Mama Lifestyles

Day 2

I've had a nasty headache all morning, but think it's most likely a withdrawal effect from giving up my morning capuccino. I weighed 133.5 this morning which is good, because after the weekend I've normally put on a pound or two. I did the toning and full cardio this morning and boy do you sweat. I had to rush into the shower and still felt hot all morning. I keep dreaming of that choc pudding and will post how many calories were in it tomorrow. This afternoon the snack is a cucumber relish which does not sound like my cup of tea. I had my breakfast late, so only had a boiled egg for lunch. I'm supposed to have a spinach salad with it, but don't feel that hungry and feel too tired to make it. I'm sure this is Tracy's bigger plan - exhaust us so that we can't even make your food plan. It's working!

The twins slept until 6:30am which made it possible for me to do my cardio this monring. When they wake at 5am I feel like a wreck all day! I hope I can make another 28 days - just doing the exercise for that duration would be amazing. It seems lots of people fall off the food plan because it's very restictive. We'll see...

29 days left!

I've completed day 1 of Tracy's boot camp and am still feeling okay, so that's a good sign, right?! I did the toning first (followed the dvd) and then did the 40 minutes of cardio. The new cardio routines are much simpler (and identical?) and I like the fact that they are 10 minutes each, so you know the pain is coming to an end!

My little bowl of strawberries and mint was not that filling, especially as my daughter was making french toast this morning. I had to listen to everyone eating as I was doing my cardio. The smell was divine, but I couldn't possibly quit the first morning!  I made the soup for lunch which was tasty and perfect for the rainy day outside. I was really having cravings at 3pm and kept thinking I'll have to break this plan when I remembered I was supposed to have a chocolate pudding for my snack. It saved me!! It's made with dates and cocoa and chocolate chips and is absolutely divine. It was so rich I couldn't finish the bowl.

Dinner was poached fish which reminded me of hospital food (not a good thing) and some asparagus. I'm having to keep drinking green tea to stop me from wanting to eat yummy things. By the way I weighed 134 this morning and no I did not get to eat a cupcake yesterday as I did not have time to go to that shop.  The twins are keeping me so busy and stopping me from carrying out my bad plans... Strangely that craving has gone and I feel quite energized this evening. The menu for day 2 doesn't contain any of that chocolate pudding - it looks like I have to wait until day 15 for my treat again....

The 30 day challenge is on!

Where have I been? Good question, but I can't really answer. Just messing around and doing bits of exercise here and there. I was so excited about Tracy's book coming out and I'd been waiting so long and had my pre-order with Amazon ticking down to the big day, and then when the book arrived it was very anticlimactic...

I read the book tonight once I put the twins to sleep by myself (yes - I deserve a medal!) and decided I owe it to myself to give this a go. I've been waiting for this book for half a year, so I had better get my derriere in gear and go for it. I've looked at the menu ( a bit strange!) and the dvd (the cardio is not scary - though it might be after 40 minutes...) and will set my alarm for 6:15am on Sunday to start the program. Tomorrow I get to eat my last decent meal and I have a real craving (aren't they all real?!) for a cupcake. Not sure why as that wouldn't be something on my 'to die for' list, but after twins who knows what is going on in my body (or my mind for that matter!)

The twins will be 1 year old in just over a month, so maybe that's why I'm trying to overcompensate with the exercise. Maybe I can just tell people that the twins are 3 months old and they will think I'm amazing for losing the baby weight in 12 weeks. Worth a shot...

Eyes on the prize

On September 21st I will weigh 126 lbs according to Dr. Dukan. This makes me so happy, but can I get there?? I still have this awful cough, but I'm forcing myself to do a hour workout a day. Today was PDS1 and tomorrow I'll tackle PDSII. I'm staying off cardio until I feel better and have lots of energy. I'm being good on the Dukan diet and keep reminding myself that 29 days is nothing and I should be able to stay with the program. I've broken it down to 15 protein and vegetable days and 14 protein days. I now have Dukan pancakes 3 times a day to keep away any carb pangs. They are delicious (not in a fluffy, regular kind of pancake way!) but in a diet way - does this make sense? The twins were up again last night with this awful cough and I'm becoming so sleep deprived that probably nothing makes sense... The twins are so cute and chubby that I forgive them for getting me out of bed.

Here's what I ate today:

B: 1 egg + splash of egg white omlette with 2 tsp of fat free philly, 2 Dukan pancakes (made with 1 tbsp oatbran, spoon of fat free greek yogurt and splash of egg white) with fat free mocha yogurt (Liberte brand).

Snack - small amount of fat free cottage cheese + small amount of mocha yogurt + coffee

L:chicken kebab with fat free sour cream

Snack - Dukan pancakes

Dinner - Iranian chicken kebabs (jujeh) + wheatbran pancake

Tomorrow I get to treat myself and have a mushroom omlette and a nice salad for lunch! Lucky me...

Sickness set back...

For the last week I have been fighting a really nasty bug which has left me feeling weak and with a hacking cough that sounds as if I smoke a pack a day! I have not done any exercising for at least 6 days because I've had to save the tiny bit of energy I do have for the twins. And you can guess that the twins got this nasty bug and have been up several times in the night coughing and crying. What a week!!

This morning I decided to fully commit to the Dukan diet. I seem to be stuck at 135 even when I am exercisng for two hours a day. It's not fair!! According to the Dukan calculator I will be 126 on September 19th. Now we're talking! I have to get serious - I told you I have some big news to share soon, so I need to lose the baby weight.  I'm debating whether to sign up for the Dukan on-line coaching. It's about $80 for the entire weight loss period, which is about 80 days, though I'm not sure what the benefit is over the facebook site.

I have to get back to Tracy tomorrow, but will take it slow for the first few days and concentrate on arms and standing abs.

Exercising with toys at my feet!

I had a great Tracy day yesterday! I've realized I need to fit in small bouts of Tracy whenever, wherever I can and not look for a 'perfect' time. Believe me there isn't one with 4 children! Yesterday I got up at 6am and did DA07, V for valentines abs, Goop arms and Malawi arms. At 6pm I did the satanding abs and both arm sections of the mat dvd while my daughters sang karaoke tunes to the twins and I did PDS1 at 9:30pm when all the kids were in bed. I did not want to do any exercise at 9:30pm, but forced myself to get my workout gear on one more time. I expected to hurt this morning, but feel fine.

I did however eat that chocolate croissant that I mentioned yesterday. I didn't eat lunch because I was running around at Drs etc and came home and was ravenous so reached for the easiest thing. Today will be better - promise.

Breakfast - green smoothie (100cals)+ 1/2 cp granola (210cals) - need to make my own version of low fat granola and will make it today and post the recipe + 1/2cp skim milk (45cals)+ fat free yogurt (100cals)

Snack - 1/2 cp fat free cottage cheese and 1/2 cup blueberries (120cals) + 1/2 zone bar (90 cals)

Haven't got round to lunch or dinner yet. I just need to keep my daughter out of the kitchen!!

Challenge

Well, I'm still doing my daily cardio and this morning I added the V for valentines, Goop arms and Malawi arms. I want to try and fit in one to two hours of workout each day and if I don't do the workouts I have to make up the time the next day. This should be interesting... That means I'll have to do PDS1 this evening when the kids are all in bed. My daughter just finished baking chocolate croissants - I will not be tempted!! It's so hard... This morning I had a green smoothie and half a cup of granola. I'm going to start posting what I eat each day (the good and the bad!) and the exact combo of exercises. I'll take some measurements today and post them too. For my morning snack it's fat free cottage cheese, 20 goji berries and half a zone bar. Lunch will be a salad with bolied egg. Not sure about dinner - it's way too early to think about that right now.

New motivation

I have some exciting news to share in the next few weeks (no - I'm not pregnant!!) and it means I'm going to be exercising like crazy. Okay, more than normal. I'm back to cardio after my vacation and did cardio yesterday and today as well as V for valentines, GOOP arms and Malawi arms. I'm supposed to be doing pp tonight, but my hubby has ribs on the bar-b-q (I have the best recipe) and I'm looking forward to having a non-Tracy, acidic dinner!! Yummy...

I forgot to have my goji berries and all my vitamins today. The twins have been extra fussy the last couple of days and I'm wondering if they're teething? I have been drinking more perrier today because I felt I wasn't drinking enough water on vacation and now I feel more energized.

Tracy Anderson Japanese Webisodes

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Every bit counts

It's easy to beat yourself up when you don't workout for hours as Tracy recommends, but most of us don't have a personal gym and are not trainers. Stay proud of what you can fit in every day. This morning I did the Hamptons webisode (a miracle considering the twins woke up at 2am!), the Malawi arm websiode (I love this one - it's so fast, but I really find my arms hurt later on in the day) and the V for valentines video. I now have to do the post preg dvd and torture my abs again. I have to have a shower first because one of the twins spat up all over me and I mean a projectile spit up! This is the worst one I've ever seen and I have 4 children so you know this was bad. I've just finished mopping my family room so I can work out. Tracy never has to deal with this sort of stuff before a workout!!