I'm still alive!

OK so I know I promised I would be more faithful in writing here. Oops :) But I have good news! My weight this morning was 204.6 which means I have lost another 1.8 pounds! 7.4 total since this leg of the race. Speaking of race I found out that there will be a color run in my town this November. WHaaaaat??? Super Excited! I have a new 5k to train for- hooray! I'm super Duper excited! We started back on good 'ol faithful weight watchers last week (More for the Mister than myself). Adam needed some help to lose weight because he helped on the ice cream binge over the summer. I really don't like tracking my food but know its super successful. I tracked maybe 3 days this past week and lost .2. But I did eat too many sweets which totally explains very little success. Adam lost over 5 pounds this week! I hate men! I started to go back to school full time and the kids are in pre-school full time also. I am taking a soccer class to help me keep exercising. So far I pulled my right quad in one class period then hurt behind my left knee in the next class period. So not too successful. GR. I miss my bike. Hope to bike at leads once this week. See ya'll later!

A week into phase three...

I have no clue what to title this because this is my third weight loss start or journey. I can't say Week 2...I have 2 others like that haha. Hmmm well I'll think about it this next week... Last week's weight: 207.8 This weeks weight: 206.4 Weight loss for the week: 1.4 Weight loss for this start: 5.2 I know its mostly water weight but its in the right direction!! My biggest motivator right now is the HUGE stack if size 14 hand-me-down jeans sitting and waiting for me on my closet shelf. I'm in a weird transition point right now. Before my big huge weight loss last year, the smallest I had been before kids was a size 18. I am a size 16 now. I only had one good pair of size 16 jeans. AAAannnnd those ripped in the inner thigh last week. Shoot....I'm out of good jeans and I am starting to go back to school in less than two weeks. I know I can do it and I have enough capri's and skirts to last till it gets cold. But by the time it gets cold, I hope those 14's are loose on me! I feel like I'm rambling a bit... This last week was a little tough. I made it to the gym twice. I didn't ride my bike at all because the air was so smokey and hazy from a fire up the mountain from us. We are having inspections this week so I have been cleaning a lot lately to help burn calories. With the Twin Tornadoes, I have been cleaning aaalot! They destroy their bedrooms during every nap time! The living room is being cleaned like three times a day. Scouring the bathrooms and kitchen.... Blah, blah, blah :) This coming up week will be very difficult to work out. Lots of heat and its expected to get even more smokier! YUCK! I hope to be able to watch an exercise video and follow through on that. I borrowed a Jillian Micheal's 30 day shred but its been collecting dust. Hopefully I can get Adam to join me! Oh last tangent...I think :) My current weight loss show of choice is Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition. I watched Jacqui's episode the other day and it really hit home. She suffered from extreme depression and never felt good enough. When she got over herself and her issues- she was AMAZING!! She exceeded EVERY goal- which I don't think has ever happened. I look in the mirror and go wow, my thighs are awful, look at my stomach, those rolls, ugh... Since that episode this week I have been doing more of, yea my thighs are jiggly but its much better than it did a year ago! My face is thinner, I look amazing in this dress... I need to give myself some more credit! Anywho- Have a great week everyone! Get up and do your dishes and vacuum because for every hour of light effort cleaning means 234 calories burned an hour! Wahoo!

Back on the bandwagon!

Hello everyone! I'm back...aaagain. I have been through one of the roughest times of my life since my last post. To follow up with the last post- I found out my foot hurt because of the way I was playing with the kids. I let them sit on my foot and I have them ride a pony. I stopped and so did the pain. Three weeks into the competition we found out we were pregnant so I left the competition. To cut a long story short, (which if you want the long version you can find it on my blog here. Two miscarriages later here I am 15 pounds from my lightest so far. Through prayer and receiving a blessing, we decided it would be best to stop trying and start again later. OK, now on to weight loss. My lightest I was down to 194 pounds- which felt AAAHmazing. A week after the second D&C I finally braved the scale for a start weight again. My new start weight was 212. This mornings weight was 207.8- YES!! I am trying to ride my bike a TON. The kids love it and it gets us out of the house. I can already tell my thighs are looking better! Yesterday I hit the pool again. (Your not allowed to swim for 2 weeks following a procedure). It was so much more difficult then I remember! I was out of breath and dying after two laps. I wanted to cry because I was so frustrated. I did aqua Zumba after that but I was so upset from laps that I didn't really enjoy it Zumba. I am not doing Weight Watchers anymore but trying the MyFitnessPal app. I really miss how easy WW was to track portion sizes but not missing the monthly bill! Its very difficult because I use my scale for all my food and when I enter it it wants tablespoons or cups. GR! My username is KatieGM in case anyone reading this wants to add me as a buddy. Well everyone, that's where I am. And I obviously didn't run my triathlon. Hopefully I will do a 5K instead by the end of the year. Maybe.

My foot :(

Sorry everyone but I need to vent!
Competition started Saturday... I went and worked out. When leave I felt a twinge in my foot. Like maybe I stepped wrong? No clue.
Ignoring the pain all week...
Getting worse....
Keep ignoring...

This morning Woah! Put the brakes on I'm done!
I called Amanda our babysitter and went to prompt care.

I am SO FRUSTRATED with the nurse practitioner! I seriously had to hold back tears while she was in the office. She just wouldn't listen to me! All she cared about was- here's your pain meds, I'm off to the next drug seeking patient.
I seriously had to stop her from leaving twice so she would listen to me!!

My diagnosis? Sprained ankle, plantar faciitis, and tendonitis. Really dude?!? REALLY?!?! And taking an x-ray would be a waste of time so I don't need that according to her.

First it was because I am working out in crappy run down shoes. You know, she once went on a hike and one shoe had no support because she was wearing a backpack (are you lost yet? Me too...) Well she couldn't climb the stairs when she got home because her ankle hurt too much. Oh and somehow she was in a tight skirt so it was a difficult feat.

OK that's nice...Back to me (not her first nor last story).
I just bought the best shoes I have ever had with tons of support. I LOVE Sauconeys!

My shoes aren't the problem and my ankle doesn't hurt. Once again, its my foot.

Well, you said you just started a weight loss competition so I think your body is tired and its not use to working out so much so your foot just needs a break.

I'm sorry, didn't we JUST talk about how I lost 65 pounds and this is motivation to keep going? I know what the inside walls of a gym looks like. I work out at LEAST an hour every weekday. Its not because my foot isn't use to working out.

Well, You said you like swimming. Do you kick off the wall hard?
Ever since the pain started I stopped doing flip turns. And I wasn't swimming for at least a week before the pain started.

So how about I get an ace bandage...

She never came back!!!

After 15 minutes the nurse walks in- who had such a thick accent I could barely understand her. She wraps it and says ok have a good day.

WAIT- is swimming ok or not?! What do I do about my foot?! Should I stop working out? What other exercises should I do if I need to give my foot a rest?
The nurse says- Well, she's in another room. Do you want to wait for her to come out? Uh YES please! I wait another 15 minutes till she comes out. She sent the nurse back in. Uh, keep your foot up and rest three days and you'll be fine. THE END. Never saw the nurse practitioner again.

Is anybody else as frustrated as I am?!? I didn't want to go to my normal doctor because I didn't want to pay my copay then be told to go to radiology building for an x ray if needed. Pay another possible co pay... I have blue cross with medi-cal secondary. With prompt care I had no co pays. Huge freakin waste of time. I totally regret not going to the Dr in the first place. I think I am going to call and make an appointment with my dr to get some real answers.

Thanks for the vent everyone!

Weigh in!

Every week I weigh in on my Wii Fit scale. For my Biggest Loser competition it needed a picture of my toesies on a scale so I borrowed my friends.
Her scale said I weighed 200.8. Wii fit says I weigh 198.
Personally I am going to use the 198 for how I am doing.
For the competition I used 200.8 and will use the same scale for my last results.
Here are my starting pictures.






I am taking my weight loss HARD CORE this week! Weighed in this morning and I already lost 1 pound and its only Tuesday morning.
That got me pumped up this morning!! Helloooo 197!
I have burned over 1,200 calories both yesterday and today!
Did you know swimming is like 900 calories an hour?
LOOOOOVE swimming!

Sad part of this week? I hurt my foot Saturday or Sunday morning. No clue what I did! And the pain comes and goes. Sometimes I can barely stand on it other times I feel completely fine. I wrapped it and it felt worse. Thinking of seeing the doctor if it last a little longer... Mainly because I am afraid of injuring worse because I am working out so hard. Its in the lower arch near the top of the heel and through the front of my ankle. Pain go away! I want to run so bad!!

I can use a spin bike even out of the saddle and I am doing a ton of swimming... Time will tell!

Biggest Loser!!

Ok so I said last week that I didn't care if I gained weight as long as I tracked everyday? Weeelllllll... I lied.... I didn't track everyday.

This week my friend invited me into a group that is a Biggest Loser Contest...Truth is- I LOVE Biggest Loser! The summer before I met Adam I competed in a Biggest Loser at the gym and finished in 2nd place. The winner was male. Want to know the exciting part of the current Biggest Loser I'm doing? All women! Got this one in the BAG!

The competition starts tomorrow on Saturday and I am super duper excited!! This will DEFINITELY break my plateau!

A bunch of friends of friends of friends are getting together and put $25 in the pot. The end total hasn't been figured out yet but there are 70 people and we know that first place gets 70% and 2nd is 20% and 3rd gets 10%.

I would LOVE to take the kids to Disneyland but unfortunately we can't afford it. This is my biggest motivation. I want to win to give my kids this trip!

Oh anywho! I am totally excited and can't wait to get working out!

One of the other reasons I am posting this blog is because I wanted to share a recipe that someone on the group shared.
Easy Ice Cream

I said I was addicted to Ice Cream...oh and chocolate as the title of the blog says. Everything in moderation right?
Well this ice cream is made entirely of bananas! SO going to try this!!

I will post tomorrow...or the next few days depending on how busy I am... with starting weights and measurements for the competition.
Have a great day everyone!!!

Why is Motivation so hard?!?

Its been a tough month for motivation! I remember I hit the 200 pound mark in 8th grade and I don't think I ever broke it.
Subconsciously, I'm freaking out every time I hit 199. I seriously went from 201 to 199 about three times back and forth.
I would hit 199 and celebrate and take it easy. I would hit 201 and be hard on myself and try to do good all week. I was just stuck in a cycle!
Its been a very busy two weeks. The week started with the car in the shop then the day after we got it back Adam went to Fresno for a Music Teacher Conference with our car. I was home with the kids and no car for about 4 days. Then two days after he came home I left to visit my Dad and Step mom who were in town. We ate out for every meal while down there. It was really tough to make good food decisions. I split every meal with the kids and tried to choose the healthiest.
I came home completely determined to start again! We HAVE to do this! I am going to track EVERYTHING I eat!
....which sucks....
I have ALWAYS quit tracking when my eating got out of control for the day. If I went over my daily allowance then I just quit counting and never went into my weekly points.

I went to Target last week. Valentines Day boxes of Chocolate for 90% off?! Heck YES!
SO My goal for right now is track everything I eat...including the chocolate that I shouldn't have gotten...Last night I went about ten points over- BUT I tracked everything! Yay me!

I weighed in Yesterday morning and guess what?! I lost 4 pounds in the last two weeks! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?! Hold on, reweigh... Yep! FOUR pounds. You know what that means? 197. Really...197. AWESOME! NOT 199. Super excited I broke that plateau- YES!!

This week I promise to track everything I eat. That is more important that pounds this week. I need to restart my thinking and get it back on track!

Week Three.

It was suuuper hard this week to be good and track my food everyday. I was in the mindset of meh- screw it! I'm super frustrated to be back in the 200's. I DID go to the gym 5X last week even though my eating wasnt the best. I have found my new love for swimming! It is so awesome! Its quiet, I'm by myself, I still feel like I'm getting a good workout.
This weeks weigh in- I weighed 199.5! I'm back AGAIN in the 100's! Wahooo! Lets hope this plateaue goes the heck away next week!

Discouraging Week 2

Blah!!
This week I gained 1.3 pounds which put me back in the 200's. So mad and discouraged!! I tracked my food everyday and when we went out to eat (We celebrated that grants came in) I made sure to use portion control!
I went to the gym 4 times this week and have been sooo sore all week long! I zumba'd, did a spin class, a high intensity cardio class, and then my swimming day that I posted about a few days ago.
I keep telling myself that I gained muscle- its just really hard to convince myself when I went back to 200. SO disappointed!!

Hopefully next week will be better!!!

swimmin in the rain

This is my first week back at the gym. I am so exhausted, physically tired, and sore!
I got 20 minutes in to my cardio class today and I just had to leave. The back of my legs hurt so bad!
I really wanted to run so I hopped on the treadmill for a quick mile then I jumped in the pool and swam 30 laps in the rain.
The pool was really warm and so it felt really good to have the cold rain coming down, although it made backstroke really hard.
I wanted to push myself to swim as long as possible and there were four kick boards scattered all around the pools edge so I made a game collecting them then relaying them to different sides. Anything to keep me going and I did my .5 miles swimming today! Note for next time- dont forget my goggles at home haha. Made it tough!
Today made me super excited for my triathlon!

Week 1 Weigh in.

This week I went out for another bike ride and tried to exercise at home. I don't like work out videos and get kind of bored trying to think up my own stuff.
Food wise: it was kind of tough being the first week back! Old sugar habits die hard! We still had Caramel popcorn a few nights this week. We calculated it on Thursday and a bowl is 20 points. That's almost 2/3 of my daily allowance!

There was an awesome sale this week at Target so I got a bunch of things I wanted to help me train. I got a fanny pack for when I run to keep my keys ( considering pepper spray) and my water bottle, an iPod arm band so I can stop putting my iPod in my bra, and then Adam and I got pedometers to race with. So far today I have 8500 steps. Hoping to hit 15,000 by the end of the day.
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Also at Target I got smart ones frozen dinners. I know they aren't the best for me nutritionally but there was a killer deal on them and it will help kick on my diet. So first they were on sale for 1.89 then there was a sale that if you bought ten you got a $5 gift card. On the boxes were coupons for $3 off 10 boxes. I grabbed three entrees with this coupon. My cashier scanned all three coupons getting me an extra $9 off. That makes my total for all ten meals $4.90!

ON the topic of entrees:
I have really been wanting to try Spaghetti Squash for a while since I see it in all my weight Loss shows. I normally HATE squash and stray away as much as possible so I bought the smallest one possible so we wouldn't have any left overs.

I had no clue how to prepare it!

Step one: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step two: slice it open length wise and scrape out all the seeds like a pumpkin.
Step three: Bake it for 45-60 min or until tender with a fork.
Step four: shred the inside with a fork and it will come out looking like spaghetti noodle strands.
Step five: smother the heck out of it with spaghetti sauce and pray it tastes good!!

Here it is hot out of the oven


and this is what it looks like shredded in the bowl.




Our verdict?
It wasn't cooked as much as I would have wanted so it was still a little crunchy-ish... I'm going to try this again in the next week or two and then make up my mind fully. But other than that, it wasn't too bad. Spaghetti noodles taste bland to me and I just taste the marina sauce. Adam wasn't convinced on it though and would rather spend the points on real noodles- But he has 51 points a day compared to my measly 33!

Oh and on to numbers!

I hate how men loose weight so much faster than women!!
Adam lost SIX pounds this week! What the heck?!
I lost 1.8 to bring my weight to an even 199!


I am rejoining the gym tomorrow and am going to be SOOOOOORE this week!!

IM BACK ON THE BALL!!!

Hi Everyone!!

I am back and I am going to do this!!

While I was gone I hit 199 pounds! Wahoo! Thanks to Christmas and etc my starting weight for this leg of the weight loss is 200.8.

Adam rejoined Weight Watchers with me so it will be easier to keep junk out of the house. Well, its not really junk thats my downfall, its portion control. I think you should be able to eat WHATEVER you want as long as you just keep your portions in check.


I now have no goals as to how much weight I want to loose. That is on the back burner. What my goal and motivation is now is TRIATHLON!!!
On July 7th I will compete in a triathlon with 5 of my friends.
It consists of: Swim .5 miles – Bike 16 miles – Run 3 miles


Today I took the kids for a bike ride to get myself ready for the bike portion. Dusted the bike off, put a new tube in the trailer's tire, tube defected- go back to Target... Such a big set up!
I get the kids and myself going. I get a mile and a half down the road and my pedal fell off!!!! A very nice man with two kids stopped and helped me. He said I needed a certain tool for a quick fix and I need to buy a new pedal because it was stripped. SO sad... I called my husband and said- Hoooooonnneeeeey!!! My Hero came to my rescue and fixed my pedal for me and I didn't have a problem with the pedal anymore...
The three of us took a lovely ride and then went to Chipotle where we met Adam for lunch.
After that we went to our favorite park and played around for a little bit. When we went to leave my chain came off... Really?!?!? Luckily it was easier to fix than a broken pedal!

Today my round trip was 7.35 miles. Thats almost half of my bike leg on the Triathlon! Now add the 60lbs of kids and another 10 for a trailer and supplies. Wahoo!

And to make everything better- Biggest Loser started again this week! YAY! I am soo excited the seasons were so close to eachother!

See you next week for my weigh in!!!