Day 1 of Healthy New Life

Today is the beginning of a brand new life, diet and health for myself and the Hubby. We’ve decided it is time to get ourselves back into shape and eating healthy, so we are going to do it! This morning we woke up, made breakfast, didn’t have any coffee (I usually drink 4-5 a day) and off we went to the gym. Yep that’s right, the gym!

We registered ourselves and the kids with GoodLife Fitness. I’ve looked into this gym in the past but never had the drive to do it. Now that I have him wanting to do it with me we can push each other each day and keep on going. And hey! 2 hours away from the kids while we work out, why the hell not. The price is right for doing it, $16 every other week for 2 kids… think it is worth it

So, today is day 1 of our new healthy life. Now you are probably wondering, what do you mean healthy? Well, our diets are changing, our exercise habits are changing and our daily life is changing. We aren’t two people that generally eat mass amounts of unhealthy foods and we really aren’t overweight at all. It is just the want and need to be healthier. Not only will it help us, but it will help the kids develop proper health skills as they get older.

Well, let’s get into our day.

Breakfast

• 1 1/2 cup of plain oatmeal mixed with chocolate whey protein.
• 8 ounces of cold water
• Hydroxycut Advanced Weight Loss Supplement
• Centrum Vitamins

Now you might be thinking, wow how were you even full? Well… the protein helps with that and then the weight loss supplement pills also assist with making you feel fuller longer. Combine that with a big glass of water and it was the right mixture for a good morning work out.. and yes I know that picture does the oatmeal no justice, but hey… not everything looks good when it is good for you.

We went to the gym from 10am until 12pm. Once we dropped the kids off in their Jump! play program we were out on the gym floor working out. We worked out for about an hour and 15 minutes, I did a cool down at the end on the gyms fancy massage chairs just to avoid aches and pains later into my day.

Lunch

The hubby and I made together a very delicious lunch. There really isn’t a name or anything for it other then that it was delicious! Please note just about every meal we consume has an 8 ounce glass of water combined with. For our water with lunch we incorporated an 8 ounce glass of Berry Burst Metamucil… yep we take Metamucil! It helps all around to keep our systems running in tip top shape while we interchange our diets.

Ingredients

• Avocado
• Red Onion
• Red Pepper
• 2 Roma Tomatoes
• 2 cups of fresh chicken

Directions

• Peel and cube avocado
• Chop up red onion
• Chop up red pepper
• Gut and slice roma tomatoes
• Chop up pre-cooked (fresh) chicken

Mix all of these items together and eat like a salad or spread onto whole wheat bread. We chose the whole wheat bread route and it was delightful.

Afternoon Snack

It is very important to snack throughout your day. For our afternoon snack we had another 8 ounce glass of water combined with Skinny’s Multi Grain Harvest French Onion Chips. Don’t worry everyone, they are baked not fried, only 110 calories per 28g serving. They are 40% less fat and 20% fewer calories compared to the regular multigrain chips that we consume.

Since it is only 2:30pm we have yet to do dinner, but I know exactly what we are having! Turkey burgers!!! Homemade of course. The hubby looked at the non-homemade option and I just couldn’t do it. If we are going to go all out healthy, fresh is the best. So I guess I am making myself a little extra work each day with cooking, but hey, I’d rather spend more time cooking and being healthy then spending less and having health issues in the future.

Weight Loss Goal

I have decided upon a weight loss goal for where I’d like to be at again. Anyone who knows me from before the kids, I was lucky to weigh 100 pounds soaking wet before I had them. Well… this is not the case anymore. I might not look like I weigh what the scale says I do (I think it was lying anyways), but I want to lose 41 pounds before I am satisfied with the results.

Current weight - 161.8 pounds
Goal weight – 120 pounds

This is very doable and I will do it!

Are you on any sort of weight loss plan? Are you trying to lose weight? Tell me what you are doing to lose weight! I’d love to hear it all.