Author: amandasvaleson

Awesome Husband

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Let’s talk about how awesome my husband is for a minute. I had my wisdom teeth out today. He did not complain at all. He drove me to the dentist, waiting the 15 minutes it took them to remove them and has sacrificially taken 4 whole days off work. LOL!

Just kidding! He has been awesome though! He went and filled my prescriptions for me and he has gone back and forth from the store several times today to pick up various soups and other foods that would be good on my mouth. I thought that making rice pudding would be great for wisdom teeth removal because it would be soft and cold. I did not think about the little rice particles getting stuck in the holes that will now exist in my mouth for several weeks.

I am officially out of workouts for 1 week to let everything heal. I cannot hold my 1 year old for 24 hours until all the anesthesia officially wears off. All of this is no fun for someone that likes to workout now. I am very happy that I have been able to learn to love working out. Since I have been sick for the last week and a half I will be officially 2 and a half weeks without working out by the time I am healed. This stinks but I will get over it. So please forgive me for the not workout related talk for the next week but unfortunately I will not have many healthy meals ahead of me, mostly soups and ice cream for this girl for the next couple of days.

Until next time.

Amanda

Wisdom Teeth

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Tomorrow is the day I get my wisdom teeth out. It will have been about 2 weeks since I have been able to do a TurboFire workout. It has already been a week and a half and I am guessing it will be at least another week before I am feeling well enough to do it. I cannot wait until everything is healed and I am not sick so I can workout again.

Modifications

Well, I was going to stick to my diet until Monday, after my wisdom teeth get removed. However, apparently yesterday was the last day for several of the foods I make in bulk for my meals such as rice and chicken salad. I decided to stick to my diet but stray from my normal diet. I still plan to stick to my calorie goal but I don’t want to make a bunch of food and then it to go to waste.
I am very happy that I am able to diet on a budget and I would like to continue sticking to that. Unfortunately when I started couponing about a year ago I stocked up on tons of Hamburger Helper. I try to convince my husband to eat this since he is not convinced about dieting yet (although I do try to convince him to). He does not like some of the selections available. He used to eat a lot of mac and cheese so I stopped buying that thinking he would eat the Hamburger Helper. Not so much, instead he is eating more breakfast burritos, hamburgers, and sandwiches. Men! Well, that is not what I am eating tonight, I did make myself some nachos which I did count out chips for and measured my cheese. I also made a breakfast burrito with 1 tortilla, 2 eggs, 2 slices of cheese and salsa. This is definitely something my body does not appreciate as far as weight loss usually but you gotta do what you gotta do without wasting food.
Until next time.
Amanda

I Skipped Check In Day

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Well, Jonathan was off on Thursday so we decided to eat nachos. I do allow myself to have cheat meals occasionally so this seemed like a yummy choice. However, I usually weight in on Friday morning. I did not want my numbers for the week to reflect eating poorly for one meal so I put it off. Then I ate nachos again on Friday night. So far I have gained 4 pounds in 2 days. I know this is due to eating poorly and once it all digests it will go down. So, today I am focusing on sticking to my diet. I am also going grocery shopping for foods that will be good to eat health wise but also approved for someone that is getting their wisdom teeth out. I will be getting mine out on Monday. I am making a big pot of rice pudding and I will be eating off this and eating raisins in it for the week. Also, I may eat some peanut butter sandwiches on wheat bread. Either way I will be doing the best I can to heal this week so I can get back to working out. The good news is I seem to finally be over my congestion issues. I cannot wait to heal from getting these teeth removed and be able to start working out again. I will be starting over the week that I have missed, I stopped on a Thursday so my goal is to rest up and be back to working out on Thursday. We shall see how this goes!
Until next time.
Amanda

Another Day, Still Sick

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Well, I thought I was going to workout yesterday and then right before I went to start I started coughing. Not a good way to go into a workout.

I am still being really good about sticking to my diet. I seem to be losing weight as well. My husband is off today so we are going to have a cheat meal. This go around rather than having cheat days I allow myself cheat meals where I can cheat for one meal and then back to eating good. This method has seemed to work well for me this time around. The problem I have always had is I will do really good during the week, lose quite a bit of week and then cheat day comes around and I gain like 5 pounds and spend the whole week trying to work off the weight I gained on my cheat day. There is not a whole lot of damage I can do in one meal so usually I might gain a pound or two and once it all digests I am back to normal.

I am so glad that I am able to do this on my own. I do not subscribe to the theory that you cannot lose weight on your own, I think it’s a matter of enough determination and the right diet and exercise plan for you. I feel that a lot of people give up because they are not seeing fast enough results. I guess most people don’t realize that even with perfect working out and dieting we can only expect about 1-2 pounds a week, not The Biggest Loser type numbers but if you were to stay consistent that’s 104 pounds in only a year!

For now, I am going to continue doing what I know how to do and hope that I get better soon. Next week I am getting my wisdom teeth out so I will be spending a week eating rice pudding and trying not to die.

Until next time.

Amanda

Who Cares I’m Sick

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Okay, so I am REALLY tired of not being able to work out. Today I am going to do it anyways. It will be an intense day, I am supposed to do HIIT 20, Abs 10 and Stretch 10. This is a very grueling workout. The last time I did Abs 10 my abs were sore for like 4 days. However, this is one of my problem areas. Although I do notice my stomach is getting smaller, I am starting to notice a flat tire look around my stomach. This is something that I do not mind as a war wound but I would still like to do everything I can to try and get rid of it. Until next time.

Amanda

Another Day I Can’t Work Out

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Okay, I will be the first to admit I go to Dr. Google for almost everything. I mean, he is just so smart and attractive why wouldn’t I?

Well. the issue is that Dr. Google says that if you have any sickness issues “below the neck” that you should not work out. TurboFire is VERY intensive as far as working out goes. On Thursday I tried to workout for about 5 minutes and ended up coughing super hard for about 10 minutes afterwards. this was supposed to be a 30 minute workout day so, no working out for me.

Yesterday I tried to go on a walk with my 1 year old. This went great! However, it is still February and it’s kinda cold outside for my 1 year old. So it’s on to another day of figuring out what I can do that will not be too much for my cough and chest congestion.

The good thing is I am forcing myself to stick to my diet. I am VERY monotonous when it comes to what I eat. In fact I eat the same thing EVERY day of the week. This way buying groceries is easier and I don’t have to worry about wasting food. I try to buy most of my vegetables frozen or I only buy enough for the week and I eat it before it goes bad. I eat a well balanced diet following the 21 Day Fix diet plan, the calories follow very closely with what Chalene Johnson wants you to be eating on TurboFire so it works very well. Also, I love learning the portion system. I am a habitual over eater, in fact on my cheat days I am horrible about over eating or eating crap and end up with a stomach that feels like I ate bricks. You know that feeling when you eat a ton of Velveeta queso? Yea, that’s the one. Well, apparently when you eat very clean, which is what I would consider the 21 Day Fix diet, and then you eat like crap it hurts. My poor system goes into shock after a day I have overloaded on terrible food.

The better thing is I know all of this about myself now and I am working towards getting better with my diet habits. I have actually gotten to where I like working out and these last few days of not being able to workout suck! I have learned how to eat healthy on a budget and feed a 1 year old mostly healthy (she’s picky).

More to come later on my Operation to Find My Abs.

February 12th, 2016 Check In Day

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Okay, not sure how accurate this is but when I weighed myself this morning I was down 5 pounds for the week, then my stomach started growling and I weighed myself again and it would have only been 1 pound for the week. I don’t know which is right but we’ll go with the 5 pounds. I am also down 1% in body fat and .75 inches!
214.4 Pounds
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February 5th, 2016 Check In Day

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Alright, results this week are: 1.6 pounds down and 1.25 inches gone! I have been eating mostly good, I took a cheat day on Monday and was sick the last 2 days so I have been eating lots of raspberry sherbet to help soothe my throat. Back on diet today with maybe spoonfuls of the sherbet to help. Also, back to working out today after 2 days off. Time for this mama to burn some calories!

Weight Lost 1.6 Pounds

Inches Lost 1.25

Body Fat Lost .2%
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January 22nd, 2016 Check In Day!

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Okay, first off apparently I was bad last week in that most of my weight loss was because I was not drinking enough water so I did have a gain this week. But, I also cheated several days throughout the week so I did part of it to myself. Here are my results this week:
Weight Gained +0.8
Body Fat Gained +0.5
Inches Lost 0.75
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