I shouldn't have ate that...

I just realized what I did.
It wasn't good.
This morning for breakfast I wanted protein, and carbs. I wanted cheese, and Diet Coke. Solution: Bacon BOB (breakfast on a bun) which is Bacon, Egg and Cheese on a small Hamburger Bun.
Off I went to Whataburger.
Now I know that fast food is LOADED with fat and calories. I know. A bacon BOB alone is 13 points for WW. I don't WANT to know how much the Apple Pie is because I ate one and a half of those.  That's right, 1 and 1/2 FRIED Apple Pies. I can't telly you WHY I did it, but I did.  I didn't order them, I didn't ask for them, they were given to me by the people at Whataburger who had realized that the first Bacon BOB I took home had no bacon. See the people KNEW I was coming back and had the bag ready. I had no chance to say no.
I'm aware that I could have simply thrown them out, but I got curious as to the taste.  After the first one, I decided that they tasted REALLY good, and started into the second. Half way through I got disgusted with myself and threw it out.  I just ruined a day.
I am working out tonight and I do have the opportunity to turn the day around by eating better at the next two meals, but this bad meal has made me realized how many "ruined meals" I allow myself.  If I really want to change, this HAS to STOP.
No More Excuses. I have a wedding dress to shop for in December and to wear in August 2012. I WILL NOT be a fat bride, and I REFUSE to take engagement and wedding pictures that I'm embarrassed of because there are SO many pictures in my life that I HATE (everything from age 11-now, with few exceptions).  I refuse to have these be clumped in with those and have to hide them and sing the shoulda coulda woulda blues about them for the rest of my life, because even if you redo the pictures, you can't make yourself younger.
Alright, enough venting...hope everyone else is having a better day!

Another week another goal

So this week the goal is to go to bed before 1am. 
It has been proven in several studies that at least 8 hours of sleep is best, and my body is right there with them.  I frequently have nights where a bomb is dropped next to my bedroom window and I won't wake up till exactly 8 hours after I went to bed.
I find that I've hit another round of this need, and being that I have to BE at work by 9am, going to sleep at 1am will not work.  With that in mind my goals for the next few weeks will be centered around my bed time. After I get that set, it will be keeping with a set wake up time and being more active in the morning.  This will be especially helpful as GMAT testing date comes closer and I'll need the evenings for studying more than working out.  I think if I can juggle things a little it will all work out.

2 weeks past

Alright, so it's been 2 weeks since I've done anything major.
Successes:
*I did not stress eat
*I've kept away from eating out to much while in Austin
*I've been drinking water (something that I forget to do when in Austin)
*I've been working out at home
Fails:
*not writing down what I eat
*not drinking ENOUGH water
*not working out enough

In the end though, I have lost a PANT SIZE! That's right, a PANT SIZE! Meaning I'm down to a 16W/18 only a little while till I don't have to shop in the big girl department exclusively.  I don't have to do it now, but for comfort I do most of the time. I'm way excited!
For this week I am eating breakfast and skipping snacks. I also have a 5K on Sunday with my girl Alison! I'm totally excited!

Another Tuesday

Honestly, it was the wrong week to try to go to bed earlier...I was at the office till around 8 or 9pm every night, and add to that a work out, cool down, and chilling, I was easily up till 1am.
So sleep schedule is not up for change this week.
This week we are going to limit the snacking.
Right now we are on the fast train to deadline ville, and I find myself stress eating. Not bad stuff, just more stuff than I should, so I'm going to start cutting down on that.

Right now I'm off to work with Drew, my awesome trainer!

I'm the worst blogger EVER!

I've been thinking about this post for days. I also realize that I didn't blog last week, and that it's Wednesday not Tuesday, but I digress.
Last week I did something active everyday. I am very proud of this. I know that it's not on the official list...but I think that I'm going to scrap that and simply add to it each week as a way to keep track of things instead of ticking them off.
This week I'm am making a strong effort to be in bed on or before midnight. That means that with my 8:20am wake up call (I know. I'm spoiled.) I get slightly over 8 hours of sleep, which I apparently need more than anything.  I'm the worst to wake up from sleep and honestly my body will continue sleeping till it gets all the rest it wants, which is sometimes more along the lines of 9 to 10 hours. That's why I love weekends!
I have succeeded one day, so I'm working my schedule work for till next Tuesday and beyond.
Well that's it for now.
Oh! I'm down to 264.4! YAY!!!!

Minor Set Back, Epic Fail

So I haven't blog in about 2 weeks.
That what happens when it's tax season and I have no computer/Internet access away from my office. Oh well.
I was doing fairly well with the no carbs except for pre-workout load deal.  I had no bread at all that first week. Then I didn't set another goal last week, and ended up going completely off track.
Today was no better. So here we go, clean slate, new resolve, new goal that's off the list: Get back into it. NOW.
Yes I had a garlic bagel and cream cheese for breakfast. Yes, I had a gyro and 10 french fries for lunch. Does it mean that I'm going to gain back the weight I have lost thus far? No.
I killed it yesterday working out...Drew now knows what I can do and is pushing me, which I love. We did chest and back yesterday, and I can FEEL IT. I LOVE THAT.
I'm the crazy person that LOVES being sore. I love feeling things tighten and tone, and I know the way that happens is by muscles tearing and recovering.  BRING IT ON!

Getting back to it means:
*Eating Drinking:
Greek Yogurt and fruit for breakfast
Almonds mid morning
Some kind of Salad for lunch
String Cheese and Almonds for snacks
Lean Cuisine and hour before working out (most of those are a lean protein with rice/pasta and veggies)
Protein bar or shake after work out. (within an hour)
4 16oz bottles of Water minimum
1 Powerade zero while working out
1 Diet Coke
*Working out
2-3 times a week strength training (2 times with trainer)
4-6 times a week 30-60 minutes of cardio (meaning I get on a treadmill or something of that nature)-usually I'll hop on after I do strength training and 2 days a week I go and just get on the treadmill, or now that the weather is getting better, I might bust out the bike.

Bottom Line: I've been a total slacker. I've lost weight, but just a tiny bit. I have epically failed, but things are getting better. I just need to act on the things I KNOW I need to do.

Skipped a week Blogging but I did acomplish something.

Hello my little blog, how are you? Doing good? I think I am.
SO last week I didn't really pick a goal, nor did I post anything.  Shame on me.
I did, with no thought at all put into it, step up to a gallon of water a day.  Now if you've never done that, after you get over the initial shock, you find yourself in the toilet quite a lot.  For me it's always at the end of the day. The other perk? A nifty little pyramid of water bottles waiting to be recycled at the end of the week. hahaha.
In this week I also have found that I am officially down to 267.6! YAY!!!! Down into another set of 10 digits (I know it's not called a decade).  That also means that I'm right around exactly 100lbs to go.  It is glorious to say that, not 120, not 110 but 100. It sounds like a more attainable goal, it really does. 
Now for this week's goal: It is actually for lent because, well, lent started on Wednesday, and I was SUPER bad on Tuesday. When I say super bad, I mean a Whataburger BOB for breakfast, BLT and lots of chips for lunch, and Dinner was pancakes, eggs, and peppered bacon. LOTS of Carbs, not a bit of it low fat, but oh so tasty!  Anyway, the goal is NO BREAD.
To be more specific, no carbs with the exception of what I consume 1-2 hours before working out.  This means: no cearel, pasta, rice, tortillas, cake, cookies, crakers, granola, oatmeal, grits, etc. with the exception of the small meal before working out.  Yes that means that I miss out on whole grains, and a bunch of fiber, but supliments will be added, so there. I also gave up potatoes in all forms, but that was kinda of blown on Wendesday at lunch. So it stands amended to any potatoes cooked in oil(french fries, potato chips, hasbrowns, homefries etc.). That way I can have baked chips and baked potatoes, not that I eat that many anyway, but if I can't have that St. Patricks Day will SUCK.
I will have a different goal next week, but starting lent is pretty big, and this first week is HARD.