Heidi is Living Well

week 5 day 2

2010-03-10T09:11:00.000-08:00

Ok, slacking on updating my habits.
I currently weight 119.8- however that does not get me into my pants. So I need to keep going. I think that big change of cutting out unhealthy snacks is helping me. I've made several batches of cookies and some cupcakes and did not eat any of them until Sunday. I did have some hot chocolate last night- but did not count it as an unhealthy snack- should I have?

I hope I can keep up the discipline on snacking. It will really help me feel better. I don't think i'll start gaining weight back- but you never know.

week 4 day 1

2010-03-01T19:49:00.000-08:00

Workout: 20 plus minute walk with kids, 30 minute yoga (strength and core)
Breakfast:omlet with 1.5 egs spinach, peppers and red onion, 2 pieces whole wheat toast
Snack: 2 granola bars and pear halves
Lunch: left over burrito
Snack: raw almonds, orange
Dinner: chicken, broccoli rice casserole
Something Nice I did: It was a very hard day. I was excited to make Maesyn the dinner she requested- but then she whined about it. That made me angry. It was a hard day with Mikah.
Reading: Family History
Weight: 122. something

week 2 day 4

2010-02-25T06:48:00.003-08:00

Workout: 45 min fat blasting yoga
Breakfast:Pancakes w egg iver east
Snack: 3 oranges strawberries carrot sticks
Lunch: left over burrito and rice
Snack: granola bars
Dinner: beef tacos
Something Nice I did: bought special strawberries at the store for Maes. She has been asking.
Reading: Famiy History
Weight: 122

week 3 day 2

2010-02-23T08:12:00.000-08:00

Workout: 1 hour fat blasting yoga
Breakfast:Pancakes
Snack: 3 oranges
Lunch: ?
Snack: granola bars
Dinner: beef burritos, beans and rice
Something Nice I did: hauled wood in for nate so he would not have to do it after work
Reading: Famiy History
Weight: 122

week 3 day 1

2010-02-23T08:11:00.000-08:00

Workout: ran 8 miles
Breakfast:Pancakes
Snack: granola bar, pear halves.
Lunch: cheese crisp with lettuce,tomato, salsa
Snack: granola bar
Dinner: talipia, broccoli, sweet potato
Something Nice I did: love note
Reading:no reading.
Weight: 123.6

week 2 day 5

2010-02-19T13:03:00.000-08:00

Workout:
Breakfast:Pancakes
Snack:
Lunch: select harvest vegie soup w/ crackers
Snack: grapes
Dinner:
Something Nice I did: Get together with the kids and send random letters to cousins!
Reading:ensign
Weight: 123.6

week 2 day 4

2010-02-18T17:07:00.000-08:00

Workout:45min run
Breakfast:Oatmeal
Snack: granolla bar
Lunch: 1.5 slice of thin crust pizza
Snack: Granola bar, pears
Dinner: rice w/ chicken, low fat biscuits, green beans
Something Nice I did: Love notes for daughter- she loves them
Reading:ensign
Weight: 123.8

week 2 day 3

2010-02-17T15:59:00.000-08:00

Workout: 6 miles on the treadmill while watching the office
Breakfast:Oatmeal and orange
Snack: orange
Lunch: quesidilla with spinach salad and homemade salsa
Snack: Granola bar
Dinner: thin crust veggie pizza (lower fat, much lower fat and calories than deep dish)
Something Nice I did: Love notes for daughter- she loves them
Reading: Ensign
Weight: 124 (depressing really)- but better exercise this week and hopefully no binging this sunday should help.

Week 2 day 2

2010-02-16T20:09:00.000-08:00

Workout: None
Breakfast:Nothing- Bad I know
Snack: Granola bar and an orange
Lunch: Turkey Sub
Snack: Granola bar
Dinner:Quesidilla with home made chunky salsa, brocolli, an orange
Something Nice I did: Stuffed pillows for the hospital.
Reading: Ensign
Weight: 123.8

week 2 day 1

2010-02-16T19:38:00.000-08:00

Workout: None-unless shopping at last chance is a work out....then give me 3 hours worth!

Breakfast:French Toast
Snack:
Lunch:Leftover chicken and a roll, fruit salad
Dinner:Chili Relenno Buritto
Something Nice I did: picked up some yummy fro yo for my dad.
Reading: Skipped
Weight: did not weigh,

week 1 day 7

2010-02-14T15:03:00.000-08:00

This is a free day- and valentines day. I'm happy for the freedom but will try not to binge.
Breakast: Waffles, sausage and oj and Fruit salad. (dad made breakfast)

Snack: Leftover baked beans and potato salad and a cupcake made with diet orange soda
(experiment) 3 mini bags of m&m's (yeah 3- I could have done worse- I've done worse)

Lunch: Leftovers from a catered dinner my parents went to. Sure it was all fatty. Chicken, beef, mashed potatoes, roll and greenbeans -lots of green beans

Snack: Chocolates

Dinner: chinese New year food! We'll see what happens!

Week 1 day 6

2010-02-13T17:34:00.001-08:00

Workout:
Walked the zoo for several hours pushing the stroller

Breakfast:
honey bunches of oat, strawberries

Snack:
pop corn and cereal

Lunch:
chicken with maranara sauce and salad

Snack:
carrots and a raddish

Dinner:
Brat and half a burger, potato salad, baked beans, chips and salsa.

Something Nice I did:
Took extra time to look at paw prints today- i know it is a stretch, but I'm mostly with my kids and I'm trying to be a better mom and take time to do special things and not try to speed through it all.

Reading:
old testament.

Weight:
did not weigh,

Week 1 day 5

2010-02-13T17:31:00.000-08:00

Workout:
4 miles on the treadmill
walk to Maesyn's bus stop (about 1.5 miles round trip)

Breakfast:
Pancakes

Snack:
oranges

Lunch:
broccoli (2 servings or more) turkey meatballs

Snack:
Oranges

Dinner:
taco bell fresca chicken burrito supreme

Something Nice I did:
Picked up letter from boy that kept littering.

Reading:
I plan on reading about temple work for our new calling.

Weight:
122.2

week 1 day 4

2010-02-12T06:56:00.000-08:00

Workout:
30 min walk to pick up maes (the second half took about twice as long as the first, so I also did 25 min of yoga ion the evening).

Breakfast:
omlet with 1 egg and 1 egg white, purple onions, sundried tomatoes, spinach. whole wheat toast.

Snack:
low fat granola bar, oranges, crackers

Lunch:
chicken salad with olive oil mayo, pineapple, purple onions, celery salt and cranberries, spinach and red leaf lettuce

Snack:

Dinner:
Spaghetti with turkey meatballs

Something Nice I did:
Took extra time to look at paw prints today- i know it is a stretch, but I'm mostly with my kids and I'm trying to be a better mom and take time to do special things and not try to speed through it all.

Reading:
I plan on reading about temple work for our new calling.

Weight:
123.2

Week 1 day 3

2010-02-10T14:38:00.000-08:00

Workout:
1 hour of flat blasting yoga - baby crying and jake crawling on me, rolling a basket around me and asking me to do things for him.

Breakfast:
pancakes, orange,

Snack:
Low fat blueberry muffin

Lunch:
cheese crisp with cheddar, kidney beans, purple onions, spinach, avocado, red leaf lettuce, tomato, green chilies and salsa. I loaded them up with veggies and one would have been enough, but I ate too and was quite full

Snack:
hand full of raw almonds
orange

Dinner:

Something Nice I did:
Another love note to Maesyn, this time I helped her figure it out before I put it in her lunch.

Reading:
I plan on reading about temple work for our new calling.

Weight:
123.4
First thing this morning.

Week 1 day 2

2010-02-10T07:02:00.001-08:00

Weight:
124.0

Bed and Wake:
11pm bed, 6:45 wake up

Workout:
5. mile run on treadmill mostly flat. my feet were sore and I had to poo. No extras.

Breakfast:
I sort of grazed through the morning and did not sit down to eat. a few low fat home made blueberry muffins. 2 oranges shared with jake.

Lunch:
Sandwich. Toasted Whole wheat bread, 2 slices deli turkey, tomato, cheddar cheese, red leaf lettuce, spinach, green chilies and hot sauce.

Dinner:
few pieces of breast meat general tso's chicken, sweet potato, 1/2 tomato with cottage cheese.
we were running around. Maes had a school event and I did not get home until 7:45. Fed the kids mc. donalds, but did not want any food from there.

Snacks:
oranges, muffins

Reading:
catching up on Old Testament for Sunday school.

Something nice I did:
Left special love note in Maesyn's lunch (she said she did not know what it said when she got to school).

Week 1 day 1

2010-02-08T10:44:00.000-08:00

Weight:
125.0 25.6% body fat (we need to work on that) weighed before lunch while getting ready to work out.

Bed and Wake:
11pm bed, 6:45 wake up

Workout:
5.5 mile run on treadmill (hills from 0,2,7,8%grades .4 miles each 12min miles- took over an hour)

great arms video (about 6 min)

200 crunches with baby on legs or abs.

Breakfast:
old fashioned oats with a bit of honey, green smoothie (spinach, blueberries, strawberries and OJ,

Lunch:
Sandwich. Whole wheat bread, 3 slices deli turkey, tomato, avocado, red leaf lettuce, spinach, mustard

Dinner:
Cheddar cheese quesidilla, large salad with green leaf lettuce, spinach, tomato, kidney beans, purple onions, avocados, cottage cheese and salsa.

Snacks:
handful of raw almonds between breakfast and lunch, 2 handfuls of raw almonds after lunch (handful=6-7 almonds)

Reading:
catching up on Old Testament for Sunday school.

Something nice I did:
Took the kids to sonic for slushes while dad had to work late.

What I'll be doing for the next 12 weeks.

2010-02-08T07:23:00.000-08:00

Here are the Goals:
1 7 hrs. of sleep (not necessarily consecutive - naps count too!)
2 48 oz. of water
3 45 minutes of exercise (not necessarily consecutive)
4 2 servings of veggies, 2 servings of fruit
5 No soda, beer, wine, unhealthy snacks (ex: potato chips), or bad fast food
6 No sweets. (Desserts, pastries, sugary snacks & cereals) *Sugar-Free alt. ok
7 No eating after 8pm or dinner (whichever is later)
8 15 min. of scripture reading (or spiritual text if you don't do scripture)
9 One journal entry (any length)
10 One random act of kindness (THIS IS A NEW ONE)

Here is what I'll Post:

Weight:(we will see about this- ideally it should be first thing in the morning, but it does not always happen that way.
Bed and Wake: the night before and this morning.
Workout:
Breakfast:
Lunch:
Dinner:
Snacks:
Reading:
Something nice I did: (I usually only go out only once a week and on Sundays so I'll be doing this stuff for my family, and I could be nicer.)

let's get this going..at least for 12 weeks.

2010-02-03T08:22:00.000-08:00

Ok, I've been a rockstar at working out now that I've gotten settled. I'm up to running 5 miles a day (4 if I do speed work). I'm doing ti 4x a week, but I'd like to get up to 5 again. The pounds are not melting off like they do RIGHT after baby, but slowly my fat pants are getting smaller. I now have 3 pairs of pants I can wear, and 2 are not sweats.
So, my friend Sara is doing her wellness challenge again and I'm going to stick to it...because there is money involved. And I don't want to loose my 20 bucks, so I'm determined to make all 10 points every day!
I have to work out 6 days a week, so i'll do yoga one day, and I just have to do 45 min a day of working out. Not a problem. It takes about a hour for me to run 5 miles- i'm slow... and then I lift...and do abs most days. But that "rest" day from running. I think walking to the bus stop (1.5 miles round trip) counts as working out on my rest/yoga day.

week2 day 2

2009-10-28T10:47:00.000-07:00

workout:
walk/run 1 mile straight running. 2 miles walking, 100 crunches, thin thighs video

food:
pre run: small bowl of honey bunches of oats
post workout: muddie buddies

lunch: cannot remember

dinner:
jambalaya, green beans, corn

snacks: about 6 pumpkin cookies

read scriptures

week 2 day 1

2009-10-26T10:10:00.000-07:00

Weight: ?
workout: walk run about 4 miles 1.5 of it running (yeah), better buns AND thing thighs videos, 300 crunches

pre workout:
small bowl rice chex
post work out:
tablespoon all natural peanut butter and a Pear
lunch: very late- small piece of lasagna and small German chocolate brownie
dinner: grilled talipa with lemon pepper, 1/2 cup beats, 1/2 cup green beans, 1/2 cup carrots, 1/2 cup sweet potato
dessert: 2 cups muddy buddies

read this morning and had FHE with the family.

i'm no fitness guru

2009-10-25T09:21:00.000-07:00

So the only workout I really enjoy is running. that is all. so when i saw "ball things" i am squeezing one of the kids play balls between my knees working my upper thigh areas (saddle bags and that fat between your thighs that would start a fire if you walked too fast wearing courdory pants). Next week i'll start rotating daily "thin things" and "great buns" into the workout. It is about all I do for cross training- oh and crunches, but once i have my tummy back i'll probably forget to do them!! lazy.

week1 day 6

2009-10-24T23:09:00.000-07:00

weight: 129.6 yahoo...under 130- but it will go up tomorrow (i bet)
Workout- none, went to the temple with Nate

breakfast: granola bar
snack: granola bar
lunch: 2 slices of toast with homemade peach butter, apple
snack: sunchips
snack: smores..just one smore. (that is rare)
snack: quesidilla with 2 tortillas, sharp cheddar, jalapenos, tomatoes and green chilies
dinner: Serrano's: part of a shrimp chili relleno, rice and beans, too many chips with salsa and bean dip and ROOT BEER...
dessert: milkshake with bryers rocky road and skim milk

it is becoming a joke- i don't eat well. we will see how next week goes. I need to not use food as a vice when i get stressed out!

week1 day 5

2009-10-23T10:53:00.001-07:00

weight: 130
Workout: 2+miles walk, 200 ball things, 3oo crunches

Food:
pre workout: few spoon fulls of cream of wheat
Post workout: more cream of wheat, a handfull of cashews with caramel, and some cookie crumbs (bad bad bad)

lunch: sandwich from walmart
had a milkshake because the kids were driving me NUTS

dinner:
apple, walmart sandwich, sun chips, 2 juice boxes.

day4 week 4

2009-10-23T06:53:00.000-07:00

fell off the wagon;

weight 130.2

workout: walked 2+miles, 75 sit ups

breakfast: bowl cream of wheat
snack: several hand fulls of cashews and caramel
lunch: grilled cheese, cantaloupe
snack: 100calorie granola bar
snack: apple
snack: 100 calorie granola bar
dinner: 1/2lb cheese beef burrito, bites of kids nachos, bites of tacos, and ROOT BEER!!!

did not read scriptures today

although i fell off the wagon, i still wrote down what i did and did not do and what i ate!
very busy running around type of day, but no excuse!

week1 day 3

2009-10-21T22:18:00.000-07:00

workout:
walked 2 miles
200 or so with the ball

Breakfast:
1 whole waffle with pears
swigs of root beer
bowl of grapes

snack:
waffle quarters

lunch:
bites of ramen

snacks:
apple and orange

snacks:
handful of cashews
mini bag of peanut m&ms
5 hard candies

dinner:
bbq beef on rye

snack:
swig of root beer
medium bryers rocky road with skim milk (as if that makes it any better for ya)
1.5 grapefruits
handful of caramels (to melt for caramel apples)

bad bad bad day for me and food. snacking on bad stuff all day long.
did not read scriptures this morning either...running around crazy.
will wake up earlier to get the reading in - get dressed before the kids get started.
be prepared- nate needs to be at work for a very early meeting so I'll be on my own-
goal: get up when nate gets up so I can do my own stuff before the kids wake up. (get dressed before he leaves so I can nurse Mikah- especially if she is in a bad mood)

Week 1 day 2

2009-10-20T10:03:00.000-07:00

Weight: 132.2

Exercise:
50 min walk, 400 crunches, 200 ball things

Pre workout:
1/2 pumpkin waffle
Pears

Breakfast:
1/8 cup cashews
2 cups red grapes

Lunch:
cucumber and tomato salad with low fat vinaigrette
1 slice homemade pizza with peperoni, sausage, olives, garlic, peppers and onions

Snack:
2 spoonfuls of bryers cookies and cream (i was making milkshakes for the kids- it is all natural, so is it bad?)

dinner:
2 corn tortillas with sauteed chicken and peppers, lettuce, salsa and avocado

dessert:
wanted some ice cream-
made-cooked apples, spoonful of brown sugar, cinnamon with homemade low fat granola.

Weakness:

had 2 swigs of root beer (we don't normally have soda in the house, just root beer for pizza night and special occasions)
ate 1/2 pumpkin waffle with pears after 8pm

week 1 day 1

2009-10-20T09:59:00.000-07:00

Weight: 132.8

Exercise:
45 min walk (2+miles)
400 crunches
200 things with the ball

Pre workout:
1/4 pumpkin waffle

Breakfast:
Pumpkin waffle with pears

Snack:
Pear, 1/8 cup cashews

Dinner:
Spaghetti with meat balls, steamed veggies with garlic sauce, cucumber and tomato salad, 2 slices french bread

Dessert:
Bread and Jam

Notes:

Bread and Jam are a good dessert. Although full of carbs it feels healthier than eating a bowl of ice cream over hot cookies...and I can use the carbs.
Fresh fruits daily- and lots of them are helping with the energy.
Glad to be doing some exercise again.

The beginning

2009-10-20T09:58:00.000-07:00

Nate and I are doing a little challenge to see if we can develop better habits. It seems if you want to do something bad enough you can do it under any circumstances, but I think that our current circumstances (Nate being done with school) will allow us little excuse not to do something like this. Here are our challenges and we are going to try to stick to it for 12 weeks. I think after that some of them might stick to us.
1 7 hours of sleep
2 48 oz. water
3 45 minutes of exercise (not necessarily consecutive)
4 2 servings of veggies, 2 servings of fruit
5 No soda, beer, wine, unhealthy snacks, or bad fast food [anything FRIED]
6 No sweets [desserts, pastries and sugary snacks & cereals] * sugar-free alternatives are ok
7 No eating after dinner/8pm
8 15 minutes of scripture reading (or other spiritual text if you don't do scripture)
9 One journal entry (any length)
10 Express sincere appreciation or praise to your spouse (if single, to another person)
Note: You have one free point per category per week, of your choice, or you can choose a day where all 10 points will be given.

Exceptions
You are excused from the sweet rule on YOUR BIRTHDAY.
You are allowed three sick days where you are excused from exercising and eating veg/fruit/water [if you can’t eat/drink] This is ONLY to be used if you are indeed sick.

Daily posts must include:
Workout:
Meals:
Journal:

Let's see if I can do this! I have a goal to fit into my pants by Christmas. This challenge ends the first part of the new year.