Weigh In!!!

Ok so I am very frustrated because I work out 6 days a week an hour at a time now and the scale said today that I weighed 2 lbs more so I am very unhappy and sad today. I still did my hour workout and worked super hard but I guess we will see tomorrow. Maybe I'm gaining muscle who knows. lol
Anyway I only have 3 more weeks of this and I'm afraid I will look exactly the same as when I started. O well
Great job Angie and Karen for staying strong and working out. Thanks for the yummy recipes too Ang I love you guys keep up the good work!!!

hey

are you guys giving up already? i'm not going to say what i lost last week until everyone else does. is it too busy this month? is the weigh in too personal? Feed back please! Love you all .
karen

Angie's Weigh IN

I lost O lbs. But that is pretty normal for me, I never loss any weight the first week. I feel really good. I need to make a few improvements, but I feel good about the work I did last week. If I keep this up it will come off. Congrats Karen on working so hard, I'm so proud of you. Keep up the good work girls.

Love Angie

did anybody weigh in?

I weighed in and lost 3lbs this week! I feel great but frustrated with the working out thing. i need a better time or less children. ;0) I won't give up!

Chicken Pita Pizza

Servings: 1
Prep Time: 15 Min

Need:

1 whole-wheat pita (pitas can be found at the deli)
1/4 cup low-fat pizza sauce
1 portion cooked chicken breast, sliced (I have also used canned chicken for time saving, and sometimes I have just gone vegetarian)
1/4 red bell pepper, sliced
1/4 yellow bell pepper,sliced
1/4 small zucchini,sliced
1/4 cup reduced-fat mozzarella cheese, shredded

Directions

1. Preheat 425
2. Place the pita on baking sheet. Spoon on pizza sauce. Top with toppings.
3. Bake 10-12 min or until cheese is melted

I love pizza so this is a great alternative. Hope you enjoy!!!

Love Angie

Principle 1:Embrace Adversity

Hey everybody I was looking through my Body-for-Life book and thought this exercise might be a good way to start off our efforts.

We have all started to change, but it seems like every time I don't do something just right or am faced with a difficult situation I give up.

We need to anticipate that there will be obstacles in our paths. Instead of getting frustrated by those obstacles, embrace them. Remember that in the midst of difficulty lies opportunity (Peekes 60).

Remember also that if we pray and ask for help, we will receive that help because we are daughters of God and we are a part of his Eternal plan.

So here is the Principe #1 Tool a contract to commit to and remind us everyday what we are doing this for. It's kind of long, but we can cut and paste in word. Then print it out and put it in a place we will see it everyday.

Date:

I , Commit to starting my Body-for-Life (or whatever program you are doing)on (date), completing this 12-week Weight Removal (or Maintenance) Segment on (date).
I believe that I can accept and complete my Challenge to the best of my ability.

I realize this is work and accept the self-care price I must pay to achieve my mental and physical transformation.

By completing the Challenge, I signify honor and respect for myself, and affirm that I deserve health, happiness, and joy.

Signature

Love you all!!! And I truly believe that we all deserve to be Happy! Have a great day. Love Angie

Great Job!!!

I am so excited to see this blog being used again. I am so proud of you guys for doing it, and yes it is really hard sometimes especially when you are doing something six days a week, but eventually when we hit our goals we won't have to work out as much just use portion control and work out 4 times a week.

Well since everyone is putting down what they are doing so will I.

Monday: Plyometric Cardio Circuit (yeah I did this yesterday lol)
Tuesday: Recovery week- I have been doing Insanity for 30 days holy crap never thought that was possible. Anyway so all week it's Core Cardio and Balance and I did it today !!!
Wednesday: Core Cardio and Balance
Thursday: Core Cardio and Balance
Friday: Core Cardio and Balance
Saturday: Core Cardio and Balance
Sunday: Day off
Monday: Core Cardio and Balance

I will let you all know how I'm doing throughout this week
Love you guys great job to everyone

Apple Tuna Salad

Here's an idea for lunch, and it's super yummy!
Servings 2
Prep Time 10 minutes

Need
1 can tuna
1/2 onion (optional)
1 stalk celery
1 tsp spicy brown mustard (or any kind you have in your fridge)
1 apple cored and diced
4 cups lettuce leaves (or however much you want)
1-2 tomatoes, cut in wedges

Directions

1. In mixing bowl, combine tuna, onion, celery, mustard, mayo, and apple;mix well.
2. Divide lettuce and tomato wedges between two people or kids :) Top with tuna and EAT IT! Yum

I hope this helps give an idea what to have for lunch today or in the future.

Angie's Plan

O.K. So today I'm doing my upper body weight lifting workout at 12:30. This is a good time for me because Hannah is at school and Zack is taking a nap, or at least pretending to take one :) This workout is in the Body for Life book, and works with the intensity interval system. If you want to know more about this I'm sure the Library has a copy of the "body for life" book. by Bill Phillips. I'll also be using the Eating for Life Cookbook.

Here is what I'll be doing for an example:

Mon: Weight lifting/upper body
Tue: Teabo
Wed: Weight lifting/lower body
Thur: Teabo
Fri: Weight lifting/upper body
Sat: Cindy Crawford video
Sun: Off

Here is Mondays Menu Plan
8:00am Eggs/Toast/water
10:00am apple/string cheese/water
12:00pm tuna fish sandwich/water
3:00pm cliff bar/water
5:30pm sloppy Joe's/salad/peaches/water
7:00pm Banana cream pudding/water

My goal is not to eat anything after 7:00pm

Good luck everyone. I know we can do this. Great job Karen on getting up this morning!!! You are a SUPER MOM. And Julie I was so proud of you for working out over the holidays, you are truly an inspiration. Mom I'm so glad you are going walking in the evenings!

I haven't decided if I want to post my starting weight, but I weighed myself and took my body measurements. It's a good idea to take measurements because sometimes the scale can be misleading. We may not be losing weight but losing inches, which is really important as well. Love ya Can't wait to see every one's weigh in on Friday ;0

In the beginning.....

ok. so i wanted to start today with my running. I went to bed at like 10:30 but right when we were going to sleep the baby woke up. I fed her and then was asleep by 11:00. Then she woke up 4 times in between 11 and 6:45. it was a rough night. As i was feeding her I was already making excuses. "I'm so tired. Ella has been up all night. it's already 7:00 and i won't be able to run long enough." I thought to myself, " Your sisters can't hear your excuses only you can hear them." So, I got up and went running. Even though by the time I got to the gym it was 7:45 and I only had 15 minutes to run I decided to just give it my all and see how fast i could do one mile. So, I ran and did intervals of one minute. I walked for two minutes and then increased the intensity every minute for five minutes and then repeated it two times and I was sweating really good by the end. It was only 15 minutes. And I have to admit, this morning I got up because I didn't want to have to tell you guys that I didn't do my work out this morning. I didn't do it for me. Soon i hope I will get to the point where I am doing it for me but until then, thank you for being the voices in my head telling me "I can do it!" They are way better then my own voice that only seems to tell me negative things. I feel great and I have my plan for the week. I am going to write it here for me. If you want to do something similar cool if not do what works for you, just do it!
Mon-run 30 minutes (only did 15 but better than nothing)
Tue-Biggest loser work out
Wed-run 30 minutes
Thurs-biggest loser work out
Frid- cycling class
Sat- run 40 min.
Sun-OFF

My eating goal this month is to only drink soda once a week (since giving this up 100% usually just sets me up for failure) and be aware of what I am putting in my mouth.

Alan is going to help me set up the calendar on gmail for us to use. I'll try and get it up soon.
I love you guys and thanks for all your positive attitudes!

Time to choose to be different!!!!!!!

Okay ladies it is time to make the decision to be different. We may in the past have not succeeded and sometimes we have been a little prideful when the ones we love have tried to get us to keep going and do what we said we would. It's time for us to be humble not prideful or stubborn. We can change, we will change, we will meet our goals and celebrate what we have accomplished. We will accept help from each other and believe that they are not looking down on us but are only trying to help us see what they see we can be.
This road is not easy especially after many years of bad habits, awful diets, and lots of heartache. We can do it with each others help, and from our spouses help. We just have to decide today that we are going to change and know that in order to change the first step is to seek help from the Lord who can help us accomplish anything that we want to master. Second we have to put in the time to be organized!!!! This is the hardest part sometimes, but if we are organized and have our week written down what we need to do we will most likely get it done. I will try to show you examples of what I have started doing which has helped me. Third when you do not feel like eating healthy or working out that is the time you need to force yourself to call one of us or get on this blog or just get out of the house.
I love you guys and I don't care if you don't want to do this, I am going to. So I hope you choose to do it with me. I will try to get the things posted A.S.A.P.

Tell yourself you are Amazing and start believing!!!

So I've been following my running schedule this week. It's finally getting a bit easier to run 1.5 miles without having a heart attack. I'm not looking forward to running 2 miles here in awhile, but I guess if I want to get better I should probably do it.

I'm so excited to see everyone soon, and am looking forward to living closer too. It is going to feel weird at first, not having to drive a million miles to see the people we love. Yah :)

Bit all my nails off the other day! What's my problem? I could really use some good advice, maybe some gross pictures of germs that are under nails? What do you all think?

Love Angie

Here I Go Again!!!

All right I'm going to start training for a 5k! It seems like the cool thing to do, and you know how I have to fit in. So I'm going to run in a 5k so that I can say I've done that too. Is running a Mormon mommy thing? Anyway I start on Monday, because I always say that when I want to start an exercise program (Heaven forbid I start today :).

Oh! And I thought I better stop the habit of biting my nails once and for all. Seriously whats wrong with me its one of the sickest things one could do.

So anybody have any suggestions as to how a 28yr old can stop biting her nails?

Love you all

Angie

Almost There!!!

Hey wonderful people I love... just wanted to write a little something something on our awesome blog of inspiration.:) So This weekend is the race and although I haven't trained like I wanted to I know that I did what I could with what I have had to do. I know that no matter what I did it and I know it will be so much fun(especially once it's over lol) I love you guys and know we will all do our best and will be awesome!Let's 'Just Do It!'
Love you

OK girls, a drum role please......Your old mom actually jogged, (I don't think I can call it running, but it was difinetly jogging) 10 mins today!!
I started out walking for 10 mins, then a 3 min jog, then 2 min walk, 3 min jog, 2 min walk, 4 min jog, and then finished with a 4 min walk.
Sounds, pretty lame, but I feel great!!
Thanks to you girls for giving me inspiration. I have a long way to go, but I am moving in the right direction.
Joseph Smith's grandfather wrote a letter to his children, thinking that he was close to dying and wanted to have this letter read after his death. It turned out he didn't die and lived much longer and the letter was eventually read before his death. (Well, it had good stuff in it :>)
His name is Asael Smith, and he gives some wonderful advice, one paragrahph in particular fits my feeling.
"But above everything avoid a melancholy disposition, that is a humor that admits of any temptation and is capable of any impression and distemper: shun as death this humor which will work you to all unthankfulness against God, unlovingness to men and unnaturalness to yourself and one another."
I want to apologize for my melancholy disposition, that I have allowed myself to dwell in much too long. I am so thankful for you beautiful girls and my 2 handsom sons. What wonderful people you are and I am so proud of you! My wish for you is much the same as Asael's for his family, stay close to the Lord, love yourselves, love each other, help each other.
We just need to take one step at a time. Each day, hug your babies, love this precious life, and remember we are children of God.
Can't wait to do it again tomorrow.

2 MILE MARK

So today I ran for 25 min. without stopping ;) I like running a certain amount of time instead of focusing on distance. When ever I say to myself I'm going to run a mile, it's really hard, but if I say to myself I'm going to run 13-14 minutes I can run a mile a whole lot easier (it's still hard, it will always be hard, but mentally it's easier). And guess what? After running 25 minutes I got to the 2 mile mark. I've never ran more than a mile, so getting to 2 was unbelievable. It feels so GOOD.

I want everyone I know and love (especially Todd), that I really appreciate your faith in me. I still have a long way to go with my self-image, weight, and loving of myself, but this running stuff has sure opened a little crack in the door. I have hope now,and one day I'll have faith, and then even further along I'll have a knowledge that I'm Beautiful and worth it. Thanks so much everyone and keep working hard, on whatever personal goal you have. Thanks MOM for loving me, I love you so much and want you to know personally that I have faith in you, and you CAN do it. You just have to take ONE step, and the door moves. Love you all


~Angie

I tried to go 1.25 miles today. I didn't run the whole way, but almost. Maybe Thursday? Wish me luck. I'm also going to start working on my eating habits.

Hows everyone else doing? Or am I just talking to myself again? :)

Love ya
Angie

Strength Training

Think I'll take a break from running today, and do some strength training. We had an exercise enrichment the other day, and a gal there gave us some rubber bands that work pretty well. So I'll give it a try.

Love you guys

Another good day. I hope I can keep going. Even with the SNOW ;)

I think I can

O.K. everyone, this running a mile thing might kill me, but I ran another mile this morning yeah. Hopefully I can get to at least two miles. Love you all and keep working hard.

Love Angie

1 mile

Angie rocked the 1 mile mark on Thursday Feb 11 2010!!!!!! go Angie go go go go go!!!! By the way that is a 33 you just cant see the other 3 because of how fast she is running.

This is Hard

So running is really hard, but I'm learning to at least enjoy it. (Did I just say that?). anyway, I feel GOOD when it's over :) I fight with myself about running everyday, and I'm sure I still will be the day of the race. I just keep saying I'm worth it, and when I look in the mirror and see myself I try REALLY REALLY hard to say I'm Beautiful.

Love you guys Help me get through this o.k.? :)