YAY!

Jenae

Monday Report

I think I will report in every Monday.

I am trying to cut out sugar. No sweets and nothing with more than 6 grams of sugar. I started last week and did pretty well. Even made it through the yummy cake at RS. Yesterday we celebrated James' b-day. All we had was cake and ice cream. Erin made his favorite strawberry cake with strawberry icing and strawberry ice cream. It was good. He waited until Sunday to have the cake so we could be there. It was a nice time.

Then we went to BYD/BYC and there were some pretty good looking treats but I had done enough damage and wasn't really tempted.

This week I don't have any birthdays so I should be fine.

I am still exercising and have added walking with the nice weather.

As far as the other goals, like the painting in the house. No change in the den but it I did get it painted in Feb. It's not looking good for the basement. I planned to have that painted in March.

We are beginning to do things outside. Dad cut the tree up and tonight for FHE we're actually going to move it. It takes us so long to get anything done. But last night Dad changed our Dish programs. They kept increasing the price and he keeps feeling like he is wasting so much time with History channel and HGTV that we changed to the family special. It's half what we pay now and half the temptation. The only channel it doesn't have that I will miss is CNBC and I can live without that, I only watch it a few minutes here and there anyway. So maybe we will be getting things done! We do have 2 Hallmark channels now and I am a sucker for a good movie.

Till next week...no sugar, improve eating in general and keep exercising.

Mom

Starting Again!

Jenae I loved your last blog! After our week together I think the score is more than 1!
The struggle goes on and I am not sure who is going to win, me or the food. Right now it is the food!
I did get back into the exercise today. But I keep thinking about what Chris said, that diet is 80%. I think I flunked!
Dad is worried about his cholesterol and general health, I am too (mine and his). I think I will talk to Chris and get more of the details. Sam said that Sophia lost 10lbs in 2 months. That makes me hopeful.
Oh well, tomorrow is another day...yes RS Birthday dinner!!
I am not sure what will turn things around for me. My trainer kept saying "find your why". Apparently it is missing.
Mom

Food-1, Jenae-0

Well, it is safe to say that I am doing horrible with the dieting thing considering that as I write this I am eating Edy's Loaded Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup ice cream! I was doing pretty well with my eating until last week. I was doing really good with exercise too. I had even lost a few pounds and could really feel that my legs and arms were already toning up. Then all of us got sick. I was so tired from being sick and taking care of a sick and non-sleeping baby that I basically did not exercise last week at all. Sam came home one night with 4 containers of ice cream because they were buy 1 get 1. Then came Mila's birthday. We had pizza, dirt cake, pop, and yes, more ice cream. I thought oh, it's ok, I'll start up again on Monday. The problem with that is that I am part of the Clean Plate Club. In fact, I very well may be the President and the most valuable member. Because we have all of this ice cream, I can't throw it away. We spent money on it so I am going to eat it! Don't worry though, I have almost finished it! I seriously have the most unhealthy relationship with food. I feel like I am always careening out of control when I am around it. Well not the stuff that I should be eating like broccoli and spinach just things like pizza and ice cream. I will get back on track though. I am going to start up my exercise again tonight, not tomorrow, tonight! I sometimes can't believe what having a baby has done to me! Sometimes I feel like I don't even recognize this new, plumper me. But right now I am looking at this little mini-person with a round cherubic face and the most beautiful blue eyes. Would I rather have her or my old body? Many days I might choose my old body, but we're having a good day today so I'll choose her. So good luck to me on this daily battle with food and fat.

Jenae

Valentine's Day Disaster

I should have reported last week...I did great last week. Exercised well and was pretty disciplined with the diet. I have finally lost all of the Christmas weight, just in time for Valentines (disaster)!
Dad also exersized his plan and did pretty well.
Then this week hit us, not so good. We both missed a day exercising. I missed my day with Richard (Simmons) but did weights and eliptical MWF. I had lunch at the Coldwater Cafe. I didn't get the spoon cake, but I did get the carrot cake!
Valentines celebration took it's toll.
Dad bought a cake for work but it wasn't needed so we had it for our Valentine's dinner. The cake is called "Italian Creme Cake". Very nice looking cake and very good tasting. We had some for dinner (we actually had Valentine's dinner on Sunday). I really enjoyed the cake. I had a small piece today. Really enjoyed that too until I checked out the nutrition facts. OOPS! That cake had 560 calories a piece (1/12) AND 28 grams of fat AND 74 grams of carb (56 of that is sugar).
Dad bought me roses instead of candy, I was very happy. But I went to the store (grandma night) Saturday night and Dad wanted some chocolate. Ester Price was on sale, it was Valentine's Day, and I couldn't resist. So with the chocolates and the cake I think it was kind of a disaster. I made heart shaped pizza and broccoli slaw and fresh strawberries. Not so bad if that cake hadn't been here. It was good!!
Also we had a ward activity Friday and Vicki H made this wonderful upside down german chocolate cake. Had a couple of helpings. Valentine's day we had some candy and by the way I love the new raspberry almond M&Ms!
So here we are the beginning of a new week. I don't feel like exercising and the day is slipping away. I will though. We will get back on track and try to undo the damage. I am getting rid of the rest of the cake I think the chocolates are already gone.
Only 3 weeks until you are back so that means I may loose another pound!!!

Just Checking In!

Well, I am happy to hear that Dad is doing well with his exercising! Mom, you are so consistent that I am sure that it will pay off for you. Me on the other hand...I do not always do so well and I am definitely not always consistent. I started the week off badly last week with a paper, an exam, and a lot of reading. So instead of exercising on Monday night, I had an emotional breakdown, and we got some Domino's pizza. Things did get better from there. I had basketball class on Tuesday and Thursday which requires some movement and I exercised for real on Friday and Saturday. I have been doing a lot better with eating a little more healthy. We have also decided not to eat after 7. That gets pretty tough sometimes! We planned out our dinners for this week in advance so hopefully that will help out with having things together in time. We did terribly Sunday though because we had a little get together with our friends Derrick and Cheryl for the Superbowl. We have decided that we will probably have one day a week as sort of a cheat day because it seems we usually eat with friends about once a week. My goals this week are to actually exercise every day and to eat breakfast on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Good luck to all!

Jenae

Dad's Report

Dad has continued to work out this week and has met his workout goal of 3 X week. But he feels his strength is less instead of more. He couldn't lift as much weight this week as usual. Probably needs to up his protein intake. I have a hard time getting his diet right. I have been impressed with his effort. What a guy, I adore him.
Mom

REPORTING

I am reporting my "progress". I continue to work out but this week I added 10-15 minutes of aerobic on T, TH and 5-8 more minutes on the elliptical on MWF. I did loose another pound (one of the ones I gained at Christmas and thought I lost but it came back, maybe this time it is really gone!)
However I did hurt my left wrist a couple of weeks ago and it still is bothering me (could hardly get the ole panty hose on today). So I think I will take it easy this week either less weights or not at all for a couple of days. I have been wrapping it when I use the weights. So I hope that a couple of days off will give it the time it needs. '
The diet part is hanging on. I am trying to be balanced and healthy. I do pretty well most days even this week when school was off 4 days and the base was closed twice. However we went out with Brian and Toni Friday for their birthdays. Didn't do too badly except for the chips and the ice cream in the fried cinnamon tortilla with chocolate sauce. Yesterday was Brielle's birthday and we had pizza and pasta from Pizza Hut (by the way the bacon cheese pasta is GOOD) and ice cream and cake. Not so good after all I guess!!
There is always this week. My new thought is that what I do in January will show up in June. However it's February now.
Love,
Mom

Dad's Goals

I am writing for Dad.
These are his goals:
Weight 165
Exercise 3x/week
No eating after 9pm

So far he has exercised every week and has done quite well with the 9pm eating, hopefully the 165 will come along too.

Mom's Report

I am reporting on my progress...I haven't made any! I guess that isn't exactly true. I am faithfully doing my exercise but I am having trouble with the abs. I have been eating basically good but not great. We had a wonderful dinner with the Chrisman's and Heap's Friday. Had the best Salmon ever and the dessert- creme' brulee was also fabulous! And I made homemade bread tonight. Nothing seems to be improving. I have lost some body fat.
This is a new week so I hope I will actually see some improvement.
Good Luck to you!
Love,
Mom

Looks Like It's Just You and Me Mom!

Well, I haven't posted in a while because it took me a couple of weeks to really get started in a consistent routine. I was doing the elliptical pretty regularly, but not much else. Sam and I ordered the P90X DVDs for me to be able to do at home. I just finished doing a workout for the third day and let me tell you, I am so sore! Pretty much everywhere hurts. I already feel better that I am at least doing something. I am not doing really great with what I eat though so I probably won't see results as soon as I could. Today I made the cheesecake chocolate chip cookie bars for my research class and I had a few pieces. They were cut pretty small since I cut the pan into 24 pieces, but still I think I might have had 3. Which means I ate 1/8 of the pan. Right now you're probably thinking that I must have taken College Algebra last semester and gotten a B+. Well right you are! Actually I probably am worse at not eating enough. The mornings are just so crazy that I hardly ever have anything to eat until about lunch time, which I know isn't good. Well that's about all for now. I need to get to bed.

Jenae

HAPPY NEW US!

Happy New Year!
Hopefully it will be a "happy new us"!
I am working on the same goal I have been for YEARS. I have realized that I will always have to work on the goal of being in shape and healthy there is no stopping point, it never gets crossed off the list, it is never completed.
I will continue to work out 5 days a week;
MWF: 30 minute aerobic, weights and abs; T TH: 30 minute aerobic (minimum) and abs.
I will eat healthy and balance protein and healthy carbs.
That's pretty specific. So it should be easy to determine how successful I am. Maybe the scales will move and I will have muscles! I have already lost 2 of the 6 lbs I gained this holiday.
Also on my continuing list is this HOUSE!
This is the year the poor pathetic den will get painted. I have the paint and the plans. Now I even have a husband around. My goal date is the end of February. (I am still putting Christmas decorations away)
The basement needs painting too. That's a big room. I want that done by the end of March.
We have a deadline for things and that always helps. Kelly will be home the end of April and so will Jenae and Sam, probably. I will be seeing Terra in May probably. So that will be a time of reckoning for me.
I will post every week and keep track of the progress.
I hope you all join in and post your goals and your progress. Here's to a great new year!!
Moma Sue

New Year, New Start!!

As usual, we all have weight loss goals that we would like to reach this year. The purpose of this blog is so we can give each other support as we work to becoming healthier (and hopefully thinner!) this year. Post your good days, your bad days, pictures, or whatever you want. Just try to post at least once a week to keep yourself going and to update everyone on your progress.
For my personal goal, I would like to lose a minimum of 15 pounds. I had lost the majority of my baby weight by the time Mila was about a week old. Unfortunately, through a combination of exhaustion, baby blues, an extreme sweet-tooth, and plain old over-eating, I now weigh at least 10 pounds more than I did the week after giving birth! So sad! I don't fit in to any of my clothes and I hate the way I feel! I want to feel healthy and confident again.
So, good luck to me and to all of you!

Jenae