WE CAN DO THIS!

Glad everyone is posting on this blog--great work Nic! Sorry I'm late to the game!
Nic, so glad you are continuing with your trainer--GO girl! Amy, I know what you mean about traveling--I always seem to fall off the wagon when I'm away. Are you back this week? Maybe you can make exercise a priority. Are you joining a gym or do you have dvds?
Katy-seems like you're doing great! Keep it up. Liz--sounds like you're doing good at going to some classes--I feel like it's my ME time when I'm at the gym. I've been googling alot and reading alot of things on weight loss etc and for me and you, like you said, it may be that we need to lower our sugar intake. ( I think you had said that. ) I have a friend who lost inches and 18 pounds by doing Sugar Busters.

Easter candy is behind us...summer is just ahead! That's what I have to motivate me now.
The last few days I've been keeping a food log--would highly recommend it.
I have found that I do great during the day and eat twice as much at night and not drinking enough water.

My BIG goal this week is to not eat past 8pm. This is huge for me--I tend to be exhausted at night once the kids are in bed and I relax with food. ;( It's been a habit that I have to break if I'm going to breakthrough. I'm on track with exercise. I'm going almost everyday to the gym. I'm actually loving it and making it a priority daily. I did a sculpt class this morning and went back and got on the treadmill and elliptical! I started a tennis clinic on Wed. mornings (thanks Katy for motivating me!)

FOOD IDEAS:
This morning I put frozen chicken with a tub of salsa in the crockpot and let it cook on low all day. I made the kids wheat tortillas with them and for me I skipped the tortilla and put it on a bed of greens. Really good and almost NO calories!
Did you all know Jelly Belly's are only 4 calories each? Not that bad if you have to have 4 or 5.
I went to the grocery today and bought 'Steak-Ums' in the freezer section of the meat dept. My friend says it's great. She grills bell pepper and onions seperately then puts them together. No bread. I'm trying it this week.
I also have bought the individual packets of roast beef 50 cents. Put some horseradish on each slice--yummy.
Water: Each morning this week I am going to put out 4 water bottles (16oz) in the kitchen and by the end of the day they need to be gone.
Let's go and stay consistent! Thanks for all of the encouragement!!!! WE CAN DO IT!!!!!!!! Make yourself a PRIORITY this week.