Alive, well, back with the progam AND I have my dh back from deployment!
After six months of him gone, I lost a total of 26 pounds. I had lost 28 but with all of the stress that last month, I gained 2 pounds. I have gained another 2.8 pounds but am back with it!
It was really a rough time there for that last month. I had a very hard time dealing with everyday chores let alone getting my wog in. I was stressed beyond anything and had to up my night time meds. (I have a sleep disorder where I will wake up and my dream is still happening, like hallucinating)
Now that my dh is home (WOO HOO) things are back to normal and today was our first normal, the kids are at school, day. My 10 year old left her home school program now that her knees are healed so we only have my 13 yr old and my baby. Dh, the baby and I went and wogged. Well, he jogged around once without me and then kept pace with me. I did 3.24 miles today in in around 46 minutes. My pace is around the same but man! I felt so sluggish out there!
The best thing about him coming home other than for him to be here is that there was a very noticable difference from when he left. He was amazed at how well I did. I could have lost so much more but I am happy with the work I have done. Now the big goal is in my sights.....
Once I hit 208, I qualify to have a reduction done. I have always had a problem with my size, even as a teenager. After five pregnancies and nursing all of them, they have grown and put a lot of strain on my back. I am sitting here, cooling down from my wog and my back is just aching.
Well, off to shower! I have a lot of things to do today. I am hoping to come on and see how everyone is later tonight. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
I feel so bloated. I have GAINED a little more thanks to my issues lately. You know, I really need to find a way to deal with stress and NOT gain. I tend to go towards the salty foods when I stress. Pickles are a major downfall when I get stressed. My portions tend to be a little bigger than they should.
Tomorrow I am going to go try out the track on base. I would LOVE to do it today but alas, I have to go buy new living room furniture. Fun. I just hope I can get financed. We get a bonus every October but I ate that up by paying off two loans JUST to get another. I am paying off this one with taxes.
Anyway, I am not going to get myself down about my weigh in. I will be under 220 next week. If not, I am going to join a commune.
OK, after my little coyote incident, I went on with my day, complaining periodically about it. I went to the neighbors house that evening and hung out. We went back around 10 pm and watched some DVRed shows. Then, my ten year old tells me she saw something run across the kitchen. I was like, Great, a roach. We don't have them but you know how quickly that can change. Anyhoo, I get up, turn on the light and what do I see? A naked baby MOUSE on my floor! I freaked and called my neighbor over. We had my son open up the sleeper sofa. Lo and behold, poo and an empty nest. Apparently, she was in the process of moving them into my couch. We had him open it and there were two more babies. An hour and half later, plus me screaming like a little girl, we caught her alive in a garbage can.
Here is where I made up for my lost workout. The next day, after finding my sectional full of poop and pee, I decided to throw it out. My oldest child has a long list of allergies and mice happen to me one of two animals she is allergic to. My baby has also been very ill the past week or two. My neighbor actually made comment on him that night before finding out about the mice.
Well, I dragged my Lazyboy, heavy *ass, sectional out, piece by piece. The sleeper, the corner, the recliner and the chaise. I wanted new furniture but not like this! I then cleaned out the garage completely, finding mice poo in just one spot. I cleared out the livingroom, vacuumed, and steam cleaned the HECK out of the carpet. Then, I cleaned the kitchen, made dinner for EIGHT kids (I was on baby sitting duty) and sorted our laundry. I woke up SO SORE and still managed to get my son to his 8 AM game on his birthday!
Well, I have dragged it on long enough. I hope everyone had a great weekend!
Ok, I am pretty ticked off today. I went to go do my 3.3 miles and a stinking coyote was back there and they were trying to wrangle him. Dang it! I had to turn around and only got in 1.6 miles. I only got to jog like 5 minutes total. How gay.
We have an outdoor track here on base that I have been avoiding just becuase my fitness level has not been up to par at all. Hello! Fit Marines near by seeing my blubber butt huff and puff in circles. I also didn't know if they allowed strollers and at the time, I didn't want to bring a double out there blocking everyone. I called up and they do allow them at any time. I have a single and am in great physical shape for my size. I feel confident and ready to go out there and work my butt off. It might actually help me to push harder knowing that there are people out there that might be 'watching'.
Anyway, I did get 1.6 miles in and burned a little over 200 calories. My time was horrible because I couldn't jog because of the terrain. (turny sidewalks and ledges to go up and down with a fixed front wheel.)
Starting Monday, I will just drive over there and do my thang! I know they have a stroller program Tues and Thurs where it is like a stroller strides kind of thing. I might try that!
I am happy to say that I finally went out and bought a pair of jeans for myself. I took in a pair of 18s and 16s. I left with the 16s!Honestly though, I think I could fit the 14s because they were stretchy and I could actually pull the pants away from me by about 2 inches. I didn't even think to try on the 14s.
My question is, did sizes change/get bigger in the past 10 years? ( I guess is helps that I have no butt to begin with) I have a pair of 16s in my closet and a pair of 15s also that don't fit. I can fit my butt into them but not zip. My SIL told me that clothes shrink after time. Is that true? I am seriously only a few pounds away from 14s! This just proves that my hard work HAS paid off! I am just about 40 pounds lighter than when I moved here in February and 30 since my dh left 5 months ago. I am about TEN POUNDS away from a reduction! Now if I lose any inches between now and then, I might reconsider but at this point, I am ready to rid myself of them. Jogging can be a pain for me. Buying a bra is impossible at stores. I can only get them online. Unfortunately, my 12 year old has the curse too. Poor thing is a 34 D and is a skinny little waif.
Anyway, tomorrow I will be out, pounding the pavement. I think next week I will squeeze in another day. I just don't want to push it too hard and injure myself. So far so good!
Here is a little info that I thought I would pass on. For a woman to pass the run for a US Navy PRT (physical readiness test), You have to run 1.5 miles in 16:15 minutes. You also have to do 13 push ups and 44 sit ups in 2 minutes. Could you pass the Navy PRT?
I never really paid attention to the amount of salt/sodium I put in my body until today. Yesterday was a very bad eating day for me. I had pot stickers for lunch with soy sauce and spaghetti with Texas toast. I had two pickles for snacks also. I put on like 3 pounds in pure bloat! I am trying to flush it out the rest of the week and really pay attention to what is IN my food.
I got it 3.34 miles today and brought down my average mile time to 13:35. I also did some crunches and pilates work on my abs after I was done with my wog. I have noticed that I can jog a lot farther than I did before. A personal goal for me, being my dh is in the military is to pass a PRT. Every six months, my dh has to take a physical test; push ups, sit ups and a run in a certain amount of time. I would love to be able to run the female PRT and pass. I will have to email him and find out what it is so that I can set that as a goal..
I am feeling so much better now that I have started back up. I feel complete. That missing void has been filled and I physically and mentally feel much better!
Yuppers! I did 3.3 miles this morning in 47 minutes. This is the first time I have been out for a big wog in about 6 weeks. With school and my dd's surgery PLUS the house being all tore up, it was hard to get out and get moving. Well, school is in full swing, we have home school under control, my dd is healed and has been walking for about 2 weeks now, and the house is clean. Well clean enough to get out and walk.
I bought me a new toy to get me moving again. I bought yet another stroller. Do you know I currently have SIX strollers in my garage? Yeah, I am bad. Anyway, the double seems just redundant to use with only one child in it so I bought a single. It has a weather cover that helps keep my little man warm on my morning walks. Plus, he can't chuck his sippy into the road while I am running. It seemed any time I picked up the pace, he would throw it and I came close to falling once or twice.
My end of deployment date is coming up fast! My goal is to lose 10 pounds by the time he comes home next month. We have about a month to go. After I weigh in and shower, I will come back and adjust my goal. I had ballooned up to 224 from my 218. I have rolled back down to that weight after TOM left. I am curious to see if I am there still.
that I get my house back to normal! Yuppers, I can't take the mess any longer. I have focused all my energy on my dd and just let the house go to pot. (no regrets there)
I did get a very needed break yesterday. It has been very overwhelming with Emily's care taking, day in and day out, plus our sports schedule. We went shopping with one of my girlfriends. Thanks to tailgate seats in my van, We could flip my dd into the back and into her wheel chair. We hit two stores and a Starbuck's doing it with no pain, other than her butt when I either dropped the seat to sitting in either direction. (she would giggle each time so I knew it didn't really hurt)
Game is definitely back on. Once I get this house back to normal, I won't feel guilty going out for a walk. I added to my organization by buying a shelf at Target for their school books. (OMG! You would not believe how many books come with this program!)
Well, I hope everyone is having a great week so far! OH! I did get a nice brisk walk in this morning. Not my usualy 3.25 miles but hey! Got to start somewhere!
I promised myself that no matter how tough it got, I would stick it out. I have been on here for a few years now. I have lost, had a baby, gained some and am back into the losing department again. I have been side tracked for almost two weeks now.....
My daughter had her knee surgery on the 25th. Things have really been off the wall since. I really didn't know what we were getting into until we brought her home, day OF her surgery. Both her knees were done so there was no getting any weight on them. She has only recently put weight on them so she has either been in her wheel chair or on the couch. My neighbor had to help me get her to the bathroom for the first week and now my 12 year old has been helping me. (they are both home schooled, thank goodness) I have to wash her hair in a bowl at the diningroom table. MInd you, her hair goes down past the middle of her back. He uses Huggies clean team to keep clean. (no showers/baths until we see the dr on Friday)
It has been stressful balancing that, homeschool, baseball and tee ball. I have fallen off the wagon. I have gained FIVE pounds since then. It didn't help that I got sick this week with a wicked, nasty cold and was plagued by migraines all weekend. Maybe the fact that we have had an airshow all weekend over our house hasn't been that helpful. (we live on an air base)
BUT, don't give up on me. I am back into the game. My dd has been evening out with hardly any pain. If I didn't have such a nasty headache this morning, and the fact that they are cleaning up my walk area due to the air show, I would have been out there this morning. I have seven weeks to lose as much as I can before my dh returns, thus ending my deployment goal.
On setting a deployment goal that is! I am only around 2 pounds away from my THIRD goal set. I am going to set my goal a little lower. I am setting it for my 'out of obesity' number.
Things are settling down now that I have my daughter's pain under control. I was super stressed because she was hurting so badly. Oh, I also tried to read everyone's blogs this morning and they were all down, including mine.
Honestly though, I think I could fit the 14s because they were stretchy and I could actually pull the pants away from me by about 2 inches. I didn't even think to try on the 14s.