Yayy! I went over my halfway point this morning at weigh-in. I have lost 84.5lbs and have 83.5lbs to go until GOAL! I lost 5.5lbs this week and after my 3lbs gain last week, I really needed that. I also am wearing a shirt that my Aunt gave me about 5 months ago. It was so tight back then. It’s an 18/20!! I haven’t wore that size since probably freshmen year of high school. When I graduated, I believe my size was a 22/24 and it’s always just gone up!

My legs are super sore today from my workout on Monday.  I don’t think I would be as sore if that wasn’t my first workout after a week and a half of doing nothing.  That’s OK, I’ll take the pain for now because I know it doesn’t stay.  I went to the gym and ran into my Mom which was perfect because I REALLY didn’t want to be there.  We did 30 minutes on the elliptical and I feel good.  Slowly but surely I’m hoping to be back full force. For now, I’m just VERY happy that I haven’t quit entirely.  Lord knows it wouldn’t be the first time.  Somehow, like I’ve been saying from the beginning, this time feels different. 

I got back on the exercise bandwagon yesterday.  I did a 30 min video at home (10 cardio, 10 lower body and 10 upper body) then I met Heather at the gym and did another half hour on the elliptical. It felt good to get back.  My mom signed us up for the Outside boot camp.  It starts next Thursday and I’m ready for the challenge.  It will be fun to take the class with my Mom!

I wouldn’t say that I am quite back to the mind set I had before my little break, but I am getting there.  Thanks for all the support Chickies!

Ok, so I’m not alone really… but ultimately the choices I make are mine and mine alone. Got on the scale today after preparing myself for the worst. I ate fast food everyday this last week, EVERYDAY. I gained 3lbs. Not good, not as bad as it could have been. The good part is that I am now mostly out of my funk and definetly over fast food, barf…. Plan for the day is to eat well and go to the gym for a nice cardio session! I think my Mom and I are going to sign up for an Outdoor Bootcamp class at the Y. It starts on Thursday and it might be fun. I’ve wanted to take a class since we joined the gym in September but have always been too afraid I’d look stupid or not be able to keep up. I’m trying to push my boundries because I actually am a lot stronger and more able to do things than I give myself credit for. We’ll see what my Mom thinks.

It has been a rough week and a half. I have been in the worst mood. I haven’t felt like working out or preparing healthy meals or even thinking healthy thoughts. I let myself go off plan for 1 week. Tomorrow I continue my journey with renewed faith in myself and with the same, only more solid, confidence that the life I want is possible.

I had a fun weekend but didn’t feel like blogging so here’s a quick update.
Saturday, my Aunt and I went downtown and checked out the route for the May 5k we are doing. First we drove the route to mark half mile and mile checkpoints. That helps me a TON to know where the hell I’m at. My Aunt has an injured tendon in her leg right now so we walked for a majority of the time but it’s nice to know where the hills are. After we were done with that I headed to the gym because I didn’t feel very worked out. I ran a mile and then walked a mile at an incline, got nice and sweaty! We went to my mom’s Saturday night for the MSU-UCONN game and I’m so proud of our food choices. Heather, Patti and I stopped and got subway for dinner. I had a salad too and then saw what my mom got for dessert, Carrot Cake. My Favorite. I figured out that it was 8 points a piece and I totally had enough left! It. Was. Delicious.

Sunday, Heather and I went grocery shopping and I bought a sweet potatoe. Never tried one before, anyone know how to cook it. I guess I’ll google it. We then headed to the gym so that I could show Heather some upperbody weight stuff. Did a few reps and some ab stuff and called it a day.

The new SB Challenge is going to be a good one. I still haven’t figured out what I can give up for the week. Might end up being the remote. I don’t go anywhere with an elevator or escalator. I could park at the back of the parking lots but is that giving something up? I’m also trying to figure out a new exercise to try this week. Maybe I’ll pull out an old Tae Bo(sp?) video. I’m still on track for my April Goal of working out 28/30 days! This is going to be a good month, I feel it!

SB Challenge : Clean Eating = 0/5
Water = 125/80oz today
= 1/5 days
Exercise = 45/275 minutes

April Goal = 6/28 days

It’s been 208 days since I started living life! I got on the scale this morning and lost 3.5lbs! Yayy! I also figured out the I have lost 7″ off my chest, 7.75″ off my waist, 7.25″ off my hips and 2″ from my arm! Holy crap, that’s -24″ total. I can’t even imagine going back to my old ways. Getting on the scale I think back through my week to see what I would have changed, what I could have done more of or eaten less of. I’m usually happy with M-Th but F-Su I’m rarely very happy with my choices. I need to think about these things every morning and apply them to my day so that as I step on the scale at the end of the week, I know that I did everything possible. Seeing my weight drop is way more exciting than any food I could eat or any tv show I could watch instead of exercising!

I was thinking about what’s different this time than the other million times I’ve tried to lose weight.

~ I joined the YMCA! (this means I don’t go home after work to workout and find other things to do, which was always my problem)

~I found 3fatchicks and started this blog! (seeing all the amazing stories from “losers” past, reading other women’s struggles that I also have and thought I was alone with, joining different challenges to continue to push myself, and getting comments with congratulations and encouragements have been great)

~I eat more healthy foods! (before, I ate junk that was just low enough in calories to fit in my points. Now I focus on getting fresh fruits and veggies, eating whole grains and drinking lots of water)

~I FINALLY realized that the alternative is to DIE, young and unhappy!

Thank You to all who have been a reader, encourager, challenger and friend!!!! (or Sister!)

**8:30pm Update**

Whoa!  Did the lower body workout tonight with Heather.  Haven’t done it in a few weeks with all the running I’ve been doing and it kicked my ASS!  We went out to dinner tonight and I couldn’t count my points.  I did really well though, had a few chips with salsa and then 3/4ths of a mini wet burrito.  I won’t count today as clean eating but I already got in my water and 30 mins extrra of exercise.  (actually 60 mins over!)

SB Challenge : Clean Eating = 4/5 days
Water = 112/80oz today
= 5/5 days
Exercise = 310/250

April Goal = 3/28

Next weeks host in CHASING PAVEMENTS - let’s hope she doesn’t kill us!

I took my measurements this morning and WOW! I lost 2.5″ on my chest, about 1.5″ on my waist and hips and 1″ on my arm! No wonder my shirt finally fit this month! I’m going to have to really thank my trainer next time I see her because I’m sure working with the correct weight is what made the difference.

SB Challenge : Clean Eating = 3/5 days
Water = 128/80oz today
= 4/5 days
Exercise = 250/250

April Goal = 2/28

I am pushing myself in April to workout more. Lately I workout M-F and rest on the weekend. I am going to make it my goal to do atleast 30 minutes of exercise 28 out of 30 days in April. I’m also going to push my minutes goal per month from 1000 mins to 1300 mins. That’s an average of about 46 mins for each of the 28 days. Somedays I workout 90-100 mins, so averaging 46 sounds doable. (not easy but doable!) I want that 100lbs!!

I’ve been reading all your blogs and everyone is kicking butt in this weeks challenge! I knew the water thing wasn’t THAT scary. Good job and keep pushing!

**7:30pm Update**
I did 60 minutes on the elliptical tonight. Burned almost 800 calories, sweat like a pig…felt good.

SB Challenge : Clean Eating = 3/5 days
Water = 125/80oz today
=3/5 days
Exercise = 190/250 minutes

April Goal : 1/28 days