Thanks, Angie!

Hello, I am Chrissy! Angie, has invited me to be apart of this blog to help us stay accountable to our "Getting Healthy Adventure."

I am a mother of 3 and have been married for 10 years.

My current weight: gulp!!! 192

My goal is 45 pounds this year.

I am in the process of trying to figure out what really works for me.

Thank you Angie! I am so excited to be here!!!

Chrissy

I Want Chocolate and a Cherry Coke

Food today:

oatmeal w/br sugar, skim milk & natural apple butter
2 string cheese
sm baggie of reduced fat wheat thins
granola bar
bowl of leftover soup from last night
baked potato w/butter, sour cream, bacon bits & cheese :(
green beans
6 mini muffins :(
water

I think I'm doing ok. I mean my potato toppings are a little YIKE, but over all I think I'm doing good. More veggies would be nice, but we have the whole empty fridge situation :)


calories: 2,209

Food Log Jan 6th

So I figure if I start once again logging everything I eat I'll have to eat better. Right? I mean I don't want to be publicly humiliated every day. I have to warn you... it's not pretty. As I posted earlier, my fridge isn't exactly stocked with healthiness.

So far...

english muffin w/spray butter & cheesecake cream cheese
sesame rice snack mix
2 string cheese
granola bar
3 mini twix bars :(
doughnut :(
soup made with ham, lamb, asparagus, corn, carrots, crushed tomatoes and broth
2 reduced fat crescent rolls
water

calories 1,849

Yuck

My fridge is always full... I shop every two weeks (pay day) and buy a lot of food. My kids take lunches to school every day, so I have to have food for all three meals. Pay day was last Thursday. My paycheck was a lot less than usual because of the time I took off at Christmas. I only worked 13 hrs the week of Christmas (I usually work 30). Besides having a small pay check, my kids are all doing the spring plays at school and I have to pay $150 today for them to join. So... there went the little bit of grocery money I would have had. We have a food storage and freezer food, but it's the fresh stuff that is gone. Mostly what's left are random little bits from Christmastime. No wonder I'm having a hard time eating healthy... LOL and no wonder why I've felt sluggish and tired for the last couple of weeks. We're all living off carbs and proteins. There are some carrots in there so I'm totally cooking them up today! My fridge is never empty, so I've never noticed how gross it is. Time to clean the fridge!!! Yuck!


I keep a list on my fridge for everyone to write the things we're out of. It cracked me up today when I saw snacks, lunch stuff and Food 4 Fridge! My kids are not loving the empty fridge either... LOL


So, this week I will bleach out my fridge and we'll all be counting down the days until next pay day :)

So far this year...

I haven't been doing that great. I haven't been to bed before 11pm yet this year. I haven't been avoiding junk food like I should and I haven't worked out yet this week. I'm slacking. I just don't feel motivated... AT ALL. I'm not really sure how to get past this slump.

Happy New Year!

Here I am on Christmas day make-up free and in my sweats. Next year I'm gonna be smokin' hot on Christmas... LOL


Eating things like this sure won't get me there... this was my dinner last night. I only hate half the fries, but look at the grease on my plate... bleh Good-bye greasy food of 2008! Hello healthy me of 2009!

And speaking of smokin' hot. Look at my daughter. Can you believe she's only 11? My wild-child 15 yr old sis is sitting next to her. They look like they're the same age. We're in for some big-time trouble. I can tell already!

100th Post & the End of 2008

How cool is that? My 100th post is on New Year's Eve!

Honestly I don't know what sort of health goals I should set for myself. I set several big goals for the upcoming year on The American Homemaker but as for specific weight/eating/working out goals, I'm not really sure. But here it goes:

*I want to be a size 8/10 by June. I'm a 12 now and was a 10 this time last year.

*I want to work out at least three times a week.

*I want to get to bed by 11pm on most nights.

*I want to include more fresh veggies in my diet.

The bedtime thing will be the hardest for me. The other things I pretty much do already. I've tried the 11pm bedtime goal before and I can't ever keep it up, but I'm soooo tired!!!!

Happy New Year's to you all!!!! Let's all be healthier and thinner in 2009!!!!!!!