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I started the blog a year ago yesterday and started the dieting a year ago today. The day almost passed without me noticing. If I had remembered this morning, I would’ve made the effort to weigh myself. But I didn’t because I showered first and to me that doesn’t give me the accurate # I want.

It’s kind of a tough thing to swallow. I’m only down a few pounds from where I started a year ago. I wasted a year, yet another year. Everyone’s telling me not to take it to heart. I’ll try. Fear not though, my mind keeps turning and onward I continue.

Yesterday’s Weight= 297.0

Today’s Weight= 299.0

This weeks’ gain= 4.0 lbs

Next week makes 52 weeks. I need to do some serious considering on how I want to move forward on this.

I’m still sick. Coughing, runny nose, and lack of energy. Nyquil helped last night but I still just wanna sleep some more.

Today’s Weight= 298.6

I’m still kinda sick. It’s not terrible, like it can be, but it’s just enough to be annoying. A minor sore throat, some coughing, some change in my voice, a heavy and sometimes dizzy head, and come and go energy. The younger kids still have a cough too. If they lack any energy, I haven’t noticed it! My teenager has tried to stay home from school every day this week, complaining of symptoms, but since I’ve had enough of that daily battle last year, I’m not sure what to think. I did let him finally stay home today. Today is the first day of school he missed so far this year. I’m so glad I don’t have to go to school or work for 6 hrs or more like he and my husband do. What a drag to do when you sick.

I set out to do some work in the garage yesterday even though I didn’t really feel like it. That’s when I discovered my ipod is missing…. I left it in the stereo unit out there. Even when I went to the gym the other day, I thought to myself how I couldn’t use my ipod because I had left it in the unit in the garage. There’s still this nagging thing in the back of my mind hoping that I am wrong and that it will turn up. I certainly don’t want to cry “Thief!” and be wrong, and anyways there’s no crying anything anyways. It is what it is. We have an idea how it happened and who did it but I’m not about to go on a rampage to try to find out what will be denied, anyways. For sure though, from now on, the garage cannot be left unattended with the door open even just to go in and wash your hands.

After the three of us scoured the place and for sure it didn’t fall down the side or anything like that, I was pretty bummed out and no I definitely didn’t care to do my work without ‘my music’. Even though it was an old simple 1 gb ipod, it’d probably still cost me at least $40 to replace.

I hope they like the pastors’ sermon I uploaded!

Yesterday’s Exercise= 60 min treadmill and over an hour of work in the garage.

Today’s Weight=300.0

‘Watch out for Mamas’ butt. If she backs up, you’re a goner.’

That was the comment from my husband as my 5 yr old stood behind me while I was folding laundry. Good thing we have this kind of sense of humor and this sort of joking is allowed!

I finally made it to the gym, yesterday! I think it’s been about 3 weeks since I have. I mostly went because I wanted to keep the house quiet. (Which means find a place to take the kids) Hubby and I took turns taking naps. Nothing special happened the night before, just watching a movie and then had to get up early to take the kids to school and stuff. We didn’t make it to the zoo like we planned. It seemed to be a bit warmer out there than we expected, and we were tired.

I woke up with a sore throat, no energy, and no patience; although my appetite is pretty big. I haven’t done squat today except eat and sleep. The two youngest ones have a cough and one of them has some kind of phlegmy thing going on. Hopefully this is just a quick passing thing.

Today’s Weight= 298.0

Two days + McDonald’s + Coke + Pizza Twice = 3 lbs.

I didn’t get much done on Sunday and spent most of yesterday running around trying to find some things for the upcoming overnight camping trip. This morning I got in over an hour of work in the garage again and yet some how I only finished going through one box of toys and one box of other random junk.

Today is supposed only reach 89 for a high and we have a breeze too so it’s good weather for doing something and we’ve decided to take the two youngest ones to the little local zoo after Josh gets out of kindergarten.

I’m so excited to have Autumn here. It’s best time of the year to me. I love having the windows and doors open. I look forward to the cooler temps, a fire in the fireplace, being able to use the oven again, and being able to do more things outdoors.

The cat peeing behind the couch thing seems to be put behind us except that now when it rains or the breeze comes in, it stirs it up. I’m just waiting for hubby to give me permission to rip the crap…er carpet out and treat the the area. The plan is to replace this carpet in about 6 months anyways….I don’t want to wait. I want to be able to breath deep. I can be a maniac. Throwing things out, ripping things up…. ‘Let’s Do it. I’ll break it down!’ (Yo Gabba Gabba)

Yesterday’s Exercise= a walk, swimming, working in the garage

Today’s Weight= 295.0 (+.6)

This weeks’ loss = 10.6 lbs!

in reply to Sunny’s comment from yesterday as to what I ate and having lost too much too fast:

Yeah I’ve had to wonder if there’s something wrong with the scale, like maybe it needs a new battery or something. I’m pretty sure it’s just water weight. I don’t feel much different. The shorts fit a little easier and I’m more willing to move around. Even my husband asked if I was purging. Of course he was joking. I wouldn’t do that. A few mornings I had Carnation Instant Breakfast only, a tuna sandwich for lunch and a couple nights I kind of skipped dinner. I nibbled a couple bites is all. Just wasn’t interested in it or hungry for it. I haven’t snacked much, except for yesterday. Yesterday I had some Planters nuts (Nutrition energy mix) I had a bunch of heartburn yesterday from it. I probably gained today’s weight from the salt in that. I haven’t had a can of soda every day like I used to. A couple days ago hubby and I even had Veal Parmigiana for dinner here at home I lost 2 lbs that night.

I’m not going out of my way NOT to eat, I’m only eating less, less often, and not snacking as much. I also kept busy most every day, all day. Last but not least, I’m drinking at least 10 cups of water a day. I’m pretty sure it’s just like week 1 again after having gained for so long and that most of it is water weight.

It doesn’t make much sense but I’ll take it. We’ll see what ‘Week 2′ brings.

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recap:

week 49 Weight= 305.6 This weeks’ gain= +.4

week 48  Weight= 305.2 This week’s gain= +6.8

week 47  Weight= 298.4 This weeks’ loss= -.8 lbs

week 46 Weight= 296.2  This weeks’ loss= -.4 lbs.

week 45 Weight= 296.6  This weeks’ gain= +1.8 lbs

week 44 Weight= 294.8  This weeks’ gain= +4.6 lbs.

end of week 41= 290.0 (+.6)

end of week 40= 289.4 (+2.2)

end of week 39= 287.2 (+1.8)

end of week 38= 285.4 (+2.2)

end of week 37= 283.2 (+2.4)

end of week 36= 280.8 (+3.8)

end of week 35= 277.0

Today’s Weight= 294.4 (-2.8 lbs)

WHoo hoo. I’ve ate right 7 days in a row. You know… I’m not so sure that I did that at all in the past year. But I’ve changed my eating plans so many times, so maybe that makes a difference. I’m not counting calories, just eating less, eating less often, and making better choices on what to eat. I’m drinking at least 10 cups of water each day and have eliminated most of the coke and chips. It’s not something to keep stocked in the house, but it’s not something I don’t enjoy on the few occassions that come up, like when we were at my mother in laws’ house, on Tuesday, I found one of my Cokes still in her fridge. It was a nice treat but now I know it’s not something I can have every day.

I’ve kept busy, physically active four days in a row. At least in the morning, in addition to the regular things that need to be done. Last night as I was drifting off, I was planning what we would do today to keep busy. I was almost excited to tackle a new room. But instead the walk with the kids turned into playing outside the garage in the alley and going through an old box of toys.The hardest part of having a garage sale is when the kids see things they didn’t care about until it was going to be sold!

In a couple weeks or less, we’re going to camp out overnight in the desert. We’re bringing our two vehicles, at least two motorcycles, two tents, about 4 kids, and a bunch of other gear. We’ve been waiting for the heat to die down, and waiting for a full moon. The moon and the stars in the desert, away from the city lights is pretty, and when it’s full, there’s plenty of light.

Today’s Weight= 297.2 (+.2)

Today’s exercise so far included almost 2 hours of cleaning. When I woke up, after over 8 hrs sleep, I was still tired. I was exhausted last night and turned in at 10:30pm. I notice that sometimes when I keep busy, suddenly it seems like there’s no end to what has to be done. Yesterday was one of those days where every time I did take a break, it only lasted a few minutes before something or someone needed me to do something. This was getting old and tiring, but I made it through it. My knees were and still are a little achy. My arms feel a little weak, so I know the muscles are getting nicely worked. Then this morning I was thinking about how today could be a ‘quiet’ day before the weekend started. I almost chose to do nothing this morning. I started with something simple and it turned into almost 2 hours of cleaning.

I feel a little guilty when I claim my ‘exercise’ from cleaning or walking on the w8challenge site. But I’ve decided that whatever I do purposely for the sake of keeping physically active and getting exercise above and beyond what I would normally do, is counted as exercise. Also, elevated breathing, sweat, red face, and getting tired from it is a requirement. Last but not least, I don’t count the full amount of minutes;only what I feel it earned. I want to keep it honest and fair. OK I’ve made my statement, now no more guilt from here on out!

Today’s weight= 297.0 (-1.6)

This weight dropping thing is scary and spoilin’, but encouraging too. Now I’m on a path to keep everything clean for the weigh-in on Sunday. I could have a 10 lb. loss this week. Scary how? Because it’s too easy and I’m slightly concerned about the stumbling blocks in the future, however near or far it may be.

I think I’ve found what I’m doing while the 5 yr old is in kindergarten in the mornings. It’s very good exercise in a low impact way. Yet I felt sore yesterday from cleaning in the garage. Today I cleaned the van. Both times, I started about 8:30am and finished about 10am. My face was redder than if I were working out at the gym, I’m sweating, and breathing is elevated. I’m a little weak and worn out in the end.

I sure don’t want to abandon my gym membership especially since I just renewed it, so somewhere along the line I plan to work that in. But manual work always makes sense. People (like me!) who are lazy, get fat, lose strength, and end up with other things as a result, like a dirty messy house and car, unorganized papers, etc.

Today’s Weight= 298.6 (-.8)

10 lbs in 5 days. Oh those first days of dieting…it’s gonna spoil me. I need to be ready for a slow down. It helps to have a nearly empty refrigerator, especially no soda!

I started working in the garage this morning. That’s usually the first place to clear out junk because after all where are we going to move the junk from the house to, right? Then hubby kind of talked me into doing a garage sale. Man those are a ton of work. But, yeah ok, it’s a good idea. It gives me plenty of work to do, gets rid of some junk without trashing it or giving it all away, AND maybe a few dollars in return.

It was good to work up a sweat in a slow steady manner. After about 90 minutes, I was starting to feel wiped out, impatient, and crabby. So that’s enough for now. This is gonna take awhile… probably a month.