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Weight: 201.8 lbs
Liver Cleanse
Workout: Chest and Back, Abs
Breakfast: 2/3 c oatmeal with 1 tbsp flax seed, 1 tsp brown sugar
Snack: Banana
Lunch: Reliv Shake
Snack: Half of a toasted PB & J sandwich
Dinner: Steak, seasoned potatoes, salad

I really have an issue with working out the last 3 days of my week. I am great at the first 4 though!!
I will be much better this week. I in fact did abs today as well (just in case you didn't notice).
No soda, even though we have it here at the house. No chips, even though we have 2 full bags and 3 partial bags. I would say no bread....but I highly doubt that. I can say it will be less bread than what I had over the weekend. And I am going to try very hard to eat a mid morning snack and a mid afternoon snack. I have been told that eating small meals through out the day is better than 3 meals.
Can I just say that even though I am heavier than what I started at the beginning of this journey, I feel better than I did at the beginning of the month.

Day 24

Weight: 198.4 lbs
Liver Cleanse
Exercise: Shoulders and Arms
Breakfast: 2/3 c oatmeal, 1 tbsp flax seed, 1 tsp salt
Snack: Cupcake and frosting (I had to try it to make sure my new creation was alright to share)
Lunch:
Snack: Granola and Yogurt
Dinner: Chicken tacos with rice, black beans and corn

I know it says day 24, but out of those 24 days I have worked out 8 of those days with the p90x. Hence the reason for the title of my blog.

Day 23

Weight: 198.8 lbs
Liver Cleanse (2 tbsp lemon juice, 1 drop lemon oil, 1 drop peppermint oil)
Workout: Plyo
Breakfast: 1 pancake with butter and syrup
Snack: Top crust of Julies PB&J
Lunch: Reliv Shake
Snack: Fudge Oreos dipped in peanut butter (YUM!)
Dinner: Potato broccoli soup in a bread bowl
Liver Cleanse

I LOVE FOOD!!! I have been having to convience myself not to eat certain foods, and even to just get up and exercise.
I am not saying I am saying no to everything, I mean I did have Oreo's yesterday. I however am having to convience myself to take my Reliv Shake for lunch instead of eating leftovers, or a yummy sourdough turkey avacodo grilled cheese sandwich!
This I feel is where most of us struggle! Knowing what is healthy and what is not or what is better to eat than something else or even to get up and exercise or not. Most people fail at life because of emotional/mental struggles. I know I have failed at previous weight loss because I mentally wasn't prepared. I know even right now I have to battle with exercising every morning. It is a constant internal battle that I think, well I can just tell my husband I worked out, but really if I did that for too long then he would notice nothing is changing.
What is stronger? My sore muscles crying no more or my desire? What do I want more? What am I willing to give? It is a constant struggle.

EXERCISE AND WEIGHTLOSS IS NOT FOR THE WEAK MINDED!

I will not be weak minded, I can conquer my internal battle and I can conquer my weight!!!

Where Have I Been?

Weight: 199.2
Liver Cleanse
Workout: Chest and Back
Breakfast: 2/3 c oatmeal, 1 tbsp Flax seed, 1 tsp brown sugar
Snack:
Lunch: Reliv Shake
Snack: 4 Oreo cookies
Dinner: Alfredo Chicken, and bread

Where have I been for two weeks? Well....It wasn't anywhere fun! I pulled a muscle in my lower abs sneezing 2 weeks ago. It was very painful, and everytime I moved in the wrong way or sneezed or cough it was just a sharp pain. By the end of the week I was feeling that I could start exercising again with out pain. However, last week I started my period. Now being on your period, for me, doesn't stop me from exercising. The thing was that my husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for 5 months now and I was a week late. So I was very very hopeful that I was. I would still have worked out even if I was pregnant, but I was depressed for a whole week because my red friend dashed my hopes of pregnancy. I am still somewhat getting over the fact that I am not pregnant, but I am trying to focus on other things.
For starters I am focusing on trying to lose 5 lbs a month. I am trying to lose 25 lbs by the end of May. Which I can do!! And I have girls camp in June, so I will be focusing on my calling at church. Then to top it off I will hopefully be getting a job here soon so my workout time may be changing!

Weight: 198.2
Workout:
Breakfast: 2 slices of toast with butter and strawberry jam
Snack:
Lunch: Grilled chicken sandwich with munster cheese (Chicken was canned chicken with mayo)
Snack:
Dinner: Chicken Stir Fry, Rice, Lo Mein, 3 chocolate chip cookies

I woke up to workout and I could not do it. I really did something to my abdominals, and not the I'm sore from working out, but the sharp pain when I sneeze, cough, push down to do a push up, roll over in bed to get comfortable or bend backwards. I am going to give it a couple of days. So I have decided that I am going to start doing the liver cleanse. It is a drop of peppermint oil, a drop of lemon oil mixed in 2 tbsps of lemon juice. I am going to be taking it twice a day, once in the morning and then once in the evening. When taking it you are suppose to take it on an empty stomach and you are suppose to wait 2 hours before you eat, so at night I will take it before I go to bed, and in the morning I will take it when I first wake up.
Can I just say that I am so happy that I am still losing some weight even though I have not been eating the greatest. A few ounces a day equals a few pounds in a couple of weeks. Progress is progress!!

Tomorrow

Weight: 199.0
Workout:
Breakfast:
Snack: Grits and Eggs
Lunch:
Snack: Cheese ball (I had to finish it off)
Dinner: Taco salad, with lots of avocado, lettuce, and sprouts ( I have been working on growing my sprouts for the last couple of days)

I woke up late and the kids are all up, so I didn't get my exercise in today. And on top of it, I had this amazingly painful sneeze last night that feels like it pulled an ab muscle or ligament.
If you read the previous post you will notice that I need to wake up earlier! HA. I will be returning to my exercise tomorrow.
Overall today was a set back for me. I didn't eat well, I didn't exercise and I need to get back on the horse.

Here comes the +Some

Friday weight: 199.0
Yesterday Workout: 18 holes of Golf
Yesterday Breakfast: 2/3 c oatmeal, 1 tbsp flax seed, 1 tsp brown sugar
Yesterday Snack:
Yesterday Lunch: Olive Garden Rolled lasagna and salad and breadstick with alfredo
Yesterday Snack:
Yesterday Dinner: Homemade BBQ Chicken and Bacon Pizza

Saturday Weight: 199.0
Today Workout: Scrubbing the church nursery room tables, Reorganizing the Garage
Today Breakfast: 2 slices of french toast, scrambled eggs
Today Snack:
Today Lunch: grilled chicken sandwich
Today Snack:
Today Dinner: 2 Tacos (boy scout fundraiser)
Dessert: Albertson's cookies (YUM!!!)

Sunday Weight: 199.2
NO WORKOUT
Breakfast: Fasting
Snack: Fasting
Lunch: Fasting
Snack:Cookies while making dinner
Dinner: Breakfast burritos

I was suppose to post this after every dinner, but..... we can see that didn't happen.
My Mother in law came into town Thursday night and I am not going to blame her for my lack of exercise, even though I think it would be a great excuse. I woke up late on Friday morning and I had to be at the Church at 8:30 to help sew and mend the missionaries pants, skirts (for the sister missionaries), shirts, ties, and whatever else they needed. They were having a zone conference and so there was plenty of work to be done. I truly felt like a member of the Relief Society. After lunch I was going to come home and do my workout during the kids nap, but instead went and played golf with James and Mom because she had paid for 3 people. We didn't get home until 5:20 and then I had to make pizza, and after that we watched a movie.
Saturday I woke up late again. Can you tell there is a pattern happening? James had to go clean the Church with the other Elders and after he came home Amy and I had to head to clean the toys in the nursery room.
Sunday is a rest day. It says you may stretch or rest. I will not be doing any sort of physical workouts on Sunday although I may do some spiritual workouts. I truly believe God wants that day to be a day of rest. It is a day to focus on Him.
It was Fast Sunday for our Ward.
“Most of us fast in conjunction with our membership in the Church and its law of the fast. Generally speaking, there are three purposes for such a fast. First is to increase humility and spirituality of the individual fasting. Second is to provide assistance to the needy by contributing fast offerings equivalent to the value of the food which has not been consumed. Third, physical benefits may be derived personally” (Russell M. Nelson, “I Have a Question,” Ensign, Apr. 1976, p. 32).
Every Fast Sunday is Breakfast for Dinner Day.

Day 4

Weight: 199.6
Workout: Yoga
Breakfast: 2/3 c oatmeal, 1 tbsp flax seed, and 1 tsp brown sugar
Snack: Scrambled eggs and half a toasted roll
Lunch:
Snack: Chips and Dip
Dinner: Tacos

When I was younger, and yes I know I am not old, but when I was in my early teens I remember thinking to myself I should do yoga! It's easy and its working out and its going to get me flexible.
Well....I never did it, and now that I am in my mid 20's I find out how truly mistaken I really was :)
It is suppose to be relaxing and it probably would be, but I didn't wake up early enough. The dvd was around 1 1/2 hrs and it had nice music playing in the back ground and at the very end they try to have you center your self spiritually. It probably would work if I didn't have my 2 children and my nephew running around.
I think next week when I do yoga again I will do it at the end of the day instead of the beginning. I can truly see myself finishing it and be completely relaxed and destressed from my day.
Lately though I have been having the munchies. I know its not good, but its dips and cheese balls and a few cookies from New Years that I need to get rid of. I know I am justifing eating these foods because if I don't then they will go bad and I will have to through them out and I do not want to be wasteful. However I am aware of what I am doing.

Were are my Detachable Arms?

Weight: 199.8 (YEAH!)
Work out: Shoulder and Arms, Abs (Day 3)
Breakfast: 2/3 c oatmeal, 1 tsp brown sugar, 1tbsp flax seed
Snack: granola thin, one taste of brownie batter, one bite of baked brownies
Lunch: Reliv Shake
Snack: brownie (damn you Erik and James for making that the punishment for losing in pool), hot dog, and wheat thins and cheese ball (yeah I was bad today)
Dinner: Fried Rice

I know it's not a lot of weight loss, but day 3 and 1 lb less is an accomplishment. We need to celebrate accomplishments, great or small, small accomplishments get small celebrations and when we get large accomplishments there will be large celebrations!
I woke up and was actually able to move my arms more than I could on Tuesday. Which is good since the workout was Shoulder and Arms and Abs. The workout was good until I got to Abs. You don't really know how sore those things are until you try and do the moves again! Even though I was sore I was able to do the same if not even more reps than the first time.
In fact I could have turned off the sound this morning on the Abs since I didn't need Tony to tell me to keep going when I had my 3yr old sitting next to me trying to do the moves and telling me to "keep exercise Mom." :)
Today I will start the process of sprouting sprouts, I think. I have some things that need to be done today. For starters we (the Salanoa/Loa househould) will be losing one of our guests, but will be gaining a new guest tomorrow. The Salanoa Loa Hotel is always open :) So needless to say there needs to be some cleaning done. Not like there is always so cleaning that needs to be done with 3 kids in the home. As well as I have Young Womens tonight and as the secretary I still need to get a few things put together as the new year has just begun.
Most importantly today I am going to try to have some continual movement so as to not get stiff!
10 hours later....
Yeah I know I was bad today, and it might show on the scale tomorrow morning...but...I'm real! I have my moments where I want to eat and I really had no motivation to fold my laundry or to do anything else and when that happens, my cravings usually win over my will. Just one more thing to work on, or work off :) Tomorrow I shouldn't have any problems because I DEFINITELEY have to clean tomorrow. And maybe the next day after I will do some more baking, because I can bake and send it away and it keeps me busy.

"I'm allergic to food. Every time I eat, it breaks out into fat." -Jennifer Greene Duncan

Day 2

Weight: 200.8
Workout: Plyometrics
Breakfast: 2/3 c cooked oatmeal with 1 tsp brown sugar and 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
Snack: 1 christmas cookie
Lunch: Reliv Shake
Snack:
Dinner: 2 slices of pizza and a fried chicken thigh

I really wanted to stay in bed this morning, its really great when there is no little mini me in between me and my love. I some how was able to force my self out of bed. Yes I am sore!
Plyo, thank heavens (at least for right now), was more of lower body and jumping and twisting. I would not have been able to do any push ups today if my life depended on it. In fact at the end of the workout one of the first cool down stretches was downward facing dog, and lets just say my downward facing dog turned into an all four position :)
Today, I have resolved to eat a little healthier. (at least for today) I am going to start taking out food for my lunch and replacing it with a shake. My mother and father are distributors of a product called reliv. And there is a product they sell that is a meal replacement, it is called slimplicity. I have strawberry and it is great with some frozen strawberries, half a banana, and orange juice. I am also adding a tbsp of ground flax seed.

Side note: I write my post in the morning and just update my meals as the day continues.

So what is this flax seed?
F is for fiber. 2 tbsp gives you 4 grams of fiber, as much as 1-1/2 c of cooked oatmeal. It also helps drop LDL cholesterol
L is for lignans. Lignans are natural antioxidants, and flax seed contains high levels of them. 2 tbsps of flax seed will give you as many lignans as much as 30 cups of fresh broccoli.
A is for Alpha-linolenic Acid. Alpha-linolenic Acid is a kind of omega-3 fatty acid found in plants. It is similar to the omega-3 fatty acids that are in fish oil. The oil in flax seed is about 50% alpha-linolenic acid, the next highest sources have about 10%. 2 tbsp have 2400 milligrams of omega 3.
X is for excellent choice. There’s some evidence it may help reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes.  

As the weeks go on, I will be adding a few new things to my daily meal/routine. There will be a liver cleanse that I will do every morning, and I will being adding sprouts more so to my meals (thanks for my Chirstmas present Mom). Who knows what else I will do, but I plan on updating you with information and why I am doing what I am doing in hopes that you may be able to learn something or even want to try some of these things in your life style change. Who really knows if they will help boost the weight loss, but eating healthier is something that will make me feel better!

It is the end of the evening and my husband wants to make fun of me because I didn't want to eat and munch on things this afternoon, so today I had to find something to do that would keep me busy. What did I decide to do....Make and Decorate Cookies :) If you want to see what I did you can go check out our (my sis and I) facebook page Burns No More.

Day 1

Morning weigh in weight: 200.4 lbs
Workout for the day: Shoulders and Back, and Ab Ripper
Breakfast: 1/3 c dry oatmeal cooked in 2/3 c water (so I would like to say 2/3c cooked oatmeal but in reality it doesn't really equal that)
Snack: Cutie orange
Lunch: 2 Hot Dogs, a few tator tots, 3 homemade potato skins and some chips and dip
Dinner: Creamy Broccoli Soup and a roll

Motivation was not what I had this morning. Instead I had a nice warm bed, two cuddle buddies, darkness, and heavy eyelids!
I did however get my big butt out of the bed and down the stairs to exercise. I was a bit nervous thinking that my shoulder/arm pit might be a bit more of a problem than what it was. I had just gone shooting on Saturday so it's still a bit sore. However it wasn't that much of an issue and the workout was pretty good.
Lots of pushups and lots of pullups. I however do not have a pull up bar and I personally feel that I would not have been able to get much of a workout if I had. Instead I used weight bands and put them in the top of my door frame, because lets face it 1. my ceiling isn't as high as the studio they filmed in 2. I don't have a bar or hook on my ceiling and 3. the top of the door worked just fine!
Abs were killer and there is no way I would have been able to do as many as they did or as fast as they did.