I lost his birth weight

That's right, I lost the weight of CC by an ounce. One week in- and I lost 5.2 lbs!!! 

In all honesty, this diet isn't so bad considering I was expecting cardboard. I would actually eat a lot of these meals on a regular basis. I stepped on the scale this morning and was pleasantly surprised with the 191.4 that flashed back at me. It made every bit of the past week worth it. 
I'd be lying if I said I didn't go down and get 2 heaping spoonfuls of peanut butter to celebrate. HA!
Things I have learned so far:


I love breakfast! I usually go for the cereal with milk and bananas on top. Then I save my protein for a snack and hour later.


Lunch I make a decent sized salad and I have recently fallen in love with low fat Raspberry Vinaigrette. YUM!! Then I have my NS lunch entree, the graham chocolate bar is DIVINE!


My snack is usually string cheese and an apple. I know- pretty boring but tasty.


And dinner I have my NS entree, haven't found one I hate yet. I LOVE sauteing zucchini and squash with garlic and seasoning. That and warm spinach salad is amazing. 


I think I miss snacking the most. I have realized over this past week that I am a bored snack er and if that wasn't a recipe for disaster, you should have seen my portion sizes. Ouch. Guess that's how I gained a lot of this weight to begin with.


I can survive without wine with a bath and a substitute a diet coke, but it's not the same.


Night shift dieting is a challenge, especially when you work 12 hours shifts- meaning you only work 3 nights. Your constantly switching back and forth between days and nights, sometimes up for 24 hours. I'm still figuring this out, so when I do- I'll share.


I have also made an attempt to exercise at least 3 times a week. Tonight I even took a run to visit Nolan, yet I have found out that running in our neighborhood around dinner time is torture. Just go ahead and hang the juicy bubba burger and potato salad in front of me and dangle it on a fishing pole why don't you. The smells coming from each house just filtered into the streets. AHHHHH! I'd kill to have a big fat juicy burger! 

So for dinner tonight, I had the Grilled Burger. It kind of reminded me of the cafeteria burgers from grade school but it wasn't bad at all for what it is. I used some Laughing Cow Blue Cheese and added my veggies. 

It's all about portion sizes and eating the right foods. So far so good. No complaints, as I lost 5+ lbs and Chris lost 14. Not too shabby! So cheers to next week (holds up my diet coke with lime) in hopes I lose some more.


And when did this monster grow? I can barely remember the days he had no things and he was just a speck in the bassinet. Now he's almost grown out of it. 

 When did this happen!!!!?

Couch 2 5K

I hate running! I think I would rather have dental work done.
I made a choice that I want to be as healthy as I can be for another pregnancy. So Chris and I both have been eating healthy, counting calories and RUNNING. A close friend suggested joining her in doing the Couch 2 5K program. They even have a nifty iphone app, and if you know me, I am a sucker for any app so I downloaded it right away.

This program claims that you will be able to run a 5K in 9 weeks comfortably. I have had 2 friends tell me they LOVE this program and it made them fall in love with running. I HIGHLY doubt this program will make me even remotely like running, so I am out to prove them wrong.

Chris is doing the program with me and so far we are week 2, day 2. It's not bad and every day it gets easier. I do feel better after wards and like I accomplished something good, but I still hate the act of running. So what makes it better?!... MUSIC.

You are talking to the girl that can do the Cha Cha Slide & Cupid Shuffle while running. Chris can tell when one of my favorites come on because he said I run differently and I do arm movements and everything. I think you would wonder whats wrong with me if you drove past me, seriously.

So I'll let you know in 8 weeks how this program did. IF we make it there, and we *like* running, I think we will book a 5K for real. How cool would that be?I had some more pictures, but my poor iphone has suffered wine death, so it's in a rice bath and I am hoping it gets better. If not, I will be spending a million dollars on a new one this weekend. But all my fun pictures of our morning workout where on my phone. This one is the only one from Chris' phone. Enjoy.