My Plan 1.1.16

1. I will follow Nutrisystem  for 3 months.
   In that time I will plan out my weekly meals based on the foods I am given, and I will plan my families meals at the same time and try to make the same meals for them that I will be eating.
2. I will do everything I can each week to achieve my Goals
3. I will also start using a Fitness Planner for tracking my weight and journaling.
4. I will record both a written and a video weekly update of my weight and progress on Sundays.
5. I will become more active in my daily life, to include a 5 day workout plan. 
6. I will keep using the Mindset Makeover, and I will keep following the weekly lessons.
7. I will set 2 to 3 weekly goals as part of my weekly posts and weigh in.

Journal #1, Goals and Motivation

GOAL 1:
Weigh 145 lbs or less.


WHY NOW?
I realized I'm slowly creeping my way up to the 300 lbs mark. I can't move fast to help when there is need to move fast (like to stop the dog from getting out of the yard). And I want to live to see my son grow up.


WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE?
Being alive is important. Also feeling good and being happy are important.


HOW WILL MY LIFE BE IMPROVED?
I will feel better, I will be able to breath when I am active. I will feel good about how I look. I will be able to ware nice clothes. I will live longer. I will me more like the me I see in my head. It will be a positive impact on all parts of my life


Action Steps

•  Modify my eating habits with 3 month Nurtisystem to train my mind and body. 
•  Become active daily to begin to burn off fat.
•  Keep my blog and journal so that I can look back and keep moving ahead.
•  Learn skills to prevent falling back on old habits. 

Milestones:

1.  Get back to the 230 lbs that I was at before my son.
2.  Get below 200 lbs, brake that number line.
3.  Get below 180 lbs, the weight I was when I was 18.
4.  Get to my goal of 145 lbs!

Rewards:

1. Special Date Night with my hubby.
2. New Clothes. (this will repeat as I loss, but the first time is a big one) 
3.  Spa Day (I've always felt I was too fat)
4.  On top of finally being being 145 lbs, and all of the above, we will be saving to get me Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck). Something like $5k to $10k depending on things. 

GOAL 2:
Complete a fun 5k


WHY NOW?
I now live where there are all kinda of fun 5k events with foam, mud, dye, and water. I want to be able to do it so that we can do them as a family.


WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE?
Being an active family help us bond and gives my son positive memories that will help him live a healthy life as well. Also, its fun!


HOW WILL MY LIFE BE IMPROVED?
Being fit enough to do a 5k is a marker for me to know that I can do other things as well. It a motivating health activity.


Action Steps

•  Use a Plan
•  Be consistent 
•  Pick a 5k for this summer and sign up
•  Make a jogging playlist to get me pumped

Milestones:

1. Jog 50 yards
2. Jog 100 yards
3. Jog 200 yards
4. Jog 1/4 mile
5. Jog 1/2 mile
6. Jog 1 mile
7. Jog 2 miles within APFT Standards
8. Finish 5k!

Rewards:

1. big hug
2. hot bath
3. hot bath
4. hot bath
5. hot bath and i don't cook dinner 
6. hot bath and i don't cook dinner 
7. hot bath and i don't cook dinner 
8. $200 to spend exclusively on self.

GOAL 3:
Strengthen my arms


WHY NOW?
Right now my right arm falls out of socket all the time, even in my sleep.


WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE?
The doctor said that the muscles were too weak to hold in my arm. If I don't get the strength back soon, they want to open me up, and maybe put a pin in to hold my arm in. my dad has a pin in his arm, so does one of my older brothers. Its painful and cam tale 6 months to a year to recover. No thank you.


HOW WILL MY LIFE BE IMPROVED?
It will save me lots of pain, money, and time. Also, hot arms


Action Steps

•  Begin using resistance bands
•  Push-Ups
•  Ask Husband for more ideas
•  Get real weights

Milestones:

1. Can do 10 girl Push-Ups
2. Perform a Push-Up
3. Perform a Pull-Up
4. APFT Push-Up Standards passed with 60%

Rewards:

1. Massage from husband
2. Purchase Weight Set
3. Purchase Pull-Up Bar
4. Pole Dance Bar

GOAL 4:
Be able to belly dance.


WHY NOW?
After I had my son my left hip never went back into place, it means sometimes I have a limp, and it hurts a lot of the time.


WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE?
Like my arm, I have been told by doctor that I need to strengthen my hip muscles and abs. There is little they can do to help me, hips are not something easy to fix.


HOW WILL MY LIFE BE IMPROVED?
 It turns out belly dancing is great for doing what I need, and it is fun and can be sexy. I would not be in pain all the time. It will help me look better. And other reasons that relate to my hubby. :3


Action Steps

• Watch YouTube Videos
• Create belly dancing multireddit
• Locate active local communicate + engage
• Practice Yoga using above techniques

Milestones:

1.  30 minutes of private belly dancing
2.  30 minutes of private belly dancing 3x week
3.  belly dance for my husband
4.  be able to belly dance for entertainment

Rewards:

1. Sign up for a class.
2. Get Belly dancing equipment
3. Get Belly dancing outfit 
4. Get Ribbon/Fire Dancing Equipment

These are the 4 goals I will be working on. They are just the first 4, but I feel they will be fun and I can start now.

Big Box

Today my box of Shelf Stable foods got here. I filmed an unboxing but it is really not the best but it is my first time. I had a friend help out, and I also got a few text messages while we were doing it. In short, don't judge me :3 But it is also an honest look at me, as I am, before I start.

First off, the Order comes with another Fast 5, and I had said I would do that again in 3 weeks. I will not be doing that. I decided to go ahead and open it, and just add the 7 days of meals to the meals I have I will not have the 7 snacks, but I get 7 of each of the shakes, so that is a pay off in my book. I didn't record the unboxing of that because I though it would just be more of the same. But the foods Were diffident. I do have pics of the foods and where they are set up for you. In the end, I have 25 each of Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinners that are Shelf Stable. Plus 18 Snacks, and 7 of each shake. Frozen Food Still to come.

So the F5 actually had 3 Muffins! It also had more bars, so I now have a total of 13 meal bars for breakfast. Of 25, 13 are bars. Even if I like then, that is a lot of meal bars. So I will change that up. I'm adding donuts and muffins and yummy things to the Next month.

yep, 10 meal bars there. I'm stuck on them because there are so many. that too will change next month. But there are a few things I know I like, and a few that I feel may be not to my liking. I am giving them a go no mater what. Online there is a score I can give each food, 1 to 5 stars. I will be keeping track. 

Ok, so dinners are looking good. the Joke here is I worked at a Domino's before this, and now Pizza is not a treat at all. and I have 5 so far. But I also have a lot of good looking things to try for the first time. Its a good round selection too. So far I'm feeling good about this. 

The only thins missing is the popcorn, it was off to the side and I didn't see it until I was putting it all away. But its a good mix of sweet and salty. There were none in the F5, so the numbers will not match, That just means I will skip a nigh snack from time to time. no big deal,

The shakes are the same ones as in the F5 I did before. I looked them up and they are not cheap, so I count this as a bonus. At first I didn't like the ZING shake, but after a few days it was good.

This is how I am going to store and organize my dry goods. The breakfast and snacks stack right now, and if next month that changes I can change how I do it. With less bars I may need both shelves for stored food and move the weeks planned meals into the kitchen.

Right now the plan is to bind the 3 mean meals for each day and store them in the 3 clear bins, and I can choose the snack that fits my mood. 

So I Start first thing in the Morning. I will update in weight (I know it went up... ) and I am planning on filming the first taste of each food. I have a plan in mind as to how to do that. Until tomorrow!

My Plan 1.0.0

1. I will follow Nutrisystem  for 3 months.
   In that time I will plan out my weekly meals based on the foods I am given, and I will plan my families meals at the same time and try to make the same meals for them that I will be eating.
2. I will losses 2 lbs a week.
3. I will also start using a Fitness Planner from now on.
4. I will record weekly updates of my weight and progress.
5. I will become more active in my daily life, walking, jogging, working out, and moving more.
6. I will start the Mindset Makeover tonight, and I will keep following the weekly lessons.
7. I will set 2 to 3 weekly goals as part of my weekly posts and weigh in.

As I work through my planner and the weekly Mindset Makeover I will revisit this and update it.

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