How I Got My Groove Back

Learning to travel light and eat what's already in my fridge

04/27/2008 17:11

Ask and you shall receive.

Kim this is for you:

        Before 278.5                                              Halfway 209

I updated my picture

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04/27/2008 16:27

Onward and Downward

TOM is going to arrive any minute now and I can feel it. My emotions are going nuts. The good thing is it is good emotions. I was a bit emotional this morning when I jumped on the scale and it read 209. Down half a pound from yesterday which means I am on the downward slope to my goal weight of 140. It felt so good that I decided to actually put on some make-up and try on a pair of denim capris that I haven’t worn since the summer of 2005 when I was in England. What’s even better is they FIT! They fit, they fit. Peter had to work today and when he got in and saw me he was all like “Whoa Baby!” That made my heart smile. We’ve had a really awesome weekend. The kids were gone most of evening yesterday so we watched two movies, “The Waterhorse” and “Dan in Real Life” both were great. We also watched “Lars and the Real Girl” on Friday night.  

I have been working on my school work sporadically this weekend. So far all I have left to complete is:
ECON – 1 more test. I will take that tomorrow
Bus. Math – 2 more homework assignments and 1 more test I will finish those tomorrow.
Geology – 1 final and 1 lab final that will be next week,
Co-op – DONE DONE DONE DONE
I am so glad this semester is practically over with.
This week at work should be good too; bosses will be out and that means I can do my school work at work! I am going to have everything done by Wednesday; at least that is my goal.
It’s still hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that I have lost 69.5 pounds. It floors me because while there are challenging times they are few and far between now. I don’t feel deprived. I don’t feel hungry. Gosh darn it I think I feel normal. Could it be that I am normal? I think it’s a possibility. Thishas to be how life is supposed to feel. Don’t get me wrong there have been times where I easily could have made the wrong choice but, I made the right choices, those right choices are the difference between losing weight or not losing weight. I am choosing right and living well and it is paying off. People are seeing a change and oh how the change feels AWESOME.
With that said I am going to end here. I think that covers it all.
Have a great rest of the weekend!
XO, A

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04/26/2008 14:47

Could it be?!?!?

Yes I do believe so! I have made it to my HALF WAY POINT! Minus a quarter of a pound but I don't care I am saying half way anyway!!!! 209.5 BAN this morning. Woohoo! Onederland is getting closer and closer!

XO, A

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04/25/2008 21:10

Is it really Friday???

So much on my mind to share and yet so little time to do it in. This week has flown by. Here I was thinking now that tax season was over that my work load would ease up a bit. WRONG! With BOTH my bosses leaving for vacation at the same time they decided to really stick it to me! But whatever they are both gone until I come back from the cruise on the 18th! Woohoo.

School - As of about 6:30 pm today I was officially done with one of my four classes. I finished the last of my seven papers and   I will turn it all in tomorrow morning before the field trip that was supposed to be at nine but was cancelled due to the “rain” we had this afternoon ( I think we got like 2 drops?) but again, whatever.  This weekend I have plans to finish my econ and business math. I don’t want to worry about any of that stuff next weekend while Andrea is here from Beantown. In other school news I have decided not to attend graduation. Yeah I know I already got my cap and stuff but in all honesty my heart just isn’t into it, so I am not going.
Running -- Had a so-so run last night. Since we had a seminar to go to we ran at the site where the seminar was being held.   It was really hot and humid and we were all struggling. We did the 5 to 1’s again for 2 miles. I did them all but my legs started playing up again. They are a little sore today. After our run we went to the seminar about cross-training and the importance of it. A little side note for you. I went in to the women’s locker room with some of the girls from class (because you know we like to go to the bathroom in groups) and while I was in there I noticed there were *get this* Fleet Enema’s placed throughout the bathroom. There were some in a basket with the 100 tampons. Then there were a couple strategically placed in a little (enema) cove with towels and a place to lie down? At this point I was scared! LOL. When we got outside to begin our run I asked the girls what was up with the enemas and they thought the same thing! We just couldn’t figure it out. Later on during the seminar they took us to tour the fitness facilities and ran through some stretching exercising. At one point the speaker had us in a funny position and I couldn’t help but say “I wonder if this is how they tell people to administer the enemas.” We were just dying laughing; you had to be there.
Weight/exercise etc. – Holding steady at 210. Onederland by May first is not looking likely but hey, that one is closer than it was 2 weeks ago. I managed to work out Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. I took today off because honestly, I am exhausted and I wanted to give my legs a rest. My eating is still on track, everything is going well.
 Hodgepodge – My BFF will be in Big D tomorrow afternoon for a concert so I will get to hang out with her. Andrea will be here a week from today! Yea! She has already made reservations for us for dinner on Friday and Saturday night! I have never been to a restaurant where you need reservations. I hope I am “cultured enough” to handle it! We have lots of shopping planned and a personal training session for me Saturday morning (Andrea has got some killer moves). Then the next weekend we leave on our cruise! I cannot wait!
I guess that’s about all for now. I still need to do some household things before I can relax and watch me some Grey’s!!!! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
XO, A

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04/21/2008 23:21

Where to begin?

Let’s start with today. First of all BAN 210.5 BABY!!! Can I get a wha, wha? I made a few changes to my plan and man did they pay off (more to come on that later) As far as work is concerned, my day was crap. I ended up having to work until 4:20. With hundreds of tax returns complete comes the fun part; billing for them. I spent ALL day finished a couple hundred bills. I am surprised I am even able to type after staring at the screen all day. My boss asked me if I could work late today so I could make sure and get all the billing done. I was gutted. I already had my entire day planned out. Oh well. So yeah I finished them @ 4:20 marched my little happy bum in her office and said here you go, can I go home now. She said yes AND she and her boss both told me how much they appreciated me staying; then I wasn’t so mad. I had my dinner did some stretching and then headed to class. I am happy to report that I had no pain, but a little tightness in my calves. Since I had to work late I didn’t get to make it to the gym. None the less, class went great my pace is steady @12:30. We did five 5:1’s and I did them all! Wooohooo.  The best part was that one of the girls (we’ll call her “B”) asked me after class if I had lost more weight since last session because she could “totally tell”. That made me smile. I gave her a hug and thanked her.
Now on to my weekend. Saturday started out with a call from my dad at 6 a.m.; he needed me to come and pick him up at the hospital. My mom had been admitted. Long story short, she’s fine now. Thought she might have had a stroke turns out it was a cyst/lymph node was swollen and pressing on nerves causing in her jaw and tongue to go numb or something like that. Main thing is that it wasn’t a stroke or throat cancer. After Peter and I dropped my dad off at home we head for the early bird sale at a local dept. store. I got 3 new pairs of shoes and a dress to wear to graduation. Peter got some cruise attire and a suit for the formal nights. After that we came home at lunch and headed out again for more shopping. I got new perfume by Burberry called The Beat. Peter got a new watch. I almost bought a new watch but decided I better save my mad money for when Andrea N gets here! I am going to do some MAJOR damage!
I do have a confession but I would like to preface it with the fact that we ate at Chili’s Saturday night and I did so good! I got the guiltless chicken sandwich and had water to drink and no desert! I did have to sit there and watch Peter down some sort of ice cream brownie thing, I lived through it though. The smell at the malls should be outlawed. Between the cinnamon bun places, the cookie place and the pretzel place I couldn’t take it any more… I got me some buck’s. I knew exactly how many calories and that I wouldn’t go over… it was better than getting the Nestle Cookies…right?!?!?! So I got a venti  iced skinny hazelnut latte for 110 calories. Yeah I did… and it was good… and I stayed within my calories for the day. I am over it!
Now for the weight loss update. I had to make a new plan. My body was not liking my other one at all. On TDP I changed my weight loss per week to 2 pounds, which increased my calories by about 300. My body is liking that a lot better. I went from 212 yesterday to 210.5. I will adapt and overcome -- its what I do best!
I made a great little snack for me after my run tonight. I still had 200 something calories left and I made a peanut butter, banana and mini choco-chip sandwich
2 slices Mrs. Bairds low cal wheat bread
1 tbsp Jif reduced fat peanut butter
½ large banana
1tbsp Nestle mini choco-chips
Spread the pb on the bread, slice the banana on top and sprinkle with choco chips… perfect!
Yummy healthy snack.
OK It’s late and I am tired. Have a great Tuesday ya’ll!

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04/17/2008 22:37

Running to my GOALS!

I FEEL AWESOME!

After I  finished with class today I headed straight for the gym. I thought,  you know what I don't care if it rains or doesn’t rain I am going to the gym anyway. I did 45 minutes on the elliptical and 15 on the bike and burned 773 calories. By the time I got home I was starving. So I had a bottle of water with 2 pieces of low calorie toast and 2 egg whites and a cup of coffee. I did the usual domestic things laundry, dinner and the like. As the time got closer to me leaving for running class I started getting really worried. I don’t want my doctor to be right. I want to run. I made sure and stretched before I left my house. Seems like I never have time to stretch when I get there because I am too busy yakking. LOL I was so glad to see my coach and everybody. We then headed out first walking of course. Thankfully, we were headed for the track. I just kept thinking “legs please don’t hurt, please. I promise I will take it easy just allow me a wog or two”. We got to the track and started with 3:1 and then 4:1 and then two 5:1’s.  I was going to walk honest I was, but once I saw everyone running I thought well I will just try to jog, just a little and I did. Virtually pain free! I noticed that my calves weren’t nearly as tight as they had been on previous runs. I did all four runs non–stop! I didn’t have to walk ONCE, NOT ONCE!!!!! And my pace on the 200 dash was still awesome 12:24. What a relief. So my plan now as far as running goes is to MAKE SURE that on the days I do run I need to do some MAJOR stretching and warming up; which I hadn’t done… ever since I began. Shame on me; lesson learned.  Now I am all pumped up. Wooohoooo. I can run! I am not going to run every day though. Our training schedule for class has us running 4 days a week with 1 long run out of those 4 days. I am just so excited I could cry. A new girl joined our class we will call her T. She has done 2 marathons!!!!! Very inspiring!

Not much planned for tomorrow. I have work and then a LHR appt. @ 2 and then I am heading to the gym. 
XO, A
P.S. As promised, I am  leaving you with the rest of the pics I got tonight from the 5k on April 5.
Me about to cross the finish line

Cheezeeeeeeeeeeey finish line pose... I need to work on that one :)

 

Class photo with Steven and Dan. (My coach is the man)

Me and My Boys chillin after the race.

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04/16/2008 22:17

15 Days to go!

I have 15 days until May 1. Which is my goal day to reach Onederland! Yes, I know I am being very advantageous trying to lose 12.5 pounds in 2 weeks but, after watching TBL last night, it set me on FIRE! With tax season out of the way until October. I have time to focus on more important things like getting to Onederland and of course getting all my stuff done for school. With that said here is my easy peasy plan:
 
For the next 15 days I will exercise every day, with 2 days off (out of the 16) to allow for situations arising that would prevent me from working out AND I will try and eat more fresh meals for dinner instead of frozen and just save the frozen for lunch.
 
That's my plan and I am sticking to it. I think I really need to just kick my workouts up a notch.  I made it to the gym today. I didn't think I was going to because of my schedule change at work but now my schedule has gone back to the way it was and I get afternoons off! Woohooo! So yes I made it to the gym I did 30 minutes on the elliptical and then did strength training for another 30 minutes. I also went for a bike ride for 30 minutes after we ate dinner. All good things come in 30 minutes ;)
 
In case you are curious I still haven't had any "bucks". I won't lie, there have been times I have thought oooooooooh I really want one but I haven't caved in. I am determined.
 
Plans for tomorrow. I have school and a geo. test at that, then lab. Depending on the weather (its supposed to rain tomorrow) I may go to the gym right after lab if its raining, but if it isn't then I will save my energy for running class (or should I say walking). I really hope it doesn't rain. I miss seeing my running chicas.
 
That's all for now. I need to go study s'more for my test...its over earthquakes and stuff!
 
XO, A

 

 

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04/15/2008 19:27

Smile

Things that made me smile today (in no particular order):

#1 – Peter and I talk for about 15 minutes every day during his lunch break. Today when he called he mentioned having salmon for dinner tonight. Little did he know I had already taken that sucker out to defrost.
#2 -- My boss asked me yesterday to call her when I got done with school to see if I needed to come in and help today. I promptly called at 11. She said call back in an hour. An hour goes by and the phone rings. It was work telling me that I didn’t have to go in! WOOOHOOOOO. I was so excited. I ate lunch, did a few domestic things and headed straight to the gym. Did an hour on the elliptical (burned 700 calories) and loved every minute of it.
#3 – I log all my food on TDP. Usually when I get in from work I plan out what I am going to have for the rest of the day to allow me to balance my food 50/25/25 (which displays on a cute little pie chart). Today I hit the nail on the head a perfect pie chart!
#4 – Tax season is O-V-E-R. At least until October 15.
#5 – Peter and I have the house to ourselves for the next 4 hours.
#6 -- My jeans are getting toooooooooo BIG!
#7 --
 

Hope you had a reason to smile today. I know I did!

XO, A

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04/14/2008 21:27

Monday Musings

I was thinking today as I stood in the bathroom at work wondering when I was going to get to go home and whether or not I was going to make it to class tonight, why am I successful at losing weight this time?

 I was a little upset that my boss asked me to stay late. She knows I have class on Monday’s and Thursday’s. Great I thought, another night that I don’t get any type of physical activity. The old me would have thrown in the towel and just came home and pigged out. I would have thought well I can’t do much of anything so I might as well eat. Don’t ask me where I come up with the sort of rational. One thing would have lead to another and off the wagon I go. In the past I have typically only had about 50 pounds to lose and that usually took about 5 months give or take a couple of weeks. This time I have one hundred thirty eight pounds and half pounds to lose, we are looking at a minimum of 14 months to lose all that. So my point here is because I have so much to lose this time my living well mentality is sticking more than it would if I only had to change my ways for 5 months.
I also think that because I’m not losing weight for a special occasion I am able to focus more on the who, what, when, where, and why’s of losing weight and keeping it off instead of thinking I have to lose weight because I have event ” x” coming up. That stresses me out just thinking about that. Take for instance my cruise that is coming up May 11. Of course I would love to be all slim and trim and wear some really cute beach stuff, but the reality is I can only lose what I can and I just need to be happy with that. I am not basing the enjoyment of the cruise or anything for that matter on how thin I am. This is how I live now and the AWESOME end product of living well is that I do lose weight. Eventually I won’t have any weight to lose and I will just go on living the life I had been to lose the weight.  Cool or what.
I must say that knowing I have to run a race a month for the next 12 months is motivation to keep it up. I did a 10k and you know what. I was fat. I did a 5k and you know what I was still fat and when I do my next 5k, May 4 I will still have more weight to lose. But that’s ok. I am not waiting till I am thin to live my life, I am living it now and it feels so good.

I found a really awesome website via a podcast I subscribe to. Have a look won't ya -- click here

In other news -- Tomorrow is the 15th. Do you know where your 1040 is? I have to work tomorrow too :( Oh well.

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04/13/2008 20:55

Weekend Reflections

I must say, I have had a VERY productive weekend. I finished most of my to do list. With the exception of mailing my taxes, (which I was supposed today while I was at work but completely forgot them) and cleaning the bathroom. I hate to clean the bathroom and I usually wait until Peter is around so he can help. Looks like we will be cleaning next weekend.

Thing I can check off my to do list:

  • My defensive driving class--- Check
  • My econ test (scored and 86) --- Check
  • My bus. math. test --- Check
  • Start Co-op paper --- Check
  • Cull magazine and fat clothes--- Check
  • Grocery shopping -- Check
  • Go insane because of the stupid pain in my legs --- Check

I was going crazy yesterday. The weather here was just gorgeous and I wanted to run. But I was reminded today of why I am not to run. I haven't gone up or down any stairs since Monday. When I went to work today I didn't park in the parking garage which meant I had to go through the lobby and up and down the stairs. Oh dear me. Give me a P-A-I-N! Yeah...I may not be walking tomorrow at class either.

So yeah, I didn't go ride my bike yesterday or today. I really wanted to focus on getting all my stuff done and I did. Once tomorrow is out of the way, my work schedule will be better and I can go to the gym in the afternoon and workout on things that won't kill my legs.

Anyway. I feel soooo much better for having got everything done. Go me. Not a scale victory but hey, getting everything done that needs to be done does cut down on the stress and we all know what stressed spelled backwards is DESSERTS!!!!

I am so excited I only have 3 weeks left of school. This year has just flown by! I also only have a little over 2 weeks until Andrea N gets here for the Heels and Hills 5k. I pray that my legs will be better by then

One last thing....

I need some new healthy breakfast ideas.... if you have a favourite brekkie please leave a comment. I need to shake my mornings up abit! So far what I have been eating are 2 Kashi Waffles and 2 Morning Star sausage Patties.

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