Nutrisystem day 3

Today is day 3! I'm still going strong! Last night I did go to bed hungry, but it wasn't too bad. I've decided that for this fast 5 week I'll do daily posts and then starting next week I'll do weekly posts with a brief daily description and weigh in!

I didn't work out Sunday or Monday but today I did! I did a good 20 minute workout video (body back video from strollerstrides) and a few free weight arm exercises with 8 lb weights. I thought I'd have less energy and feel sluggish this week since I'm eating a pretty low amount of calories a day but today I've actually had a lot of energy. I cleaned up/out and organized the toys in the living room and the stuff on the bookshelf and worked out! Proud of myself today! Hoping for a nice long walk (maybe jog a little) tomorrow morning with J since I won't be babysitting!

3 days (sometimes more) I babysit a little boy (he's 6 months younger then J). His mom is a nurse and works 12 hour shifts so I go over there Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 6:30 and she has to be at work at 6:45. Her older daughter (9 year old) can't be dropped off at school until 7:30 so I stay there with the kids for about 45 minutes and then take her to school and bring him here. Luckily J is still asleep and I just leave the monitor with my mom and the school is like 5 minutes away from my house (on the way back to my house from their house). I usually have him until 8-9pm. I also watch him Friday or Saturday (every other weekend she has her older daughter so she works Friday's those weeks and when she doesn't have her she works Saturday's. On those days I just go and pick up the baby because her daughter at at her dads and I just come straight home. When I have him on Fridays I pick up her daughter at school and have her for the evening too. It's pretty easy, my J and the baby get along well and will be best buddies when they get a little older and the older girl is very easy. It's just very long days! And I definitely need coffee in the mornings! So since I'm trying not to drink coffee right now I got these to put in my water first thing in the morning. They only have 10 calories per packet (1/2 a packet is one serving but I use the whole packet in a larger water bottle), no sugar, carbs, or anything else other then b vitamins and caffeine! It's pretty yummy too! So this should get me thru until I get to have my energizing shake for my morning snack!





Sticking with my plan of choosing the least appetizing (to me) foods I went with the cinnamon raisin bar for breakfast because I don't like raisins! It was actually pretty good and I would recommend it if you like raisins, however I will not be ordering it again because I don't. You couldn't even really taste the raisins, but just knowing they're in there grosses me out (like I said I'm VERY picky).

For lunch I had 1 cup of veggies and the trail mix bar. This was another one I want looking forward to because it has raisins in it I couldn't even taste the raisins and it was good! I actually might consider ordering it again!





For dinner I had my veggies with chicken Alfredo. I wasn't looking forward to the chicken Alfredo because I don't like chicken Alfredo but it was actually pretty good! I love that the foods are tasty and not bland! They definitely taste better then lean cuisines or smart ones! I remembered to take a pic after I had already eaten my veggies!






I'm seriously so excited about getting to have desserts next week! It's so hard to eat dinner and think "this is the last thing I can eat today" it'll be nice to have a little "treat" to look forward to for when I'm watching tv at night after J goes to bed!

I'm really tempted to weigh myself tomorrow. I really want to see a change, a lower number, even a pound, but I'm trying to talk myself out of it because 1. I started my period today and I think that'll give me an incorrect weight and 2. If that is the case I know I'll be disappointed because I feel like I'm doing SO good! On the other hand if I do see a lower weight it'll help keep my motivation up and confirm that my hard work is paying off. So we'll see if I give in or not.

And I just have to say "my fitness pal" app is pretty darn encouraging! Under 210 in 5 weeks...that would be awesome!

Nutrisystem day 2!

Today is day 2 on NS. Day 1 went great. I stayed in track and didn't cheat at all! I'm not gonna lie tho I was SO tempted last night. There was a bag of butterfinger bites on the kitchen counter and I know there are only a few left in there and I thought to myself "just one won't hurt anything right?...NO!!" I turned off the kitchen light and went upstairs to bed! I'm proud of myself for that! And I didn't not weigh myself yesterday morning on day 1 so I weighed myself this morning and was at 230.4...so horrible bad considering that about 1-2 weeks after I gave birth to j I was under 200, I think about 197. And the weight has just slowly crept up from there over the past 18 months. I was around 215 for a long time and then gained another 15 pounds...I never want 230 or higher on the scale again so hopefully it well be in the 220's on my next weigh in and just keep going down from there. It took a long time to put this weight on (I've been slowly gaining over the past 7ish years) so it's not going to just come off right away, it's a slow process and I need to remember that. I want to be able to look back in 6 months and be proud of how far I've come! I've got this!

Anyways moving on to today! Oh! And I want to add I haven't had coffee. I usually have at least one cup of coffee every morning, which isn't necessarily bad but I like it with creamer...lots of creamer...so I'm really trying not to have any. The energizing shake that I get to have for my am snack is really helping I think and I'm pretty sure I'll be adding those to my next order! For breakfast today I had the Harvest Nut Bar which I actually didn't think I was going to like (I'm a really picky eater) and I was shocked that it wasn't that bad! Actually better then most protein/diet bars I've tried! I then had my energizing shake on the way to take J to play at a kids play place. For lunch I had a cup of veggies and the White Bean Chicken Chili. This came in the fast 5 which is pre selected so I didn't get to choose the foods...by the name of this alone I would not have chosen it because I don't like beans. But this actually isn't that bad. It's really spicy tho, but I was able to eat it and tolerate the beans, but I wouldn't choose it again because of the beans. Here's lunch:



I had my craving crusher shake for my afternoon snack and then for dinner I had 1 cup of veggies and white bean chicken chili for dinner. Today I decided to pick the foods I don't think I'll like or that I wouldn't really pick so that by the end of the week I'll have to good stuff that sounds good left. I think that by the end of the week my motivation might start to waiver and I might be more tempted to cheat and if all I have left is food I know I won't like then I'll be less likely to eat it. I was so not looking forward to this dinner. I ended up eating only the chicken and not the beans, it wasn't very good and now I'm hungry, but oh well. Tomorrow will be better! I've stuck to it though so I'm proud of myself! Day 2 down!

I decided to add the energizing shake and cravings crusher shakes to next months order! And I might see if I can order them online for the rest of this month. I really like them and they are so easy to have for snacks!



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Nutrisystem

I've really been struggling with following and sticking to a diet. I find myself finding new diets to try thinking it'll be the one and I don't stick to it. I start out on a Monday doing great but by midweek I'm tied of the food I'm eating and I end up eating something I shouldn't and figure oh well I'll just make this a cheat meal, which turns into a cheat week and then I swear I'll start again Monday and stick to it...it's a vicious cycle. The only thing I've actually stuck to for longer then a week and lost weight on was jenny Craig. It was before the ex and I separated and it was too expensive to do that and still have to buy food and cook for him too. I liked how easy it was-pick your food, eat it, lose weight. I decided to look into nutrisystem, which is something I wanted to do awhile ago but thought was too expensive. I thought I'd compare it to jenny Craig and if it was cheaper I'd do it. Well it's cheaper then jenny Craig and you get 28 days of food instead of 7. My schedule is unpredictable so having to go in to jc every week on a set day at a set time to met with my coach and get my food was hard. So I like being able to get 28 days of meals all at once. It's not cheap but considering how much I spend at the grocery store each week it will end up saving me money. And it's practically half the cost of jc.

So I stated today with the fast 5. The fast 5 is a pre-packaged box that contains 7 breakfasts, lunches and dinners. And also 7 energizing and 7 craving crusher shakes. You also need to have 4 servings of veggies a day. I chose a plan where I can choose what I want to eat so the rest of my food was in the box and the first 5 box was in there too. The fast 5 is supposed to help you lose 5 pounds the first week and after that you add more to your daily diet. You get 3 "powerfuels" which are high quality proteins (lean meats, fish, yogurt, nuts, cheese, eggs), 1 "smartcarb" which is bread, fruit, grains, pasta, starchy veggie), and up to 3 "extras" (avacado, condiments, fat free creamer, cream cheese, dressing), and then there's a list of free foods like herbs, lemon and lime juice, mustard, salsa, soy sauce, spices, vinegar.

You get a special tracking book for the fast 5:





And a little tracking book for the rest of the month:





I like that in the back of the tracker it has lists of the "powerfuels", "smartcarbs", etc.





They have lots of options for foods and I'm really excited and hopeful for this month! I'd like to lose at least 10 pounds this month but am truly hoping for a lose of more like 15 pounds! Your also supposed to do 30 minutes of activity per day. I'm going to aim to a minimum of 30 minutes but hopefully more! I'd like to try to go on a walk everyday and do a workout video too. It'll be nice to just do whatever I feel like and not follow a specific program. I might do some of the 21 day fix workouts or find something else that looks good.

I started today and had a surprisingly good double chocolate muffin for breakfast. It didn't taste like diet food at all! I heated it in the microwave for a few seconds and it was moist and yummy. I had the energizing shake for snack and it didn't taste as bad as I was expecting! I want wonderful, but not too bad either. For lunch I had the loaded baked potato lunch and it was ok, the texture kinda surprised me and I wasn't thrilled with it but I think it's something I'll get used to and the taste wasn't bad. I also had 1 cup of veggies which counts as 2 servings (cauliflower, carrots, zucchini and squash). I'll have a cravings crusher shake for a snack in a few hours and then dinner a few hours after that. For dinner I had the Italian flatbed pizza with 1 cup of veggies. The pizza was really good! Small but yummy. I actually felt really full after dinner and today I only felt hungry as it got close to being time to eat again. The foods/portion sizes you eat don't keep you full for very long but luckily this diet has you eating every few hours. I ate dinner at about 6 and now it's 8:30 and I do feel hungry but it's probably because I'm used to eating around this time at night. While I watch tv I usually snack on junk that I shouldn't be eating. I'll probably go to bed pretty soon so I can avoid the temptation to find crap to eat and cheat. I really want to stick to this and I'm determined to! And it never hurts to get more sleep! I'll finish my fast 5 on Saturday and then on Sunday we are going to Olive Garden for dinner for my sisters birthday. That will be my only "cheat" that I'm allowing myself to have during these 28 days. I really want to get the most out of this program and I'll get out of it what I put into it. I feel that if I really stick to it I will get results. I know it will take more then 28 days to lose the weight I want and need to lose so I will probably do this program a few times, if this first 28 days goes as well as I'm hoping it will!

I love that other then making the veggies there isn't really much I have to do or think about. At meal time I just pick which item I want to eat. And just warm it up. I also like that there are bars as breakfast and lunch options so if I'm not going to be home for these meals I can just take one with me!

Pillow

Tonight (2/11/15) is J's first night sleeping with a pillow and I don't think he quite gets the concept yet!
I started putting a little pillow in his crib awhile back and he didn't really understand the concept and didn't use it. It ended up in a box next to his bed with blankets in it and he recently found it so I put it in his crib and he laid his head on it and snuggled! Now he understands the concept of it and will lay his head down on pillows on the couch or my bed and get comfy, it's so cute. So when I put this bigger (normal size, but it's bigger then his little pillow he had) in there he laid his head on it and snuggled right in!

The pillow is on the left side of him. He started with his head on the pillow and moved so his back is on the edge of the pillow!


When I went to bed he was like this:



He moved down further right after I took this so he didn't sleep with his head up against the pillow like that!

Night #2 and he's doing better with the pillow!






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Photo catch up

Eating pancakes!








I made him his very own ball pit!


























I let him try a strawberry!





Trying (and loving) pizza crust!











The weather was so nice we started going on a morning walk/jog...but today it's cold again :(


First shorts outfit!














Hanging out with daddy!

Moving into the condo!

Not sure where I left off or what I've written about our move from utah back to CA but it's been a crazy few weeks. I tried to stay at Josh's parents and just couldn't. I didn't feel very comfortable or welcome there. They were on vacation out of the country when Jackson and I got there and I figured he had told them we would be staying there too, but he didn't. So they got home and were surprised that we were there. Their house is not baby friendly at all and despite it being a large house their was no room for us because they have so much stuff...so Jackson and I went to my grandmas and stayed there. My brother and his wife went to Mexico for work for a week so they offered up their house for is to stay, so for the past week we've been at his house and it's been so nice to all be together and have space. Josh and I slept in their guest room and Jackson slept in the room that Sami does/trains Pilates and yoga in so it's an empty room. I was able to set up his pack and play and diaper changing station on the floor and have his clothes in there. The get back tonight so I'm cleaning up, washing the sheets and towels, and packing up to go back over to my grandmas. BUT we will be moving into the condo on Friday! A misunderstanding with the moving company had our stuff on our way to us before we wanted it. Originally we had planned on moving in this weekend but with all the issues we've had with closing on our house in utah we decided to put it off until the next weekend to make sure we'd have the money for everything in time...well the moving company called to say our stuff would be delivered on Friday. We called our soon to be landlord (a realtor that owns the townhouse/condo we'll be renting) and she agreed to let us get the keys on Thursday night and move in on Friday. We're having to burrow money from my mom to do all this since we still haven't closed on the house and then as soon as we close we'll pay her back.

Selling our house in utah has been a huge headache, one thing after another has gone wrong. The latest is that they didn't have adequate funds to show to the bank (401k etc) so they had to have family wire them money to show they had what the bank wanted. They were supposed to sign the paperwork last night and josh is supposed to sign everything today, we haven't heard from our realtor yet but I'm hoping and praying that they did actually sign last night and josh can sign today and we can be done! Its just been a disaster.

But I can't wait to get into the condo. Have all of our stuff. Sleep in our own beds and get back into our routine! But I need to find a job. We can't afford to live there without me bringing in some money so I need to find something ASAP. I'd really like to babysit out of our home, but I haven't been able to find anything yet, so I might have to find something where I can work when josh can be home with J, like afternoon/evenings and weekends. I'm going to keep trying to find a babysitting job, but I'll have to start looking at other jobs too.


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5k

Two months from yesterday I will be running my first 5k! It's something I've always wanted to do once I get in shape, but my best friend and her sisters signed up for it and she asked me if I wanted to. So I bit the bullet and signed up. We are doing the couch to 5k training program that is 8 weeks long and we have almost 9 weeks until the 5k. I'm hoping I can lose some weight and be prepared for this, and do decently in it.

I'm going to be house sitting for nick and Sami for 8 days and I'll be taking full advantage if their garage gym! And as soon as we get into our place I plan in doing the couch to 5k or going on a walk on off days AND doing a workout video everyday. I really need to work on my nutrition and get my eating (especially snacking) under control. I need to make a plan and stick to it. Costco has really good salads and they are inexpensive so I plan on stocking up on them. I actually got 6 today and had one for lunch. I need to make healthier dinner for josh and I. I really want to start trying to have another baby but I want to lose some major weight first. My goal is to be able to go shopping and buy some cute and stylish outfits to wear during the holidays and feel confident and good about myself in them! So that's almost 4 months to do some major damage!


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