It's My Birthday!!

Well, today is my birthday and I am 25 years old - 1/4 of a century! I may even be considered an "antique" I think! lol.

Anywho, last night I worked out pretty hard, ran/jogged for about 20 minutes and did some resistance training (mostly leg work, I did 100 Hip Abductions with 100lbs of resistance!!), then, came home and made Lemon Peper Balsamic Pork Chops and Asparagus. It was very tasty! But my legs hurt like a mofo.

I got on the scale this morning and I'm back at 202... I know I'll be back up though after tonight! We're going to dinner at Root 246 in Solvang for my birthday, and I may splurge juuuuussst a little bit :D You only turn 25 once right???

Anywho, I hope everyone is having a great day! Thanks for following ShapeUP!

Wow... PLUS Ideas for Dinner

Ok, so the first week of success was SUPER fun! I lost 8lbs, I was feeling great, and having a blast dieting and going to the gym.

NoOoOoOwWwWw... I've gained almost all of my weight back (206 on the scale today) and I'm dreading our gym day tomorrow. I was sure that I would have lost weight this morning as we walked all over State St. in Santa Barbara yesterday. But no, body decided to gain like 4lbs overnight instead. Hoping it's water weight and not to have TMI, but I have been experiencing "that time of the month" so hopefully that's mostly it... diet hasn't change very much so I just don't know what's going on.

If you want some GREAT ideas for some healthy dinner meals, go here: http://www.momswhothink.com/healthy-recipes/healthy-dinner-recipes.html each recipe is pretty quick to cook, and you can see the nutrition facts for each one as well! I love it! Hope it helps you out too!

Ouch!

Last night, my trainer worked out my arms... yeah, OUCH! They are sooo sore, but I know it will help. Still 203 this morning... not excited about that. But, we did have Carl's Jr. last night too just because neither one of us wanted to do anything that had to involve our arms - including cooking. We looked online at our calorie consumption from there... let's not talk about it.

We realized that it would have been nothing for us to usually just go out and grab something like that 2-5 times a week - maybe even more! No wonder we were so out of shape and had no energy! It's amazing how once you cut something that's bad for you out - how much you want it. We definitely have food addiction going on in our house. It's hard, but we'll get through it.

Going to Santa Barbara with the parental units today - that should be fun. The little man loves going down there and walking around. I love it there.

Please Keep Your Arms, Legs, Fingers and Toes inside the Cart at All Times...

Oye Vye.

Here I am back up to 203 this morning after being 201 yesterday. I love how my body loves playing tricks on me and sending me on a roller coaster ride! NOT.

It was so nice loosing that first 5lbs in one week, now, I can't seem to budge past that little hill that I need to get through to get under 200. We are on diet day 20... I'm just about sick of having nothing but baked chicken and spinach salad, and not seeing any results! I'm still going to stick to my guns though. I'm hoping that it's just my body's adjustment period and that maybe next week or the week after I'll see the pounds start melting off again.

It's really hard that most people can eat whatever they want and not feel guilty about it and can maintain a healthy weight... I've been eating nothing but healthiness, working out more than I have in YEARS, and I'm just stuck. My body hates me.

With that being said - I feel that I may need some encouragement and motivation today as I forgot my lunch at home, and now I'm left without any snacks/food to eat for the day. If I don't go pick something up, I'll probably be STARVING before the gym and then binge. I don't want to do that, but it's something that I tend to do if I don't eat all day. Self-Control Jenny... Self-Control.

Working Out - Trainer Style!

So last night, Anthony and I worked out with our Trainers. I did awkward, yet, I'm sure rewarding exercises (working my lower body). I know they were working me out because not only was I pouring sweat, but my legs were shaking beyond belief - not to mention that I had to come straight home and make dinner afterward :P

I want to go ahead and share some of what I did with you so that maybe it will help you out as well! P.S. I have no idea what any of the exercises are called... I'll just make up a name that seems fitting :D

1. Step-Ups. Take an aerobic step-up bar and raise it to level three. Do 15 step-ups (lifting your knee as high as you can every time you step up). Also, you'll want to alternate between sides when doing it.

2. Lunging Squats. Put a BOSU ball (it looks like half of a bouncy ball), against the wall. Stand in front of it facing away from the wall and the ball. Get in a lunge with one foot in front and one foot on the ball. Squat up and down bending both knees as you go down 15 times and then change sides.

(Repeat these two exercises)

3. Toe Touches. Keep the BOSU ball in it's place and then touch each toe to the ball as quick as you can. You'll will end up touching each toe to the ball 15 times = 30 toe touches.

4. Squats. Place an exercise ball behind your back and against a wall, hold 5lbs hand weights to your sides. Lean into it as you lower your body. Squat 5 times. On the 5th squat, put your weights and arms together, straight out in front of you. Open your arms all the way (big bear hug!!) 3 times. Come back up and start again. Do this 5 times.

5. Lunging Squats #2. Stand straight up. With your feet together. Pop one of your toes, hold until you can focus on something, then send that leg to the back and squeeze into a lunge. Come back up and do the other side. Do 15 on each side.

(Repeat these three exercises)

I did more, but I won't go into those as they were with equipment - and I have no idea how to explain what I was doing. But I figure that the above exercises are things that you can do at home if you're a busy working mom like myself.

I did however, get on the scale this morning and was welcomed back to 201! I'm hoping that Friday's session allows me to kick off the 200s and get's me into 199??? *Finger's Crossed*

(Oh, and you DO NOT want to know what Anthony's workout was like... let's just say that at one point he was running on the treadmill at 9.5 MPH!!! I can't even do 6!!!! AHHH)

A Personal Trainer Might Help...

So yesterday, Anthony and I met with our Personal Trainer, Katie. She seems cool - but tough enough to get the job done. I'm pretty excited for our next meeting on Wednesday that's actually going to be a workout, not just a consultation and measurement sesh. I'm hoping that she can find some exercises that will help me burn calories as well as gain muscle and perhaps help with my diet. I'm sure it's going to be great! We have her for about 9 months, so I'm praying that in that time, I can loose the 40 that I want to and look and feel FaBuLoUs! Who knows, maybe I'll get down below that... guess time will tell.

We're still going hard on our diet... except that working through lunch yesterday caused my boss, Heidi to suggest ordering Paninos (a Really REALLY good sandwich shop in Solvang) and I just couldn't help but say yes when offered. Although, I only got 1/2 a sandwich on whole wheat. It was chicken breast, sundried tomatoes, basil, feta cheese and pine nuts... SO GOOD.

BUT I'm still at 204 this morning which bummed me out. I know that I need to drink more water for sure. I don't think I had any except at the gym yesterday! My goal today? Drink at LEAST 64oz of water. Wish me luck!

EPIC Fail.

So, I can definitely say that I'm not extremely proud of my choices this weekend...

Friday, we went out for sushi as 1 of 2 of our weekly cheat meals... we did pretty good Saturday as we went to the gym in the morning, worked out nice and hard, cleaned the house and ate pretty light...

But then, Sunday came. We decided to have Pizza for our #2 cheat meal of the week during lunch. We both had two slices and ok... we also got an order of DUN DUN DUN..... hot wings. I had 3. We did get so full that we didn't eat until dinner - and actually had a pretty well rounded dinner with baked chicken, spinach salad and some beans.

However, I got on the scale this morning... I was 201 on Friday and now, I'm sitting here back at 204!!!! RrRrRrrRrdflaksjfd;aodsjfia;

Luckily, I have a meeting with my trainer tonight. Hopefully, I'll get a nice workout. I wanted to walk at lunch today but not only did I forget my walking clothes at home, but it doesn't look like I'm going to really get the chance to take a lunch - more busy-ness for HOOZA.