So tomorrow is my third WI for the challenge. The first one I gained but I knew it was just the start so what could I expect. Last week was .8....almost a pound. I have one pound to lose to get me back to the lowest for this time around and I feel like I have lost that and then some. I have a total of 5 WI's left before Vegas....and I am feeling fine. lol.
Yesterday is another happy face on my calendar. :) That makes me happy. I have upped it to 3 dairys per day also. That is easier now that I don't eat my beloved ice cream bar every night. I drink 1%....2 cups at night and yogurt in the morning. I even try to get more if I can. lol. :) But a lot of my points are going to dairy. We can use these last 28 days to see if that helps with the losses at all.
Today is a good day. And I feel good. Last run of the week is coming when I get home. I plan to work up a good sweat. My body is loving the running again. And even though I don't want to do it some of the time....I do it anyway. lol. That is the beauty of a habit. It is something that you can't control!! lol. YEAY ME!
Well, I hope you all had a nice Friday so far!! I will check in after WI tomorrow to report the good news....whatever it will be!! Stay tuned....
Okay....first of all, I ran 30 FREAKING MINUTES STRAIGHT LAST NIGHT. Yeah...to some of you it is like WHATEVER but I have been doing the run walk thing....increments. But I have decided to make my Wednesday long run into an all running session. Last night was the first time. And I did not die.....but I digress...
Things are good today. I am wearing pants today that I could not get into about 2 months ago and they are actually a little loose. lol. Go figure. It is the running....but again, I digress....
I really am feeling so much better about my journey. I feel like I have a handle on food right now....I am the boss of it...not the other way around. And it feels good. It feels good to also feel badly when I miss an exercise session. And that would be my running.....but I digress......
So running is important to me...I realize it now that I am back really into it.....upping my speeds....wondering about a 5K.....seeing what it does to my body. I forgot how quickly it changes the makeup of my body (yes, Miss Roo...I finally heard you....)....but I digress.....
So today is another day that I have to get things right.....I look at my calendar over there....see 29 days left on the challenge....wonder how the time seems to fly by so fast. Sometimes the world is just flying by us and we don't even know it. I am reminded to try to remember the moment while you are in it and stop trying so hard and fast to get to the next one. Because we don't have this one back ever again.
Where does the time go. I swear it was just day one!!! lol. So it looks like I have about 31 days left until Vegas and the end of this challenge. I will be interested to see what the scale will bring for me over the next few weeks.
I have upped the speeds in my running and I am even considering adding one weekend day of a short run for a little extra push. I can totally see the changes in my body since I started back to the running and my eating is back to a good place. Even though it is only 2 weeks (well, it is more than that but I really had a little lapse there....) I can really start to see what may be hiding underneith all of this and I like it. I am actually seeing bones that I have not seen in a LOOOOONG time.
Case in point...I was driving the other day and the seat belt that goes over my shounder was annoying me....because it was RUBBING ON MY CLAVICLE. Hehe....I reached up to see what the problem and the bone was there. Poof.....just like that. lol. My shoulders are slimming down....my arms...my legs....now if my midsection would just follow suit, you know? It will be amazing to see the changes as they come.
Today I went to the store and stocked up on my lunch for work. Boring and same ole same ole....but predictable for brekkie and lunch helps keep me on track. I can control my work environment pretty well.....so I keep myself stocked with apples, lunches and yogurt.
And as for the people who wonder why my challenge includes at least 3 (now...I changed it) dairy servings, here is some of the reasoning. First is the article from Runner Magazine that talks about dairy comsumption, exercise and weightloss. The article is interesting. And of course, there is the dairy website and the National Dairy Council article about how study after study shows a link with reduced fat, low fat and fat free cheese (1.5oz) , milk (8oz glass) and yogurt (6-8 oz container) specifically contribute to weight loss in the abdomin area as well as overall weight loss. I am upping my dairy during the next 4 weeks to see what will happen. Yogurt for brekkie and 16 oz of milk with dinner. It can't hurt and I always have the points for it so there you go. Of course the studies are in conjunction but one of the studies in particular followed a group that got no dairy, a group that took calcium supplements only and then a group that consumed the actual dairy. And the last group lost almost twice as much as the first group in the same amount of time. I have always gotten in some dairy but I am going to make a concentrated effort. And it will also help with my running.
Speaking of running, I am off now to go home and get on The Judge. Going to possibly add a few minutes extra today. Little bits here and there help push me closer to my goal so I am going for it!!
Love to you all. Onward and Downward. And think about the upping the dairy, okay??
at you that you do not see coming. My work industry is changing so much and my nerves are shot. But I won't eat about it....I can't sabotage my efforts.
I have a lot of smily faces looking at me from my chart. Things went well this weekend and I used all of my flexies, just like I had planned. This week should be pretty uneventful so I should have another good week under my belt and will continue to go downward. I will not eat my stress....I will feel it instead and deal with it in other ways.
I hope everyone out there is doing great and that your journey is going well.
Hey everyone. Well, down .8 and I will take it. Anything in a downward motion is alright with me!! Tonight we are going to dinner at a friends house so that will be fun. :)
We went on the Harley today for a nice cruise around town...went to breakfast and then say my son for a few minutes and popped in on some other friends.
I was hoping for more of a loss this week HOWEVER I will take a loss and go with it. This week I will continue to work hard and I will have another loss next week. As long as I continue to go in the right direction, that is all I care about!!
Part of this blog is something that I said at ww.com in a post there but I thought the point was relevant here too and so I just copied and pasted!!! lol. Guilty. You caught me. hehe. Anyway, before I get into that.....yesterday was a good day! Water, points counted, 3!! dairy, exercise, vitamin, no scale (what a bitch that one is turning out to be) no diet coke no dessert!! CHECK CHECK CHECK!!! lol. Good good good!!
Anyway....when I was in the bathroom this morning changing for work, looking in the mirror, I was just thinking... wondering... what is under here?? You know, a lot of women START at my weight thinking they are so fat....and the thing that is funny is that I have lost almost 70 pounds to get to what other people consider their starting point, you know??? lol. I look at pictures of people who started about where I did and got to around 150....and I see how huge of a difference it is...and I want it. I want to see what is under this skin. I want to see what 170 looks like again....and then 165....160.... and beyond. It will be nice to see the loss that I will have at the scale tomorrow...I am hoping for at least 1.8 because TOM is gone, I did really well this week and if I can hit even just 2 pounds, that will be the farthest I have gotten in a long time. It will be interesting over the next 10 pounds or so to see what is underneith this body that I have known for about 2 years now. Honestly, my 253 body is something that I hardly remember. I just feel stuck. right. here. I have been around this weight for a while now and I am so used to the way this looks that I can't fathom what it looks like beyond this. I have pictures....and I see them...but I forget what it looks like under the clothes. lol. The best I have is another website that has the pics of me in gym clothes at about 177.8....but that is really the last record of that.....so it will be fun to see. Closer and closer and closer I go. :)
This challenge is really pushing me...stretching me. Sometimes I have to sacrifice things for dairy...but since I am not eating my 3 point ice cream bar (*sigh*) anymore, then it is easier to get my dairy in. :) lol. And the exercise....funny enough....has become a real habit. I mean, I feel guilty when I don't get on The Judge....even if I have a totally legitimate reason (like the MRI and medication that I took....lol). I mean, I felt BAD!! for not getting on there!!! lol. And what is funny is that I don't want to run....I HAVE to run. lol. It is part of who I am. I suppose that the 21 days and it becomes a habit is actually true!!! lol.
The hardest part for me is not getting on the scale in between WI's. lol. I thought that would be the easiest part and it has turned into the hardest. Who knew??
Well, this weekend will be fun. I have a concert tonight (Super Diamond...a Neil Diamond Tribute Band....), dinner with friends tomorrow night and then Sunday, a Cookie Lee party at Brat's house!! :) It will be fun. And there will be a lot of down time so that will be nice.
I hope everyone is having a great day so far and keep up the good work!!!! :)
Well, today was 100%. Yesterday was an odd day because I had an MRI taken and I am not good in those things so some prescription medication was involved. I ate out 2 times yesterday because I was just to tired for cooking at all. lol. So I did not get my smily face yesterday on my calendar BUT I did get in some of my requirements. Not the exercise, and I am making that up on Saturday. Like a test that I was absent from...I have to take a makeup test. lol. And no dairy at all. But I counted my points, no dessert, no scale....I know there is more but it is not right in front of me like it is at work!! lol. But there was no emotional eating....just an issue with the medical procedure and being all drugged up. So I will take one gimmie and call it a veggie!! lol.
Anyway, like I said, today was perfectly on point in every way and I need a bath from the exercise.....so got it all done!! CHECK CHECK CHECK!! So I am all good!!
Well, just a short blog today. Nothing insightful or interesting to say really. Just that today was another good day and I have a feeling that the scale is going to show it!!
Sometimes you just don't realize how out of control you were until you are back in it. I know I was feeling out of control because I have a dream that my teeth are falling out. And that means that you feel like life around you is out of control. But now I feel refreshed. I ran yesterday. Tonight I will be doing a 40 minute walk because I will workout after dinner and I can't run after I eat. But I have my commitment so there you have it!!
Yesterday was good. Got my water, counted points, got in 2 dairy, exericse, vitamin, no scale, no diet coke and no dessert. So CHECK!!! CHECK!!! CHECK!!! and feeling fine. It also motivates me that I am seeing a friend that I have not seen in YEARS at the end of this challenge. So that helps keep me focused as well. I want to look the best I can!! lol. But seriously, this is for me. And when this portion of the challenge is done, the I will set a new one. Perhaps a 30 day one. And I can change the challenge each 30 day time frame to keep me motivated to do something new. I will have to think about what other changes I want to make.
TOM is in the house but should be leaving soon enough. So I have a few good losing weeks coming up for sure.
I feel in the zone and it feels nice. So I will take it and run. Literally.
Well, happy Monday to everyone!I hope that your weekend was as pleasant as mine.I did great on my challenge and now have 5 days under my belt…39 to go.
Water, points counted (including Saturday AND Sunday both!!! OMG!!!), dairy, exercise, vitamin, no scale, no diet coke and my 1 weekly dessert on Sunday (can you say CHEEEESECAKE!!!) and exercise (Sat and Sun are my days of rest).So I am 100% and looking fine!!Lol.
Well, I have to admit something.Not getting on my home scale has been SO MUCH HARDER that I thought it was going to be.I did not realize how much I get on that thing until I am not allowed to be on it!!Isn’t it funny how things get magnified when we tell ourselves we can’t have or do something in particular!?!?!Lol.Well, I have to say that that will probably be the biggest challenge for me overall.The other items are coming to me easier right now than they have in a long time.And even though I have gained 1.8 total, that does not erase the progress I have made….of being down almost 8 pounds in 2 months.A pound a week on average.So can I complain?Uh…no.lol.
Today is so far so good.Already have my 2 dairy servings under my belt.2 44 ounce glasses of water are almost finished….along with the 203487908 bathroom trips that go along with them!!LolBut that is okay.I am feeling strong and successful and look forward to what the whole challenge will bring me overall and I CAN’T WAIT!!!Okay….back to work now.
I got my water in, counted points, 3!! dairy (yogurt and cheese), exercised, vitamin, no getting on the scale, no diet coke and no dessert.CHECK!!! CHECK!!! CHECK!!!!!
So there is another day of success.2 down, 42 to go.lol.Is that all?Man, I wish it was this easy mentally for me all the time.But as I look over there -------à at the calendar that I have made for the challenge and see ANOTHER happy face and X through another day…..I see another day of success.Another day I did something right.Another day that will get me closer to the end of THIS part of the journey…cause as we all know, the journey is never over.lol.But whether another day goes by and you are on program or off….the day is still gone.So I need to make each day count.I am feeling really good about my overall progress.YES, I had some challenges since my gain 2 weeks ago….but I only let 2 weeks go by AND I did not throw everything away.I still did my exercise even though my eating was not so hot. So the exercise thing appears to finally be something that I have under my belt!!!I have to be proud of something cause I am sure as HELL not going to be proud of whatever gain is presented to me tomorrow morning when I hit the scale.lol.BUT, I can get that out of the way so that I can see what the next weeks bring me.I have 7 WI’s before the 44 days is up.I have to really think about what I want to accomplish during that time.I mean, I have set these daily goals….but I must dig deep and come up with a realistic number I want to accomplish in that time.I have to wait until tomorrow to see what the gain holds before I determine it but if I have 6 ‘losing’ weeks because tomorrow will show a gain (and don’t try to say perhaps the scale goddesses will give me luck or something cause I KNOW there is a gain there for me…..well, maybe not…since I HAVE NOT BEEN ON MY HOME SCALE.lol)Anyway, I have 6 losing weeks.And if I shoot for 1.5 per seek, that is 9 pounds.I did 9 pounds in 5 weeks before my spin out 2 weeks ago when the gain threw me off….so 9 pounds in 6 weeks is something that I really believe in.So how about I say that that is my other goal.9 pounds by April 13th…..I may even WI that day because I will miss the 14th being in Vegas and all.So perhaps it could even be closer to the 10.But let’s just call it 9 and go with that.
There are going to be many challenging times in the next 44 days.Here is what I have.My son’s birthday party tomorrow, lunch at the Cheesecake Factory (planned for) on Sunday and probably the movies that day too. (No popcorn for me).CPK with girlfriends on the 6th.Concert on the 9th so out to dinner that night for sure but that is the day before WI so I will be good to go….I always behave on Fridays.lol.A friend (and you know who you are) coming in from out of town on the 23rd so lunch AND dinner out that day.A trip to Solvang for me and my honey’s 2 year anniversary (lol) on the 24-25, Family coming in on the 26th and staying through April 2nd.For a wedding on the 31st.So there will be all kinds of dinner and things going on.And that is all before April 13th…when I got to Vegas to meet with a friend I have not seen in 13 years.SO, as I was talking to wannarun the other day about all of these things, I guess I just realized that there is going to be no ‘easy’ time to do this, you know?You just have to pick a time and go for it…..social events or not!!lol.So that is another reality I have come to.There is never a ‘good’ time to start a commitment.You just have to start it.And commit to it.And so there you have it.
So today is another good day so far.Tonight, I am having dinner at home with my best friend and her kids….along with my honey and my boy…controlled….in my house…good to go.
