I just had a patient that has been in Canada since April and who I haven't seen since April come in today. She couldn't believe how good I looked. She was so surprised. She wanted to know how I was doing it and what can she do to lose some weight too. I love it when things like this happen! I should be getting a lot of patients soon who are coming back from being away over the summer. Can't wait to see them!
I did Turbo Jam this morning and I will be walking during my lunch today. I am so tempted to get on that scale to see where I am at but I will resist. I felt fat yesterday and I felt like I gained! So today's compliment came at the right time. I don't think I gained, I am pretty sure I lost something. I have been pretty good this week and getting in extra exercise. I have been keeping track of my steps daily since Monday and I am already halfway to my goal of 65,000 steps in 42 days for the walk to wellness here at work. I will have that goal met by next week and that will only be the second week! The woman that I work with that I wanted to help is "conveniently" meeting her daughter for lunch everyday and leaves. I think she is avoiding it. I won't push it. She is walking a little but not enough. If I get an opportunity to take her walking then I will do it.
So it is Friday and I am looking forward to my weekend. I am going to go to Borders and get 1 or 2 WW cookbooks and a new book to read. Then I think I am going to buy some new clothes. It actually might be fun this time. I don't have anything else planned for the weekend, I do need to get some cleaning done but other than that I think I can actually relax! Have a great weekend!
I didn't do Turbo Jam last night but at least I got my walk in and that is better than nothing. This morning I got my butt out of bed and did Turbo Jam. I felt so good afterwards. Those endorphins really kicked in and I am in such a great mood today. I am leaving work early today for parent/teacher conferences so I plan to get some walking in after that is all done. I also plan on getting up earlier tomorrow to do Turbo Jam before work, hope I get up! I am really looking forward to Monday's weigh in. I am sure something dropped somewhere.
Yesterday I brought a change of clothes to wear when I went walking and I grabbed the wrong pair of shorts! I pulled them out and thought they looked big but put them on anyway. They were soo big! They were my old size 22's! So I ended up walking in my scrubs, which was ok because it was only 70 out and that here is a bit chilly after the hot summer! It was funny to put those on though because I think I could almost fit another person in there with me! I can't believe I ever wore those and that at one time they were even a little snug! Yeah! I will be buying a size 14 jeans this weekend and hopefully it will not be long before I can actually fit into them. I hope to be able to be in them within the next 10lbs. I can't wait!
I hope everyone is having as good of a day as I am! Have a wonderful day!
I walked again at lunch yesterday. I didn't do Turbo Jam when I got home because my legs are too sore from walking. My muscles hurt because I have not walked for exercise since March or so. But my son went for a short 15-20 minute walk with me when I got home so at least I got a little more exercise in. For some reason I was really tired this morning so I didn't get up in time for Turbo Jam but I will walk at lunch again today and I will do my best to either get TJ in or a walk after work.
I love taking my son on walks with me. He will be 7 next month and just loves to go walking. He wears his pedometer and loves to see how many steps he took. He also loves to see everything outside. He gets so excited and will walk for over an hour if you let him. The weather is so nice now at night, yesterday felt so good when we were walking, there was a nice breeze and the temperature was perfect! Can't wait to go at lunch!
So I walked again during my lunch hour. I am so lucky to have an hour for lunch so I can get the walk in. My old job only allowed 30 minutes for lunch so I didn't have much time to do any kind of exercising. I didn't start losing this weight until I started working here. I think there is a connection there somwhere. I hated my old job, I used to work at Sam's Club and sell jewelry. The jewelry was fun but not Sam's. My mom kept telling me for a few years that I should take classes for phlebotomy and I never listened to her. Finally I got fed up with Sam's and said to myself-You are miserable and hate your job, you should just look into something else. So I looked in the paper and found that I could take a phlebotomy course that only took 3 months and have a new job by then. I did it and here I am, I love my job and I feel so much better about myself. The people here are so nice and they let me know how much I am appreciated, co-workers and patients! Sam's Club never let you know. Anyway, I am just so much happier now and I am glad I finally listened to my mother.
Ok, so back to walking at lunch. I did walk again, the walk I do is around the lake (it is a small lake with a fountain) and it is about 1.25 miles so it is a good walk and it has some ups and downs on the path. It was great but my legs are a little sore today because it has been so long since I walked like that. I didn't get up to do Turbo Jam, I took some allergy meds last night and I think I was still tired from them this morning, so I will do it tonight when I get home. I can't wait to see the scale on Monday, with all this exercise something should come off! I want to be further into the 160's. The 7 lbs I want to lose by Dec 10 will put me at my 3rd 10% goal. I am so excited and I didn't even realize I was that close to it. I do hope that maybe I can get there before then but you never know with Thanksgiving thrown in there.
NSV...I am bringing a change of clothes to wear when I go walk so I don't get all yucky and sweaty in my scrubs. So one of my co-workers said that I look even smaller in my street clothes than my scrubs. Yea! That was such a cool thing to hear. Scrubs are nice when you want to hide fat but not for anything else. One of the nurses said I looked good too! Woo Hoo! It is so nice to hear stuff like that.
I hope everyone is having a good week and keep on losing!
I just got back from walking during my lunch hour. It was so good to get back out there and do it! I listened to my iPod and away I went. I forgot how nice it is to go walk around the lake. Not many people were out though because it is over 90 degrees out but I changed into shorts and a t-shirt and took my water bottle. I can't wait to go again tomorrow!
I am down .4lbs this week and I am happy for that. I actually thought I would have a gain this week. I have not exercised in a week and was not very good eating all week either. Today I woke up at 5:30 and did Turbo Jam's Cardio Party and I will be walking at lunch. I am getting myself back on track. I was so tempted to just snooze this morning but I didn't and I feel good for not letting myself snooze. I even had quite a bit of energy when I started working out, it was great!
I will do my best to not get off track again and I will lose that 7lbs by Dec 10th! I am so happy to see the 160s again, the 170s just went on forever! Today our Walk To Wellness starts at work and I think I am going to try to get my kids out for a walk everyday. It will do all of us good. My son has a pedometer from a Frosted Flakes box and loves to wear it and see how many steps he took so it will be fun. Have a great week everyone!
Today is my birthday. I am 33 today. I will do my best in staying within my points today, I may have to use a few of my WPAs today but that is ok. If my scale stays the same and does not go up on Monday I will be happy. This week has been not so good as far as eating and exercising but I will not let that stop me from achieving my goals. I was hoping to be at 155 by this time and I am not and I am ok with that. I realized a while ago that I would not be there at this time and I am happy to be where I am at now. A year ago I was 225lbs and I am just thrilled to be 55lbs lighter and several pant sizes smaller. I am healthier and I can do a lot more and I do feel better about myself. I don't quite like myself as much as I want to but I like myself more now and know that soon enough I will love myself.
I am at work, unfortunately. It is our triage nurse's birthday and she was going around the office telling everyone that since it is her b-day she wants to buy everyone lunch from a nearby Chinese restaurant. When she got to me I politely declined. GO ME! Normally I would have said yes but today I had the strength to say no. It was hard but I did it and I will have my Healthy Choice lunch. Besides, tomorrow is my birthday and I really need to watch my points, I have already used some WPAs this week and only have 22 left. I also have not been very good exercising this week either! Someone needs to kick me in the rear and get me going!
Our walk to wellness starts on Monday and I am really looking forward to that. I love going out at lunch to walk. We have about 11 or 12 people in our group and hopefully everyone will stick to it, at least for the 6 weeks that we are doing it. It is still a little too hot to walk at lunch but I plan on bringing a change of clothes so I won't pass out!
I decided to measure myself this morning instead of tomorrow. I lost 2.25" this month! Wow, that is great! Can't wait until next month! That makes it a grand total of 39 inches! That is very encouraging!
I didn't get up and exercise this morning, I was up in time but my husband fell asleep on the couch last night and was still there when I woke up so I didn't want to bother him so I will exercise tonight. Kids are out of school at 12:30 today and have the next two days off. Lucky them! My husband took this week off also, I wish I could have had enough time to request a couple days off but it is hard to get time off at my job on short notice. Oh well.
I am glad it is Wednesday, the weekend is almost here! Have a great hump day!
My husband finally fixed the computer problem we have been having yesterday (it's about time!). So I had time to put a picture of me up. When I have more time I will try to get some before pics up and an in between picture.
I didn't exercise yesterday at all and when I got home from work I ate a lot of junk, mainly goldfish crackers, Garden Harvest chips and a handful of Lays kettle cooked chips. I need to quit grabbing that stuff when I get home. Today I plan on doing Turbo Jam when I get home because I didn't get up to exercise this morning and it was by choice because I sat there in bed arguing with myself about getting up and the little devil on my shoulder won. I am very tired today. Lunch time is still too hot to walk and I am hoping next week will be perfect!
I need to get myself back on track so I can lose that 7lbs by Dec 10. I will do it! My parents are thinking of visiting in Jan or Feb so I need to start thinking of a goal to hit by then. I was 181 the last time I saw them in July and I would like to be much smaller by the time they come out here again.
and it was by choice because I sat there in bed arguing with myself about getting up and the little devil on my shoulder won. I am very tired today. Lunch time is still too hot to walk and I am hoping next week will be perfect!