Chasing Pavements

The good news is I exercised yesterday and got in 6 miles on the bike for the Slump Busters challenge. Only 4 miles to go before the end of Friday. I’ve also stayed within my points range the past 2 days, which is very exciting to me!!!

Bad news is I didn’t get day 2 in of the 30DS. About 2 weeks ago I tripped over my son’s little chair and catapulted myself across the living room landing on said chair. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and ended up doing a little of both, lol. I think I bruised my knee because I couldn’t put any pressure on it until recently without feeling like I was going to jump outta my skin. I did ok during day 1 of the dvd, but yesterday it was hurting with every step. I decided to give it a few days cause I don’t want to make it worse.

I brought my stuff to exercise during my lunch break in the little gym they have in my office building. A friend that works in our building  is going to meet me. Yay for a workout buddy!!! I’m hoping to get in 3 miles on the elliptical and do upper body strength training tonight.

So, some real quick comments on the Biggest Loser….did Felipe really sit there and blame Jillian for his Kobe beef sliders, drinking and chicken tenders and fries??? Really??? I don’t know what happened with the whole her not working him out thing, but when you signed up for the show did they promise you you’d be with Bob the whole time??? I think not. Adjust and move on. You want to pick your trainer, win the challenge. It just urked me cause he said nothing(at least what they showed, I know it’s TV, lol) about he shouldn ‘t have binged like he did and maybe he would have done better. What are you learning if you are still making excuses blaming other people??? Now, he said he shouldn’t have let her affect him so maybe that’s how he dealt with it, but still….Also, Bob so should have sent them back to work out there issues with Jillian. Not just let them avoid them all together. Not doing them any favors Bob. Ok, I’m done

Update-

I did 3 miles on the elliptical today and only have 1 more mile to go to make this week’s challenge! I also did awesome eating again and stayed within my points(with eating my ap’s). Yeah!!!! I’m feeling good. Now off to bed to actually get more than 5 hours of sleep tonight!

I’m not actually going to Weight Watchers, but I’ve been there….time and time again. I first joined after having my daughter when I was 20. Breezed through the program. I lost 50 lbs in about 8 months and was tickled pink with myself. I actually became a complete gym rat and would get up at 4:30 and go to the gym if it meant I couldn’t make it later in the day.

Unfortunately, I started gaining weight back…like 5 or so lbs a month. My mood swings were OUT OF CONTROL and I was just depressed. Finally, I found a doctor to test my thyroid and it turned out my levels were high, but all my symptoms were of someone who had low levels. I had to see an endocrinologist and it took another year and a scare that it might have been thyroid cancer to finally just have surgery to remove it. It took such a toll on me and my relationship with WW, or just weight loss for that matter, and it’s never been the same.

I know the program works. I’ve done it and did well, but it’s almost like in the back of my mind I just feel like my weight loss will be taken away from me again. It’s amazing how much of an emotional impact it had, not just  a physical impact.

Anyway, I was debating about whether to count points again and after reading some blogs of people who do ww, I’m going to give the points and program another shot. I swear I know enough I could be a leader, but you kinda have to have made goal first

I had a comment left a little bit ago that motivated me to get my butt up and exercise. She also said something about taking it one day at a time. It is so true. It can be overwhelming to think of all you have to lose, but when you take it one day, or even one meal at a time, it’s doable.

I went to the store today and got lots of good ww friendly foods. I also completed day 1 of Jillian’s 30DS tonight. That woman is crazy.  And who in the world invented jumping jacks??? Ok, so day 1 down and I’m ready for day 2!!!

My weekend SUCKED. My son started Saturday by waking up at 6:30 am. Not cool, kid. Then he soaked my brand new iphone in his cup of juice. Really???? I mean, why??? It didn’t work for 2 days and I felt so lost, but suddenly is working again. Whatever, I’ll take it. It just all seemed to go downhill from there, but I’m ready to move on!

I weighed today and I was the same. I ate out a lot over the last week and didn’t get near the workouts in. So,  I am so excited to be starting over this week and for the first day of the SLUMP BUSTERS Challenge!!! This week the goal is to do 10 miles of cardio activity. If you don’t do it, you have to post a pic of you in your bathing suit. No way in the world am I posting a pic of me in my suit. I’m not even going to look for the picture, ’cause it ain’t happening people,lol!!!

Tonight I plan on starting the  30DS again. I’ve been reading on people’s blogs about their progress with it and am ready to feel the pain again!!! If I can clear some crap from my garage and get to my treadmill, I’ll get a couple of miles out of the way. Hmmm….that will probably be a workout in itself.

Yesterday was going pretty well…until after work. I made the mistake of picking up the kids and going to Target before going home. I got them something to eat at the food place(Mom of the Year, I know!) and decided I would wait until I got home. BIG MISTAKE!

By the time we made it to the snack aisles, I was way too hungry. I got some of the Hershy chocolate covered pretzel 100 cal packs. So yummy, too yummy. We get in the car and I’m like,” Eh I’ll have a pack of my pretzels.” 1 pack turned into 2, which turned into 3. Then I’m mad at myself because I just ate 300 calories on chocolate pretzels, so I didn’t even enjoy them.

Why do I do this? I’m sure many others do as well, but do you find yourself eating something kinda fast so you can have another cookie, or another bite of something? I catch myself doing it a lot. Why not slow down and enjoy it and then maybe you won’t want another or anymore?

I’ve always been the one that since I’m going on a diet starting on such and such date, I better eat the things I won’t be able to have once I start. So, I’ll have some fast food, make some brownies and then start my diet. Well, what do you know…get a craving and I’ll eat something that supposedly wasn’t going to be “allowed”. I realize banning foods from your diet doesn’t work(at least not for me), but I do feel I shouldn’t have to have something sweet or some kind of junk everyday, or after lunch and dinner for that matter.I mean I act like they’re suddenly going to stop making oreos after 97 years(yes, I looked it up, lol). I mean is  McDonalds suddenly going to decide not to make french fries???  Seriously, even if they did, there will always be something.

I am really going to focus on enjoying what I’m eating when I eat it. I have to stop this guilt because it just leads to more crappy eating. It’s time to truly appreciate my body and treat it like it deserves to be treated!

I became pretty cool with my realtor from when I bought my house last summer. We still were keeping in touch and he was talking about how he was going to start a diet. Claims he lost 12 lbs the first week so I’m like sign me up. What’s a girl have to do??? Basically it’s 50% carbs, 30% protein and 20% fat. To determine how many calories I need, he told me I needed to have my body fat analysis done.

I called around to a couple of trainers and found out a local college offers the Bod Pod. The lady is explaining it to me and says, ” Now here’s the fun part.” You know that’s just not going to be good. You can wear a speed bathing suit or tight shorts and a sports bra. Oh and a speedo swimming cap. Are you serious??? Maybe I should just go on Biggest Loser for crying out loud. She swore the room is dimmly lit(lady not helping!) and it would only be me and her.

I show up and she is this super cute, super thin lady. Figures right? I’m wearing my sexy black bike shorts, pink sports bra and the best part - a RED swim cap. How this lady kept a straight face I just don’t know. Then I got to get into the giant spaceship looking egg..if I can figure out how to put pics on here, I’ll show you.

They do 2 readings and it tells you exactly what you are made up of. My results? Oh not pretty friend. I’m pretty sure it was 47% body fat and 53% lean muscle. Wow, oh wow. It told me that just to exsist, my body uses 1490 calories. Even though it was slightly humiliarting it was pretty cool to see exactly what you are made up of. Plus to know exactly how many calories you use is helpful. It only cost $25 bucks, so I think it’s worth doing. I plan on going back in a few months and checking my progress.

Ok, so I’m starting to think I’m slow and can’t figure out how to put in pics. I’m going to play around with it and I’ll add one later. Errrrrrr….

Ah…the fun stuff.

Height - 5′3 and a half, like that seriously makes a difference!

Current Weight - 208

Goal Weight - 150

I’ve started working with my realtor concerning my weight loss. Probably wondering how that happened? He has a degree in exercise physiology or something like that and knows the ins and outs of it all. He had me do a BodPod(anyone had the pleasure of that experience??? It measures your body fat percentage. Anyway, his plan makes perfect sense, it just takes a lot to follow. And so far I haven’t really followed it.

I am going to Mexico in 5 short weeks and would love, love, love to see some changes before then. This is when I wish I was a little OCD and could have tunnel vision and just DO IT!

Today is cardio day. I brought my workout clothes and am going to hit the little gym in our office building for some treadmill time. The plan is 40 minutes and then back to work!

Ok, so I’ll tell you a little about me. Probably a whole lot more than you’d ever want to know by the time I’m done, but hey I like to talk :) My name is Emily. I am 27 years old, am a single mom of 2 kids, ages 2 and 7, work full time as an accounting clerk, and am pursuing my bachelors degree with only 6 more classes to go!!! So excited about that I almost cry everytime I think about it!

I’ve started many blogs(unpublished because I couldn’t bring myself to share my thoughts), but never followed through. Much like every thing else in my life. I have these big dreams and don’t pursue them, hence the name, Chasing Pavements. Anyone heard the song by Adele??? Awesome artist and the song to me is about chasing your dreams, but never quite getting there. Sure it’s more about relationships, but I’m applying it to my relationship with my weight loss-It never gets anywhere.  I’m hoping to meet some people through here that will help hold me accountable through all the ups and downs of weight loss. I have awesome friends, but unfortunatly we tend to enable one another, lol.

My plan is to not have this thing all over the place and talk about 17 different things a day, but I am going to try and post about something every day. Right now I weigh in on Monday so there will definatley be a weight loss update then. If I can figure out what all this crap means, I’ll post a cute little weight loss ticker somewhere and perhaps some pictures. Ugh, I wish I were more technically inclined sometimes!

I also promised a friend I would add something about how the morons on Biggest Loser think it is even remotely ok to continue the show until next week. Whatever people, that was not even right! I tend to eat my emotions, so I could probably blame them if I have some binge because I’m so nervous about what happened! Kidding, kidding….probably why I’ve had such a problem losing weight…I blame tv shows