My Weight Loss progress

I decided to journal a little bit about my progress. Let's see. I've been dieting for about 100 days now. I have an app on my phone that I use everyday to log in my food and exercises. It's called MyFitnessPal. I started out eating about 1350 calories a day. Now I'm at about 1200-1250.

I do some sort of exercise every day. I walk a lot outside while the kids are playing. I also pull them around in their wagon (boy is that hard work!!) I do some Pilates & Yoga occassionally. And P90X when I feel like dying ha! But my main work out is called Turbo Fire. It is awesome! I reccommend it for everyone!! It's a combination of boxing and cardio and a little bit of dance. It is so much fun, burns a ton of a calories, and makes me feel so good!

I can sit here and say that it has drastically changed my body! I started at 146 pounds (my heaviest) and now I'm at 131. I haven't measured myself in a while (need to do that tonight) but I am losing inches too. I started at a 12 and now fit into 6! (Which I personally, don't care about all these numbers, I just wanted to feel better about myself.) But I'm telling you guys this to show that changes can happen if you stick with it!

I bought my first bikini in almost 3 years! Yes, there are still areas that need toning (us girls are never 100% satisfied are we?) But I am here to tell ya, I haven't felt this good in years.

Here are a few things I love eating:
1. Greek Yogurt Parfaits (non-fat), Strawberry, 110 calories! (come with granola to mix, yum!)
2. Special K Protein Meal Replacement bars, Double Choclate, 170 calories (this helps my chocolate cravings. I usually eat one for breakfast with some good old Orange Juice).
3. Special K Protein Snack bars, Chocolate Peanut butter, 110 calories (great for between meal snacks).
4. Chicken! Looooveeee chicken! It's so good for you!
5. Water, water, water!

((now this is by no means all that I eat, it's just some of my faves)) I am still eating junk foods sometimes, just not as much! Portion control! I know you have all heard it before, but seriously. It's ok to eat those Oreos- but just eat 2. It's ok to have some pizza- have one slice! :)

Hope this inspired some people!

-Meagan

Hello strangers out there in Blog world! We have been super busy lately and I haven't had a second to update my blog! I'm outside now writing this- this is what I imagine Heaven to be like... a good story to write, the wind blowing slightly through my hair, and my kids laughing in the distance running through the green grass.

 It's Easter time and the weather is getting warmer. We've already had a few bad storms up here in Ardmore, but not bad enough to huddle down in the storm shelter yet. We've seen new creatures lately, turkeys especially, every morning in our yard. We hear "gobble gobble" from a short distance all day long. Sometimes they are brave enough to prance through our yard, then usually get chased away by our ferocious Yorkie, Roxy.

I'm still trudging through school, my second semester at our local college. I feel like a senior again in high school with "senioritis" in other words, I-don't-feel-like-doing-anything-itis.

Hunter is reading so well. A few months ago, he was moved up in the highest level reading class. He loves reading and loves books. Just the other day his school was having a book fair and that was the highlight of his year! (Momma spent way too much, but it's for a good case, huh?) He signed up for baseball again this year which we cannot wait for!

Avery- oh, Avery... she's got a full on personality. She's sassy, girlie but such a tomboy, sweet, nurturing, tough all rolled up into one package. We are still trying to figure her out haha! She has made a lot of progress using the potty (however, we aren't totally there yet) but that's ok.

This passed weekend, we took the kids down to Texas and met up with Hunter's aunt who took some pictures for me of the kids in the bluebonnets. I loved all 37 of them, but of course, coudln't post them all on here. Plus, I'm pretty biased considering I think my children are the most gorgeous human beings on the face of the Earth ;)

 

That's it for today. I must go round up Avery who has done at least 12 laps around the house on her new battery-powered 4-wheeler. When I stop hearing it, that's when there is trouble... oh wait, here she comes ha! Goodbye for now. Will update more, I promise :)

-Meagan & the wild ones