Sunday, June 29, 2008

Feeling a little down....

I have to confess that I feel a little blue about my current weight-loss program. I feel like I am struggle so hard to lose weight and there is nothing to show for it! I tried on a few pairs of pants this weekend when we were in Fairbanks and they were all so small and looked HORRIBLE on....I was so sad that I am so out of shape and I do NOT understand why!? It's like in the past year my body had just exploded out and gotten all flabby and crap and I have no explanation for it! (No beautiful baby to reason away my flabby belly...no, NOTHING)

I guess I'm just frustrated at this point. I have read every article and even talked to my Dr. She says she doesn't understand either. With all that I am doing it does NOT make sense that I can't lose weight - or at least inches........

I did start uping my walking to 13000 steps a day now, and I am going to start running harder. (instead of taking it at a good pace) I am going to start uping my abs to every other day for at least 20 minutes and see if that helps.....

Still watching my portions and calorie counting......Maybe this is my magical week? Something's gotta give! I need to lose 20 lbs before the wedding in February!!!!

Monday, June 23, 2008

A whole new motivation

So, my brother-in-law, Justin, got engaged this weekend!!!! How awesome is that? So, his new fiance and I have been e-mail friends for a while now, and she actually asked me to be one of her bridesmaids!!! Oh my gosh!!!!!!!..........I have never been in a wedding before like that so I am so excited!! Mom and I have had so much fun just talking and planning and stuff.....

So.....obviously this puts my whole weight loss/being healthier thing in perspective and changes some of my goals. I REALLY want to lose around 20 lbs before the wedding so I am trying to re-focus myself and start working on the diet thing...I know, I know - I always talk about hating dieting and how I'm not going to do that....BUT......I have to look beautiful for the wedding! haha........

So, short-term my goal is to lose 10 lbs before Oct. 1st. That gives me three full months to continue working out and to really get my eating under control. No more sweats, no more chocolate and no more creamer in my coffee! These are my first adjustments.............I'm keeping a food journal so I can keep track of what I eat and how much.

Long-term goal for this is that I would lose another 10 lbs before Feb. It's just a goal and I know it's a long shot, but I should have about six months to do it so I think I can. =) I already have 16 weeks of a foundation so that's a good start. =)

Still no weight loss to date, but I'm actually going to start focusing on that rather than just blowing it off and only focusing on exercising.

So far, so good - I ran 4 miles yesterday (well, ran 2 and walked 2) and did another 2 miles today. Both days I have done really well with the diet thing.......

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Back in Business

So, I took four days off from working out mostly because we were in Canada, and then also because after several months of working out without a break it's good for your body to have a few days of rest......SO.......Needless to say I was pretty naughty these past four days.....pie, coffee, ice cream etc! YIKES!!!! We camped out for three days so we didn't eat too much bad stuff, just some special snacks here and there. Now I'm back on track and starting back into my routine......

Today I will run and then get back on schedule for working out. I don't feel like I have lost any weight at all and that's a little disheartening but I keep reminding myself that the whole reason I am doing this is to get healthier and be in better shape...no necessarily to lose weight....I know that by walking/running/lifting weights etc. I am getting healthier and will be so much better off for it, so that's encouraging to me......

I'm still struggling with the chocolate thing and also with needing snacks...wish I could beat those habits........

I'll keep you posted on things.....

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Overview of Week 14

So, this was my 14th week of working out......It's been such a crazy week that when I go to write down what I did I cannot even remember! haha.....I know that I did my running/walking EVERY day and that I also worked out with Cami four times this week. I am planning to do a better job of writing down after each work out so I can actually remember what I did!!! haha........

These next few weeks will be a challenge because Travis' mom is coming to visit for 2 1/2 weeks and I will be challenged to still keep up my work out routine. I'm gonna try really hard though because I do SO much better when I stick with it and stay faithful!!!....

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Easy Weight Loss? No such thing.....

So, I had to laugh at your comments Ladies! haha.....For some maybe weight loss is easy, but for most of us it is a HORRIBLE struggle! haha......I can seriously BARELY move right now my arms hurt THAT bad...haha......

These blogs have encouraged me so much and just motivated me to keep going and I think that's really what is going to make the difference in the end. I LOVE just knowing that you ladies are all out there feeling a lot of the same things and desiring the same things as well. I typed up all of your names and put them by my desk at work so whenever I feel like eating something I shouldn't (or whenever I'm sore) I just think about all of you out there doing the same thing and it motivates me to do what's right!!

I got up at 6am again today to work out with Cami. We both decided on the days when we could make it work to get up early it was way better than trying to have the energy for it at 9pm! haha.....Today we just walked/ran a little for about 3 miles and then did abs. My arms are so sore from Monday's triceps day that I could barely even turn the steering wheel on my truck last night! haha.....Definitely NOT feeling like an energizer bunny today! ha!!! (Actually I have felt sooooo much better these past few weeks now that I'm really in a good routine....lots more energy when you exercise!)

Having my pedometer is also really motivating so that's awesome! Thanks, Cherry, for the motivation to get one! Sorry about your "negative" friend - she needs to get a life........ignorance would be the only reason for making a comment like that because anyone in their right mind knows that it's GOOD AND HEALTHY to exercise and desire to be in shape - she sucks........=)

Keep up the good works ladies!!! Mindy - get yourself healthy and well! I'm praying for you!

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Measurements

So, following is my shameful measurements that I will be comparing to and hopefully will see dropping back into decent range..haha.......

06-02-2008,09-20-2005,07-21-2006,12-07-2006, 10-03-2007
Rt. Thy - 25, 23 1/2, 23, 23, 24
L. Thy - 25, 23 1/2, 23, 23, 24
Rt. Arm - 13,11 1/2, 12, 12, 12 1/2
L. Arm - 13, 12, 12, 12, 12 1/2
Waist - 32, 30, 30, 29, 31 1/2
Hips - 43, 41, 41, 40, 43
High on hips - 38, 33 1/2, 33, 32 1/2, 38


Above was just a few other measurements from years past that kind of put things into perspective.......My goal for this month is to just maybe lose about 1/2 inch. all over......that would be nice.


I got a pedometer yesterday (as inspired by Cherry)....it's pretty cool, but only really marks steps if you are walking continuously. It doesn't count all the little steps when you are just walking around the house or whatever....I have it on today, but won't really start "logging" the progress until tomorrow since I already walked a bit this morning without it on........


I did my 3 miles yesterday and then last night Cami, Marlaina and I did an hour of weights/tricepts....Mostly it was all push-ups and we about died and worked out so hard that our arms were collapsing...haha

This morning I walked over to Cami's at 6am (this is a HUGE thing for me because I am NOT a morning person.) and we did 1 hr 20 min. of power yoga.....it was killer, but really good.....I'm walking to work.......

It feels so good to be working so hard and I know that one of these days it will pay off - it's just a long time in coming...haha.....

Having all of you ladies out there just really motivates me and I feel so much like you know, that I'm not alone!!! I thank you for that because I do so much better when I feel like there are others struggling with me! haha.....(Isn't that awful that I like having company in my misery!? haha........)