Short update

I am doing well. Still maintaining the same weight on the scale but it has not got me down. I am still working out often and staying on track with WW points. I recently switched from doing both WW and MFP to just MFP, but it seems ever since I made that change I was not staying on track as much and I was eating unhealthier foods. I have decided to go back to doing both WW and MFP like I was when I started this whole thing. This week has been insane for me working full time and recently picking up a per diem job that I have began training. I am working 12hr days and my new job is about a 20-25 minute commute from my house.

I just wanted to check in and let folks know I am still doing well,  just very busy. I will be sure to write again soon, If I can ever find the time! LoL.

View from one of my new office buildings!!

My commute is North and boy is fall making it's apperance!
 

Thanks for reading and have a good day.

Doing good

Ah doing great.

Yesterday I did my walk/jog outside in some beautiful neighborhoods and dreamed about my future. I completed 60 minutes and burned 397 calories (my goal was to burn 400 calories) so I was happy.

I have recently picked up a second job and I just got the okay to start training next Friday. I am very excited because it is a per diem situation and I will be able to make my own schedule each month. I never thought I would take a per diem job but this one is with a great company and it is an excellent way to get my foot in the door. The only down fall is it is a 25 minute drive from my house. Most people are probably like “please 25 minutes that is nothing”   but my current dirve to work is 7 minutes and that is with red lights LoL. I also have a bit of an anxiety when it comes to driving far distances and/or on high ways.    :-/

It will be good though because this new job is in my field (my current job is far far from it) and once I am all trained and I can make my own schedule I will have all this extra income, which I desperately need.

I am nervous about how jam packed next week is going to be because it will be very difficult to make time for exercise but once I am done this post I am going to try and make a schedule and see where I can fit it in.

This week has been great as far as staying on track. My calories are under by 100-200 each night and I have been trying to burn about 400 during exercise. I peeked at the scale this morning and I am down 1lb from my last official weigh in. I NEED to stay on track this weekend because come weigh-in day (new weigh in day is going to be Sundays) I have to show some progress. I refuse to keep back pedaling. I have not lost anything in what I feel like is a month now.

Yesterdays work out was good and I went to bed with 200 calories left!

I did my cardio mix completing 15 minutes on each cardio machine ultimately burring 418 calories. My only issue is that I was nauseous, almost motion sick, on all the machines. It is so frustrating but I was able to get through and it was not so bad.  I tired focousing on something in the distance that was still (not easy at the gym when everyone is moving around) but the only thing perfect for that was the wall clock and I did not want to watch the time! LoL. I made it through and took it easy and felt good afterwards.

Today it is cool and partly cloudy so I am going to exercise outside today. (I am most likely going to do my C25K work out.) Diner tonight is not going to be the healthiest option (homemade mac and cheese with ham in it) so I want to make sure I do a full hour of exercise and burn around 400 calories again.

I am also meeting my friend this week and she is going to let me use her 5lb weights and return the 3lbs I have been using. So either this weekend or next week my strength training is going to increase. I am excited about that because I defiantly notice my arms having flabby loose skin. My arms have always been big and I am well aware someone my size is going to have A LOT of saggy loose skin, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. I have never been self-conscious about my arms and they have gotten smaller and I thought I had prepared myself for loose skin but now that it is actually here I don’t like it.

It’s all good though I have already started saving for skin surgery. That will be my ultimate present to myself once I am at my goal weight    ;-)   I hope everyone is having a good day!

Not sure if you can notice an arm difference or not
October 2011 vs. August 2012

Thankful

Today I was reminded by a fellow bloggers post why I started this new way of life. I was reminded that I am not alone, these up’s and down’s and uncomfortable feelings are all a part of the processes.  I will have bad days, bad weeks, but I cannot forget how far I have come, how far I still have to go, and how hard I need to keep working. In the end it will all be worth it. It is already worth it.

I was in a funk and not feeling right or motivated this past week, but I think I have my mojo back. I was able to stay on track with my eating yesterday, and I am pumped up and ready for the gym this afternoon.  I have nothing planned this whole week or weekend that would sacrifice my calories and I feel if I can just stay on track for this one full week I will be so happy. I just need to take it small steps at a time. Short goals lead to long term bigger goals. My short term goal is to stay on track this whole week. Starting yesterday ending Sunday. 

I am toying with the idea of doing my cardio mix at the gym this afternoon. I think that would be the best option because it will keep things interesting and make time go by faster.

This is a short post but I thought it was important to be thankful for everyone else out there who writes about their weight loss. It truly does help me and I am glad I stumbled across this community.

Till next time…..

In a funk

Things have been going okay. Last week was an off week. I usually exercise 6 days a week last week I only did 5 days. My eating has been okay. I am trying to stay on track but a few days I blew it with one meal. I have gained 3lbs but I can’t be upset because I know how I gained it. I have just been in a little funk this whole past week. Today is Monday and I usually don’t exercises on Mondays but I feel like today I should. Even if it’s something small like a walk after diner? I don’t know. I have also discovered I am a weakling on Sundays for football (which I suspected would happen come fall) so I have decided that my weigh in days will now be Sundays so on Sundays I don’t have to stress about what I am eating and allow myself to have a relaxing Sunday. I still plan on exercising on Sundays but not on Mondays. So starting today Sundays will be my relax with food day and Monday will be my relax with exercise day. I will try this for a couple weeks and see how it goes.

In good news I was able to run for the full 60 seconds all ten times during my C25K work out yesterday. I am ecstatic but at the same time I knew I could do it ;-) .  I would like to do the training one more time completing the full 60 seconds all ten times before I move to the next stage which I believe is running for 90 seconds walking for 2 minutes.

Not sure when I will be able to do my C25K work out again, it is hard when the high school track is not available because school has started, but I am excited so I will make it happen.

Not too much to report other then I am in a funk. I truly feel I have lost my optimism but I plan on working extremely hard this week on my eating and sticking to my planned workouts.

Maybe I will read some of my old posts to try and boot my motivation.

Have a good Monday everyone!

E-Card

I thought some of you might like this.

The higher the fall the bigger the bounce.

That’s what they say isn’t it? After my dramatic evening Friday night I was able to stay on track with my food on Saturday. I also went to the gym Saturday after work. I did not have the best work out. I did 20 minutes on the crazy machine and 15 minutes on the bike. By the time I had been on the crazy machine for 15 minutes I started getting nauseous and almost like motion sickness (which has happened to me on the elliptical before.)  I decided to move to the bike which was much better. After my work out I just felt blah. I did not feel good at all.

Thankfully Sunday morning the blah feeling went away and I felt just fine. I decided to do my C25K training on the high school track. It was cloudy with a cool breeze….  absolutely beautiful outside.  The boy didn’t want to come with me so I was nervous but I surprised the shit out of myself. The first time it has you run for 60 seconds I was able to do it. The next two times I could not do it for more then 40 seconds. As am I kicking myself in the ass, this woman on the track passes me and I see she is doing a light jog. I thought to myself she actually looks kind of funny but she is still keeping her heart rate up and keeping her pace. So I said screw it I might look funny but I will give it a try. Wouldn’t ya know by just taking it a little bit easy I was able to run the full 60 seconds the remainder of the training. So for the first time ever I was able to jog 8 out of 10 times for a full 60 seconds. Was it easy? No. Did I feel amazing after? Yes. Was I so proud of myself I had the biggest smile a girl could have? Yes! It was so great.

The rest of my Sunday was spent relaxing with the boy watching football. I found a recipe for “skinny mozzarella sticks” and stayed on track with my calories all day.

I have decided to try only using MFP for the next two weeks and see how it works out.

Today was another amazing stepping stone that I did not expect. I have worked at a dealership/ retail store that has cloths that run fairly small and I have always had to buy the men’s sweat shirts because the women’s clothing is just ridiculous. They have “plus size” women’s clothing but even those are smaller and have always been too tight for me. Well today it is cold and I thought I would take a peek at the sweat shirts. I hated all the men’s ones and thought I was doomed. Then for shits and giggles I thought I will check out the women’s. I found two I likes and tried them on. A black one with pink gems and lettering fit me perfectly! I almost started crying in the bathroom. I have NEVER been able to fit into these cloths and now I have a pink and black hoodie!!! Ugh what an amazing feeling after such an emotional Friday night.

 

 

Sorry the mirror is super dirty in our staff bathroom

 

So overall it turned out to be a great weekend. Sundays run and today sweatshirt gave me the confidence I need to keep going. It has proven to me the hard work is paying off and I know if I keep going it will only keep getting better. I always hear people who have lost a lot of weight say how worth it the hard work is, and today I can finally say I know what they are talking about.  J I hope everyone else  had a great weekend and I wish you well on this Monday.