Hiccups

I get them all the time, and my baby gets them even more! But that's not really the hiccup I am referring to... I am talking about the hiccups that happen to our goals and dreams- little bumps in the road that throw us off.

I started the week off great with traking everything I ate and actually staying within my points allotment. But by day three I could tell that my milk supply was being compromised. I really want to lose weight but I would rather loose it slowly than lose my milk supply. So I stopped traking for the rest of the week. That was my hiccup... I shouldn't have stopped.

The plan for this week is to trak, stay within my points allotment and eat more if I feel that my milk supply is decreasing. If I can do this I believe I can achieve both of my goals. Wish me luck!

Baby Steps

So I am now going to report on how it went doing the one minute workout daily last week: it went ok for the 2 days I did it...and then I stopped. I have a few excuses, but excuses are lame so that's that. I did not do the work out daily... but I bet it would've been good for me.

But I am not giving up- I still believe I need to set small goals for myself. So this week's goal is to trak (aka write down everything I eat) all week- starting today! I will report back next Monday and I will not fail! I will also be going to the gym 3 times this week- which I did do last week as well (just patting myself on the back a bit:))

So here we go- I know traking will be a bit of a challenge- but I will be happier if I do it! So wish me luck!

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail

I think that's what my weightloss plan is missing... an actual plan. I need to plan when I will work out and what I will eat each week. Currently I already have a Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday date with the gym, but right now I am just doing 30-45 minutes of cardio and I think I need to throw in some strength training. I have a biggest loser book with some good workouts in it, so I am going to do one next trip to the gym. If that doesnt work I may buy a few sessions with a trainer... but I want to avoid spending money on that right now.

The next part of the plan, the meal plan. I am still struggling to be "together" enough to plan what I will eat each day. The hurdles I must tackle to accomplish this are 1.) Planning meals (I never know what to make for dinner!) 2.) Making a shopping list 3.) Getting to the store 4.) Prepping, cooking and consuming the food each day (and avoiding broccoli, onions cauliflower, cucumbers, peppers, etc - lowfat foods I love, that make my son sick when he nurses). It doesn't seem like it should be hard, but it is for me. To implement a better eating plan, I believe I need to research a couple good WW friendly recipes (Online or buy a cookbook). I already have one WW cookbook, but the recipes are tricky and involve tons of ingredients and time...so I need a 5 ingredient or less WW cookbook (I am going to the bookstore to find one!)

Finally the last thing I need to do it get a little more resolve! Resolve to exercise 3 times a week and eat within my WW points each day. I can do it, and deep down I want to do it...but day to day, for some reason its not so easy.

So the last part of my plan is my reward. I actually get 2! When I have lost half of my weight (17.5 lbs) I get to go horseback riding! Yay! I have not done it in years so I am really excited. The next reward will come when I have lost all 35 lbs: I am flying somewhere! Yep- I get to take a fun trip! Becoming trim and feeling healthier are good rewards too, but I think these will be a lot of fun to achieve and will help me with my resolve to stick with my plan!

Providence?

Yesterday I met my sister in law for lunch at McDonalds (so her son could play in the play place). Becuase I was hungry earlier and to avoid eating the bad fried food, I ate my lunch at home and planned to get a small soft serve cone there... but providence was in the way. The ice cream machine at McDonalds was... BROKEN! I know, it should be illegal for one of those to break in the summer in Arizona but alas it was. I was seriously so bummed! Maybe it was meant to be... do I really NEED a icecream cone? No... but did I really want one? YES! But I did not get one, and I actually did survive. Maybe those machines actually need to break more often... but please not the Frozen Yogurt machines- spare them! They provide frozen treats that are much healthier than the ones ice cream machines provide.

Cool Workout

Sometimes I really want to steal...magazines from the gym! Occasionally there are great fitness magazine with cool workouts and recipes and I just want to take them home. But I would feel very guilty stealing from the YMCA, so I leave the tattered magazine behind for others to read. The cool thing that I ran across yesterday at the gym was in Health Magazine- June 09 issue. It had a one minute total body workout. I have yet to do this workout, but I am going to do it every day this next week and see how it feels! I will report back.

So here it is, the one minue total body work out. Click here to see a slideshow of the moves.

• Power push-up plank
  Stand with feet a little wider than shoulders (top left) ; squat down and place hands on floor in front of feet.
  Jump or walk feet back into plank position (middle), keeping body lengthened by tightening abs; hold for a count of 8.
  Do 2 push-ups (on your toes, if possible, or on your knees; bottom right); jump or walk feet toward hands, return to a low-squat position on feet, and stand up. Repeat entire move 4 more times.
• Superman
  Lie on your stomach with arms stretched overhead and legs straight. Lengthen body, tuck tailbone to protect your lower back, and lift arms and legs at the same time. Hold for 10 seconds.
• Bicycle abs
  Lie on back with hands behind head, legs and feet lifted, knees bent to 90-degree angle. Lift head and shoulders slightly off mat. Rotate torso so left shoulder is moving toward right knee. At the same time, extend and lower left leg. Alternate sides for a total of 10 reps per side.

An Apple a Day

So also from reading a copy of Readers Digest at the gym, I learned more reasons why we all need to eat apples daily.

Apples:
1.) Reduce the risk of Alzheimers
2.) Reduce the risk of colon cancer
3.) Help keep a healthy blood pressure

So go out and buy some apples and be sure you eat one once a day! Or at least every other day if possible

Sometimes I cry at the Gym

Sometimes I cry at the gym, but not for the reason that you'd think. While I do my cardio I often read the magazines at the gym- and it seems that whenever I pick up a Readers Digest, I end up reading a a very touching story that brings me to tears. You'd think I'd stop reading since I am in public and running on a treadmill, but I can't stop reading and the tears continue to flow. I hope that people just think that I'm just sweating! Just on Tuesday night I read about two conjoined twin girls that were successfully separated. It was such a sweet story!

Back in the saddle...

Its always so hard to start dieting after a long absence from it. Its easy to eat whatever and wherever you want, but after time, you come to realize that you must chose between squeezing into your pants everyday or reducing the amount and type of food that you consume. Honestly it always feels so much better to slip into your clothes easier, but at the time when you are staring at a carton of icecream- you forget that feeling and just want to eat a whole bowl and pretend that it will not affect your waistline.

So here I am back in the saddle. My first experience with true weightloss was in 2005, when I lost 22 pounds with weight watchers. Before WW I had done the atkins diet, slimfast and the strange heart surgery diet (where you eat bacon and drink grapefruit juice). None of these diets had lasting effects, until I tried Weight Watchers. I lost weight and learned how to eat better. After my weightloss I kept my weight off (through working out and watching what I ate)until I got pregnant. I was blessed to have a great pregnancy, but I gained way more weight than I should have. Flashforward to now- I have a beautiful baby and 35 extra pounds! So now I am back in the saddle. Ready to fight the battle of the bulge and hopefully win!

ROBUST!

Why Robust Robyn?

Main Entry:
robust
Part of Speech:
adjective
Definition:
healthy, strong
Synonyms:
able-bodied, athletic, boisterous, booming, brawny, built, concentrated, fit, fit as fiddle, flourishing, full-bodied, hale, hardy, hearty, hefty, husky, in fine fettle, in good health, in good shape, in the pink, live, lusty, muscular, peppy, potent, powerful, powerhouse, prospering, prosperous, roaring, robustious, robustuous, rough, rugged, sinewy, snappy, sound, stout, strapping, sturdy, thriving, tiger, tough, vigorous, vital, well, wicked*, zappy, zippy
Antonyms:
flabby, infirm, soft, unhealthy, weak

Becuase lately I am feeling most like the antonyms of Robust... and I want to feel ROBUST! So I have started this blog to give myself some accountability so I can stay focused and become fit again. I am looking forward to getting my body back, but know that it is a long road ahead of me!