DAY 6 - REST DAY

REST DAY

And I can't stay still. LOL! 
  
                   Breakfast
       

No exercise for me today. Giving this body a break! But I am still moving around doing things in the house. Now I am going to sit down and watch football with my family. 

Well, I am not going to lie to you all, I have been having an emotional day. I keep thinking about my mom and missing her like crazy. I wanted to go put flowers on her grave today, but I could not push myself to do it. I am happy my brother send me a picture of the beautiful flowers he put on her grave. My mama would had loved them. I know she is watching us and smiling. I am going to push myself and get out there next weekend no matter what.

Even tho I had an emotional weekend, I have been doing good. 

My daughter recorded me today. It might be a little shaky, but oh well, she's 6 years old. 

So tomorrow's plan is to exercise and eat right. My daughter is sick so she will be home with me and I have to keep her entertain. I might burn a lot of calories doing that.

Food Calories for today: 1,183
During Laundry for 10 minutes: burned 42 calories

DASH DIET :  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/new_dash.pdf

YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB6uSXYHiZL_cogL7rncn_Q

Day 5

So a raining day here in Charlotte, NC did not stop me from going grocery shopping. Wow! That monthly grocery trip always makes me tired. But oh well gonna do it.

I did wake up this morning kind of sad, but I know my momma would not want me to be down. So I dusted my self off and tried to kick start my day again. I had to keep telling myself, " You are going to have a great day." And you know what I did. I worked out for an hour, I cooked and awesome healthy dinner for my family, and now I'm watching boxing on Showtime.

Here is my day 5 video:

 Memorableheart burned 668 calories doing 60 minutes of cardio exercises, including "Running 3.5 mph"
Plus 32 calories for light weight lifting today.
                                              

		Weekly Total / Goal   Minutes189 / 150   Calories Burned   1,733 / 1,540
		Yes! I went over my goal for this week. YAY ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So now I added drinking warm water mixed with lemon and honey at night. It has a lot of benefits. Especially if you are trying to lose weight. I am still drinking green tea three times a day.

So tomorrow's plan is to rest. Yep, rest day. I am still going to write down what I eat on MyFittnessPal.com. And not eat after 8 o'clock. My daughter is keeping me on track with that. But overall, I feel great!

My blood pressure reading is: 135/100 without medicine.

My bottom number is crazy but it takes time. It drops more when I lose 10 to 20 pounds. Also gotta keep my stress levels down. Count to ten and let it go....................................

DAY 4

DAY 4

Today is a great day! I exercise, ate right, and drunk my tea.

My beautiful daughter took pictures of me.

Look on the video.................

Write........Write............Write

I have to keep telling myself that. MyFittnessPal is really my pal.  I love this site. I can record my meals and exercise.

Day Three

Day Three


I feel I have more energy already! What a great thing!

So I decided to start protein shakes. I only had one. It was a snack.

These are the jeans I want to fix in by the end of January. Wish me luck...........:)

So today I exercise and it felt GREAT! I am going to start jogging tomorrow on the treadmill.

So today's blood pressure reading  is no good. My blood pressure machine needs batteries, but as soon as I get some I will take my pressure.

Here something I found today on High blood pressure.
Understand Your Risk for High Blood Pressure
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HighBloodPressure/UnderstandYourRiskforHighBloodPressure/Understand-Your-Risk-for-High-Blood-Pressure_UCM_002052_Article.jsp#

Also I join MyFittnessPal.com. It is a wonderful site. Check it out. And check out all my video diaries.

DAY 2

Hello


Well...............to my surprise. I am not 270...........I am 280.6.

Oh boy, this is going to be hard. But it will be fine. I have to keep telling myself that.

So yesterday was good. I ate a wonderful breakfast.

The start of my day I exercise for 25 minutes.

Walked on the treadmill for 20 minutes
Weights for 5 minutes

I am doing this the first week and week 2 I will go longer and so and so.

Each week I will add 5-10 minutes to my workout. The thing is some people might say you need to go 30 minutes to start with. I say listen to your body and talk to your doctor to see what is best for you. Everybody can not start off going hard. You will give up! I have done that so many times listening to others or watching these weight loss shows thinking I suppose to start off killing myself to lose this weight.

At one time, about three years ago, ate the right foods and got up to jogging on my treadmill for an hour, 5 times a day and loss almost 30 pounds in 3 months. I hated that I stopped that. But oh well.

So this week (week 1) I am going to focus more on writing down my weight, measures, exercise, calories burned, and what I eat and drink.

Blood Pressure Reading 148/98

My blood pressure machine needs batteries. That might be a little wrong. But I am going to also write that down as well.

Week One.........Write..............Write........................Write

DAY 1

Welcome To My Page!

Hmmm….. Where do I start? I am a mother of two wonderful children. I am blessed with a handsome husband/best friend and we live in the state of North Carolina.

I am starting this site because of my mother. She passed away early this year (2013) of heart disease. She was 53 years old. Too early to leave us and I miss her everyday so badly. Her mother also passed away with heart disease at the age 74. There are a lot of women today who have the same pattern of women in their families with heart disease.

Well…………..TODAY, NOT TOMORROW……………IT STOPS.

I have a daughter and I am 33 years old with high blood pressure. I am overweight and I do not make the best chances when it comes to what I eat.

I am taking you on my weight loss journey each day. And today I am making a pledge to change how I eat and stop sitting on my behind and exercise!

I, Venee’, pledge from this point on think of my health, my weight, my food choices, and my family. I promise my family that I will try really hard to change my unhealthy ways. I promise to write down everything I put in my mouth. I also will check my blood pressure on the daily basis.

 Venee’

Heart disease in women

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-disease/HB00040