Fit Forever

60+ pounds gone since 2004 and I refuse to regain it!

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  • Name: Tawa Chihuahua
  • City: Nuneaton
  • Region: Warwickshire
  • Country: United Kingdom

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I have returned!

I have 'another blog' which I post to regularly, so I'm probably going to be either pasting those entries here or providing links to it. I just posted some photos there, so here's a link if you want to see me and my 'baby':

Me and my baby

Yesterday I tried very hard not to eat junk. I admit I picked up a biscuit in the break room. It was when no one was in there. It was a sandwich creme biscuit. I pulled it half, bit off the corner of the side with no creme, and then--I did what I used to do! I realised what I was about to do, and I walked over to the trash and threw the biscuit in! I didn't just eat it! I can't tell you how many times I used to take one nibble of something, come to myself, and throw the rest away. That was always a triumph for me. Then I stopped doing it, started eating the whole thing. Sneaking back for another. Buying things to take home, not just as a special treat, but any old time. This is how I gained from 131 to 139. But I am NOT going to ever be in the 140s, ever ever ever. So yesterday I threw the biscuit away. Two days now, no biscuits, no chocolate. Yay!

I also did Turbo Jam '3T Totally Tubular Turbo' yesterday, and for good measure threw in the upper body segment of The Firm Super Body Sculpt. I forgot I had planned to do the abs segment. Today I am just about to do Punch, Kick & Jam,and I will add extra abs to make up for it.

I am bound and determined to get back to 131 before the year's up!

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For those who don't know me, I started this blog on 20th June 2006. I had lost from 190ish to 137.5 when I started the blog, got below my goal of 134 over about a year. My extrapounds friends all seemed to slip away, so I started a new blog, which I've kept ever since (Dharma in the Dishes). After I left, I got down to 131, maintained at 133-4 for over a year, then it started creeping back on. So I'm here again having weighed 138.0 this morning.

I know I'm in the normal weight range. I'm smack in the middle for my height of 5'7". But I want to be at the bottom. I have long wanted to weigh 129 and have visible muscles. I still work out 5-6 days a week. I still eat a vegan diet.  I will never have visible abs. But I'd love to be able to see musles in my arms and thighs.

So let's see how far we can go this time around.

(Here's a recent photo, Craighead Forest Lake, Jonesboro, AR, May 2009)


Oh my gosh, what have I done!

I just got back from visiting the US. (Ashley, I was in Memphis on Memorial Day! We went to Stax Museum and the Zoo. Woot! I'm from Jonesboro, remember?)

Anyway, I'm back home now, and my mom's cornbread and fried squash, not to mention the brownies and SMORES (!!!) have made the journey back with me. On my thighs.

Two and a half weeks in the USA making poor food choices and not able to get in enough exercise (even though we tried, doing an hour of Gilad from FitTV most days) has left me fatter than ever. I am afraid to get on the scale, but for the first time in years my trousers are actually tighter around my waist and butt. I weighed 139.0, highest since 2007ish.

I am so demoralised.

My clothes being too tight is making me want to eat and eat and eat and eat and eat, to just say screw it and go ahead and get fat again.

I'm going to try so hard not to do that. So instead of eating, I'm going to make a plan. It's a tough rotation, and the last two weeks call for double workouts on the same day. But I got me into this mess and only I can get me out. And we all know it's EASY to gain it, and HAAAAARD to lose it. I can see Debbie Allen now, banging that big stick on the dance studio floor. 'Here's where you start payin'. In sweat.' Now where did I put those leg warmers?

June Rotation--Advanced Turbo Jam 'Rip You Up', modified

1--Cardio Party 3
2--3T + Firm Super Body Sculpt (Upper Body and Ab segments)
3--Punch, Kick & Jam
4--Fat Blaster + Ab Jam
5--Tom Holland Total Body Workout
6--Cardio Party 2
7--Ravi & Ana Fat Free Yoga: Lose Weight & Feel Great

8--Total Body Blast + Ab Jam
9--Jari Love Get Ripped to the Core
10--Punch, Kick & Jam 1/2 with gloves + Cathe Abs from Body Fusion
11--Fat Blaster + 3T
12--Lower Body Jam
13--Cardio Party 2 + Ab Jam
14--Maya Fiennes Kundalini Yoga: Willpower

15--Cathe Rhythmic Step + Fat Blaster (big day!!!)
16--Booty Sculpt + Kickin Core OR Punch, Kick & Jam with gloves
17--Turbo Sculpt + Ab Jam
18--Jari Love Get Ripped 1000
19--Fat Blaster
20--Lower Body Jam + Cardio Party 3 OR Total Body Blast
21--Ravi & Ana Kundalini Yoga: Bliss Hips

22--Cardio Party + Turbo Sculpt
23--R&A Fat Free Yoga: Lose Weight & Feel Great
24--Punch Kick & Jam + Booty Sculpt OR Cathe's Kick Max + Leg Drills
25--Fat Blaster + 3T
26--Cardio Party 2
27--Cathe's Low Impact Circuit Cardio Timesaver mix
28--Amy Bento Slo-Mo Strength Challenge

29--Yoga
30--Yoga


Hey, I'm back!!

 Hello! I'm coming back to this blog for a while...since I last posted, I have gained 4 pounds. I need to get my mojo back, and this is a great place to do that.

Any of my old friends still around? Lianne? Tawanda? Ashley???



Drawing a line under it

Folks, I started this blog in June 2006. If I say so myself, I've posted a lot of good information. You're welcome to scroll back and read some of those older posts. I've got info on diet, nutrition, exercise, and sorts of stuff in between.

My new blog is Dharma in the Dishes. That's where you'll find me, and all are welcome there.

Moving on now!

Wow

All the posts from my blog have been dumped! How did that happen? I didn't do it!

:(

I am just writing to say that my son has made the honor roll. This is a big deal for him. I'm very excited.

Ugh!

Click here to find out why

I'll never bake again!

NEW BLOG

I have started a new blog.

Dharma in the Dishes

(I ditched my old 'Present Moment, Wonderful Moment' blog to make a new start.)

If you follow this extrapounds blog, please bookmark my new blog and please, please do post comments to my new blog. I welcome everyone.

My gold membership here expires next month and I'm not sure if I am going to continue here.

I will most likely post weight loss/health and fitness topics in my new blog and let this one go. Haven't quite decided yet.

Please visit my new blog and leave a hello!

Thanks

xx

October Update

A lot has been going on with me over the last 6 weeks. I've been doing some reading, but also finally some action as well. This may or may not be the right place for this, but I'll just say that as some of you may know, I have been reading and studying and mulling over Buddhist thought and sporadically practising sitting meditation for the last 4 years. I have practised twice a day for 40 days straight now, in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. I am hesitant to call myself a Buddhist, though. I don't want to call myself anything, really. The fact remains though  that I have been and will continue to practise a form of Buddhism based on Vietnamese and Zen Buddhism interpreted by this teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh. I believe this is the best path for me. I am a follower of the Buddha-dharma. I don't want to call myself a Buddhist because it comes with so many images and meanings attached to it in the minds of people, just like the term Christian does, and the term Muslim does. And so many people actually have no idea what Buddha-dharma is about, really.

Anyway.  So that's what I've been doing and thinking about during my absence. When I feel I'm ready, I am going to seek out an Order of Interbeing practice centre. I do like to take things in my own time, though, and for now I am happy as I am.

My October rotation I have dubbed the 'Ong Sohung' rotation (It means 'Creator, I am you.') in honor of the kundalini yoga practices included...

1 REST
2 Complete Aerobics and Weight Training
3 Journey thru the Chakras
4 Low Max
5 Kundalini for Beginners and Beyond
6 Get Ripped 1000
7 Power Yoga for Happiness
8 Express Cardio
9 Yoga Burn
10 REST
11 Dance the Chakras
12 Aerobic Body Shaping
13 Yoga Bliss Hips
14 Low Impact Circuit
15 REST
16 Ultimate Fat Burning Workout
17 Power Yoga for Happiness
18 Cardio Sculpt
19 Ultimate Stretch Kundalini
20 Endurance for Movement
21 Yoga Beauty Body
22 Firm Ultimate Calorie Blaster
23 REST
24 Power Yoga Total Body
25 Kundalini for Beginners & Beyond
26 Jiggle Free Arms and Jiggle Free Buns
27 Kundalini Warrior Workout
28 Get Ripped
29 REST
30 Firm Bootcamp Maximum Calorie Burn
31 Firm Calorie Killer

Long time no post

I've been away from the blog awhile! Busy with other things--will update you soon. I deleted my 'other blog' and am thinking about starting a new one at blogger. If I do, this one may go altogether. Don't know yet. My gold membership expires in November.

This month's rotation is consists of two aerobics with weight training workouts, two kundalini yogas, one power yoga and one cardio per week.

My official average weight for the month of September was 133 lbs. Finally, finally, finally reached that goal after over a year. (Yes, it took me over a year to lose two pounds. Now tell me about your slow weight loss!!)

Oops!

Every time I post a weight, the next day I'm up! 134.2 this morning. Harrumph!