feeling less poopy today. i got on the scale this morning and saw 181. thank goodness i didn't throw in the towel after seeing a one pound drop. K was right. TOM went away.. i jumped on the treadmill yesterday and did my 5 miles again. it felt awesome. i decided to ignore the scale.. however, we now know that didn't last long. lol. my jeans fit this morning too.. that's the best NSV there is. i still have this nasty muffin top.. but its not as noticeable this week. the bloating is gone sooo that helps. my legs are feeling REALLY good.
one thing i hate about my body.. my build. i have VERY muscular legs.. like a runner would have. my legs - especially my calves and quads are never an issue for me. when i start walking or working out.. muscle pops out immediately. most of my weight drops from there first. that kinda sucks since i carry most of my weight around my stomach and chest.
patience.. and perseverance..
next week im thinking about starting the couch to 5k. maybe doing it on tues- thurs- and saturdays. i need to find a more fitting workout for those days since i have less time. like today for instance, i work until 1pm.. and IF i can get cleaned up before 1 and be out the door by 1:15.. i might be able to get in a decent workout before i go get the kids. i have found that evenings don't work for me.. and mornings.. haha.. that's a joke unless i get up at 5am. yeah, my workouts will get more and more necessary.. but so is my sleep. so that's out of the question.
i just have to find a way to make it work. and i will..
im more determined than ever...
i WILL hit 170 by the end of January..
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Day 9 .. Weigh-In Day
a full week of eating well... NO SODA.. getting exercise in as much as i can (ok.. could have done more).. and i only drop ONE stinkin pound. grrr
my friend K said that as soon as TOM is gone, i may see a big drop. i have maybe one more day left. i hope so.
that's why i cant wait to get my bodybugg. i need to know where i'm going wrong when it comes to my food. i may not be eating enough. so frustrating! at least it will tell me what i am REALLY getting burned (not the goofy treadmill number).. then compare it to my daily calories.. and tell me what i need to increase or decrease. at least that's what i hope it will do.
my weekend sucked, on the personal side. i'm not going to get into that now.. mostly because it will get me irritated again and i don't want that. the day isn't going so bad.. so i will try and keep it that way. i wonder what kind of impact stress has on weight loss...
no looking back... on to the new week....
Friday, January 6, 2012
Day 6 .. TGIF?
had a good morning.. nothing dramatic which is good. got off work at 11 and headed straight home. didn't even sit down because i knew if i did.. a nap was in store for me.
jumped in some workout clothes and hit the treadmill. did another 5 miles today.. 3 miles of it on full incline. felt like my legs were going to give out on me so took it back down and did the final 2 miles flat. watched the Bratzz movie. it was cute. my choices of movies to watch are limited to whatever i can find in the "garage sale" boxes. we have watched all of our movies 101 times so we are getting ready to sell them all. i think i need to get my ass to the library this weekend and rent some. the only ones i haven't seen are my daughters tween movies. it gets me through the miles.. but i can only handle so much teenie movie madness..
tonight i have to work the bar. yuck. my brother works it normally on thursdays and saturdays. tomorrow he is going out of town so i have to work tomorrow night too. makes for a longgg weekend. i hope its super busy because it makes the night go by fast.. and of course, owning a business that MAKES money is nice too.
i have more to say.. but i need to kick my feet up for 30 minutes before i make dinner. the balls of my feet are burning.. almost feel like i have blisters. i don't.. but the incline always kills my feel right there. boo hoo. my feet need to toughen up again. i guess its been too long since they have been worked. hmmm .. ya think?
oh yeah.. food has been spot on today. i think i'm way under calories tho. i need to start tracking that. OHHH and i FINALLY broke down and bought a bodybuggg today! whoot! i'm so excited! i spent money on myself. well.. not household money.. mostly gift card money.. but hey! that's new for me. :)
im learning!
jumped in some workout clothes and hit the treadmill. did another 5 miles today.. 3 miles of it on full incline. felt like my legs were going to give out on me so took it back down and did the final 2 miles flat. watched the Bratzz movie. it was cute. my choices of movies to watch are limited to whatever i can find in the "garage sale" boxes. we have watched all of our movies 101 times so we are getting ready to sell them all. i think i need to get my ass to the library this weekend and rent some. the only ones i haven't seen are my daughters tween movies. it gets me through the miles.. but i can only handle so much teenie movie madness..
tonight i have to work the bar. yuck. my brother works it normally on thursdays and saturdays. tomorrow he is going out of town so i have to work tomorrow night too. makes for a longgg weekend. i hope its super busy because it makes the night go by fast.. and of course, owning a business that MAKES money is nice too.
i have more to say.. but i need to kick my feet up for 30 minutes before i make dinner. the balls of my feet are burning.. almost feel like i have blisters. i don't.. but the incline always kills my feel right there. boo hoo. my feet need to toughen up again. i guess its been too long since they have been worked. hmmm .. ya think?
oh yeah.. food has been spot on today. i think i'm way under calories tho. i need to start tracking that. OHHH and i FINALLY broke down and bought a bodybuggg today! whoot! i'm so excited! i spent money on myself. well.. not household money.. mostly gift card money.. but hey! that's new for me. :)
im learning!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Day 5.. you spin me right round baby..
WOW.. this day flew the freck by! where did it go??! my head is still spinning.
i didnt get out of work until almost 2pm. by the time i got home.. and breathing again.. i had a dozen phone calls to make for the business. trying to renew my loan for it.. moving banks and having to balance all of this planning and doing with my moms schedule too because she is on the loan with me. ahhh! its fricken crazy. oh yeah and somewhere in there i crammed a salad down my throat.. mostly to shut my stomach up so i could get some shit done. pfft... really, i made it and ate it fast because i knew that if i didn't.. i would dive into something processed and fast and probably 10x what i needed in calories for the whole damn day. WHY?.. because its EASIER and i was freaking HUNGRYYY. sooo i was then back on the phone between bites (not a pretty sight)... & no sooner than i got off the phone.. it was time to go get my kids from school. CRAP!
my thinking = when i get home.. i can work out ~ even if its for 30 minutes.
ask me if i have done that.
nope. dealing with kids.. homework.. hearing about their day.. cooking dinner... etc. as soon as i get done with this quick update (cuz I'm TRYING to post every day).. i'm off to do the dishes and start some laundry. i will do sit-ups with the family tonight.. maybe some push-ups too. we did them last night. it was a lot of fun. i'm making everyone do them with me every night and we will track our progress... hmm... i might even track it here.
i can only do 14 full sit-ups. that was last night and i was BEAT from my treadmill workout. i'm shooting for 20 tonight and will go from there. i'm hoping that by the end of January.. i will be able to do 50 full sit-ups at once.
doable :) no excuses..
i didnt get out of work until almost 2pm. by the time i got home.. and breathing again.. i had a dozen phone calls to make for the business. trying to renew my loan for it.. moving banks and having to balance all of this planning and doing with my moms schedule too because she is on the loan with me. ahhh! its fricken crazy. oh yeah and somewhere in there i crammed a salad down my throat.. mostly to shut my stomach up so i could get some shit done. pfft... really, i made it and ate it fast because i knew that if i didn't.. i would dive into something processed and fast and probably 10x what i needed in calories for the whole damn day. WHY?.. because its EASIER and i was freaking HUNGRYYY. sooo i was then back on the phone between bites (not a pretty sight)... & no sooner than i got off the phone.. it was time to go get my kids from school. CRAP!
my thinking = when i get home.. i can work out ~ even if its for 30 minutes.
ask me if i have done that.
nope. dealing with kids.. homework.. hearing about their day.. cooking dinner... etc. as soon as i get done with this quick update (cuz I'm TRYING to post every day).. i'm off to do the dishes and start some laundry. i will do sit-ups with the family tonight.. maybe some push-ups too. we did them last night. it was a lot of fun. i'm making everyone do them with me every night and we will track our progress... hmm... i might even track it here.
i can only do 14 full sit-ups. that was last night and i was BEAT from my treadmill workout. i'm shooting for 20 tonight and will go from there. i'm hoping that by the end of January.. i will be able to do 50 full sit-ups at once.
doable :) no excuses..
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Day 4 .. the walk of fame..
so i made a date with the treadmill today. success! holy shit... i now hurt. bad. my legs are aching and i think i have a couple of blisters on my feet. seriously. and my legs.. they feel like i just had 2 hours of kinky crazy sex in 20 positions. yeah.. well i think anyway. i don't remember what that's like either.. so lets imagine. my hips hurt. i found muscles that have been hibernating for some time now. it feels good. i watched a movie while i walked. it made the time fly by. the first 40 minutes i walked at 3.8... then i walked 30 minutes at 3.4 with full incline. FULL incline.. i think that's what killed me. then the last 20 minutes or so i walked at 3.4 with no incline.. slowly bringing my speed down every 5 minutes. it felt great. when i got off the treadmill.. i almost fell on my ass because my legs were jello.. lol.
food was good today. i'm hungry right now.. so that's good. physical hunger is awesome for me.. i love feeling it because i know that my body has used the energy i have given it.. and it needs more. as soon as i'm finished here.. i'm going to make some dinner. not sure what i am having.. but it will be protein packed with some sort of veggie and a small carb. small. i have also gotten my water in.. and today is the first day that i have had NO SODA. none. i think i am going to try and give up my diet dr. pepper. i was addicted to the max. my husband has also not had any pop (at home). i know he is drinking it at work.. but i am trying to ween him off of it at home because the caffeine messes with his sleep. cutting the sugar wont hurt him either.
ok.. so i would say today was a success. tomorrow i work until 1pm. my son has an appointment tomorrow so he is walking to my shop at lunch.. i will take him home at 1pm... he leaves with my brother for the appt (my nephews are going too ~ they all have ortho appts.)... so i have from about 2pm till 3pm to get a workout of some sort done. im thinking one of Leslie's walking away the pounds videos. i LOVE them. if you ever want a video to do at home that is DOABLE.. and i know this because i have lost a LOT of weight doing the WATP videos.. these are where you can start. i don't have my living room space.. and these videos are PERFECT for time crunch and lack of space. soooo.. that's the plan tomorrow....
food was good today. i'm hungry right now.. so that's good. physical hunger is awesome for me.. i love feeling it because i know that my body has used the energy i have given it.. and it needs more. as soon as i'm finished here.. i'm going to make some dinner. not sure what i am having.. but it will be protein packed with some sort of veggie and a small carb. small. i have also gotten my water in.. and today is the first day that i have had NO SODA. none. i think i am going to try and give up my diet dr. pepper. i was addicted to the max. my husband has also not had any pop (at home). i know he is drinking it at work.. but i am trying to ween him off of it at home because the caffeine messes with his sleep. cutting the sugar wont hurt him either.
ok.. so i would say today was a success. tomorrow i work until 1pm. my son has an appointment tomorrow so he is walking to my shop at lunch.. i will take him home at 1pm... he leaves with my brother for the appt (my nephews are going too ~ they all have ortho appts.)... so i have from about 2pm till 3pm to get a workout of some sort done. im thinking one of Leslie's walking away the pounds videos. i LOVE them. if you ever want a video to do at home that is DOABLE.. and i know this because i have lost a LOT of weight doing the WATP videos.. these are where you can start. i don't have my living room space.. and these videos are PERFECT for time crunch and lack of space. soooo.. that's the plan tomorrow....
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Day 3 .. Happy Birthday To Meeeee...
Yep.. today i turned 39 years old. i feel every bit of it too. cant say today was a bad day ... it was actually one of the best birthdays i have had in a long time... good friends with lots of laughs. food intake is another story.
had two great friends come into my coffee shop.. as they do every day. yesterday, one of them (K) told the other (K2) that i needed a cake... so K2 made me one.. from SCRATCH. it was an AWESOME cake .. no doubt about it.. but AHH i have done sooo well until that damn cake! lol.. so yeah.. i ate some.. of course. but HEY i didn't eat any breakfast or lunch (not so good)... but that's not a good reason to eat cake. my reason is cuz she made a damn good cake.. second.. it was my birthday. ok.. excuses excuses. then to top it all off.. hubby made me a fat rib-eye steak for dinner. more meat than i needed for sure. i know that with my body shape.. red meat is definitely not something i should include in my foods. bleh. i'm not gonna get all weird about it.. but it sure feels icky right now. not a lot of food for the day.. possibly even under calories.. but damnnnn... the fat content alone is gross im sure..
tomorrow the kids go back to school. working out will be on the plan for sure. i haven't had the chance to do that yet. i feel like a total clusterfeck when the kids are at home.. cant seem to get anything accomplished.. especially when it comes to taking care of myself.
i still have 200thousand things to get done around the house (LOTS of tax and end of year business crap).. but its time for me to do ME first.. and everything else second. even if its for 20 minutes.. or 30... preferably 60 lol.. but we'll see.
it was my birthday.. so i can void today out. thats my story and im sticking to it. its the only "pass" i will give myself.. until i make my goal. im not going to stress over a few steps back on ONE day. i will just take a few extra steps tomorrow... :)
had two great friends come into my coffee shop.. as they do every day. yesterday, one of them (K) told the other (K2) that i needed a cake... so K2 made me one.. from SCRATCH. it was an AWESOME cake .. no doubt about it.. but AHH i have done sooo well until that damn cake! lol.. so yeah.. i ate some.. of course. but HEY i didn't eat any breakfast or lunch (not so good)... but that's not a good reason to eat cake. my reason is cuz she made a damn good cake.. second.. it was my birthday. ok.. excuses excuses. then to top it all off.. hubby made me a fat rib-eye steak for dinner. more meat than i needed for sure. i know that with my body shape.. red meat is definitely not something i should include in my foods. bleh. i'm not gonna get all weird about it.. but it sure feels icky right now. not a lot of food for the day.. possibly even under calories.. but damnnnn... the fat content alone is gross im sure..
tomorrow the kids go back to school. working out will be on the plan for sure. i haven't had the chance to do that yet. i feel like a total clusterfeck when the kids are at home.. cant seem to get anything accomplished.. especially when it comes to taking care of myself.
i still have 200thousand things to get done around the house (LOTS of tax and end of year business crap).. but its time for me to do ME first.. and everything else second. even if its for 20 minutes.. or 30... preferably 60 lol.. but we'll see.
it was my birthday.. so i can void today out. thats my story and im sticking to it. its the only "pass" i will give myself.. until i make my goal. im not going to stress over a few steps back on ONE day. i will just take a few extra steps tomorrow... :)
Monday, January 2, 2012
Day 2 .. hmmm...
Day 1.. that was an ok day.. nothing special. ate well.. no bad foods.. thinking of making a plan etc.. but no exercise. i have issues with exercising around people... and with kids and husband hovering around me all the time.. not much time for ME. did buy another walking video... and makeup.. and nail polish.. lol. hey.. i never buy myself anything... so it was a big deal :P
Day 2.. not sure what to say about today. i meant to get home after work (@ 11) and exercise.. but because my husband wasnt working today.. that didnt happen. we ended up cleaning like crazy.. then watching a movie.. then napping.. and now he is playing a video game while i finish up my day with getting the kids showered and ready for bed.
my food wasnt bad today. for breakfast.. i had a small bowl of cereal (which was a miracle because i NEVER eat breakfast). for lunch i had a bowl of salad with some tuna in it. yummy! i love tuna. i snacked on some turkey around 2ish cuz i was starvinggg.. and for dinner i had a bowl of cereal. i dont have a a big variety of foods to choose from just yet. im disorganized with planning... and on a budget of NOTHING.. i have to do what i can. i love the fact that my husband bought salad... and later ate a shit load of m&ms. lovely. but on a side note.. i didnt ask for any.. and the selfish ass didnt offer any. lol. i guess thats a plus.
not too stressful of a day. was wigged out earlier because im so sick of my house being a disaster (husband and three kids = little help)... but once i got thru that rage.. i was good. im pmsing so thats more likely the source.
did i mention that i need and want to quit smoking too? yeah.. crazy to try and quit while dieting.. but once i get moving (exercising).. it might get easier. who knows.. one day at a time. im working on my first goal... 170.. and my size 12 jeans that i no longer fit into (as of two months ago.. uggg!) i refuse to buy new ones.. so im wearing my MOMS old jeans (16s) that fall off me.. cuz she is losing weight on one of those crazy protein diets. she has lost 90lbs so far.. YaY her. she now weighs less than me and that sucks goats ass..
more on that later.
for now.. im going to go sit on my rump and think about tomorrows plan. by wednesday i will be good.. cuz the kids go back to school and i will have a few hours to myself in the afternoon.
so thats it for day one. oh.. and i jumped on the scale yesterday morning. my official starting weight is 185.5 ... yuck.
Day 2.. not sure what to say about today. i meant to get home after work (@ 11) and exercise.. but because my husband wasnt working today.. that didnt happen. we ended up cleaning like crazy.. then watching a movie.. then napping.. and now he is playing a video game while i finish up my day with getting the kids showered and ready for bed.
my food wasnt bad today. for breakfast.. i had a small bowl of cereal (which was a miracle because i NEVER eat breakfast). for lunch i had a bowl of salad with some tuna in it. yummy! i love tuna. i snacked on some turkey around 2ish cuz i was starvinggg.. and for dinner i had a bowl of cereal. i dont have a a big variety of foods to choose from just yet. im disorganized with planning... and on a budget of NOTHING.. i have to do what i can. i love the fact that my husband bought salad... and later ate a shit load of m&ms. lovely. but on a side note.. i didnt ask for any.. and the selfish ass didnt offer any. lol. i guess thats a plus.
not too stressful of a day. was wigged out earlier because im so sick of my house being a disaster (husband and three kids = little help)... but once i got thru that rage.. i was good. im pmsing so thats more likely the source.
did i mention that i need and want to quit smoking too? yeah.. crazy to try and quit while dieting.. but once i get moving (exercising).. it might get easier. who knows.. one day at a time. im working on my first goal... 170.. and my size 12 jeans that i no longer fit into (as of two months ago.. uggg!) i refuse to buy new ones.. so im wearing my MOMS old jeans (16s) that fall off me.. cuz she is losing weight on one of those crazy protein diets. she has lost 90lbs so far.. YaY her. she now weighs less than me and that sucks goats ass..
more on that later.
for now.. im going to go sit on my rump and think about tomorrows plan. by wednesday i will be good.. cuz the kids go back to school and i will have a few hours to myself in the afternoon.
so thats it for day one. oh.. and i jumped on the scale yesterday morning. my official starting weight is 185.5 ... yuck.
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