I work out!

After my last blog post, I was upset and ashamed with myself. So that night I spent about three hours putting together a workout calender, printing off the workouts, putting them together, and even working out. I was feeling very accomplished and proud of myself; I thought "I can do this". The, I went to the store to buy myself a new pair of jeans and I was even bigger than I had thought (I wear dress pants every day, which are measured differently. I found that out last night). There were many tears shed and I was cursing myself for gaining so much weight since the wedding and especially since college. 

Once my tantrum was over, I came out of the dressing room with a new resolve. I am determined to get at least one pant size down by May and to have a flat stomach. I was telling this to my husband over dinner at Denny's (I got the fit and fare omelette meal, which was surprisingly good) and was trying to figure out a way to further motivate me.

That was when I came up with what seemed like a brilliant plan: Brysen will only take me out on a date after I have worked out for 14 days straight. For those who know me, I love to go on dates to restaurants with my husband and get a steak or something else equally delicious, depending on my mood. So I know that this will help to keep me motivated to stay on track with my weight loss. 

It's my goal to never eat over 550 calories at a restaurant either, so I have been looking up healthier options online and through Pinterest. Here's what I've been able to find so far: 

Red Lobster: 
Garlic-Grilled Jumbo Shrimp
370 Calories

Applebee's: 
Grilled Shrimp and Island Rice
360 Calories
Asiago Peppercorn Steak
390 Calories
Grilled Dijon Chicken and Portobellos
450 Calories

Chili's:
Classic Sirloin Steak
370 Calories
Salmon with Garlic and Herbs
520 Calories

McDonalds:
McChicken Sandwich with garden side salad
395 Calories
Chicken McNuggets with garden side salad, ice cream cone, and diet coke!
484 Calories (Just the nuggets and salad: 260 without any sauces, which are 10 calories)
Grilled Chicken Wrap with garden side salad
340 Calories

Let me know if you know of any other meals with less than 550 calories!

Until next time, 

Britt

Update

I am ashamed to admit that there has been no real progress on my end as far as working out and weight loss goes. You see, my goal was to lose weight. But I didn't have a date for when I wanted the weight to be off. Because of that, I have been lacking the motivation and have been putting off exercising. Then, on top of that, we moved into our new house (which means that we ate out frequently because we had no food at either the house or the apartment) and we celebrated my husbands birthday at the Rodizio, celebrated out anniversary, were too tired to cook, blah. blah, blah. I know: excuses, excuses.

But, now that we finally have a set schedule again and are fully living in our house (although we are still waiting for it to get painted), not only am I ready to start working out but I also have a date that I want the weight to be off by: May 2nd, 2013. I will be walking down a sunny California beach that weekend and would like to look nice in a bikini once again. 

I've spent the last few hours putting together some workouts, printing them off and putting them together and next to my work out equipment. As of right now that consists of a few Turbo Jam dvd's, a ball and some light weights (I'm hoping to score a treadmill in the near future, as well as some resistance bands). 


Here are my calories for the day, as well as my workouts:

Breakfast
 2 rolls from Maddox: 275 Calories

Lunch
Vegetable Beef Soup: 180 Calories

Dinner
Cheesy, gooey pepperoni, stuffed crust pizza: 475 Calories
Live Wire Mountain Dew: 120 Calories


Workouts:
Cleaned the house: 408 Calories
       (This only counts because I was carrying out excess tools and putting them away, throwing 
         away wood flooring scraps, things like that)
Yoga: 85 Calories

Please comment on your workouts, share your ideas, any new findings as well as recipes that are not only healthy but delicious!

Until next time, 
Britt