Susan~~You look great!!

Anyone care to post a link to the Funk person you're talking about?

2frus~~I checked out your wedding dresses. WOW!! I can't remember which one I like the best I think it was one of the ones on the third post. The last one I think. Good for you on the clean day yesterday.

I won a battle with a caramel sundae yesterday! I've been having an awful time this week of staying on track and usually it's not really that hard for me. Anyway, last night me and my kiddes are out and my dd wants an ice cream. So here we go through the drive thru and I buy three sundaes. We get home and I take one bite and put it in the freezer! Now I have to deal with it in there all day. Did you know there are 300 evil little calories in there??? lol

Other than that I'm doing good. Back down to ticker weight so MAYBE I'll make it into the 140's this week. It's only Tuesday........................

Hooray for resisting that ice cream

http://www.lorenafunk.com/

I think she's fabulous looking!

Hello all!

Great kickboxing last night - I beat up my inner fat chick! I also managed to land a punch on the instructor! That's a first! YAY

I went to bed hungry! And woke up at 3am hungry, and just drank some water then went back to sleep! I did however have two breakfasts this morning! Cereal and eggs...

Doing ok, feeling positive, have a good mindset, especially after kickboxing. I really pushed myself a lot harder than I usually do - hence the beating up of the inner fat chick!

I'm going to blog a bit about my findings reading Shape magazine later on today - the interested vs commited thing and some others that all fell into place and that I have decided to act on. So if you want to have a little lookie, then feel free!

A lightbulb moment? Jenfrus?
Good Morning!

Indeedy lots of lightbulbs! A veritable lightbulb factory even!

However I'm struggling with really belly rumbling hunger today. It's going to be over 2000kcals whichever way I take it. Never mind - I'm zig-zagging, so it should be ok!

In your factory could you make a long lasting and bright one that says c is for cardio? I keep having the same lightbulb moment .... or maybe mine is a tealight candle moment.

GO DO YOUR CARDIO!

Start kickboxing - or trampolining, or horseback riding or something you LOVE

I'll go get on my bike as soon as I do one more cruise of the new posts. I promise. And about that blowhorn ??? Have you been hanging out with Ilene?

Why, oh why can't I just wake up tomorrow and be 120 pounds of which only 20% or so is fat? I am trying so hard not to get frustrated. It isn't even that I'm in a hurry to reach my goal - I'm just tired, tired, tired of having to think about losing weight all of the time. Now, I know that maintainence is going to require as much attention to food and exercise as losing weight does and I don't mind that. I don't mind logging food or planning a workout. I'm just sick of anticipating results for doing it. Pure mental and emotional rubbish, I know. I need to get over it. If my kids were whining like I am now they'd be sent straight to their rooms!

Gaylyn - good job putting that sundae in the freezer. I wish I had resisted the box of Krispy Kreme's we bought yesterday as well. My justification was that if I ate them NOW I wouldn't have to fight them LATER. I have no justification for buying a dozen of them to begin with - that was just pure stupidity.

2frus, I think I read the same Shape article that you did. I've decided to break my weight loss down into 1 pound increments. Even 5 pounds seems too ambitious these days! I skimmed through your blog this morning and read the entry about the girl who only shows up to kickbox every now and then but swears she's gaining muscle weight despite eating and eating and eating. Yeah, that is me these days. As soon as I read what you'd written I had to face just how far into denial I've let myself sink. I finally told DH today that I am gaining weight. I had to put it out there for someone else to hear so that I can no longer pretend it isn't happening. I don't know what they scale says but I know that I have not been as committed as I once was so it is true whether the numbers say so or not. Even if the scale is moving downward because I've gotten my eating under control (minus the KK's, of course) I know my BF is going up because I haven't been a consistent on the weights as I need to be. Whew! It feels good to be honest!

Susan, you look great! I googled Lorena Funk when you mentioned her the other day. People like that amaze me. I honestly don't get that kind of person. Don't get me wrong - I RESPECT them, I just don't GET them. I've used weights since I first started losing weight. But, it wasn't until I'd lost a significant amount I could see the results of resistence training. That is when they became important to me. She has the kind of body that I aspired to have. It was very frustrating because I had this black and white view of weights. I felt like you either did everything you had to in order to look like her or you were wasting your time. I don't know where I got that attitude, but I did. Anyway, it was hard because I had no interest in real weight lifting. I just wanted to be a bit more defined and stronger. I had no interested in spending the amount of time or energy it would take to have a body like hers (and after three kids I probably couldn't have gotten it anyway!). I would actually feel GUILTY about that. Thank goodnes I finally came to terms with the fact that there is an in between that suited me. I still admire anyone who has a body like Lorena but I can accept that I don't necessarily want that for myself. Or, should I say, I don't want to WORK for that for myself. And that is okay - nothing to beat myself up over!

Well Good Morning Lucky! I agree about the "in between". I can be little and I can have some muscle but I'll always have wrinkles around my belly button and stretch marks
I too admire their dedication but I also have to be dedicated to my husband, children, tuition fees, wedding costs, house, work ... Another instance of moderation being key.
We can only do what we can do, right?

HI lucky! I've commited to lose 5lbs by the end of April! And at least try ever so hard to not blow things on weekends!

Susan YES I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO ILENE!

Oh and here's my "perfect" body - makes me dribble just looking at it!

I have to run into town. After a good long look in the mirror, I decided against the yoga pants. Just for fun .... I tried on ..... my size 3 jeans! Yes!
I'm going to park far from the bank so I can see how I look reflected in store windows.
So shallow!

Susan~~Have fun checking yourself out! Thanks for posting the link.

Lucky~~Good for you on being honest with yourself. I've took a good look at past food logs and realize that I've been adding in more and more treats. It's time for me to get back to serious eating and get rid of the BLT's.

2frus~~I'm with you on the 5 pounds by the end of April. That's not too much to ask is it???

I really believe that if I get rid of the treats and BLT's the weight will start coming off again. I've even already ate my broccoli and carrots today. lol

Gaylyn

Five pounds by the end of April eh? By buckling down?
Jenfrus, buckles down on her weekends.
Gaylyn, buckles down on her treats.
I'll buckle down on cardio.

Anyone else?