SharaLynn

Ok, so I cheated on the first two days. On Monday, by 1:00 I realized that cutting carbs was going to be harder than I thought, because carb free food is… well… boring.

So I looked up low-carb recipe books on Amazon.com. Found one with over 100 4.5 star ratings and bought it. Got it by yesterday afternoon, planned out the rest of the weeks meals with it starting from today and went grocery shopping for all of it (Oh yeah, and bought hubby some corn dogs, taquitos, and frozen pizza in case he doesn’t like my low carb food )

Just made the first recipe for lunch and it was AMAZING! Lunch was melt-in-the-mouth hotwings and a crouton-less caesar salad. Although… I probably should have scrutinized the dressing more.

The hotwings were great though! Thought I’d share the recipe.

Heroin Hot-Wings
4 lbs Chicken Wings cut apart (don’t use the pointy tips, but save them for broth if you want… Mine’s in the crockpot now)
1 cup of grated parmesan
2 tbs dried parsley
1 tbs oregano
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 cup of butter (or low fat substitute)
Franks Buffalo Sauce

-Mix the dry ingredients separately
-Melt the butter or substitute
-Coat each wing and drumstick in the butter or substitute, then roll in the dry ingredients then lay in a shallow baking pan lined with foil
- When they’re all in there, pour a bit of Franks over each drumstick and wing.
-Bake for 60 minutes at 350 degrees, turn over midway, add more parmesan and Franks if you feel the need to before putting back in the oven.

Ok, I added the Franks, it wasn’t in the original recipe, but it just made a great recipe better
There are so many more that I absolutely cannot wait to try though!
The book is called “500 Low-Carb Recipes” by Dana Carpener. I definitely recommend it! It made my first low carb lunch not only bearable, but absolutely delicious!
Can’t wait to try the Chicken Florentine tonight!

In other news… Went to the gym this morning, ran some intervals for 30 minutes, then did some abs. Yay me!
Gotta keep it up!
Now off to start schoolwork…

I lack discipline.
It’s not just my weight, it’s procrastinating schoolwork until the last moment, keeping my house organized, picking at my skin (yes, I’ve never confessed I have a problem there, but I do, unfortunately).

Watching my daughter eat her first birthday cupcake with gusto and not quit when she was most likely full kind of made me realize that if I don’t learn to control myself and lead by example, she will likely be just like me.
I HAVE to get this all under control! It’s like I have the perfect me that is constantly mocking me inside of my head. She gets up, goes to the gym every morning, eats right, keeps the house clean, starts her schoolwork on MONDAY instead of waiting until it’s all due on Saturday, and of course… makes A’s as a result of that. She will make it into the nursing program, and I won’t.

Anyways, I know… Totally weird rant. Just had to get that off of my chest.
Started the day off right though. Went to the gym, did some interval training. Had eggs and turkey bacon.
I’m going to try the Carbohydrate Addicts diet. I tried the HCG thing, and did great. But then couldn’t maintain. Carbs are a big problem for me. Once I eat bread, I’m hungry all the time and craving food!

We’ll see how it goes. I hate to make any problems. But I’m going to go start my Chem now. On a MONDAY! Go me!

Woopwoop!
Don’t know how that’s humanly possible, but I’ll take it.
Same scale, I had the exact same breakfast before going to work out as well. I pretty much lived on celery and spinach dip yesterday though, and only had 1/4 cup of the delicious chili that I made for Jesse with 5 Frito scoops.
I’m trying spinach/artichoke dip today with celery and carrots, and I’ll try to make myself eat some type of meat tonight. I just find that when I’m low carbing, my appetite goes away and I forget to eat. Maybe I should set alarms on my phone so that I remember to get snacks and such.
Pretty pumped though!
So far I’ve been to the gym 4x this week and burned over 600 calories each time.
Making progress! I’m actually looking forward to my update picture next month!!!

Now to study I’ve got an exam and a quiz today and I don’t feel at all prepared. I really wish I could take IN class classes! My husbands aunt offered to watch Jania, and I trust her, but she’s got 2 little boys which are probably a handful already, I don’t want to stretch her too thin so I try to ask her to watch her only when I’ve got photo shoots.. speaking of which, just got in a new pistol grip tripod, Yay! Can’t wait to use it! If I DIDN’T have the exam I’d be at the Botanical Gardens taking 6 month and 10 day pictures of Jania Maybe tomorrow morning…
Alright, now I’m done.
For real.
Bye.
Good luck everyone!

(Queen, Its on my workout list ) I’m doing great though! Down from 194 yesterday to 192. SuhWEET!
I burned my 600 calories today on the elliptical as well, plus an extra 40.
So excited though!

On eating doing well too. I just made the boilermaker chili from allrecipes.com for my husband tonight. I only had three spoonfuls to taste. It’s delicious, but it’s ALL his My willpower is getting stronger! That always happens when I start to see results!

Now, if only I can exercise more self control when it comes to studying My Technical Writing class started last week, and I’ve still got My A&P. So far, I’ve got A’s, but I feel like I’m slipping. I have an exam tomorrow in A&P, and I don’t at all feel prepared. This sucks…
I guess I just have to put the extra effort in if I want to make it! I pretty much have to get A’s if I’m going to bring my GPA up and get into the nursing program.
I can do it… I know I can. It just takes self-discipline and a heck of a lot of determination.
Now, to go study

As an aside though…
What are some of your favorite workout songs? I’m always looking for new ones to ad!

… By the end of the week!
Was up 1 lb over the weekend, so I guess I only lost 2 last week technically. That’s ok though, because it’s SOMETHING! I went to the gym 4x last week and burned at least 600 calories per visit. This week I’ve only gone twice, but I want to go at least 3 more times for a total of 5 (600×5 is 3000 calories!, that’s almost 1 lb burnt off with exercise alone!). Maybe I can up it to 6 days next week and 7 days the week after. Nice goal to shoot for anyways.
As far as eating goes, aside from the weekend cheeseburger, frozen yogurt, and taco salad, I’ve done alright yesterday and today so far.
Just found out that tomatoes and onions have pretty hefty amounts of carbs, so I’ll probably be cutting WAY back on them in my salads. This weight WILL come off! Maybe not all by Christmas, but I at least want to look better for when I go and visit my family!
Now to go swat some flies. I LOVE barbecueing (Just had a bit of the fajita meat with hot sauce and sour cream), but we always get tons of flies in the house when we do and they drive me NUTS!

My sister was telling me that a lot of people at her church are losing lots of weight with the help of it. However, as part of the HCG program, they’re limiting themselves to 500 calories a day, and are eliminating most carbs (Go figure) which is probably why they’re losing the weight.
But, they say that it eliminates hunger, and they feel fine.
Very interested… Not that I can buy it now anyways.
We just had a shock to the system. Apparently, if a vet has online classes with the GI bill, BAH does not come with that. And.. we were kind of counting on the extra 1000 a month to pay the rent and get by since my husband had to cut to part time to fit school in.
He might have to take a second job now, or I might have to work in addition to my online classes(which, after paying a babysitter, I might take home $50 from a min. wage job :P)
Dunno.. It’s gonna be a tough couple of months though.
We’ll have to make sure and actually get him in some CLASS classes come January.
We’ll survive I guess, we always do.
I think I’m going to start advertising for photo shoots again. Between working out, studying, and taking care of baby, I don’t have much time for them anymore… But I think I’ll have to make time. Besides, it’s fun. And… who knows, it’s a good time of year to get some business!

I was hoping to at least lose 5lb per week.
Gonna have to step it up. I have been this week, but only lost 2lbs
Maybe I can lose another pound by tomorrow.
So far though, I’ve been to the gym 4x this week, and burned 600 calories at the lowest, and 650 (today) the most.
So, that’s good! If I keep it up, I’ll lose. I was just too lazy before. I think I’m starting to get in the “zone” now. I lost a pound between yesterday and today, so that’s pretty cool! PROGRESS! woot!

School however has got me swamped. Best go study now

Ok, I’m officially the worst wife ever. I’m glad that my husband is taking it well and being so nice about it. I don’t know if I could do the same.

So, he was kind enough to let me use his (very expensive) gaming laptop the other night. I had a glass of water by it the next morning while reading the news and feeding the baby. While picking up the very full glass, some of the water sloshed on the keyboard.
I wiped it off, not too concerned, as it wasn’t a large amount, and when I was done feeding the baby, shut the lid and set it aside.

Well, I get home from church, and he opens his laptop and the keys are all screwed up. Some don’t work at all, and others aren’t working right (When you hit the enter key, it backspaced, etc…) He was freaking out, so I looked online to see how to fix it.
A blowdryer on low heat. I propped it up, and went off to do something. When I came in, he had it changed it to high heat.
He switched it off, and picked it up. Several of the keys fell off all melted Maybe 10 of them were ruint.
So… We had to order a new keyboard from it. We found one that LOOKS like it will work, although it’s not the exact same model number.
Oh yeah, and the keys still didn’t work after the blowdryer.
I feel SOOO terrible He has been very nice about it though. And… I defer our other gaming desktop computer to him now and let him use my laptop while watching movies in bed since it is all kinda my fault.

Well, I’ve confessed. I feel a little better now
On the weightloss thing, I’m still going at it.
I went to the gym 3x last week. I’m trying to go 6 days though. So far this week, I’ve been good. Low carbing, low fat/calories, etc…
And I’ve got my butt to the gym yesterday and today and burned 600 calories per day from 1 hour on the elliptical each day. If I can keep this up, I WILL lose weight, and lose it fast. I’ve done it before. When I start seeing quick results, I generally tend to work harder (So… please results, come soon!!!)
I know this is ridiculous, but i’ve done it before and my sister just did it. But.. I want to aim for losing 5 lbs a week until December. That will put me at, or really close to my goal weight of 145.
I know I’m not going to get that every week, but I plan on rewarding myself for the weeks that I do. Something small, like 5-$10 luxury, like maybe a new necklace, makeup, etc…

Oh, btw I am SOOO excited for my sister. She just reached 160. She’s always been kind of on the chunky side. She’s 17 now, and she can’t remember the last time she weighed 160 (She said maybe 5th or 6th grade) But she dropped from 185 to 160 in about a month and a half or so. I am SOOO so proud of her! She is my inspiration, and I know that I can do it too!

I would lose the weight FAST! She loves her Johnny Jump up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxucqCiaDq0

Hope to be looking very different by the time I take baby Jania’s 6 month pictures!

To be honest, I always feel like I look so much worse than I really do. I know that I need to lose weight, but so often, I visualize myself in my mind as a disgusting troll.
Maybe I actually semi-like this because I put on makeup. No photoshop though, Honest

And.. Here’s my favorite of Toots

Apparently, I had my ISO jacked up on my camera not going to go through the trouble to take them again though. She’ll get new pics next month! Maybe before that.
So far so good on food and exercise today!