Crack down!

So I've been doing tons of working out, but my eating still needs a lot of work. Therefore, I am not seeing the results I want.
So this is what I'm gonna do...
each week I'm gonna put my eating goal up on the blog.
I'll report back at the beginning of each week.
If I fail one week, I owe everyone a free smoothie at the juice bar at the sports academy.

This weeks goal
Only two treats this week.
Drink at least 64 oz of water each day
No chips this week (there are 2 opened bags of chips in my pantry from a bbq last night and if I don't stop myself now, I will eat them both this week)

Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please come :)

Meet at the Logan River trail tomorrow @ 9 am!
Bring your kids and strollers or just come along for a power walk with the girls.
Afterwords, come on over to Britt's place! We'll be doing outdoor pilates!
So bring a towel or yoga mat to lay on the grass. And you can let your kids run around or play on the grass or the playground while we work out.
This will be a great mix of a good calorie burning cardio walk and strength and flexibility training with pilates.  It will be a lot of fun!

Thanks!!!!!!

Thanks to everyone who came to the healthy eating/cooking class!
It was a lot of fun and I think we all got some really good info! If you weren't able to come but still want the hand-outs and recipes, let me know.  I have extra copies.
And a special thanks to Helga Laing! She put a lot of work into it :)
oh and there is a correction about some questions we had last night.  Helga told me that partially hydrogenated oil does eventually leave your body but it raises your bad cholesterol and lowers your good cholesterol.  Also the agava sugar thing... the body treats it the way that it treats regular sugar.  People lean towards it because it does come from a natural source.  But is not necessarily better for you.

DON'T FORGET!!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow 6pm @ Britt's New house
Healthy eating/cooking class and 15 min core class
need directions? email brittsbigloser@gmail.com
bring any healthy recipes that you like or healthy snacks that are your favs!!!!!!!

Progress?

So 2 weeks down and about 2 lbs down.  But to hit my goal, I need to be doing this a little faster...
I've been cheating on my "no sweets" thing.  That could be one problem.  But I'm keepin on keepin on :)
Just though I'd report my progress.  If I do that, then I think I'll stay motivated better. Thanks!
*Britt*

Okay, I'll Finally Start

My name is Kellie.  I told Britt I would join and started Sept. 1st, but I am a full time school teacher just started back, a full time mom, and we just moved to a new house, so I've been too busy to blog.  But I wanted to introduce myself as you all have!  I haven't taken any measurements other than my weight and let's just say that I am the heaviest I have ever been.   I gained about 40 pounds with my baby and it's been 9 1/2 months without a lot of success losing the weight.  I also have thyroid problems to top it off.  So needless to say, losing weight is hard.
I have tried all sorts of diets and exercise programs and have found that no matter how much I work out or what I do, I can only lose weight through what I eat.
So, my goal for this program is get my eating under control and not let the stress and my emotions of work and motherhood take control of my food cravings.  I would love to lose about 50 pounds total, but my goal for this program is to lose 20 in the next two months.
I have always been super motivated to work out and have been following the program "Insanity" by BeachBody.  It has me work out INSANELY hard 6 days a week, which I have been religiously doing for the past 3 weeks.  The program will take me through the middle of October to finish, then I'll start round 2 of p90x (another BeachBody program).

I am definitely excited to have some competition, I REALLY don't like to lose!
(Sorry I don't have a better picture to put on here, I honestly haven't even had time to take some body shots.  But you get the idea from this one).

Oh, and Britt said to give updates... in my first week I lost 2 pounds!

Put this on your calendar!!!!!!!

Thursday, September 16th we will be doing a "healthy eating/cooking" class @ 6 pm.
Afterwords, we'll do a 15 minute core class :)
It will be at Britt's house.  If you need directions, email at brittsbigloser@gmail.com
Please come! We will be having healthy snacks and you can brings kids if you need to!
Hope to see you there!