so far so good

I weighed myself yesterday and Im down 7 pounds!!!!!!

I know I know, the first week is always best, LOL

I am so motivated to stay on track. I am really sore from lifting weights more than Im used to, but I know it will be so worth it!

Here is what was on my menu today-

Breakfast: Whole wheat english muffin, 2 tbs PB and half a banana

Snack: Apple and a couple pieces deli turkey breast

Lunch: Kashi go lean pizza

Snack: South beach diet cereal bar

Dinner: Chicken breast and broccoli

My weekend

I worked all weekend...and WHEW! What a busy couple of shifts!!!!

I work 12 hours shifts, so when I got home Saturday I was really tired, and ate some egg whites with tomatoes, took a shower, got the kids to bed, and went to bed. I wanted to work out, but since my muscles were so sore from Thursday and Fri I thought Id better take a day off.

Sunday I got to go home early, I got home around 4, and went for a 2.1 mile run. I was impressed with myself, I was able to do it in 22 minutes. Considering I have not ran in over 3 months! My arms and chest are still REALLY sore, but I am going to do legs tonight. I am going to do high rep, low weight. I already have really muscular legs, so I dont need to add much muscle, just tone them.

Ive been sticking to eating clean as well!!!

Busy day!!!!!

I had a very productive day today!!! I cleaned the house, did laundry, went grocery shopping, took my daughter to soccer practice and FINALLY at 9:00pm I was able to get in my workout!!!!

I did back and chest today, which was really hard because I did arms and shoulders yesterday!!! My triceps were already really sore, so doing chest was a bitch!!!

I managed to keep it a cardio workout as well, when I was resting between sets I was dancing or doing jumping jacks!!!LOL

I took some before pics today, but I am too embarrassed to post them right now. I will take more in one month, and put up the comparison shot.

weight room

Tonight I worked out with my husband in our weight room. I have to admit, it felt great having a workout partner!!! I really pushed me to my limit, which is what I need. He says when I get thin, I have chicken arms LOL so I am really going to work on building muscle.

My arms are quivering I can barely type!

We worked arms and light shoulders today.

4 sets of dumbell curls
4 sets of hammer curls
4 sets of triceps extensions
4 sets of another tricep exercise (dont know what its called
and 4 sets of a superset of dumbell flyes and lat raises.

at work today...blah

I am at work today, so far so good. I brought only healthy food with me and Im trying to eat every three hours. Being a nurse, sometimes that is HARD!

Last night during the Biggest Loser I did a ton of crunches. Tonight I plan on doing some cardio when I get home from work. I walk alot at work, but my body is used to it, so that doesnt help me.

I can already feel the effects of sweet withdrawl!!! I am drinking alot of water too.

I weighed myself this morning, 189 pounds....SHIT.

Oh yeah...

I will post before pictures soon. (PUKE)

My journey begins...again

I have decided to start a blog to give myself some accountablilty for my wiehgt loss journey. Kind words and inspiration are all always appreciated ;-)

I guess Ill start by introducing myself.

My name is Sherry. I live in Grand Rapids, MI with my beautiful family. I have 2 gorgeous daughters ages 9 and 2.5. I have been married for almost 10 years (OMG!) to Lewis, the best husband in the world.

For the past 8 years or so I have been on a weight roller coaster...and let me tell you I am READY to get off!!!! I never really had an issue with my weight until having kids. After the birth of my first daughter Carissa in 1999, I HATED how my body looked. I decided to do something about it. With the help of my husband (he is a body builder) I started lifting weights and doing Cardio. I started off slow, and admit I didnt know jack about nutrition at this point.

Then I started getting Oxygen magazine. Their excersize and nutrition information was exactly what I needed. I dropped 50 pounds in 5 months. My body looked awesome and I actually was seeing muscles!

THEN....I started nursing school. Oh yeah..the weight started coming back on. I didnt have time to train and I couldnt think about anything else besides studying! And with studying comes snacking. By the time I graduated in December of 2004 I had gained most of the weight back.

My husband and I decided to start trying for our 2nd child after I graduated. Pregnant with Carissa I gained 60 pounds, so I was like what is the point of trying to lose weight now, when Im just going to gain it all back. It took 8 months of trying to concieve Lily and when I went to my first doc appt for Lily I had ballooned to 196 pounds. After I delivered her in March of 2006 I was 234. YES people..234!!!!! Thats AFTER delivering her!!!! I was so busy at first I didnt really thinking about losing weight. Even with breastfeeding I didnt lose anything, because I was eating like crap.

August rolled around and I was so ashamed of myself. After some (then, not so nice) words of encouragement from my husband (thanks baby) I began yet another journey on September 1st 2006. I began losing wight and seeing changes after about 6 weeks. Over the next 18 months I ended up losing 72 pounds. In that time I began running and ran my first 5K!!!! I FELT AWESOME.

Over the last few months or so I have totally lost my muster and gave up again. This time I have no excuse. I just didnt want to do it anymore. Lame I know. LAZY..I know.

Well its over. I am done pussyfooting around trying to get the body I want. I am sick of feeling tired all he time, and Im sick of my pants getting to tight. I WILL get there this time. I dont care if it takes two years.

I WILL be lifting weights 4 times per week, and doing Cardio 4-5 times per week (hopefully running until it gets cold). I am going to start eating clean. No more crap, except for an occasional cheat meal. I am going to go to GNC and get some protein powder and other supplements, and Im gonna do it like I did it back in 2000. 50 pounds in 5 months.