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I’ve Got The Fever…..

Sweat it Out (Wednesday’s Workout):
Weights 45 Minutes
Elliptical 30 Minutes

24 Days of Thankfulness: Today I am thankful that my child sleeps in until 8:00 almost every single day, and sleeps 12 hours a night.

The time has come…….to get on the scale.  I ALWAYS give myself a few days after vacation until I weigh myself, and so I was pleasantly surprised to find out that I only gained 1.8 pounds.  Yes, I am stoked that it wasn’t more and I am still in the 250′s, 257.8 to be exact.  I am not kidding when I say that there was one day last week where I ate pizza for 2 meals and chocolate in between.  So I will take a 1.8 pound gain with a smile!    This also proves that when you lose weight slowly it doesn’t come back as fast.  My average of 1.5 pounds a week wasn’t looking so bad after vacation!

This weigh in means it’s time to get back in business, and with a little focus I can actually lose some weight this month!  Especially since it is T-minus 2 days until my Body Bugg arrives.  Have I mentioned how excited I am?  Only a few THOUSAND times!

I’ve got the fever, and I’ve got it bad.  On Tuesday, I finally put away all of Hanna’s 3-9 months clothing and packed up all of the bottles, binkies, breast pump, and the last of her being a baby :(  Which has now left me with scorching baby fever.  I’m still a young gal of 32 and the hubs and I do plan on trying for one more, but putting all of the baby stuff in storage certainly lit a spark in me.

For those of you who haven’t read any of my posts regarding my labor, it was pretty heinous.  This next go around I want to be healthy and ready to have a baby.  I’m aiming for no Gestational Diabetes, working out daily, and being mindful of my eating.  But before I get pregnant for the second time, there is a little something called Health Insurance that I need to acquire, and in order for me to do that I need to be able to qualify.  Which means I need to be a healthy weight since I am a High-risk pregnancy (because of the emergency c-section), and all of Colorado policies are required to include maternity, but I don’t want to pay an arm and a leg.

So for now I need to concentrate on really losing some pounds so that I can make all of the pieces fall together.  I’ve decided (obviously) that weigh in day will stay on Thursday.  I actually weigh in on Wednesday, but I write my post’s a day before hand (so that my family doesn’t feel neglected, and it works for us).  I’m excited to really see some changes these next few months, and I am finally at a point where I am going to be able to tell a difference.

Now onto……

“The New Rules of Lifting for Women” Phase 4, Day 2, Workout B

  • Dead lift: 3 sets of 10, 60 pounds
  • Underhand Lat pull:  3 Sets of 10, 70 Pounds
  • Bulgarian Split Squat: 3 Sets of 10, 25 pound plate
  • Reverse Lunge off step with Forward Reach: 3 Sets of 10, 16 Pounds
  • Shoulder Press: 3 Sets of 10, 30 Pounds
  • Prone Jack Knife: 3 Sets of 20
  • Reverse Crunch: 3 sets of 10
  • Plank: 3 Sets of 60 second holds, modified to knees
My legs were JELLY after this lifting session! I could only do 30 minutes on the Elliptical, it was all my legs could handle!  But I feel AWESOME!
  • If you have kids: Did you get baby fever when you put away their baby things?
  • No kids?  Do you ever feel your biological clock ticking?
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by Shrinking Carrie on November 3, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in Body Bugg, Family, Motivation, Parenting, Priority Shift, The New Rules of Lifting for Women

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on November 3, 2011

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Two Years Ago, 1 Year Ago, Today…

Two Years Ago…..

I was working at an Insurance Agency, and gearing up for the Holidays.  I had just quit the program Optifast, one of my last-ditch efforts to lose weight so that I could have a baby.  I got down to 235 and gained it back almost magically overnight.  Quick loss, quicker gain.  I was the only person working in an office that normally ran with 4 full-time agent staff members.  We kept a HUGE bowl of candy on the front reception desk, and with a lack of lunches I snacked on Twix’s and Kit-Kats all. day. long.  Stressful times brought on by training 2 new hires and going into Thanksgiving and Christmas caused a load of binges and mindless eating on a daily basis.  Lunch was brought in because I literally did not take a lunch for 3 months straight.  My boss’s wife (an amazing cook) made delicious cinnamon rolls, and baked goods by the dozen.  Clients brought in Christmas presents of donuts, snacks, and Enstrom’s Toffee.  I got to see my family for 24 hours that year and travelled in a snow storm through high elevation to get home for the holidays.  I ate myself silly and then made my way home to go back to work, and back to the daily grind.  What was my focus 2 years ago?  Keeping my head above water, and apparently keeping myself fed well.

 

One Year Ago…..

I was working at the same Insurance Agency, but had just gone to part-time, because I was ready to blow any minute.  I was at full term with my pregnancy, weighing in at 296 pounds and enduring the woes of Gestational Diabetes.  My toes were the size of sausages, and my beautiful slender ankles were now referred to as cankles.  I could make handprints in my legs with the amount of water I was retaining.  I had a stressful, induced labor with an emergency c section in the end.  I got the joy of having my mom take care of me for a week and a half, and my husband enjoyed my neediness and how I would cry at the drop of a hat because of the post-pregnancy hormones (I am an independent kind of gal, and my hub’s likes to know that I need him every once in a while). This was the first year in 10 YEARS that I got to enjoy the holiday’s with my family and didn’t have to rush back to work.  I celebrated by eating more.  Even though I got back down to my pre-pregnancy weight (272 lbs.), with breast-feeding I got up to 284 pounds so that my milk supply would stay up.  What was my focus last year?  Making it through post-pregnancy, and adjusting to the life of motherhood.

 

Today…..

I have not bought Halloween candy yet, and I probably won’t until the day of Halloween.  I won’t by 4 bags like a normally do because it never fails that I have 2 bags left over for me to eat.  This year I don’t have an office to go into everyday, no clients bringing me in food, and no candy bowl at the reception desk to dip my hand into every few minutes.  This year I have a one year old watching my every move.  I am no longer breast-feeding (not since April) and I don’t need extra food to magically create milk.  This year I can go to the gym at any time of the day I desire, and get my workout in after 5 am, unlike when I was working.  Today I will be able to make it through the Holiday’s without gaining weight, and possibly even losing weight.

Right now the only job I have is to take care of my daughter, husband, my home, and most importantly myself.  This time of year is going to change for me this year, and I am excited to see the outcome.  I am so blessed to be able to have this opportunity this year and I want to make sure I am taking full advantage of it.

What are you making your priority this year?  How are you gearing up for the upcoming holiday’s?

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by Shrinking Carrie on October 19, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in About Me, Holiday, Motivation, Priority Shift

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on October 19, 2011

http://shrinkingcarrie.com/2011/10/19/two-years-ago-1-year-ago-today/

I Hope I Make You Smile

Sweat it Out:
Elliptical 1 Hour

I wanted to start out this post with the title.  If you read my blog regularly, I hope from the deepest parts of my insides, that if you get anything from me, I hope it is a smile.  Smiling and feeling a sense of happiness is one of my biggest goals on a daily basis.  Nothing beats the feeling of making people laugh and feel joy, so I wanted to get this out-of-the-way and say, I hope I make you smile!

It could be the endorphins from working out, but the previous thought was all I could think about while I was plugging away on the elliptical.  If you want to feel happiness, start your day off with a rush of endorphins, and you’ll never look back.

In case you didn’t know, I am a HUGE trendsetter (this is the part where I make you smile, because I just sarcasmed all over you, and I laid it on pretty thick).  Anybody seen this lovely trend that has been taking over the E! channel lately?

Source

I’m guessing these celebrities went to the salon and spent a few hours in the chair to get this multi-colored look.  I took it to the next level and waited it out for 10 months (I’m pretty serious about hair care as you can tell), and now I am totally on trend:

FYI:  This picture does NOT do it justice! It really is like 4 tones of blond all the way down.  And on a side note:  I really need to get better at taking self-taken pictures.  I had to do like 30 takes until I found one I was semi-happy with. Another side note:  I actually DID my hair today.  I hardly ever blow dry and straighten anymore, because of the damage it causes, and I never know when my next hair-cut will be.

I swear I have a point.  After my hub’s read yesterdays wish list post, I asked him if he would get me a Body Bugg for our anniversary and he said “Do you want that or do you want to get your hair done?”.  I opted for the Body Bugg.  That doesn’t mean I’ll get it and we were just talking about wants, but I think its pretty dedicated that I would rather walk around with multi-colored nasty hair, and lose weight, than have pretty hair and be over weight.  Ha!  It looks like I’m having a mindset and priority change!

When is the last time you had your hair cut and colored?

When is the last time you felt a priority shift?

Hello?  Having a child wreaks HAVOC on your priorities!

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by Shrinking Carrie on September 24, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in Family, Hair Styles, Priority Shift, Smile, Trends

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on September 24, 2011

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