A Couple of New Posts and Monday Weigh In

I promised myself I would Blog everyday and did that happen NOPE, it's hard to do it, but I want to make sure I do it to keep myself on track, here are some post from the past couple of days.

 Friday Post May 20th

I actually woke up early this morning and I have to tell you I feel really good.  I woke up at 6:40 to the puppy needing to go out.  The puppy slept through the night and so did my 2-year-old… I feel like a new woman.  I had to be at the Dr.’s at 8:15 to get my drain taken out, I was not going to shower until after my apt because it is a huge ordeal to take a simple shower with all the gauze under my arm and dealing with the drain that keeps getting in the way, but I decided I needed to look somewhat decent going to the Dr.’s.  I jumped in the shower, got my make up on and did my hair, got Ellie dressed and hair done (With the help of my older girls) and out the door by 8:05 am.  That is a record for me, if you know me I am late to everything, I will even be late for my own funeral.  My mom met me at the Dr’s office to help me with Ellie.  Dr came in and said everything looked great and I was able to get that ugly thing out of me.  I already feel so much better not having that drain attached to me.  I got home and had to start work.

For Breakfast I had a Protein Shake, they are so easy to drink on the way to the Dr’s.  I had half of the shake before I went to the Dr’s and then around 10:30ish when I got home I drank the other half. 

For Lunch I had ¼ cup of Tuna Fish, with 1 TBSP of Mircle Whip and of course you have to have a little bit of pickles in your tuna fish, I can’t do the Real Mayo, I have to cheat a little, I had one slice of Toast, The toast helps dissolves better in my stomach then a regular piece of toast. 

For Dinner we made Fajitas- The thing I love about Fajitas is they are so good without tortillas I don’t need the carbs eating them, I love the cooked Veggies and the yummy Chicken. 

Saturday May 21^st

I had a nail apt at 8:30 in the morning and a meeting after that for my church.  So of course I had my protein shake for breakfast again because I woke up late and did not have time to make me something but I will be honest with you, when I knew it was my nail apt I would make sure I would have plenty of time to get up, get ready and make a special trip to McDonalds and get my breakfast and Large Diet Coke and eat it and drink it on my way to my nail apt.  It feels so good not be tempted to go to the drive through 2 times a day.  After my nail apt I had to go to a Stake Primary Meeting, I am the Primary President in my church/ward.  It really was my first outing with my family there, with all the fresh fruit you can eat and all the Yummy Muffins you can eat.  I have not had any fresh fruit for 8 weeks so I decided maybe I will try a little, I really wanted some pineapple but I was a little worried about that so I stayed with the Watermelon and the Cantaloupe, I did take a mini muffin but only ate half of it before I knew I had to be done.  Everyone kept telling me to go back and get 2^nd but I knew my limit.  It’s hard when people don’t know what you have been through to keep pushing you to keep eating because there is so much food,  I had to nicely decline more food.  At the end of my meeting they handed out some homemade small round chocolate balls and I thought I will just eat one.  I ate it on my way back home and about 15-20 seconds after it hit my stomach I thought I was going to puke and die, Luckily I only lived 3 min from the lady’s house where the meeting was, I came home and had to lay down for about 20 mins, it was so not worth it.

After I felt better we ran to Idaho Falls to get some things, Everyone was starving and we stopped and got Tacos, I got a small Hard Shell Taco and ate most of it, I think there was only a few bites left, it was the first time I had a full Taco in a long time, I usually just eat the meat and the cheese when we make them.

For Dinner I made the Meatball Spaghetti Cast Iron Bake, it was really good, I had a meatball and one small spoon full of Spaghetti. I made sure I had my protein first before I ate the Spaghetti.  Normally I eat a whole plate full of plain spaghetti noodles, I love them and just a small spoon full satisfied me.  I will put the recipe on my blog because it was such a hit for my family.  It’s not the healthiest food but it was sure yummy. 

Sunday May 22^nd 2016

We got up a little late for Church so again I had a protein shake, my kids asked me if I ever get sick of them and the answer is yes but the convenience of them is the best for a buys full time working mom of 3.  I drank a little on our way to church and then during Primary I was able to drink the rest of it throughout the rest of church.

For Lunch we had Grilled Turkey and Cheese Sandwiches, I was able to eat one half of the sandwich and a couple of bites on the other half.  I was so full it made me so tired so I took a long Sunday nap.  I love them, they are the best

We go to dinner almost every Sunday to my parents and my brother and sister and their family come.  We made Hawaiian Hay Stacks.  I ate about 6 bites of dinner and was so full.    I love them because you can fill it up with fresh veggies and some good protein in it.  I only had one small scoop of Rice but was not able to eat it all

Monday May 23^rd 2016

Nothing to exciting happened today, just the normal busy crazy Monday’s.  Work was crazy busy, I forgot to eat breakfast, so I grabbed some cheese and some nuts and ate a snack at 10:30.  That has not happened to me in a long time, I don't know how I forgot breakfast

I finally did my actual weigh in and I am down to 186.4 lbs.  From the start of this Journey I am down 34.4 lbs.  Which I am beyond Excited about

I am embarrassed to even show these before and after pictures but this is where I am as of today. I still have a long way to go but I am very excited for the road I am heading down to have a healthy life

For Lunch Eric brought home a Jr Hamburger from Wendy’s I ate half of the hamburger and gave the rest to the girls when they got home from school.  We had to go grocery shopping I had no food in the house we went down to Winco to get food by the time we were done and I would get home and have dinner ready it was going to be 9:00 so we stopped at Café Rio and I got a Chicken Tostada, the crazy thing is before the surgery I was able to eat a whole big Salad and most of the yummy shell, I was able to eat about 7 bites and I was so full, I told Eric next time I am going to just share with him and have a couple of bites of his.  It was a waste of money and did not taste as good as I remembered, I have noticed since my surgery nothing tastes the same WHICH IS GOOD. There is nothing that I really crave fast food like I did before the surgery.   I don’t think I will be going back to Café Rio anytime soon.  We got home put all the grocery’s away and of course I had to watch the Bachelorette.  I know today I have made some really bad choices in eating out and this goes to show how crazy busy life is and if you don't have anything planned and in your house how easy it is to go right back to where you were.  I have planned Breakfast, lunches and dinners for the next 6 days so there are no excuses.

I want to again thank you all for the love and support you have given me.  I can't wait to see where I am in another 7 weeks.  Love you All!!!!

I am back and READY!!! and AWESOME IPhone and IPad App

I am BACK!!!!!! I know I have been MIA for a while and I have finally decided today that I need to get back on the band wagon and get my big girl pants back on and move forward.

I have had a couple of things happen to me these past couple of week make me question what I was doing was the right thing, I know it’s already too late for the surgery part, but somethings were said to me that made me really question who I am and what I am here for.  I am not perfect I have never been perfect but the one thing I know is I am here for a reason and I have gone through EVERYTHING for a reason.  I have made some bad choices for many years on how I handle stress, how I handle my depression, how I handle every day to day things.  This is me, this is how I thought I should handle things.  What I have learned these past 7 weeks about myself after having surgery is I am a strong, hard headed, but a very determined woman. 

I finally got back on the scales and I am down 33.6 lbs which I am happy with.  I thought the weight was going to fall off me, I thought I was just going to go to sleep and wake up every morning and loose weight.  For the most part that has been the case just not as much as I thought.  For as little as I eat I was surprised that it was not coming off faster. It just goes to show that this is just a Tool, not a fix it all.  

I have had to go through my closet and get rid of 2 big garbage bags of clothes, a lot of my pants won’t stay up on my hips.  I love when I go through my closet put it on and look in the mirror and it looks too big and makes me look frumpy and have to find something else to wear.  

I have learned the hard way it’s not always the number on the scales it is how you fit in clothes.  I have some pants that I could not even get up over my hips 8 weeks ago and now I can get them on and button them up but they are very very tight and very uncomfortable.  That is a new goal I have set for myself is to be able to wear them comfortably by the end of the first week of June. I know I can do it.

We have been walking so much as a family, I think I have walked more in the last 5 weeks then I have in the last 10 years.  A good friend of ours had a yard sale a couple of weeks ago and scored the best indoor bike.  We got a Marcy Club Revolution Cycle Trainer.  That has become my best friend, I will ride it when I have a few min of down time from work, or before I start work I will ride it 20 min or ride it after my kids go to bed, sometimes I catch myself riding it 2-3 times a day.  One thing I never thought of is my BUTT!!! My butt hurts so bad from riding it.  It has been a great workout for me. I want to get weight band and start doing weight bands while I ride the bike.  I YOU-TUBED a couple of spinning classes, hummmm yeah they kicked my butt, could not do it all, but I will soon.

Starting Tomorrow I am going to start Blogging all my food intake to keep me on track, I cheated today and had 4 vanilla wafer cookies, did they make me feel better?  NOPE, matter in fact my stomach hurt a little more than normal.

Last Thursday I have had a minor setback, just when I was finally feeling better I had to have a lump under my left armpit removed and I have had to be careful with my whole left arm.  I have a drain on my left side hopefully it will come out tomorrow morning. I go see my surgeon tomorrow and praying hard he will take it out.  I feel like I have had to take a couple of steps back on my exercising because of this lovely tube, plus being on pain medicine and feeling like garbage.  Hopefully I get the green light that I am good to go tomorrow morning!

For Mother’s Day my amazing Husband bought me an IPad Pro and I LOVE IT. I am trying to get my life organized, I have learned the more I am organized the easier everything is for me. It all works out. Working 8-10 hours a day with 3 kids, 2 in softball and a crazy busy 2-year-old, husband who works 2 jobs and is never home, a new puppy and yes I said a new Puppy… husband got an early father’s day present.  Was not my first choice getting a new puppy but we feel in love with him as soon as we saw him.  Meet Jax Olsen, 

he is 8 weeks old.  We love him but not at 4:00 am pee breaks. 

 Okay back to my awesome apps I found on my IPad. 

I love to cook, and I love to find new recipes all the time.  I print them off and then put them somewhere and then can never find them again.  This app lets you put in all the recipes you have and also if you find them on line then you can save the online recipes.  You can categorize all your recipes how you want. There is another section that allows you to add the recipes to your menu board and then you can add it all to a grocery list.  All in one app you have your Recipes at your finger tip and neatly organized, you have a weekly menu and you also have your grocery list.  I love that I can have it on my IPhone and on my IPad.  When I go to the grocery store all I need is my IPad or IPhone, no more writing your grocery list on a piece of paper and losing it or forgetting what you wrote down what you were going to have for dinner.  I have a new love.  Paprika App you’re a life saver. 

*** THIS IS THE MAIN SCREEN ON ALL MY RECIPES THAT I HAVE CREATED SO FAR***

*** THIS IS THE MENU SECTION, IT SHOWS WHAT YOU HAVE SELECTED FOR THAT DAY***

*** THIS IS THE GROCERY LIST SECTION***

*** THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN GO ON THE WEB AND FIND RECEIPES, THERE ARE 100'S OF 

WEBSITES ALREADY ON SAVED YOU CAN CHOOSE*** THIS IS NOT THE BEST RECIPE TO HAVE IN MY RECIPE BOX BUT I AM GOING TO TRY TO BAKE IT INSTEAD OF FRYING THE CHICKEN

*** ONCE YOU PULL IT UP FROM THE WEBSITE, YOU HIT CREATE RECIPE***

*** YOU HAVE TO SAVE THE RECIPE ONCE IT PULLS IT UP***

***THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS ONCE IT IS SAVED***

*** ONCE IT HAS BEEN CREATED AND SAVED IT WILL SHOW UP IN YOUR LIST OF RECIPES***

I am so happy to say I am back, I am moving forward, no matter what someone say’s or thinks, is going to put my down, make me question who I am, why I have chosen what I have chosen in my life. I am going to do what I said from the beginning of this blog, is I am going to post my daily life on my struggles, my good days, and my bad days.  I want to thank everyone for all your support you have given me so far on this crazy journey I have felt so loved by so many people.