It’s that time again! Today’s magic number is …
124.2
Oh noes! A 1.3 pound gain!! Actually, after almost 3 weeks of vacation and yummy foods I’d have been surprised if I didn’t go up a little. So that being said I’m not really upset about it, my measurements are all the same (in fact my arms are actually down in inches!) and all my clothes still fit the same so as long as I pull myself out of vacation mentality and go back to normal there really isn’t anything to be upset about.
So, that puts my total loss for May at a 1.4 gain oh well. My weight loss goals for June will be to try and get to 120, hopefully since I don’t have anything planned I’ll be able to make it this time! I’m going to be changing my exercise routine a little for June. My husband works 4 days a week (long days) and has 3 days off, I normally workout one of those days and take 2 off with him to sleep in and stay up but I think I’m going to start working out only 4 days a week and taking 3 off with him. Now that I don’t really need to lose like I did and really I’m not entirely sure I want to lose much more anyways, I think 4 days a week will be just fine. I plan to do my elliptical and yoga on all 4 days and the 30 day shred on 2 of them. I would also like to try and get the family out for a walk or something on one of the 3 days off, weather permitting of course. Minute goal of 1300.
So I think that’s it for now! I hope you all had a super memorial day weekend!
Ok, so I’ve been back for a few days (got in LATE on tues) but I took a couple days off to recover! It’s very nice to be home! I had an awesome time visiting family especially my big brother who I hadn’t seen for 7 years but boy oh boy, almost 3 weeks away from home is a long time!
I have so much to write about but now that I’m sitting here not much is coming to my mind. Ugh. I think I did pretty good on my vacation as far as diet is concerned. I did eat, A LOT and things I wouldn’t normally eat but it was a vacation and my brother just LOVED having people to cook for so I enjoyed. I just made sure to keep my portions under control and really it was only the dinners that were anything big. Lets see, I had steak, bbq chicken, beef ribs, fried catfish (not much as I’m not much of a fish or fried eater but I guess it’s a Louisiana thing to do so we did it), roasted pig (my brother roasted 2 whole pigs for his birthday!) and countless other things. Most of what I ate was just just good home cooked food, I didn’t really eat any junk or sweets, except for the dump cake and OMG that was goooooood. So over all I feel good about it. Oh and I almost forgot I had 3 (more like 2) margaritas 
I weighed myself the day after I got back because I just couldn’t help myself and I was shocked to see a smaller number than I left with!! I’m not making it official since I know it could just be because I hadn’t had much water the day before AND because me and my husband celebrated my return home with a few “treats” so we’ll see. Ether way, my clothes don’t feel any tighter so I’m not worried about it just going to go back to business as usual.
So let’s see . . that may be all I have to report atm. I’m sure there was more but I’m at a loss. I’ll be weighing in on Monday for my after vacation number and my end of may number. I hope you all have a great Saturday!!
After two days off I’m sitting here procrastinating again! I have a busy day ahead of me! I’m going on a trip with my daughter early Saturday (tomorrow, OMG) morning so today is my last day to get everything in order! I want to get some exercise in since it’s my last day to get my ‘norm’ done, pack, I need to clean the place in hopes that while I’m gone my husband can maintain it, pack, paint my toenails, pack, cook up some easy things to have around for my husband, pack, workout some yoga routines I can do on my trip, pack, gather up entertainment for my daughter on the flights, pack, call my mom and make sure she’s getting everything together (she’s coming along too!), pack, take deep breaths and try not to stress and pack, pack, PACK! And I’m sure I’ll come up with more as I go along. I’m so excited but I just can’t wait for this part of it to be behind me!
I’m nervous about my diet and this trip. My fist leg of it is in Arizona with my grandparents and I’m not worried about that part. They know what I’m up too from the last time I was there and it should be fine. But my second part of the trip is in Louisiana with my big brother and well, EEEK! Really, eeek pretty much sums up my whole feelings on that part! Deep south food, EEEEEEEEEEEK! I’ve already decided that I’m not going to be able to count everything since we’re going to be doing some ‘cook out’ parties or something, with crawfish and who knows what else so I’m going to just do my best to keep my portions under control and stay away from the super indulgent bits. But most importantly I want to enjoy my visit and not STRESS about diet, I figure as long as I don’t go crazy and eat huge amounts of things, keep to my 3 a day (control what meals I can) with minimal snacking I should be ok, I’m not trying to lose on this trip, I’ll be happy if I maintain and if I gain a pound or two I’m not going to freak I know just what to do to get it back off!
So that’s the news for me! It’s already 7am so I better get my day started! Some exercise and then get ready for this trip!
It’s weigh day! Today’s magic number is …
122.9
OMG OMG OMG I’m up 0.1!! *Dies* Juuust kidding :) Yes, I am up 0.1 BUT (oh and it is a beautiful but) I’m down in inches!! A whole half an inch in each, my waist, hips and thighs! All the best places to drop a half an inch! So I’m stoked about that! Especially since I’m going clothes shopping for my up coming trip to warmer weather locations today! *Happy dance*! Who knew I could be so excited about summer clothes shopping?
Also, I did Dance the Chakras again today and boy this Dvd puts me in a seriously good mood. I especially like the mantra meditation at the end, Chakra Mudra Chant. It wasn’t in the set I did today but I added it in because it makes me feel, just AMAZING. It’s really strange, I have no idea why it has this effect on me. I’m not the kind of person who gets all into spiritual weirdness stuff and I never meditated before starting yoga but WOW, it’s wonderful. It makes me feel, happy . . truly happy.
Anyways, I’m done for now! Have an amazing Monday!
Did my new Dance the Chakras DVD today, loooooove it! It managed to make me feel energized and blissful all at the same time, amazing! And it was fun! I did feel a little silly at times doing these silly dances but they were fun and you know the saying, dance like no one is watching? Well no one was, so I did! Let’s get this straight, I can NOT dance to save my life! I’m very much the stereotypical white girl when it comes to dancing. I felt a little Elaine-ish (you know Elaine from Seinfeld, google ’seinfeld Elaine dance’ if you don’t know what I’m talking about, you’ll at least get a laugh out of it) at times but it was still fun and made me feel awesome!
I’m so glad I found Kundalini yoga and even better these DVD’s by Ana and Ravi. They are wonderful!
I weighed in this morning to get my total loss for April. No change whatsoever. 122.8. I’m cool with that. That puts my total loss for April at 2.2 pounds! OH, what a TINY loss! I’ve lost more than that in a WEEK! They weren’t kidding when they said it slooooows down at the end. Oh well, not like I’m gonna just say screw it now!
Didn’t make my weight loss goal of getting to 120 obviously but I did surpass my exercise goal of 1400 mins and did 1635!! Woot!
Goals for May are going to be little ones. I have a trip to visit family planned this month and as of right now it’s open ended so my exercise goal is going to be pretty small. I’m thinking about making it 900 mins, that way I still have something to work for but I wont feel overly stressed during my visit. I’ll keep my weight loss goal of getting to 120, let’s see if I can make it this month! That would be 2.8 pounds.
Still feeling pretty self lovie today! It’s a rather strange thing for me to actually like myself so that’s why I had to make a post about it! But I’m all about positive thinking and I believe that if you tell yourself something enough then it’s what you’ll do. Like at the beginning of my weight loss journey I told myself I was going to lose the weight, no and’s if’s or but’s about it. I told myself NOTHING and NO ONE (myself included) would get in my way and guess what, I did it!! So I guess if I just keep telling myself I love myself then I will right? Because with the weight off my next self improvement project will be self confidence. And to be completely honest, that one seems harder than the dropping of 87 pounds!!
So that’s it! I better get off my butt and get some exercise in! I hope you all have a beautiful Saturday!
I am so full of self love today! I LOVE being me! There is no else on this earth I would rather be than me. I am beautiful! I love everything about me, I love my flaws and my quirks and EVERYTHING! I love LIFE!
It’s official, I love this DVD! I did the rest of it this morning and WOW some of it was hard! In a good way though. I am definitely adding this one to my routine! I feel awesome and full of energy now that I’ve done it! I can’t wait until I get better at some of the moves and I can look back on this and remember how hard some of them were for me.
One of the moves has you sitting cross legged and punching the air. Not a very unique move, I’ve done it in lots of other DVD’s and I started out just punching mindlessly but then Ravi tells you to imagine you’re breaking though a wall of whatever’s been holding you back. While I’ve heard of this sort of thing before I’ve never really done it, until now. I imagined a wall of my low self confidence, my self hate and self doubts and I beat the (for seriously lack of a better word) CRAP out of that imaginary wall. In fact I’m a little embarrassed to admit to how into it I got, I was PISSED at that wall! I guess it’s safe to say I have a few self esteem issues, no?
Anyways! I really enjoyed this one! Thought I’d share
I’m procrastinating today! This is my quick blog to tell myself to MOVE IT! Sitting here, reading and commenting on blogs NO!! Move it! I need to come read this every time I do this (and that’s a lot). I can read and comment AFTER I exercise.
Ok, ok I’m going. And yes, I am nuts
It’s that time again. Today’s magic number is …
122.8
A 0.6 drop from last week. A little over half a pound, not bad at this point in my journey. Not a whole lot to report today other than I tried out a new yoga DVD today. I did my normal one then tried out a segment of a new one (by the same people who make my other 2) and some of those moves were tough! I had a few of those “omg, how can anyone do this?” moments and I had to keep reminding myself that when I first did my other DVD’s I thought the same thing and now I can pretty much do all the moves on those. So I’m excited to add a new challenge into my routine. I will admit that some of the moves are a little, uhm, odd. As in, I think my husband would very much enjoy watching me do them odd but I could really feel them working so that doesn’t put me off. Anyways, my other 2 DVD’s have some of that too, I think this form of yoga is just a little strange (Kundalini Yoga) with the heavy breathing (breath of fire) and some of the moves.
Anyways, if anyone is interested it’s called Warrior Workout by Ana Brett and Ravi Singh. I also have a new one called Dance the Chakras Yoga Workout that I’ll probably try for the first time tomorrow. My 2 that I’ve used and that have gotten me though my entire weight loss journey are Fat Free Yoga - Lose Weight & Feel Great FOR BEGINNERS & BEYOND and Ultimate Stretch Yoga Workout all by Ana Brett and Ravi Singh. While I’ll admit they can be a little strange at times I LOVE them and they make me feel amazing and full of energy and life so I’d recommend them to anyone.
For those who might be curious here are the links to these DVD’s from Amazon, this is where I bought mine from -
Fat Free Yoga - http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Free-Yoga-Weight-BEGINNERS/dp/B000AY6JVK/
Ultimate Stretch - http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Stretch-Yoga-Workout-LEVELS/dp/B0006VY6JE/
Warrior Workout - http://www.amazon.com/Warrior-Workout-Kundalini-Ana-Brett/dp/B0006VY6JO/
Dance the Chakras - http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Chakras-Yoga-Workout-MATRIX/dp/B000I2JCBI/
Sat Nam!
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