2014 "I Will Keep Going. I will finish what I started"

 

Good Morning! Hope your holiday was good. I know it has been several months that I haven't posted. Things got kinda difficult with the personal issues I had to deal with and just chosen to think all about the personal issues I had to take care instead of me. Soo now it's 2014.. this morning I weighed myself (I haven't weighted myself since August) so as of today, I gained 7lbs but that's good to know bec I thought I probably have had gained so much back up but nope, not bad.. only gained 7lbs ! So Today I'm focusing on getting me back into getting healthy and exercise and continue / finish my healthy journey! I just started my wake up morning with my water! I know I can do this! Have a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Lost 3 lbs

Finally broke through my plateau! I was stuck at this since June. Total loss now is 41.5lbs. I'm not sure why it won't show 41.5 on my fitness pal ticker on your left of my blog page. It only showed 41.

I'm so happy to see it finally went down! Whew!!

Almost time for my kiddos to go back to school :-( I really love having them home with me meantime I do need myself time! So it'll be nice to have myself time without kids while they are at school.

My oldest son got a new haircut yesterday and looks very handsome! He's ready for high school! Hard to believe this! I'm so proud of him. He's very respectful and good young man! He wants to be a doctor one day cause he wants to help people!

My mom and I are going to take rest of kiddos (my young son and step daughter) for a haircut today. Gonna be a good day!

I will be busy whole next week with doctor/dentist appointments and visiting with open school to meet teachers and babysit my mom's dog, going to college myself, so on.

I'll stay in touch to update my weight loss etc.

Have a great weekend!

Plateau!

Hello ! I haven't posted for few weeks. I have hit a Plateau! :-( I didn't lost any for the past 3 weeks then saw my doctor yesterday to request for a blood work to check on my hypothyroidism and Vit. D 3 levels also anemic. I'll know the results later this week or before this or on Monday. I weighed in and it showed I gained 1 lb.

I'll see my nutritionist on Monday and see what she can suggest.

It's frustrates for me but I won't give up!

New Loss!

Good Afternoon! I went to see my nutritionist last Thursday. I lost 4.4 lbs this week. Total loss 38.8 lbs! Almost getting to 40 lbs! I'll be getting a new reward once I hit 40 lbs! A new outfit! :-)

I learned that I have inspired a couple people at my doctor's office, one is the lady who handles the appointments. She stopped drinking the sodas. She told me that I inspired her! Second lady was the one I have knew all grew up. She works at my doctor's office. She told me I inspired her by reading my updates of weight loss on my facebook and now she is working on to lose her weight :-)

I signed up for 5k walking for this fall! I can't wait ! :-)

I feel like everything is going well for me! I'll continue see my nutritionist once a month just to hold me accountable! It helps! My back ache is GONE.. I mean I feel so great.. so energy! So happy!! :-) I love healthy foods. I don't miss sodas or fatty or fried foods!!! They aren't welcome into my body anymore! :-)

I guess that's it for now. Gotta to close this for now.. Have a great weekend!!

Busy ! Busy!

Off subject (not about weight)

I have been busy since last Friday!

Last Friday was my step daughter's 5th grade graduation. She's moving up to a 6th grade and into a MIDDLE school! Now we don't have a elementary kids in our house anymore!

Now my oldest son just graduated 8th grade yesterday! Now he's officially a freshman! Ninth grade! Hard to believe that he's a high school student now! He's very good young man! I'm so proud of him! He wants to go to college after he finish high school! So proud of him!!!!!

My last son has been prompting to 8th grade :-) Also my step son has been prompting to 7th grade!

Now I have one in high school and 3 in middle school! Hard to believe how the time flies so fast!!

Yep I'm making myself sounds like a brag but I'm so proud of them!!! :-D

30.2 lbs!

I had a weight in yesterday. I lost 1.8 lb. Total Loss is 30.2lbs! So I had a reward for my 30lbs is to get myself a new shoes!! :-) My next new reward is on 40lbs for a new outfit! Look forward to this!! :-) Here's a picture of me, so PROUD! :-) Thankful for the supporters from my husband, children, family & friends!

Happy Saturday!

Sorry I haven't posted last Wednesday to update my weight loss.

I only lost 0.8 lbs. Total Loss is 28.4 lbs.

That's okay! Better than none! I think it has to do with my PMS.

I can't stay on writing more. I just want to stop by and type here to update my weight loss that's all.

Have a Happy Saturday! And a wonderful long Memorial weekend!

Weight in Day!

I lost 4.2 lbs!! Total loss since March 7th 2013 is 27.6lbs.

Awesome! I'm just glad that It's continuing going down!

My drinking water has been increased.

My exercise has been increased too.

FMM (Friends Makin Monday)

Check the link > http://alltheweigh.com/2013/05/friend-makin-mondays-questions-and-answers/
For more details about her FMM and follow the rules.

1. Do you use coupons?  Yes I do.
2. How often do you weigh yourself?  Once a week on Wednesdays.
3. What was your favorite TV show as a kid?  Beverly Hills 90210 & Saved by the Bell.
4. How often do you drink alcohol? I don't drink this.
5. Have you ever met a celebrity or public figure that you really admire? No & No
6.  If you had to choose between only your cell phone or only your laptop all week which would you choose?  Cellphone.
7. What is your favorite brand of detergent?  Gain
8. If there was a movie about your life, who would play the role?  I don't know.
9.  What book are you currently reading? An Daily Devotions.
10.  If you could spend one day on vacation anywhere in the world, which place would you choose?   Hawaii

Lost 1.7lbs

This is how much I lost. It's good. Better than NONE. :-)

I now have a facebook page. You can like my page if you want to.

https://www.facebook.com/Amyswljourney

I brought some new dumbbells and Leslie Sansone DVDs today.

I don't know what else to say more.

Have a good week!

Nutritionist

I went to see my nutritionist this morning for a weight in with them. Their scale showed way lower than what I saw on my scale yesterday! It showed that I have lost 5.4 lbs. They said their weight scale is more accurate. So I'll go with what their scale said!! She said since March 7th I have lost total 23.8lbs! I asked her if I should trust my scale? She said all scales are different so the important is that I should see that I'm still losing pounds, doesn't matter what number it is. Just make sure I am not gaining and is still losing! :D She said that I should still weigh in myself at home weekly just to make sure that I'm still losing, not gaining. I'll go back and see her next month!

Have a great week!

Weight in & My May Challenge goals.

I lost 3.3lbs! So total since March 7th I have lost is 21.8 lbs! YAY!!!! :-)

My goals for the month of May are:
- Walk outside for 30 minutes 3 times a week.
- Walk with Leslie Sansone Walk Away the Pounds DVD for 3 miles 2 times a week.
- Body strength 2 to 3 times a week.
- Lose 4% of my body weight.
- Continue using my food diary to count my daily calories.

I'll go see my nutritionist tomorrow morning so I'm hoping the weight in on her scale will show same as what I saw this morning on my scale!

For Breakfast - I had a scrambled eggs with cheese in it along with 2 cups of coffee bec I didn't had enough sleep last night due to my cat.

For snack, I'll have strawberries, halves, 1 cup. I usually get yogurts for my snack but I'm out of yogurts so the strawberries will have to be my snack until I go out to the store to get some more yogurts.

I have had 32.9oz water since 6am and will continue to drink more water through out all day today.

I walked 3 miles with Leslie Sansone Walk Away the Pounds this morning!

I guess that's all for me to say for now. I'll be back tomorrow with a update details from my nutritionist!

3lbs

3lbs is how much I have lost today! YAY! So total I have lost since March 7th is 18lbs and a half!

I think 3lbs since the last weight in April 11th sounds good. I was on PMS so it was difficult to get through with it but I did it! :-)

I just had a omelet with ham and cheese inside for breakfast along with a cup of coffee!

I have decided that my progress pictures will be every 3 months. I did my first one back in March 7th so I'll get myself a picture on June 7th and post it to see if we all can see the different. My husband and son can see a bit different in my body!

I will be going to see my nutritionist next week on Thursday then I think I'll see her once a month.. not every 2 weeks.

I'll be back on Wednesday (a week from today) to update my weight loss.

Have a great week!

Non-Scale Victory!

My clothes are getting loose on me!!! YAY!!! That's the first thing I noticed the different on me! :-D

I'll need to buy a body measure tape to keep track on it bec I realized that the scale isn't only the tool to see if I have lost any weight.

I usually weight in every Wednesdays but I'll not do it today. I decided to do it every 2 weeks so I'll weight myself next week on Wednesday.

Have a great day!

Happy Sunday!

I woke up at 6am and took my med then cooked me a breakfast. I had a omelet with shredded sharp cheese and one slice of bagel with a low fat cream cheese and one cup coffee for my breakfast.

I wanted to share with you about my visit with my nutritionist last Thursday. She had me to weigh in and it showed that I lost 1lb and a half, different than what I weighed myself at home last Wednesday. Keep in your mind - I don't weight myself daily. I do it once a week on Wednesdays but I thought I'd do it last Wednesday at home since I'll see my nutritionist on that Thursday (which was last Thursday). So not sure why it's different within a day.. so maybe due to my scale isn't like their or that I pushed myself to walk a little more than 1 1/2 mile, was almost to 2 miles.

So total I have lost since March 7th is 15lbs and a half!

From now on - I'm going to weight myself every 2 weeks on Wednesdays. Increase my exercises.

I walked 2 miles with Leslie Sansone at home (DVD) yesterday morning and then walked almost 2 miles outside my house on the dirt path during yesterday evening after dinner :-) Yesterday was a beautiful day! My husband mowed the yard and we hanged mostly outside for like almost 4 hours! I would mow the yard but I have to watch my kiddos.


I'll post my meal for today. I have to stay in at or under 1,600 calories daily. I always drink first 16.9oz water in the morning before I have my breakfast. I do not like to drink straight out of milk so my nutritionist told me to eat two yogurts a day to make up for a milk.

Breakfast:
- Omelet (2 large eggs) with shredded sharp cheese (about 1/4 cup).
- One slice of bagel, plain with 2 tbsp cream cheese
- One cup coffee with a little cream and milk



Snack:
- Chobani Greek Yogurt with nonfat-strawberry and banana (6oz). LOVE LOVE CHOBANI!

Lunch:
- Chicken Alfredo Florentine with broccoli

Snack:
- Cheese String and one piece of pickle dill

Dinner:
- Chicken Breast,Skinless and Boneless (about 4oz), I put Mrs Dash seasoning salt on it.. sometimes adds lemon juice in it and bake it.
- Broccoli with cheese sauce
- Baked potatoes (about 3.30oz) I wash the potatoes then cut them up slices into rounds and wash them again and dry them with paper towel then use non stick cooking spray onto the oven pan then add the potatoes slices everywhere on it and add some seasoning on it if you want to. It's almost like chips but not.


Snack:
- Chobani Greek Yogurt with nonfat - strawberry
- Strawberries, halves (about one cup)
- sometimes I'd add one cuties mandarin oranges (kids size) and they are only 29 calories! (depends on how much calories I have totaled it up before add the orange)

Drinks for all meals above are WATER! :-) I haven't had a soda or candies since March 7th!

I usually go for a walk or do leslie sansone but most time walk outside after Breakfast and Dinner. Love to be outside for a walk!

Well, I better get ready to go for walk! Hope you have a happy Sunday!

Plateau!

Looks like I'm on a plateau! Wednesdays is my weight in day but I am going to see my nutritionist tomorrow to weight in but I thought I'd weight in today with my weight scale at home today and it showed same amount as the last week! No lose! No gain! So apparently that's a plateau now? :-/ I did everything I'm supposed to do daily. I guess I got to make some changes on my daily plan and see if that will work!

New Haircut...Subway... & more..

I went to the salon last Sunday to get a new haircut. My hair was so long. I feel like they were in my way so got a new haircut. I feel much better with shorter haircut, so light! Top picture of me with a new haircut compare to the below picture that was taken like a month ago.

I haven't had a soda or candy since March 7th! Woot!! :-) Been on water a lot but sometimes have one cup of coffee for breakfast.

I have been walking a lot lately. I just walked this morning after I had my breakfast. Today is supposed to be my weight in day but I have appointment to see my nutritionist tomorrow so that's when I'll get to weight in tomorrow but after that I'll weight in myself every Wednesdays.

Hope I'll see a pound still goes down. I know I did all what I'm supposed to do. Counted my calories daily. Walked more. So wait and see how that goes with the weight in tomorrow. Keep in mind, I have a hypothyroidism so that could be difficult for me to lose any pounds sometimes.. also I have a slow metabolism.

I have had 33.8oz water since I woke up at 630a.

I downloaded an app called ALLSport GPS on my phone few days ago. This will track at how much I have walked or run etc. They'll give me calories that I have burned. They do have a minutes that will tell me how long I have been out walking and more. Check it out. They are free. They do have premium to pay but I don't need it. So I like the ones that's free.

My kids love going for a walk with me everyday. They'd tell me let's walk!! right after the dinner time :-) I love when they do that. They used to tell me they are tired of doing that.. so boring etc but now they are having fun walking down the path with me then they get to play outside after we are done with the walking! :-)

Six of us family off the path that we were walking down.. love the shadow! I'm in the 3rd from your left. My oldest son was right beside me on your left. He's a bit tall than me. My step daughter is at the end of us from your left. Then on your right beside me is my young son then my husband then my step son at the end on your right.

Now about Subway - I remember before I re started my weight loss journal, I used to have a footlong sub to eat whole for dinner.. Well yesterday I decided to get fresh fit 6 inch sub which was a black forest ham along with turkey etc all for just 380 calories for dinner that's it. I was surprised when I tried to see how much calories was for Italian B.M.T footlong bec that was what I ate long time before and found out they are like 1,200 calories for the footlong! I couldn't believe that! I mean WOW! I wasn't watch out for calories before. I thought they were always healthy etc but nope! You have to research.. read calories etc. I can't believe what I did to myself before. I'm just glad that now I can get healthy and always read and read food labels! Stay in my daily calories!

Well, I can't think of more to say here. I'm sorry if my blog is boring to you or not making a sense but I did my best. I could use some supporters to stop by here and leave a comment just to keep me motivation!

I'll post one facebook page each time I make a new post on my blog bec I want you to know they do inspire me and that you should check them out. If they can do that then I can do that too! I don't have my own facebook page for ya to like it just this my blog that's it. I do have my personal facebook and just liked their pages just to keep up with them to continue inspire me.

Here's a facebook page that I liked and you should check her out!
https://www.facebook.com/FindingTheFitGirlWithinAndreaMaeMarkham?ref=ts&fref=ts

Friend Makin' Monday

Check her blog out. She does FMM (Friend Makin' Monday) and follow her rules. :-) 

 http://alltheweigh.com/2013/04/friend-makin-mondays-tv-movies-and-me/

TV, Movies and Me

1. If you could be a recurring star on a show that is currently on TV, which show would you choose?  Marlee Matlin on Switched at birth!

2. Name the movie that you are most embarrassed to admit that you love. Love Romantic movies.. sometimes I'd be like oh I wish that's me in this movie! I don't cry at any of movies but have been sad at times and it does give me a goosebumps! The most name of movie I LOVE is The yellow handkerchief.

3. Name one show that you’ve never seen and would love to watch.  I'd love to watch a movie called Rust and Bone. Hope I'll get to watch it soon.

4. Do you ever go to movies alone?  No

5. If you could only watch one TV show for the next year, which show would you choose and why?  Switched at birth! Bec I'm hearing impaired so I feel so comfortable watching this bec we have same culture on sign language that I don't see many tv shows have that.

6. If you could star in one reality show, which one would it be and why?  None that I can think of. Maybe switched at birth.

7. If someone rented a billboard for you, what would it say? Stay be who you are! Don't change for anyone! Be yourself!


8. Who is the most famous person with whom you have been in the same room? Long time ago I was like 16. I saw a actor who played in Melrose Place (that show doesn't run on tv anymore). His name was Grant Show but he plays as Jack. I saw him at ECU (East Carolina University) Pig tail party but never went up to him but saw him standing out there with crowd of people going up to him I guess for autograph.

9. If you were chosen to be a contestant on a TV game show, which show would you want to be on?  Family Feud!

10. If there was a movie being made about you, which actor would you choose to play you? I don't know. I haven't thought of one.

Daily Food Diary

I'm wondering how do you plan your daily food diary? Do you fill them out the moment you get something to eat? Or do you fill them out at night time for tomorrow?

I know there's apps or websites that you can go to and fill them out etc.. but I like doing it in my own food diary book where I write them down. I feel they are better for me. That way I don't have to get back to computer again and again to update the foods I have ate. I just carry the food diary book with me all the time.

I don't stay on computer ALL DAY. I get on in the morning and then around lunch time and then one at night time before I go bed.

So tell me about yours. How do you do your food diary? On website? Or your own book? and how do you plan yours at night time or the moment you have the food in your hand and you write them down?

I do always write my "tomorrow" food diary every night so that I can stay with this and stay in my daily calories. I just follow what my food diary says! Know what I mean?

Hope you can understand at what I was trying to say and ask about this.

Thanks!

Preparing my food diary for tomorrow :-)

I am who I am... Me, Myself and I

My birthday was good. I just wish there wasn't any raining on my birthday today! Hard to believe I'm actually 35 year old! Where did the time went?! I thought about rewards for my weight loss for every 10 pounds, get a small reward to help keep me motivation and keep up with it so for the 14 pounds I have lost since March 7th, I got some new hair accessories so that I can fix my hair in different ways, not just the ponytail all the time. I want to feel so special all the time. I want to be who I am whether you like it or not. That's me and I'll do whatever I want with myself that I'll be happy with it. Also for past several months I did feel like I didn't want to post any new pictures of myself bec of weight issues and too embarrassed to show that which is why you see a lot of my past pictures that always shows mostly of my children or hubby but not much of me. So I thought a lot after I had a talk with a friend of mine last week and I thought hmm, It doesn't matter about how I look or how I do etc.. I am Amy. I am me. I have to learn to love myself for who I am and just be myself and not care what people thinks of me and if they don't like me or how I looks, then fine. Just go away and I don't care. I just want them to accept me for who I am not for something they wants me to be that they prefer. I want to lose my weight and get healthy for me. Not for anyone. Just for me, myself and I , so that I can live longer and be more active better for my kids and my future grand children. This is why I'm starting posting pictures of me lately. I'm proud of be who I am!

My sister's dog, Kira was giving me a kiss. :-)