WOOHOOOO!!!!!

YAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!

I've FINALLY made it down to the 100's!  199.8lbs!  I haven't been this low since 2007!  This has totally pumped me up to continue doing what I'm doing... not missing any meals (big one for me - I am never hungry for lunch), and keeping active (running some mornings, walking during the day with Alexander, and occassionally doing the 30 Day Shred). 

Perhaps I could be a little more active... well, not perhaps; I definitely could be more active.  I may have to give up the walking with Alexander during the day, since it's getting really cold out, and I don't like cold.

I hope I can continue going down - my short-term goal is 175 lbs by Christmas.  I hope that's not too ambitious.

Running

I ran today for the first time in approximately 10 years - since high school.  And I gotta tell you, it felt pretty good.  I used to run track, and, to be honest, was never really good at it; but that's beside the point.  I enjoyed running this morning - it's just too bad that my lungs (bronchital) can't handle too much of it - that's probably why I was never very good at it when I was running long distance track!

Anyway, I'm hoping to make this a regular part of my day - get up at 6:30 and go for a 30 minute run or so, making it longer the further time goes on.  Now that I've made this goal, let's hope I keep it!

New Mini Goal

There are 100 days until Christmas!  I think that is a good mini-goal for me.  I want to be down to 175lbs by Christmas.  That's 25 lbs or so (depending on what the new weigh scale will say).  I think that is very doable.

But it's very hard to get anything done with a toddler at home who wants constant attention!  Alexander is teething right now - getting his first molar - and he has become a bit more whiny.

That said, I will persevere and find some way to do exercise.  I'm already eating better - not perfectly, of course, but I'm on my way! - and I just have to get motivated to exercise.  I think that I'm going start running at night down the trail behind our apartment (when Alexander is asleep and when Jeff is home?).  I haven't seriously run in over 10 years, but I think I should get some good cardio in my workout.  I'm doing the shred, and that does some cardio, but I need to get more in, in order to lose more of the weight - especially in my legs and core, and on Jillian's radio show, she said that running is a really good way to get cardio and lose body fat over your whole body because it's working everything.  And if I run at night, I won't worry about people watching me because it's dark at night.

WOOHOO!  I have a plan!

Broken Weigh Scale

AHH!  Our weigh scale is broken (could you tell from the title?)!!!!

Now I have no idea what weight I am, but if I had to guess, I would say around the same; I don't think I've lost any weight.  I've had a really heavy period this week - HUGE loss of blood, and that has made me really sluggish - I don't do much at this time...

I'm trying to convince Jeff to buy a new scale, but he's not all that motivated to get a new one yet, I guess... maybe he enjoys the fact that he can't tell how much he weighs...?

That's all for now.

Just Got Back

Hello, fellow bloggers!  I just returned from PEI.  I went there for 4 days with my sister.  Our renters gave us notice to move out, so we went to clean the place up to get ready to sell.  Exciting!

Good news:  I have not gained any weight at all while being away!
Bad news:  I haven't lost any weight either.

I seem to be stuck at 203 lbs.  Every day last week, I did the 30 day shred, and that didn't do anything - and I had been eating well and at good times.  It seems to me that I have hit that dreaded plateau.

More Shredding... Lettuce or Cheese?

The 30 Day Shred.  When I see the word shred, I think shredding lettuce or cheese.  I never thought about "shredding" my body.

Well, I've been doing the 30 Day Shred for the past few days (in a row!), and I think that if I were following the video's suggestions for progression, I will need to progress to Level 2!

However, I know a bit about myself, and if I go to Level 2, then to Level 3, once I finish the 30 days of shredding, I will be finished and no longer do the workouts.  So I've thought of a plan.  I'm doing Level 1 for 30 days, then Level 2 for 30 days, then Level 3 for 30 days.  Hopefully by then, I will be in the habit of doing it, and I will automatically do it every day (taking Sundays and Wednesdays off, of course).  I hope that works.

Today, I was NOT in the mood to do the shred at all.  Alexander woke me up 4 times last night, an hour between each time, and so I was exhausted when I got up.  But now that I've done it, I feel absolutely wonderful!  And I was able to do the whole workout without stopping!  Even the push-ups!  That is the hardest part for me, those push-ups.  I'm also progressing to the 5 lb weights - I'm using those for the arm curls, the chest flies, and the back rows.  For the arm presses and the dumbbell raises(ouch!), I use the 2 lb weights - I know, I'm a wuss.  But I'm getting there; when I first started, I was using the 2 lb weights for everything.  I think I will have to eventually move up to some 8 lb weights too.  But I won't do that until I can do everything with the 5 lbs weights.

Anyways.  Enough talking for one day - I also have to take a shower.  Cheerio!

So Hard!

Why does losing weight have to be so hard and take so long?!  It would be wonderful if it were easier.

But I know that my body is the consequence of my poor choices.  Since having a baby, I have not taken care of myself - going most of the day without food or water, not having enough sleep, not having enough energy to exercise.  But NO MORE!!!  I am determined to start taking care of myself.  I can't care for Alexander the best I can unless I care for myself first.

And that is what I'll do.

Vacation Result

Well, I gained 1.4 lbs this past week while on vacation.  I was not able to do the Shred while there, because even though we had internet, the buffering of the video never fully worked, so I could see the video only in blips.

But we were at a lake, so I went swimming almost every day.  It was wonderful!  I wish I had a pool here in Hamilton that isn't gross (my mother-in-law's apartment's pool is disgusting - they never clean it).  Maybe I should try to convince my parents to get one...

Vacation

too little?

I have just averaged out my weight loss so far, and it looks like I'm losing 2-3 pounds a week.  Is it bad to want to lose more, or is that the healthy amount to lose at a time?