A Nice Long Walk

Today was beautiful!

The pic is actually from last week after a rain, but hey. I like it. hehe.

Not to mention my camera isn't working at the moment!

 At 1:30 pm today, it was 69 degrees out! Such a nice break from the mid 80s!!! I decided we HAD to go out and enjoy the weather. So I forced my son to stop playing his video games and come take a walk with me :) He only hated it for the first 30 minutes haha. After that we both enjoyed it. We walked to the library and he picked out 2 books (one about reptiles and one about dinosaurs, tried to get him to pick a reading book, but that was a no go. He always gets the science books.) Then we walked all the way back home. It was a LONG walk, but it was very nice. All my muscles hurt now, but I feel good. I know it would have been easier on me if I would have been on the treadmill every day... but before January first of this year, I know I wouldn't have been able to do it. A year ago it would have killed me, I wouldn't even THINK of taking a walk like this. This is out first time walking to the library, but definitely NOT our last! :)

What I ate Today:
Breakfast: (150) 3/4 iced coffee
Lunch: (511) Tuna sandwich (1 can, 1 tbs miracle whip, 1/8 cup cheddar, hot pepper rings) on whole wheat, 5 baby carrots w 1 tbs light ranch, 8 sun chips, Water
Snack: (340) about 1 cup of ice cream
Dinner: (575) left overs- 1 bowl of taco salad, 1 hard shell taco. Water
Snack: (280) bowl of Capn Crunch with 1 cup ff skim milk
Drink: (50) 1/4 iced coffee
Total Water: 40 oz
Total Calories: 1906
I forgot to mention yesterday, that this is the first time I didn't have 'double decker' style tacos in a LONG time. EVERYTIME I make tacos, I have a soft shell, with beans and then a hard shell in that, broken in half for more room, and then whatever else I'm putting in the taco. The last few times I only had 2 of these double deckers, but that is still A LOT of calories. This time, I didn't have any :) Today I didn't have any pop either, oh I thought about it! I looked at that pepsi and thought about how good it would be with my taco salad... but I passed :) Today has to be the LEAST I have ever eaten on taco night lol. Woo Hoo!

Walk: 42 minutes there, 36 minutes back. Total 1 hour and 18 minutes of walking.
If I had to guess, I would say it was a mile and 1/2 each way, So total distance 3 miles. We walked a little faster on the way back I think... Actually... the extra 6 minutes on the way is probably because I forgot my library card and had to turn around! haha! And trust me, that did NOT make my son any more happy about the situation!!!!! But it all worked out :)
We had a very nice walk :)
You know I have been having such a hard time getting on the treadmill lately. I'm hoping after today I will look at the treadmill and think "One mile??? Shooooot, that ain't nothin! I can do that!!!" Haha, wish me luck!!!! Hopefully this was the jump start I needed!

I have let my son pretty much play his video games and not got on him to much since he's been out of school. BUT he knows whats coming lol. Today was his jump start too. He has to have some kind of exercise if he wants to sit and play video games. Especially since he doesn't have to walk home from school now, and middle school next year is a little further... I would rather he play outside than get on the treadmill for sure. But there's not a lot of kids his age around here, and I don't force him because of the neighborhood. So if he doesn't play outside he has to get on the treadmill. As of now that's the rules. Outside play, or one mile of treadmill, Or 1/2 half mile of treadmill and Crunches. I want him to stay active, and I don't want him to end up like me. I don't think that's to much, is it??? 1 mile is a little more than he'll be walking home from school next fall. I think it's fine. Maybe we'll work in the Wii Sports into it somehow... we'll see :)

A Sunny Tuesday

What I woke up to this morning.

Even though I woke up late, and my son was late for school,

it was nice to walk out and see these in my yard :)

My Mom planted these and a bunch of other flowers last summer. She has a beautiful yard, and wanted to bring over extra flowers that had to be separated and thinned out. I told her no, because I wouldn't take care of them... but she did anyway, saying she would come weed them or whatever. Of course, it is all over grown now- and out of control lol. But when some bloom, it sure is pretty :)

I may seem complicated sometimes, but it really doesn't take much to make me happy :)

Here's My Day:

Breakfast: 1/2 iced coffee and a fudge round (I know... not good)

Lunch: turkey, pepperoni, hot pepper ring sandwich with 1 tbs miracle whip on whole wheat, water

Snack: .7 oz almonds, .4 oz cinnamon almonds

Dinner: Romain and carrot salad with 1/8 cup cheddar and 2 tbs light ranch, 1 portion of chicken alfredo, 2 bread sticks, water

Snack: an apple and about 3 tbs fruit dip

Total Water: 50 oz

I don't feel very good, I think because I over ate. Even though it was only one serving of dinner, it was more than enough. That with the salad and bread made me full. Then the snack? I didn't need it.  I wanted something sweet even though I wasn't hungry. An apple and dip was better then the 300 calorie fudge round, BUT I wasn't hungry and shouldn't have had ANYTHING. I'm probably full of water too. I have been doing very well getting in at least 40 oz since I started drinking out of my water bottles.

Being full is part of the reason I didn't get on the treadmill. But mostly because I am just soo tired tonight. I did do a good amount of housework today, so I'm going to take advantage of actually being tired and go to bed. Even though it means missing Betty White on Jimmy Falon tonight. LOL, that woman cracks me up :)

I watched Loosing It with Jillian tonight. It was very good. Didn't know if I would like it because I have mixed feelings towards Jillian I guess LOL. But I did like it. Was a tear jerker too. Did you watch it? What did you think?

Think Spring!

Happy St Patrick's Day!
My son got home from school today and told me he saw a Robin. :) The first signs of spring! It is so nice and sunny today, I wish everyday could be like this. It got to about 63 degrees and it's beautiful, BUT this is Michigan and they are calling for snow over the weekend. Boo hoo. Hopefully they are wrong!

I have to tell you, I think a key part in my weight loss is going to bed at night and staying on some kind of schedule(which can be very hard for me). Most of my over eating used to happen at night when I was the only one up. Well- last night I stayed up WAY to late. I ended up hungry, and had a big bowl of cereal, which wasn't sooo bad. But then I grabbed an apple fruit pie... NOT a good thing. I took a couple bites and thought "What am I doing??? I have to write this down on my blog, I'm in a weight loss challenge... WHAT am I doing?" so I put it back in the box and in the fridge :) Damage was already done, but 1/3 of the thing is better then all of it...

Today I hurt myself :( Not from walking, crunches, or even housework. All I did was turn to hit the light switch, and that did it. Ever since, if I turn wrong or bend at all it shoots a pain up my back. My fiance thinks it is a pinched nerve, I don't know- I just hope it goes away FAST. I'm probably going to be able to walk the treadmill, but crunches are out for today (those didn't last long LOL)

Here's My Day:
Snack @1:15am: (488) about 1 1/2 cups of Special K- Vanilla Almond with 1 1/2 cups FF skim milk, and 1/3 Apple Fruit Pie (those single serving empanada shaped things)
Breakfast: Nothing
Drink: (85) 1/2 can Mtn Dew
Lunch: (391) Tuna Sandwich (1 can, 1tbs miracle whip, 1/8 cup cheddar, hot pepper rings) on whole wheat toast, 6 baby carrots with 1 tbs light ranch
Snack: (55) small apple
Dinner: (1230) 2 'double decker' style tacos(tortilla, hard shell, cheese, salsa, beans) with 1 tbs sour cream. 1/4 cup re fried beans, 1/2 can Mtn Dew
Snack: (370) 6 tortilla chips w leftover taco meat, beans and salsa. 1/2 can Mtn Dew
Total Water Today: Only 22 oz so far, will try to drink more though
Total Calories Today: 2619
Oh wow, I really messed up with the tacos. I have no reason or excuses- I just totally went overboard. Way Over Board. Ugh. I have to get back to my JUST ONE rule- which I haven't followed in a few weeks it seems like. Then to top it off, I had it for snack too.... Uggghhhh. And a can and a 1/2 of Mtn Dew! That is the most I've had in a day since 2009!!! UGHHHHH! It's seems like I have been messing up ALL the time, like every day... UUUGGGGHHHHHHH. I had such a nice day, then completely ruined it... not a great way to start off a weight loss challenge, that's for sure!!!
Treadmill: 20 minutes (.68 mile)

OOPS! Sorry Tessa. I've been staying up way to late, and it looks like last nights post was 6 minutes TO late lol. You made sense- :) I know what you mean.
It says the time at the bottom, in case I confuse you. BUT it shouldn't be a problem- I will definitely try and post earlier for you. It will be better for me too, since staying up to late messes up my whole system anyway! Sorry about that.