Breakfast Smoothie and Gym Time

This morning we had a nice little breakfast drink! No picture because I drank it way too fast. It was the fresh juice of 3 pineapple spears, a tomato, a carrot and an apple, mixed with the greek honey yogurt, a banana, half an avocado and some ice. It was pretty good. I might do that combo again.

I hit the gym again last night. I am starting to really enjoy it. I did a nice slow pace on the treadmill for a while and then did some weights for my arms and shoulders. I did a quick sprint on one of the bikes and then went back to the treadmill for some incline time. I did the minute percent increase, but this time I only went up to 10% and brought it back down by 1% every minute. My plan is to increase by a minute every few times until I can do all 15% up and back.

I know all of my updates are short. I really need to work on extending my content for all 3 of my readers!! :)

Dessert/Snack Smoothie

I needed something sweet. So I made a drink for myself- It needs a name. Any suggestions?

Juice:
1 green apple
1 large orange
6 pineapple spears

Add juice to blender with:
single serve honey flavored greek yogurt
frozen banana
half an avocado
2 cups ice

SUPER YUM

Sweat is Fat Crying

I TORE IT UP in the gym tonight. I thought I was going to drop. I spent a long time on the treadmill doing intervals of walking fast and running, and then I rode the bike for 3 miles, at a much more rapid pace than any fat girl should. Then I created my own personal challenge.

I hopped back on the treadmill, and then I did 1 minute at 0% incline, only at 2 mph. I stayed at 2 mph the whole time. Then at the one minute mark, I went up to 1% incline. I increased the incline 1% every minute. I got all the way up to 15% and back down to 13% before I realized my heart was beating funny, and my face was REALLY red. I started dropping it a few % every 30 seconds or so to slow down slowly. Instead of going all the way back down, and taking 30 minutes, I only did 20 minutes, but I think I did pretty good. I climbed 260 vertical feet. I was WASTED when I was done.

This is the end result. I am EXTREMELY proud of how today went, in regards to my diet and exercise. I am really planning on giving March my all. I really am more determined than ever to do this. I will be spending more time at the gym, because my husband, (oh ye of little faith) decided that I will not use the treadmill enough, and does not even want to get the low end cheap model now. He does not think I will keep at it.

Nothing motivates you more than trying to prove someone wrong.

After the gym I went to the store and loaded up on good, whole foods. The only thing I bought that was not "real" food, was bread, tortillas, and 2 bags of chips. One for the kids, and one bag of baked lays to go with the crock pot bbq beef I am making this weekend. I loaded up on fruits and veggies since I am juicing and making smoothies again for breakfast. I was also able to get a lot of shrimp on the cheap because it is lent. I love this time of year.

Juicer Smoothie Breakfast

{--- Awesome Beatles Glass!

This morning I was feeling froggy and needed a pick me up. My gall bladder had been on the verge of revolt again. The past few days, my food has just been sitting at the top of my stomach. Luckily, I have no been in pain, but I am afraid it is coming. This morning, I decided to do away with the solid foods, and made a nice breakfast in a glass.

I broke out the trusty juicer, that I love so much, and juiced 3 oranges and 3 carrots. (I am actually glad I was out of bottled juice today. This way was so much healthier)
In the ninja I threw the juice from the juicer (it was about 2 cups) and a bit of my frozen fruit mix. Today's fruit was a mix of mangoes, pineapples, peaches and strawberries (about 2 good handfulls- I would estimate it to be about a cup and a half) Then I topped it off with some ice to make it thick and yummy. It made about 8 cups- enough for me and the two girls. Everyone is loving it, and this carrot hater is getting some in.

Best of all, it was an awesome orange color. Orange is my favorite color, and everyone knows that when your food looks good, it tastes better. :)

I got my new awesome sports bra in yesterday. I have dubbed it, "Bra of STEEL". It is amazing for someone with a big chest. (I am a 40G) These babies don't BUDGE. The husband hates it already. I got it in the pretty pink called "Hope". 10% of the $64 price goes to FORCE, an organization that helps women with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.


If I could just get these babies settled I could get on with my day. They did not sleep very well last night and now I need to make them nap a while or else it will be a super long day. In fact, no one slept very well last night. I think I might need a nap before today is over.

On my agenda today:
Finish breakfast
Nap?
Zumba break (I throw in a song or two when I can for the extra)
Lunch
Laundry
Sewing
Dinner
More Laundry

Ahhhh tales of the desperate housewife.

Weight gain, eating and skipping

I had the greatest breakfast. It was a smoothie made of ice, low fat pina colada yogurt, pineapple, bananas and an avocado with some pineapple orange juice. It was pretty tasty. I think I will add some fresh carrot juice to the next one I make. That will add some veggies to it.

My weight is up. New all time high. I don't feel like I have been eating more than normal, so I don't know what to blame other than no exercise. Some days I feel like I am fighting a losing battle.

My foot hurts worse. I still think I have a stress fracture. No doubt it is from my weight. The other ankle kills, too.

I tried to teach Amelia to skip. I couldn't do it. I couldn't seem to hop... at all. :(

Pity party. I know I need to just change the way I do things, but I am not, and I should be.

Recipes!

As I go about my dieting I will post recipes of juices as I make them or find them. I decided my breakfast juice will be mu fruitier juice of the day. Today's breakfast juice was-

3 tomatoes
1 carrot
3 granny smith apples
2 "cups" of grapes

In this instance, a "cup" of grapes is a 16 oz plastic solo cup. That will generally be my "cup".

This gave me about 4 cups (real cups) of juice. This was enough to fill my juice bottle (an insulated sports straw bottle- holds between 2-3 cups, depending on how much/if I put ice) completely and left me about 1.5 cups to split between the girls.

I was going to completely skip dinners, but I don't think that will be healthy for me. Because I am not doing this as a fast to detox, and am instead doing it to lose weight, I think I will focus more on just eating a healthy dinner. Tonight, it is Meatless Monday! So I am thinking a nice, fresh pasta with tomato, a little carrot, and some basil.

Day 1.

Today I officially start the juice fast. I have decided to aim for a 10 day fast with nothing but raw fruit and veggie juice, however, if I feel too weak at the end of the day, I will have a light dinner.

So today is day 1. I will be taking official before photos at the gym tonight. I am back down to 200 lbs though, when I was up to 208 before, so I know the juice fasting helps a lot.

I cannot wait to see how this goes for me. I decided that I always fail at diets, and that I either do something drastic to kick start it, or I never do anything at all.

Three days

I made it 3 days on my modified juice diet before I totally binged. I got home from moms, I got bored, I got lonely, and I ate. A LOT. But I still have not had any soda, and I am drinking unsweet tea and water only, in addition to the juice.

I have decided not to beat myself up over this binge, and I am not giving up either. Back to the grind tomorrow. A fresh start first thing in the am. I can handle that.