Been a fairly good day. I went to Curves before lunch and even spent extra time on my arms. I've also already walked 1.5 miles.
I've even managed to avoid overeating today, but was tempted a few times. The kids decided to make jello and pudding! I went into the other room and worked on sorting through some boxes. Kids start school on Monday and I need to have their desks and work areas ready. Sadly, their desks have been used as catch-alls for the last few months and we had a dozen boxes stacked up in the way from when we cleared out our storage unit. I made a huge dent in the chaos today. When dh decided tonight that he needed more dessert, I took a walk so I wouldn't be tempted to eat so late.
so, feeling positive overall about today, even though I still haven't figured out any other cardio besides the walking. How was your day? Did you stay on track? Did you enjoy your day off?
Been reading through the blogs and now I feel like a slug! I wanted to go walking early this morning but my comfy bed lulled me back to sleep.
Well darn it! I'm not a slug! So, gonna grab my water bottle, mp3, and take a walk! be back later!
Happy Friday y'all and have a great weekend!
***Update*** I walked 3 miles! I feel so proud of myself and yet so icky at the same time! Stupid bugs swarming everywhere has my skin feeling itchy! LOL So now I'm off to take a shower.
Wow, I was so sleepy all day today. Not sure if that's depression, catching the cold my kids were passing around, lack of true rest, or a combination of things.
I have managed to drink most of my water today. Hopefully I'll have finished 90oz by bedtime. Even if I don't, I know I skipped all soda and managed to increase my water intake today. That's something.
Think I'm doing okay today. I went to Curves earlier and had a good workout. I've already walked 1.5 miles today and still have to take the dogs around. Speaking of, I walked 5 miles last night! go me! I'm hoping for 5 or 6 miles tonight.
I'm having the most problems with getting my cardio in. I have several videos and even a bike, but haven't managed to motivate myself enough to get busy! Any suggestions?
Spent the afternoon with my best guy friend. Seems lately that every time we get together I go through dramatic mood swings. So, for awhile I was laughing and having a great time, then suddenly was fighting back tears and refusing to look him in the eye. Recover and repeat a few times and you'll have a picture of our afternoon.
One moment stands out. We had been driving around to various bookstores looking for a specific diy-style book he wanted. After 3 or 4 failed stops, we were heading for our last stop when we started arguing over something stupid. Trust me, it was really stupid! As I'm pulling into the parking lot, he gets peeved & announces he wants to go home right now. I point out that we're already here, so lets check it out then I'll take him home. He said no, take him home because he isn't going into the store. I snapped, "fine, stay in the car while I go in." He looked at me like I had just grown a second head! Then he suddenly burst out laughing and asked if I had really just told him to sit in the car like some misbehaving child? Needless to say, we both went in and hey guess what?! They had the book he wanted. Just an example of how moody I've been lately.
Ok, back on track. I dusted off, updated, and reprinted my daily/weekly goal chart. I'm not off to the greatest start today, because I'm behind on my water intake and skipped the gym; but I can mark off a few positives for today and I'll count it as progress. I've tried staying on track without the chart, but I've found that actually knowing I'm going to have to record it, motivates me more. I'm getting ready to go walking, hoping to get in 4 miles or so.
How about you? Did you get your week started off right? Needing an extra push? I managed to avoid leftover cake and icecream, so I'm feeling positive about that. I've made myself a new rule that I can't eat anything after 8pm. There's been a couple of times that I've been really tempted, but so far I'm holding to it! Another positive! What are your positives today?
Didn't do too bad today. Managed to drag myself to Curves this morning for a workout. I've even managed to walk 1.5 miles so far and still intend to walk a couple of more miles before bedtime. I have to walk the dogs each night, anyway.
As for eating, I missed breakfast. Had a sub sandwich with a 1/2 cup of potato salad and a 1/4 cup of bittersweet chocolate chips for lunch. My birthday dinner was spaghetti (think something like steak&shake's 5 way chili) and a slice of garlic bread. Oh so good! Then my family made me a special yellow cake that had walnuts and chocolate pudding inside the cake and was topped with fudge icing and more walnuts. Added a scoop of icecream and wow it was so yummy but I'm sooooooo stuffed! Ate over 3 hours ago and still feel full! That's why I've already walked 1.5 miles. I was trying to rev my metabolism up a little so I wouldn't feel so bloated.
It's funny because a year ago I could have eaten 2 servings of the spaghetti plus a large slice of cake and double scoop of ice cream. This year, I had one good size portion of spaghetti, a small slice of cake, and one scoop of ice cream. If it wasn't for hurting my family's feelings, I would have passed on the dessert!
My poor 6yr old son started crying while we were passing out the cake. He thought my birthday was tomorrow and hadn't finished a card or anything. So his dad asked if he'd like to take me out for breakfast tomorrow! Of course, he's very excited now. Ahem hey daddy? did you forget I'm trying to lose weight !? LOL Ah well.
I wanted a new pair of running shoes but after visiting 3 stores today, I couldn't find any I liked. So tomorrow, we're apparently going out for breakfast then over to the next town to see if I can find the shoes I want.
how was your saturday? Did you do something that made you smile? If so, what was it, if you don't mind sharing. If not, then take 5 tomorrow and do something that makes you happy! sing or dance, buy a plant! Do something that makes you feel pretty good even if it's something small. Heck sometimes that's the best thing ever!
Happy Birthday to me. Bad news, I am not at my goal Good news, I'm 30 pounds closer! I'm the lowest weight I've been in probably 10 years. I was beating myself up earlier because I'm mad that I didn't make my goal. It should have been obtainable but I kept getting off track and even had a 10-15 pound regain in early June - ahem, just so you know eating 5 cheesecakes in a week isn't the best thing for a diet! While I was feeling low earlier, I came across a picture of me from about 3 years ago. OMG! I look so huge! My dh coaxed me into digging out the dress I was wearing in the pic and trying it on again. I'm still not thin, but you can really see a difference between then and now!
So here I am still or is that again? Either way, I adjusted my long term tracker to reflect my new goal of hitting 130 by my next birthday. That's another year to lose 30 pounds. Hopefully I will really have something to celebrate next year.
I also adjusted my short term goal. I am going to see my terminally ill father at the end of the month. I am determined to lose 9 pounds before then. I want him to be proud of me.
Am going to try to recommit to checking back here daily. I was doing a lot better when I read the blogs daily and posted my own.
anyway, have a great weekend and seeya around the blogs! Best wishes!
Hey y'all, how's your summer going? Making the most of it, finding ways to work out while staying cool?
I'm pretty sure I'm going through a bought of mild depression. Found myself slipping back into some old bad habits. At least I'm aware of it, so I'm trying to pep talk myself a little more. Guess that's better than being in denial, right?
I'm going to see my terminally ill father next month so I'm trying to use that as a little extra motivation. He was SO proud of me when he was here last November! I'd like to make him a little prouder.
I never quit walking, but I went from 5 miles a day down to 1/2 -1 mile. This past week, I started upping the milage again to around 4.5 miles a day. Hoping to hit the gym again a little harder starting next week -no petrol $ this week and it's just a little too far to walk or bike bake and forth. I'm still up about 5 pounds (or more) from the cheesecake binge last month, so ahem.. gotta work that off before I can count any new lose. Ah, we always seem to sabotage ourselves and self-esteem, eh? Oh well, dust it off, get back up, and get moving.
Hello! My beloved children discovered we had semi-sweet chocolate and pretzels in the back of the cupboard. They had great fun making chocolate covered pretzels last night. They even threw in some peanut butter and mini marshmallows! Ahem yeah, at least they're all gone today. That's something, right? oops......
I was up bright and early this morning to get in some cardio by brisk-ish walking. Okay so I wasn't that fast, but I walked for 50 minutes without stopping, so that's something! lol
Been sluggish otherwise. DH & I had a disagreement so I didn't sleep well last night and felt off kilter all day. I'm about to go walking now to help make up for the lack of activity.
How about you? How was your day? If something made you smile, please share!
I found a 30 day fitness challenge online. Not sure how it's going to work for me, but my munchkins and I have agreed to try it together. We start tomorrow and I'll let you know how it works out for us.
Today I've already walked 3.7 miles! A half-mile of that was pushing my son around on his bicycle. He insisted he wanted to go riding, but then begged me to push him up the hills and hold him back going down the hills. I think I was breathing harder and sweating more from that then when I actually did cardio this morning!
I'm almost finished with my water for today & I'm about to jump on the exercise bike for some extra cardio as soon as I post this. Skipped Curves today, so I need to do something to feel like I"m making progress.
Did you have a good Monday? Are you feeling motivated yet?
