Wednesday Sept 30

Breakfast: Bowl of Kashi

Lunch: chicken eggroll and a banana

Snack: string cheese, and Jerkey

Dinner: Chicken, veggies, and a biscuit

Beverages: water

Activity: 1 hour at the gym

Tuesday Sept 29

Breakfast: bowl of Kashi

Lunch: bowl of soup and strawberries

Snack: jerkey

Dinner: turkey hamburger and a couple steak fries

beverages: water

Activity: 20 minutes pilates

Monday Sept 28

Breakfast: bowl of Kashi

Lunch: string cheese, grapes, and soup

Snack: whole grain crackers

Dinner: Chicken taco salad without the shell

Beverages: water

Activity: 20 minutes pilates, 1 hour chasing the kids up and down stairs at Aaron's softball game.

Sunday Sept 27

Breakfast: Bowl of organic farms and banana

Lunch: brown rice and cottage cheese

Snack: strawberries

Dinner: salad, a little bit of pasta

Dessert: frozen yogurt

Beverages: water, ice tea

Saturday Sept 26

Breakfast: Bowl of Kashi

Lunch: chicken and rice

Dinner: Fahita

Dessert: Frozen yogurt

Beverages: water, 2 beers :(

Friday Sept 25

Breakfast: bowl of cheerios

Lunch: Chicken eggroll, and grapes

Snack: whole grain Kashi crackers

Dinner: margarita grilled chicken, black beans, and rice

Beverages: water, ice tea

Dessert: frozen yogurt

Thursday Sept 24

Breakfast: Bowl of cheerios and a banana

Lunch: PB&J and strawberries

Snack: grapes

Dinner: a small plate of leftover spaghetti

Beverages: water

Activity: 1 hour belly dancing, 1 hour at the gym

Wednesday Sept 23

Breakfast: Bowl of Kashi

Lunch: lean pocket

snack: banana, grapes, and a spoonful of peanutbutter ( I was craving something sweet)!

Dinner: salad, spaghetti with ground turkey, and peas

Beverages: water

Activity: just some more cleaning!

Tuesday Sept 22

Breakfast: Bowl of yogurt burst cheerios and a banana

Lunch: Turkey sandwich

Snack: grapes and a few peanutbutter crackers

Dinner: chicken and white rice

Beverages: water, glass of milk

Activity: A whole lot of scrubbing and cleaning around the house!

Monday Sept 21

Breakfast: Bowl of cheerios

Lunch: cottage cheese, grapes, and strawberries

Snack: banana, and a few whole grain crackers

Dinner: Hamburger helper (with ground turkey) and green beans

Beverages: water

Activity: 20 minutes pilates, work around the house

Sunday Sept 20

Breakfast: Bowl of Kashi

Lunch: PB&J

Snack: banana

Dinner: Salad, bbq'd pork ribs, and a baked potato

Beverages: water

Activity: 20 minutes Jillian Michaels, and some shopping

Saturday Sept 19

Breakfast: bowl of honeynut cheerios

Lunch: yogurt, string cheese, and diced pears

Dinner: chicken burito

Dessert: frozen yogurt

Beverages: water, milk

Activitiy: 45 minutes cardio at the gym (20 min elliptical, 25 min bike)

Friday Sept 18

Breakfast: bowl of organic farms with banana

Lunch: 2 egg rolls and pears

dinner: past with meat sauce, ceaser salad, and a breadstick

Beverages: water, and fruit punch

Activitiy: cleaned house

Thursday Sept 17

Breakfast: Bowl of Organic farms oats and honey with a banana

Lunch: Grilled chicken sandwich

Snack: Grapes and strawberries

Dinner: Taco salad without the shell

Beverages: water, and 1 glass of ice tea

Activity: 100 minutes (1 hour belly dancing, 20 minutes pilates, 20 minutes Jillian Michaels)

Wednesday Sept 16

Breakfast: Bowl of honey nut cheerios and a banana

Lunch: Mixed veggies, string cheese, and strawberries

Snack: yogurt, and a few crackers

Dinner: baked porkchop with grean peas, and a little bit of mashed potatoes.

Snack: snuck in a bite of caramel chocolate!

Beverages: water

Activity: 60 minutes at the gym (35 minutes bike, 25 minutes weights)

Tuesday Sept 15

Visit from Aunt Flo, plus anniversary = way too much junk! Too embarassed to even post it!

Monday Sept 14

Breakfast: Bowl of Kashi

Lunch: left over goulash

Snack: fruit salad

Dinner: Grilled chicken sanwich with baked beans

Beverages: water, juice, and a beer (darn football season)!

Activity: 20 minutes pilates

Sunday September 13

Breakfast: Bowl of Organic Farms Oats and Honey cereal with a banana

Lunch: Turkey sandwich on wheat bread with lettuce, tomato, and pickles. A side of cantelope.

Snack: Grapes, strawberries, and more cantelope

Dinner: Salad, and goulash made with ground turkey.

Beverages: water, glass of milk

Activity: 45 minutes swimming laps at the gym, painting around the house.

Saturday Sept 12

Breakfast: bowl of honey nut cheerios

Lunch : Left over Pizza ( I know, horrible)!

Snack: Banana

Dinner: Turkey burger on whole wheat bun, cantelope, and a few fries

Beverages: Water

Activity: 40 minutes (Level 1 of Jillian Michaels, and level 2 of Jillian Michaels) Also did some yard work this morning!

Friday Sept 11

Breakfast: Bowl of Kashi with a banana

Lunch: PB&J on wheat bread

Snack: strawberries, and grapes

Dinner: two slices of hawaiian pizza

Beverages: water, juice, and a beer with dinner

Activity: the usual, chasing the kids at the park, etc. No real exercise

Not a good day today, but everyone is allowed an off day right?!!

Thursday Sept 10

Breakfast: Bowl of Kashi strawberry fields

Lunch: 2 chicken and veggie eggrolls(130 calories each) and 1/2 a string cheese (baby ate the other half)!

Snack: 1 serving of triscut crackers and a banana

Dinner: baked chicken breast, corn on the cob, and white rice

Beverages: water, glass of milk

Activity: 135 minutes -( 30 minutes dancing with kids to Laurie Berkner, 1 hour belly dancing class, 45 minutes cardio at the gym)

Wednesday Sept 9, 2009

Breakfast: Bowl of honey nut cheerios and a string cheese



Lunch: Chef salad with turkey, mozerella cheese, green leaf lettuce, and tomatoe, and a side of grapes.



Snack: cottage cheese, & a banana



Dinner: Taco salad without the shell (ground turkey, beans, lettuce, tomatoe, olives, and 1/2 a serving of sour cream). Yes I did measure it on the sour cream!

Beverages: water, glass of milk with dinner



Activity: 75 minutes at the gym (35 min cardio, 30 min weights, and 10 min abs)

Tuesday September 8 2009

Breakfast: Bowl of Kashi Strawberry Fields cereal and 1/2 a banana. (Kids shared the other half)!

Lunch: Turkey sandwich on wheat bread with 1 slice of mozerella cheese, lettuce, tomatoe, and pickles with a side of strawberries.

Snack: yoplait light yogurt, and a few ritz peanut butter crackers

Dinner: spaghetti with meat sauce (used ground turkey), green beans, and salad.

Beverages: water all day, and a glass of milk with dinner.

Daily activity: Cleaned entire house (dust, sweep, mop, vaccume, laundry, and bathrooms). 45 minutes cardio at the gym (bike, and elliptical).

Fitness and health

I have been motivated by a close mommy friend to get back on track with my fitness and health. I gained 65 pounds with my first child while pregnant, and only lost about 35 of it before getting pregnant with my second. I only gained 35 with my second pregnancy, but my starting weight was much higher than it should have been! Anyway, After having my second child, and realizing the weight isn't just gonna go away on its own, I joined the gym. That was one year ago! I did really well for the first 6months and lost 20 pounds all just from exercising 3-4 days a week and not so much dieting, but just paying attention to what I was putting in my mouth! After about 6 months my body plateued! I could not lose any more of the weight no matter what I did and still can't! i gave up for a while until now! Thanks to my great friend, she is inspiring me to get back on track and loose it all! I have about another 25-30lbs to go and I will be at a nice healthy and happy weight! So, I am going to use this blog to log my exercise and diet. It will kind of be like a food journal for each day, but not in detail (I don't measure out my food). I will also be logging my minutes of exercise, and once I find my pedometer again I will be logging my steps per day as well. Feel free to follow along with me in this journey. I just need to get back into the habit and start seeing some results!!