Another Week Down

This last week has been pretty hard for me. We went camping for three days and my kids started 1st grade today. I gained .07 pounds which is REALLY good considering all the stress and depression I have had this week. But my goal is to loss the .07 and a few more pounds this next week. I am helping a friend clean apartments for the next week and a half and that is my workout for now. I will continue to walk on Saturdays, but I won't be able to walk while cleaning apartments. I am so tired afterwards that I don't think I would survive walking also. I get a REALLY good workout and use every muscle cleaning. At least I hope I am, LOL!!

Have a great week!!

Hardest...ummm.. I mean HEALTHIEST 2 weeks of my life!

Okay girls. Rolyndia is my motivation here. She sounds like she's doing awesome! I'm going to hit it harder than I ever have in my whole life for the next 2 weeks! In exactly 2 weeks from today I have a race to run!!! AHHH! I ran this morning with my friend, and we decided we needed to buck up and start running at the time of the actual race....9:30am. It was SO FLIPPING HOT! I was impressed that I made it in 33 minutes and 10 seconds with how hot it felt. It was actually a pretty cool morning compared to other days too! Anyway, I am going to be completely strict for 2 weeks, and see where that leaves me. I'm not going to step on a scale until my RACE DAY. I'm not too nervous about winning the race, beacuse I don't really care about beating anybody else in this race, I just want to beat MY OWN time. I am going to drink tons of water too these next few weeks. I think this will help. Everytime I even THINK about snacking, I'm going to take a big drink first. I am also going to be strict on not eating after 7:00pm. And...Last but not least... NO SUGAR. I have purchased a couple of sugar free snacks to keep me going when I NEED something sweet. Other than that....it's off limits! I'm going to Island Park with my Young Women next weekend, and that will probably be the hardest time for me. Anyway, as for exercising this next week, it will go like this:

Monday: Run 1 mile- Walk 4 miles
Tuesday: Run 3.1 miles at 9:30
Wednesday: Elipticle 30 minutes and toning 20 minutes
Thursday: Run 3.1 miles at 9:30
Friday: Run 1 mile- Walk 4 miles
Saturday: Take Young Women on a hike
Sunday: BREAK!!

Wish me luck everyone. This could be the HEALTHIEST two weeks of my life if I can stay motivated!

Home and. . . healthy

So, life has been absolutely crazy, but I believe it will begin to be normal again - a perfect time to start again. I actually haven't been doing all that bad. I have pretty much given up diet Coke (a recent addiction) and due to the lack of sweets in my house (and the lack of money to buy more) I haven't been too bad at eating sweets either. My 1 sweet tooth is for Otter Pops. Those things are fabulous. With only 25 calories per pop, they totally hit the spot, and they have water in them, too! :) So - there's my tip. Eat an otter pop! Plus - your kids will love them. And they're only like 4 cents a piece! Much better than a candy bar at 60 cents a piece with 350 calories!!!

OK - off my soapbox. Since life is starting to calm down, I am going to tell everyone my goals and start sticking to them. I am going to begin by exercising every day. Since I don't know what my hubby's schedule is, I will just go as follows. If he opens - I will do my workout video (it's Turbo Jam - it kicks butt!) or go walking with the ladies in the neighborhood. If he closes - I am going to go running. There's a 3 mile loop that we walk that I would love to be able to run. As far as eating - that's usually not as bad as not exercising, but I'm going to stock my fridge full of fruits and vegis and whole grains. In order to be truly honest about this, I'm going to follow the example of others and write EVERYTHING down.

OK, that's all. And a quick get to know you from me in case you missed it earlier - I am an almost 25 year old mother of 2 (Sara is 1 and Kirk is 3). My husband and I live right by Layton, UT where he works in retail. I am a stay at home mom. :) And here's an updated pic. I think I look gross and fat (especially next to my skinny hubby and kids) but maybe that will motivate me to keep going - so that all of you can see how skinny I get!

Feeling Good

So I have been at this now for two weeks and I have lost 7 pounds so far. I have 28 more to go. I am excited and enjoying the walking and the attempt at running. I have been eating healthy and writing down EVERYTHING I eat. It has helped a lot.

Keep up the great work ladies and hope all of you reach your goals.

Starting Somewhere

So, as I mentioned earlier I am not a runner. I get really bad shin splints and I have no endurance. I can't even run a mile without passing out. I need to slowly build up my endurance and so I plan on running as long as I can starting today and each day increase it by a minute or two. I know that sounds pathetic, but I gotta start somewhere. 

As far as my diet goes, I need to make some major changes. I have a HUGE sweet tooth. Mostly cookies, but I love all sweets. It's really going to be hard for me to cut out sugar but I need to try. Any healthy recipes would really help. I'll update you all on my status at the end of the week.

Blog list

So I finally added all of our blogs to the side, so we can get to know eachother better. If I've added anybody who DOES NOT want to be there, just let me know. Also, if I've missed someone, send me your blog link again. I think I've only missed Hannah, because I don't know yours, and Shellie (my mom) because she doesn't have one.

I'm at home still, and doing...hmm...we'll say OKAY. I'm fine exercising, but my brother's homecoming yesterday was a little tough. There were cookies EVERYWHERE! ALL DAY LONG! I'm starting strong today though, and I think I'm going to go running with James' sister who is going to be running a half marathon in 2 weeks. Amazing huh. She usually runs about 3 miles a day, and then builds up on Saturdays. Last Saturday she went 9 miles. I can't even imagine! Anyway, I'll catch up to ya later! Hope you're all doing well as we end up the Summer!

Hello Ladies

Hi everyone! I'm new to this "love yourself healthy" blog and I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Rachel and I'm related to both Jill and Jenna (I'm actually their husbands cousin). Anyway, I have 2 kids. Austin is 3 1/2 and Brooke is just over a year. I have a great husband named Anthony who I have been married to for almost 6 years. We are currently living in Utah.

I saw this link on Jill's blog and after reading all the posts I got really excited because I too want to lose a few pounds and get into shape. I think this is a great way to motivate myself. So here are my goals:

1. Lose 12 pounds by my anniversary (Nov. 23rd)

2. Eat healthier 

3. Run a 5k without stopping by April 2009 (no laughing... this is going to be really hard for me because I am so not a runner)

I'm really going to need a lot of support and so I'm looking forward to using this blog site as a way to motivate myself through all you girls. By the way, for all of you out there that have run a 5k (JILL) any advice you could give me would be great! I have no idea where to even start. So, to everyone I say may the healthy living force be with you. :)