It has been forever. I hope everyone had wonderful Holidays, and is doing great. Mine were wonderful. Anything with my kids usually is, unless someone is running a fever. Christmas was at my Dad's this year and at the last minute my Cousin and Aunt decided to do their own, so my Grandparents went over there. My Dad was hurt, but my family and I stayed with him all day. I thought it was really selfish because HELLO...my brother is in town and deserves for all the family to get together! Oh well what can you do huh? New Years was nice because my Dad had all of us under one roof again, and we hung out, drank, danced, and passed out. My older two made it until midnight. The baby crashed at 10pm. I have been spending every minute possible with my brother. We went bowling, out to eat, hanging out around the house, and to the last Cardinals game of the season. We smashed the Rams, but for nothing......still no playoffs! I have remained at 143, but this last week I gained 2 pounds. I have been eating awful! Huge hotdogs with jalapenos, nachos, ham, mashed potatoes, menudo, tamales, pie, cake, (all my family has a b-day in Dec.) cookies, pretty much any and everything! I am back on track, because I can't give up.....I was so close to the 130's and my goal! I just figure it could be worse! I could have gained back 15! I have stopped taking phen. When I started, I told myself that I was only doing it for 3 mos. and wherever that got me, I will fly solo from that point on! I don't want to be dependant on it.....I want to take what I learned (eating smaller portions) and apply it on my own. My doc. told me I will gain some weight back, but if it gets to be a lot I can get back on phen. I haven't taken any pills for almost 3 weeks now, and 2 pounds isn't bad. I stopped early, because I did better than I expected. I lost so much. At 177 I felt it was hopeless because I never lost weight before. Now at 145 I feel like the last 10 pounds are hard, but I can do it. I know I have to get back on the right path now that the Holidays are over. I will check out everyone's blogs tonight. Can't wait to read how you guys are doing!
I am surprised I lost. I have been doing my cardio, (thx. Jade) and eating good. My brother is back on leave here and I have him home for a month. I have been drinking a lot of wine! Having my brother home is so wonderful, but I am exhausted! It's only been a week! I will lay off that wine, and keep up with my cardio. I miss reading your comments and your blogs. I will catch up tonight. Hope everyone is staying on track, and happy. Talk to you soon!
I lost 2 pounds this week. I am so happy because last week was 1 pound! I am going to keep cycling and make it a routine. A great friend is helping me by working out every night also, and we will weigh in on Wed. I really, really, really, am shooting for 143 by Wed. After Wed. then I will cycle every other night. I didn't cycle last night, we went to a Holiday party. I ate a lot of the veggie tray, but I did eat a little of the potatoes! =( And ham! =( I took one bite of cheesecake, and a few of the tortilla rolled appetizers. I am cycling tonight for 40 minutes to renew my determination!
My kids had their Winter Wonderland at school, so it was a lot of running around and walking. I figured 1 hour of this is equal to 25 minutes on the bike! According to my calculations. =D I will try to cycle tonight because we are going to a Holiday Party, and I know I will indulge a little! I have been strict with myself for the whole week. Looking forward to weighing in later today! (the scale is at my Sister's) I will post it later! have a great Sat.
I have actually been sticking to it! Last night was the first night that I actually passed 20 minutes. I did 25 minutes! Baby steps! The pants that were too snug around my waist when I ws standing, are actually comfortable enough to sit down in now. I am so excited. Even if the scale does not move, I know I have lost something because these suckers fit now. I will cycle again tonight shooting for 30 minutes, but atleast 25. Thanks for the advice. I put it to good use! =D
I want to be in the 130's by Christmas. I have already said I am not hoping for the 120's. Not that brave! I have had a really hard time dropping these last 10 to get to 139. I have been here forever it seems like. I cycled last night, and I will again tonight. I have only been doing 18 minutes, because as soon as I burn 100 cals, I hop off! But I am not going to get mad at myself for that. This week I just want to be consistent with cycling. I hope to be 145 on Friday. My fingers are crossed. I also upped my water intake. No more diet fizzy drinks. I need to see if I can get past this. This is the biggest challenge I have had to overcome since starting! I am at a standstill and I need to bring out everything I got to get past this!
I weighed in at 147! I go see my doc. tomorrow though. It's getting hard now. I can't lose these last 10 pounds. I would love to be 127-129. I just don't dare hope for that! I want to be 136. I can't even get there! I lost 1 pound this week! That so sucks! I know I ate pretty bad on Thanksgiving, but I have been really good since then! I have even cycled, okay once,but still! Sat. night we went out, and it was so much fun. I had fruit juice drinks instead of the choc. or creamy slushy kinds! IDK! I feel like I am so close but too damn far! I know you don't keep dropping pounds like you do at the beginning, but YEESH! Well I guess I will turn this into gas so it can fuel me to work harder!
My mornings with my kids are so hectic! I get worn out trying to do everything! Three of them and 1 of me! I feel like they are only this age once and I only have a little while until they are pushing me away to do things themselves. I am not trying to raise children that will expect someone else to do things for them! They are very helpful and listen to me, but it's me who needs to realize that I can't do everything! My husband works until 8:00 pm and the kids go to bed at about 8:30pm. I do 2 hours of homework with them, then craft time or park, then make sure they shower, feed them dinner, and play a little before Dad comes home and we tuck them in. So while I want to continue to be able to do everything for everyone, I need to learn what is expandable for my hubby, and the kids to be able to do on their own. My hubby is wonderful. He is a man and they think differently! I still need to tell him the little things over and over! Some of my friends don't do anything for their kids or husbands. I have one friend that her hubby walks thru the door, then starts making dinner! Their kids are the same age as mine, and they do it all themselves. So then I started thinking....am I hurting my kids by doing as much as I can for them? I know sometimes all these little things I add to my plate make it hard for me to do the things I need to do for ME! They have always had to keep their rooms clean. Now my daughter vacumes hers, and her brothers. Luci vacumes hers with her play Dyson. She has a better vacume than I do! Luci picks up toys and puts them in their right place. They all clean up the play room for me everyday. They grab their towels and get their own pj's ready. Then they take their own showers and get themselves clean! Well except Luci! So I hope this helps things run smoother. I am at that point now, where I have to decide on my major. I am stressed out because I have put it off as long as possible! What I really want is to be a physical therapist, but I would have to transfer to NAU and that is 3 hours away from me. So the next option is to get my BA in business. I just don't know what I want to do with it! I know this is a huge part of my stress. Nobody wants to pick the wrong major then have to come back!
I want to be 139 by Christmas. I think I can do it, but I am going to have to work really hard! Like as bad as I want it! I better eat better too! Drink more water!
I weighed myself Thanksgiving morning and I was 148.5 so BIG pat on the back there! I didn't think I was going to make it! I still do not know how I did......but I will not look a gift horse in the mouth! If you think that would motivate me to watch what I eat....you are sadly mistaken! I ate horribly! 3 platefuls all day! My first plate I had A MOUNTAIN of mashed potatoes with gravy, 2 slices of ham, green bean casserole, A MOUNTAIN of stuffing, and 1 little slice of turkey. Yeah, I know the one healthy thing! I started on my potatoes, then moved on to stuffing, so after that I was sooo full! I kept going though. I really only ate half on my plate because I served myself how I USED to eat, and I could not eat even half of what I used to. I did have 1 slice of pumpkin pie, my daghter Luci ate my other half...Thank The Lord! I did have a skinny slice of pumpkin cheesecake. Next plate...... MOUNTAIN of mashed potatoes with gravy, 2 slices of ham, A MOUNTAIN of stuffing, and 2 slices of turkey. Third plate....(I KNOW) A MOUNTAIN of mashed potatoes with gravy, and A MOUNTAIN of stuffing! I am sooo weak! Thankfully my pants fit last night! I had about 4 vodka and crans, and half a fruity slushy drink of some kind. 2 Washington apple shots, and one shot called a Scooby-Doo? or Scooby Snack? I don't know, it was really good though. I was so dizzy. For one the last time I went out and drank was in Feb. for my B-day, and for two, I am almost 30 pounds lighter now, so I realized after the fact....(that's how smart I am!) I shouldn't have drank so much! Now I need to log off to go pick up my little loves from their Grandpa's house. I miss them sooo much, but I feel like I am refreshed, I got to be 27 years old last night. Now back to my mini-van, homework, and soccor practice week!
