New Edition to The Blog!

Also I forgot to mention, that I added my goals list to the left. I thought it would be good to see small goals being completed to get to the overall goal! Hopefully this will keep my mindset where it needs to be! On being healthy and fit! =]

E

Guilty...

Well I gained back some of the weight I have lost...Ugh...I am not in a good mood, that's for sure. Any advice of staying on track? I am trying so hard! But it just doesn't seem good enough. I haven't had a soda in 2 weeks! Surely that alone would have made me lose some weight, but no. Ugh I do so well during the day, but at night is when I have my issues. I am starving by the time I get off work and then I don't make that good of choices because I get off at 6, by the time I get home after picking the kiddos from day care, its almost 7pm and bed time is at 8pm. So I take them out to eat most nights. Tsk tsk tsk...I know! Ugh but what can I do? This is my first time trying to change my lifestyle by healthy eating but I feel like I just keep failing...Trial and error I suppose but mostly error...Anywho I didn't cheap as much today. I had 2 tablespoons of mac n cheese. That's as far as it goes for cheating. =] That is good! Well hopefully I am back on track! =]

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MOTIVATION!

Good afternoon! How is everyone doing? I am actually doing quite well =] I had greek yogurt with peaches for breakfast, a slice of 100% whole wheat bread with peanut butter and a banana for lunch! SO NO CHEATING!!! YAY!!! ITS POSSIBLE! Anywho, after my kiddos and I were done eating lunch, my daughter basically begged me to bake a cake with her. How could I say no to CAKE? OH I mean, how can I say no to my daughter?! ;] While all three of us were in the kitchen, mixing away with cake powder EVERYWHERE, I looked over to my right and my weight lost jars were sitting there staring at me like they knew I couldn't wait to eat my cake! HOW DARE THEY?! BUT, it is a good thing they were there to help me keep my mind on my goal. So instead of eating a huge piece of cake, I am going to opt for a tiny little (practically ant size) piece of cake, that way I still don't have the urge to sneak over when no one is looking (and after I accidentally put something in front of the jars...) and eat like 5 slices of cake. Also I can still tell my kiddos, what an awesome job they did with the cake! So does this count as cheating? In my eyes no, because normally I can eat like 5 slices whereas now I am going to have a piece that is 4x smaller than a normal size slice would be. YAY me! =] Also while we were mixing everything I was able to do calf raises while we were having some awesome bonding time! How can it get any better than that? Anywho here is a pic of my (evil twins) weight loss jars... ;]

I just realized the font is too small on the pic to read, so this is what it says "I keep these in the kitchen, just in case I want to cheat. I also keep fruit around them to help motivate me with healthy eating...instead of finishing off those rocking oreos in the cabinet to the left...but whose looking anyways? ;] "

Also I got the jars and rockthingys at dollar tree. I had the stickers on hand. So that project only cost me $2 plus tax. How rocking is that?!

Well until next time! Oh and I created my own "GREEN MONSTER" shake! It was pretty rocking, if I do say so myself. Hopefully I can post the ingredients on here soon & more pics!

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Pictures!!

UGH! Let me just tell you that I am not liking my pictures whatsoever! This is HUGE motovation to lose weight like yesterday! I have a goal to lose 70 pounds, maybe more. Well here you go, you might want to close your eyes! I can't believe I let myself go this much.

Well don't say I didn't warn you! I am definitely doing to push myself even more now! Oh and this is me with 5 pounds off from my starting point. I just have to keep at it!

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Welcome!!

It took me quite a bit before I had a chance to actually sit down and write something somewhat interesting here. Well I just wanted to give you a little bit of background of my little family and yours truly (Estefanie). =]

Let's see, well as you can tell I am a single mom with two little ones. I work full time, plus go to school, trying to get healthy,  run my crazy household with my mom nagging the whole entire way ;] love you mom!

Well enough about me, let's get started my main focus of the month. I am trying to lose 20 + pounds within the month, becasuse I want to do a marathon with my rocking friend Katie, whose little man is turning 1 next week, yet she looks like she never even had a baby...is that jealousy you hear?...YUP!  Ugh to actually be able to fit back into your clothes after you had your baby and keep the weight off! Who wouldn't be jealous?! Another little background moment: I gained 100 pounds (EVEN) with both of my pregnances. Crazy huh? Well keep in mind I am 5'9 and I started off only weighing about 130 - 135 lbs before I got pregnant.  Anywho back to the crazy moment I thought I could do a marathon...oh wait, I already signed up...Did I mention there is swimming involved? Well that is another reason why I HAVE TO lose weight. Well I'll post pics soon (hopefully today). Also I'll try to post what my daily attempt of working out is as well as my eating habits. Thanks!

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