Sabotage

As my husband picked me up from the metro, he mentioned that Thursday was his "donut" day and he wanted to stop into Costco and pick up some muffins instead. I thought great Costco!! Aisles and aisles of food, vendors passing out tasty snacks, but worse yet PIZZA and HOT DOGS. I could smell the food as we walked in the front door; mmmmmmm pepperoni! Alas, there was none to be had.

We made a beeline for the muffins and manged to get out of the store only picking up a jar of nuts as well (healthy heart food). What a lesson is willpower!

Reasons I want to lose weight

I appreciate those who have taken a moment to write a comment or send me their encouraging thoughts. I took your advice and I'm documenting the reasons I want to lose weight.

1) I want to feel great about myself!!

2) I want to fit into  great stylish clothes! I currently have clothes in size 12-16 and onced I hit size 16 I absolutely refuse to buy anything bigger. So diet I must. We all know that the skinny girls have all the cute clothes!!

3) I want to look great in a bathing suit

4) More energy and better coordination for sports

5) More confidence

6) Healthy inside & out

7) Last but not least, I want to have a baby. But I don't want to be baby's fat momma! I want to be healthy and fit and then try and conceive a child w/ my lovely husband. It may seem silly losing weight only to gain a lot back but my body is a vessel which I am slowly learning to treat with love and respect. Plus, a healthy mom = a healthy baby!

Weigh In Tuesday

So yesterday was the day. Time to weigh in after one week of eating healthy, exercising and taking my supplements.

212.8 ....almost 5 lbs. I am so excited. Although I know that the first ten pounds are all water and that the body sheds them easily I still feel the need to celebrate.

Making healthy choices isn't too difficult as long as I have healthy food around and available in the house. Then there are no excuses to be made. DH and I went shopping on Monday night and stocked up on lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. We did our usual perimeter shopping avoiding most the aisles which is where all the fattening stuff is.....lol

I am glad being able to read all of the other blogs which give me much encouragement as I feel that my journey is still a long one.

I am thankful to have such a wonderful and supportive husband. He's been fighting the good battle too.

Wacky Wednesday

Ok, so I am walking to the bank on a break and I find myself a bit winded by the time I arrive. Granted, it's quite a steep continous hill but nevertheless I feel a bit dissapointed in myself.

I suppose, this isn't going to happen overnight so I guess I shouldn't be too hard on myself. I did manage to peddle for about 1/2 hr last night on my indoor rollers in a very high gear. My DH tells me that when I ride outside my legs will be stronger and I am building up my endurance.  And boy did I sweat last night. I really peddled my ass off! Let's hope so.....

Scale Wars

It was cold rainy and dreary yesterday so I decided to stay home and play hooky. I made a broccoli & mushroom scramble for breakfast. A chicken sandwich with caramelized mushroom & onions with a slice of reduced fat jarlsberg swiss on a ciabatta roll. Yes, it was delicious. Assuming that I over did the calories on that one meal. I decided to have a bowl of cereal for dinner.  All in all, I think I did quite well for staying home all day long yesterday. There were no quick calls to pizza hut or a mad dash to the local take out burger joints. I've made it a goal to eat at home as much as possible especially during the initial phase of my weight loss.

I've also decided that tuesday morning will be my official weigh in date. It's so tempting to jump on the scale every single day. And sometimes I do just to see where I am at. But I will only document my weight once a week so that I don't go mad! It's amazing the way weight fluctuates from one day to another. I guess as long as on weigh in day I'm at a loss I will be happy.

It's Monday let's get going

I watched pretty careful what I put in my body this week. For the most part I had yogurt and a granola bar for breakfast. Sometimes I would alternate some oatmeal especially on the days that were cold and I wanted something warm. Lunches have been mainly salad and lean chicken. Dinners have been chicken as well. I hope I don't get tired of chicken. So far so good though.

I've been logging time spinning on my bicycle rollers indoors since it's too dark to ride by the time I get home. I alternate with weigh training on my off bike days. So far this is going really well.

I went on a bike ride this Sunday to the Queen Mary and back. It's about a 10 mile jaunt with a couple of good hills. My friend who was in town from Canada joined us. It was nice not being the slow one for the first time ever.

I visited the diet clinic on saturday. I lost about 4 lbs which is pretty good and I still haven't completed my whole first week on the program. I got another shot and more fat burners. I wont weigh myself again until Tuesday which will be the end of Week #1. 

I am hoping to get down to 200 by Valentine's Day.

Tuesday

So today is the day! I've finally decided to take control of my life and do something about my ever increasing bulge. I'm not entirely sure what has manifested over the last couple of weeks but for some reason I really feel good about this journey. I've tried so many times in the past to lose weight only to be discouraged and give up. Looking back, I don't know how committed I really was to attaining my goal.

Why is this time different I or you may ask? I feel like I am in control of my actions, of what I do, how much I work out and every calorie I ingest. I feel like there is an athlete deep inside me who is just dying to burst out.

I visited the medical clinic which was recommended to me by my hair stylist. She has lost so much weight and looks great. I hope to be another success story as well. Today's session involved filling out forms, getting weighed, fat burners, and a couple of injections.  I will be going back on Saturday for my next session.  I will be posting my journey here.