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ChaLean Extreme

So the past few days my eating has been pretty spot on. So things are going well in that aspect. I have had a lack of motivation lately though. That all changed when I saw an infomercial for ChaLean Extreme. I can't WAIT to try this workout. I have always wanted to get P90x but knew it would be way to hard and the original Power90 was boring, but this, looks challenging and FUN and in between slim in six and Power90x. I just have to wait until I can save up. It's driving me nuts that I don't have the money for it yet. It will take possibly three weeks to get out here as it is after I order it lol it's hard to be patient~!

Insurance

One thing that I know for sure, is that you always need insurance. It can be so devastating to find yourself in an emergency situation and not have the proper coverage. For many people, it's a matter of cost. Some jobs don't offer insurance and some do but it costs the employees a huge chunk of their paycheck. That is wherecheap insurance comes in. Insurance doesn't have to be expensive, but you DO have to have it. Whether it's car, home, health, flood etc you need it. Check out the 2insure4less website.

Supplements

When it comes to taking diet pills or any other supplements you should really do your research. Some can be dangerous, others are just a plain waste of money. It's best to check out consumer reviews on a neutral website rather then going by the testimonials on the pill's website itself or by listening to the testimonials on tv. At dietpills.org you can read consumer reviews on some of the most popular supplements on the market. Before you head to GNC, check out the reviews.

Daily Journal July 22

Yesterday went well. I stayed within my points and got a long walk in.

Plan for today:

Shake and peanutbutter-4pts

apple and string cheese-2pts

First half of sandwhich-5.5pts

Second Half of Sandwhich-5.5pts

Shake-2pts>

Stir Fry-8 points

popcorn and string cheese-2pts
total-29

Daily Journal, July 20th Guam time

Well we just woke up an hour ago. Mega late. We had a hard time getting my son to sleep last night. He's 5 years old and we let him sleep with us for far to long so we have been making him sleep in his own room and his own bed. It's been alot of starting to fall asleep and being woken up by him in our room again having to take him back in there, get him back to sleep and then going back to bed. Up and down, up and down, and little sleep. It's our own fault though. We took the easy way out and choice comfort (sleep!) over attempting this when he was a few years younger.

So anyway, up a little late. My stomach is not feeling overly well so i'm just not hungry yet. I am not going to force myself into eating anything until I really feel hungry. However, I know that I will be hungry probably within an hour or so, and will make sure that I get all of my food from the pre-packed lunch cooler that I have in the fridge. There will be no skipping meals today either. Sometimes when I wake this late I have a tendancy to think it's a good thing, like "Oh, i'm up late, so i'll just wait an hour and a half to eat something and then it will be practicly afternoon and I will have said tons of points". That NEVER works. No matter how late you get up, you should try and eat your daily points or calorie requirements or you might end up OVEReating.

So i'm off to take a shower, get dressed, take out the trash and then do some cleaning. Then i'll probably eat my sandwhich I made and save the shake for a snack later.

Getting back to it

I can't even count the number of times that I have changed up this blog from weightwatchers to bodyforlife to fitness to just plain personal diary. The truth is I haven't contributed much to this thing in the last two years. In the summer of 2007 I weighed 277. By that fall I weighed 265. In the last two years I have fluctuated from being a high 248 to a low 234. Right now I am at 240. For someone my weight, that is pathetic. I should be able to lose at least 1-2lbs a week. I can't seem to stay consistant. It's because I let my food addiction rule me. I give in far to often without even thinking before I open my mouth. This sets me up for a downword spiral of not being able to stop eating. Then the guilt and all or nothing attitude sets in and the thoughts of "OH, i'll try again tomorrow, may as well eat my brains out".

So here I am, starting again. This time I am preparing ahead. I am going to blog everyday, and prepare my meals ahead of time. I have a cooler in the fridge set up with most of my food for tomorrow. This is what my day looks like tomorrow:

Protein Shake-2pts
Apple and string cheese-2pts
Tomato, onion, romaine lettuce, a drizzle of olive oil, 2% cheese, pickles, mustard, lean ham all on a wholegrain roll-11 points
Shake and natural peanutbutter and an apple-5 points


Dinner will be grilled chicken, steamed green beans and sweet potato-7 points
snack-popcorn and shake-3pt
total for the day-30 Tomorrow I will take a long walk and lift some weights.

Looking for gifts

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Our next duty station

In October we get to find out where we will be stationed in October 2010. I can't wait. I hope we get to be somewhere in the US. Maybe close to Florida, or even in Florida. Travis is at an age where Orlando vacations would be perfect. We can hit up Disneyworld and Epcot Center and Universal and all of those places now that he is old enough. There are always nice places to stay in Orlando as well. You could stay at one of the many hotels, or a Villa. There are so many deals out there going on as well.

Summer goes by fast

I can't beleive it's already July 12th. Seems like it was just the fourth two days ago. I can't beleive it's already been a month since my son has been out of pre-k. It's so weird. Before I know it it will be time to start kindergarden.

Dry Skin

I don't know if it's the weather, or a reaction to the spray on sunscreen I have been using lately, but my skin has become quite dry and i've been having small breakouts in those areas. I have tried regular sunscreen but it's just so hot out here that it literally melts off of my face and stings my eyes. So I use the spray on that just absorbs into my face. So now I am looking for a nice clean natural acne treatment to treat the dry skin. There is a website called acne treatment reviews that is chock full of consumer reviews on a variety of acne products.

Pez

I wonder if there is a special way your supposed to put the pez in the dispencer. Maybe your supposed to just slide it in all together, directly out of the package. But I have never been able to do that. I have always struggled to put each individual peice inside it, only to have them pop back out again. Yes, this was a very random post lol

Cologne

The following is a sponsored post. While checking out the perfume store online for some of my favorite scents, I saw some of my favorite colognes that I enjoy my husband wearing. Polo Blue by Ralph Lauren is one of my favorites. It has a nice clean smell without to much of that soapy smell. Another one of my very favorites is Acqua di Gio by Giorgio Armani. It has a manly scent but is still light. At the perfume store they have an abundance of perfumes and colognes for men and women alike. They also offer bath and body products and gift sets, all at very decent prices.

Payday Loans

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