Weigh In

Woooo! Down 2lbs even to put me at 176.4lbs!!!

Yesterday Brianna and I did our 3km walk and knocked 4 minutes off our time! 1.86 miles in 27 mins 47 sec.

31 Days to Clean

As usual I'm running late, but there's still some time left to get this FREE e-book! Go to Sarah Mae's blog to find out more info.

I'm pretty excited to check it out. I'm great at the planning to clean part, but really suck at the actual cleaning part. Maybe this will give me a kick in the teeth!

Triathlon

I introduced the idea of the triathlon to Brianna today. She seems interested. She's quite out of shape though. We walked the bike route (3km or 1.86m) at around a 3.8mph pace and she was out of breath a lot. We have lots of work to do! She's excited that she'll get a medal though (any child who competes gets one).

So right now, we'll stick to walking. I hope to have nice enough weather to do the routes 3-4 times a week. This will also be good for my exercise and I'll be tracking our times here. For the next 4 months, this will count for Brianna's Phys. Ed. class.

Today we did the bike route (3km or 1.86m) in 31m 48s.

Exercise Log - Week 10

Couple days behind here!

I pretty good this week, but nothing over the weekend since it was Easter and we were crazy busy.

Mileage: 6.54m
Time: 2 hrs 6 mins

ETA: I forgot to add an hour and a half of digging up the garden to expand it and transplanting flowers :)

Menu Plan Monday

I found a nice big menu plan linky to join! I figured great! More accountability, more likely to actually do it! So here's my plan for this week:

Monday
Easter Dinner

Tuesday
Sausage & Peppers (from last week)

Wednesday
Unfried Chicken & Potato Coins

Thursday
Garlic Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta

Friday
Black Bean and Rice Burgers

Saturday
Simply Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas

Sunday
Lee's Potato, Onion and Hamburger

I'm thinking of getting my own little recipe section going here, just a matter of how to do it.....

Come check out hundreds of other meal plans at Organizing Junkie!

Booooo!

After my wonderful week and even almost 5 miles of walking yesterday, I missed goal by .4lbs *cry*

Next Goal: 172lbs by June 1st

30 Day Challenge

Something you couldn't imagine ever living without (April 14th)

 

 My rotten kids :)

 

30 Day Challenge

Your favorite band/artist (April 13th)

Paul Brandt... yum... I have this exact pic, autographed, hanging over my desk

30 Day Challenge

Something you love (April 12th) (can you tell I'm on a diet?)

mmmmm.... cheesecake.....

30 Day Challenge

Something you hate (April 11th)

chocolate mint *anything* just this picture makes me want to hurl

30 Day Challenge

Person you do screwed up things with (April 10th)

My sister Lisa. Does almost getting kicked out of several Timmie's count?

30 Day Challenge

Person whose gotten through the most with you (April 9th)

My crusty looking hubby. He can be an ass sometimes, but he's still there for me

30 Day Challenge

A picture that makes you laugh (April 8th)

My sister Lisa and I almost died laughing over this one *yeah, we're mature*

30 Day Challenge

Most Treasured Item (April 7th I am waaaaay behind!)

My snowbaby that my Aunt Diane made me

2011 in 2011

I found this great challenge idea on another blog called Go Green. Since I do *try* to be a greener person, I thought this would be a great way to see how much I work on getting rid of (and not bringing more in!).

What Counts

Anything that has taken up residence in your home. Any item using valuable floor/counter/table space you could be using or areas you could be not using in a more calming, soothing way. This could be stacks of papers and magazines, clothing you no longer need or wear, items in your cupboards you haven’t touched in years, toys no one plays with, hair and body products you have never opened … you get the idea.

What Doesn’t Count

The only items not included in our challenge are things you will be replacing with an item of a similar nature (i.e, – food, recycling, beauty supplies you use on a constant basis, laundry detergent) and items you bring in your home after you start the challenge, like mail, new clothing, etc.

The only exceptions to these guidelines are 1) when you leave mail lying on the counter for a week (or more) and it takes control of your kitchen. Go ahead and toss it and count it. Or 2) when you find 5 empty TP rolls in your guest bath or 3) large empty bottles of laundry detergent in your laundry room just junking up the place. Don’t be hard on yourself, just tally them in with your other items and be done with it. Vow to do better the next time around.

Since it's mid-week and I like neat and tidy schedules, I'll start tracking on Monday. I'm sure you'll all be thrilled to see my updated ;)

Water and Yumminess

So the girls in my weight loss group are doing a Water Week challenge. I'm kicking ass in this so far! Today I had *160oz* of water! Go me! Now if only I can keep it up for the rest of the week!

Also found, and made, this super yummy tuna pasta salad recipe. No mayo! I added more celery and carrot and added dill and some corn. Big hit over here!

HOLY CRAP!

This morning's weigh in - 178.6lbs Woooooooooooooooooooooooo! Only .6lbs til goal on Friday!

Exercise Log - Week 9

Did pretty good this week I think. I'd like to get more miles though!

Mileage: 6.47 miles
Time: 1 hr 55 mins

Still nothing on my exercise videos though :S

C25K

Because of knee (deformed bones), back (nerve damage and over flexible spine) and lung (asthma) problems, I'm doing the Couch25K program extremely modified. It will take a lot longer than the 10 weeks the program normally takes cause I have to up myself very slowly.

After trying to kill myself at my old 15% incline, I adjusted the treadmill to level and no longer threaten to fall off.

Week 1: 5 mins walking 3mph, 2 mins running 5mph, 5 mins walking 3mph, 2 mins running 5mph, 6 mins walking 3mph. Total - 20 mins (16 mins walking, 4 mins running)
Week 2: 5 mins walking 3mph, 2 mins running 5mph, 5 mins walking 3mph, 2 mins running 5mph, 6 mins walking 3 mph, 2 mins running 5mph, 8 mins walking 3mph. Total - 30 mins (24 mins walking, 5 mins running)

Supper Plans

I've added a Supper Plans thing to my sidebar. This is mostly just to make myself accountable and make myself make real meals most nights instead of just throwing something together at the last minute. Or, the other usual, going out to buy more food for our already jam packed house cause I'm too lazy to fit the food we already have together into a meal. If anyone wants recipes of the meals I post each week, just ask!

My Mom Kicks Ass!

Almost 3 years ago my mom had gastric bypass. This is a form of weight loss surgery that involves the removal of 90% of your stomach. Her top weight was 287lbs. She went down to 124lbs and then settled around 145lbs (she and everyone else felt she was much too skinny and unhealthy looking at 124). This week we found the tank top she wore on her surgery day and had to take pics....

Pre-surgery

old tank, stretched out

she has a waist!

Exercise Log - Week 8

After a really crappy week diet wise, I some how posted a loss on Friday (only .2lbs, but still!). So I figured I've got to get moving if I'm ever gonna lose this weight. On Fri I did the modified C25K, but with the treamill level instead of the 15% incline. I was able to do the whole 2 mins running twice! Wooooo! And last night Lee and I went for a nice walk around town.

Mileage: 3.97 miles
Time: 1 hr 16 mins

I WILL do more this week!

New Followers, New Blogs to Follow!

I had loads of fun with the Ultimate Blog party this week! Between my 2 blogs I gained 15 new followers and am now following 34 new blogs! YAY!

So as you can probably tell, I've been crazy busy reading blog this week! I read the intro/blog party posts of over 1000 blogs! Yup, that's over one *thousand* blogs. No wonder I'm so far behind on my own blogs!

However, we're back to our regularly scheduled programing! I *do* have 5 days of blog posts to catch up on, but I'll at least be back to blogging.

30 Day Challenge

A picture of someone you'd like to trade places with for a day (April 6)

Any little baby. Sleeping for 20+ hours a day sounds awesome!

30 Day Challenge

A picture of your favorite memory (April 5th)

While I didn't have all of these kinds of pets growing up, I had most of them. I love animals!

I Suck

Not only did I post a gain on Monday (which we're just not talking about), but I've also lost track of my 30 day challenge (which I really need to catch up on!), and I've blown my diet since. I DID however, post a cool new ticker on my blog. My goal is to walk/run 100 miles by Aug 1st. And of course my still going goal is 25lbs by Olivia's birthday on July 19th. Go Me! I gotta get off this train wreck though....

Follow Me, I'm Canadian

In the middle of the UBP11 I found a Canadian link up! Woooo for Canadians! If you're Canadian and have a blog, fb page, twitter, ect... check it out and link up at Follow Me, I'm Canadian!

If you're visiting from the Canadian link up, Hi! I'm Sam and this is my general blog. I've also linked up my homeschooling blog. In this blog I post general stuff about my family and also the details of my weight loss journey.

The Quest For a Button

She had to run up and down the hall with only one leg in her pants for a while first

Throw the pants away and unsnap onsie....

Look! Snaps!

I know I can get this thing off!

THERE it is!!

30 Day Challenge

A picture of your day (April 4)

My day pretty well revolves around these 2 monkeys :)

30 Day Challenge

Picture of the cast from your favorite tv show.

So it's not even on the air anymore, I still love it!

30 Day Challenge

A picture of the person you've been closest to the longest. (April 2nd)

My mommy (here with Olivia the stripper)

Exercise Log - Week 7

I'm attempting to start the C25K program. It's gonna take some tweaking. First of all, I need to adjust my incline. Apparently, while walking at a 15% incline is a great workout, trying to run it will kill me. At least for now. I'm also not going to be following it exactly. It's a 10 week program, but it'll take me a lot longer than 10 weeks to get to a 26 minute run. For one, my weight. It's not exactly easy to heft around 180lbs. Second, and more importantly, my knees. My knees are generally deformed and while carrying this weight they're worse. My dr would rather I not do stupid things like walk far distances, run, bike, or anything like that. But if I must, I MUST go slowly. No prob. I'd rather NOT have knee replacement surgery before I'm 30, so I'm perfectly happy to follow drs directions :)

On to the log!

Mileage: 7.82 (wooooo!)
Time: 2 hrs 12 mins

I will eventually get to my workout videos!

30 Day Challenge

A picture of you and 10 facts

It's an old pic (Isaac was 6/7) but I love it and still look the same anyways

1. My middle name is Lynn and I hate it.
2. My first name is Sandra and I hate it (hence going by Sam)
3. I have actually forgotten how old I am... several times.
4. I am a total coffee addict. Ask me, chances are, I have a coffee in front of me
5. I looove paper and mechanical pencils. While I love the computer, I love writing on paper.
6. I'm a secret girly girl. For the most part I'm a tomboy on the outside, when you look closely you'll see frilly underwear, sparkly nail polish or a trashy romance novel.
7. I love carbs. The Atkins diet is my idea of death.
8. I love snow. Watching it, playing in it, shoveling it, whatever. I love it.
9. I garden with a passion. I love my veggie garden and am very impatient for the next 6 weeks to go by so I can start!
10. I love road trips. I don't drive, but love being the navigator. Short trips or days long trips. Love em!

Weigh In

Woooo! Another loss! Down to 180.4lbs this morning! only 2.4lbs to go in 3 weeks to meet goal! Should be no problem :D