So...for the last few weeks I've been feeling really stuck. TOM came (and is about to leave), but I'm not down as much as I'd like to be. Maybe that's just me being stupid. I mean, I'm happy with my progress so far, I'd just hoped to be down more I guess. Then again, down almost 35 pounds in just over three months is pretty darn good.
Maybe it's the lack of challenges? At one point I was going weekly to T.O.P.S., on and EP Challenge, and meeting weekly with another small offline group (with which we had a cool weekly challenge going). Now, all of a sudden nothing's happening. My little offline group doesn't really want to do anything over the summer. T.O.P.S. isn't keeping me motivated for some reason...and again, they're considering not meeting as much over the summer.
Thing is...I obviously NEED to have these mini challenges and weekly check-ins in order to keep motivated. The weight hasn't gone much of anywhere in the last three weeks or so...and that just can't continue. Seriously, it can't!
So anyway, now that my friends munchkins are out of school we're thinking that we'll be able to get together at the gym in the evenings. It's hard to me...because my guys don't like to be left alone...and we homeschool, so my options are somewhat limited. The really sad thing is, that it's a waste of money for me to join unless I have someone to go with me. I hate being there by myself. Just hate it! But, if I can go WITH someone then I'm not worried about looking stupid in front of all the jocks standing around grunting. LOL Seriously though, I feel much better about working out with someone and I'm hoping that a good hour spent there each day will kick-start the old body to start shedding weight again. I mean come ON...I'm officially halfway and all. I can't give up now!
I had actually told myself that I would start looking into Personal Trainer Certification classes when I hit the halfway point, but while I've lost a good amount of weight....I still don't feel like I'm "In Shape" and I think it'd be silly for out of shape me to even TRY to start that kind of business. I guess that's darn good incentive for me to get with it and start weight training then, huh?
And...thinking out loud here, but if I can continue on the way that I have been...I might just be able to reach goal (34 more pounds to go) by September. With kids back in school it'd be a good time for other moms to work out. Then again, because we homeschool...it'll still be hard for me. Crap!
Anyway...it'll all come together. I may get my butt in gear and start checking out places to get certified. That's my next action step. ;o)
Well, we been spectacularly busy with the new puppy...but still I haven't blogged in quite a while. Things are still going really well in the weightloss department, though, as I'm down 31.9 pounds. Had to actually go out and buy some new summer clothes as most of my 16's are just too big for me now. Sooooo strange! I've been in a 16 for probably the past 5 or 6 years now. I still gravitate toward those sizes whenever I'm in a department store...which is kind of funny.
I don't know, I still have quite a ways to go, but I do feel like I'm beyond the point where I might slip and go back to my original weight. I've had McDonald's here and there and it hasn't been the big deal that it once would have been. Before it was all or nothing....now I realize that I can have little splurges along the way and still maintain my downward progress. And, I've finally had a few people comment about my weightloss...which is nice. I thought folks might notice a lot sooner, but what can ya do? Now, though, I've had a few people comment, or ask if I've lost weight, so that makes a girl feel good. I kinda can't wait to see the in-laws (just to see if they'll bother saying anything) in a few weeks. They last saw me at about 12 pounds lost, so no real difference. When they come in another two weeks I'll hopefully be down 35-40 pounds so even they should be able to tell that I've been working hard.
Anyway, I'm off to find out how everyone else is doing!
It's there, in the fridge, just mocking me and waiting for me to give in. It was my brother's birthday this week end and I bet we have almost half a white, fluffy, delicious cake sitting there waiting for me to have a bite...or 20 bites, whatever.
As is that's not bad enough, my little rat of a puppy nabbed my ham sandwhich (the very LAST of the ham) off the table while I was pouring the kids juice at lunch time. ARGH!!! I so WANTED that sandwhich...could literally taste it's yumminess, but NOOOOO. Riley had to go and steal it. Gosh darnit!!!
Anyway, enough of my complaining. I'll be breaking out the violin any minute if I don't get a hold of myself. LOL
Weight pretty much hasn't moved anywhere this past week. I had done fantastic the week before (really increasing my exercise), but lack of movement and PMS has really done me in. Hate when that happens!
My plan for this week is to try and get in at least 1 hour of exercise per day. Went for a good long walk last night and now I just have to figure out what I'm going to do today. Brain Power don't fail me now!
Man, it feels good to be able to say that!!! It feels like it's taken me forever to get to this point. <sigh>
I remember thinking waaaaaay back at the beginning of the year how cool it would be to have lost 25 or 30 pounds by the beginning of summer and it looks like I'm going to reach that goal. How exciting! I'm pretty sure that I can lose another 5 lbs over the course of the next 4 weeks. (And, putting on a skirt this morning that I couldn't even get done up last year is AWESOME!)
My next Mini Goal is to reach my Half Way Point ( 34.55 lbs lost). I think I'm about 10 lbs away from that. And THEN, my next goal is to get below my husbands weight. That will be some serious cause for celebration as I'm not sure that I've EVER weighed less than him. I need to seriously bulk the man up! lol If only he'd gain a little I could meet him halfway. I guess that'd be cheating, though, wouldn't it? So anyway...that next goal will be at the 155 lb mark (about 19 lbs away from where I am right now). I wonder how long it will take me to get there? Think I can do it by the end of summer? I really, really hope so!!!
Next, is the 3/4 way mark at 147.25 lbs (a total loss of 51.825 lbs). I'm a ways away from that yet, but for the first time in a long time I feel like I'm actually going to make it.
Of course, my Final Goal is 130 lbs. With a 5'8" frame am I going to make it to 130? Not really sure, but I'm gonna get a close as I darn well can. If I'm under 140 lbs with a nice "lean look" I'll be a happy camper.
And there you have it! That's it for my rambling (sorry for some of the same info as was in my last post). Overall I feel pretty good about my progress. With the change in my offline weightloss group (getting points for exercise) I'm feeling a LOT more motivated to get my butt moving. In the beginning I was doing great with exercise and then I kind of backed off and unfortunately began to see faster weightloss (not building muscle I guess?). Next thing you know I'm not exercising AT ALL...or barely. Then we got the puppy (who needs a lot of attention and walking to stay out of trouble) and I really think this little bit of extra movement is helping. So, my goal now is to get at least an hour of exercise in EVERY SINGLE DAY. I've been biking a lot (and my knees hurt because of it) and I just love feeling the breeze as I head down the trail. We're very lucky that in our area we have an excellent trail system going out in all directions. Lots of fun!
Argh! Can't paste anything when you're writing an entry and when you email it in...it's cuts it off. Makes me grouchy!
Anyway.... with our new point system [5 pts for each pound lost & 1 pt for every 1/2 hour of exercise] I've decided to get my big butt in gear. Yesterday, (hubby was home with a soccer injury) and I was able to take off for an hour in the middle of the afternoon to go for a bike ride with my friend. We biked for well over 16k which at our speed worked out to be about an hour to an hour and a half. We went on this really nice trail that leads to a lake and got off and walked a bit to rest befor heading back home. It's so much FUN to have someone to exercise WITH. We biked, but the whole time we were chatting and having a grand ole time. As soon as we got home I walked the boys 15 minutes up to a park that we haven't been to in ages. I think it's safe to say that I got my exercise in But GOOD!
And hey, wasn't in nice to rummage through my summer clothes bin and find that I can now wear a bunch of stuff that I looked like a stuffed saussage in last year (and consequently never wore)! Being able to get into things that you couldn't before is almost better than seeing the numbers on the scale. When I started this journey...ok when I started "thinking about" this journey way back in January I pictured how cool it would be to be down 25 or 30 pounds by the beginning of summer. Well, it took me a few months to actually GET STARTED, but I'm down almost 25 pounds now and I must say that it feels pretty darn good. In truth, I thought the difference would be a *bit* more noticable, but I'm not complaining. AND, I have another whole month to go before summer break officially hits (kids are in school until the end of June), so I'm hoping that I'll be down another 10 pounds by then and it'll show more. That's the plan anyway!
Once again, I don't post for ages. But, the good news is that I'm definitely still "On the Weightloss Wagon". In fact, I'm officially out of the 180's forever. This morning I stepped on the scale and read 173.8. Woo Hoo. Now, that will of course go up a bit as the days wears on, but I think it's safe to say that I won't be visiting 180-Land again any time soon.
Little Miss Riley (our new puppy) has been keeping me plenty busy AND getting me up really early in the morning. Since we homeschool, we previously stayed up late and slept in...starting school between 9:30 and 10:00 am. Now? Well, let's just say that I greeted the day (and any neighbors that may have been looking) at 5:45 in my nightgown on the back deck. Man I hope nobody else was up looking in my backyard at that time! The little stinker used to sleep in with me, but now she wants up when she wants up and it's waaaaay too early for me. ;o) On the plus side, though, I find that being up earlier helps me get so much more accomplished in a day. I really feel like I used to sleep my day away. And, since I'm still letting the boys (who are late night readers) sleep till 9:00 am I'm actually getting a little "me time". I can see my sweetie off to work and then sit down and do what work needs to be done before the kids are even out of bed. It's good all the way around!
Our little offline wieghtloss group is still meeting weekly, so that's going well. We've just switched from a weight only reward program (the person who had lost the most weight that week won the prize) to a new format where you get points for both weightloss AND exercise. This is really good for me as my exercise had dropped way back down to next to nothing. I'm guessing (yeah right...I *know*) that food was/is the biggest problem factor for me in my weightloss struggle. I'm an emotional eater....eating when I'm stressed, or sad, or happy, or bored. So yeah, I used to eat pretty much all the time.
Um...yeah, TOM's here so I'm feeling crampy and bloated and disgusting. I
keep hoping that the more weight I lose the better my cycle will get, but so
far I'm not seeing a whole lot of changes. Has anyone else noticed a
positive change (ie. lighter, shorter..etc) in their cycles as a result of
their weightloss?
Oh well! Overall things are still going quite well. Despite the water
weight and the fact that I had McDonald's last night I'm still down a wee
bit from last week. I'm tired, though, because we just got a new puppy. I
cannot believe how much work they are. She's 14 weeks old and heavy into
the biting/chewing everything in sight phase. Then again, she sleeps
through the night like a dream and is too adorable for words. You just
can't ask for more than that. ;o)
Anyway, I just thought I'd better post a little something since it's been
sooooo long. Bad girl, MoxyMom. Bad girl!
Yep, that's me...Spaghetti Legs! Went for a 40 minute bike ride last night and honestly thought I'd never be able to walk again. It ticks me off (and humiliates me) to find that I'm so far out of shape. My biking buddy mentioned that she didn't think I had enough air in my tires, but STILL I was huffing and puffing and struggling to keep up on the hills. I'm just pathetically out of shape, end of story.
BUT...it has to change!
So, the kids joined track & field Monday afternoons and it's really got me thinking about running again. It's a nice outdoor track and they want the kids to do some running on their own throughout the week (so, if I ran with them a couple of times a week it'd be a good thing). If I could convince the hubby to come along it'd be even better. He (dh) needs to get running anyway as he's playing soccer this summer. If he doesn't build up some endurance he won't be having as much fun.
Tonight I go for a walk (usually around 8k & an hour and a half) with the same friend. We actually haven't been on this nice long walk since before winter. Last fall we walked an hour and a half three nights a week and it'd be great if we could get back at it. It's so nice for me to be able to get out of the house and chat with another mom that gets what I'm talking about. Fun stuff and motivating. I honestly don't think that I'd be down even a pound if it weren't for the support both online (EP) and offline. It makes all the difference.
When I wake up in the morning you're blissfully gone, but sometime around lunch you pop back up again to ruin my day. Hopefully some time before the end of next week you'll be nothing but a distant memory, but right now you're driving me crazy.
Here's the thing...I'm closing in on my husband's weight and lovely 180's, you're holding me back. Just once...once in my lifetime I'd like to weigh less than my sweetheart. I really don't think it's too much to ask and if you'd just bloody well cooperate I could get there so much faster.
I'm hoping that after this, my truly heartfelt request, you'll take the hint and bid me farewell. Please don't disappoint me.
I kinda can't wait to see the in-laws (just to see if they'll bother saying anything) in a few weeks. They last saw me at about 12 pounds lost, so no real difference. When they come in another two weeks I'll hopefully be down 35-40 pounds so even they should be able to tell that I've been working hard.
(And, putting on a skirt this morning that I couldn't even get done up last year is AWESOME!)
I need to seriously bulk the man up! lol If only he'd gain a little I could meet him halfway. 
I guess that'd be cheating, though, wouldn't it? So anyway...that next goal will be at the 155 lb mark (about 19 lbs away from where I am right now). I wonder how long it will take me to get there? Think I can do it by the end of summer? I really, really hope so!!!
