I tried to wog it but my legs just couldn't bare it today. I have come up with a new plan of action. I am really not seeing any real results on that dang ol' scale so I am going to wog mon, wed, fri and walk tue, thurs and Sun. That or actually do the pilates that I hate so much.
Here is a REAL question. Where in the heck is your waist supposed to be? I have lost a lot around my middle but mainly my tummy under my chest. My 'waist' indent is way high and my belly button is really low. (Go having five babies stretch out my skin!) Should I measure my waist at the indent or where my belly button is kind of at? I am so going to have my tummy done eventually. My stomach muscles are not even in the right place anymore. I would say about 45% of my stomach is skin. (Gross, I know) Let's just work on getting the fat off and worry about the rest later.
YOu know, I was so tempted to not walk today. "I can walk tomorrow." or "I can put an extra day in next week." That was how I got to where I am right now. Putting it all off for another day. Well, honey.....those days added up! There is no more putting off!
I had my 7 yr old home sick. I really wanted to walk this morning. It was really cool out and dreary looking. Those are always the best walks for me. Then, I washed my car on the way home from picking the kids up. I hand dried it which took more time. (more calories too!) Then, my maintainance man came right as I was about to walk out the door. AH! I am good now. I have done my three miles.
My shins stopped hurting last week. Well, my new pain is my inner knee. I think that when a body part is weak, it hurts until it gets stronger. Well, that is what I am praying anyway! I am going to have just a plain walk this weekend. See if I can't get this to fade like my shins did.
First off, i do not drink. I have in the past, when I was a wee lass....anyhoo, i woke up so hung over. We went to the Twins game and didn't end up going to sleep until about 1 am. I slept until noon! The only reason i got up was I heard a moving truck outside.
My walk day is tomorrow. I am going to up it to everyday I think. I don't feel fullfilled with three times a week. I plan on walking one day this weekend at least. I want to start walking every weekday. I really do feel empty if I am not getting that walk in. This is what I was hoping for too. Hoping that once I got myself going, I would fall in line.
I upped the distance on my jogging, just by a little. I think I am going to have to take a song off, for now, because I am ending my 3 miles quicker than normal. I will put it back and add a lap when I get a little better.
My son, bless him, was not up for the walk today. He was just in a mood. Everytime we would turn the corner, where we could either go straight to go home or start for another lap, he would cry. He would cry until we rounded the bend in the direction of home. If I give him a sippy or bottle, he chucks it. I almost tripped over it on Monday. My cell phone kept him busy that last lap I did. This is where I wish I had a BOB stroller with a tray. I could put cherios or something out for him. The doubles are around $400 to $500. Once my four year old, soon to be five is in Kinder this September, I am getting a single BOB. (My stroller story. My vent. You may skip this if you wish)
I am a stroller queen. Right now, I have five strollers, a little Jeep one, a Silver cross, a Peg Perego, my son's Chicco from his travel system, and my double jogger. My total, all five kids is like 13. I might actually be missing one or two in my head there. And yet.......I am not done with them!! LOL
I bet you are thinking,"Come on now woman! You are trying to lose weight! Twinkies?"
The Twinkies I love and adore are my Minnesota Twins. I have FINALLY gotten to see game. They are here playing the Padres so I actually get to see a game! I have only seen one this season. We couldn't afford to get the baseball ticket this year because of our mortgage situation. Well, tonight I am taking the kids to see their first Twins game! They won last night, seven in a row and hopefully will tonight!
I am going to eat some oatmeal and get my butt out the door to wog. I am going to wash the car, wash some more clothes, go buy a new baseball to see if my son can get his heroes autograph (Joe Mauer) and get PUMPED for tonight!
First off, since I started this time, the day after my dh left for sea, I have lost...............drum roll.................SEVEN POUNDS! Not too shabby for five weeks. I had a goal of 1 pound a week. I think now, I am aiming at 5 pounds a month. If I lost five pounds a month, I would be at around 215.
I have stepped up the length of my walk. I am now doing 3 miles each time, jogging maybe a fourth total of one lap. I may start walking everyday, depending on if my walking buddy wants to go out. She can't wog yet, so I would walk with her, and wog the other days.
One last change to my weight loss goals. It seems that my chest doesn't shrink when I lose weight. I have checked my measurements from when I lost before and there was no change. Once I get out of the 200s, which will make me officially not obese but overweight, I am going to look at getting a reduction. If they shrink at all, I will wait. I don't want to have them done and then they disappear when I start losing the rest of the weight!
Good luck this week ladies!! Lets burn off them calories!
Four more pounds until pre pregnancy weight with my youngest!!!
I just went back and read my first journal entries. I am winding down from the day and thought it would be fun. Gosh, I was totally clueless! It is a wonder I lost weight last time! My food choices were so wrong. I still make some lousy choices but I KNOW I am making them. I wasn't fully committed when I first started on here a few years ago and you can totally tell. I eventually became dedicated but it took me awhile to get there. There is no doubt I am in it this time. I just need to work on my food choices. This is my downfall.
I really needed my walk yesterday. Unfortunately, the weather really wasn't cooperating with me. We were under a heat advisory until 8 pm. I honestly don't mind the heat here. I actually ENJOY it! It isn't like it is in South Carolina. There isn't that high humidity hanging in the air. I am sure that we will eventually get humid here but it can't be near as bad as there.
Anyhoo, I just didn't feel comfortable bringing my baby out in the heat. I would have loved to sweat my booty off. As long as I have a good amount of water, I am good!
I have not had the ill effects from my meds that they keep telling me about. I have had one 'Target emergency' but I have them occasionally anyway. (Everytime my sil and I would go to Target years ago, I would have to run for the bathroom to go #2. It seemed everytime we went, I would have to run to the bathroom. We termed it, the Target Emergency)
I step on the scale throughout the week. My weight fluctuates a lot so I stick with Monday as my weigh in date. Man, I weighed in this morning, Saturday, and I was at 239.1. Man, I really hope this weight sticks! I have not been under 240 since physical therapy last fall. I am feeling fabulous!
This really is it! I have brought my doctor on board and am taking advantage of all that the Navy has to offer me: took the nutrition class, did my sleep study, I just did my labs two days ago to check my thyroid, cholesterol, and iron and will be attending the support group that meets once a month. It really just comes down to wanting it badly enough. I have definitely jumped off my cliff!
Yup, I got off my duff and wogged. Unfortunately, I did more walk than jog because I ran out of water. It is 93 degrees out and my baby stole my water bottle. I forgot to grab his nubby sippy so he cried until he was given mine. I just couldn't bare to jog so thirsty! I would have done a whole other lap as well. I had been having problems updating my Ipod and FINALLY got it working to up my time. I did manage 4 laps, equaling 2.5 miles. Dang I am good! I feel wonderful!
On the health front: I had my doctor's appointment today to have my meds ajusted. (I take klonopin at night because of a sleep disorder) We all thought that by getting the sleep I need with my meds, my tiredness would go away. It has not. I am going in and getting lab work done tomorrow. When I went for my health and wellness appointment, they had put it in for me and this doctor added an iron count. I am getting my thyroid tested and my cholestorol. I also was appoved for my 'fat' prescription. It is the prescription version of Alli. We will see how it all turns out! :)
In the mean time, I have decided to walk every other day, weekends included. This gives me one day of recooperation but not too much. Weekends off just arent' working for me.
I slacked both Monday and Tuesday. I did NOTHING. I cleaned but I didn't do ANYTHING. I have a doctor's appointment today. Afterward, I am going to go do some walking. I HAVE to get my momentum going. I really think I need to take one of my weekend days to walk. I think it was just too easy to do nothing after taking the weekend off.
My skin is so angry with me. My face is broke out and my scalp is all messed up. I have a couple blemishes on my back and even have one behind my ear! It seems that when I stop BF, my hormones get all screwy. I will speak with my doctor about it today.
My walking spot was covered in about 50 Marines this morning jogging in formation. I hope they are gone when I get back!
