June

Well hello blog land! Long time no see? Sad that my last post was June 1st?

Have no fear I'm still working towards my goals. The last week and a half I had over 120 cheer bows to complete before a local HS took off for cheer camp, so that is partially to blame. ;) So hang on to your mouse and get settled in for a lot of pictures. LOL.

Let's start off with the weight update!

I'm still not seeing a ton of progress as far as the scale is concerned. Of course everyone on IG is all "don't worry about the scale." Easy for you to say when you're not the one paying for Weight Watchers!!! And I will keep paying until I can make Lifetime. :/

Why is the scale stuck? I have several theories, but I'm going to narrow it down to too many cheat meals with the hubby on weekends, right before weigh in, and lack of sleep. Seriously sleep should be my number one priority but I just cannot get myself in bed at a decent hour. Boo!

Moving on to workouts:

It seems I've slid into a bad habit of skipping cardio on weigh in day. Note to self: Get to it!

And here's a little fun one of me and the kiddlets showing off our new FTYF gear!

Keep at it Fit Family!

Weigh In Day

Weigh in Day x 2!!!!

03.19 = 213.8

03.26 = 213.0 

-0.8 pounds

Total Loss to Date: 64.6 pounds

Today's first-thing-wake-up-naked weight:

Then this happened:

Sigh... the body fluctuates an awful lot. But it's all good. :D

03.26 = 213.0

04.02 = 212.2 

-0.8 pounds

Total Loss to Date: 65.4 pounds

Today's first-thing-wake-up-naked weight:

Chuggin' right along!

Daily Dose

1. Meal 1 - Protein Bar {5PP}
2. Morning Tea {1PP}
3. Meal 2 - 2 Cuties {0PP}
4. Meal 3 - Apple, Fage + PB2 {2PP}
5. Meal 4 - Super Salad, Oven Roasted Chicken, Creamy French {3PP}
6. Meal 5 - (6) Fajita Stuffed Mini Bell Peppers {9PP}
7. Workout - Chest & Triceps, torn down! Growing some callouses. O.o
8. Meal 7 - Post work-out protein shake with Milk & PB2 {5PP}
9. Meal 8 - Tuna Couscous Concotion {6PP}
10. Night cap - Bedtime Tea {0PP}

Total Points Consumed: 31 Points Remaining: 2 Activity Points Earned: 3

So, this morning was rough... up all night with not one but two sick kiddos, early am appointment with the chiropractor (who praised me for my working out and how well it's impacted my spinal health), and a very sleepy mama all day long, who wanted to skip her workout and crawl in bed early... very happy she stayed up to work out!!!

Screen capture from my JEFit app.

Here's my first 4+ weeks of my new routine! I only missed ONE DAY and it was a cardio day. I feel super proud of that. Just have to get through this week and the next and then my trainer will switch up the weights routine. YAY!!!!

Daily Dose

1. Meal 1 - Toast with Hazelnut Spread, 1 egg & half a banana (The boy child stole the other half) {5PP}
2. Meal 2 - Super Salad, 1tsp Creamy French, 2 Loaded Santa Fe Potato Skins {7PP}
3. Meal 3 - 1 Cup of Strawberries {0PP}
4. Meal 4 - Carrots & Hummus {1PP}
5. Meal 5 - Tex-Mex Taco Salad {7PP}
6. Meal 6 - Pre-workout snack; Toast with Almond Butter {4PP}
7. Workout - Legs & Biceps. Bumped my squats up to 50 pounds tonight and the hubs had to spot me :) Gonna be a fun day tomorrow trying to use the toilet. :P
8. Meal 7 - Post-workout Protein Shake with Milk {4PP}
9. Meal 8 - Chicken Tenders and Couscous {6PP}
10. Night Cap - Yogi Bedtime Tea {0PP}

Total Points Consumed: 34 Points Remaining: 0 Activity Points Earned: 4

Daily Dose

1. Meal 1 - Banana + 1 Egg & 1 Egg white omelet with spinach & green onion, a wedge of Laughing cow cheese {3PP}
2. Morning Tea - Stash Pomegranate Raspberry Green Tea {0PP}
3. Meal 2 - Roasted Broccoli/Cauliflower with 2 Santa Fe Loaded Baked Potato Skins {4PP}
4. Meal 3 - Pineapple and Fage with Chocolate PB2 {2PP}
5. Meal 4 - Peanut Butter Banana Muffin {5PP}
6. Meal 5 - Super Salad with 1tsp Creamy French {2PP}
7. Meal 5 - Broiled Garlic Tilapia and Broiled Bell Pepper {4PP}
8. Meal 6 - Pre-workout Snack, 45cal Bread with 1 tbsp Justin's Hazelnut Butter {4PP}
9. Workout - Chest & Triceps... I upped my weights again and by the end I couldn't hold my arms up to take a pic, hence it's fuzziness. LOVE THIS FEELING!
10. Meal 7 - Post-workout Protein Shake, with Milk {4PP}
11. Meal 8 - Cucumber Tuna Cups* {3PP}
12. Night Cap - Yogi Bedtime Tea {0PP}

Total Points Consumed: 31 Points Remaining: 3 Activity Points Earned: 6

Wow... that was a lot of meals/pictures for today!

*These are so easy & awesome. If you're interested in a "recipe" leave a comment and I'll work something up. Never would I have thought to put tuna and cucumber together but it's so filling and good for you! And yes, I ate an entire cucumber!!!!

Daily Dose

1. Meal 1 - Whole Wheat Pancakes with Strawberries & Lite Syrup {5PP}
2. Workout - Legs & Biceps. I had a workout partner with me and she did very good ;)
3. Meal 2 - Clean Eating French Onion Soup with Whole Wheat Garlic Biscuits {8PP}
4. Meal 3 - Protein Meal Bar* {4PP}
5. Meal 4 - Chips & Queso (No I didn't eat the appetizer all by myself) {9PP}
6. Meal 5 - Salmon with vegetable medley {8PP}
7. Meal 6 - Side salad (I tossed the croutons and cheese and the dressing was gross so that disappeared too) {0PP}
8. Treat - Angry Orchard's Hard Apple Cider (Yes, I indulged more than I should have) {16PP}
9. Treat #2 - I had a small slice of birthday cake and blech I cannot believe I used to love butter cream frosting. It was so sweet I couldn't even finish it. {5PP}

Total Points Consumed: 55 Points Remaining: -21 Activity Points Earned: 7

*Today was such a whirl wind. After eating my lunch I had to jet off to the farm to photograph baby goats for a farmers website. So I spent 3 hours without eating, yikes! Luckily the hubs through a bar in my purse and I chowed down while hurrying back home because we had plans for the evening to join our BFF's for a birthday celebration. I really could have planned a little better. Oh wait I did! I tossed in some peanuts and two cuties, however I found out that it's near impossible to drive home and peel a cutie at the same time. So the bar won.

Daily Dose

1. Meal 1 - Strawberries & Cream Oats with Flax seed and fresh strawberries {4PP}
2. Meal 2 - Super Salad with a smidge of Creamy French {2PP}
3. Meal 3 - Roasted Asparagus & Spicy Garlic and Black Bean Burger {4PP}
4. Meal 4 - Rotisserre Chicken on Whole Wheat with Laughing Cow Light Swiss & Romaine, Freeze Dried Strawberries and a mug of Yogi Muscle Recovery Green Tea {3PP}
5. Meal 5 - 4oz Roasted Lemon Pepper Salmon, Roasted Green Beans & Baby Carrots {5PP}
6. Meal 6 - 3/4 of an apple and 3oz Fage Total 0% with 2tbsp PB2 {2PP}
7. Workout - Legs & Biceps 
8. Meal 7 - Post Workout Protein Shake with Milk x 2 {4PP}
9. Night Cap - Yogi Bedtime Tea {0PP}

Total Points Consumed: 29 Points Remaining: 5 Activity Points Earned: 8

Great day, lots of movement since we had to get groceries. ;o) Everyone was worn out and went to bed early, except for me... I stayed up and lifted weights. I'm super pleased. I upped my squat weight from 20#'s last week to 40# this week. Definitely going to feel it tomorrow. I also upped my Step Up weights by 5 pounds as well as 10#'s more for the reverse grip bicep curls.

Right now I'm fighting to keep my eyes open so I'll end with Good Night!

Daily Dose

I'm back for two days in a row. WooHoo!

1. Meal 1 - The hubs made me breakfast and surprised me with it in bed. Awe... Whole wheat bread with Laughing Cow Queso, Hard cooked egg and two slices of turkey bacon. {7PP}
2. Meal 2 - Fage Total 0% with PB2 and a Honeycrisp apple {2PP}
3. Meal 3 - Super Salad (Romaine/Spinach/Green Onion/Mini Bells/Cherry Tomatoes} with a hint of mozarella, grilled chicken and balsamic and a side of grapes {3PP}
4. Mid-day Tea - Blech. I tried the hubs Green Tea (for boosting metabolism) and yuck! I cannot get past the after taste. There's just a bite that would swing and hit me after every sip. So I won't be trying that one again! {0PP}
5. Meal 4 - Raw Broccoli & Cauliflower, Fage Total 0% with McCormick's Produce Partners Spinach Dip Mix and 1 ounce of Dry Roasted Peanuts {6PP}
6. Meal 5 - Sesame Encrusted Baked Chicken, Roasted Asparagus and Brown Rice {9PP}
7. Workout - Chest & Triceps; Gonna have sore boobies tomorrow!
8. Meal 6 - Post Workout Protein Shake, Made with Milk {4PP}
9. Night Cap - Mmm, Yogi Bedtime tea. {0PP}

Total Points Consumed: 31 Points Remaining: 3 Activity Points Earned: 3

Another decent day is in the books, definitely less stressed today than yesterday. Now it's time to get my booty to bed. Nighty-night!

"Not Enough Time" Work Out

Not that long ago I found that Insanity just isn't working for my body right now. It's fabulous, I've definitely seen more tone in my muscles and an increase in endurance. However, I'm not seeing that fat burning and weight loss I was seeing with my running and biking. So I decided to take a step back from the videos and start over.

I know I've talked about this routine once before, and quite frankly I've only done it once before. But it's where I'm about to start. It's perfect for my schedule. Why? Because I can knock this routine out in under 15 minutes. It's designed to work as many muscle groups as possible in as short of an amount of time as possible. So I'll be hitting the cardio 5-6 days a week and throwing the weights in every other day. This workout totally gives me no excuse for not getting it done!

We'll see where this gets me at next Tuesday's weigh in. :)

All of these I am performing with a 5 foot barbell, no additional weight added to it's already 14 pounds. Perfect for a beginner.

And if you're unsure how to do any of these moves, check out the links below.

*Bent Over Row

*Upright Row

*Good Morning

*Military Press 

*Stationary Lunges 

*Thrusters 

*Straight Leg Deadlift

After I master this routine I will try to expand to some fun workouts I've pinned!