Hope all is well out in extrapoundsville! Happy Monday to everyone! I hope everyone had a great weekend--lots of fun, family, exercise, and water. LOL!
It's a fabulous morning here... because I just broke into the 170s. WHEEEEEEEEE!!! I still can't comprehend it though. I had to call my hubby over so he could check it out. He was very impressed too! Hee hee!
My runs are going well. Mainly because I have a new toy. My hubby bought me a fabulous MP3 player. Whoo-hoo!!! I love this thing! So much easier to strap it to my arm, rather than juggle my CD player. Plus, I can create different running playlists to match my mood. I want to create a playlist for my own "spinning class". Since my gym eliminated all classes, if I want to spin, I have to do it on my own. So I need a nice mix of mellow and inspirational songs to do it myself. LOL!
On a fun/frightening note, I will be in San Francisco all next week for a work conference. Unfortunately I won't be staying at the same hotel as the conference--WAHHH!!!!!!--but I finally found a hotel .4 miles away so I will be walking a ton. I am excited to go, but will miss my kids desperately. Plus, I really hope that I can stay on plan with all the yummy food temptations. Esp. when work is footing the bill! :)
Hope everyone has a fabulous week with lots of success!
Stepped on the scale this morning and imagine the shock. 1 pound down! WOW! How did THAT happen??
Perhaps it was the beginning of my "back to basics" philosophy to focus on my running. Perhaps it was from my animalistic and utter shameful carb binge last nite. (Um, probably not.) So who knows, but I'll take it!!!
I am so freaking giddy, I can't take it! I could not tell you the last time I weighed in the 170s. Really and truly. I think I would need to start digging into my medical records for the answer to that one. But I think the main reason for my excitement is that it makes the idea that I might hit my goal, or even come close, seem realistic. It doesn't seem like such a fantasy now.
I can hardly believe it! I am halfway to my goal!! Bring on the dancing monkeys!!!!
Apparently my carb purge worked its magic because I dropped 2 pounds. YAY! And people are finally starting to notice that I have lost weight. I swear, I think 30 is the magic number where people finally start to notice. Because even my best friend didn't pick up on it until a week or so ago.
I hope everyone had a good weekend. We had lots of fun with the birthday girl. And this weekend, we are all heading to the lake again. I think I could spend all my days floating on a raft. What bliss!
Thank you to everyone who posted such warm and wonderful comments to my blog on my pictures, and everything else! You all are the best part of this site and make me LOVE coming here!! You all provide such inspiration, and I think it's a true testament to this site that we are all making such fabulous inroads with our weight loss. Obviously, all the support here makes a BIG difference. An important difference! So THANK YOU!!!!!!
...I was getting ready to give birth. Yep, that's right. Tomorrow is my baby's birthday (my middle daughter). She will be 3, and today is her party!
Lord give me strength against the divine, delish, TDF Costco cake with the yummy chocolate creamy center!!
I am actually in Day 1 of my protein flush/plateau breaker. I stepped on the scale this morning and it says the same number I have been for almost 2 weeks--184/185. ARGH!! Now, granted TOM is coming next week and to prepare for her arrival, I stuffed myself full of some fabulous Wheat Thin Chips, Veggie flavor, and Reese's PB cups last nite. Needless to say, ICK! So in retaliation, I threw out any remaining chocolate and informed my hubby that I was no longer allowed to go to the grocery store (since *I* am the one that bought those chips).
So I am trying to purge all this crap from my body and start fresh with NO BAD CARBS. So today and tomorrow, it's all protein baby, and veggies. With a little bit o' fruit. Here's hoping that on Monday, the scale will give me a better number. And that this will help kickstart me back to eating better. LOL!
As for exercise, I have been doing great, but for some reason, my runs are tougher lately. And I don't know if that is because of the heat, or because I have been trying to not run all the time, but switch up my cardio to include the elliptical, bike, and stair climber. But I think it might be hurting my runs because instead of them getting easier with time, they are HARD. So for this month, I am going to focus on running, with only 1 day per week of non-running cardio. Hopefully, that will make my runs a bit easier.
So today is the first day of June! Time to take my measurements, which I actually love to do. LOL! As opposed to stepping on the scale. I have no idea why that dumb thing fills me with trepidation every time I step on it. I think it's because somewhere in the recesses of my soul, I actually believe that it just can't possibly go down any further. But yet, I have complete confidence that my measurements will. Why is that I wonder?? Perhaps it is because the scale seems like a fickle animal. Eat something "naughty" and it shoots to the roof. Whereas I can eat junk all day, and I know that the next day, my thighs won't have magically expanded. And all I can say is thank God for that!!
Anywhoo, so this morning, I whip out my tape measure and get going on measuring everything. I swear I am a lunatic with this thing! So I finally tally up the results and I am so excited!! I have lost 14 inches over the past month!! Happy dance!!!! I know I have a ways to go, but I am racking my brain trying to remember the last time I have had these measurements and I have no idea! LOL! My best girlfriend swears that I wasn't this thin in college, but who knows. I am now kicking myself for not saving the pair of shorts that I lived in in college. But I purged all this stuff a year or so ago. Ooops!! LOL!
Of course, since this is a new month, it's a perfect time to establish new or re-affirm my current goals. I am still aiming for 180 by 6/14. Hopefully, my recent "transgressions" will not hurt me in that arena. As for exercise, I did really well last month, working out 20 out of 31 days. But I am still neglecting the weights in favor of cardio. I really need to incorporate the weights more, but it's so hard to find the time. So for the month of June, here are my goals:
Work out 22 out of 30 days
Spend time lifting weights 4 days a week--2 days upper body, 2 days lower body
Man, do I love carbs. And I don't mean the kind that come from veggies. I mean, the bad stuff--bread, crackers, pasta. I really need to get it all out of my house. Those freaking Goldfish crackers call my name every night. Calling me, and calling me... begging me to eat them. And lately, I have been complying. Uh-oh. Not good. White flour (and white sugar for that matter too) are so not good for my body type (apple). But they are so tasty on my tongue. LOL! Why do I love them so?
If you couldn't tell already, I enjoyed way too many carbs and sugar over the Memorial Day weekend. I hope you all fared better than I did!
It's time to get back to basics this week--no frozen meals this week, no veggie burgers, no stupid Goldfish crackers!!! Fresh food. Veggies. Fruit. Lean chicken. Eggs. My usual. My standbys. Unfortunately, while I may be in a food rut with them, they are obviously working.
As for the gym, I've had my day off--Sunday. So I must make it today. Gotta, gotta, gotta.
I've also been thinking about readjusting my goals. I just don't know if 150 is realistic for me. Why? My height for one thing. Second is I do not have small bone structure. I am definitely medium-boned. I will never be lithe. I just want to be fit and trim. What the number on the scale will read when I get there, I don't know. But is it 150? Or is it 160? No clue.
Mental toughness. Perserverance. Strength of character. These should be phrases that describe me. At least, I strive for that. Unfortunately, last week was less than stellar.
First, I apologize for not blogging as much as I should last week. I was pitiful! Shame on me!!! But that ole ugly food demon seems to have reared its head at me and taunted me. And yes, I succumbed a few times. (Hanging my head in disgust.) I enjoyed some ice cream, which seemed to be the kick-off into the crap. Some bad carbs (noodles, crackers). Some Reese's peanut butter cups. Yum! But oh, the bloat!!!!
But you know what the funny thing was. Thursday nite I was determined to have a chocolate binge, but my taste buds wouldn't let me. I started munching on some M*Ms, but they didn't taste good, so I put them back. I grabbed a Healthy Choice Chocolate Fudge Bar--my FAVE! And there seemed to be this sludge on the top of the bar that was just icky in my mouth. So after 2 bites I threw it away. So next I moved onto some Pepperidge Farm mint Milano cookies, but I found them very bland. ARGH!!! Isn't that CRAZY?!?! It's like my taste buds--who are so used to fresh, healthy food--did not like the manufactured taste and staged a giant revolt. I swear, it was the oddest thing ever.
The good news is that I at least maintained my weight. I had some slight fluctuations up to 188, but so far, everything has remained the same. The other GREAT news is that I have definitely dropped at least 2 dress sizes! WOOT! Before I was a tight 16, sometimes 18. Now, I am a 12, fitting some 14s and even some 10s. WOW!!!
Of course, now I have nothing that fits. Not even my underwear--it's too baggy and saggy. LOL! Time to overhaul the wadrobe. I don't want to get too much at this size though, because hopefully, size 12 is a mere rest stop on the way down!!
So once again, I am renewed. Gotta stay in the game. Keep my focus. Strive on.
PS. Thank you for the AWESOME comments and motivation everyone provided to my blog!! You gals are the BEST! Keep up the great work!
Do you all get tired of the whole weight loss thing at some point? This always seems to happen to me whenever I get to a point where I've lost some and I feel like I look better, and then I get bored and tired with the whole thing.
Today I feel like I could sleep for a week and still not be rested enough. I know part of it is that I am a sleep junkie. But another part is that this is HARD. It's hard getting up at 4:45 am to go to the gym, when I would rather just sleep in my warm wonderful bed. And it's hard to not eat carbs like goldfish crackers (which I adore!) and sugar-filled ice cream. And instead to have a tomato and a celery stick.
So how do you get over the humps? What motivates you to keep going, keep pushing to goal?
I lost 9 pounds this week!!! I am in literal SHOCK!
I stepped on the scale yesterday while at my parent's lakehouse and my jaw hit the floor. I had to step on and off probably 10x because I just couldn't believe it!! 186.5 was staring back at me.
I have never been so giddy about the scale EVER! I have only 8 more lbs to go before my BMI says "normal" and not "overweight"!!! And this means I am almost 1/2 way to my goal!
Can I possibly use more exclamation points in this post?!!!!! LOL!
I didn't expect to hit this number now. Perhaps my body was just holding onto them for nostalgia and finally after TOM decided to give them up. LOL! I guess it's time to readjust my goals! Wheeeee!!
And hey, check it out! The aardvark is now on my ticker. Kewl.
I just realized that I really hadn't posted my "backstory". Hmmm, yes, apparently I am very slow! LOL! But I wanted to start focusing on the good stuff, losing the weight, before sharing about myself.
Now that I've made a little headway, here's the 411 on me. I am a FT WOHM to 3 gorgeous girlies--ages 5, 2 (will be 3 in 3 weeks), and 9 months old. They are my everything, my reason for breathing in and out, my soul. My husband and I are so grateful for these heavenly creatures every day! But... they did stretch my stomach something awful! LOL!
I have always been the tallest chick in the room and am very athletic, so I've always been able to hide my fat. I was a skinny thing until I hit puberty and then the scale slowly crept up. I lost alot of baby fat in college and at the time, still thought I was fat, but in fact, was dang cute and pretty lean. But then I got married and started eating. And eating. And eating. Having babies actually made me lose weight--I wouldn't gain much and then once they were born, I would drop my PG weight plus more very easily by nursing. But the weight would always come back because my eating habits were crap.
So finally 1.5 years ago, I got serious. I got committed. I was going to lose this once and for all. I was on my way too, when I hit a small snag. I was PG with my youngest DD. So this really is just a continuation of that. I got down to 189 before I discovered I was PG and stopped dieting (that's where my picture is from). Unfortunately I also stopped working out.
So I am back with a vengeance. And nothing is going to stop me now! I am determined to get fit and healthy!!
