Shhhhhhh ladies....... WTF?? (Kelly)

Okay so you saw Jenn's post yesterday about us bascially getting "yelled" at by the instructor in spinning well now i'm annoyed because not only are we not kids and I don't need to be told but it's a damn class where the music will make you go deaf.  I know you want it loud but seriously it doesn't need to be that loud....anyway i could have been asking for my damn inhaler so =P   AND really???!!! I pay to go there if I want to practically whisper and sign to Jenn who's right next to me I CAN!!!!   Besides I think I can kick the instuctor's ass!!!!   She's so proud of how she works on the bike but I'd like to see her back it up on a real bike on a real hill.   

Ok i'm done venting....

So I told you I suck at eating good and I do so I like to workout to make up for my bad habits....I know that's not the best balance but it works for me sometimes.  Spinning yesterday morning then 2 1/2 mile walk last night.  Makes me feel better if I do something a little extra when I have the time.  I'm coming to the end of my fall semester so I got some papers due so my time should be spent on them and not working out but gotta work out because it makes me feel better and besides I have two runs coming up - 5miler and  5K.

I hear Jenn's pain about stuggles and feeling bad after weigh-in. I gained this week too and that sucks but I don't get as mad when I know I wasn't perfect with eating and even working out.  I know when I cheat myself so I just try and do better next time.  When I do great all wk and gain that's why I lose it and get mad and frustrated.  Now it's Tuesday and I haven't been an angel eating but I have worked out everyday (not pyscho) so hopefully I'll stay the same this wk.   

Anway I should be working - lots to do at work and with school.....ahhhhhh!!!!!

Struggle...Jenn

Thanks to our few followers that told me that they don't know who is writing me or Kelly. I guess I didn't think of that! LOL!
Monday after the Holidays....I feel fat, sick and tired......I am starting to stress about shopping and money.  But I woke up today and went spinning! Now I didn't even think about this today till I talked to Kelly a little later on....I was talking to Kelly in the beginning of Spinning class and we were warming up,...the instructor was not talking or anything and I(we) think she yelled at us for talking......Ummmm who says I can't talk during a spinning class! She has a microphone on so it isn't like she has to talk over us and we were yelling or anything!! And I don't even remember what i said to her but they were questions it wasn't like we were having an in depth conversation about world peace or something! Any thoughts on that?!
Another thought today.....who eats more when they ovulate? I feel like I am Pms'ing when i ovulate and want to eat everything in sight....But i didn't today and figured out that if I keep the munchies foods out of the upstairs fridge I won't remember that i have it and won't eat it...and I might be too lazy to go down and get it! LOL!
I ma having a hard time getting myself out of my funk...I am not going to come on this blog and tell you that eating healthy and working out , with two kids, is easy.  It isn't! Even without kids...unless you are crazy psycho personal trainer person...working out is not always fun..I try to make it fun....I am now looking to find some other deals on Boot Camps. Nothing too far or crazy $$. I like to spin and want to keep doing that but I am afraid that I am going to get bored with it...I also have to kick my a$$ to run more now that i won't be able to do any runs this month! I know that everyone struggles with eating right and working out! I know that it is easier said then done.....I can preach a good game and then turn around and drink and eat my face off and get fat again! That is something I don't want to do.....ever...ever ever!!! It really does help to have someone tell you that you are doing a good job or that they are proud of you.  It is a HUGE help to work out and go to WW meeting with someone....And we are going to have our days where we don't want to do anything and just be lazy! Give yourself that ONE day only if you know that the next day you will get right back on track and keep going. That is one of my struggles...I had a bad day at the scale and i am now trying to get myself out of my slump......What do I do.....I don't know! Sometimes I get depressed about it and don't want to do anything but eat...Now my goal this week is to take my anger, frustration and depression out by working out! I notice that i feel good after i work out...it makes me feel better about myself!
My advice today.....don't get mad, frustrated....just get back on track and go to the gym and beat out the frustration on the treadmill, weights, pool....anything! JUST GO!!!

Christmas city my a$$.......(Kelly)

So I decided to go to xmas city in Bethlehem PA  today and guess what it sucked.  I mean I guess there was stuff to do at night but the Christkindlmarkt was a bust.  Sure there were some nice things but everything was exspensive and it wasn't big enough for the $8 per person they charged and the hour drive.  The downtown of Bethlehem looked nice but nothing spectacular.  Maybe I missed the whole charm of it because it wasn't night time and there were no lights on yet but I could  have skipped it.   I wanted to get out of the house since I spent all day yesterday inside and I accomplished that but I hoped to walk around more and get in a free workout but instead I was only there about an hour and  had hot choc, funnel cake, and fried pickels.  So much for eating good today (that goes along with the pancakes and bacon I had this morning - told you I'm bad at eating ). 

So since I didn't get in my walking workout and my calves are sore from my 5 mile run yesterday I decided to make  up for  my funnel cake I need to do a tape when I got home.  So tonight I did the Blast Metabolism by Jillian Michaels.  Let me tell you it's hard , it's 45 mins of cardio using just  your body weight so it'll make you want to lose some weight.  You sweat like crazy so it's a great workout.  I actually  like her tapes and I find the 30 day shred (3 - 20 min workouts) an awesome dvd to have if you are looking for one.  They aren't easy at all but it's only 20 mins and EVERYONE has 20 mins.  Anyway I have the combo pack so I have the Blast and trouble zones....today I felt I needed the blast.  Now i'm sitting here with my feet soaking writing this update because the blast kicked my ass which is what i needed to finish out my weekend. 

Off to sign up for some December  races - 5 miler  this upcoming weekend and Jingle Bell 5k the next weekend.  Races are the only thing keeping me running in this cold weather. 

TRy to get back on track!

OK Everyone having a bad day/morning! Yesterday after FA I was pretty down, did not except to see what I did on the scale! My husband asked me how I did and I started to cry, I didn't want to talk about it....I know that is something you shouldn't do, you need to talk about. I instead put frustration and anger out on cleaning up my house decorating and a quick run around my park..1.7 mile.  I am back on track yesterday and today with eating....We had company last ight and I did very good with not eating alot.
The week before last I had a great week, lost and was happy. So this past week I thought I did good, wasn't sure what I did wrong but wasn't happy. After all day stewing about it.....I think that i was feeling invincible(Sp).....I was working out and eating so I didn't have to worry about it. Well I guess it was time that my body said wake the hell up b/c just cause u r working out you still need to watch your portions....Now I don't know if that is what i did wrong but now I am feeling like I have to start from the beginning again!
So when u are having a bad day/week/;month/ year......don't let it get you down just remember to get your self back on track...think about a new beginning!

1,2,3,4....5!!!!!

So I ran 5miles today - only my second time running 5 miles.  It was cold and I was by myself but  I did it in 49mins.  Sometimes you gotta just go out and do it.  I didn't want to go by myself and I had a million excuses I was coming  up with once my partner skipped out on me but I just went and did it.  Sometimes you gotta just shut up and do it - no excuses just run and run I did 5 whole miles!!!!

Here's the thing I was thinking about while I was running today. First god damn it's cold, second why do people (me included) always find ways to get out of exercising when we are busy?  If we are busy we always say okay I won't work out today because I have things to do and that's not an excuse that's real - I'm too busy but WHY??  Working out should be a priority not something you do because you've done everything you wanted to do today.  This is part of the problem with Americans and being lazy or just complacent (sp) about our overall health. I think everyone should try and change the way they look at working out. Sure it's not always fun but it should be part of your day just like eating, showering, making food, cleaning, etc...  When you make a list of things to get done for your day working out should not be something at the bottom to do only if you get everything else done - it should be right up there at the top of the list.  You might have to get up a littler earlier or take a half hour at of the middle of the day but get it done - you know you'll feel better about it when you are done.

I took the rest of the day after the run to take a quick nap and clean my whole house so I could decorate tonight.  Almost everything is done , just need to decorate the tree.

Happy Black Friday!

GGood Morning Everyone I hope you all had a good thanksgiving! I had a great day! Did the gobble wobble in the morning and then it started to snow!!! WHOOO HOOOO! I was very happy! Came home to hang out with my kids an dB made me Breakfast! Watched the parade on TV with the girls and then went to my parents!
So what I want to know is How did everyone do with eating?
I kept my portions small so I could taste a little bit of everything and was full but not over full! That was my goal going into dinner....little bits of everything and then Desert! Which I had a small piece of both pies and they were yummy!!!
I was going to get up this morning and go spinnig but I was too tired b/c Marissa was up over night! But Kelly went and they cancelled all classes for today so I was glad I didn't get up and go! LOL! But we went to the gym and did lots of pool workouts about 40 mins of running and some planks and treading water! And it is tiring....I felt like a nap afterwards! But the sighte you see at the gym pool.....very interesting! I like it b/c it is a litlte mental though..OMG I HAVE TO PUT ON A BAHTING SUIT>><>> so that is a little bit of motivation for me that I put on a bahting suit I have to see myslef like that and want to work harder! I want to be that MILF everyone looks at a the pool in the summer!
Now I am off to work and maybe stop at some places to pick up some present after work. I have three places plus Giant for some munchies for tomorrow!
If anyone who reads this has any thoughts or questions or just want to make a comment please do so!
Have a great day!

Gobble Gobble....pass everything

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!  Off to start the big eating day right....Gobble Wobble 5k in Abington.  It's a big race , last year there was 1200 people and I was about 900. I'd like to do better this year because I've been running a lot more but it's cold and about to (if it's not already) sleet and rain and both my knees really hurt.  So my goal today is to finish and that's good enough.

Enjoy your turkey day!!!!!  Eat everything you want ......... 

Biatholon training by accident.....

I would like to say that it was not my idea to run then spin this morning - that was all Jenn!!!!!  So when it gets time to really train for this biathlon Jenn should never complain.   Started the day off great since i totally slacked last night - that's right i did nothing but sit on the couch. 

If you haven't tried it spinning is a great workout - no need to be intimidated - you can do it at your own pace. You will work up a sweat and feel like you put in a great workout.  

Getting ready for the Gobble Wobble tomorrow in the rain and yes sleet....how fun.  My right knee is killing me because of the rain that's coming. Yeah I'm 33 but have the body of an 80yr old - - my joints tell me when it's going to rain.  

gotta go and hopefully see Harry Potter tonight so I'm nice and tired for the freezing cold run tomorrow. 

What did I do?

So much for making lasts night post short!
This is just a quick...WTF did i do. I didn't get a chance to run last night b/c of B getting home too late from work. So this morning I got to the gym for Spinning and was 15 mins early so I went up stairs and ran a mile.....then went to spinning class.......And tomorrow at 830 I will be running 3 miles....3 VERY HILLY miles! WTF was I thinking!
THat is guilt and motivation....sometime guilt is the best thing to help u get motivated! Not to mention I want to be one of the few who will lose atleast a pound come saturday after thanksgiving! Just a little weekly goal for myself!
OK off to get abby to school and make 2 toddlers very tired!!!

The rest.......

Well Now that was really long!!! I promise it won't be that long tonight! I will make it short and sweet!
So after I had Abby...wow..7 years ago!  It has been a very long 7 years! As some of you may know Abby was born at 26 weeks. She got meningitis at 2 months of age and then that resulted in hydrocephalus(water on the brain) as a result of that she has had 14 brain surgeries and one eye surgery. She also has complex epilepsy, as a result of all her infections and brain surgeries. So needless to say since i am a stress eater.....I gained quite a bit of weight over the past 7 years. At first after she was born I went down in my weight and then when I was so stressed out and stopped producing milk I started to gain weight. So every time we go to CHOP I try not to eat, but it is very hard b/c that is my comfort...especially since there is a McDonald's right in the hospital!  I eat when I get stresses, upset, angry, depressed, sad. I also drink when I get all those things too, and Sometime smoke cigarettes....maybe I should start smoking other stuff..LOL!! (Only kidding Kelly) I know that B(husband) really loves e b/c even at my heaviest he still loved me and told me I was beautiful....even though I don't believe him.....I went through some really tough time s with ABby and even went on meds to try and help my nervousness(sp). So I think I have been at Weight watchers at least 5 other times. But now I am determined to get to goal this time. B got laid off over the summer so that gave me some more me time. More time for me to go and workout and get into shape. So this summer Kelly and I ventured on our first boot camp. After that we both realized that working out is great...BUT we have to eat healthy too......usually it is the other way around for people....U eat healthy first then workout but us fat kids like the food too much!  I definitely recommend that if you are going to start a weight loss plan start one with a friend or meet someone there! IT is a huge help to have someone to go with and have to yell at and to just support u when u hav a bad day or Even good day! even with working out. I find that I work out harder when Kelly is with me. I run harder, try to keep up with the younger girl get tough for an old lady like me!
But Kelly is right..I do better at the eating then she does and she does better at working out! So together we are a great team. But there are time that i say...Kel' Junkyard fries? and she says.....OK......only kidding she has told me no. and other time that i called and said I am coning over to run and even though she doesn't want to she does it anyway!  It is a huge help to have a partner to workout with and to call about what to eat! And it help me too to have B ask me everyday if I am on my points and if I am writing things down...he has been very supportive. I think he is sick of me paying someone $14 a week to weigh me...LOL! He wants me to get to goal so I don't have to pay anymore! AND I AM GOING TO THIS TIME! 
SO this is about 4 months into my final weight loss jounrney and I am down 13.4 pounds and can run 3-4 miles!! Never thought I could run at all! And here I am running 3 miles almost every weekend since OCT.
I find that when I am feeling depressed if I workout it helps. there are days tha I just want to sit in the corner with my book and read and not talk to anyone....and sometime u need a Day like that and tha is fine. as long as u get back on track the next day!
So my first piece of advice for all who want to do something to change your life.......FIND YOUR SUPPORT! Find that person/s who will be there through the ups, downs and arounds....and maybe they will join u on your adventure! because with us it is always an adventure!
Good night! Sleep Tight don't let the bed bugs bite! LOL!

It's all down hill from 25........

Now why would I make a statement like that when I'm already 33?? Because it's true - ya know sometimes you gotta listen to older people when they talk, they know what they are talking about.   For me I never really worried about my weight as a teenager. Sure I didn't love my body and wanted to change a 1000 things but I still didn't worry about what I ate.  I was lucky in that way, see my family is thin for the most part and eating and exercising just wasn't something I had to worry about but everyone would tell me just wait when you hit 25 it all gets harder.  I didn't believe them, boy was I wrong.   My mom was called "Twiggy" when she was younger , after the famous model, because she was so thin - I don't think my mom weighed as much as I do right now when she was pregnant with me.  My aunt has always been thin and even my cousins are thin so it's not something I felt I needed to worry about and besides I LOVE FOOD!!!! I still love food but when I started my first desk job the older ladies (and now that I think about it they were the age I am know and I thought of them as old- ahhh...) told me "I use to look just like you - thin but then I started sitting all day at work and once 25 hit it everything changed. I would laugh and say not me.  I was 18 when I started so I was young and thought please just because they were out of shape that would NEVER happen to me.  While I didn't have to worry about what I ate I still liked to exercise back then (find me anything new in working out and I'll pretty much try it) so I would workout and do tapes or go to the gym occasionally but I would always eat and eat junk mostly. 

So fast forward to 25 and I share those ladies had a curse on me...it almost seemed like a switch happened and I could no longer eat what I wanted without seeing it show up on my body.  I couldn't believe it....!!!! I actually couldn't eat chips, choc, drink sodas , eat ice cream and shakes and not gain weight - wtf...!!!  So after my 3 year denial I started WW with Jenn and finally learned how to eat better and make better choices.  I was 161lbs in 2006 when I joined which may or may not be a lot to some people but for a girl that was always around 125lb that was a big jump.  It took me about 4 months to get down to my goal of 145lbs (this is WW range for my height) but that wasn't my real goal - it took me another month to get to 131lb but even that wasn't realistic anymore so my happy medium is 135-140lbs. I've come to accept that I'm not going to be 125lb 20 yr old anymore and I really don't want to be.  I workout a lot more now and 125 is just not realistic for the exercise I do and want to do and besides I feel better at this weight and can fit better into clothes. 

Well that's my backround a little more - I'm still on this journey because even though I got to my goal in 2006 I let myself start to creep back up the scale 4 yrs later and had to recommit myself to being healthy and that's where I'm at now.  And I still LOVE FOOD so I'll always have to keep myself committed to excercise and tyring to make the right choices which I struggle with most days.  (Jenn is way better at eating then me and I think I'm the better exerciser so if you just combine the two of us together we would be perfect =) )

Let's start from the begining!

Well I thought all day about what to write next and I figured that I am going to be posting everything about my weight loss on here so I should just pick a point in my life to begin!
I feel like i have been on a weigh loss/gain journey since I was about 18.....I have tried every diet out there. Atkins(sp?), Dexatrim, Herbal Life, even tried a drink that you take and it flushes u out. I even went to one extreme and made this HUGE pot of soup that I was suppose to eat for 7 days. It was a diet for people undergoing open heart surgery would go on to help them lose some weight before hand.....the soup was sooo nasty, I would gag every time i ate it.  I last 3 days, that was NOT fun! LOL!
At one point, right before I met my husband I was I guess borderline anorexic(sp?)....I would eat once a day and then work out like crazy. My normal day would be to wake up, get ready for work, at the time i would mostly work 12-8(Ikea) I would walk to the bus stop about 6 blocks and then walk the mall to get to work. From the time I woke up till about 4ish I would eat nothing but sugar...Pepsi and pixie stix, gummy bears....then I would go on break and sometime would get a sandwich from the mall or most of the time go home and eat my mom's dinner. No one knew that I wasn't eating....no one noticed either. I look back at some pictures and now realize that yes I was skinny but my face was sick looking sunken in cheeks and dark circles under my eyes. But at the time all i cared about was that I was skinny and could wear all the cute things my friends wore.
I met my husband and I know now that he really must love to in order to meet me when I was 117 pounds and love me still at my heaviest! (and he met me with short red hair but he hates my hair red now) just a little side note!
Now I know how I got fat....for one I lost my weight way too fast and starved myself. So when the weigh started coming back on my body was storing all this fat so that it would be prepared if I did it again! And now my body doesn't want to get rid of it....LOL! There were a couple factors that I see now that helped me get fat.....one was I got a car and Kelly got a Car.....we used to walk EVERYWHERE....then I started Drinking almost every night and then I got comfortable in my relationship with my husband and on came the pounds.
SOOOOOOO most of my twenties I don't remember much b/c I was drunk  most of the time..(But I know form some pictures and stories I had some gooood times!) I lost a little weight before my wedding and then the first year we were married I packed it back on.....I got on the scale one day and almost lost it! I couldn't believe that I was that heavy, now I know u want to know what it said but I am not ready to give that info out yet! I have been in that spot so many time where u think.."I could totally stick my finger down my throat and just puke everything up..I know I could stop. I wonder if I just did that when i ate something bad or ate too much, just those couple times", but I knew better then that....Damm those After school Specials...LOL!
 So I took my first baby step. Jan 2003 I went to my first weight watchers meeting and when he weighed me I will never forget what he said....."wow u carry your weight well".....which on one hand was good then peole wouldn't have known how fat i was and the other....OMG I am here to lose the weigth not get complements on how I carry my weight. I was scared and nervous. y husband was very supportive of my goals. He was very considerate when we would make dinner and ask how many points I had and stuff like that. I workout like a normal person and by april was 2 pounds away from my goal weight. I don't think that Kelly started weight watchers with me then...I am not sure...she can let you kow! Then I found out I was prego! The one good thing about being on weight watchers and then getting prego was all i wanted was fruit. That was the end of one of the many times I have been to weight watchers.
Now that is enough for you to read for now! I am going to get my book and then lay in bed read about 2 words and fall asleep!
Tomorrow I will post a little more about how I got to this point! And hopefully wrap it up so we can get to this point and everything we are doing now!

The journey begins......

My name is Kelly and my partner in crime and fun Jenn has beaten me to getting this setup.  She's starting to beat me a lot in things which is great (she beat me in swimming with just kicking our feet in our swimming adventure on Sunday - which makes no sense because she can't swim and she's shorter than me =)  ) We wanted to start this blog as a place for us to write about all our "adventures" and as a way to motivate ourselves and if it helps anyone else out along the way even better.   Anyway I'm 33 (ahhhhh) and I work full time plus I'm going to school for my degree in Accounting.  I'm married and have the best dog in the world - a 5yr old Golden Retriever named Molson.  He's not very active so he's not a good workout partner, in fact he's best activity is sleeping and being precious.   
I get in workout modes and I try to stick to them but like everyone knows it's so easy to fall out of that workout routine that's why it's great to have Jenn there to keep me going. We both motivate each other and get the other one going when one of us wants to quit.   It's not always easy and we aren't always the best at sticking to plans but we do what we can.  Right now my biggest workout is running and now that I have Jenn running with me it's AWESOME.  Running by yourself is not fun , actually running is not fun but for some reason I just want to do it.  Since it's getting cold we are doing some cross training with out running like spinning ( secretly this is how i'm going to get Jenn to do a biathlon with me in July but shhh don't tell her) and since Sunday running in water to strengthen our muscles without all the impact. 
Well need to get back to work....will post more about different workouts and just things that come up like tips or things we've tried and like or don't like.  
Speaking of liking I'm obsessed with Subways new breakfast sandwiches....soooo good and if you get the egg white ones they are good for you points-wise if your into weight watchers.  (that's my free promotion for Subway today )  

The begining of an awesome Journey!

Welcome to 2 Fit Chicks blog. We are hoping that this is the first of many blogs geared to the average working woman and the everyday mom.
My name is Jenn and I have 2 girls, Abby 7 and Marissa 2. I work part time as a hairdresser and spend the rest of my time with my kids and husband and working out.  My BFF, Kelly(who will post her own info) is my partner in crime. She is my motivator my pusher when I don't want to workout and my bestest!
We started talking about making a blog about our journey in losing weight and getting in to shape from two different oints of view, the MOM(me) and the Full time working woman and full time Student also.
We are workout class junkies....we like to try all different types of classes, boot camps, even trying to do workout we find online.  We are both Weight watchers members, kelly lifetime....me almost there!
We wanted to have somewhere that we could write down what we are feeling the struggles the ups and downs.  Just to make ourselves feel a little better having a place to bitch about it, and to let other women(or men) know that they are not alone.
I will be trying to post everyday....and sometime probably more then once. Right now I have to get off this computer and play with my Marissa!! Will post again soon!