Veggies

Ok I'm a reasonably healthy eater, I love whole grain foods and fruits especially but I have the hardest time eating vegetables. I will only eat them raw if I have some kind of dip to dip them in, and I don't really love cooked veggies but I will eat them if they are there. I do eat salads quite a bit but I can't eat them without my addiction...RANCH! So that makes my salad kind of not worth eating it because the dressing is full of fat. I LOVE eating soup that are made with veggies but my hubby doesn't like soup much so I don't get to make it all that often! Does anyone have any ideas for helping me like veggies more? Any good recipes? Any tips? I would LOVE for some help because I know my body is lacking them MAJORLY! On a side note, there is the first 5k of the year this Saturday at Logan High. Everyone should make it if they can!

Bountiful Baskets

Not sure if any of you already know about this but if you go to bountifulbaskets.org This is a co-op and a great way to get fruits and veggies for cheap. I am doing it for the first time this week. You pay $15 and get lots of fruits and veggies. You pick up your stuff on Saturday mornings and there are several locations.I believe they are available in Utah, Idaho, Arizona and Washington for now. I am excited to try this! Just thought I would share with you all in case you didn't know about it. What great way to get a variety of fruits and veggies. They also offer honey wheat bread and other specials each week. I will let you know how it is.

Running

I ran 4 miles last night on the tredmill. Yeah!! But my body isn't liking me since it's been a week since I ran last, mostly because I've been lazy the last week. Anyway, does anyone have any tips on staying motivated to keep running? I think the weather is the biggest thing for me. I'm just antsy to get outside and do more.

Protein

I don’t love meat or eggs so it’s hard for me to get enough protein in my diet. I do supplement protein, but I believe the healthiest way to eat is by eating whole and trying to supplement as little as possible. That being said, I absolutely hate fish (ok, I guess I don’t hate it, but strongly dislike it). I am determined to find a fish recipe that I like because it is SO GOOD FOR YOU! Any good recipes? Something that doesn’t taste too fishy!!

(Brook and Britt, come to class with us tonight! And anyone else that wants to come)

Don't go too nuts

I'm so not the blogger so we'll see how this goes. Just a little piece of advice I recently learned the hard way..... Don't go balls to the wall the first day you start your exercise routine! I've started doing sit-ups after each time I use my eliptical. The first day I started out doing reps. of 20 and decided to do as many as I could. I did ok until I hit sixty. I told myself I wasn't tired yet and I had more in me....so I kept going. The next forty were torture! But when I was done I was proud that I had made it to 100. I paid for my mistake for the next week! I had to beg my husband not to make me laugh because I couldn't handle the pain. Because I was so sore, I didn't feel like using my eliptical either. Now that the pain is gone and I can stand to work out again I decided to cut them in half for now and work my way up.

I wish I could get myself back to my eating habits from high school! I know I didn't eat the healthiest then, but I only ate when I was hungry and I didn't just snack all day. Now that I have 2 kids and I stay at home with them, its so hard because they are always asking for snacks throughout the day, and without even paying attention, I snack with them even though i'm not hungry.

How do I get my ideal weight out of my head even though I know its smaller than all of the weight charts suggest? All through high school I never weighed more than 110 and to me, that then was my perfect weight. I felt ok about myself then. I just looked at a weight chart. My height is 5'8" and I weight 126. The weight chart said for my age and height it should be about 128. I know seeing these #'s I should feel good and that I'm at a good place now and I don't need to lose anymore, but my muffin toppin and kangaroo pouch suggests otherwise!! Any suggestions on how I mentally get over it and just accept what my weight really should be? All I see is that I've never been able to get rid of my baby fat. I didn't gain any weight for 3 years after high school. Right before I got pregnant with my first baby, my husband and I started going to the gym and I gained muscle weight and was at 115. I thought since I didn't really gain weight easily that I would gain 15-20 pds max. throughout the pregnancy. I was BLOWN AWAY because by the end of it I had gained 50 pds. It was so slow to come off. My kids are 2 1/2 yrs apart and by the time I got pregnant with the second I was down to 122. So to me I just see it as lingering baby weight....maybe I just need a good Pshychologist to talk me into different HAHAHA LOL! Any advice is welcomed.

Some goals!

Hey there, just posting a few of my goals quick. I just started a biggest winner contest at work. I am the only one that is trying to gain weight but that is O.K.Here are a few of my goals:

-I got my body fat tested and I am at 9% right now, I want to get down to 6%.

-Run a 5K in 20 minutes! and a 10K in 41minutes.

-be able to do 75 push-ups all at once.

By the way, LOVING all the posts!

Here goes nothin'....

I've never been one to talk about my weight loss goals/fitness etc. But I need advice and maybe a little pushing :)
The summer between my Sophomore and Junior year I lost a lot of weight, it took most people a few minutes to even recognize me! I felt great and had confidence I have NEVER had in my life!! The thing about it is that I did nothing different with my diet, I walked every night with my mom but that was it. So its almost like I lost all my baby fat haha and were it happened so fast with little to no effort it seems like now it's taking FOREVER to lose anything, I get extremely discouraged!! Anyway, after high school (June '08) I gained a good twenty pounds over that following winter (horrible I know) I knew that I had gained, but I refused to get on a scale!

I finally had reality smack me in the face by my sweet little four year old cousin! I went back to New Jersey this summer to stay with Jamie and Matt. I had no shorts that fit me from the summer before...blah, so while I was there I bought a few pair. Well, I was getting ready for the day and little Mauree was in with me and the shorts were laying on her bed and she said "Wow those are really big!" Then it kinda hurt a little, but now I think it is hilarious!! :) Yes, I know kids just speak their mind and have no intention of hurting feelings. Who knew the words of four year old could get my butt in gear to do something about my weight!! Thank you Mauree!! (I have never told anyone that story before either)

When I got back home I decided that I was going to do something about it! (FINALLY) I had my fair shares of "Ok, I'll start Monday!" or "I'll start again next week" After three months of that I finally just told myself that's enough! I had horrible self confidence which made me depressed. Which made my everyday life a drag! (all I think now is how did Bryce even put up with me!) I want so bad to be back to the "skinny" person I was before!

So since September I have been eating healthier
*Cut out all fast food
*Stopped my IV of Mt. Dew ;) LOL (I still do have a few sips of Bryce's now and then)
*I limit my candy/sweets to just a couple M&M's or Sour Patch Kids a week (This one was hardest for me to do, I love candy!!)
*I eat more fruits and veggies
*I cook with fresh ingredients and don't cook very many prepackaged meals anymore
*I drink at least 6 cups of water a day. I have a water bottle with me at all times, that way I have no excuse to get a pop if I'm thirsty
*I watch my calorie intake

The weight sure doesn't come off as fast as I would like but so far I have lost 17 lbs. And that is with out exercise. I really must have had a HORRIBLE diet! I have stopped losing for about three weeks now, I haven't gained any but I haven't lost either. I can say that it is nice to have people notice that I have been losing, HUGE confidence booster! So I'm gradually getting to feel good about myself again! Off track here but I did pull a pair of shorts out of my summer tote just to see if I could even get them on...when I tried a few months ago i couldn't get them much passed my knees :-/ but I actually got them up AND done up! I still have some bulging, but we're getting closer!!

I do walk/run on my treadmill for 20 min. About every other day. I just hate trying to run on it in our apartment because its right next to a wall we share with the neighbors. I don't want them to think there is an earthquake :) Ok that's no excuse but I hate how loud it is. I can't ever get anyone to go to the gym with me; yes, I know your saying 'you big pansy just go by yourself!' But I just hate going places alone!

So now I need you all to push me so that I can can lose at LEAST 15 more, I would LOVE to go more, but that is my goal for now!!

Whew...sorry if your still reading this long rant haha If you are thanks and I will appreciate ANY advice you have for me!

(*I'm not going to proof read this sorry, but it's five and I want to go home ;) *)