Yay! I met my goal for this month (Sept) today and just wanted to enjoy the moment (or day LOL). I reached 143.8 this morning, so it was a close call since my goal was 144. That means I am only a couple pounds away from a HEALTHY BMI!!! Yee Haw, baby!! I’m almost “healthy”! My goal for October is to not only reach the healthy BMI range, but to also get into the 130’s..the farther the better!
On another note, I set my preliminary (Ultimate) goal at 135 since that was the weight I maintained throughout high school. We’ll see how the 30-something me looks at that weight. Things aren’t quite as tight as they once were. I know most of you can relate. Anyway, I do feel amazing (the vast majority of the time) and am SO much happier with how I look and feel in and out of my clothes! HeeHee
I do hope to continue getting fitter, so the quest is ever on to find the right exercises for me to do that. I found out at my chiropractor the other day that Pilates is irritating my back muscles. Apparently it’s making my core ab muscle so tight that that muscle is pulling on my back muscles, causing trouble. So, pilates is out. I’m thinking of trying Bob’s (from Biggest Loser) weightloss yoga. I’ve heard good things. I’m going to check it out from my library first and see what I think, so I’ll keep ya’ll posted. The running and strength training are still working wonderfully, so they get to stay for October! I’m doing a new 5K training plan that works on speed and also build endurance. We’ll see how my legs/body feel about running 5X/wk now. The fun begins tomorrow!
So, a month or so ago I went to Savers (a store like Goodwill) and found a couple pair of jeans that were quite tight in anticipation of wearing them for fall/winter. Well, today was a cooler day and I went to put on jeans and tried on one of those pair. It fit SO perfectly and I felt amazing in them! They’re a size 10, too, which made it even more awesome. I used to think of that as like the ideal size to get to if I ever could lose the weight. Now I’d (almost) consider myself a size 10 and I know I could pretty easily go down another size before my journey is over. A single digit size is like beyond a dream for me. I seriously barely wore an 8 in junior high or high school. I was pretty much a 10 even then, so this is way more than I had hoped for. I just wanted to share that little victory in my life since this month has had its ups and downs for me. Keep dreamin’, ladies! Sometimes God exceeds our dreams…just more to thank Him for!!
Well, I’m happy to say the disappointing time of bad choices and no progress on the sclae is over for now. I finally got TOM and that seriously helped my mood and attitude toward eating right and all. I am sitting at 146.6 today. Still averaging about 5 pounds a month loss, which is just dandy. I guess I could’ve done it faster, but I knew I wanted to be slow and steady so switching to maintenance eventually wouldn’t be too dramatic.
I completed my second 5K this summer last Saturday with a time of 26:31. I was happy with my time and how I felt afterward, so I’m looking forward to beginning a program next month that is supposed to help me work on building some speed. I’d love to get my 5K time under 24 minutes eventually!!
I’ve decided to change up some of my exercise next month for the purpose of doing more ab work. I am thrilled with how some of my body is firming up, but my tummy is still quite soft and easily my least flattering area. I have not been doing much for it, though. So, maybe once it gets some attention, I’ll see it shrink a bit more noticeably. It’s literally the one area on my body that is changing least (according to both measurements and appearance). I don’t mind the loose skin on the below the belly-button area. I realize that’s to be expected after weight-loss. It’s the pooch above the belly-button that bugs me. Anyway, just sharing…
Well, the frustration isn’t because the weight loss is going slowly as much as it is with myself for the choices I’ve made to make it go more slowly. I overate at supper tonight…not like I felt over-full afterward, but since I still feel the fullness now, 2.5 hours later means I ate too much. I have been either doing that or eating slightly off plan MOST days the last couple weeks and I have barely lost any weight. My exercise suffered the first week of the month due to some unforeseen travel to finish moving out of our old house earlier than expected. Then, my scale was broken, as previously mentioned, which threw me off my groove. I’ve just had several set backs this month and I’m not pleased with how I’ve handled things. I’m more tired, crabby, and discouraged than I recall feeling in a while. I guess the change in schedule now with the kids starting school didn’t help either. I am still trying to get all this figured out but too much hit me at once and I cracked a bit. Now, I’m trying to take one thing at a time and make more reasonable goals for myself. It also helps that we are finally gonna be able to go a couple months without a trip out of town to tempt me with eating out more than normal. I want to end this month well, so I am planning to reign myself in a bit the next few days and jump start things again. Pray for me!!!
So…the company FINALLY sent me a new scale! I can’t express how much I needed this. I feel so much more focused and ready to lose whatever weight I have left to lose. It’s so weird how much not having a scale messed with my head. I tried to convince myself that it was good to take some time away but I guess I am just not that kind of girl. Maybe I’m mentally weaker than others or whatever, but point is…I need my scale and now I have my scale, so all is right with the world once again!
My son’s cat who was injured some time ago is now almost completely recovered and will not have to be put down, thank the Lord. He just needed some time to rest and recuperate. Now we have to figure out how he’ll handle things once we all get situated in a new house in a few months. We’ll just cross that bridge when we come to it, I guess.
I’ve upped my running to 4 days a week and so far, so good! I feel great and hope to keep this up and then move to 5 days a week and do a training program to increase my speed. I have my 2nd 5K this Saturday. I hope to beat my last time and have fun! My parents are going to be able to come and watch me this time which is super cool. They haven’t come to see me do anything like this for a few years, so it’s quite motivating! I love being a runner again! It’s so invigorating!!
We are closing on my house that we had for sale tomorrow!! WOO HOO! The buyers even moved the date up a bit because they were so eager to get into it, Praise God! I will be one thrilled woman tomorrow afternoon once I hear that all is finalized (all papers are signed)! And thanks to my in-laws we should be able to get our financing lined up to build our new house almost right away. We are meeting with the new bank for that on Saturday (right after my run!) to see where we are on that.
So much going on, but pretty much all good stuff. We are SO blessed! The weight loss is just icing on the cake at this point. In a few weeks, when things have settled down, I can focus more exclusively on it. Right now, I’m just shooting to stay OP and exercise at least 400 min per week. The weight should still come off despite everything else going on, because I am ready to be at goal ASAP!
Long time no post..
So, I went to my Class Reunion this past weekend and it was nice. I felt fantastic and think I looked pretty dang hot, if you ask me. I did not see any ex-boyfriends or anything since I rarely dated a guy from my own school and I had no close friends from school that went, but it was nice all the same. The food was delicious and I did indulge a bit, but it was worth it (an Italian buffet..YUM!!). I was just so thrilled that I could go back and people recognized me as if I hadn’t changed much…little do they know I packed on 70 pounds and lost 50+ of it in the mean time. I did see some old acquaintances and it was nice to catch up. Next time, though I need to convince some of my close friends from h.s. to go. It would be SO much better.
I am waiting (not so patiently) for my scale to come back from being repaired. I need to call and find out what the hold up is. I have been going crazy without the accountability of my wonderful scale. There you have it…I am weak! I am a scale addict and I don’t care who knows it! I don’t intend to change either. I know some people feel it’s unhealthy to weigh daily or be reliant on your scale, but I wholeheartedly disagree. It totally keeps me focused on what I’m doing to myself-good and bad- with what I eat. Anyway, I look forward to feeling normal again once it has been returned to me. I am still debating buying a temporary replacement (to later be used in the spare bath). We’ll see.
