| Height: | 165.1cm |
| Start weight: | 156.50lb |
| Current weight: | 147.50lb |
| Goal weight: | 125.00lb |
| Lost to date: | 9.00lb |
| Remaining: | 22.50lb |
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I started South Beach Diet on Jan. 21st. I am now at the end of the third week. I have stayed in phase one and i am doing very well. So far, i have lost 8.5 lbs. That's what i call a great start. I need to stay motivated and stick to it.
Will Power, Will Power, Will Power, Will Power....... I can do this. UGGG!!! I want sweets!!!!! Like... Cake with Thick creamy icing. Jo
started WW today! I joined on line and i hope that i will stick to it. i have so many charts and graphs now, that i don't know which one to look at. I love it.
Big NEWS!!!! My dad has invited my family on a cruise. Well, he is taking us on it. A gift. Wow!!! We are so excited. But, the challenge is going to be getting my fat @$# in a swimsuit. SCARY!!! I am on a mission to lose the pounds so that i don't scare eveyone. We have about 10 weeks until we sail. so i have to get a move on to lose major poundage. I don't want people jumping ship in reaction to my white flubber. Now, i have something to motivate. Let's see if this will work.
UGGG!!! I got it. And i feel like i have been hit by a truck!!!! Somehow, yesterday- i woke up feeling absolutely horrible. but for some reason, i thought it was less than it really was. I did my 30 minute walk/jog anyway. It nearly KILLED me. it was down hill from that point on. i didn't even realize it, until i got out of the shower and chilled out. and then it HIT. I couldn't even move. I suddenly felt every muscle and joint in my body ache. i was spinning like a top and FREEZING as if i was naked on the tundra. several hours later, with lots of fever reducer and some flu medicine, i started to gain a since of who and where i was again. But, shweew, what a ride?! i am taking it easy today. and i am going to skip the workout. i did get up and do some light housekeeping, but that even made me lightheaded and i needed to rest afterword. I do feel much better today than i did yesterday. So, i figure i am on the up-swing of this thing. i will be back to work and to my tricks tomorrow. no time to waste.
i have always wanted to be able to jog or even run. but i have always used the excuse that my tah tahs are too big and they.... well.... hinder my jog. i admit, they are an obstacle. even with a sports bra (or two) they flop enough to make me feel sick. but for the last week i have been doing a walking video and in part of it you jog. so, that is how i started. last week i just wanted to see if i could make it through the video. and i did. then, i wanted to see if i could make it with a jog through the video. and i did!!! Now, i am pushing myself to walk/march at least 20 minutes a day. and in that 20 minutes i challenge myself to jog for at least 10. I never thought i could do that, but i have been doing it for several days. So, that is why i am proud of me. I have done the jogging for 10 minutes now. My next challenge is to do it for 15. i am useing a pedometer and try to walk 3500 steps for 30 minutes.
So, when you don't step on the scale in forever, you get quite the surprise, don't you? My neglect of tracking my weight has not been to my advantage. It has just let me climb right back up that nasty ladder. That is ok. i am on track now. I will lose it all back and more. Watch me!!!! Jo
i eat, therefore, I am... Actually, i have only two times a day that I feel that way. I am hungry in the morning after i get ready for work and before i leave. Then, i am hungry when i get home from work. As long as I am busy, i am really not hungry. I will eat if i am presented with food, but if my day is rolling along, i don't come to a complete halt due to hunger pains. so, i have a plan to practice what i preach. I will drink my water and try to work through those two times a day that i am actually HUNGRY. I have always said that when i am feeling hungry, drink a tall glass of water and see if i still feel hungry. that's the plan stan.
So, it seems to be seasonal or something, because so many of us here on Extrapounds (and everywhere else) are going through some sort of change in our lives. Some of the change is welcomed and intentional. Some of it is not so intentional, but seems to just, well, be happening to us. And for some of my friends, it seems to be unwelcome. But, the bottom line is .... we have to deal with it, make the best of it, and find some way to move on. It's probably the hardest thing that we have to deal with in our lives and every time we are confronted with it, we all kinda panic in a way. I have adopted a belief that change that “happens to us” is led by our destiny, karma, or the Lord’s plan. This, in my opinion, is the most difficult kind of change to accept, probably because we did not CHOOSE this change. My life has been seeing change lately too. My change is not intentional, or I don’t think that it is, but it is not unwelcomed either. I finished my degree and certification in leadership and administration last spring. Even THAT was unexpected for me. That degree kinda “happened to me”.... Through a nomination for a scholarship to participate in a leadership program, which would last two years and end up with a degree and certification. How do you say no to that? So, I did it. And I am very happy to have the experiences and new expertise in it. However, ..... now that I have finished with it, I have been experiencing more change in my career. As you know, I LOVED teaching my special education preschool students and adore going to work each day. But, again, I received a directive from our school system’s central office that I am needed there to help the system address the NCLB AYP in many of our schools. This is a huge change. No more classroom, no more class roles, no more single school building to report to daily. It is so weird, I have always gone to school everyday and taught. Now, I travel between schools and Offices, and meetings to work on school improvement. Don’t get me wrong, I like the new responsibilities, it’s just so different. Again, this is change that has “happened” to me. I did not seek it out. I did not devise a plan for this in my life. I have just been dealt this hand, and now, I have to play the cards. My comfort is the belief that ... things happen for a reason. I wrote an e-mail to a friend recently that talked about my change and how I cope with it. And what was weird is that in my e-mail, I wrote something that made me think. It went something like this..."Change is difficult, but I know, change is inevitable and change is good." It's not much, but it was one of those things that came out without much forethought, and then..... it just made me think.... a lot. It is so true. I actually LIKE change, but what I don’t like is the giant amount of uncertainty that comes with it. My challenge is to cope with the change without turning to the comfort of eating junk food, or buying useless belongings, or making poor decisions. That is always the hardest thing for me. I want to deal with my new situations with clarity and confidence so that I don’t fall into bad habits. I think that happens to me, because yummy food choices that are typically not too good for me, are things I don’t have to think much about. Or prepare for, or plan. So, ..... what do I do now? Do I keep waking each morning - learning my new job, and learning how to embrace my change with enthusiasm and zest? Sure, I do!!!!!! But my fear......... is that I will run out of the energy and momentum to stay focused on my adapting to the change, and crash. CRASH hard!!! That is what I fear most. Jo
So, i just blogged my butt off and wrote all my thoughts and new goals and then......... ugggg........... it just went away!!! First i want to say thank you Kache for steering me back down the path i should be traveling. Your post snapped me back to reality..........."In my experience, the longer we go without blogging about the things we do right, the worse it gets! Get back here and blog, woman! You're as close to being on track as you tell yourself you are!"........................................I will refocus and start blogging again. And start tracking my weight again. And start drinking my water again. And start counting my calories again. Yeah, you're right, kache, when i stop, it also stops the accountability. I need that. So look for me.... I am gonna do better!!!!!!!!! Jo
