Still going...

I haven't posted in a few days because there hasn't really been anything to talk about. Just the fact that we're still going.

Actually I wanted to say that my new favorite was of eating a turkey sandwich is by using this as your bread...

The overall picture looks a little something like this...

It's so yummy and oh-so-healthy for you. I also like to spread a little hummus instead of mayo, and then top it off with organic spring mix salad.

Not too shabby for a healthy meal.

SUCCESS!!

Just had to post that after weighing myself this morning, I am officially 11 lbs. down.

In the words of my dear nephews, Gavin and Ryan....SUCCESS!!!

D.D.R

Yes, I mean this...

I first played this game while at work (yes, my work is that cool that they have a DDR arcade game in the break room, along with many other awesome toys, and a gym - woohoo!). I have been begging Ryan to get me a Wii and DDR. I got my wish on Christmas, as Ryan surprised me with a Wii. Then a week or so later he was kind enough to buy said game.

I'm in heaven.

I love this game.

I'm not that great of a dancer but I always wanted to be. This is game is just plain fun!

And you want to know the best part?!?!?!?

IT'S A WORKOUT!

That's right! I can get my workout by playing this GAME. Oh, such is the life of owning a Wii. You have fun and get your cardio in at the same time.

Love it!

Hummus

Oh! Dear Hummus, how I love thee. How is it that I never partook of your savory deliciousness in all of my life until now. I especially love you Roasted Red Pepper Hummus. Thank you for coming into my life by way of Sunflower Markets, and the XanGo Christmas party, where we met the first time. :)

My life is changed for the better, because of you.

The brain on hunger

Ryan and I were chatting after dinner tonight about a few things on this new lifestyle change. He mentioned how his doctor said that usually when you're hungry and you start eating it takes about 10 minutes for your brain to recognize that it's getting food, granted, the time on this could be different for everyone.

We figured out that tonight my brain takes a bit longer to realize that it's getting food then his does. He pointed out a few cases of when we'd go out to eat. Here's one.

As we drove to Wyoming for Christmas I brought a bag load of granola bars, fiber one bars, pistachios, and those cheese crackers with PB in the middle. Everyone once in a while Ryan would say he was hungry and I'd get him a granola bar, and then he'd be good for a while.

Me? When I got hungry, I ate a handful of pistachios, a few cracker...things, a couple granola bars and I'd still feel hungry, so I'd continue eating until I was full. But, then I'd get sick because my brain finally realized it was way beyond full after stuffing my face with whatever I could in order to curb my hunger.

I found this quite interesting, and started noticing the times in my life where I was ravenously hungry and then stuffed my face with as much food as possible to stop the pain. It would have been better if I had eaten something and then waited until my brain realized that my body got food.

I think now I'll be able to recognize these moments and instead of stuffing my face, I'll eat something normal and healthy, and drink lots of water, and then wait. It'll all be well.

I love these kind of moments of realization. Don't you?!

Could it be??!!

I've been in need of new jeans for quite some time now. I usually always went to Lane Bryant and bought their jeans, but I wanted something different this time. Plus, Lane Bryant jeans make me look fatter, and give me no shape..uggh!

I went online to the "women's plus" section of Old Navy and looked for a good pair of jeans. Flare look seems to be the best for me, since it balances out my wide hips and curvy figure. A cute pair with flap pockets in the back struck my fancy, and I bought them. So cute!

Well, they came yesterday while I was at home, sick. I immediately tried them on and realized something. They were too big! Could it really be? I continued to wear them a little more and move around in them. Yep, they were too big alright. I realized this when I discovered I could pull them off and on without un-buttoning them. That's the other thing. I like my pants to have a little wiggle room, especially in the waist. If they don't then I do the old rubber-band thing with the button. Yeah, I do that all the time.

Not this time though. In fact, I need to take them back. My behind is saggy and as cute as they are when they're big, they're too big.

So, here's my question. Could it just be the sizing is different from my Lane Bryant Jeans? Did I lose weight?

The answer? I did in fact lose some weight. I weighed myself in the morning and was quite surprised to see what it said. The last time I weighed myself I was about 10lbs heavier. Fabulous! But, I think it's the sizing difference too, which is just fine by me. I certainly don't mind buying a pair of jeans smaller then my normal size. :)

Either way I'll keep working on buying even smaller sizes. :)

cankles

I love soda. LOVE IT! I love the crisp taste it has, especially on a hot day. It's so refreshing.

However, I don't love how it makes my feet swell. It's ugly, really it is. I like seeing the veins pop out, and when they're swollen they just look like a stump...lol!

Growing up my Dad always told me that I have very dainty feet. That was something I took pride in. I've got a very high arch which I think makes it look more delicate. I like my feet, as weird as that may be to say. It's the one thing on my body I like.

So, Diet Coke, I love you but I can't have you like I used to. That doesn't mean that you'll be gone permanently from my life, just come around everyone once in a while, and not in 32oz, but more like a couple sips. Mmm'kay pumpkin?!

Savoring

Yesterday I sat at work munching on a couple of little celery sticks. I did something I never did before with a vegetable. I savored it! I sat there closed my eyes and took in how delicious this celery stick was. I enjoyed it. Really, I did. I even sent a text to Ryan at that moment telling him how much I was enjoying this healthy eating.

I feel happy.

The start

I'm letting it all out in this blog. No sugar coating and no lying to myself of what I think I am and how I think I look...but the reality of it all.

I was told by my doctor about a year ago that I needed to lose weight in order to lower my cholesterol and blood pressure, AND in order to get pregnant and have a baby. Did I listen to him? No, not really. I'm on medication for my blood pressure but I didn't change my lifestyle and make it into a healthy one. You would think that being 120 lbs overweight would want to make you change...but no.

I'm a food addict. I admit it. I don't like admitting it because I constantly think "but I'm not eating a ton of food", no, but it's not the right food. I LOVE carbs! I love Pizza! I love fried halibut! I love not having a care in the world about food. I used to be completely opposite about food when I was in my senior year in high school and through the following years after that. I didn't eat. Plain and simple. A carrot stick or celery stick a day was my food of choice. I lost weight. A lot of weight. But it wasn't healthy.

All that is changing.

Ryan went to the Dr last week and he was told that his bad cholesterol was really high, his good cholesterol really low, etc. He needed to change his lifestyle and lose 75 lbs.

I made a decision then and there that if he had to do this he wasn't doing it alone, I mean heaven knows I need this just as bad, if not more then him.

It's funny how this happens to be the new year and we're just making changes for the better. It should have happened a long time ago.

But here we are, eating healthier these last few days. It's been fun actually. However, I'm the type of person that can start something really strong and then a week later quit because I'm bored. I can't do that this time, I just can't. I don't know how I'm going to overcome that since I've never really completed anything before. I need help. I need constant support. I need strength from my Heavenly Father to do this.

So let it be written - so let it be done. :)