bowling / / weighing in

today we headed down to the provo beach resort for some bowling and games. it was brooklynns first time bowling and she absolutely loved it. we picked up grandma on the way and made her come with us. it was so much fun having her with us today! it had been 3 years since i'd been bowling and i don't know why we haven't been going more. it's so much fun! you'll notice in the photos that i smoked everyone! also, playing all of the arcade games. i felt like a little kid in there having so much fun playing. it was a great day! 

^^ notice, i smoked everyone! curtis didn't have a great game today.. brooklynn beat him too! haha :) ^^

on a different note:

i had said in my new years resolutions i was going to weigh in at the end of each month to track my progress but i of course need to post a starting weight which i really don't want to do but i must...

165 is the current weight.

end goal: 115

it. will. happen.

10 day challenge.

Alright friends. It's time to buckle down and get serious.

I've been saying I want to lose weight for almost 2 years now and I'm sick of it.

It's time to stop talking about it and get it done.

So today starts the 10 day challenge part 1.

I am doing this with my girlfriend Nicole.

The goal is to complete a set amount of miles, sit ups, and push ups in 10 days.

Our first 10 day challenge is this..

30 miles (3 miles a day)

500 push ups (50 push ups a day)

3,000 sit ups (300 sit ups a day)

That's how it breaks up if you do it evenly throughout the 10 days. But if you miss a day not all is lost! You can make it up the next day. 

Or if you are feeling extra motivated one day you can do more than the said amount for that day..

So that's our goal for the next 10 days..

Once the 10 days is up we will do it again but maybe up the numbers and add perhaps squats to the mix.

I do not do well with long term goals so this is definitely more my style. 

With each post I do I will update you with how much I've done.

I'm very excited about this! It is going to be awesome!

Wish us luck!!! It starts today!!

making the choice.

I'm starting to get frustrated with myself. Frustrated at the fact that I have no self control. And as I realized after watching "the biggest loser" is that, saying you have no self control is just an excuse. Everyone has self control you just have to make the choice to use it. 

Now when I say I have no self control I mean in regards to what I eat. I love food. Junk food. And every day I wake up with complete confidence that I am going to start eating healthy. Then somehow every day I end up doing worse. 

I am determined today to make the change for real. No excuses. If I want to get back to how I was before I had Brooklynn, or close at least I need to make the choice to have the self control.

I really need to just not be lazy and search healthy recipes and actually cook for myself rather than giving in to mac n cheese even though it's delish! 

I want to be healthy. I want to be healthy for my family. Especially my little girl and my future children. I want to be around for a long time and I want to be energetic with them too. I don't want to feel tired after running around for a few minutes. I want to be involved. 

So I need to get healthy. Like I've wanted to for the past year and a half.

I need to make the choice. 

detox.

Today I started an 8 day detox. This is not your normal detox. It is more to curb cravings and restart the way that I eat. The portions I eat are WAY too big and I need to cut it back. I can exercise all day long but if I don't start eating right I'm never going to lose the weight that I want to lose. 

So for 8 days I will cut out of my diet, sugar, dairy, wheat, red meat and diet coke. You eat 3 decent size meals with NO snacking in between. Honestly the hardest part is going to be no diet coke. I'm insanely addicted and I've tried to stop drinking it multiple times and I've failed every time. But I have never been so determined. If I'm ever going to lose this weight I need to do it now. 

Here I am on day one. I haven't had any diet coke.. I've only had to take pain killers once. I'm actually doing pretty good. But I can't get ahead of myself.  

For breakfast I had two hard boiled eggs. For lunch I had this amazing quinoa salad. I will post the recipe at the end of this post because it is seriously amazing. Then for dinner I had a salad with grilled chicken, cucumbers, tomatoes, and peas. It was delicious. 

And we cant forget, LOTS AND LOTS of water!!

Wish me luck!!

Ingredients ::

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 medium onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

3/4 cup uncooked quinoa

1 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable broth

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1 cup frozen sweet corn

2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed

1/2 cup cilantro, chopped

Directions ::

In a medium pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. When shimmering and hot, add the oinions and saute for 4-5 minutes, stirring often. Add the garlick and stir for a minute or two until the garlic is fragrant, being careful not to burn the garlic.

Add the quinoa and cover with broth. Stir in cumin, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper. Bring the muxture to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and let simmer for 20 minutes (or until all the liquid is absorbed).

Stir in the frozen corn and black beans. Cover and let the pot sit off the heat until the corn and beans are heated through, about 5-6 minutes. Stir in the cilantro. Serve warm or chilled.

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motivation.

Tonight I had the most amazing workout.

now if I only had that motivation every day.

I have 30 lbs I need to lose.

I have GOT to find the motivation to workout like that every day.

I know it's not all working out, it's eating healthy too.

I'm working on that as well!

I NEED MOTIVATION!

and I don't want to just be skinny.

I WANT TO BE STRONG!

7 day juice detox, body reboot.

Okay friends, I'm about to do something crazy. 

Are you ready for this??

Okay here I go..

For the next 7 days Curtis and I are only drinking juice. Juice that we ourselves have made. No food. Just juice. Crazy right? Well, not so much.

Today we watched a documentary called "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead." It's Pretty much the opposite of "Supersize Me". This guy drinks only juice for 60 days and lost over 200 lbs. On top of that he had a auto-immune disorder that he had to take medication for. After doing this, he no longer needed the medicine! It was pretty amazing, and we were inspired. 

We are definitely not going to only drink juice for 60 days because that's crazy. And neither of us weigh over 400 lbs. 

There was another lady that was having a problem with really bad migraines. Like to the point of throwing up. She did it for 10 days, then after that just had one juice a day and her head ache were completely under control. I know it sounds crazy but I am a believer.

Now, when I say juice I'm not talking about the juice you just go and buy at the store. I'm talking about home made, in a juicer, with whole fruits and veggies. The real deal. We bought ourselves an awesome juicer and made up our first drink tonight.

  Guess what?

It was delicious!

We are so excited to try different fruits and veggies together! We are starting off with 7 days. I may go longer. They say the first few days are really hard and that I might feel like punching someone... (let's hope that doesn't happen). Then you start to feel good. Then you are actually very energized. I'm excited for the detox part. It will help get rid of all the nasty stuff in my body! It's a body reboot!

Speaking of nasty stuff in my body.. this means, NO DIET COKE AT ALL. I've been very good at cutting back but I've still been having one or two a day. As of last night I had my last diet coke. No more. That would defeat the purpose of the detox.

I'm very excited to do this even though I know it's going to be very hard. Our fridge is full of fruits and veggies and I love it! 

I'll post an update in my weight loss journey tab with how I'm feeling each day with my juicer recipes for the day! 

Wish us luck!

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Weight Loss Journey Update... finally..

Okay, so I have been super slacking on my weight loss journey updating.

I was doing really well, then I went on vacation and I gained back all the weight I had lost. 

Vacations are killer.

But I've gotten back on track.

Last week I had less than 1200 calories a day and did at least one p90x video a day.

At the beginning of the week I weighed 

145lbs

This morning I weighed in and am now

140lbs!!

Wooohooo!!! My diet is working.. I just need to stick with it.

Oh and on top of that I have almost quit drinking diet coke ( I still have one a day). 

That has caused me to drink lots more water which I think has significantly helped me with my dieting.

I will again weigh in every monday.

We go on our cruise in about 8 weeks!

yikes!!!

*saw this on pinterest and it motivates me to get going.

My name is Jenna, and I have a problem.

What is this problem I have you ask?

I am 100% crazily, madly, insanely, addicted to diet coke.

Like, really bad.

A while back I did a post about how I wanted to not quit but to just wean myself from it just to drink less. It worked for about a week and then I was back to drinking it as often as I did before, which I am honestly embarrassed to say that it is sometimes 10 a day. That's a lot.. I have a serious problem.

Now here is what I am going to do about this problem.

I am going to quit

SAYYY WHHAATT?

Crazy, I know. And here's the even crazier part. I don't even want to quit. Not at all. I love diet coke and if I could have it my way I would just constantly be drinking it and never stop. But that is no way to live. I need to quit. The amount I have consumed cannot be good for me. 

So here I am, day one at 5:30pm ready to bite someone's head off because I have the worst head ache and is making me extremely irritated.

Which is more proof that I need to quit. Anything that makes you feel like this if you don't drink it is bad.  Well, diet coke is not bad, unless you're consuming it the way I do. Or did.

This week if I get out of control I am allowing myself to have one a day because I think cold turkey might kill me. But after this week I am done.

It's really sad.

I am going to miss you diet coke.

We have had a long relationship that I loved.

But all good things must come to an end.

Bye for now.

Inspiration.

I love to blog! I also love to read other blogs! There are so many different types of blogs that I never get bored. But there is one blog that really caught my eye. Her name is Casey Wiegand and her blog is incredible! Seriously, you should check it out HERE. I feel like I was meant to stumble across her blog because every time she posts I feel like it's exactly what I needed to hear!

Yesterday she posted about how easy it is to become frumpy after having babies. And it's so true. You really do become so comfortable, and with a million things on your mind the last thing you want to do is get ready. I am the QUEEN of not getting ready these days. And that has got to change. I don't have many cute things that fit me right now since I'm 30 LBS heavier than before I had Brooklynn. I kept telling myself I wasn't going to get anything new because I just wanted to lose the weight. But I've realized after dieting and exercising for 2 weeks now that the weight is not going to just fall off me. 


I've decided that I'm going to start adding things to my wardrobe that fit me now. I am going to try to get things that will also fit me as I lose weight.  I have like 5 V neck shirts from target in different colors that I pretty much have been wearing ever day. So today I went to the mall and bought myself a new shirt. And despite me not wanting to post pictures of myself being extremely self conscious of my weight, I will post one of my new shirt tomorrow. 

It's just simple but I really like it and it is definitely a step up from my v neck t shirts!

Week 1 Weigh In!

It has been one weeks since I started my diet & exercise! I did really good. I didn't eat over 1400 calories each day and I exercised for at least an hour a day. 

One week ago I weighed:

145 lbs

Today:

143 lbs

I'm not going to lie. I am a little sad that I didn't lose more weight. I know that because I've been running and doing leg exercises that I've probably lost more fat and gained muscle. But I still wish I would have seen a bigger drop.

This week I think I am going to try something different. 

For one week I am going to go on a carb fast! No carbs for a week! Just protein, fruits, and veggies.

This is going to be very hard because I LOVE carbs!

But, I am determined! 

I will continue with my exercise but with no carbs!

Wish me luck! 

I gotta get to that 115!!!

We've Made The Switch! Turkey Burgers!!

Yes, we have made the switch from beef burgers to turkey burgers! I must say, they were quite delish! I've heard over and over that they are much better for you but I never even gave them a chance. But since I am trying to eat healthier and have less calories I thought I'd give them a test run. And we loved them! 

Mine was wrapped in lettuce with just a touch of mustard and peppers on the side.

Curtis' had a bun with mayo and cheese... yeah I was WAY jealous.

And then here is a baby who just wanted to be naked tonight... it was hot. I don't blame her! :)

Hooray for eating better!

Stay excellent!!

Time To Lose The Baby Weight!!!

I had Brooklynn a little more than 8 months ago... When I was pregnant I thought I would lose my weight really fast. I didn't like being so heavy. It wasn't me. But somehow.. I still have not lost the weight 8 months later! Before I got pregnant I could eat whatever I wanted and never gained a pound. So I never ate healthy, I ate fast food and junk all of the time! 

When I got pregnant I tried to eat healthier but I definitely could have done better. I retained a TON of water. I lost about 40 lbs of water after B was born. I thought I was going to continue to lose weight as fast as I was right after I had her until I was back to my pre pregnancy weight. WRONG. I lost those 40 lbs and haven't lost a pound since.. I hate to say it, but I've actually gained weight since then! {sadface}

I've tried to diet and work out but I do it for a couple days and then stop. And then I'll do it for a couple days and then stop. So, I'm documenting my weight loss journey on her so I will be more motivated to stick with it. 

So words of encouragement are encouraged! {happyface}

I have never been good at working out. I swear I don't have the mind power for it. The only way I truly enjoy working out is if I am dancing. But having a husband who works 12 hours a day and an 8 month old baby just doesn't allow me to do that. We have a gym at our apartment complex that I can go to in the morning and sometimes at night after B goes down to bed, Marilyn will come over so I can go for an hour. 

Now here's the goal:

I want to lose 30 lbs!!

Pre-pregnancy weight was: 110!!!

Weight the day I went into labor: 175!!! {um, WHOA!}

Weight 2 weeks after I had B: 130!!

and now my current weight... yeah I'm about to get real honest up in here..

145 lbs!

Now, I forgot to mention another factor into this equation. 

I am only 5'! 

That's really short. 

I am sick of being overweight and I am ready to do something about it!

So starting today I am working towards losing 30lbs.

I want to weigh 115!

Now, here's what I'm working for. When I hit my goal I am going to take $20 for every pound I lose to but new clothes! That's a whopping $600!! But not until I hit that 115 mark!!!

So I am going to be weighing into my blog every monday to track my weight loss.

Also, I will have a tab at the top of my blog titled "weight loss journey" to document my monday-sunday calorie intake and exercise. 

I'd like to stick to 1200 - 1400 calories a day and I will work out at least 1 hour a day but preferably 2 hours a day. 

I'm ready to burn some fat!