Well today was my weekly WI! I am so happy to report that after only losing 1 pound last week, I am down 3 this week. Not only is that really good, but I have finally hit the 30 pound mark!!! I have actually made it. However my first goal is 50 pounds, but hey I should look at every pound gone as a goal. So the way I see it I have lost 30 pounds since May 9th, 2008, and from my highest weight of 308 last year, I am down a whopping 42 pounds!!! I still have a long way to go, but I just keep looking ahead! I will never know why I thought this was so hard or so bad. Well, I mean it is hard fighting back the urge to shovel 2 quarter pounders with cheese in your mouth, and sticking to the exercise, but it has so been worth the effort. I have found that lately that my heartburn is gone, I don't feel as much tension on my shoulders and back, I sleep better, and I have more energy, and best of all, I am smiling more.
Ladies don't get rid of those yard sale clothes just yet....
Well, today was a good day, though it has been a long one. I was up at 4 this morning.. couldn't sleep. I did manage to get in my morning yoga routine. I made it through work, thank goodness I don't have to work tomorrow, but I have loads to do. We did take a trip to my favorite store Bath and Body works, and took my son to get a new game. My husband surprised me and worked a really great deal with a painter. We are getting the entire inside of our house painted, every room, trim work, windows, porch railings- you name it and some paint is getting slapped on it! I am really excited, but the main thing is, I have to pick out paint before next week!!! UGGHH!! But that's okay I will manage, plus since it's the fourth, we have a dinner and fire works display to go see. My best friend is having a big cook out on Saturday... GREAT
The problem with that is there is going to be tons of that good old southern cooking there, but I know I will refrain, I am stronger than that. Anyway.... I am rambling... the big news is... I was looking for something to wear this morning. Of course since I have lost some weight, my clothes are starting to get loose, but I don't really want to go out and buy a bunch of stuff. Well this past winter, I was going through my closet, and putting alot of clothes in the "yard sale" pile. I figured at that time I was just going to go through life a Chunky Chick! Well I decided to just check out the pile that I was discarding and I found a really cute pair of capri's that I bought about 2 years ago. I misjudged the size, of course they were really too small. I couldn't even get them zipped because of my massive jelly rolls! However I was so depressed that I didn't bother taking them back. Well I pulled them out and decided that I would atleast try them on! THEY FIT! THEY ACTUALLY FIT! My jelly rolls are shrinking!! They aren't even tight! That was surely an AAAAHHHH moment!
Well, tomorrow is my weekly weigh in and I am excited to see just how much I have lost.
I hope you all have a safe and very Happy 4th of July!!!!
Alright, today was good day, though ny TOM should be visiting soon and no matter what I do, I still feel very bloated. Now, to the point. To better know my relationship with my husband, let me tell you a few things. We have been together for 12 years-since high school, he is the love of my life. But if you are married then you will understand, sometimes I just want to knock his head off. He is a morning person & sings in the shower, me... I need atleast 2 hours to wake up- of course his chipper morning attitude really grates my nerves!! We are very loving and understanding, and we get along great the majority of the time.
A major plus is that I have finally gotten him on the treadmill, and he is starting to eat a little better. He really wants to lose 40 pounds, and get his Hypertension and Cholesterol down. I am really proud of him!!
However, and this may be weird to say... I enjoy my workouts and my yoga time... it's my "ME" time, and for some strange reason I feel intimidated by him. He starts in on how I should run on the treadmill not walk, and how I should do it in the morning because it burns more calories, and he always interupts my workouts - and thinks it's funny. I have told him and told him to please let me have my time to myself, and that when I am ready to fill him in on how much I have lost I will, and usually I will tell him about every 2 weeks how much I am down. Maybe it's because I am overweight, and I just feel embarrassed by it and talking about it with him. In the past when he has done this I have just quit doing what i was doing, but not this time. I am on a roll! Don't get me wrong I am not blaming him for anything, and I know that he is trying to give me the best advice because he cares, and I as I sit here and type this I am thinking to myself "what the hell am I complaining about?" I dont think men understand what women go through everyday with work, the kids, bills, cleaning, cooking, extra cirriculary activies, etc, plus being wifey, and finding time for yourself!! Is it too much to ask for a little time to get my big butt on the treadmill in peace?
Anyway, just needed to vent.
By the way, I did some yoga this morning, and walked on the treadmill for 30 min. at 3.2mph the whole time!!!! WOOOO WOOOO!!! ( and I did it in silence, because the hubbie went up town)!!!!
Yeah, feeling pretty good here!! Today is my 3rd day doing yoga in the mornings, and I add a PM yoga work out, that one was a little testing, but it felt good. I walked on the Treadmill Sunday night and last night both times for 30 min. and I have gotten up to walking at 3 MPH - the whole time might I add!!! That's a big plus.
Also, and I am so thankful for this, I have finally gotten my husband to start whatching what he eats, and he is getting on the treadmill to!! Thank God for that one! He is 30 years old, and suffers from High Blodd pressure, high cholesterol, and his triglycerides are threw the roof! His eating habits are terrible. I hope I have finally gotten through to him. He has never really cared about it though. I don't think he realizes just how important it is now that we are not in our 20's anymore. I really hope he sticks to it.
Anyway, well gotta hit the showers, and get ready for work. Hope you all are doing well.!!!
Hey everyone!!!! Well I am happy to report that at my last weigh in on Friday, I had lost 1 more pound. It's not exactly what I was hoping for, and it's not much, but hey, it's something. The main point is, I lost some, and gained none!!! Even if it is 1 pound, that's 1 pound closer to a healthier me!! I am proud of my 1 pound!!!!
This morning I awoke and tried on some yoga for beginners! About 15 min of it. It was very light and refreshing. I am always so tight feeling in the morning and decided that before I got back on the treadmill, which has been missing me for a while that I would give it a go. I felt good, then I walked on the treadmill for about 30 min. YEA H ME!!!!
My best friend commented on me the other day about my weight, she said she could notice it in my face. That made me feel good too! I am so glad it's coming off finally. I only wish I would have done this sooner. But it's okay, I am taking back my life, 1 little pound at the time. That's all that matters.
I have found that this site and the friends that I am making also makes a difference. I love to see the progress of everyone, and to see how everyone gives each other encouragement. It really helps when you haven't had such a good day to be able to come and read about everyone's sucess or to read a nice comment on one of your blogs.
Anyway, thanks everyone!! I hope you all are doing well!
I haven't blogged in a while so I hope that everyone is doing well and losing. I have been doing well. I have recently gotten back from the beach, and we had a really good time too! I love being there it is the most relaxing thing. Well I am happy to report that I am down to 270 finally. I made it before the end of the month!!! YEAH!!!!
I am finally noticing. I happen to received a "thank you" card in the mail today with some pictures from back at Easter that were taken. I was in one of them in the back ground and I could not believe it was me. I looked terrible, my face was so full and puffy. It makes me feel so good to know that since that picture was taken I have dropped almost 30 pounds!!! Though I haven't exercised in while, I do plan on getting back to that this week.
Soon I will be at my mark to where I only have 100 pounds to lose!!! I can't believe it's finally coming off. This feels so freeing!
Well when I weighed this morning, I was finally on the lower side of the 270s, which by the way, might I add feels good. I haven't seen that number in a long time. All of this has become second nature now. Last night I was out with a girl friend shopping for her baby shower. We decided to go to Olive Garden.... WHO DOESN'T LOVE OLIVE GARDEN. Suddenly that dreaded fear of "oh no, I am fixing to really screw up my diet" . I felt that this was a defining moment. Always at times like this before, I have given in and just went for it, and it really would ruin everything. But suddenly there was a little light that came on, and said "I am in control of this"! You know what?... I was. I was so proud of myself. I had the salad and a bread stick.
It's funny that for someone who suffers from being over weight finds moments like that can actually define who you are and can control you. But not me, not anymore.
So far from my highest I am down 34 pounds, and 22 from my starting point in May. I have about 109 more to go, but now there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and it's getting brighter by the pound.
I haven't posted a blog in while. From my last blog, and with my bout with Vertigo, I am feeling much better. I have still kept up with my eating habits and haven't really cheated at all. I have noticed that it has become like a second nature almost to choose the better foods, or skip by that fast food place. I am starting to eat to live, and I am not living to eat anymore. My exercise has been non-exsistant though due to my vertigo, but I will be getting back on that horse this week.
Anyway on to the good news....I stepped on the scales only to find that I am down to 277. I haven't seen the 270's in about 3 years. Holy Cow I can't believe it finally coming off. Last year at this time I was 308, that's 31 pounds gone all together, and 19 down since I started back on the mission.
I just gotta keep it up. I know I can do it. I just wish I had an easy button and it would go away with one click. I just keep thinking of next year at this time, I should be pretty close or right at my goal weight, and how nice it will be to actually go into a store and shop for something that doesn't look like a tent, or to just feel like I am confident with myself.
Anyway, got some house work to do, just wanted to share my good news. I hope you all are having good luck as well.
I haven't blogged in almost 2 weeks. It's been a rough 2 weeks though. Since I came back from the beach, actually the week before that, I began getting dizzy. I went to the Doctor, which ordered me to stop taking my Phentermine, which was kind of a bummer, but I said okay, but still the dizziness continued. Come to find out this week, I have been dealing with vertigo. Where that came from, I have no idea. I am feeling better, but due to the dizziness I have not been able to exercise. I have continued to eat well, and have maintained the weight that I have lost, but it's almost at a stand still because I haven't been able to do my tread mill or biking or jumping on the trampoline, because my head won't stop spinning. But I have gotten some medicine to help with it, and I am starting to feel better. Last week I could not hardly function.
But I will continue to rest up this week and get back on the exercise band wagon next week. It has been kind of discouraging though I have to admit. I can't give up though, and just gotta push through this. Hopefully I can go back and give the Phentermine a try again.
Well I hope that everyone is still doing great, and I would some ideas to keep my spirit up during my non-exsistant exercise period.
Hey everyone!! I hope all was well. I had a wonderful time at the beach and behaved myself on my plan, all with the exception that for the last week I have been having dizzy spells. I went to the Doctor today and he told me to stop taking my Phentermine (uggg). He said it doen't look like anything to do with my inner ear being off balance. This kind of worries me because he says that if it continues then I would have to go and see an Neurologists. I am hoping that maybe it's the complete 360 that I have done in the last 3 weeks and that my body is reacting and not something more serious. He did look at my blood work and everything looked pretty much normal except for my Triglycerides which were through the roof, and he recommended Fish Oil for that.. anybody taking that? Anyway, just wanted to catch up, hope everyone had a great holiday weekend, and that you are all doing well.
p.s., please keep me in your prayers, I really hope this dizziness goes away....
