Yessss

So excited! My loves got me a Sportline watch for mother's day. I had been looking at heart rate monitors for a while but never purchased one. Always thought "what for, you don't actually work out." Now it's a different story and I'm so glad I finally have one! Properly keeping track of my heary rate and calories is going to help a ton.

A Few Too Many

I've always been self conscious about my body. This year I've decided to change that.

With that being said, I give you my before pictures.

These pictures are from last week. Weighing in at 133.2 and measuring:

34 waist
38 hips
20.5 thighs (both same)
11 arms (both same)
14 calfs (both same)
And I just realized I forgot to measure my chest :/ I better get on that asap!

I don't have a goal for my measurements but I do my weight. I would love to get down to 125 by my birthday, so that gives me about a month.

As of now all my workouts are from home. I walk pushing my son in the stroller about 2 miles every other day; sometimes I even jog a bit. Walking is not enough I know,  that's why I'm also doing 3 30 day challenges: the squat, plank, and crunches.

Hopefully it will all pay off at the end of the 30 days.

It's a new month. Well I might be a day late but I'm here :) A new month means new goals/challenges I have set for myself and May has accumulated a few. Mostly health ones, which is what I'll mostly be posting about. One of them being:

This challenge started today. I have taken before pictures for this, which I will admit I am a bit hesitant to post. That won't stop me though lol but that will be a post all on its own.

My blog is called Mama Le Daily so it wont just be this months goals, I'll be throwing in some of my daily routines as well. I have a few post all ready brewing in my head lol Hopefully everything will go just as planned.

1st Week

That was a bit harder then I thought but I managed to get it done =] I didn't loose as much as I would have liked but, I did loose a few oz which is better then nothing. Yeah, I know I shouldn't settle for less then what my goal is but, I would have been extremely disappointed and discouraged if I wouldn't have lost anything. Therefor I'm going to take it and just work twice as hard this week =]

Veggies Galore

Workouts have been great! My legs are pretty sore =] So today I decide to make dinner an extra colorful one with yes, veggies galore! 

Kale and Spinach 

Tomato, Onion, Jalapeño, Shredded Carrots, Baby Bella Mushrooms, Zucchini, and Garbanzo Beans

& Grilled Catfish

Becomes a delicious salad!

That my 3 & 4 year old even enjoyed!

A Little Background

After 2 kids and not being able to shed off al that extra weight, I was looking BIG for my type of body. 

160lbs being the heaviest I had ever been, I decided it was time for some extra help. I turned to HCG for that help. Knowing deep down it wasn't the best way to go about it, but the easiest/fastest way, I took the plunge. My goal was to get back down to 145, which was what I was weighing when my husband and I married. The 1st couple of days were hard, but as the time went on, it got easier and I was getting pretty full with the very small meals it allowed. By the time I finished the 20 days I was down to 137lbs and feeling pretty good about it. I knew I would have to work hard to keep my weight but I was convinced I could do it. Once I was able to work out again, I got myself down to 133lbs. 

All of this was while my husband was deployed. I figured it would be much easier to attempt loosing the weight without him being home cooking all his delicious food or having to share a car. Well needles to say, when he got back my daily gym visits stopped. I was back to having to share the car and he was cooking even more then before. Although he was being good about keeping my portions small and cooking things with me in mind, I could see I was gaining weight. Even though I only gained 5lbs, they seemed to be about 10lbs to me. 

A few months after my husband returned we got orders for Georgia. With all the preparing and eventually moving, I didn't bother trying to work out again. Now that we moved and settled in as much as possible, its time to get back on track! Armed with a daily workout plan, I plan on meeting my goals! 

Hopefully this time next month I'll  have a second fitness goal to achieve =]