Tough times

This week I'm up in Rexburg working for my father-in-law. I don't get to exercise and don't get to eat very often so it will be interesting to see what my weight is when I weigh in again. I am lifting heavy metal all day but I'm pretty sure I'm just burning calories instead of building muscle. How's everyone else doing?

~Word of Wisdom Living~

I am reading a book, thanks for my dear friend Jaime Webb, called Lean and Free 2000 Plus written by an L.D.S. author. It talkes about how the pioneers worked so hard....they weren't on tread mills or stationary bikes they walked everywhere they pushed and pulled etc. They also didn't have all the artifical things we have today. Her theory is to use the 5 method. Cause we have 5 fingers as a reminder.....each meal should consist of water, protein, whole grain, fruit, vegetable. Now of course we don't eat veggies for breakfast. BUT snacks should consist of water, vegetables or fruit. She doesn't believe in "diet" they are fat storing stressors. Your body interprets calorie deprivation as starvation and reacts in a number of ways. Anyway I'm going with it. I'm going to keep reading and keep moving.

"...and I don't know what GIRTH means"

So I had Morgan take some measurements of me yestarday. It was fun because then Sadie wanted to be measured everywhere I was. So here they are my "girth" (for all of you Brian Reegan fans) measurements.
Waist - 77cm
Bust - 86cm (I've been talking to Uncle Reco about this one)
Upper arm - 29cm
Upper leg - 51cm
Butt - 90cm
Shoulders - 101cm
All of these will soon be much bigger.

Morgan's list of healthy eating helps

I thought of some things that I have changed in my diet and cooking habits that I feel has made a big change, that I thought I would share:
I buy a lot of fruit and make a salad and then snack off off that during the day when I get the munchies.
Chewing sugar-free low calorie gum helps to fight cravings, and I just decided that I am going to do that so I can fight hunger better.
I use wheat in all of my cooking, and I buy bulk wheat noodles and rice. (We don't really know the full reasons that wheat is better than white, but we know it is. :)
I just bought my first container of pure olive oil, which is a little more pricey, but a lot better for you than vegetable oil.
My new goal is that I will have one day a week where I will allow myself treats. Other days, I will not make treats. If I do make them for somebody else, I will save them for the treat eating day!
Protein rich, filling meal bars (along with lots of fruit and water) have become my best friend for lunch.


Okay, theres a few thigns I am doing. Share your ideas too so that we can all help each other out!

Motivation...

I realize that if give into the cookie or piece of cake or ice cream or whatever....that it will be days and maybe weeks until I burn it off cuz I am still busy trying to burn off calories from the junk I ate like 2 weeks ago! So trying to realize that the something I eat doesnt get burned for days helps me to not eat it.

Posting

Mom, instead of making comments just add a post. That way everyone can just look on the site and see how you're doing. Way to go for last week. As for me, I've gained 3 pounds this week!!!! Justin, Jeff, Jordan how are you all doing?

Motivation

My motivation is what I know my body can look like. Call me vane (which I'm sure my family would agree with) but I think a smokin body is my motivation. It is hard though. These two a day work outs are so tough. My buns are killin me. Maybe it's time we decided what the winner of this competition wins. Any ideas?

Motivation?!

I'm wondering where my motivation is? I know I have about 10 pounds to lose, but I'm having a hard time finding the motivation. Especially living with my family, they have snacks galore! It is hard to keep away from them and to get out and exercise. What is everyone else's motivation??

What?

Okay Jeremy, so your fellow classmates call you pewney? Jerks...it's a good thing that I didn't know that or else...gain weight babe and then pound 'em in the face with your massive biceps! And then flash 'em your six pack and then we'll see whose pewney...
Anyway, I have been struggling getting the motivation to start actively lose weight cuz I am so flippin tired. Yes people, having a two year old and twins is tiring...so thats why I don't excercise every day. I have been trying to do good with my eating, and I eat a ton of fruit and veggies. I have been active since I have been here in Rexburg with my family, and it feels good to do stuff. But I don't have a way to really do that when I am with the kids at my own house. Anyway, I don't know my weight exactly. I think I have like 7 or so pounds to lose to get to my pre-pregnancy weight, which puts me to about 136 or 138. Ugh...

Biggest gainer idea

I was thinking that for those participating in the biggest gainer it would be good to get some measurements to make sure we're just not gaining around the mid section. So, I'm going to get measurements around my waist at the bellybutton, around the rear at the widest part of the butt, around my upper leg at the widest part, around the chest at the widest part, the upper arm at the widest part. This might be good for the biggest loser too. Just a thought.

So the main reason I want to be the biggest gainer is because I'm tired of everyone giving me a bad time about being little. My nickname in PT school is pewny and last week the peope I'm doing my internship started telling me I need to eat more. It's true I'm always careful about how much I eat. It seems whenever I try eating a lot more I just see it in my stomach. So hopefully with a lot of heavy lifting and eating the right foods I'll put on muscle instead of fat. I'm working one last week at the athletic club where I did my affiliation and because of my schedule I'll have time to lift twice a day. We'll see how that goes. Oh, starting weight is 134lbs.

Email Addresses

I invited those who were on the list of emails that Jeremy sent out. If you didn't get an invite and want to be a contributor, please leave a comment with your email address and I will get it on there. Or if there is just someone who is missing and you know their email, let me know. Husbands and wives can use the same account if they want. Hope this works out!!

The beginnings

You were all invited to join in our family biggest loser contest. If you notice, I also said that we have pounds to gain (cough-cough the young Johnson boys). This is going to be a riot.

You do not have to feel obligated to put up your weight or a beginning picture (but if you want to feel free). This blog is to help encourage each other and to post your progress, your successes, and even your struggles. You can also add links of helpful websites or whatever else you think is a good resource. We are all in it together!!


Good luck! Lets get this family FIT!!