anyone who has read my blog knows i have been doing south beach since i started, but its not keeping up with my life and although i have learned alot i think its time to move on and keep the knowledge i’ve learned.  i have recently run across my daily plate and it is the best site i’ve found. it not only tracks my calories eaten and calories burned it has a whole community and using it i will be tracking my calories and hopefully losing weight that way.

i don’t know how but i’ve seemed to learn not to be hard on myself if i eat something i shouldn’t or miss a workout. That being said, this month is full of open houses and receptions and i’m not letting it get to me. yes i’ll have a peice of cake and eat off plan but i’ll be back on the next day without fail.

on the positive side, i planned to do 3 weight workouts this week and i acheived that and will do it again next week.

i seem to be getting bad at updating my blog.

well work is keeping me busy and for the first 3 or 4 weeks i ate lousy, but i kept the exercise up and the weight stayed off. now i am increasing the exercise, basically upping the weight lifting and my eating has been great last 2 weeks. i am finally heading in the right direction once more. i’m hoping to be out of the obese range and into the overweight range real soon.

yeah thats what i’m doing….with working and moving and everything else i am finding it very hard to keep on track. when i get home i am always tired and hungry and end up eating out alot. i need to find some balance and get my eating under control. i’m debating whether i should keep on south beach or turn to calorie counting or even bfl. one way or the other i will be doing something to stay on track.

had orientation and start monday…can’t wait to have to be up at 4 and  stand on my feet for 8 hours straight. fun, fun, fun.  lol, really i can’t wait.

my running is getting better, my mile is down to 14:50 so i’m doing good and weight is definately still dropping

i’m really excited right now, i’m going tommorrow to see about a sewing job. good pay and good benefits…i have been looking for so long i won’t know what its like to actually have a job. and the bonus is i’m more than qualified for this job.

yep i jumped on the treadmill for the second day in a row i am so excited about being able to run more and more and i’m doing it on my own and not with a program. kinda letting my body decide how much running it can do (90 sec. at 5 mph or 60 sec. at 6 mph) and how much walking it needs to recover (between 2 and 3 minutes today) so i did 2 miles today in 32 minutes, not record breaking but it is for me and its a starting point.

i also found i work out way harder on the treadmill, not cause its harder but cause i actually push myself more and can make myself run at a set speed for x amount of seconds…outside its more if i feel like stopping i do.

yeah well not great running but i’m working up to it. i found c25k so boring that i didn’t even do more then 2 workouts, lately i’ve been running walking outside with max. anyways, i decided to walk/run on the treadmill and was shocked at how much i’ve improved in speed and length of time i can run before i have to walk. i did my mile in 16:19 which was unheard of for me. normally i run at 4 mph on treadmill and today it was 5 mph and even did 6 mph for a minute. and i was actually able to run for 2 minutes straight…surprising myself. i don’t think i push it outside to much like that but might have to start.

what is happening this week….well first of all i turned 39 yesterday so that gives me less than a year to reach my goal and i’m doing great so far. i hit onderland this week and hoping when i weigh in tommorrow i have a couple pounds beyond that. i’m into my 14 jeans as of today (atleast thats when i tried them on) so since january 1 i am down 31 lbs and gone from an 18 to a 14 definately going in the right direction.

also, i’m finally getting more exercise in the last couple weeks. i have a goal of 1000 minutes of exercise this month and i just might make it. ok, it helps that my new bf goes for walks with me when i stay there but still it all helps.

getting a little lazy at posting in my blog and the exercise is seriously lacking but the eating is good except for the 2 weeks i was on vacation. i need to get into the couch25k again but its getting nice outside i can start doing some outside running and i think i’ll do it alot more.

well so i guess i should update my results since its been so long…as of this morning i weighed in at 203lbs that is down 27lbs since january 1 with about 53lbs to go. i have been following sb and just love it i don’t even feel like i’m dieting while on it. the exercise portion is questionable to say the least. i wanted to start bfl and couch25k but haven’t seriously done either. i’ve decided atleast for now i will concentrate on the losing fat and once i get closer i will work on building muscle. so on the days i make it to the gym i always do cardio first and the weights next so i can work on the fatloss. now all i need to do is get serious about getting the exercise in.