That is all it takes, when I feel like I cant walk an other time around the park I say, well lets go as far as the birds see how you are doing, then I bet I can make it to the other entrance, then it is I can make it to the pond, then I am right back around and made it that second time! It helps to have a great walking companion that has a lot of stories to tell and a great set of ears to listen when I need to tell her mine. Thanks for being there. I hope that all of you have a someone that no matter what you do, no matter how long it has been since you have talked no matter what that person will be there for you. I guess I am lucky to have many of them in my life. No matter what, I know I have someone that is there to hear me out. Or that I can be the sounding post for them.
This week has been a challenge for me, I am looking for a job! I dont want to work in an office that I am strapped to a phone all day. I want some varitey! I am looking for full and part time work, I need to do something. My husband has a job that he is happy with and I am glad that he has the freedom that he needs. But like most of us the one income is just not enough! I need to feel as though I am giving our finances the 100% that I know I am capable of today I do not!
But yet again back to the baby steps, send out the resume's, call to follow up on them and hit the ground running.
Weigh ins are tomorrow, cant wait to see the final progress report for this week. Ta ta for Now! (TTFN)
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
still on the right track
I got on the scale this morning and I was pleasantly suprised it is all working the walking, the eating right foods, bumping up protiens. I am 6 pounds down from the 10 I gained last month. So 4 more to go to get back to my starting weight! Oh the frustration. But I will win. One meal at a time, one walk at a time.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Did not get on the scale today!
So today was a walking day, but for how I am feeling I most b n the right track, so I let myself have a little treat day! I ate 1/2 a popsicle (banana Yum) 2 snack sized milky way and a sugar free black cherry soda! I did eat great all the other meals though! I had a scrambled egg on 9 grain toast for breakfast, then a snack after walking of a necterine, cheese cubes (cheddar and pepper jack) water and some beef jerky! For dinner we are having a layered taco salad, lettuce, black beans, salsa (hum I think I will make this myself), cheese and ground turkey with taco seasoning mixed into it , corn oh and the "crutons" will be corn bread! I saw this idea on a cooking show this week and I have all the fixings so why not! Scale is still agreeing with me and telling me I am back on track, this is my cycle week and I am down 5 ounds since the last weigh in so not to shabby!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Its working!
Ok so for the last week I have kicked up the exercise and already seeing a BIG difference! Already down 4 pounds since the last weigh in. I know some of you may be thinking that is a big weigh loss for a week. But really it is not. I have not been eating differently still eating meals and snacks, not depriving my self of a treat here and there, I have just added walking, the most I walked in a day was 3 miles in an hour! The average has been between 1.5-2 miles a day.
There is a quote out there that says " inside me there is a skinny girl crying to come out and I can usually shut her up with a cookie" or something along those lines. I laughed the first time I read it, but now I listen to that skinny girl. I dont shut her up with a cookie, I feed her with vegetables and fruit, a good healthy walk and water! So much nicer that the internal badgering that I have been going through!
There is a quote out there that says " inside me there is a skinny girl crying to come out and I can usually shut her up with a cookie" or something along those lines. I laughed the first time I read it, but now I listen to that skinny girl. I dont shut her up with a cookie, I feed her with vegetables and fruit, a good healthy walk and water! So much nicer that the internal badgering that I have been going through!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
A Little about me!
Challenge for the week: Intorduce your self, tell a little why you are in the compitition!
Ok I am in this competition because my friend asked me to join it with her. Checked the budget, the mirror the size of my pants and signed up!
I have always been on the petite side (small framed). I have not had to really worry about weight for most of my life but I was like most girls, I thought I was "FAT" What I realize now is I would like that "FAT" body back! I wore a size 0 or 1 most of my high school years I atribute this to all the dance classes I was in Tap , Jazz, Ballet and Sunshine Generation.
It was not until I was 19 and had my first baby that I knew what being heavy was, going to see the Dr and him poking my hip bone and telling me I needed to be more active as he could no longer feel that bone, then after having him not taking off the weight that I had gained with him.
Then I started dancing again, I had a group of friends that liked to go Country dancing. Oh boy was this fun! I danced my ass off (literally). I had gotten back into a size 5 I was so excited!
Then came baby # 2. For the longest time you did not even know I was pregnant! (I actually met my husband of 15 years when I was 3 months pregnant...He had no idea! ) Well I went through that pregnancy all alone, her daddy came back into the picture the month before she was born! But we decided that we were just going to be friends.
Ok back to the story you want to hear! Body bounced back for the most part I was sitting at a size 7.
Current Hubby and I started dating when daughter 2 was one month old. Had to stay sexy for the dating time right, well then getting comfortable in the relationship added a few pounds, then baby #3 and that is what happened! The girls are only 16 months apart! The body was never the same again, slowly as a stay at home mother of 3 the sweats took over the closet and little by little the jeans just kept getting bigger and bigger! The top I got to was almost ready to move into a size 18, my biggest weight 190!
Went on a fad diet lost 50! gained almost all of it back topped out that time at 187. That was the day I dig in my heals and said NO MORE! I will get healthy. And the timing was right, about 4 months later I heard from my friend about the challenge! I was already on the way down on the scale and maybe this was the push I needed!
Since 2008 I have not weighed more that 170 pounds. Every year I strive to find new ways to keep me on the right track, one day at a time some times one meal at a time. We are all in control of our health, I let mine slip along with eating habits of my family.
So today I tell you this is not just about me, it is about teaching my children how to make the right choice, We chose to be healthy! Variety is the spice of life, GO EAT A RAINBOW!
Ok I am in this competition because my friend asked me to join it with her. Checked the budget, the mirror the size of my pants and signed up!
I have always been on the petite side (small framed). I have not had to really worry about weight for most of my life but I was like most girls, I thought I was "FAT" What I realize now is I would like that "FAT" body back! I wore a size 0 or 1 most of my high school years I atribute this to all the dance classes I was in Tap , Jazz, Ballet and Sunshine Generation.
It was not until I was 19 and had my first baby that I knew what being heavy was, going to see the Dr and him poking my hip bone and telling me I needed to be more active as he could no longer feel that bone, then after having him not taking off the weight that I had gained with him.
Then I started dancing again, I had a group of friends that liked to go Country dancing. Oh boy was this fun! I danced my ass off (literally). I had gotten back into a size 5 I was so excited!
Then came baby # 2. For the longest time you did not even know I was pregnant! (I actually met my husband of 15 years when I was 3 months pregnant...He had no idea! ) Well I went through that pregnancy all alone, her daddy came back into the picture the month before she was born! But we decided that we were just going to be friends.
Ok back to the story you want to hear! Body bounced back for the most part I was sitting at a size 7.
Current Hubby and I started dating when daughter 2 was one month old. Had to stay sexy for the dating time right, well then getting comfortable in the relationship added a few pounds, then baby #3 and that is what happened! The girls are only 16 months apart! The body was never the same again, slowly as a stay at home mother of 3 the sweats took over the closet and little by little the jeans just kept getting bigger and bigger! The top I got to was almost ready to move into a size 18, my biggest weight 190!
Went on a fad diet lost 50! gained almost all of it back topped out that time at 187. That was the day I dig in my heals and said NO MORE! I will get healthy. And the timing was right, about 4 months later I heard from my friend about the challenge! I was already on the way down on the scale and maybe this was the push I needed!
Since 2008 I have not weighed more that 170 pounds. Every year I strive to find new ways to keep me on the right track, one day at a time some times one meal at a time. We are all in control of our health, I let mine slip along with eating habits of my family.
So today I tell you this is not just about me, it is about teaching my children how to make the right choice, We chose to be healthy! Variety is the spice of life, GO EAT A RAINBOW!
ok why does life get in the way...or is it just me?
How am I going to make this if I cant even reach my own goal that I set for me? So last week I was really down on myself for not following through on the weight loss challenge. Today I am down because I did not blog every day like I wanted to. Today though I am taking a step to make sure my blog is completed on a daily basis. As I try to type and inbetween thoughts for the moment I am writting out post it notes and I will be posting them every where I can think. One will be to remind me to do my blog so far I have 3 places that I can think to put them, my debit card, my bathroom mirror and my light switch! I think I will stick with those three places for now. So far so good though! I have added walking for an hour per day. This is amazing how this has helped with my stamina and energy levels! I seem more alert this week! I have been on the scale a lot watching what is happening with my body, I have already noticed that my thighs are getting thinner, my Muffin top is almost gone and I am standing straighter and more proud of who I am and what I am doing for my long term health! So today is a new day, new goals (actually start blogging daily) and maintaining healthy eating habits and exercising even for 30 minutes a day!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
OMG where did this come from?
So today was weigh in day for the Weight loss challange. And I have to say I am very disapointed in the results! Time to buckle down and make sure I am doing all the right things for my health! Today is the day to get on and CRACKING. Time to whip this body in shape! I have to say I have felt a little more tired and run down this last month, I thought it was the no AC thing, but now I am thinking it was my body sending me signals that it was time to refocus and pay attention to it, and it rebelled by giving me what I was allowing, more weight! I am done! by this time next month I will be back on track 2-3 pounds per week. I will be counting every calorie and blogging every day. I will be out enjoying the wonderful weather and walking until my legs fall off. Hope the dog doesnt mind we are not coming back when she gets tired, only when she has to drag me back. I love myself and I am done being a slave to this chubby body! TIME TO GET THE SEXY BACK!
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