Where is my mind?!

I don't know what my deal/problem is, but I cannot seem to stay on my diet!  Tulo and Giambi were playing down with the Sky Sox this week, so that meant two nights at the ballpark...which meant 2 terrible dinners at the bar, and last night 2 beers.  Ugh.  I don't know why, but I have absolutely no willpower.  It should have been easy to grab a salad on the way to the game, eat it in the parking lot, and drink a bottle of water at the game, but nope, I opted for fried chicken tenders, french fries and a very large diet coke the first night, and the overloaded nachos and 2 beers the second.  I will be in Vegas and then off to a wedding in ONE WEEK!  I'm nowhere closer to my goal of 150.  I weighed myself this morning and was at 161.5.  Ugh!!!  I'm so annoyed with myself.  Today, I get back on the diet and stop screwing around.  No carbs, no sugar, and NO ALCOHOL!  Obviously, this is all going to go out the window when we're in Vegas (who doesn't drink free beer when they're gambling??), so I've GOT to get on the ball NOW!!  I'll weigh in on Wednesday, the day before we leave, and if you don't hear from me before then, that's a GOOD thing!  It means I stuck to it, and stayed on my diet!

Have a fabulous Labor Day Weekend!

Weigh-In Wednesday 1

Sooooo....I weighed myself yesterday morning.  162.  Thumbs down!  I'm hoping it's because it's about to be that time of the month, so I'm bloated, and not because I've actually put the 2.2 lbs back on!  That leaves me with 12 lbs to lose in 15 days!  Ah!  Ok, time to get down to business then.  I didn't realize that I was looking at basically a 1 lb/day weightloss to do this!  Ok, that means, NO carbs, NO sugar, NO alcohol, and extra long walks with Fallynn each night!

Ugh, and, of course, my dad just told me that he has Suite tickets to the Broncos game on Sunday!  Who goes to a football game and eats healthfully???  Well.....apparently me!  =(

Ok, let's do this!

Tag Team

Ok, so apparently, since I suck at holding myself accountable, my friend, Rachel is joining the blog!  Yay!  She just moved to West Virginia, so we're going to do this tag team blog from many, many, many miles apart.  We'll be doing the 17 Day Diet together, blogging about our workouts, sharing recipes, and weighing in on Wednesdays.  Finally!  Someone to hold me accountable...and who doesn't love a little friendly competition?  =)

I'm very excited about this, and think that I've finally found something that is really going to work for me...that is, as long as we both keep it up.  I'm SO looking forward to this!  125 (or, if I'm lucky 115), here I come!!!  =D

Whoa...time to get down to business

Alright, so it has been more than 90 days since I posted that I was start Jillian.  Unfortunately, I fell off the wagon...twice...so I'm no where NEAR my goal!  =/  I was sticking with it because I wanted to look good for the family reunion, BUT then the family reunion came, and we were drinking and eating pizza, etc.  THEN 2 days after the reunion was over it was back to Illinois and Indiana for a wedding.  That just added the El Ranch, Pagliai's, Steak 'n' Shake (twice), and NO working out the entire time.  I hit my all time heaviest fluctuating between 167 and 170, and I kind of wanted to die.  SO as soon as I got back from Illinois, I got back on The 17 Day Diet and started eating right again. I lost 8 pounds in 2 1/2 weeks.  Then, a few friends came to visit from Illinois, and went back off the diet.  Happily (and luckily), I only put back on 1 pound, and I'm holding steady at 160 (162 during that "totm").  As soon as we go grocery shopping, I'll be able to get fully back on the diet (cutting out all the carbs and sugar, again), and hopefully losing some more weight. 

The big thing for me is all the crappy snack food taunting me at work.  I HATE working with a 40 yr old and a 60 yr old that don't give a shit about their health because it makes it SO hard for me to turn down the individual bags of chips and cookies that they're always snacking on.  I have asked Sam to buy me carrots and always make sure there is plenty of water, but it still gets really hard when a craving kicks in, and I know there are some cookies calling my name!

It is also time to quit smoking.  Working out might actually be fun if my lungs didn't feel like they were on fire with in the first 15 minutes.  I really don't smoke that much, but really any cigarette is too much, so that is my new goal cut back enough to enjoy working out, and eventually quit completely.  I'm not a cold turkey kind of girl, so baby steps is what will make it happen.

I really want to be at 150 when we go to California next month for the BF's best friend's wedding.  We fly out on September 6th, so it's time to kick this butt in gear and get going!  I've got 21 days, 3 weeks.  I know I can do this.  If I can lose 8 lbs in 2 1/2 weeks, there's not reason I can't hit 10 in 3.  It's time to step up my game, eat healthful food, and get exercising!  I've got Jillian to push me, and I've got dogs that want to go on walks.  I have to stop making excuses for myself.  I have to stop justifying bad decisions.  It's time to get down to business, and lose the weight.  I'll be sure to check in a few days before we leave and give a weight update.


Until then, have a good day and eat healthfully!