Spring Equals Walks

So spring has arrived in my small town.  The bees are buzzing, the flowers are blooming and the riverwalk is calling my name.  The riverwalk is approximately 3 miles long or 3,000 steps.  This past week I've met my personal goal of walking the entire 3 miles 3x a week. 

Drink more Milk!

So today is the first day of my "new" eating healthier diet, no, lifestyle change.  Goal is to eat more fiber based cereal [mainly bran flakes], milk products [at least 3 times a day], and fruit.

I went to the grocery store yesterday and bought...

• fat free milk
• light and fit yogurt with splenda not aspartame
• bran flakes
• apples, oranges, and bananas

Today for breakfast I ate...

• 3/4 c. bran flakes,
  
• 1 c. fat free milk,
  
• 1 banana,
  
• 1 splenda packet [to sweeten the deal], and
  
• 1/2 c. of OJ

I took my green tea capsule, vitamin C, and chromium before I ate so that it would dissolve with food.

Now all I have to do is get back on the excersise wagon and I'll be good to go for the last 15 lbs.

Excersise

Yesterday and today, I did 15 mins. treadmill time... 100 calories burned!

Today is the start of the FFYFC.  I am in the beginners program. 

Week 1 challenge....walk 3 times a week 15 mins each time.

Measurements

Chest= 33"
Height= 5'2"
Waist= 31.5"
Neck= 12"
Hips= 36.5"
Biceps= 12"
Thighs= 20.5"
Forearm= 9"
Calf= 15.5"

Horrible Fast-Food Filled Day

Yesterday I had the worst fast food filled day ever!  For lunch I ate a double cheese burger, medium fry, and coke zero from McDonald's.  For supper I stuffed my face even more with 2 huge slices of Papa John's cheese and mushroom pizza, and a slice of their apple dessert pie.  To top the night off I had two glasses of Sprite.  Needless to say, I gained a pound :( .

Well today I am in the mood to do some yoga, but I still have two slices of pizza left in the fridge calling my name.  Here it is lunch time and I have the delima of excersising first then stuffing my face with pizza or eating pizza first and probably not working out later.  What shall I do??  The p-nut is asleep and he will probably eat pizza when he wakes up.  Oh hell, I might as well get off this computer and go do some yoga....it does the body good, lol, I might as well throw an ab workout in there somewhere as well.

2 months

So I have given myself 2 months to lose the last 15 lbs. of my post pregnancy weight.  I think that is ample amount of time.  I just have to buckle down and get to it. 

Let me give you the history of how I got to where I am today...
In February 2004, I got married to a wonderful man, gained 22 lbs. of "happy /married" fat [kind of like the freshman 15, only apply it to being love struck].  One month later found out I was pregnant with my first and only son, quit smoking, and gained 55 lbs in pregnancy weight [doctor started my weight at 132 lbs. so it wouldn't look bad on the charts, I believe that I was 110-115 lbs when I became pregnant, but who knows].  December 2004 gave birth to a bouncing baby boy and a waistline that reflected the same [187 lbs. on the day of delivery, my highest weight ever!]. 
The first 3 months after delivery I was unable to do much of anything but magically lost 30 lbs. naturally.  Still not feeling motivated after being a couch potatoe for two more months, I decided to get off my @$$ and do something about the misery that was my body.  So in June of 2005 I started the dreaded diet and excersise program.  It started out walking every morning with my mother for 30 mins. until it became cold.   I also began taking green tea supplements as a means to boost my metabolism [it is natural and safe, I don't do the diet pill thing and I don't drink green tea because I do not like the taste so I take a supplement].  With the walking, cutting back on fatty foods /portion sizes, and taking green tea supplements I lost a total of 62 lbs.

 I recently received a treadmill from my uncle to finish up my progress, since it is beginning to be a hassle to get out with the baby.  During his naps or bedtime, I will do 15 mins a day on the treadmill.   If I am feeling extremely energetic I will also do 20-30 mins of yoga and 10-30 mins of pilates.

Since the holidays I have fallen off of the excersise bandwagon and looking to jump back on it full speed.  With this new site and setting my goal weight to be acheived in 2 months, I am hoping that this will give me the motivation that I need.

For more information about me or you would just like to be nosey, please check out my website @ thedomesticdiva[DOT]org.