I lost 3.5 pounds! I have finally past that infamous 188, I know it's only by .5 but I hope never to see that number again. After realziing that I have been lingering around the same number (low 190's high180's ) for the last 3 months.I figured it was time for me to stop bull sh$%@*%$ and do something to get the rest of this weight off me once and for all!
So I joined a team from another blog of mine and we are doing the 50 million pound challenge! This challenge was formed by Dr. Ian Smith, famous for being one of the judges on Celebrity Fit Club. Anyhow since I was doing this challenge I figured I will attempt the Fat Smash Diet (again) which is also a diet made by Dr. Ian Smith. I have tried this diet in the past right before I got pregnant. I only lasted on the diet for one week, however I managed to lose 5 pounds. This diet goes by phases I'm still in phase one, although this phase is only 9 days I plan to continue it to next sunday and then start phase 2 on next Monday. This diet wasn't as hard as it was the first time around because now I don't eat meat so it is a little bit easier and hopefully I will be successfull with the rest of the phases.
I actually started this diet last week, I didn't mention it in my last post because I wanted to make sure I saw some results before doing so, so I am hapy to report that I lost 3.5 pounds.
Today I had a great workout I did C25K week 2 day 3 today, I'm behind in my workouts but I plan to catch up today. I was able to run outdside and I actually enjoyed my run/walk today. The weather was nice! Once I came home I did my 200 crunches and 20 pushups. Today I should have been on C25K week 3 day one , which I still plan to do later on this evening on the treadmill. Me and my DH might run in a 5K this weekend, if we don't go to Halloween Horror Nights. I really want to do both, but I know that might be a little to much as the Halloween Horror Nights activities are 4 hours away! I don't know we will see. Well gotta go,
Okay so I've been M.I.A. once again, I really have to stop this!
I like the new look of EP, it kind of caught me off guard. Just have to figure what all is new.
Anywho after looking at a few old pics of myself and how much progress I've made. I have realized that I wasn't finished yet. I still have a lot more work to do! I also miss running, looking at a few old race pics, and viewing a few running blogs made me realize how much I miss it and how much I really enjoy it.
Ever since I started going back to work and school life has been crazy and I'm still trying to adapt. Things are finally settling down, I'm still a busy woman just not as busy as before. I need to take back my life and get it under control. I need to stop making excuses. I need to blog more frequently because when I do I stay out of trouble, lol. Oh yeah I'm up 3 pounds but I know it 's due to TOM. I'll be glad when he leaves!
Since I've started working & school I have tried & failed several times to get my routine back in order. This time I must put my foot down! So with that said I've started C25 week 2 day 1 yesterday and will be doing week 2 day 2 today. I'm pretty much excited about running again, I just have to take it slow and ease my way back to running the whole time.
Anyhow I wanted to share with you all a song that motivates me to exercise hint the title of this post! If you have an MP3 you should add it to your playlist it is guranteed to get you moving!
Oh my, what a workout. I thought today it would have been easier than Monday's workout but I was so wrong. I think it had to do with me not getting enough sleep. I just worked three 12 hour shifts in a row not to mention that 2 of those nights I went to bed past 2 am so that should explain why my workout was so crappy. It's better than nothing right?
Anyhow so I'm glad I got that out of the way. I also did my crunches which is starting to make my stomach sore, so I guess it's working.
S I have worked out 2 days this week and plan to workout tomorrow and Sunday so it will give me four days. Working out after work is imposiible the only way I'll be able to get more workouts in is if I double up on the days that I'm off work,, I'll shall see. Tomorrow I'll be doing wegiht training mixed in with cardio on the elliptical and on Sunday I'll do C25K ( can't wait, lol)Anyhow I'm hoping for a weight loss this upcoming Monday. It's time for me to get out of the1 80's and see what the 170's look like!
Oh yeah I'm thinking about changing my goal weight to 150, no particular reason it just sounds beter, lol. I'd figured when I reach the 150s and not so strict on dieting. I will set 160 as my cut off point. 160 will be a reeminder to get my but in gear!. I think I will change it once I reach 170 so it won't be too high of a number of remaining weight to lose.
Yesterday, after I already had my dinner, I had a little mishap with my eating it was nothing too bad, I had a few spoonfuls of white rice mixed with vegatables and butter and two toaster struddels (msp?).Anyhow I realize I made a mistake and I'm not going to beat myself over it or feel bad about it. It wasn't as bad as it could have been and there is nothing I could do to change that mistake so I'm moving forward. Take Care &
Okay so I haven't really started over 93 times but it sure does feel that way. I've been gone way too long. Even though I have been trying to blog once a week. My exercise and eating healthy has kind of been non existent.
Things are finally starting to slow down. I will be working 3 days a week instead of 5 days and my critical care class that my job sent me to is now over, which I am happy to say that I passed! I think I have finally adapted to my online classess. I've made an A & B so far, so good. I will finish sooner than planned because a lot of classess were transfered so I'm looking to finish before the end of next year! I can't wait and then if God is willing I'm going for my masters as well to become a Nurse Practitioner.
Okay now that I have gotten that out of the way. I stepped on the scale this morning and to my surprise I am still at 188 ( I think I'm still holding onto water from TOM) I also lost 6 inches since the last time I checked and that was about two weeks ago. So even though I havent been exercising and eating like I should for the most part things are still working in my favor.
My initial plan was to start over in the beginning of September since I'm anal like that. Then I thought why wait? The sooner I start the sooner I can get the rest of this weight off! So I started back with exercise today. I started the C25K WK 1 Day 1 today. Oh my God, I'm so out of shape! Those few minutes kicked my butt! I orignailly wanted to run outside but since I got done with my errands till late this afternoon I figured I would dust my treadmill and give it a run. I'm so gald I did although it was torture, it felt good at the same time, because I know deep inside that I will get my body back and this is what it is going to take for me to get there. I did 20 minutes of walking and running with a 5 min warmup and 5 min cool down. I also added back my infamous 200 crunches and 20 pushups. I burned a total of 480 cals with a total of 36 minutes of exercise! As of now I'm comitting myself to exerccise at least 3-4 days out of the week and as soon as I figure out my new schedule I will add back 1 or 2 days. I'm ony going to do C25K, when I get my schedule situated I will be adding back weight training, because it really helps!
As far as my diet I'm sticking to a low cal diet and eating a big salad for lunch everyday, when I get bored of salads it will be a fruit salad or nothing but vegetables. My breakfast and dinner will be very light. It has been working so far and probably the reason why I have maintained my weight without exercise.
Oh I almost forgot I haven't ran a race in almost 2 months so it is time for me to get back in gear and I'm relying on C25K to help ge tme there. I'm going to go research some races now, hopefully I can find one in October or maybe September.
Well It's good to be back.I 'm going to go visit blogs, take care
You all can not believe how busy I have been. Is it ever going to come to an end? I managed to make time to blog, although I really don't have it. I have a paper and an assignment that is due TODAY and I haven't started on it yet. (I will as soon as I finish here!) Speaking of my online classes it is going pretty well, I have a B now but if and when I turn in these assignments. I hope it goes up to an A. The class that I'm in now ends today and another one starts tomorrow There are no breaks which is a little frustrating. Not to mention I'm still in another class that my job has sent me to. It has been going on for weeks now and thank God this is the last week! Just pray that I pass my final test! Anyhow I hope that when I do finaly go back to work that I start working 12 hour shifts instead of 8's because I can't stand 8 hour shifts, takes up my whole week and I have no time for nothing else!
As far as I know I still weigh 188. Tom stopped by this morning and I refuse to get on the scale. Last week I attempted to exercise. I did the Turbo Jam 20 min workout 2 days out of 7 last week. It's better than nothing right? Me and my hubby vowed to help each other lose 20 pounds. I was hoping that this team work would help, but it's not because he is away. I have not been dieting or exercising and I'm sure the same is for him he just won't tell me. I need to get back on track because whoever wins is supppose to get an award!
I made a promise to myself no matter what happens to get back on track and to start back running on Sept. 1st. I have a few occasions coming up to where I will see old friends so that should be enough motivation and plus I would like to start doing races again. We shall see, hopefully I will get my act together much sooner. Well I got to get started on my HW, ASAP. A storm is suppose to be headed this way so I better hurry up just incase the power goes out!
I have managed to get past my previous weight that was on the chart. I was at 189.5. After my hiatus and lack of exercise I gained weight which was expected.
Exercise is still nonexistent so I decided to put myself on a strict calorie diet and I think its working. The only reason why I'm on a strict diet is due to the fact thatI'm not exercising. I know if I was then the weight would melting off of me (whcih would be nice, but not so good in the long run) So as soon as I get back to exercising regularly I will up my cal intake. Unitl then I will continue to do whats working. Just glad to see the scale moving down again.
I know I need to stop making excuses but it is so hard to find time. Hopefully when DH gets here he will relieve me of some of my duties and I can get back at it. Even if I'm just walking. I really want to get back into running so maybe I can do that race ( The Disney Princess) with Endurer and Andrea N in March. So if I want to be successful I need to get my act together and get back to running.
I don't know if I mentioned this but I made an A in my last class, online classes are NOT a joke they really take up your time and you have to discipline your self to do the work. In my current class I currently have a high B in which I hope to turn into an A. I'm also in another class ( Critical Care ) for my job. It's a very serious and intense class we have a big test at the end. Where in class setting for 4 weeks Moday through Friday then wee have 6 weeks of preceptor ship in critical areas in the hospital( ICU, CVICU, ED). I wanted to take this class because it will enhanced my knowledge and critical thinking skills as a nurse and give me a chance to work in CVICU(Cardivascular Intensive Care Unit ) I'm pretty excited about it but not about the test in the end but I'm sure I will be fine. So I'm still a full time worker, fulltime student and parent, and other house duties. So you can imagine how busy I am. I will be glad when this is all over.
Hopefully I'll catch up on blogs the before the end of this week. You all take care
It has been rough. I don't know how I manged. I have so much going on and to be honest, I'm feeling a bit overwherlmed.
As you all know I have started a new job and school at the same time. (I have sinced finished my first class and have made an A) I'm doing school online. In which I think is more work and time than an on campu class in my honest opinion. I'm trying to hang in there because this is something I really want. Not too mention i'm taking care of my two young kids and my house and all the stuff that goes along with it. I sometimes get mad at my DH becasue he isn't here to help me or have to go through all of this, but then I remeber I wouldn't be in this beautiful house if it wasn't for him so if him having to work away is going to pay the bills for now then so be it, just don't know how much more of this I can take. I just wished he understood what I fo through and give me props for going through it! okay enough of my soapbox.
Anyhow I manage to get back on track last week for most of the week but messed up towards the end. I did c25K for two days and did strentgh training one day so only 3 days out of my planned 5. Since I can't seem to get my exercise together I'd figured I better eat right and I have. I have been doing good for 3 days now and I hope to continue. Since i havent been exercising like I should I do tkae the stairs every where I go and it is no joke! I work on the fifth floor, oh and we have an extra floor that is used for storage so I actually go up and down 6 flights of stairs throughout the day( sometimes less) If I could just stop playing and make the time some way or another I could probably get the rest of this weight off with no problem. I will sooner or later.
Anyhow I did manage to lose half a pound this week. TOM visited me on my weigh in day so I know that weight is not accurate. Anyhow hope all is well with everyone.
I so miss running, hopefully I can get my act together soon!
I had to take a break from all of this, I think it was necessary but it was my only way to put a handle on things. I started back to working ( again) this time full time and school all in the same week and just didn't know how to handle it. Taking a break was the wrong thing to do in the middle of this chaos, oh well I think I learned my lesson.
I have learned that if I take a break from eating I still need to exercise, and if I take a break from exercising, I still need to eat healthy. Taking a break from both was the wrong idea, but I have no regrets I enjoyed my break.
One of the reason for taking a break, ( from everything including exercise and eating healthy) was so I could eat! It was my DH's birthday and our anniversary. So I took a break so I can enjoy myself. However I only allowed myself 2 weeks and promised to get back on track soon after.
So here I am 2 weeks later with a few more pounds, that I wish not to share. I am still in onderland, thank God. Because I took advantage of my break. Anyhow I believe it's mostly water because my measurements are the same. So hopefully I'll get that weight off in no time,
Since I havent ran or exercised in a while I decided to take things slow. I'm starting with the C25k program this week and I did week 1 day 1 today. It felt great exercising again, but I am out of shape. It wasn't all that bad the walk breaks really helped me to continue.
So my plan for now till I get the rest of this weight off is to
Drink 12 cups of water per day.
Exercise 5-6 days per week. No less than 30 min per day.
Low calorie, low sugar, low fat, low carb diet. I'll just be eating withing my calorie range minus all the junk food and carbs. More veggies and soy protein.
So hello to everyone hope everyone is doing just fine, I'll try to catch up on blogs as soon as I get a chance,
So apparently those 5 pounds I lost last week wasn't a hoax. Because I lost another pound and a half. I guess the week before that my scale was tripping and made me believe that it was possible to gain 4 pounds in one week. I'm sure it was water but all that matters is that its gone! I think my body is finally listening to what I tell it to do! It should aftre all the torture ( exercise) I put it through!
So I finally made it to the 180's barely. But I still don't consider myself there. I will consider myself in the 180's when I reach 185 and then consider myself officially in Onderland.
Just started a new job last week as well as school. Why did I decid to do that all in the same week is beyond me. Life has been keeping me busy, thats why I havent been around, not like anyone has noticed. Thanks Endurer for being a friend and leaving that one comment, lol.It feels good to know that still checks in on me, I'm doing this for ME anyhow. I'm going to take it easy this week with the exercise, I really need a break and besides Being a Nurse I'm on my feet 95 % of the time so that should count for something. I just need to get my life in order and adjust some of the things I do so I can fit exercise back into my schedule! I am starting to realize that there is no such things as a perfect weight loss plan and not everyhting goes according to schedule just have to do the best you can!
Well I gotta go I try to check up on blogs. If you don't hear from me please know that I do mean well, and I will catch up when I get a chance!
I have coem to learn that the scale is very tricky! Just last week I had gained 4 pounds in one week. Some how this week I lost those 4 pounds and another one wihich is 5 pounds in one week! This is really hard to believe being that is seems that my average weight loss is .5 to 1 pound a week.
You know I had to step on the scale like 20 times to confirm and every time I ended up with 191! I know it's water but you want to know something else that's weird, Tom decided to show up later on today! Which is why I find it hard to believe that I lost 5 pounds and didn't gain, but I'll take it. I'm even going to log it. I'll just let next week's weigh in surprise me.
There is so much going on. Let's see if I can make a long story short. After working for a staffing agency. I realized that I liked working in one hospital ( not several) I prefer working 12 hour shifts not 8 ( have four days off versus 2) plus I like working on a specialty unit! So with that said I started a new job today and i'm so excited about it, I'll be working on a floor that I have always loved. Which is a Cardivascular Intensive Care Step Down Unit. I love working with heart patients. I've worked on this particular floor before when I was a nursing assistant and as a nurse for a short period before I got pregnant with my daughter. That was the worst pregnancy ever, everything that could go wrong went wrong and so I had to resign. I wanted to go back but they didn't have any openings at the time so I took that as God trying to tell me something, when one door closes another one opens. I didn't have any business causual clothes to wear so that was my excuse to go shopping. I know I siad I would wait until I met my goal but it was necessary and plsu I'm sure I could donate this clothes to someone in nees, because I don't plan on staying this size much longer! I officially start school tomorrow! I am excited, nervous anxious, and scared at the same time. I'm going for my BSN and then my MSN in Nursing. I will be taking classes via online to see how it goes, if I can't handle it then I will change to on campus schooling. It's seems like everything that I wanted in life is coming together and I have no complaints. I just really have to learn how to manage my time. As of right now I admit I feel like started too much at once I feel overwhelmed I just ask and pray that God helps me with this. I've been on a pretty long vacation ( about a year in a half ) So readjusting is going to take some time. I still havent taking my real estate state exam (I know I'm a big procrastinator) So I'm working on that as well. I hope to be certified before the end of July so I can start making some extra cash on the side! Sorry I tried to make it short but I'm sure yall already know that I can write long posts!
Well okay back to weight issues did 45 min on the treadmill. Ran 35 of those mins, 5 min warm up and 5 min cool down Also did my 200 crunches and 20 pushups. Today's workout almost didn't exisit due to the fact that I didn't wake up early enough, so I had to weight until later this evening to get it done. I will talk about why( and post pics) in a later post. But I'm glad I did because now I feel great. I just need to try really hard to get up at 5 the rest of this week! One of my friends finally noticed that I lost weight and she complimented me and I didn't realize what she said up until now and that has boosted my motivation! I will try to catch up on everyone's blog but if I don't please forgive me. Take Care and I wish everyone a great week!
I almost forgot, Since I started doing 5K's I told myself I would do one every month. However the one I planed on doing I now realize is all the way in Key West and I refuse to drive all the way to Key West to run in a race with today's gas prices so I decided I will make up my own 5K race. I just need to find a decent route and pick a day. Most likely it will be in the early part of July. Oh and I'm making DH go with me! Lol Anyhow,
and two toaster struddels (msp?).Anyhow I realize I made a mistake and I'm not going to beat myself over it or feel bad about it. It wasn't as bad as it could have been and there is nothing I could do to change that mistake so I'm moving forward. Take Care &
I think I have finally adapted to my online classess. I've made an A & B so far, so good. I will finish sooner than planned because a lot of classess were transfered so I'm looking to finish before the end of next year! I can't wait and then if God is willing I'm going for my masters as well to become a Nurse Practitioner.
Oh my God, I'm so out of shape! Those few minutes kicked my butt! I orignailly wanted to run outside but since I got done with my errands till late this afternoon I figured I would dust my treadmill and give it a run. I'm so gald I did although it was torture, it felt good at the same time, because I know deep inside that I will get my body back and this is what it is going to take for me to get there. I did 20 minutes of walking and running with a 5 min warmup and 5 min cool down. I also added back my infamous 200 crunches and 20 pushups. I burned a total of 480 cals with a total of 36 minutes of exercise! 
There are no breaks which is a little frustrating. Not to mention I'm still in another class that my job has sent me to. It has been going on for weeks now and thank God this is the last week! Just pray that I pass my final test! Anyhow I hope that when I do finaly go back to work that I start working 12 hour shifts instead of 8's because I can't stand 8 hour shifts, takes up my whole week and I have no time for nothing else!
