Still here and still losing, just not posting as much as I want to. I love to read other weight loss blogs for motivation, and had grand ideas for making the next new inspirational blog myself, but I don’t think I have it in me. I haven’t even taken any decent pictures.
I’ve lost 33 lbs in 10 weeks. 42.9 BMI to 37.6 BMI. 12.4% of my weight gone. I think I am doing pretty well.
Still not exercising. I hurt my back really bad in November when I quit dieting last time. I went to a chiropractor but he was a QUACK and never looked for a different one, and never ended up going to my regular doctor either. I am terrified of hurting it again. It was brutal. I think that once my daughter starts the 5th grade in September I will start walking again. I can’t do it now or else I would have to carry her after 1/2 a mile, she can’t handle long distances and she is almost 10 so I don’t have a stroller or anything for her.
I know I will be okay walking, but my dream is to run the Liberty Days 5k next 4th of July. They ran right by my house and I sat on my porch smoking a cigarette watching. Next year I want to be on that road running. I will start the Couch to 5k program after I walk for a while. I have never been able to run because of shin splints, but I will figure something out.
Weighed in at 245.8 this morning. I do think I would have weighed in a little less this morning if it hadn’t been for the ribs I had last night. My husband and I went out for our 10th anniversary. Time FLIES!
I did something pretty impressive (for me) at the restaurant… I stopped when I was full. What a concept! I don’t think I have ever actually brought a takeout bag home. EVER! But last night I did, with at least 7 ribs in it, and when we got home I gave them to my Sister and Brother In Law. \o/ Yay me!
Ok so my last post last November (!!!) I was scared that I was losing my motivation. Well I did. It was gone, and I let it go. I let myself gain ALL 26+ lbs back between December and May. Seriously. I am totally kicking myself in the ass.
Plus side… I have lost 11 lbs since May 1st. Doing it all over again, and I have a slightly different strategy. I am not that into it. It seems odd, but every other time I have lost weight it was so crazy, HUGE changes… different foods, massive amounts of exercising, weight loss tv shows were all I watched, weighing at my sisters, measurements, pictures. It’s all too much. I got burned out. Fast.
This time I am so casual about everything. I am counting calories. If I want to exercise fine, if not oh well…. I watch Biggest Loser whenever I feel like it on the DVR. I have my scale here, I weigh in whenever I want. I haven’t taken any pictures, but I will sooner or later. I just have a “meh, whatever” attitude and I think it helps. Small changes are better than none anyway.
I have a wicked head cold, doesn’t that just freakin’ figure? Haven’t been sick in months and then BAM when I start walking and stuff it hits me. This week we walked Monday through Friday. None Saturday and I don’t see me going anywhere today at all. I hope I feel better tomorrow, but even if I don’t I will walk a mile.
I will weigh in tomorrow. I have my fancy schmancy tanita scale stashed at my sister’s house because I become a bit obsessive about weighing. I think once a week will be better for me than every morning.
So far so good, I suppose… I am staying within my calorie limits every day with no problem. I am eating too much processed and frozen foods, but that will change once I get some recipes and can really go grocery shopping. I am making a “white lasagna” for my Dad for his birthday. It consists of cheese, noodles, hamburger, cheese, mushrooms, cheese, and olives. And more cheese, I’m not even kidding, it has cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, cream cheese, whipping cream. I will add up the calories, juuuuust in case I try some, but I am looking for a recipe for lasagna florentine. One that tastes like the Smart Ones meal, but homemade and better. If anyone happens to read this and knows of a good one let me know… or let me know where to look.
My sister and I walk every day. With company even, friends, family, everyone comes with. It is nice to have people come along, but if it was just my sister and me I think it would be easier and less of such a production. I would love to just get up and go, but there’s so much waiting for this person and all of that. We were walking at a park with a 1 mile path around it, oh.em.gee. it is so boring. My son gets nearly bored to tears, I think if he didn’t know that he could play at the park after he would throw a fit, but he does know we are gonna play so he puts up with it.
Today instead of boring ol’ walking park we walked from my house to a different park. It is farther and has a lot of little hills. There are ducks and a better playground there so the kids have a blast and I was sweating after. The boring park never makes me sweat. I think since it’s farther we will do it 2 times a week and go to boring park 3 times from now on. Now I just gotta keep up with my skinnier sister and her amazon legs. Soon.
I have never “blogged” before. I read them all.the.time. though. I love to read blogs especially from people who have reached their goal weights and have lots of pictures. I am pretty determined for this to be one of those blogs. Someday in the near future preferably. I am not sure how to do this so that it is reader friendly and all that jazz, but I am determined to learn so that someday this will help motivate and influence others as much as others have influenced me.
