Day Three

I forgot and ate Chex for breakfast.  Ah well, shit happens.  The rest of the day I did fine.  I weighed in this a.m. at 162, down from my last weight of 164 eight days ago.  Of course, at one point last week I was back up to about 167...so I am totally happy with where I am now.

I made some super delicious banana muffins!  Too bad I never write stuff down so I don't even know exactly what I used.  I can try typing it out, but I can't promise yours would come out as good as mine.

2 sweet potatoes roasted
2 eggs
1 large over ripe banana
1 tsp cinnamon
about 3 tbsp honey
about 1 tsp molasses
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
3 generous tbsp coconut flour
3 tablespoons plain yogurt
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Peel the taters, and combine all of the 'wet' ingredients.  In a bowl combine the coconut flour, baking powder and salt. I use a stick blender to combine the wet ingredients until smooth.  Stir in dry ingredients, mix well.  Then add 1/2 cup chocolate chips.  Scoop into paper lined muffin tins, or drop by about a teaspoon onto a cookie sheet.  Bake about 0 minutes or until they feel done to the touch....not too squishy.  Enjoy!


I love that Caroleigh is really excited about taking her lunch to school.  Tomorrow she gets a preview of dinner with Asian cabbage rolls.  New recipe.  I hope she likes them.

Day 1 Thirty Day Challenge

I decided I needed a kick in the ass, so here it is day one...again.  I did okay today.  I decided to do this half way through the day, so we'll ignore the one Hershey Kiss I ate.  Other than that it was one square of dark chocolate as a treat. Everything else I ate was good.  One down 29 to go.  Hopefully it results in getting over this hump and fluctuating between 163 and 167.  I want to get solidly into the 150s again.  Good sleep and getting back to tabata and HIIT should help.  Back to the elliptical two times a week to get things burning.

I am now working out with a partner early mornings on Mon, Wed, Fri.  It will make getting it in easier and won't interfere with the kids' activities.  We are going to be busy this year.

Getting Stronger!

I know it isn't a big deal to some people to do three sets of eight push-ups on your knees, but it is to me!  So rejoice with me for making progress.  I am so glad I decided to bite the bullet and pay the trainer.  I am already feeling stronger, not just with push-ups but with my squats too.  I can't WAIT until Saturday to lift heavy stuff again!  We do lighter weights and more reps during the week.

I don't understand why so many women are after to pick things up and put them down.  I love lifting it is fun and challenging and rewarding.  I feel better after it for sure, better than running...blah.

My goal for the next two weeks is to do thirty minutes of cardio three days a week, not too difficult since I already do it at least twice a week.  The difference is that I have to do a hard day, a light day and a medium day.  Today was my hard day, so I did thirty minutes of intervals on the elliptical.  Boy could I feel it.  I hadn't done intense intervals in quite a while and I could tell.  It will definitely help me get that run time down some.  I did a little test on Tuesday and it took me eighteen minutes to do the 1.5 mile run. It was sad.  I may run it tomorrow to see how it goes, faster to make it more of a 'medium' run, Tuesday was pretty easy.  I need to be at about fifteen minutes or less for my fitness test, but I am shooting for 14 or less.  Eventually I want to be under thirteen, but that may take a while.

I am really tempted to try a push-up, a real one in the morning, but I don't want to be disappointed if I can't do it.  We'll see how I feel in the morning.  Changing my hand position has made such a huge difference.  I am really feeling like this will work.

The trainer will re-do my weight and measurements on Saturday too.  I am interested to see the difference.

Shudder- Before Pics are here

                    

So, here I am 166.4 pounds and 3.5 months post-partum.  Let's see what a few more weeks with the trainer get me :D  I am only about 10-15 pounds more than I was before.  Not so happy with what i see now.  I hope getting back into the 153 range will have me looking a lot better.