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April 1st, 2016 Check In Day

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Okay, so this was not a good week for weight loss. I started off Saturday by eating like crap, and continued that eating like crap through Easter. I spent all week trying to lose what I had gained over the weekend. Then, our anniversary was yesterday so I gained from that as well. Also, I got sick this week so pretty much a bad week overall. The results are:

Weight Gained: 2 pounds

Inches Gained: 1

Body Fat Percentage: .7 Gained

BMI: .3 gained

Onward to a better week next week! After Sunday I did pretty well to stick to my diet. I wasn’t able to complete some of the workouts and skipped a couple days so this week the goal is to not skip any even though I’m sick and to stick to my diet!

Swinging Again

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You wouldn’t think that it would be hard to get back into the swing of things after a break!
Two weeks ago I started working out again, because it had been so long I ended up having to take a couple of days off to keep from being so sore!
Last week I did well at the beginning and then crapped out at the end for both diet and exercise. I have been trying to do better!
Because yesterday was a holiday it caused me to gain quite a bit of weight, I know this will fall off as I follow my diet again. I cannot wait to see my results when I focus on what I am supposed to do. Once I finish the TurboFire program in June I will be buying Cize to start that. I watched part of the demo video and it looked like something I will really enjoy doing.
My coaches group is doing a buddy system this month which really seems to be helping as far as accountability. My huge problem is that when I fall off the wagon I feel incredibly guilty about it and it causes almost a spiral into bad behavior, she helps me not feel so guilty about everything. I am hoping for a wonderful month!
Until Next Time.
Amanda

March 25th, 2016 Check In Day

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Okay, so I stupidly ate like crap last weekend which caused me to spend most of the week trying to lose the weight I had gained. Luckily I have been doing well other than a brief encounter with Chinese food last night. It was my husbands night off so whatever. Anyways, I am up 1.2 pounds since last week and I did lose .5 inches! I have been doing well with the workouts. I did have to stop partway through one because it was too much considering it had been 6 weeks since I had worked out last. I am doing well with the HIIT workouts but I have issues with the long cardio workouts. Anyways, otherwise I feel like I am doing great!

Until Next Time.

Amanda

March 18th, 2016 Check In Day

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Okay, I started back working out this week. Monday I didn’t do anything but unpack from our trip. Tuesday I walked around our block twice. And TurboFire the last 2 days. I am unable to complete the workout due to being so out of shape. I made it 25 minutes yesterday and had to stop. I am VERY sore! However, I have been back on my diet and here are the results since my last update on February 26th.

Weight Lost: 5.8 Pounds

Inches: Gained 3.25

Overall, I know I gained inches because of my muscle tone starting to go away, I am back into working out and hopefully not sick in the near future. It had been about 6 weeks since I had been able to do anything other than walk. So, here’s to starting over?

 

Missouri

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Well, the trip to and from Missouri went well. We didn’t stop to walk around as much as we probably should have but that’s okay.
On the second day we were able to unload everything, I helped unloading boxes and stacking them and directing in the stacking. Later on in the day we were able to go on a hike around the property. The area it is located in is very hilly and was very muddy, I could definitely tell that my legs were getting a workout. I also hit over 10,000 steps!
Unfortunately, on day 2 I did not bring my cooler of food with me so I was stuck eating what everyone else was eating, not so healthy. On day 3 driving home I also did not stick to my diet. This all caused me to gain quite a bit of weight. Now I am back on my diet and have already dropped 2 pounds in 2 days! I am hoping to continue this quick weight loss. I have a dietbet to weigh in for at the end of the week and I need to be down another 4 pounds. Here’s to sticking to our diets!
Until Next Time
-Amanda

Back At It

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I was finally able to workout tonight. I picked up where I had stopped rather than skipping the last two weeks. It felt so good to be back at working out. I also have been eating on my diet this week and enjoyed more of my protein shake ice cream. I did add another scoop of protein powder though.
I can’t believe how good it felt to be back to working out. I have a little bit of pain in my wisdom teeth but I’m pretty sure it’s from sucking on the area too much.
I cannot believe how much I have come to enjoy my workouts. I have gone from being a couch potato entirely to enjoying working out. I do still have time to be a couch potato for the rest of the day. I also work a desk job so I sit pretty much all day until my workout. I love this new body and I cannot wait to get to where I want to be.
Amanda

Back to the Plan

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Today marks the beginning of getting back into my diet. I went grocery shopping and only had to replace one of my foods with something different. Usually I eat baby carrots with ranch for a snack but because of my wisdom teeth I decided to change it to something a little softer. I found some butternut squash and decided to sprinkle it with some stevia and cinnamon and steam it in the microwave. It was delicious! Almost like a dessert!
I also found this ice cream by Arctic Zero that is 150 calories for the entire pint! Unfortunately the taste of it could have been better. It tasted like whey protein meets chocolate powder. I found a recipe for making it myself since I have my own ice cream maker, it was essentially a protein shake frozen. I definitely modified the recipe and it turned out delicious! It was 388 calories but has 40.2 grams of protein. See the recipe below and feel free to try it yourself with your favorite protein shake recipe.

Delicious Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Ice Cream
1c soy milk (I use the unflavored kirkland brand)
1scoop chocolate whey protein powder
1packet stevia
1T unsweetened cocoa powder
2T powdered peanut butter
1/4t vanilla extract
1whole medium banana

1. Mix all ingredients except banana in a bowl until chunks are gone. Pour mixture into your ice cream maker and freeze 10-15 minutes.
2. While ice cream is churning slice banana into small pieces, pour into churning ice cream maker once it starts to freeze. Church another 5 minutes.
3. Pour into bowl and enjoy!

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February 26th, 2016 Check In Day

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To say I have gained weight since my wisdom teeth were taken out would be an understatement. I went from 214.4 at my last weight in to 227 today. I started another DietBet and I was not happy. I am hoping the huge weight gain in the last 2 weeks is just from eating tons of salt in these soups. Unfortunately I have been unable to go completely back on my diet. I can start irrigating the area tomorrow so I am going to go back on my diet tomorrow. I figure the only thing I may not be able to eat is baby carrots and the rice may get stuck in the holes. I am very disappointed in all the weight gain. I am also going to try to start working out again on Monday. I found a blog for a girl who did TurboFire after her wisdom teeth and she said she waited a week and didn’t have issues. Unfortunately the worst days of pain is today and tomorrow. I only have a couple of days left of pain medicine so hopefully everything stops hurting or I will have to go to plain Ibuprophen and Tylenol.
Today is also the first day my husband goes back to work since my teeth were taken out. Hopefully my 1 year old behaves today. So far we seem to be doing well. I really do not want one of my clots to dislodge, it sounds no fun to have a dry socket. Well, that’s all for now.
Until Next Time.
Amanda

Oh My Pain!

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Today is the worst so far for the pain in my mouth. I woke up several times with my mouth hurting last night. I cannot wait for everything to heal and me to be able to workout again. Unfortunately, sticking to a diet is hard when you cannot eat a lot of things. I have been eating lots of broth, creamy soups, ice cream and rice pudding. Yesterday I ate toast and eggs, that was very good. I am hoping for quick healing but today I will probably have to take more pain medicine that I have been. Yesterday I was able to go about 6 hours between doses of medicine. Unfortunately there is a lot of swelling today and I will probably have to take it more often. Oh well.
So far I have been keeping on top of my medicine, I have been alternating every 3 hours with the two different kinds of medicine they gave me. I have also been using moist heat like they told me to. I cannot wait until everything is healed.
Until next time.
Amanda