Crazy Week

It's been so crazy since the last post-- school work, my daughter's sports ending (volleyball and soccer), gearing up for my daughter's basketball season to start this week, and some work for me. Oh, did I forget to mention all the household cleaning and what not I do? No? Well, add that into my already crazy week. Blah! I'm so ready for this semester to be over. Not like next semester will be less hectic. Sigh.

With that being said, I  haven't hit the gym since sometime last week and I forgot to weigh in on Sunday. D'oh! I did weigh myself this morning and I am still holding at 189.6. My eating really hasn't been too bad, but I know it could be better. I've already set my alarm to go off tomorrow morning at 4:30am so I can make it to the gym by 5. The whole staying up late to study/do research papers/and other misc homework is totally killing me in the mornings. Next week I have plans to attend the Cardio Craze class on Monday, Zumba on Wednesday, and possibly Turbo Kick on Friday (all at the Y), in addition to my morning workouts.

How's your week going?

Happy hump day, everyone!

Manic Monday

"Six o'clock already

I was just in the middle of a dream

I was kissin' Valentino

By a crystal blue Italian stream

But I can't be late

'Cause then I guess I just won't get paid

These are the days

When you wish your bed was already made

It's just another manic Monday

I wish it were Sunday

'Cause that's my fun day

My I don't have to run day

It's just another manic Monday"

Today was a good AND busy day. Gah! I am glad it's almost over. Though, I must go work on a bit of homework that's due tomorrow. Ick! I had my measurements taken today and I am down! Well, I'm not entirely sure about all my spots, but I just had my waist and hips taken rather quickly today. I am down close to 1.5" on both my waist and hips. Whoohoo! I'm going to have my measurements (all of them) taken when I reach 170. :)

 

Sunday Weigh in

Quick post tonight. I'm tired and it's getting late.

My weigh in today is 189, which means I'm down .6 from last week. I'm not down as much as I had hoped to be, but my monthly visitor is here so to be down anything is awesome! It sort of makes me wonder what my next weigh in will show. For all the ladies out there, you all know what I mean!


Tomorrow starts another busy week for me. I have all of my classes this week. Blah!

Is December here yet? I'm ready to take my finals and be done with this semester.

Crazy Saturday

My daughter had 4 games today (3 soccer and 1 volleyball). Man, am I tired! We've been going since 7a.m. I think I'm ready for bed.

Today, since we had so many games back-to-back, I didn't really plan my eating like I should have. Shame on me! I really do know better. I didn't eat a thing until 3p.m. (We ate at Braum's.) Dinner tonight will be a grilled chicken breast w/ salad.

Last night I found a couple classes at the Y that I would like to attend, but it's just getting up the nerve to actually follow through with it. One class is called Cardio C.R.A.Z.E and the other is Zumba.

I want to start them this next week...

Well...yawn...I think it's time to tackle some laundry.

I'll be back tomorrow for the weekly official weigh in.

Working toward 15 gone

As of last official weigh-in, I am down 11.4lbs. Whoohoo! :) I am slowly working toward getting 15 gone.

A couple days ago I was feeling a bit down and wanted to snack on something, anything. I wasn't hungry, just had one of those days. I didn't have time to snack and had to run out to go pick up my daughter from school. When we arrived home, she handed me all her papers. One paper was a letter informing the students and parents that the school nurse had passed away. She had lost her battle with cancer. She was a young mother and left behind a young daughter. My heart breaks for her family. :( After reading the letter, I didn't even want a snack; I wasn't even hungry, just bored, I guess. I can't control certain illnesses and diseases, but I can control my weight and weight related diseases. I can control what I put in my mouth, I just need to work on my willpower. I can control when and how much I exercise, and I will.

Yesterday, a friend of mine announced that she most likely has MS. I know she's devastated and I also know that there are treatments available now to help control the symptoms and what not. Still, it's not something anyone wants to deal with. She has 2 young boys the same age as my son. (He's 4.) I can't even imagine what she's going through mentally. My heart goes out to her and her family.

Though, upon hearing this news, it's motivated me even more to keep on my weight loss and exercise path, to not give up, and to put all my all into this. Again, I can control what I decide to eat and the exercises I do. Right now, I feel as if my life is passing me by because I feel so uncomfortable to do things being at the current weight I am, and that is sad. I let myself get here and I will get myself out of this rut.

That being said, I did notice a shirt that I wore yesterday wasn't as tight around my midsection as it once had been. That's a good sign, yes? Yes! If I remember correctly, my doctor had once said my highest weight recorded in their papers was 208 (according to my scale my highest was 201). As of my last official weigh in, I'm down to 189.6. Not that I want to catch a cold or end up with a sinus infection that requires me to see my Dr, but I'm sort of curious as to what the Dr's scale will show next time (hopefully not for a couple more months! lol).

I have been doing great journaling all my food intake and exercise on The Daily Plate as well as in my Diet Minder. I'm getting into the habit of jornaling my food as I'm eating so I don't forget. I am on day 9 of no soda or coffee. I'm not really craving either one, but sometimes the thought of having a quick pick-me-up does cross my mind. I took this morning off from going to the gym, my legs felt stiff when I woke up this morning. Though, I am planning on taking the kids for a walk later. I think if I had to rate my efforts for my food choices and sticking as close to my daily calorie goal, I would rate it an 8 out of 10, and my exercise rating would be 9 out of 10 so far.

I'm looking forward to November 10th as my "monthly" check in to see, exactly, how I'm doing. If I don't get a chance to check in before Sunday, I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Monday Check In

I'm tired, and that's to be expected since I did manage to pull myself out of bed and get to the gym by 5a.m. *yawn* So, I'm going to make a very quick list of what I accomplished today, sound good? OK.

Today's accomplishments: 

• 5a.m. work out-- did about 3 miles of walking on the track as well as 2.34 miles (35 minutes) on the EPX (think elliptical)
• Tracked all my food intake in my Diet Minder journal as well as online at The Daily Plate even though I went over by about 100 calories
• Drank more than 64oz of water--Whoohooo
• Haven't had any soda or coffee for almost 6 days now
• Have taken all my vitamins, every single day for the past 6 days now

What I will work on this week:

• Will aim for more servings of fresh fruit and veggies each day
• Will attempt not to go over my calorie goals
• Will continue taking all vitamins
• Will continue drinking plenty of water and no soda or coffee
• Will continue my daily exercise (Though, I will more than likely take Sunday off)
• Need to work on stretching before AND after exercising (I'm horrible at not stretching enough)

Well, it sounds as if laundry is finally finished, which means it's time for bed! (After I fold and put it up, of course. Blah!)

Morning weigh-in : 190

Sunday Weigh In

Today is going to be a busy day--loads of laundry to finish, soccer practice for the girl, I'm taking a football team's pics later today, and I have homework to finish.

My Sunday weigh is *drum roll, please* 189.6 YAY I'm finally into the 180s. I can't wait for next Sunday so I can definitely be in the 180s and not just barely into it.

The past couple of evenings, the kids and I have been walking around our neighborhood. The kids love riding their bikes while I walk. It's great for them and for me.

We're planning on a walk after dinner tonight, which my youngest is excited about. (He's 4 and loves riding his big boy bike!)

Tomorrow, my plan is to be at the Y by 5a.m. and be home by 7a.m. I'm the type of person that as long as I can get my exercising finished as earlier in the day as possible, I'm guaranteed to squeeze it in, but if I try to wait till later in the day, forget about it. I'm starting back with C25K.

OK, I'm off to record my breakfast over at The Daily Plate.

Game Plan

Tonight, I made a game plan for the rest of this month. What, exactly, is my plan? Well, I plan to hit the gym every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to do my weekly C25K program. If I feel up to it, I want to also hit the EPX for a min. of 30 minutes on those days. If I feel up to it, I will try to go on Tuesdays and Thursdays to do between 30-60minutes on the EPX.  I might also do some weights on those 2 days, but it will just depend on how I'm feeling. As I accomplish each goal for each day, I will mark the day off my calender. I'm hoping to lose about 20lbs by the end of December.

Well, it's late here and I've had a long day. Goodnight all!

Gettin' Back To It

I'm trying my hardest to get back into the eating-right-and-exercising-groove that I was in a couple months ago. Gah! Why on Earth is it so flipping hard? I WILL get back into my groove, and I WILL lose the weight I want. I WILL.


I'm proud of myself for tracking every single thing I ate today, even the not-so-good items. Hey, at least I tracked them and they're accounted for, right?


One thing I noticed this evening that I really need to work on is my water intake. I think I only took in around 7 glasses or so. Tomorrow I will attempt to get in around 10 glasses or so. It shouldn't be too hard to achieve because I'll be outside in the fall (90 degree here, though. WTH?) weather, watching my daughter kick behind in her soccer games. :D


I have a workout goal to hit the gym bright and early at 6:30a.m. tomorrow. I think I can do that. I hope, anyways. It would be a great start.



Goodnight, all!

Friday's Workout

So, this morning, after dropping the kids off at school, I managed to hit the gym. I did 2,539 steps around the track. I'm not sure, exactly, how many miles that equates to, but, oh well, I was MOVING! A couple weeks ago, I bought the Nike+Sport kit for my Ipod and plan on using it next week. I think it's going to be pretty neat to use and will help keep me motivated with my endeavor back into the C25K. I'll explain in my next post what the Nike+Sport kit is and what it does for those that don't know. I also did the the gym's EFX machine. I selected the weight loss program on the EFX and did 30 minutes (and 2.33 miles) alternating between an easy resistance and a bit more difficult Resistance. It was actually nice and I felt great afterwards. I really like that work out sweat. :) I have also tracked my food intake so far for today.

Well, it's time for me to go pick the boy up from Pre-K.

Daily weigh-in: 195.8