I am still alive, and no I havent fallen off the wagon, well not to bad anyway. We have been out of town for a bit for a seminar, and I have had so much to do around here I havent even had time to think about looking at the computer. Im sorry for neglecting you!
I havent been able to excersize as much as I want or need, and my eating has been OK, but not the greatest. I wont get on the scale right now, because if I see another gain, I will probably say "Forget this" and I dont want that....so my plan is to continue putting myself back in gear and getting on that scale 2 weeks from now and moving forward. I need to give myself that time to see if I can improve things. The funny, not so funny thing is that I can feel that I have gained in my neck...when I sit I feel it...YUCK.
I got some shopping done today. My kids go back to school in 3 weeks, so I have lots to do. I forgot the stroller, so imagine me with 3 kids who are 4, 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 (almost) walking through a huge shopping mall with a diaper bag, purse, and ending up with 2 shoppings bags. I tried to go rent a stroller, but they only took cash, I had none, so I went to the ATM and tried to get some cash but my card wasnt reading (I have been having that problem at grocery stores and gas stations lately and called for a new one, but dont have it yet) so imagine Me carrying everything including the 25lb 1 1/2 year old holding hands with the 2 1/2 who is holding the 4 year olds had with his other. The look on your face now is the look EVERYONE was giving me at the mall. We did what we had to do, and got out of there. I got a lot of great deals, shirts that were originally 25.00 ea for 3.99 and 4.99. Kohls and Old Navy, got to love them.
So for now, thats it. Thank you all so much for your email support and checking in on me! I am alive, and I have not abandoned you and our mission! Here's to us!
Well, it never fails. It doesnt matter how much I excersize, even if I run a 5k, and bike 12 miles and do turbo jam 2 times in one week...what goes in, comes out.
I was so busy this week with baseball for my oldest, things for church and things for our trip away that we ate out a lot this week, and even though I tried to make healthy choices, it was fast food.
So the moral of the story, The scale says it all. I gained 3 freaking pounds. Im mad, Im so mad that I have decided that I am going to kick the crap out of that 3lbs. Thats right, this sister is NOT playing around. Enough said.
Tomorrow is a new day, and Im hitting it...HARD. No more fast food, no more. and no more eating dinner at 8 or 9 p.m.
YOU AMERICA! Its been a great day. We went to mass as a family this morning, that always gives us a great start to the day, and it was sort of early so we didnt eat before we left. So guess where we stopped....You guessed it MCDONALDS. Let me just say...."Never again!" I mean that. I havent eaten that junk in a couple months now, and I had a full out fat filled Mcy D's number 6 bagel egg cheese and sausage meal, and 1/2 of a mc griddle that my kids didnt eat....1/2 hour later (or less) I was so sick, I couldnt get off the couch! Seriously, I should have just gotten it over and let myself throw up so I could feel better, but Im one of those gals that will do ANYTHING NOT to throw up! I hate it, just hate it. That stuff will kill ya, seriously! Good Bye McDonalds! Good Bye.
So the rest of the day we spent time with friends at the pool side, then took a 6 mile hike to Lake Michigan in Grand Haven to see some pretty sweet waves, and let the kids frolic in the sand. It was wonderful. We are amazingly blessed to live in a free country.
Thank you to all that have served for us. May God Bless you!
I am a proud owner of a new pretty hot looking Schwin Bike, thanks to my darling husband. It was a gift for me because he was so proud of me for running that 5K. I love that about him, he takes care of me in so many ways, and he knows my desire to really gain my health, and he is encouraging me and helping me along the way. I am blessed! So I think I will ride that bike to Church tomorrow and attend Mass, my sister is over so she can play with the kids...its 6 miles there...so that will be a nice 12 mile ride!
My first 5K today! I didnt even know I was going to do it, until last night, but I went to a play with the family, and right next to the ticket booth was a sign up late regestration table for it, and so I went over and it really sparked my interest...and I signed up.
I was really nervous all night, but I got up raring and ready to go. I got to the race, and again I was a little intimidated. But once we got going, I tunred up the ipod, and it was just me and the road. I LOVED IT!
There was a couple times I had to walk, and my thighs hurt in a way they never have before (I have only ever run indoors on a tredmill, never outside) and I finished it in 37 minutes.
It was awesome, because my kids' kindergarden teacher saw me coming to the end, and she ran back and ran up with me and encouraged me in all the way, and I ran faster, it was great.
I weighed in afterwards though and it says Im up point 4 pounds. I'll wait and see what happens this week. I need to get back on the eating great wagon!
Be good to your selves over the holiday! And thanks for sharing in my excitement over the 5K.
Are M&M's....seriously, those babies are dangerous. And at VBS, they have about 20 Massive bags of them for this trail mix they are making, and I got into the habit of taking a handful, about every 10 minutes on Sunday, and a bit on Monday. Not going to happen today. I am bringing an apple, and water, and staying away from the kitchen at all costs!
I am on track with excersize, and on top of that I am jumping around leading worship with a couple hundred kiddo's at church, so hopefully (If I stay away from those 'you know whats') I will see a good loss this week!
There are a few stressful things coming up, and prayerfull trying to meet them head on and not falling into bad eating habits and such! Im thankful I can come here to to vent off some of that energy! Reading a few of your blogs has helped me stay focused and keep running twards the goal.
So, from last Saturday until Thursday, I was throwing a bit of an anxiety pit party for my self. I ate a ton of junk, and didnt excersize one bit! I seriously felt worse and worse every single day. Can you believe we put ourselves in those situations? Sick.
Thursday, I decided I was not about to slide back into the near 18lbs I had lost...through hard work...HARD WORK. So I started with excersize and that made me eat better, and so on. I worked out again on Friday (twice actually cause the kids wanted too do it at night too) and then ran for 30 minutes before I went to WW.
According to the scale I lost 1 lb. I am counting my blessings, because I was sure I was going to see a gain.
Im happy to be back on track, And plan on running tward that goal.
Question for you....does anyone have a ww scale? We bought one last night, and I cant figure that thing out!
I have had some what of a hard week. Im not positive why, but think it may have something to do with nearing my first goal, which was to lose 20lbs by vacation bible school. That starts on monday, and I am only 2.5lbs away from it as of Saturday.
I have gone off program completely up until today, ate ice cream and some fast food. For lunch today I ate 8 chicken nuggets with bbq sauce. I felt sick to my stomach from it. So I decided that today I WAS going to work out, no matter what. (I havent done that since Saturday either). SO, I just finished Turbo Jam Cardio Party Mix 2, and even though I thought I might throw up in the middle of it, I kept going. Glutony is such an AWFUL thing!
Ok, so the plan is this....I will get my a** back on track and move it. I know I can do this. I am down 17.5lbs since May 5th, I did it, I can do it. ttyl
Well, what motivates me to stay OP? I have been working really hard at understanding my bad eating habits. I dont binge eat because its "fun", because actually I hate doing it....I do it because of stress, or fear or anxiety...and there is a reason for that stress, that fear, that anxiety. So lately I have been meeting those things head on, and conquiring them. Working them out so that I dont have to use food as a vice to protect me from them. Because truth is, it doesnt protect me at all.
I have been working hard on excersizing every day. If I do it, I have more energy, if I dont, Im tired. Its the wierdest thing, but its true. I am in a better mood, and I have a better day if I DO IT. And I have steadily lost about 2lbs a week because of it. I run on the tredmill with 1 min walk 3 min run intervals (started smaller with 2 min walk, 1 min run, then 1 min 30 sec walk 1min 30 sec run then 1 min 30 walk to 2 min run, and so on) and the next day I do Turbo Jam (and I love it) for 6 days a week doing turbo one day, running the next, etc.
I have been doing Weight Watchers, and attending meetings, and doing thier CORE program that I love. I dont have to count points, and I love having the limits of what I can and CAN NOT eat. Right now I need that. Lots of good food you can have, and you eat great and feel great about it.
I got over trying to win a war. A war with in my self...because I dont need to fight anymore....I am winning, and will continue to do it because I know I can.
Im sorry I have neglected to post here. Its summer, and we are rarely home, and if we are, we are in the yard working in the garden, swimming in the kiddie pool (thats right, kiddie pool) and just being in the sun.
I am still working hard on the weight loss. As a matter of fact I am down 2 1/4 lbs this week, for a total of 17.5 since I got back on track 6 weeks ago today. Im LOVING Core, it works so much better for me. And I really do think that the synthroid has something to do with it all because Im not so tired right now, and the few times I have eaten too much sugar or greasy food, I have felt quite sick to my stomach and am in the bathroom one to many times while my body gets rid of it...I'll spare you the details.
Im happy, we are doing well as a family. God is good. I pray your summer is going well too! Runners, keep running.... I am doing it every other day now, with turbo jam on the days I dont run.
