The Finished Room!

Sorry I'm just now getting the finished product up, we were on vacation last week. I really loved the way it turned out.  Someone was supposed to get a picture of her face when she first saw it because I had to leave before she got home, but that didn't happen.  Oh well, she loved it so much she said she was crying...so I'd have to say I did good...lol.

After the painting David couldn't stand that there were spots on the trim...granted some was pink so he tapped off what he didn't like and painted the trim.

After he got all the trip done we started with the dresser...

Then we went on to the bed.

These were ALL day projects!  We did them on the 4th, and then finished getting everything ready on the 5th.  I didn't think we'd get it done but we did! 

When we moved in the bed was too long so we took off the closet door so she could get in her closet.  Now that you can see into the closet David put up a folding door for her.  She was excited about that.

The room set up...

We haven't put up the mirror yet because we wanted to know where she wanted it. I just happened to be looking around Lowes when I found the mirror and the rug to match.  (She's got a burn spot under the rug...but we won't go there!) I found the dirty clothes basket and hangers to match at Big Lots.  I was so excited!

To decorate she wanted to put sayings all over her wall...she picked out a bunch!  For her birthday I've asked that they get her these sayings...most can be purchased on Amazon.  So we've had a few come in already.  I wanted her to wait until I was there to help her put them on, but she couldn't wait, so with the help of Jessie she got a few up.  

There are still more she wants, and plenty of room to put them...Thanks to everyone who ordered some for her!  And thanks for mom for getting her comforter set and curtain...I think her 15th birthday will be a good one!

TTFN

Day 4 - No kids!

So today has been a long day!  We are both working on 4 hours sleep and now are exhausted so this post is going to be short.  I do have pics but to tired to upload them.

Today we got the furniture put together and the corners taped off to make them nice and straight.  David's also going to paint some of the trim where it has pink on it.

Ok too tired to think, I'm going to bed it's going to be a long day tomorrow and I still have to make sure I have everything packed for Gatlinburg.

Day 3 - No kids

This day has been a long one!  I had my alarm set at 7:30 so I could get up and get a bath before I headed out to get Taylor's furniture and the paint for her room.  I was so excited I found some things to match at Big Lots.  I got her hangers, and a laundry basket.  Then when I got to Lowes I found even more stuff to match!  They had a throw rug that's going to be just big enough to cover up the burn on the carpet, and a mirror!  The mirror is one that hangs over the door but her door is up to high so I'm going to see if I can't get David to put it up some other way.  I have complete faith in him that he can do it.  They also had some shelves at Lowes I was looking at but I wanted David with me before I got them.  Today I've been working on getting the rest of the stuff out of her room and started on Caiden's room some.  I think David and I have decided we're going to re-arrange Caiden's room so that we can fit both dressers in there and one of the book shelves.  I might possibly use one of the book shelves from Taylor's old bed in her room, but I haven't decided yet.  the rest of her furniture is going to be white and it's a pale wood color.

Anyway currently we have the first coat of blue on (I'm writing now because I wanted to share the pics and I've got to wait for that first coat to dry before I put the second coat on).  I have 2 coats of the green on already, but once it's all dry tomorrow I'll need to do some touch up.  Here are a few pictures.


The lighting is bad so the colors look a little off, plus the blue was just done and not quite dry yet.

This is the last of the pink.  To me this signifies my little girl is growing up and is no longer a little girl but a young woman.  She'll be 15 the end of this month.  I can't believe it.  It was just yesterday she was riding around in a pink Barbie Jeep and now she's about to start driving.

I did the green earlier today so the color is a little better.  The first 2 pics are of the first coat and the last ones you can see where I still need to touch it up.  I didn't like doing the green it seemed harder then the blue did.  Maybe because I was doing it wrong and needed the guidance of my husband...lol.

Ok that's it for the night.  I've got to go and put a second coat on the blue.

TTFN

Day 2 - No Kids!

So today wasn't a productive day in the Abyss (AKA Taylor's room) but it was a fun day.

I had my nails done...patriotic!

  

Then mother and I went shopping...we found some clothes but most importantly for Taylor's birthday mom got her a new bed set.  I was hoping to do her room in purple and green but now we're going with blue and green.  Tomorrow morning I'm getting up early and I've got to get the bed and the paint.  I can't wait to get it finished!

We couldn't found any curtains so we got a shower curtain that was the same design.

Ok, that's it for tonight.  When I say early I'm talking 7:30 and that's WAY early for me...:) 

TTFN

Day 1 - No Kids!!!

Wow!  I do have to say it has been a productive day!

Today I've done 2 loads of laundry...well I put them in the washer and the dryer...still have to fold both loads...lol.

We finally got the pool up...now to fill it!

I started on Taylor's room I have most everything put up or off the walls, and the bed taken apart.  While cleaning out one of the shelves I found cat food.  Now I have a few questions on that one.  1. How long has it been there???  We haven't had a cat in what 5 years.  2. Was she trying to lure a cat into her room to catch the mice she has living in her closet? 3. Where all the sunflower seeds masking the smell of the cat food so that the ants didn't know they were there?  *Shake my head*

I still have a ways to go but it's a start!

I've also done 2 loads of dishes...the first set were all from David yesterday.  How is it one man can dirty up so many dishes?  The second load was what I couldn't fit in the first...lol.  I bet the rest of the week we'll probably run the dishwasher 1 more time.

And I missed all my shows tonight! I missed them all yesterday too...I love DVR's!

Ok that's it for the night.  I'm going to take a bath and then go to bed.  I'm heading over to mom's tomorrow to have some girl time!

TTFN

Week 6/24 - 6/30

Food -
Monday
Breakfast - Salad with Chicken (4/1)
Lunch - Steak with 57 Sauce (0/1)
Dinner - 5 pcs Salami, 2 cheese sticks (0/0)
Snack - Chocolate cake (0/0)

Tuesday
Breakfast - Crispy Chicken wrap (3/3)
Lunch - 3 pcs Salami, 2 cheese sticks (0/0)
Dinner - Buffalo Chicken Strips with Ranch Dressing
Snack - Chicken and cheese wrap

Wednesday
Breakfast - Eggs with Cheese, and Chicken (0/0)



Walking -
Tuesday - 30 Mins


Yeah these are just some totals...I missed a few days...and I did more walking then just Tuesday, just don't remember when.

Hopefully a pool cometh....

We've got a pool!  When I got the pool from the store I couldn't wait to get it home and set it up and go swimming.  And like most things, I didn't stop and think about it before I brought it home...lol.  We don't have a level spot in our yard.  We have somewhat of a level spot but it's between our hours and the next door neighbors and they have 3 little boys so I didn't feel safe putting it there.  I would hate if something happened to the boys.  So now we are going to put it in the back yard and fence it off.  BUT we have a slope for a back yard.  So my wonderful husband has come up with a plan!  He's making a place to level off.

Now we have to get the crush and run delivered.  We also plan on making a patio next to it.  The railroad ties for that have been there since we moved in.  Anyway I can't wait to get it done!

The Start of Braces for Taylor

We're finally starting to get Taylor's braces.  This is going to be long painful (for her) process so hopefully it will be well worth it.

Today she had to have a tooth pulled.  This was a baby tooth that wasn't going to come out because she's missing an adult tooth.  They were going to try and save it, but there wasn't enough root and they didn't feel comfortable leaving it in.

She's going to camp next week so when she gets back we'll start with the actual braces.  I wanted to get this tooth out and get her healing before she has to go through the pain of the braces. 

 Here's hoping for a beautiful smile after 2 years!

Week Totals for 6/17 - 6/23

Food
Monday
Breakfast - Eggs, Swiss cheese, Canadian Bacon and 2 pcs of Whole Wheat Toast (2/2)
Lunch - Tuna wrap with Muenster cheese and romaine lettuce (3/1)
Snack - Chocolate Cake w/whipped cream but it is the one that came with the diet so I can have it...:) (0/0)
Dinner - Salad with Chicken (4/1)
Snack - Chocolate Cake w/whipped cream (0/0)
Water - 2 @ 28 oz (0/0)

Tuesday
Breakfast - Eggs, Swiss cheese, Canadian Bacon and 2 pcs of Whole Wheat Toast (2/2)
Dinner - Rib-eye Steak and grilled Salmon (0/0)

Wednesday
Breakfast - Eggs, Swiss cheese, Canadian Bacon and 2 pcs of Whole Wheat Toast (2/2)
Snack - 2 pcs deli sliced turkey breast and 1 pcs muenster cheese (0/0)
Dinner - Salad with Chicken (4/1)
Snack - 5 wheat crackers (1/1)
Today I so wanted a Pepsi, but I was strong and decided NO!  I didn't need it.  LOL
Water - 2 @ 28 oz (0/0)

Thursday
Breakfast - Eggs, cheddar cheese, 1 pcs of whole wheat toast and salmon (1/1)
Lunch - Salad with Chicken (4/1)
Dinner - 8 pcs Chick-fil-a nuggets (1/1)
Snack - Chocolate cake (0/0)

Friday
Breakfast - Eggs, Cheddar cheese, Canadian Bacon (0/0)
Dinner - Steak with 57 Sauce and Buffalo chicken strips with Ranch.

Saturday
This was a bad day.  I went over to mom's house to pick up Taylor and we went out to eat.

Sunday
Breakfast - Eggs, Swiss Cheese, Ham (0/0)
Lunch - Salad with Chicken (4/1)
Dinner - Steak with 57 Sauce

Walking
Monday - 37 mins
Thursday - 15 mins

Week Totals for 6/10 - 6/16

Monday -
Tuesday - Didn't walk
Wednesday - 27 mins
Thursday -
Friday -
Saturday -
Sunday -

Food
Monday - Breakfast - 3 eggs w/cheese, 2 pcs wheat bread
                 Lunch - Chicken Cesar salad

Tuesday - Breakfast - 3 eggs w/cheese, 2 pcs wheat bread
                 Snack - Cheese stick
                 Lunch - Chicken Cesar salad
                 Snack - Cheese stick

Wednesday - Breakfast - 3 eggs w/mushrooms, cheese, and onions on a wheat tortilla.
                      Dinner - Steak, grilled cauliflower and mushrooms and some steak sauce.


Ok, ok, so I'm not so good with keeping up with things...that's something I so need to work on...lol.
                   

Day Whatever - 6/5/13

Well I didn't get my 150 mins in last week.  We had a recital to get through which went smoothly!  I didn't get many pictures but it was awesome still!  So far this week I've walked...

Tues - 12:02 AM - 12:33 AM - 31 mins

Wed - 12:01 AM - 12:37 AM - 36 mins

Wed - 3:04 PM - 3:23 PM - 19 mins

                                 Total = 86 mins

I know I'm walking in the middle of the night, but it's nice and peaceful and after a long day of working and sitting at the desk it is a stress reliever.  Today I walked in the middle of the day because I wanted to see what our island on Walk It Out looks like...lol.

There's not much else to report right now.  I might right again later.

TTFN

5/31/13 - Day 4 Post Project

So, I'm actually writing this at 4:00 AM on Friday morning, but I haven't been to bed yet.  It's been a busy week.  Not only is Taylor's dance recital on Saturday, but she had stage rehearsal on Thursday night and I'm in the middle of pre-pledge drive.  (Pledge starts Saturday too!)

Anyway, I'm going to make this short and sweet and then go to bed, I'm warn out!

Wednesday I took the kids to church and walked around the track.  Even with school out it was kind of busy.  Here's a far off shot of my walking.  I did 1.21 miles in 24:38 mins.




Thursday(tonight still for me) we had stage rehearsal so I didn't get to walk until later.  I thought Taylor was in bed, and my husband was out watching TV so I decided to walk with Leslie on youtube.  I only walked 11 mins and then tried to do some more zumba...just trying to get the basic steps down.  Then Taylor came in and was like, "I thought we were going to walk it out."  So I got to a stopping point and went in there and walked some more.  Get this, before I knew it we were at 44 mins.  According to the game we walked 2.5 miles!  I am worn out!  And with that said I'm heading to bed.  Here are a few videos of Taylor's rehearsal tonight.

Jazz Hot - Tap routine - In this one she's like 2nd from the back.
Sail - Lyrical - In this one she comes out from the left walking behind the 2 girls crawling.
Shark Tails - Tap - This was after 1 week of camp.  She wanted to try it and see if she liked it.  She was 8 yo.  She's the one in the pink. Look how far she's come...where did my baby go?



Night All!

I've started...

...now I've got to continue.

5/29 - Day 2 Post PACE Study

So Sunday ended the PACE study.  I forgot to take a picture of the sheet for last week but I ended strong with 167 mins for the week!  I needed my average for the 8 weeks to be 150 and I was at 147 because of the 2 weeks I didn't make it to the 150 min mark.  So I'm hoping the extra time will bring it up.

Anyway, this week started off like all others.  Monday was the day I took off.  Today after I got through working Taylor and I did 30 mins of Walk It Out!  I swear to you I sweat more with that game then I do walking around the track in the hot sun.  Thank goodness we had fans blowing on us.  Then we tried to do a little Zumba...now that was funny.  I couldn't keep up and then we'd go to do a move and I'd end up hitting Taylor.  Our living room is not made for 2 people to Zumba in...lol.

Well this week is pre-drive week at work so I'm going to be busy busy busy.  I've got to remember to stop and walk at least once a day.  I know it's going to be hard but I HAVE to get my 150 mins minimum in a week.  But with the kids out of school and Taylor staying up like I do at night at least I'll her to "Walk It Out" with me!

Day ? - 5/23/13

Ok, so I haven't been keeping up with the blog like I should have...lol. This is week 8 and the final week of wearing the accelerometer.    Today I went to have my exit DEXA scan.  It's funny how after walking for 8 weeks even a simple scan was much easier to do.  In the next couple of weeks we'll be getting back our results from those scans.  It's going to be interesting to see before and after scans.  I do feel like I let myself down a little though, I didn't lose as much weight as I wanted to.  BUT I do feel so much better and I plan to keep walking!  I can also use the stationary bike in the other room.  I couldn't use the time I spent on it toward my 150 mins so I didn't use it much.  Now I'm just shooting for 150+ mins of any exercise, anything to get my heart rate up and the fluid in the joints!

Anyway here is last weeks sheet it has the times on it.

If you notice I got in 164 mins last week.  This week so far I have 76.  I know I'm awful about waiting until the weekend to get in the majority of the walking, I should try to spread it out more but oh well, it doesn't matter when as long as I get it all in.

Ok, I think that's about it for the night, I'm going to go watch some Netflix and call it a night.  

It's been a rough...

...2 weeks!  Last week I wasn't feeling the best, or maybe it was the week before that, can't remember.  I think it was the week before that.  Then I got to feeling better and then did something to my back.  My chair broke so I think the new chair was the reason I was having an issue.  Well still am  having an issue.  Anyway I'm going to try and catch up later, just wanted to post something.

TTFN

Day 28 - 4/28/13

Ok, so I didn't finish out the week strong like I would have liked, but I did get in at least my 150 mins.

Here's the breakdown:

4/23 - 25 mins
4/24 - 12 mins
           19 mins
4/25 - 26 mins
4/26 - 29 mins
4/27 - 11 mins
           15 mins
4/28 - 17 mins
           13 mins
          167 mins

However I do think I have one in there that's not counted for...so it could be more.  Either way I did hit the 150 min mark.

Day 25 - 4/25/13

Today was a good day!  I did a mile in under 20 minutes and I did 5 laps around the track instead of 4. Now if I could just get into a steady pace.  I go between 2.5 and 4 mph while I'm walking...lol

Here's my times for the week so far:

4/23/13 - 6:13 PM - 6:38 PM = 25 Mins
4/24/13 - 5:45 PM - 5:57 PM = 12 Mins
               10:27 PM - 10:46 PM = 19 Mins
4/25/13 - 6:47 PM - 7:01 PM = 14 Mins (Not counting this one not sure what the whole time was)
               8:07 PM - 8:33 PM = 26 Mins
                               For a total of : 82 Mins so far this week

I'm still shooting for 175 this week so I need 93 More mins.  I can do that!  

Day 24 - 4/24/13

Not much really to report but I felt like I should touch base.  This week I've started slowly.  I didn't get a chance to walk on Monday but I did walk Tuesday while Taylor was at dance.  Tonight we got one lap around the block before it started to rain.  My whole problem walking around the block is the hills, they are killing my knees.  I've also decided I need new shoes.  I have a pair of the toning shoes that "rock" but I think they are hurting my knees as well.  That will have to wait until next payday!  

Day 21 - 4/21/13

So today is the final day, last week they said I didn't get in my 150 mins, which I don't think is true, so this week I'm going to put down here what I've done so I can match it against theirs.  Here is my walk log for the week...

4/15/13 - 9:08 AM - 9:19 AM = 11 mins
               6:31 PM - 6:55 PM = 24 mins
4/16/13 - 6:45 PM - 7:09 PM = 24 mins
4/18/13 - 8:01 PM - 8:23 PM = 22 mins
4/19/13 - 2:22 PM - 2:34 PM = 12 mins
                6:33 PM - 6:45 PM = 12 mins
4/20/13 - 10:49 PM - 11:04 PM = 18 mins
4/21/13 - 1:50 PM - 2:07 PM = 17 mins
                6:16 PM - 6:36 PM = 20 mins
                6:50 PM - 7:02 PM = 12 mins
                                       Total = 172!!!!!!

That's just 3 mins shy of my goal of 175 this week!!!!  Woo HOO!!!!!

NR Post about Painting!

So this doesn't have anything to do about my walking but I wanted to post pics of what my living room looks like right now...lol.

Looks like an episode of Hoarders!

Day 18 - 4/18/13

Today has been a long day!  Yesterday 4/17/13 I woke up with a killer sinus headache that I couldn't get rid of...and wouldn't you know it that day I had tons of work to do!  BLAH!  I didn't walk on Wednesday though and I could tell.  I just couldn't get out in the pollen...I know I could have walked in the house, but I think I like walking outside better.  Still up in the air on that one.
Here's the pollen counts for Atlanta...I'm wondering since I'm out in the country and not in the city if ours wouldn't be higher!  ACK!

So yeah!  Pollen is high!  

Anyway, today after getting up I did a little work, I crocheted a little, and then helped my brother do a little sanding on my living room.  He's painting it for us.  I can't wait to see how it turns out.  

After the sanding we had cub scouts.  Today we played kickball, and there were so few there that the kids were the ones kicking and the adults were all in the outfield...it was funny.  After cub scouts the kids and I went down to the track and walked I'm so pumped that I can make the mile mark. I also love that I can track the distance with my Zombie, Run! app.  Here's what tonight walk looks like.  I have to tell you that I resumed 1 mission and it only had like a min left on it...lol.  So there are 2 mission pics here.

 This is the min of the first mission.  My top speed was 3.48 mph.  This one doesn't look bad with my speed...wait until the next one it's up and down...lol.

Here's the main part of the walk, you can see my speed is up and down but usually stays above 2 mph which I think is what I should be doing...hopefully anyway.  I'll find out later.

After tonight I have 81 mins in walking for the week.  I'm shooting for 175 this week so that I make sure I have 150 in.

Day 15 - 4/15/13

Ok, so I've decided that I'm not going to post everyday....lol.  I was going to post my walking progress for last week but forgot to write it down before I turned in my sheet.  I'll get an email later this week with the info on it and I'll post it later.  Let me tell you about today.  I was planning on getting up at 5 AM so that I could walk a little and take a bath before I had to leave at 6 AM to make it down to Atlanta by 8:30.  Can I just say  I hate driving in Atlanta?  The whole time my brother telling me I needed to get into the far left lane...that's 15 million lanes away and I had to travel through 15 billion cars to get that.  I was fine where I was but he didn't think so...lol.  

Check out the traffic in the mirror...and yes I was sitting still while I took out my phone and took this picture!

When we got to the VA Hospital I let my brother out and drove to the top of the parking deck.  I took the time waiting on him to do a little walking.  But not just any walking!  I took the elevator down so that I could use the bathroom and walked all the way up the 5 levels of parking deck.  So I got some walking in, I got up to the top but didn't get in 10 mins so I walked down a flight of stairs and back up the last level.  I got in a total of 11 mins on that walk.

Tonight I had to go and turn in my monitor so we (my brother, Taylor, Caiden and I) decided to walk the track while we were there.  I turned on the gps on the Zombies! Run! app and this is what it turned out as...

I have the app set to miles but for some reason it shows kilometers on the web site.  What I find funny is the fact that there isn't much of a straight line on the track...lol.  I took my minutes from the time I turned it on at the red dot all the way to the grey dot.  This where I actually stopped walking and got into the car.  I just let this mission play on so I could go to the next one...this one wasn't playing right not sure why.  Anyway, this distance gave me 24 mins for a total today of 25 mins!  

Day 10 - 4/10/13

DOH!  I thought I had only missed 1 day of posting, I can't believe it's been 2.  So sorry about that.  I am a slacker some days.  I've been busy crocheting late at night and forget to post.  I was so excited yesterday too at the amount of time I walked.  While I don't remember everything I ate and what times I did what I do have my walking times down.  For Monday I only walked 16 mins, I was taking it easy that day.  Yesterday I walked a total of 58 mins!  I couldn't believe it.  I didn't know I was that close to 60 mins or else I would have walked that extra 2 mins somewhere.  So far today this is my schedule:

11:20 AM - Woke up, took a shower and washed my hair.  After that I went to pick up Caiden's school work, go to the post office and to the store.
1:30 PM - Breakfast/Lunch - Chicken Pot Pie, fried okra and mac and cheese.  I also had a roll and 1 Pepsi.
2:00 PM - 1 Mini Pecan pie.
6:33 PM - 6:59 PM - Walked the track.  (I think we decided it was 3 laps, we didn't bother to count)

So far today I've had 1 - 28 oz bottle of water.  But I've started well into my second one.

I did end up finishing my second one!  Woo hoo! And started on a third!

Day 7 - 4/7/13

Today has been a long day!  I had to take my sisters dog back to her and pick up my daughter from Nana's.  We went over there and met them at a buffet.  I did pretty good, but I know it wasn't good for me. After lunch we went to search for prom dresses for Jessie.  We made her try on a lot, most looked cute on her but she didn't like them, so she still is dressless...lol.  Then we went to Nana's to pick up Taylor's things and stayed there for a bit.  When we got home Jaycob was home with Nathan, and Jaycob and David were grilling.   YUM!!!

Ok, here's my schedule for the day...

10:00 - Woke up
10:30 - On the road to Gainesville
12:00 - Lunch - Chinese Buffet...can't really remember everything I had but it was only 1 plateful. Water
4:57 - 5:13 PM - Walked for a total of 16 mins
5:30 - Dinner - 1 BBQ Rib, 1 Cheeseburger, and about 1/2 a potato.  I had a Pepsi for Dinner.
9:30 - BAD! - Turtle Molten Lava Cake from Sonic
11:33 -11:46 PM - Walked for 13 mins.

The total of walking for Week 1 -
Monday - 20 mins
Tuesday - 10 mins
Wednesday - 44 mins - This is the day I got up at 6 AM and walked.
Thursday - 20 mins
Friday - Off
Saturday - 40 mins
Sunday - 28 mins
For a grand total of...... 162 mins!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I did it!  I'm so excited!  I can't believe I made it...and this doesn't count the times I was speed walking to keep up with my brother in Walmart...lol.

Next week I start eating salads, I've been craving a salad all week.

Ok, I'm going to go take a bath and probably go to bed.  It's been a long day!

Good Night!

Day 6 - 4/7/13

Today was a good day for the most part.  I did get 2 walking sessions in.  I've been doing the walking with Leslie Sansone off of YouTube.  She keeps you motivated and going.  I'm still at 20 mins at a time in walking but I'm getting better.  So far for the week I have a total of 134 mins so far and I just need 150.  If I get 2 more 20 min sessions in tomorrow I'll have over my 150 and that is a major accomplishment!  I feel good too!

Here's today's schedule:
11:00 AM - Wake up
12:26 - 12:46 PM - Walked
2:40 PM - Lunch - David took me to La Parrilla and I had 1 Chicken Chimichanga w/cheese, some of the lettuce and some of the sour cream.  The beans were too runny so I didn't eat much of them, and I also had some chips, cheese and salsa. Coke
7:00 PM - Sonic Lemonberry Slush
9:45 PM - Dinner - Chicken Cordon Blue, Chicken Broccoli and Cheese, Tater tots.
So far today I've had 28 oz of water and I'm working on my second bottle so I'll have 2 - 28 oz of bottles total.

I also got 2 loads of laundry washed, my second pillow done for Cathy's Hook Club - Spring Fling Pillow, and I've been to the store 2 times (3 if you want to count the fact that I had to go back because I forgot my debit cards).

Ok, I'm going back to crocheting.  Good night!

Day 5 - 4/5/13

Today I was bad today.

8:21 AM - We left the house to run a few errands.
12:30 PM - Breakfast - Arby's Three Cheese & Bacon  sandwich w/Curly fries.  I didn't eat all of it though because we had a puppy eat Caiden's sandwich so I had to share.  I also have 1/2 a coke.
5:20 PM - Lunch - TTC
9:45 PM - Dinner - Chick-Fil-a sandwich and a yogurt parfait with granola  

I've also had 1 - 28oz of Water.

I didn't do any walking today.  I was just too sore and tired.  Tomorrow I'll do my walking though, So far I have 94 mins and I need at least 150.  So I have 2 more days to get in 56 more mins in. 

Day 4 - 4/4/13

So today I got a late start to the day...then again I didn't go to sleep until almost 4:30 AM.

Here are the events for the day:

1:23 PM - Woke Up

3:00 PM - Ate Breakfast/Lunch
                  Homemade Enchiladas with Sour Cream, Fried                                              Potatoes, and one 12 oz can of Pepsi

5:18-5:38 PM - Walked 20 mins (2077 steps)  I don't have a regular pedometer but I have an app on my phone called Zombies! Run!  Each mission is about 30 mins long but I can't quite do 30 mins yet...but I'm shooting for 2 weeks from now to be able to do it.  Hopefully that's not an unrealistic goal.

Well I forgot to write down the rest of what I had yesterday, and now I don't remember.  I know I didn't get in bed until about 3:45 AM.  I was busy crocheting. 

Joining the PACE Project!

The other day I get an email from the University of GA about a "Walking Intervention".  This is what the email had to say about the study...

"As you may have heard, overweight and obesity rates are increasing exponentially. This project will look at physical activity and nutrition behaviors among women between the ages of 25 and 45, and how these factors relate to body composition, quality of life, stress, fatigue, depression, self-esteem, and body image. This information will be used to develop programs and interventions aimed at helping adults learn more about weight management and its effects on their lives.....

You also will participate in a moderate intensity walking program with other women for an 8-week period. You will be encouraged to attend 3-5 sessions per week for a total of 150-250 min/week of moderate intensity activity – the amount currently recommended for maintaining a weight and preventing weight gain."

I immediately got excited!  This is just the push I need to get back into shape and take a few pounds off.  So I signed up with my fingers crossed that I would actually qualify for the study!  A couple of days later I got the confirmation email that I was accepted!  

For the study I went to the school so they could do a few tests.  When he asked me to step on the scale I cringed!  I have been eating nothing but candy and drinking Pepsi since the first of the year and knew I was FAT!  When he told me how much it was I just wanted to crawl under a rock...I can't believe I'm as fat as I am...but working at home and not getting any exercise and  eating the way I do I wasn't too shocked.  The worst part of the testing was getting on the treadmill.  I couldn't even make it a total of 5 mins walking at different speeds.  (Granted on the highest speed I did get a little freaked out because they had me hooked up to a contraption to monitor my breathing and I thought I was going to fall off the end.) So we stopped the test early.  I didn't like that contraption they had me hooked too, I couldn't look down and it dried out my mouth and throat and had me coughing for a good 20 mins afterwards.  Before I did the test on the treadmill they did a full body scan.  I had to lay there and be still while the machine scanned my body.  I was so uncomfortable.  I had to hold my arms to my sides and all they wanted to do was flop off the table.  But I made it through it.  I then had to wait!  Oh I also have to wear this monitor for the times I'm awake, it keeps track of my activity for the day.  

The waiting to start walking was a few weeks.  Last week they did a baseline.  I was to do everything I normally did in order for them to see where I started from.  I was ready to start walking last week, but I didn't...lol.  

This week started the first week of walking.  I'm so sore but I love the fact that I'm up and moving!  

Here are a few pictures I took last week...they are going to be my "Before" pictures, and I hope to have some much better "After" pictures!

I have clothes on because I don't want to submit anyone to the torture...lol.  

So Monday we started walking, I didn't think to start posting on the blog until tonight.  I have a sheet to fill out everyday for a record of what walking I'm doing and when I'm wearing the device, but it doesn't keep up with what I eat.  So I'm going to use this blog to post that everyday.  (Or at least I hope) This will keep me accountable to myself.  It will also help me see what I've been doing and what I need to change.  One thing I'm working on is cutting out the candy, sweets, and Pepsi.  I've also been drinking a lot more water then I was before.  I can tell a difference in that too.  I do have to have at least 1 Pepsi a day though...lol.  Can't go cold turkey.  

Since the first three days are over with I'm going to start tomorrow with keeping up with what I eat.  This week it's going to be stuff that I probably shouldn't, but David had gone to the store before I had a chance to tell him what I wanted.  Right now though, I want a big old salad with grilled chicken!!!

That's all for tonight...it's time for bed!
Goodnight