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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I work out!
For the past two weeks or so I have been getting up at 4 am and meeting a health nut friend of mine at the gym at 5 am. I'm loving it! At first I really had to push myself to go. She would be like hey going to the gym are you coming? And my thought is "no I really would rather stay comfy at home" but instead I would reply with "sure". Now I feel like I'm becoming addicted! I was unable to go Sunday morning because my daughter was sick and it literally drove me
Insane that I didn't go to the gym. This is a big deal for me! So one day we will work out our upper body by using weights and some other machine things, the next day we do legs with weights, chest/back and then cardio. My favorite is legs for some reason, even though I hate squats. But I do them! We do 4-5 rounds of everything it generally takes about an hour. My friend is so supportive and motivating I don't know what I'd do without her (other than be a fat sloth). So I'm really excited I've went out an bought a really cute gym bag for mornings we work after the gym. ( we
Work at a hospital and have to be there at 645 so some mornings we shower at the gym).
Once I finish the workout and
I head home, or to work, I scramble and cook two eggs in the microwave and have whole wheat toast and a glass of orange juice. I've cut back on a lot of what I eat and how I eat. I'm trying to eat more veggies and fruit and I'm eventually hoping to cut
Out all red meat, since I have extrememly high cholesterol. So I've been cooking with turkey instead and the best part is my family hasn't even noticed the difference!
It's only been two weeks or so but I'm very happy and proud and I'm loving it so I'm pretty sure I will be sticking to this. Life happens though and I am still in nursing school, although I'm nearly done. I've lost approximately three pounds already and I plan to reach my goal of losing 30 by the end of July.
I'm ready to make being healthy a part of my life and my family's. I need to do this not just for me but for them as well.
YAY!!
Insane that I didn't go to the gym. This is a big deal for me! So one day we will work out our upper body by using weights and some other machine things, the next day we do legs with weights, chest/back and then cardio. My favorite is legs for some reason, even though I hate squats. But I do them! We do 4-5 rounds of everything it generally takes about an hour. My friend is so supportive and motivating I don't know what I'd do without her (other than be a fat sloth). So I'm really excited I've went out an bought a really cute gym bag for mornings we work after the gym. ( we
Work at a hospital and have to be there at 645 so some mornings we shower at the gym).
Once I finish the workout and
I head home, or to work, I scramble and cook two eggs in the microwave and have whole wheat toast and a glass of orange juice. I've cut back on a lot of what I eat and how I eat. I'm trying to eat more veggies and fruit and I'm eventually hoping to cut
Out all red meat, since I have extrememly high cholesterol. So I've been cooking with turkey instead and the best part is my family hasn't even noticed the difference!
It's only been two weeks or so but I'm very happy and proud and I'm loving it so I'm pretty sure I will be sticking to this. Life happens though and I am still in nursing school, although I'm nearly done. I've lost approximately three pounds already and I plan to reach my goal of losing 30 by the end of July.
I'm ready to make being healthy a part of my life and my family's. I need to do this not just for me but for them as well.
YAY!!
I work out!
For the past two weeks or so I have been getting up at 4 am and meeting a health nut friend of mine at the gym at 5 am. I'm loving it! At first I really had to push myself to go. She would be like hey going to the gym are you coming? And my thought is "no I really would rather stay comfy at home" but instead I would reply with "sure". Now I feel like I'm becoming addicted! I was unable to go Sunday morning because my daughter was sick and it literally drove me
Insane that I didn't go to the gym. This is a big deal for me! So one day we will work out our upper body by using weights and some other machine things, the next day we do legs with weights, chest/back and then cardio. My favorite is legs for some reason, even though I hate squats. But I do them! We do 4-5 rounds of everything it generally takes about an hour. My friend is so supportive and motivating I don't know what I'd do without her (other than be a fat sloth). So I'm really excited I've went out an bought a really cute gym bag for mornings we work after the gym. ( we
Work at a hospital and have to be there at 645 so some mornings we shower at the gym).
Once I finish the workout and
I head home, or to work, I scramble and cook two eggs in the microwave and have whole wheat toast and a glass of orange juice. I've cut back on a lot of what I eat and how I eat. I'm trying to eat more veggies and fruit and I'm eventually hoping to cut
Out all red meat, since I have extrememly high cholesterol. So I've been cooking with turkey instead and the best part is my family hasn't even noticed the difference!
It's only been two weeks or so but I'm very happy and proud and I'm loving it so I'm pretty sure I will be sticking to this. Life happens though and I am still in nursing school, although I'm nearly done. I've lost approximately three pounds already and I plan to reach my goal of losing 30 by the end of July.
I'm ready to make being healthy a part of my life and my family's. I need to do this not just for me but for them as well.
YAY!!
Insane that I didn't go to the gym. This is a big deal for me! So one day we will work out our upper body by using weights and some other machine things, the next day we do legs with weights, chest/back and then cardio. My favorite is legs for some reason, even though I hate squats. But I do them! We do 4-5 rounds of everything it generally takes about an hour. My friend is so supportive and motivating I don't know what I'd do without her (other than be a fat sloth). So I'm really excited I've went out an bought a really cute gym bag for mornings we work after the gym. ( we
Work at a hospital and have to be there at 645 so some mornings we shower at the gym).
Once I finish the workout and
I head home, or to work, I scramble and cook two eggs in the microwave and have whole wheat toast and a glass of orange juice. I've cut back on a lot of what I eat and how I eat. I'm trying to eat more veggies and fruit and I'm eventually hoping to cut
Out all red meat, since I have extrememly high cholesterol. So I've been cooking with turkey instead and the best part is my family hasn't even noticed the difference!
It's only been two weeks or so but I'm very happy and proud and I'm loving it so I'm pretty sure I will be sticking to this. Life happens though and I am still in nursing school, although I'm nearly done. I've lost approximately three pounds already and I plan to reach my goal of losing 30 by the end of July.
I'm ready to make being healthy a part of my life and my family's. I need to do this not just for me but for them as well.
YAY!!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Trials In Life
I'm not very good at keeping up with these things. My healthy lifestyle change has not worked out too well for me either. I said before, I have a problem. I like food. I'm so busy too it's really hard to keep up with eating in general, then to try to eat right is just adding to the nightmare.
I actually have gone running a couple times at the track. I do a lot better outside than I do on a treadmill. I'm not sure if anyone else shares this or not but I feel less insecure that way, and apparently I'm good and sprinting better than running distance. I amazed my friend, who is a die hard runner/healthy eater... You know what they say, opposites attract. I'm addicted to food and reading, she's addicted to being healthy. Poor girl.
So the greatest news I have is that I'm graduating this month! On the 13th to be exact. For those who don't know, I'm in Nursing school. I'm in practical nursing school and plan on bridging to the RN program as soon as I'm finished. I'm really excited to finally be reaching the end of this journy in my life. THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL!!!! I use to think I would NEVER get in to nursing school, that it would always be a goal, a dream, a desire, but never a reality.. Then I began this class and thought, wait a sec, why was I so insane to want this torture? No really, it's not been too bad. There are moments... but overall it's not bad. Then I wondered if I would EVER get the crap out of here. And now here I am.
Is it silly to be so proud of yourself? I feel like I have accomplished a lot. I wish I had accomplished these things sooner, but there are still people older than me with no accomplishments. I have a lot to be thankful for. I had my first child when I was 15. I worked hard. I never gave up. I wanted so badly to succeed in life. Not just for me, not only to prove everyone wrong about being a typical teen mom, but I wanted to succeed in life for my son. I didn't want my son to struggle, or me to struggle for the rest of our lives. I want more than anything for my children to be proud of their mother. To be able to look back and say, yeah, my mom made mistakes but she was a hard worker, determined to give us the best life she could, despite the obstacles. I would also want my children to be just as determined. To work hard, never give up. Always dream and always work towards that goal. No matter what.
I would also like to say to you; never give up. NOTHING IN LIFE WORTH DOING IS EASY. What is the satisfaction of completing something that was not challenging anyhow? Stay focused. Don't be afraid to dream. Most importantly don't be afraid to go after those dreams. The only thing holding you back is yourself. Trust me, no matter how impossible things may seem, you can do it. I went through the most impossible situations. I missed out on a ton of things. Sacrifice is a part of it.
I wish you all luck. If you need anything feel free to comment.
Anything you guys want to share, accomplishements, fears, anything.
I actually have gone running a couple times at the track. I do a lot better outside than I do on a treadmill. I'm not sure if anyone else shares this or not but I feel less insecure that way, and apparently I'm good and sprinting better than running distance. I amazed my friend, who is a die hard runner/healthy eater... You know what they say, opposites attract. I'm addicted to food and reading, she's addicted to being healthy. Poor girl.
So the greatest news I have is that I'm graduating this month! On the 13th to be exact. For those who don't know, I'm in Nursing school. I'm in practical nursing school and plan on bridging to the RN program as soon as I'm finished. I'm really excited to finally be reaching the end of this journy in my life. THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL!!!! I use to think I would NEVER get in to nursing school, that it would always be a goal, a dream, a desire, but never a reality.. Then I began this class and thought, wait a sec, why was I so insane to want this torture? No really, it's not been too bad. There are moments... but overall it's not bad. Then I wondered if I would EVER get the crap out of here. And now here I am.
Is it silly to be so proud of yourself? I feel like I have accomplished a lot. I wish I had accomplished these things sooner, but there are still people older than me with no accomplishments. I have a lot to be thankful for. I had my first child when I was 15. I worked hard. I never gave up. I wanted so badly to succeed in life. Not just for me, not only to prove everyone wrong about being a typical teen mom, but I wanted to succeed in life for my son. I didn't want my son to struggle, or me to struggle for the rest of our lives. I want more than anything for my children to be proud of their mother. To be able to look back and say, yeah, my mom made mistakes but she was a hard worker, determined to give us the best life she could, despite the obstacles. I would also want my children to be just as determined. To work hard, never give up. Always dream and always work towards that goal. No matter what.
I would also like to say to you; never give up. NOTHING IN LIFE WORTH DOING IS EASY. What is the satisfaction of completing something that was not challenging anyhow? Stay focused. Don't be afraid to dream. Most importantly don't be afraid to go after those dreams. The only thing holding you back is yourself. Trust me, no matter how impossible things may seem, you can do it. I went through the most impossible situations. I missed out on a ton of things. Sacrifice is a part of it.
I wish you all luck. If you need anything feel free to comment.
Anything you guys want to share, accomplishements, fears, anything.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Hitting rock bottom
Well as you all know (or just Kadee) I received my bodybyvi package and was really excited about it. However, the shakes I made... tasted fine, but was way too sweet for me. Yes, that's right. Too sweet for the fat girl. Who would have thought. My first shake I used ice, v8 strawberry banana juice. Couldn't handle that. SO then I made another shake. Peanut butter, almond milk, ice. It was delicious, but as I would swallow the sweetness would just hit me hard and I couldn't hardly get any down. Apparently, no one really begins liking healthy stuff, but you have to keep with it to like it. But, I've finally realized that I'm just very spoiled in my own way. If I don't like it, I won't eat it, get it, do it. Lol This is ridiculous so right now I'm really working on this. I'm going to make another shake tomorrow. Probably with peanut butter again.
SO I have some crazy news!! I'm at an EXTREMELY high risk for HEART ATTACK. My cholesterol was checked and my Total cholesterol is 301. It should be BELOW 200. My bad Cholesterol LDL- 218, again, below 100. HDL (GOOD CHOLESTEROL) was 48, which is low. My PCP put me on choleterol medication and told me that this is hereditary, with me being 22 years old and it being THAT high, it wasn't my diet that was making it that high. That doesn't mean I don't need to change my eating habits though, just that if i were to change my eating habits it wouldn't make it that much better. It's really scary. I've been kind of blown away by it I guess. It's a lot to grasp that at 22 years old I'm at a greater risk to have a heart attack than alot of people much older. It's really opened my eyes a lot. I keep thinking about how unhealthy I am NOW, I can't imagine what I'm going to be like as I get older, and if I continue with the lifestyle I have now. I've been paying a lot more attention to what I eat. Have I cut out all the bad stuff completely? No, I'm working on it though. Baby steps. I'll get there. I've got to get there. For my babies if not for myself.
So enough about that, I just wanted to share that this is my hitting bottom. This is my coming to realization that i NEED to become healthy and get with it before I do too much damage. It's been really stressful and has made my anxiety a little higher than normal. I'm confident it'll get better. Labs will be rechecked in 8 weeks.
School is going good. I was on wound cart last monday and I absolutely loved it. It was so fascinating and neat to see all the big wounds that won't heal well, some becoming necrotic, some being graft, and some beginning to heal. Very very neat! NEED to take a hematology test, which should be fairly easy!
How has your month been?
Do you have any significant lab values, did they make you open your eyes? If not, what did?
SO I have some crazy news!! I'm at an EXTREMELY high risk for HEART ATTACK. My cholesterol was checked and my Total cholesterol is 301. It should be BELOW 200. My bad Cholesterol LDL- 218, again, below 100. HDL (GOOD CHOLESTEROL) was 48, which is low. My PCP put me on choleterol medication and told me that this is hereditary, with me being 22 years old and it being THAT high, it wasn't my diet that was making it that high. That doesn't mean I don't need to change my eating habits though, just that if i were to change my eating habits it wouldn't make it that much better. It's really scary. I've been kind of blown away by it I guess. It's a lot to grasp that at 22 years old I'm at a greater risk to have a heart attack than alot of people much older. It's really opened my eyes a lot. I keep thinking about how unhealthy I am NOW, I can't imagine what I'm going to be like as I get older, and if I continue with the lifestyle I have now. I've been paying a lot more attention to what I eat. Have I cut out all the bad stuff completely? No, I'm working on it though. Baby steps. I'll get there. I've got to get there. For my babies if not for myself.
So enough about that, I just wanted to share that this is my hitting bottom. This is my coming to realization that i NEED to become healthy and get with it before I do too much damage. It's been really stressful and has made my anxiety a little higher than normal. I'm confident it'll get better. Labs will be rechecked in 8 weeks.
School is going good. I was on wound cart last monday and I absolutely loved it. It was so fascinating and neat to see all the big wounds that won't heal well, some becoming necrotic, some being graft, and some beginning to heal. Very very neat! NEED to take a hematology test, which should be fairly easy!
How has your month been?
Do you have any significant lab values, did they make you open your eyes? If not, what did?
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Body by vi
Got my shake mix stuff today from body by vi! Here's a pic! I'm not starting until tomorrow morning and I'll post more about how I like it and mix it. There's a ton of ways to mix it the way you would enjoy it! I can't wait to get started! For more info go to http://katyk.bodybyvi.com
Friday, May 18, 2012
Healthy
The other day I finally had my body by vi party, woohooo! I ordered my kit and should receive it in a few days, I'm super stoked and can't wait to share my shakes with everyone, lol. The day of the party we made a shake and I was NOT prepared at all, we managed to find strawberries and kiwi in my icebox, so we mixed that with some milk and ice and the body by vi mix and it wasn't bad. That was just from improvising though. So I'm super excited to not only lose weight but just get healthy. Lately I've been having heart palpitations and my blood sugar is dropping. The other morning I had two bowls of cereal, coffee and diet pepsi and by 10 my blood sugar was 57 when the normal range is 80-110 and up to 130 after eating.
We participated in this health fair for workers of Oklahoma Natural Gas and that was a lot of fun. We got vitals, height/weight/bmi/fat %, blood sugars and cholesterol checks. My cholesterol was so high that the machines wouldnt even read it, it would just say "HI", and I tried on two different machines with different drops of blood. That is super bad. SO I really need to get healthy. Badly. The health fair was really fun though but it was just kind of like a reality check. I didn't take count of how many people were there or how many had high blood pressure or anything like that. I know we seen about 1000. So I'm just going to throw out my statistic and like I said it won't be exact. But I think about 9 out of 10 people had EXTREMELY high blood pressure. I'm not talking barely high, but these people were 180/120 which is insane. The normal range is 100-140/60-90. It's really scary to think that the majority of the people in the room have dangerously high blood pressure and have no idea. What's even more scary is the people that know they have high blood pressure and don't worry about it or take their medicines like they should. It's EXTREMELY important! AH so many people don't realize that it damages not only your heart but your other organs as well.
Anyways, enough of that vent. School has been pretty good, we had a really fun time at the fair and the third day we probably laughed for a good two hours making impersonations of jenelles mom on teen mom (which I've never seen, but my bff kadee does a great hilarious impersonation and we found it hilarious anyways). It was overall a great experience and time and I'm glad we got the opportunity to go.
Super stoked about the shakes and can't wait to share, hopefully it'll be soon and as soon as I start I will post pics! Also been going to the gym twice a week. I need to go more just been really busy with two jobs and homework. =)
How was your week?
Do you know how your health stands right now?
ANY GOOD RECIPES FOR BODY BY VI SHAKES?
If you are interested in body by vi check out:
http://katyk.bodybyvi.com
She can show you how you can get them FREE!
They are good for you even if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
They can help you get off your medicines and are totally good for you! Check it out.
We participated in this health fair for workers of Oklahoma Natural Gas and that was a lot of fun. We got vitals, height/weight/bmi/fat %, blood sugars and cholesterol checks. My cholesterol was so high that the machines wouldnt even read it, it would just say "HI", and I tried on two different machines with different drops of blood. That is super bad. SO I really need to get healthy. Badly. The health fair was really fun though but it was just kind of like a reality check. I didn't take count of how many people were there or how many had high blood pressure or anything like that. I know we seen about 1000. So I'm just going to throw out my statistic and like I said it won't be exact. But I think about 9 out of 10 people had EXTREMELY high blood pressure. I'm not talking barely high, but these people were 180/120 which is insane. The normal range is 100-140/60-90. It's really scary to think that the majority of the people in the room have dangerously high blood pressure and have no idea. What's even more scary is the people that know they have high blood pressure and don't worry about it or take their medicines like they should. It's EXTREMELY important! AH so many people don't realize that it damages not only your heart but your other organs as well.
Anyways, enough of that vent. School has been pretty good, we had a really fun time at the fair and the third day we probably laughed for a good two hours making impersonations of jenelles mom on teen mom (which I've never seen, but my bff kadee does a great hilarious impersonation and we found it hilarious anyways). It was overall a great experience and time and I'm glad we got the opportunity to go.
Super stoked about the shakes and can't wait to share, hopefully it'll be soon and as soon as I start I will post pics! Also been going to the gym twice a week. I need to go more just been really busy with two jobs and homework. =)
How was your week?
Do you know how your health stands right now?
ANY GOOD RECIPES FOR BODY BY VI SHAKES?
If you are interested in body by vi check out:
http://katyk.bodybyvi.com
She can show you how you can get them FREE!
They are good for you even if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
They can help you get off your medicines and are totally good for you! Check it out.
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