Ooh. So excited to when I got on the scale.I hadn't weighed myself for a few days. Was pleased to see the number. Almot 15 lbs gone. That's a good chunk and it's my TOM too. Hope I can keep my motivation up. My bmi is almost under 40. Yay me. I also started week 3 of my running program. Walk 5 min run jog 1 min. And I did it. Stopped twice to stretch my legs. My calves weren't as tight as I expected. Also found out wbout a smal muscle that runs up the utside of the leg from ankle to knee. That's the one that really gets tight. Wasn't too bad today. Maybe it's getting stronger? Was so pround to complete the whole thing. Really didn't think I could cause I hsd such a hard time last week. Does anyone hate to run? In high school I only ran if my coaches made us. Was still in better shape though. Don't think I could run round a soccer field or rugby pitch now.
That is one of my goald though. I would like to be able to start rugby again next spring. Needs to grt my fitness up a lot more though. After I complete my larn to run program I think I'll be able to use the elliptical machine that is sitting in my basement. I got it at a pawn shop for like $40. I'd like a treadmill but I'm too cheap. Well that's it to for now. To everyone that might read this good luck on your own weight loss journey. Oh yeah, if anyone wants to know about the running program I found it be googling "learnto run for fat people" . Seriously. Then I put the workouts into runkeeper. I love that app. It also automatically transfers the info to shapeup ( to track my cal and weight). TTFN
Omg its hot today. I have had a headache all day. I feel sticky and fat. I don't want to workout. I don't want to do anything. YUCK!!!! Made some poor food choices this week. Nachos - fully loaded, steak sandwick and fries, beef vindaloo. Now have to get back on track. I blame it all on shark week. I love that expression. Also bummer that I have to stop running due to knee pain. Will still do it on elliptical but is not the same. I will try again when I lose another 10 lbs. If it still hurts -joints not muscles - I'll wait until I lose another 10 and so on until it doesn't hurt. I really want to do the 5k in oct.
I have been soaking in the tub trying to beat the heat. We have a small back yard pool about 3' deep and 6' across but I don't want to put it up yet. I don't want to deal with the chemicals and my daughter is gone to newfoundland to stay a month with my parents. I really don't feel like lazing in a little pool by myself. So this is the next best thing. Plus I don't have to go outside in my bathing suit. I think I might have to put up the air conditioner. I don't really want to ( only cause I don't want to pay the power bill) but I may have to given in.
Good morning. Well kinda got off track when summer start. My daughter went to stay with my parents til the end of july and I went off track. Stopped making regular meals. It's kinda fend for yourself here the last two weeks. Sunday we hit rock bottom and ordered from dirty bird (aka KFC). Hubby and I felt so gross after.
I have been saying for about 4days that I'm going to get back on track. Today I finally meant it and stepped on the scale. It was ok.
They really do need to build higher sides on the wagon. I fell off again. Haven't weighed myself but will do tomorrow am. I really want to get to 262 so I can change my avatar. Last weekend I had the dreaded high school reunion. It was actually pretty fun. Next time I go back I'd like to be at my goal weight. Every sept they do a homecoming and terry fox run. In 2014 I'd actually like go to run. Which would be a first for me. I have always walked them b4.
Anyways back to my weight loss.
I'm at 259.0 this morning. Yesterday it was 260.8 . I ate too many dill pickles on sunday....like the WHOLE jar. Mind you I did count the calories of each pickle (3). And the jar only had about 20 pickles. And I did stay within my cal. It was the salt. Oh the salt. Why do the tasty things do this to us. I suppose if I had to choose I'd rather the excess weight be from the water retention than from the fat of scarfing down a box of donuts or something. Think I will blame it on TOM.
Sometimes it feels like this journey will take FOREVER. I want to be skinny NOW. Days like today make me want to blame my parents for letting me get like this. Why did they let me eat so much? Why didn't they teach me healthy habits? I suppose cause they were overweight too. I know that my body has been my responsibility for years but I feel likelaying the blame on somebody else for a bit. I want to eat what I want when I want. I don't want to count calories. Aaahhh! This is so hard.....I'm cranky today.
Rough spot is over. Took a couple hours and had an inhome spa. Complete with candle, zen music, cucumber slices etc. Feel much better now. I even put makeup on which is something I never do. It was much needed me time.
Almost fell off the wagon last night. I was having the worst cravings for junk. First Macdonald s, then cheesecake and the chicken wings. Did not have any of it. I did portion myself some bbq chips. Stayed within my calories but found that I really didn't like the chips. That's the second time that happen. It happen last week when my sister offered e some. I took one and ate halff then spit it out. Ididn't like it either. I am proud to say I am only .8 away from my first mini goal ofno longer being moridly obese. My next goal is to lose 25 lbs which is only another few lbs away. I wrote out my goals and they seem to come in clusters. No longer obese 255, lose 25 lbs 252.6, lose 10% 249.9 and 1/4 done is 242.1 and then nothing for like 15 lbs and then the next bumch of goals. I actuqlly broke it up into 17mini goals. I hope it works.
Well my scale is now fixed. Well actually fixed it monday. I went up 4 lbs but I decided to have a bit of a cheat week and get rid of my cravings. I've since lost the weight plus .4 more. I did have a lot ofsalty foods on weekend so I think it was mostly water weight. I also realized I got the gift the keeps on giving - fleas. So I have been very busy cleaning and spraying. Decided to wash every piece of clothing and linen in the house and am about 2/3 done. I also have gotten 2 out of 3 bedrooms done. I'm pleased with the progess as I only started yesterday. Hopefully by the weekend it will all be done. With all this housework who needs exercise!*
Ok folks. Guess this is really day one again. Started on may 11 and fell off the wagon pretty quick. Today I start again. Didn't do too badly as I lost 5lbs. Started tracking my eating and exercise with shape up app. Will see if it was worth the $35 for the year. Also got a running app. Hahaha. I don't run. At least not yet but it will track my distance and log it automatically for me.
I really need to lose the weight. So much so that I decided to go on the wait list for the lapband. Really don't want surgery so am trying to us it as my motivation. My dr says the wait list is 3-4 years. So one way or another the weight WILL come off. Yestrrday I walked for almost 2km and it took about 25 min. I did it while my daughtrr was at speech therapy. Will do again today. I'm going to try to use this site as a journal and to keep me on track. Can't promise to post everyday but going to try for once a week.
I also have to set some mini goals for myself and daily goals too I think. So todays goal will be to walk around the block at speech and to doing housecleaning for 30 min. (I hate housecleaning.) I'm not a hoarder but a slob. Sometimes I just don't have the energy. Hopefully losing the weight will help with that.
I also hope it will lower my blood pressure too. Only 35 and on meds for high blood pressure. It's embarrassing. Since i dont really expect anyone to read this im rambling. Seems like my autocorrect is off. Oh well.
So back to my next weight goal. To lose 10 lbs. Halfway there. By the way if anyone does read this hi there.
(I hate housecleaning.) I'm not a hoarder but a slob. Sometimes I just don't have the energy.
I have the same problem (always have) and lately it's been worse due to some depression issues I'm dealing with. What I've been trying to do to combat my innate slovenly tendencies is to make a schedule with one room per day, and then fifteen minutes cleaning in that one room. That way I don't end up with an entire house in need of cleaning and get overwhelmed and do nothing. Last night I did the powder room and vacuumed the dog hair off the living room floor. Tonight I will tackle my bedroom, Saturday will be the kitchen, Sunday the master bath, etc.
If you can make it a habit, it really helps, and once you're in the swing of it 15 minutes is really no time at all to make a big difference in your life. That's the theory, anyway.
I'm a slob, too! I think that that sort of disorganization goes hand-in-hand with something in our brains that makes us overeat. Or maybe it's just because when the kitchen is a mess and the dining table is full of mail, it's easier to go to McDonald's for dinner.
