Sugar is the mother f#ckin devil!

I've been doing a lot of thinking about how I can get past the plateau I seem to have hit and how I can gain some momentum with my weight loss.  I know that sugar is bad.  I really do know this!  I guess I thought that I could still eat/drink it in moderation and be OK.  For the most part, this is true but looking at my food journal I feel that I'm still consuming too much of it.  Today I made the bold decision to give up sugar, starting NOW.  I have done this in the past and lost a ton of weight.  I'm not sure exactly how much because I didn't own a scale then.  I do know that this is the next step I need to take in my weight loss journey though.  Goodbye Pepsi, frozen yogurt, mochas and chocolate.  Mama will miss you!  We are heading to the beach on July 2nd and it is my goal to have NO sugar until then.  I truly hope that I will feel so good without the stupid stuff that I will never look back.  I bought some sugar free chocolate covered caramels, they're not delicious by any means but they have to satisfy my cravings until I am over my addiction.  Here we go...

Week 5 Results

I'm down 1.4 lbs this week!  It could have been better but I'll take it!  It feels like I'm starting to hit a plateau so I feel like I need to add some exercise into my routine.  I haven't made it to the gym recently, my insomnia is such a bitch and I just can't peel myself out of bed at 4:45 when I could try and sleep till 6.  Excuses, excuses.  I know.  Since the weather is warming up, I want to go on walks with the girls.  Next week is going to be crazy, Gentry has dress rehearsal and 2 performances for Sleeping Beauty.  I am going to continue to focus on my diet and exercise if I can.

Stats:
Weight lost before starting this mission: 33 lbs (so what if 19 of it was baby weight, it counts!)
Week 1: -2.2 lbs
Week 2: -2 lbs
Week 3: +2.2 lbs
Week 4: -.4 lbs
Week 5: -1.4 lbs
Total on this mission: -3.8 lbs
Total since giving birth to Hayden: -36.8 lbs
Pounds to go to my first goal of being back at my wedding weight: 14.2

Week 5

Hellurrrrr.  I'm back from my crazy week/weekend.  I'm not even exaggerating a little bit.  It was cray guys.  Cray.  Anyhoo, I did terrible with my diet this weekend.  Not gonna lie.  I weighed myself this morning and I'm down .4 pounds from the last time I weighed in.  Only 4.5 lbs away from my goal of losing 5 lbs.  HA!  I was lacking motivation and quite frankly I didn't have the time necessary to think about what I was eating.  I drank a shit load of Pepsi too :(  I woke up yesterday feeling motivated.  I wanted to head to the gym but Gentry started crying and begged me to stay home.  How do you say no to that?  :(  I was very active around the house this weekend though so I don't feel too guilty about staying home.  I have been making great choices with my meals today, and I feel like now that the majority of the craziness this month is behind us I can focus on me again.  I received the book I ordered, and so far I'm loving it.  What this guy is saying just clicks for me, it makes total sense.  I highly recommend buying it!  I have also been learning more and more about juicing and I really want to give it a try.  I'm going to try and get a juicer this weekend (Friday = hubby's payday...WOOT) and get started on that.  I'm feeling motivated again and it feels GOOD.  I am happy that I didn't gain too much weight during all this craziness, but I'm disappointed that I got sidetracked and lost my motivation.  Lesson learned.  Now for the stats...

Stats:
Weight lost before starting this mission: 33 lbs (so what if 19 of it was baby weight, it counts!)
Week 1: -2.2 lbs
Week 2: -2 lbs
Week 3: +2.2 lbs
Week 4: -.4 lbs
Total on this mission: -2.4 lbs
Total since giving birth to Hayden: -35.4 lbs
Pounds to go to my first goal of being back at my wedding weight: 15.6

My goals for this week are to stay motivated and not stray from my diet.  I need to stay on course to make up for the 2 bad weeks I've had.  I'm also going to get back to the gym.  I want to go at least 3 times this week.  That will be challenging since my husband is on call but I NEED to make it happen!    

Weight Loss Jars

This is probably one of my favorite crafts that I've seen on Pinterest!  I made these jars for my bestie Stephanie and I and it is so fun to move marbles to the Pounds LOST!! side.  Not so much when you have a bad week and have to move some to the other side :/

If anyone is interested in buying a set or wants to know what I used to make them, either leave a comment or shoot me an email at mandahurst@gmail.com.

Umm...

Pretty sure I would if I could ever do more than 20 minutes of Zumba straight!

Oh Discipline, Where Art Thou?

Why is it so hard for me to be disciplined?!  It took all my willpower to not buy a donut this morning.  A chocolate creme filled donut just sounded SO GOOD.  I resisted the temptation even though I didn't want to.  I know I'm never going to get anywhere if I keep giving into myself.  I keep pinning to my "Thinspiration" board on Pinterest when I'm feeling weak and this one in particular spoke to me.

WORD.

Amen.

Week 4 Goals

Ok y'all, I'm back on the wagon!  I'm still trying to light that fire and get super motivated again but I'm making better choices today.  My goal for the week is to lose 4-5 pounds to make up for the terrible eating I did last week.  We are busy every night this week so I won't be able to squeeze in much exercise but I will focus on eating right.  Losing 5 pounds doesn't sound like much but after seeing this picture, I'm even more motivated!  Check out what 20 pounds of fat looks like!  I WILL get there this month. 

P.S.  I found this on Pinterest so I'm not sure who the photo credit should go to.

Week 3 Wrap Up

Welp, I suck.  I did awful this week, I don't have any excuses either!  I got lazy and it shows...This week I gained 2.2 lbs.  TWO POUNDS GUYS.  WTF!  I've learned a few valuable lessons.  Straying from my diet for even one day isn't worth it.  Also?  Pepsi is the devil.  It's my gateway drug.  (Sidenote: I can't imagine having an actual drug addiction, I feel SO BAD for people that struggle with that! I seriously can't imagine the torture they must go through daily!)  I grocery shopped last night and stocked up on healthy snacks and lots of Crystal Light.  I'm back bitches.  I also didn't track a damn thing in my journal this week, I'm sure that impacted my poor choices too.  We have LOTS going on this weekend but I'm going to focus on not having any Pepsi, mochas or fast food this weekend.  I'm going to make my crock pot taco chicken tonight so I can just make a quick taco when I get hungry and won't be tempted to eat out. 

Stats:
Weight lost before starting this mission: 33 lbs (so what if 19 of it was baby weight, it counts!)
Week 1: -2.2 lbs
Week 2: -2 lbs
Week 3: +2.2 lbs
Total on this mission: -2 lbs
Total since giving birth to Hayden: -35 lbs
Pounds to go to my first goal of being back at my wedding weight: 16


No pictures this week, we were running late and it was a CRAZY morning!  I'll post pics next Friday when I'm DOWN a few pounds.  Gotta hit it hard this next week to make up for this 2.2 lb weight gain.  I would love to lose at least 4 pounds this next week.