So yesterday was my first session with my trainer. Can you say, a pain in the butt, literally! I am so sore. He decided that he would see just how far he could push me and like the silly, willie I am I said "Bring it ON!" Needless to say I am paying the price for it today.
The sessions is an hour long and at one point I thought he and run out to things for me to do, but I was not that lucky. Such a bummer. I tried to skip out early when hubs text me, but at $69 a pop, I was for surely going to get my money's worth. So even though there was pain I stuck with it.
There was lots of cable work and even some balancing on the ball. The hardest part was when he combined the two. I am so weak, that after my second set of reps, my arm felt as if they were going to fall off. 20lb is much tougher than I thought. My trainer, Matt was very encouraging and even felt that I could possibly do more. We shall see..............................Maybe!
My next appointment is Saturday and to be honest, I am looking forward to the TORTURE! This time he is going to either increase the weights or reps. I will definitely pushing for the reps. I think 20lb is enough weight for me right now.
I have to admit he is tougher than my last trainer and he is even funny, so it makes time go by really fast. Wish me well and I hope this soreness will not last forever.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Monday's Dinner
Pork Chop Casserole....or what I called too much Tomato Casserole.
Ingredients:
Ingredients:1 cup Uncooked Rice
1 qt Stewed Tomatoes
4 Pork Chops
2 Onions
Salt & Pepper
Directions:
Grease bottom of a 8 1/2 to 9 inch baking dish. Spread uncooked rice around the bottom of dish, then pour tomatoes over rice. Place cut up onion over the top, followed by the pork chops. Salt & Pepper to taste. Cover with aluminum foil, place in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour. After the hour, remove foil and bake for additional 10 minutes before serving.
My take on the dish: Cooking the pork chop for an hour is fine, taking off the foil and cooking it for an additional 10 without it made it a bit dry. Also the tomatoes, over powered the dish. So next time I will use only 3/4 of the tomatoes that it calls for and see. Also the meat does not reheat very well so if you plan on making this dish eat it the same night. Overall it was different taste and a new addition to our recipe collection.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Sunday's Dinner
This week we decided that we would try at least 2 new dishes, however we ended up with six different meals. So on Sunday we tried our very first meal....
Shrimp & Rice
Ingredients:
1lb Shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 1/2 cup of Minute Rice
2 cups Fat Free Chicken Broth
1/2 cup Frozen Peas
1tbsp Butter
2 tsp, plus 1tbsp Olive Oil
1/4 cup Grated Pecorino Romano Cheese
1tbsp Chopped Parsley
Salt & Pepper
Note: 1/2lb of shrimp may be enough, instead of 1lb if you use large shrimp as we did. It kind of took over the dish, but it was cool to get a bite of shrimp with each scoop. So it is really up to you as to how much meat you really like in a dish. Also the cheese was kind of hard to find. We found it at Whole Food, but even there we had to really search for it.
Ingredients:
1lb Shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 1/2 cup of Minute Rice
2 cups Fat Free Chicken Broth
1/2 cup Frozen Peas
1tbsp Butter
2 tsp, plus 1tbsp Olive Oil
1/4 cup Grated Pecorino Romano Cheese
1tbsp Chopped Parsley
Salt & Pepper
Directions:
In a medium size heavy pan melt butter. Add rice and saute about 1 minute. Add chicken broth and peas, bring to a boil. When most of the liquid is absorbed reduce heat to low and cover. Cook on low for about 15 minutes, until rice is cooked though. In a 2nd large skillet, heat 2tsp olive oil over medium heat. Season shrimp with salt & pepper and add to hot pan. Cook for about 2-3 minutes, until shrimp is cooked through. Remove shrimp from pan and set aside. Add 1tbsp olive oil to skillet and pour in rice mixture. Add grated cheese and shrimp and parsley. Saute for another minute.
Note: 1/2lb of shrimp may be enough, instead of 1lb if you use large shrimp as we did. It kind of took over the dish, but it was cool to get a bite of shrimp with each scoop. So it is really up to you as to how much meat you really like in a dish. Also the cheese was kind of hard to find. We found it at Whole Food, but even there we had to really search for it.
Tomorrow I will come back with Monday's meal.
TTFN (Ta-ta for now)
Monday, January 11, 2010
Wednesday's Weekly Weigh In
So I have to put myself on blast or else I will not make any changes. So here you have it my first weigh in. Well technically this is my second, I did one Sunday to get the picture setting right, but that was not counted because it was late in the evening after all sorts of food. So I decided that I would make Wednesday's my weigh in day's because it is the middle of the week and I know if I have to change something for the remainder of the week. So here it goes....
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I will be back on here today uploading my food and my work out schedule. So here is to my first official week. Oh yea we tried 4 new recipes (3 dinners and 1 breakfast) so far and have 2 more to go, I will upload them, show pictures and what I thought about them.
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I will be back on here today uploading my food and my work out schedule. So here is to my first official week. Oh yea we tried 4 new recipes (3 dinners and 1 breakfast) so far and have 2 more to go, I will upload them, show pictures and what I thought about them.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Harder Than I Thought
Man it is harder than I thought to keep a photo food journal. Sense everyone, except me have been sick I have not been cooking very much, so I have no pictures. But I will tell you that I have been keeping a log, but even eating good does not effect my mood to make me want to exercise.
Call it lazy, call it no motivation, call it whatever you like, but this will be the last week that I am not in the gym! I have my personal trainer set up for next Tuesday and Wednesday. I have to admit, I am afraid. My last trainer was easy, almost to easy for me and this new guy seem really stern. Kind of scary almost. He seems really all about business. We shall see if it produce results.
I weighed in Sunday: 213lb, down a whole pound. Don't know what I did to get there, maybe it was just the time of day. Who knows. This weekend I will be taking my before pictures and measurement and posting them and that is when I will be starting the pictures. Everyone should be 100% by then and I should be back to normal on my cooking schedule. So for the next few days I will just list what I have eaten without the pic's.
Wish me well on this journey.
Tess
Call it lazy, call it no motivation, call it whatever you like, but this will be the last week that I am not in the gym! I have my personal trainer set up for next Tuesday and Wednesday. I have to admit, I am afraid. My last trainer was easy, almost to easy for me and this new guy seem really stern. Kind of scary almost. He seems really all about business. We shall see if it produce results.
I weighed in Sunday: 213lb, down a whole pound. Don't know what I did to get there, maybe it was just the time of day. Who knows. This weekend I will be taking my before pictures and measurement and posting them and that is when I will be starting the pictures. Everyone should be 100% by then and I should be back to normal on my cooking schedule. So for the next few days I will just list what I have eaten without the pic's.
Wish me well on this journey.
Tess
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Reason....Pt 2
60lb in 3 months was more than I could handle. The crazy thing was I was going the the gym and doing Weight Watcher. I was on top of my game and then I realize that each time I weighed in I had gain a pound or 2. I could not believe this. I attributed it to the medication, but I didn't have anything to back it up. However, I called my doc and told him we needed to have a talk. That is when he told me that "Yes it does cause weight gain, but the benefit far out weigh it." You have to be kidding me.
So you are telling me my mental state is more important than my overall health? "I don't think so!" Changed my meds that day and hit the gym again. But some where along the line I got lazy, sick and tried of getting up in the morning and heading to the gym. So I was out of commission for a few months. Lets just say I was very depressed.
So in 2007, I decided to try again to lose the wight, but in the month of February, I fail out of a rolling chair and broke my ankle and leg. So when that was all said and done I did not want to do anything else. So I was down for a the rest of the year. Lets just called that as it really is LAZY!
So last year, I went back at it. For a while anyway. I was taking a team fitness class and personal training. Did good until Zyprexia. Just like Seroquel it is a weight gaining medication. I gained over 22lb in 4 months taking me to my all time high of 219lb. I could not believe this. how could I let myself go. I was so ashamed.
So now it is 2010, I am on a new medication that has been really good to me in the weight loss department. SO I am back in the gym with personal trying, a different mind set and a husband who is willing to keep me in check. Hence the reason for this site.
I am starting this site to keep me accountable. I am going on a journey for as long as I can, so I can get down to a healthy weight, so I will be able to have more children and set positive example for them. 2010 has to be a better year for me in the weight loss category. So let me give you the break down of what this site will contain:
1. Photo's of the things I put in my mouth. Yelp you got it everything I eat will be noted.
2. Photo's of what I look like now and what I will look like each following weeks as I go down this road. Hopefully we will see progress with each week that comes.
3. My personal thought about this journey and how it effects me.
4. Photo's and reviews of recipes that I try each and every day of the week.
5. My exercise routine.
So this may not be the blog that you want to read, but it will be my personal little diary of the days ahead. Wish me well.
Tess
So you are telling me my mental state is more important than my overall health? "I don't think so!" Changed my meds that day and hit the gym again. But some where along the line I got lazy, sick and tried of getting up in the morning and heading to the gym. So I was out of commission for a few months. Lets just say I was very depressed.
So in 2007, I decided to try again to lose the wight, but in the month of February, I fail out of a rolling chair and broke my ankle and leg. So when that was all said and done I did not want to do anything else. So I was down for a the rest of the year. Lets just called that as it really is LAZY!
So last year, I went back at it. For a while anyway. I was taking a team fitness class and personal training. Did good until Zyprexia. Just like Seroquel it is a weight gaining medication. I gained over 22lb in 4 months taking me to my all time high of 219lb. I could not believe this. how could I let myself go. I was so ashamed.
So now it is 2010, I am on a new medication that has been really good to me in the weight loss department. SO I am back in the gym with personal trying, a different mind set and a husband who is willing to keep me in check. Hence the reason for this site.
I am starting this site to keep me accountable. I am going on a journey for as long as I can, so I can get down to a healthy weight, so I will be able to have more children and set positive example for them. 2010 has to be a better year for me in the weight loss category. So let me give you the break down of what this site will contain:
1. Photo's of the things I put in my mouth. Yelp you got it everything I eat will be noted.
2. Photo's of what I look like now and what I will look like each following weeks as I go down this road. Hopefully we will see progress with each week that comes.
3. My personal thought about this journey and how it effects me.
4. Photo's and reviews of recipes that I try each and every day of the week.
5. My exercise routine.
So this may not be the blog that you want to read, but it will be my personal little diary of the days ahead. Wish me well.
Tess
Friday, January 1, 2010
Reasons....Pt 1
So it is the New Year and of course may people start thing off with resolutions, so why should I be any different. But before I get into those let me give you a little background on why I am starting a second blog. For the past 5 years I have been struggle with my weight. I would start a weight loss plan and then something would come up (mostly med changes) and then I would have to stop.
Growing up I never had a weight problem, but I have always been concerned about the way that I looked. I remember growing up thinking I was never thin or pretty enough. I wasn't the girl that most guys went after, but why did I care, I was in 6th grade. I was the little girl that everyone talked about. I was well dressed, normal in size and smart, but who wanted that girl.
As time went on things happen that made me even more insure about my body. I remember going to a party with a couple of girl friends and I tried a dance move that one of them were doing, this boy in turns tell me I do not look right doing it. He said I was too fat. Now keep in mind I was a size 2 and he called me fat! That was the beginning of it all.
I remember going home and crying my eyes out a swearing that I would never gain any weight. As a matter of fact I was going to lose about 15-20 more pounds. Which in turn would have made me weigh less than 100lbs. So the problem started, I started skipping meals and taking laxatives. I was only 13 and I was out of control with them. I was constantly popping them after I ate to clean my system.
When I made it to high school, things really started going down hill. The unthinkable happen and I loss all hope in life. I self image was shot and my body became a tool to abuse. I continue to do things to it to make sure I remain slim and trim. I started to run track and cross county, I danced for the school and I signed up for choir. I was dropping weight like crazy, but not fast enough so I added diet pills to the mix.
I was not old enough to buy them, so I had my too old boyfriend do it. He knew I didn't need them, but he was a push over and wanted to make me happy so he supplied the habit. Needless to say, my first 3 years in high school I was bone thin. 5'2 weighing about 105-110lb. It was not until my senior year that my new boyfriend told me I would look better if I gained about 5-10lbs. I was happy about that because I was tired of not eating and taking pills.
So finally I did it, I got up to a healthy weight, 120lb and I stayed there until about year number 2 in my marriage. I had a wedding wearing a size 4 and in about 2 year I was up to an 6. It did not bother me much, because hubs did not complain about it. But about year number 5 of the marriage I found out I had panic disorder. Losing everything, my job, our apartment and my life to this disorder made things kind of hectic. In about another years time I was a size 8.
Still I did not worry about it because hubs never say anything about it. But I began to notice, however I was paralyzed to do anything about it at that time. So one day, I called hubs crying saying I wanted to kill myself because things had gotten so out of hand. I had lost control over everything and I just wanted to die. That is when I knew something was wrong. So back to the hospital I go only to find out that I have Bipolar Disorder. So on pills I go and I am do great until I have to switch doc's.
One year after beginning treatment I need a med change. Something stronger, so I was given Seroquel XL, causing me to gain 60lb in 3 months. Taking me from a 8 to an 18. Now my life was really in shambles. How could someone like me, who cared so much about weigh let myself go like this. I had to do something and do it fast.
Pt. 2 Tomorrow
Growing up I never had a weight problem, but I have always been concerned about the way that I looked. I remember growing up thinking I was never thin or pretty enough. I wasn't the girl that most guys went after, but why did I care, I was in 6th grade. I was the little girl that everyone talked about. I was well dressed, normal in size and smart, but who wanted that girl.
As time went on things happen that made me even more insure about my body. I remember going to a party with a couple of girl friends and I tried a dance move that one of them were doing, this boy in turns tell me I do not look right doing it. He said I was too fat. Now keep in mind I was a size 2 and he called me fat! That was the beginning of it all.
I remember going home and crying my eyes out a swearing that I would never gain any weight. As a matter of fact I was going to lose about 15-20 more pounds. Which in turn would have made me weigh less than 100lbs. So the problem started, I started skipping meals and taking laxatives. I was only 13 and I was out of control with them. I was constantly popping them after I ate to clean my system.
When I made it to high school, things really started going down hill. The unthinkable happen and I loss all hope in life. I self image was shot and my body became a tool to abuse. I continue to do things to it to make sure I remain slim and trim. I started to run track and cross county, I danced for the school and I signed up for choir. I was dropping weight like crazy, but not fast enough so I added diet pills to the mix.
I was not old enough to buy them, so I had my too old boyfriend do it. He knew I didn't need them, but he was a push over and wanted to make me happy so he supplied the habit. Needless to say, my first 3 years in high school I was bone thin. 5'2 weighing about 105-110lb. It was not until my senior year that my new boyfriend told me I would look better if I gained about 5-10lbs. I was happy about that because I was tired of not eating and taking pills.
So finally I did it, I got up to a healthy weight, 120lb and I stayed there until about year number 2 in my marriage. I had a wedding wearing a size 4 and in about 2 year I was up to an 6. It did not bother me much, because hubs did not complain about it. But about year number 5 of the marriage I found out I had panic disorder. Losing everything, my job, our apartment and my life to this disorder made things kind of hectic. In about another years time I was a size 8.
Still I did not worry about it because hubs never say anything about it. But I began to notice, however I was paralyzed to do anything about it at that time. So one day, I called hubs crying saying I wanted to kill myself because things had gotten so out of hand. I had lost control over everything and I just wanted to die. That is when I knew something was wrong. So back to the hospital I go only to find out that I have Bipolar Disorder. So on pills I go and I am do great until I have to switch doc's.
One year after beginning treatment I need a med change. Something stronger, so I was given Seroquel XL, causing me to gain 60lb in 3 months. Taking me from a 8 to an 18. Now my life was really in shambles. How could someone like me, who cared so much about weigh let myself go like this. I had to do something and do it fast.
Pt. 2 Tomorrow
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