Losing to LIVE…

So I ended up gaining a pound this week, but I am not going to let that get me down! I am going to plan my meals and make sure that I get to the gym. My plan this month is to make sure that I workout at least 4 times a week. I will most likely do a little more but I wanted to start with something that I know I can achieve. Yesterday at the gym Hilary, Patti and I worked our triceps chest and abs. I am feeling it today, let me tell you. They are going to a trainer and then I learn from them. It has been working well for them so I hope that it works for me. I am trying to get my upper body into shape so that I have more strength for after my surgery. Today I am just going to do a bit of cardio and let my arms rest for a day.

In my head I know that statement is true, but in my heart I want this race to be done fast. So tomorrow is weigh in but I cheated and got on the scale this morning, just to see. I don’t really know what I was expecting but it was NOT that I would be up 2lbs! BOO! I have been doing well this week, I have been OP and been to the gym to work out though I did skip a couple of days. The one thing I didn’t do was plan ahead. So this week I am going to sit down and plan ahead and try not to stray to much. I am also going to make sure that I do all of my workouts even if that means doing something at home instead of going to the gym. This week Hil did a yoga video and she really liked it, I took a nap Now I don’t know if I can do the yoga because of my hip but i can do something other than nap. So we will see what the scale has to say in the morning. I am not going to worry if I do gain I am going to remember that slow and steady wins the race.

This is a saying that I have said for YEARS. I am usually talking to the colorguard girls that I teach about not “cheating” things and to make sure they go full out all of the time. I found myself thinking that I have said that a lot in my life but I am not currently living it. Whether it be a few extra grams of cereal in the bowl or and extra snack without writing it down, I have been doing a lot of these things lately and then I wonder why I don’t lose weight. Its not brain surgery, if you cheat on your food you aren’t going to lose as much weight. So that has jump started me into a new weight loss mindset. I need to lose as much weight as I can and exercise more in the next couple of months so that I can be ready for surgery. The better shape I am in before the better my recovery will be. Somehow I did manage to lose 1.5lbs this week and that really got me motivated to push hard.

So today is the day I go to my orthopedic surgeon to find out about my hip. I am trying not to get my hopes up to high in case he tells me that he doesn’t think I need a replacement yet. I know that my hip is bad so I am thinking that either way he will be able to help me with something. If I am able to have the replacement my life will change so much. I cant even imagine being able to walk and bend and sleep with no pain. This will help my weight loss so much. I will be able to exercise like I want instead of being afraid to push myself to much. So wee will see, I will update later after my appointment.

~Update~ So I just got back from the Drs office and I am getting a new hip!!! It is scheduled for May the 8th so I have a lot of work to do until then. I want to lose more weight and I have to save up some money. I am going to have to be off work for 4 - 6 weeks so that is going to be a little bit of a crunch, but it will be worth it in the end. Even though I really want this it is really scary. They gave me a lot of information so I have a ton of reading to do in the next few weeks.

So I am back home and ready to get back on track. I thought I did well while I was gone but when I got on the scale this morning I had gained 4lbs. Now I know that it could have been worse and actually I was almost sure it was going to be, but I would be lying if I didn’t say that I was a little disappointed. I tried really hard and what this really showed me is that I can not go a week without the gym. Even if I can only do a little while I am there that little bit really helps. So I am ready to get back to my regular routine and continue on this journey. I only have 8lbs to go to get under the 200lbs mark and my goal is to do that in the month of February. I KNOW that I can do it.

So I am on vacation this week and I think that I am doing well. When on got on the scale this morning for my weigh in I had lost .5lbs! Now I am not sure how close the scale here is to the one that I have at home but I am going to take it anyway. LOL I have been trying to control my portions as well as i can but let me tell you it has been hard. I am staying with my friend Melissa and her husband Mike this week. Mike used to be a chef at a high class hotel and he makes the most amazing food. Melissa is really picky about what she eats and I am not so this week he has been having a ton of fun cooking for someone that will actually eat what he is making. I love it. So some of the food that I have been eating has NOT been low in points but Ithink that I have done a great job of knowing when i am full and not eating to much. It is supposed to warm up tomorrow and Melissa and I are going to take her daughter Chloe on a walk so that will be good. I have also been playing the wii with Mike so that has to count for some excersize I guess.