What I'm Doing..

  I was asked to share what exactly it is I'm doing to lose weight. As I really have just started, I don't know all the tricks of the trade yet, but here are mine.

1.) Before you even start a diet like this, make sure you are ready. You have to be 100% committed. Is it OK to mess up once in a while? Sure, we are all human it is bound to happen. So make sure your head is in the right place.

2.) Understand no matter how much the commercials of TV infomercials say lose 20 lbs. in 1 month without exercise, well that is very unrealistic. So know and understand going into it that it is going to take time, and doing it right the first time will lead to better results.

3.) Set goals but add a new one each week. Do not bombard yourself and try to do them all at once.

I have done all of these rules. I quit drinking soda. The first week I drank water and tea. The next week I added the goal of drinking water with every meal no matter what (this allowed me to get use to the taste and liking it). Now I drink 1 cup of coffee in the morning and the rest of the day water.

I am eating foods I like and am trying to put a healthy spin on them. I will not starve myself or eat things I don't like. My goal here is to live this life style for the rest of my life.

I do count calories. My goal each day is 1490. I always come in under and I feel satisfied.

JOIN A FOOD TRACKER- I follow myfitnesspal, there is also Sparkpeople. Make sure to add friends on there, rather it be people you know or not. The more support the better.

Eat three meals a day...

Do some form of exercise. I am walking right now. I would like to get up to 5K Speed so that is my goal for now. I am going to be adding different things soon. 

So that is it for now, I hope this helps and can't wait to write one after I have lost more.

Italian Lover...

    Err; I am so mad at myself right now. I forgot to lay something out for dinner and now my schedule is all messed up. I should be getting on the Mill in about a half an hour reading my book. Oh well, I'll just have to do a late work out.

The past two days have been so stressful. However, we got the Van (pic to come soon). I am so happy to be out of that Jeep. I tell you what a Van is freaking NICE! I always said I would never own one well, now I know what I've been missing and goodness, someone could have told me.

So yesterday I finally took a day off of working out and I hated every minute of it. I feel so much anxiety today. My stomach was so bloated this morning, I had no energy at work, I've cried at least 20 times. I am so ready to get it tonight its unreal. So I decided while I'm waiting on my fish to get done, I would write about my recipe last night. I call it the.....

                                                             Italian Lover

Pack of Beef Sirloin Patties (make sure they are lean)

Add chopped onion (optional)

1 can of stewed tomatoes

1 jar of super CHUNKY << :) mushroom spaghetti sauce (Ragu)

1 slice per patty pepper jack cheese (or whatever cheese you want, but this is very good)

Bake in oven 350 for 30 to 50 minutes depending on your oven.

The Italian Lover with the peas added was only 529 calories.

Well I hope you enjoy it. Please feel free to try and leave a review.

Also I'm hoping to be able to start putting photos of my daily food diary soon.

I have to get the phone fixed first.

"Instead of shakin it like a salt shaker, I'll be churning like a butter maker."

  Well tonight I am home all by myself. The kids are at a friend’s house and Hubby is on Duty. I made sure I ate breakfast this morning, and then I left work early to ride with Jason (a.k.a Hubby) to Cincinnati to try and trade our gas hog of a Jeep in. We are trying to get a Van (this is big for me), so I am keeping my fingers crossed they give us what we want for the Jeep. Anyway, got my work out in by walking around the lot (which was 4 lots spread far apart) looking for the perfect car. Then we was all starving and I, was DYING for water I mean Dying, So there was a Steak 'n Shake Across the street so we went there and I have to say, their grilled chicken salad is not bad at all..

So since I'm home alone, I ran to the store and got a TV dinner (only because I feel too lazy to cook), a lemonade, and a Yoplait Lite. Came home and bought a book by: Rebecca Donovan - Reason to Breathe. It seems it will be good, so after I type this I will start that. I got in touch with an old friend from Alaska and that is where the title to this comes from. We use to hang out in the garage of our house (Condo type housing) and Dance, talk, or just act completely inappropriate. Jason was in the Coast Guard so we lived in CG housing and well, we will just say there were some very "appropriate" wives to say the least.

Getting off track, so, she commented on my status and told me to go and shake it like a salt shaker and that was my response. She tells me she popped her back by doing her belly dancing this is how she says it "Totally sucks when I tried my sexy dance earlier- there was so much snap-crackle-pop going on I sounded like I peed on a pile of pop rocks. Getting old is not ok. “I have really missed her she brings out the kid in me that's for sure; just wish we didn't live 4000 miles away.

All in all, another good day and I do believe come Wednesday You all will be proud of me....