Day 2

It's only mid afternoon, but I'll be out tonight so I won't get a chance to blog today's progress.

My son actually let me sleep in today! I didn't get up til 8:30am! So far so good I've only eating about 750 calories today. Which leaves me just enough for snack and dinner...hopefully I'll hit the 1200 calorie mark today. And AMEN for Whey Protein! Yesterday before I went to work out I had a Whey Protein shake and it really helped with muscle soreness cause I'm not nearly as sore as I thought I was going to be. Which is good because tomorrow morning I have to endure one of the toughest work out classes at my gym "Will Power and Grace"...wish me luck I have a feeling I'll come crawling out of that class.

I have to work tonight til 6:45 then I'm heading out to a movie. So tonight will be my first meal on the run. I'm planning on cooking up some chicken while Cameron naps and throwing some left over sweet tatters and corn in my dinner to go Stay Fit Meal container. I love those things. http://www.coolgearinc.com/stayfit/stayfit.html these things are great! Seriously a must buy for those trying to eat healthy and are on the run a lot. I drag my son to work with me almost every day and a lot of the times I'm running behind, so I have to bring his breakfast to go. Seriously, FABULOUS! Tonight will be tough too cause where I work there is a lot of junk food within reach. MUST RESIST! Have a great day!

P.S. I haven't been hungry today...yay! This new way of eating is working!

DAY 1

Who knew shopping organic would be so frustrating and overwhelming!?! I had no idea. I guess sometimes ignorance is bliss. $217 dollars later and we're all organic now! Next grocery bill better be under $150 or this just will not work. I don't even know what the heck we bought that cost so much? I suppose I need to do some more price comparison shopping.

I started Jillian's Michaels detox and cleanse supplement yesterday morning and I peed like a pregnant woman all day and night. I'm not liking that fact, but it's for the greater good right? So what's 7 days of peeing my brain out in the long run?

Surprisingly, I'm not STARVING! considering I was probably consuming about 2000 calories a day around the holidays... maybe more than that :-/ My stomach is probably pretty stretched out. I was hungry most the day, but at least I wasn't starving. I managed to only eat 1160 calories for the day. And since I was feeling rather suicidal (not literally) because I was so hungry in my delirious state, I attended a Vinyasa Yoga class with a few girls from work, and then got talked into staying for the KILLER Pilates class. I imagine that I burned roughly 500 calories give or take a few.

The hardest part is to not eat while watching TV at night. I usually sit and watch my shows with some popcorn, or chocolate, or pretzels, or ice cream. I'll mindless eat my way through my shows. It's weird to sit and watch my shows without eating something it feels awkward. Guess I should pick up a hobby like knitting so I don't eat while watching tv?

Things To Do....

This is just a general list of things I want to accomplish by January 5, 2011 I made one for each pound I want to lose. My goal is to lose 15 lbs this year. And I'm finding it incredibly hard to come up with 15 Things to do so I will have to add to this later after some brainstorming. But! Here is what I have so far.

1. Buy a sexy pair of undies
2. Throw out any and all granny panties (come on every woman has at least one pair)
3. Buy a skirt that shows some thigh!
4. Buy my first pair of "skinny" jeans
5. Wear shorts this summer
6. Throw out "toxic" food
7. Spend $100 gift card on new clothes
8. Take a cheesy picture of me holding up my old fat jeans next to me in my new skinny jeans
9. Get my son eating healthy
10. Go to the bar with my friends without make-up on (mascara only)
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Jillian Michaels Is Going To Kick My Butt!!!

Consider this my first step to ending my unhealthy connection to food. I eat when I'm tired, sad, mad, and happy. I managed to lose weight but still eat with all the following emotions through Weight Watchers. Now I need to train myself to eat healthy and ditch the emotional connection to food. Anyone that knows me can vouch that I am the pickiest eater, so this whole going organic thing is going to be really rough for the first few weeks. Not to mention my budget is next to nothing. I lost 75 lbs or so on Weight Watchers and I will forever love WW.It taught me portion control and now I'm going to attempt my hand at eating healthy. Mind you I don't like any vegetables except carrots and potatoes, and I HATE seafood. Which makes this all the more tough! Here I am to blog my results following Jillian Michaels book Master Your Metabolism.

Here is my list to get started ("x" indicates that it is completed):

Make organic grocery list
Make non-organic grocery list
Copy a list of things to avoid while shopping
Start Detox and Cleanse supplement
x Create an Exercise Schedule
Create a Calorie Counting Spreadsheet
x Start Blog
Create a Two Week Meal Plan

Balance and Serenity

Today I discovered just how wonderful Yoga is and why people get so hooked. I had one hell of a week and was feeling so anxious....not to mention my back felt like crap! I decided to drag myself to yoga with my mom and see what all the hype is about. I feel sooooooo much better I'm so glad I went. I don't have that knot in the center of my chest anymore and my back finally feels better. Not to mention my patience feels renewed. One of the trainers where I work (my second job) said it's the best exercise for toning and building lean muscle. This will be my new addiction. I tried Yoga when I was pregnant and ended up leaving in the middle of class cause it was too hard, then I attempted it again when Cam was 3 months old (again I walked out half way through)...it was pretty hard to do back then, but I was also 75 lbs heavier. I guess since it was easy this time that means I'm in shape finally :-) That's an exciting thought. So I encourage those skeptical of Yoga to go give it a shot and those that find it too hard still work up to it, it gets easier the better shape you're in.

I Live For.....

The cute little laugh out loud moments with my son.

Cam has wide feet so I have to buy the expensive stride rite shoes. And I'm not afraid to admit I'm anal about keeping them clean...I wipe them off with a baby wipe every day. Yesterday I was too lazy to do it and CAmeron starts going in his diaper cabinet and I was yelling at him to stay out of it, but he ignores me. Next thing I know he's sitting there wiping his shoes off with a baby wipe. It was sooo cute! Poor kid I'm rubbing off on him.



Cam sees my mom go off to work with her brief case everyday. Today he goes in the pantry and gets a lunch box out, slings it over his shoulder and tells my "bye bye mommy" and walks out the door. hahaha!



And this weeks winner for the "EWWWW" award is when........
He took the watering can and poured it out all over the side walk. The dog started licking the water off the ground. I turned to ask H to do something and when I turned around Cam was on all fours licking the side walk!!! EWWWWW!!!

It's Official....

Cam has hit the terrible 2's 4 months EARLY! I'm in search of an extra stash of patience.

I'm no longer allowed to help him do things, when I try he swats my hands away and yells at me. Today I made us popcorn for a snack and when I tried to eat it he tried to take it out of my mouth and screamed at me "MINE!" Then he proceeded to do his extremely pissed off dance where he jumps up down crying. When it was time for dinner tonight he was very unhappy about that. My mom picked him up and strapped him into his booster seat where he began to scream til his face was purple. I sat there and ate my dinner watching him throw his fit....I was waiting for his head to spin in circles and vomit to come projecting out of his mouth like in the Exorcist. It never happened after about 10 minutes of that and he stopped and decided he would eat dinner.

My recent activities have been perfecting the art of ignoring these outbursts, because if I don't I think I'll be on the floor screaming and crying with him. I mean there is zero chance of consoling him or redirecting him he's stubborn (like me). My next purchase is going to be EARPLUGS!