Since I've Been Gone

Well, I never made it back to post last weeks Summer of Weight Loss update...I had been battling on on and off sore throat/cough...and I worked more last week than i usually do, so that kind of took it out of me. I did weigh myself before weigh in day and I was up about 1.5 lbs! ;( Probably was from Saturday bday celebration with all my friends. We had tons of sushi, snacks, and I had a few glasses of champagne. PLUS I didn;t work out as much that week. Oh well....you win some (weigh in's), you lose some! ;)

This week however, I did pretty good. I lost that "gained" weight! Down even .3 pounds from the gain week. So that means so far on the challenge I have lost 4 pounds! 5 more to go!!!!!

I just made an AMAZING breakfast! It was posted on my new favotire workout site bodyrock.tv and let me tell you, it was delicious!

All it is is a piece of whole wheat toast with grated apples that I cooked up in a pan with a little butter, cinnamon, ginger, and brown sugar. On top were a few pecans! SOOOO good! I will post a picture from my phone soon. Hope everyone had a great week and how are all the SOWL "losers" doing???? ;)

SOWL Challenge

Weekly Summer of Weight Loss Challenge:

SOWL CHALLENGE

What are your motivators? What gets you out the door or to the gym? What makes you think twice about buying that suitcase full of Peanut M&M's at Costco? Write about it on your blog or, if you don’t blog, leave it in the comments below. 

Well, well...to be brutally honest, like Kerrie admitted on her blog, I too initially have those shallow motivators. Like, wanting to look good in my jeans...more so, a bathing suit! And, YES, these types of shallow motivators do help get the job done; but, I honestly am also motivated to lose the weight healthfully so that it doesn't have to be a constant struggle in the future. I want my kids to know what it is to be healthy, and in a GOOD way! I WANT to be here to see my kids get married, and have kids, and do all the things that I have done in life. I want to be here to see them succeed and be happy in life! I whole heartedely feel that if I do this in a healthy way, that I will change my life for the better and not constantly be struggling with the "weight issue".

What makes you think twice about buying that suitcase full of Peanut M&M's at Costco?
I always contemplate buying things like this at Costco, but knowing that it will most likely be ME that will eat them all, makes me say "HELL NO!" Even when I go to the grocery store, I buy pre-baked cookies for my husband and kids lunches, I end up eating most of them! Go figure! 
Anywho, that was the challenge this week; to ponder your real motivators for losing weight and being healthy. What are yours?
p.s. I have fallen behind this week on my weigh-in...I will update the challenge hopefully tonight! But since last week was a big loss, I am not expecting ANYTHING!

SOWL update week #3

This will be a quick post, because it is my birthday(OMG, I am actually 29!), and I need to get ready to go out to dinner. 

The result:

I lost 2.2 pounds this week! I am soooo happy! All the work the last few weeks has paid off and in the last 3 weeks I have lost 3.6 pounds. Which is GREAT and I did it in a healthy way! :) Hope every one else participating in the challenge had a successful week as well! Now, off to dinner! YAY!

SOWL update week #2

Good but not great, I lost another .7 pounds! ;)  Just another 6.5 to go! I was hoping for almost 2 this week, but oh well! I had a great week of exercise and my calories were where they were supposed to be. I think because since my kidney stones, I have been drinking a BUTTLOAD of H20, which is maybe making the scale a bit skewed (hey, this is my excuse, don't ruin it!) Hehehe. 

Here is what my week looked like: *by the way, for those of you who don't recall, I am using my bodybugg to track my calories burned and consumed*

Tuesday: *weigh in day is Tuesday for me*

Exercise: ran 2.5 miles & did 12 min. interval workout

TOTAL calorie burn: 2745 calories

TOTAL calories consumed: ~2140 

Wednesday:

Exercise: ran 3 miles & did 20 minute interval workout

TOTAL calorie burn: 2646

TOTAL calories consumed: ~1563

Thursday:

Exercise: ran 2.5 miles & did 10 minute interval workout

TOTAL calorie burn: 2254

TOTAL calories consumed:~1921

Friday:

Exercise: ran 3.5 miles & 12 minute interval workout

TOTAL calorie burn: 2713

TOTAL calories consumed:~1608

Saturday:

Exercise: 6hour waitress shift, Kick boxing 45 minutes & 12 minute interval workout

TOTAL calorie burn: 3090

TOTAL calories consumed:~1456

Sunday:

Exercise: 6 hour waitress shift

TOTAL calorie burn: 2763

TOTAL calories consumed:~1376

Monday:

Exercise: ran 3 miles

TOTAL calories burned: 3101

TOTAL calories consumed:~1643

So, according to my bodybugg program, I should have lost more weight. :( Oh well, I am feeling good and stronger! I seem to not be able to get myself under 1300 calories for the day, so I am trying a new protein shake that i got at Costco to have for lunch during the week. It is a soy protein meal replacement shake and i had it today for lunch and just blended it up with water, ice and a few berries. It was delicious! AND, only 150 calories !!!! Anyone have success with not only weight loss, but overall health using protein shakes??? I have heard that Shakeology is a great product too. Anyone try that brand?