Diet: Day 4

So far, everyday that I am on this no carbs kick the diet gets easier. I am finding more foods I am able to eat and I am even trying to satisfy my sweet tooth with some low carb desserts. :) I am also feeling better due to all the working out my friend and I have been doing. We have gone running now two days this week and I can't believe how out of shape, in regards to running, I am. We slightly improved from Tuesdays run, instead of running an embarassing 15:00 mile, we ran a slightly less embarassing 13:30 mile.
I guess we all have to start somewhere and she hasn't run in a while and I haven't run since December because of my knee and physical therapy so we are on the same learning curve. Yesterday I was so sore from running and doing weights at the gym, it was painful to sit down in a chair or climb stairs but that just means it is working.
Saturday, the hubby and I are taking Blitz to OKC for his weekly training sessions and while we are there I need to run some errands and get groceries for my low carb diet I can't find in the town I live in. They have this health food store called "Akins Natural Food Center" and from what the website looked like, it's similar to a Whole Foods (which, by the way, they have ONE in OK but it's all the way in Tulsa which is too far of a drive to get groceries but if I'm desperate I will make the trek. I digress). I am actually getting really excited for this low carb diet, I have already lost 1.5 lbs since starting on Monday and I hope that in a week and a half I will have lost a lot more.

Diet: Day 2

So yesterday wasn't so bad (probably because I cheated and had two pieces of Halloween candy) but at the end of the day I didn't fell full even after dinner. I need to find more "Phase 1 Approved" snacks to curb my hunger. Right now I am so hungry because usually I get up at 730 to be ready for work an hour later, but a friend of mine and I are starting to go running in the mornings at 6 so after our runs I eat breakfast, almost 2 hours before I go to work. I am snacking on honey peanuts (again, probably cheating) waiting for my lunch to start so I can run some errands and make a tasty salad :). However, even after only doing this diet for one day I already feel great. I don't feel as bloated as I did before and it's pushing me to drink a lot more water than I have been.
This afternoon after work, I am going to head to Curves to do a quick round of circuit training then I am going to head to the gym. The plan is to run Tue/Thur/Fri mornings, go to the gym and do strength training Tue/Thur and I am going to still go to Curves Mon - Fri. I am getting weighed and measured again on Wednesday and so far without the diet I have lost 6 lbs and 9 in. so if I don't see a major difference come Wednesday, I am not sure what I am going to do :(. So far though, everything is looking up and I have a great feeling about this.

South Beach Diet

Recently a friend our mine and my husbands announced that she was starting a diet to prepare for her wedding, the South Beach Diet. I have been hearing about this diet for years but was never into traditional diets so I wrote it off. But as I am becoming painfully aware of how much weight I need to lose in order to get to my ideal weight, I have decided to move away from my calorie counting and exercise since none of it has been working for me for the last 3 years, and try this South Beach Diet plan. From what I have read about it online and the different phases involved, the first two weeks seem like the hardest, basically giving up all carbs and sugars.
Today is the first day of my diet and so far it has not been easy, I am so tempted by all the things I used to eat (carbs, carbs, and more carbs) around me that I can already tell this is going to be a rough week. Hopefully, at the end of this first phase, I will have something to show for it.

Interior Design

So we have been in our house for almost two solid months and I still have so many things that need to get done, and at the top of the list is the bedroom. I am having the hardest time trying to figure out what I want our master bedroom to look like. So far I have found these inspiration pictures online and if I could somehow combine the key features of each of these rooms into our master bedroom, I would be a happy camper. This weekend coming up, I hope to be able to start building the teal headboard in the bottom picture, maybe that will give me the motivation to finish making the room perfect. First step - headboard, second step - a pair of nightstands (my alarm clock has been on the floor this whole time)

New Beginnings

So, I have tried this blog thing one time before and it didn't work out so well so I have shifted my focus onto topics that I can write about more on a regular basis. Hopefully this time I will stay current with my posts and have a good time with it.

In recent news.... H and I got a new puppy, on the right is Blitz he is a 5 month old German Shepherd and the one on the left is our 2 year old female Ada.