I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ~Thomas Edison

 

You cannot plough a field by
turning it over in your mind. ~Author Unknown

 

This week has been a rough one. I have been taking care of two really sick ones since Saturday. One being hubby, he was the baby…haha. Well, got them both back on their feet. Hubby is still weak but has to get back to grindstone. I felt so bad for him, think it was the flu. So far, (knock on wood) I have been able to fight it off but I have been extra tired and blah this week. Around the house, been doing just enough to keep the household from falling apart. NO exercise this week, thought about a few times but the treadmill is the bedroom where hubby was camped out. This is my first “normal” day. I am cleaning like crazy. I will see if I can make a little time for a workout today. Won’t be too heart-broken if I don’t. I know I have to get back to it soon so I don’t just give up on it. Did do my weigh in this morning.  I am down 0.2 pounds. I have no complaints to that. I am still on my way down. Not really a whole lot to say today.  I hope everyone else is having a great week! 

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us. ~Jim Rohn

 

SOOO, it is Thursday. I got so busy yesterday that I forgot to blog. I was able to get out to the grocery store and did some good shopping. Got some fresh fruits and veggies and better choices for breakfast and lunch. I didn’t get to Wallyworld so didn’t do a big shop.  I will go later on this week. I had some other errands I had to run too. I also did a lot of research on the web and figured out that I am going to change the way I eat. Instead of three normal meals a day I am going to break lunch into two snacks, if you will. I will be pretty specific as to what I will eat, as far as carb, protein, fat ratio goes. I do my treadmill in the afternoon. This will help muscle growth and repair. Also it will help with the lull between lunch and dinner. We tend to eat dinner later because that is the way of most southerners. This will bring my daily calories closer to 1500 an average. I am also going to add in a MG workout (strength) on Monday and Fridays. Once it gets a bit easier I will add in Wednesdays too.  I just need to keep on keepin’ on!

I got on the scale this morning for my official WI… I am down a pound. I am not ecstatic, BUT I will take it and go from here! It is a step in the right direction, it is a success!!   

I woke up late this morning! The girls had to rush around to get out on time. Haven’t gotten a real good sleep the last few nights, not sure why. It doesn’t really matter, I hope it changes soon. I have been dragging butt all day. It doesn’t help that the weather is dreary and suppose to get snow. Well, I am going to make this one short.  I am gonna get off my butt and go get on the treadmill. Take care.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. ~Napoleon Hill

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. ~Micheal Jordan

 

It has been a long day mentally and physically. My official WI is not until Thursday but I finally got my scale back and I have been feeling really good about all that I have been doing and I feel and see a change in my body. Remind you, I skipped last weeks WI. So, I hopped on the scale this morning, all hyped up to see a lower number than the last time. I should have stayed the heck away. My weight was the EXACT same as it was two weeks ago!! What gives?? What am I doing wrong? Am I not getting enough to eat? Is it water weight (I don’t feel the extra water)? Have I built up that much muscle already? And if so wouldn’t that be helping me to burn off more calories? What do I need to do differently? I know I am losing inches. I CAN SEE MY NECK AGAIN, for reals.  I am just so confused about the scale. I get no less than 64oz. of water daily, I stay in between 1200 and 1500 calories a day (usually 1300’s). I have been on the treadmill for 2+ miles 5 and 6 days a week. I journal my activity/calories burned and food/calorie intake and I blog. No, I have not always made the best food choice (really need to do a good grocery shopping) but they haven't been bad either. I have still stayed within my target. I have had no fast food and no chips or candy or cake or ice cream. I have been doing good with portion control too. I eat off of a salad plate instead of a dinner plate. I never do seconds (in the last 3 weeks)and I have even been feeling fuller than I used to. I don’t eat after dinner. I had blood work done not too long ago so I can’t blame it on thyroid or diabetes or any other condition that could affect me in that way. I am not cheating myself!!

I am not discouraged or mad…maybe a tad disappointed. I am completely baffled. I am sorry for the rant. This has been brewing all day!!! I wouldn’t be so puzzled if it had only been one week. But I have only lost 2lbs and in three weeks, and that was in the first week. I am doing more than I ever did before (this early in the journey). I feel good about it, I am not overdoing it!  I push myself from time to time.

 I had to get it out and now, it is time to let these feelings go and just get on with it. I am still charged and focused. I did 2.5 miles today and even did some sprints. Calories and water are good. I would write what eat and all in hear but my posts would be the length of a novel. They are already at a chapter a day. haha I am completely open to any suggestion or any other help of any kind! It is always appreciated!! If you got this far, THANKS, for sticking in there with me!!! On to a new day! Hope you all had a fantastic day and you are having a good night. My brain needs some much needed rest! G’nite all!

It is not enough to take steps which may some day lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be." Mark Victor Hansen

 

Wow, I only got 3 and a half hours sleep last night! All I want to do is crawl back in bed. I guess that thought I had the other day, of going to bed at normal person’s time was a figment of my imagination. As of right this minute the only thing that I am resolving to do today is my workout (and maybe a nap), anything else is just a bonus at this point. Thank god the girls are out the door on time this morning, it would not be a good thing to get behind the wheel right now. Anyway….(20 minutes later) Is spoke too soon, one of the girls walked back in the door, she forgot her ID and couldn’t find it. It was a conspiracy, I tell you. She didn’t want to walk a half mile when it is 29 degrees out there. Honestly, I don’t blame her for not wanting to…I’d be the same way.  Okay on to other stuff.

It was a decent day overall, yesterday. I had a relaxing day. I got in my water, but I fell short on calories. If I reached 1000, I’d be lucky. But I wasn’t hungry. I did get on the treadmill. Love using the ipod had a little difficulty with it a first, I couldn’t get it to play. IDK, I guess I just needed to be smarter than the buttons. I was rockin’ it out. I really was enjoying my workout. It was going by faster than normal, thanks to no commercials of the FM. Anyway, I was doing my thing. Thank goodness I was in the privacy of my bedroom!! I am sure I was a funny sight. I was walking at my top speed and air drumming…after abit, I tapped the console and my happiness stopped as faster than the belt. I had hit the power magnet in my enthusiasm. The power was lost and so was my data. I wasn’t positive where I was at. Somewhere around the 2 mile mark. I was so mad at myself. But I started over and finished my workout with dignity. So, I ended up somewhere around the 2.5 + miles.

Hey, it’s Friday!! Time to try and get ready for the weekend of football, baseball and racing. Oh yeah, did I mention what sports fanatic I am (as well as the family). Not sure yet but we will probably have friends over to watch something, we usually do. My youngest is begging to go watch the hamster races over at Petco tomorrow. HAHA Do I have to??? Maybe I can bribe her away with roller skating or something!! Not sure if I am ready to put this body on 8 little wheels and a very slippery rink with a bunch of little twits either running you over or dropping dead right in front of you. (haha just kidding, no, not really) I haven’t been on skates in 20+ years. It could be very interesting maybe even comical. If we do it, I will drag my BFF and her kids along. At least I’ll have moral support.

Guess I had more to say than I thought.  Make it a great day you won’t be able to get this one back!! Take care.

What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.~Hecato, Greek philosopher 

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.~Robert Cushing 

Wow… Happy October!! I can’t believe it, where did this year go. It is already countdown to all the yearend holidays and festivities, OH and snow.  Well, we had our first snowfall last week, kind of a shocker being it was the last day of summer. We have a cold front coming through today with a chance of snow (isolated) but very windy and a hard freeze. I think we are going to have a long, hard winter this year. Not looking forward to any winter blues this time around, yup, it really does exist.

                Thursday is my usual weight in day, but I have a change in plans this week. My BF is doing a school project and needed to borrow my scale for a week. So, I begrudgingly, I gave it up to her.  BTW, I am a scale-aholic and I have gone through withdrawals this week not being able to step on my friendemy. So, I will be a day or two late on WI this week. If it is any consolation, I DO feel smaller. IT”S ALL GOOD!

                Okay, now for goal expectations.

Long term personal goals:

·         Get to 140 lbs

·         Run again

·         Participate in a 5k in 2010

·         Reward myself along the way to my target weight (every 15 lbs loss), and not with food but doing something for myself that I normally would not do

·         Get off meds for high cholesterol  (217-last checked)

I know there are more but I just can’t think right now, so, to be continued….

Short term personal goals:

·         Get below 200 lbs by January 15

·         Workout 6 days  a week (Treadmill/Other Cardio-6 days/Strength WO-3 days, minimum of 1 hr/day)

·         Minimum of 64 oz. of water each day

·         Healthier food choices for myself and family (Quick and easy dinner suggestions, Please?)

·         Calories between 1300-1500 a day

·         WI once a week/measurements once a month (forgot to get beginning numbers)

·         Keep up with logging and blogging

Also to be continued….

Well, that is a good start. I am off to finish the laundry, mop the floors and then to the treadmill. I know, my life is really that boring, hope that does stop ya from dropping in. I will try and not let my posts be that mundane.  Well, hope you all are having a wonderful day and are not freezing your butts off, as am I. Take care.

 

Well, the day is winding down. The girls are getting ready for bed. I wanted to come here and jot down some words about my day. I had a great but busy day. I finally broke down and bought my first ipod. Yeah, I know I am way behind the times on this one.haha I got it loaded and ready for my workout tomorrow. Anyway, I love it and can't believe that I waited so long to give in. It was kinda of a me day. I did some running around and cleaned up the house and did some laundry. Must finish the rest tomorrow though. I got in a 2.5 mile workout on the treadmill (walking). I need to work a strength portion in to my weekly workout but not sure what it is I want to do yet. I will figure it out in the next few days. I would like to do the Mitch Gaylord DVD. It really kicks butt. I think it may be a bit much for just starting over. Maybe in a couple of weeks when I get my strength back up. I did really well with eating today and I drank tons of water. Well, one more day down. I need to work on getting bed a lot sooner than my normal time. Hopefully, I will get there soon, I am exhausted. Well I am off to spend quality time with my husband. G'nite.

Take care.