Sorry I'm a bit late.
Yesterday was my lazy day and boy was I lazy. Well, that's not ENTIRELY true. The night before I took an Aleve PM for the aches and pains. After waking around 9:30, I started the day off in the kitchen making my egg muffins for the week and then cooked lunch. After that, I sat on the couch watching TV with Rich. No phone. No computer. Just laid there.
By the time I knew I should blog, I just was too tired (I had just soaked in the tub after all).
Last week I had my ups and downs. I walked when I could. I am really wanting spring to come along.
Today I was so busy at work and before I knew it, my calendar reminder for my walk popped up. I was really busy and tend to just keep hitting remind me in 5 mins until it's too late. I forced myself to stop what I was doing and walk.
As I said, I had some hits and misses. I hit my 12K a couple of days , but the rest I sadly didn't make it.
I just need to get use to this knew goal and how it works with my fitbit. The blinking lights use to be 2K steps each. Now they're a bit more and it's confusing and ...yadda yadda yadda.
Oh, my whole knee thing from last week. After I typed that out, I took some ibuprofen and went to bed at 7PM.
It worked because I felt 1000x better the next day. My knee really is wacky.
So--no "good" updates. Still struggling. Still trying. Not giving up.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Not a good day
Today I hurt like hell. Oh dear lord my knees ....I can't even describe it. MY ankles and shins..
I am not even going to try with my steps today. I just hurt and I don't know if it's the weather or my slip in the shower the other day that did it.
Getting old sucks.
I am not even going to try with my steps today. I just hurt and I don't know if it's the weather or my slip in the shower the other day that did it.
Getting old sucks.
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Happy February
Hey. I am posting. I'm just feeling very tired and lazy right now.
I took an unplanned trip to Michigan to visit my friend yesterday. I didn't arrive back in the area until 11 and with the snow and super bowl happening today, I decided to run to the store last night.
ARGH. I didn't make it home until 1AM. It was crazy! I still got up at my regular time, so I'm a bit tired. Add to that lazy, I just didn't have the energy to turn on the computer.
So.....so much to talk about. So little organized thoughts.
Item one. For the most part, I stuck to the diet hard. I worked my butt off with walking and working out. Most part as in, I did have a bit of an off day, but I'm still doing well.
I met with Gretchen on Friday. We talked about my 'lapse' and if I still wanted to do this surgery free. Yes I do in case you wondered. We agree I have the knowledge and the tools. I just need to use them.
She said Yes this is a hard thing to do (lose weight), but I'm very conscientious of what I need to do and how to do it. I just need to do it.
The two "changes" or "homework" that I was given are new-ish. I am to make sure I continue blogging at least once a week. For me, everything ties together. If I'm not dieting or trying, I'm not blogging. SO I need to continue this along with my food logging and exercise.
Exercise: I need to introduce strength training into my routine. The more muscle I build, my metabolism will increase. Just need to find the right workouts and start them.
Another idea I'm toying with is starting a support group. I belong to one online, but I'm thinking of one with meetings. I'm trying to work out a bunch of things right now (logistics and such). I already do a lot of talking about this online and in person. I think it might help those who struggle to talk with others and have each other cheer and support. - Just some thoughts.
I really got a work out this week through FitBits challenges. I was leading on two workweek challenges until 1-I worked from home and 2- a certain Neighbor/Friend snuck up and stole it from me Friday night. So I only won one.
Oh....I had it as one of my goals, but I actually followed through. I changed my daily goal from 10-12K steps. I met it most of the week too. It is a lot harder, but 10 was becoming to easy.
I also want to say another THANK YOU to Lissette (person mentioned above) for her continued pushes she gives. I won't have the luxury of stopping with her around :) XO
Have fun at your super bowl parties tonight. Stay warm and safe if you're in the Midwest.... until next time.
I took an unplanned trip to Michigan to visit my friend yesterday. I didn't arrive back in the area until 11 and with the snow and super bowl happening today, I decided to run to the store last night.
ARGH. I didn't make it home until 1AM. It was crazy! I still got up at my regular time, so I'm a bit tired. Add to that lazy, I just didn't have the energy to turn on the computer.
So.....so much to talk about. So little organized thoughts.
Item one. For the most part, I stuck to the diet hard. I worked my butt off with walking and working out. Most part as in, I did have a bit of an off day, but I'm still doing well.
I met with Gretchen on Friday. We talked about my 'lapse' and if I still wanted to do this surgery free. Yes I do in case you wondered. We agree I have the knowledge and the tools. I just need to use them.
She said Yes this is a hard thing to do (lose weight), but I'm very conscientious of what I need to do and how to do it. I just need to do it.
The two "changes" or "homework" that I was given are new-ish. I am to make sure I continue blogging at least once a week. For me, everything ties together. If I'm not dieting or trying, I'm not blogging. SO I need to continue this along with my food logging and exercise.
Exercise: I need to introduce strength training into my routine. The more muscle I build, my metabolism will increase. Just need to find the right workouts and start them.
Another idea I'm toying with is starting a support group. I belong to one online, but I'm thinking of one with meetings. I'm trying to work out a bunch of things right now (logistics and such). I already do a lot of talking about this online and in person. I think it might help those who struggle to talk with others and have each other cheer and support. - Just some thoughts.
I really got a work out this week through FitBits challenges. I was leading on two workweek challenges until 1-I worked from home and 2- a certain Neighbor/Friend snuck up and stole it from me Friday night. So I only won one.
Oh....I had it as one of my goals, but I actually followed through. I changed my daily goal from 10-12K steps. I met it most of the week too. It is a lot harder, but 10 was becoming to easy.
I also want to say another THANK YOU to Lissette (person mentioned above) for her continued pushes she gives. I won't have the luxury of stopping with her around :) XO
Have fun at your super bowl parties tonight. Stay warm and safe if you're in the Midwest.... until next time.
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Whhhhaaaaa?? A Post, on time?
Hey all.
Where to begin? No more hiding? Thanks to a very good friend? New purpose?
So, we all know I've been ...less than honest about my weight loss as of late.
Let's be real, there wasn't any. Weight gain, sure --plenty of that. I can't say I've been totally blowing it off lately. I have "tried" but was easily derailed.
I hadn't logged in MyFitnessPal in a long time. I wasn't doing much working out or walking. I wasn't making smart choices.
Two things happened within a day of each other that have made me buckle down. First was a text from my dear friend Lissette. It was just a little reminder that she missed seeing my logging in MFP. Her gentle nudge reminded me that someone is watching out for me.
The second thing was NKOTB announced their next tour. OK, so how does that have anything to do with my weight loss?
My last pictures taken with the guys were not flattering at all.
SO as you can see, not pretty at all.
I am doing another M&G this tour. Three days after my birthday. I now have a date. I need to make sure I look BETTER than I did in any of these photos. I now have a goal in site. My reason to focus.
So I did two things. First I was honest with the weight loss on the MFP tracker. You will now see how far I've fallen and how far I need to go. It's going to be tough. The exercise is going to be my downfall, but I will do what I can.
Secondly, I'm making sure I log into MFP. Two days in. Yesterday I logged everything I ate and was UNDER my 1700 calorie goal. Can we say "YAY?"
Today I've been busy this morning. I did my 10 min tae bo video. It has 8 ten minute work outs. I figured it would get me going and those days where I don't have a lot of time, it would be better than nothing.
While two days doesn't sound that fabulous, considering I couldn't make it past 1 day in recent months, this is a huge thing.
I hope to be able to continue reporting progress. Fingers crossed.
SO....let's get this party started...again.
Where to begin? No more hiding? Thanks to a very good friend? New purpose?
So, we all know I've been ...less than honest about my weight loss as of late.
Let's be real, there wasn't any. Weight gain, sure --plenty of that. I can't say I've been totally blowing it off lately. I have "tried" but was easily derailed.
I hadn't logged in MyFitnessPal in a long time. I wasn't doing much working out or walking. I wasn't making smart choices.
Two things happened within a day of each other that have made me buckle down. First was a text from my dear friend Lissette. It was just a little reminder that she missed seeing my logging in MFP. Her gentle nudge reminded me that someone is watching out for me.
The second thing was NKOTB announced their next tour. OK, so how does that have anything to do with my weight loss?
My last pictures taken with the guys were not flattering at all.
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| July 2009 |
I am doing another M&G this tour. Three days after my birthday. I now have a date. I need to make sure I look BETTER than I did in any of these photos. I now have a goal in site. My reason to focus.
So I did two things. First I was honest with the weight loss on the MFP tracker. You will now see how far I've fallen and how far I need to go. It's going to be tough. The exercise is going to be my downfall, but I will do what I can.
Secondly, I'm making sure I log into MFP. Two days in. Yesterday I logged everything I ate and was UNDER my 1700 calorie goal. Can we say "YAY?"
Today I've been busy this morning. I did my 10 min tae bo video. It has 8 ten minute work outs. I figured it would get me going and those days where I don't have a lot of time, it would be better than nothing.
While two days doesn't sound that fabulous, considering I couldn't make it past 1 day in recent months, this is a huge thing.
I hope to be able to continue reporting progress. Fingers crossed.
SO....let's get this party started...again.
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Perceptions of yourself
How's your New Year treating you? Up until Friday, it was C R A Z Y! I had so much going on it was not even funny. I'm now caught up and trying to take care of a bunch of things that have been put on the back burner.
First, that "challenge" I posted about ...yeah. I've failed. I've done a bit of this and that (new videos), got on the bike, walked, danced....but I need to work on my eating.
Now my topic is perceptions of yourself.
I'm currently going through very old photos and negatives and scanning them to digital. So I'm seeing me in all my sizes.
It's s so amazing to me as I look at these pictures I once despised because I felt so over weight in them. Holy Crud. What was I bitching about? Really, I looked fabulous.
Even now, as I've gained weight, I look at myself and hate what I see. However if you rewind a few months ago when I was losing and got to this "point" I thought I looked fabulous. I admit I still look AWESOME compared to when I was severely over-weight, but still.
I know I'm not the only one with perception problems. It's just funny to me if I weighed this on my way down, I looked good. Weighing this on my way up, I'm "blah".
What is it that drives our perception of ourself? I know for a fact that I've had this problem for a long time. Example, my long time and one of my besties has a photo of us from when we were 14 up on her FB page. I clearly remember when I was that age how I felt about myself. I felt fat and awful. I was skinny! I was perfect for my height. That was the "issue". Because I'm a tall girl and have a bigger build, I tower over everyone and wore a larger size. Therefore in my eyes, I was "BIG".
I would love to go back to myself at 14 and tell myself "You're perfect".
Will I ever feel that about myself? Will any of us?
First, that "challenge" I posted about ...yeah. I've failed. I've done a bit of this and that (new videos), got on the bike, walked, danced....but I need to work on my eating.
Now my topic is perceptions of yourself.
I'm currently going through very old photos and negatives and scanning them to digital. So I'm seeing me in all my sizes.
It's s so amazing to me as I look at these pictures I once despised because I felt so over weight in them. Holy Crud. What was I bitching about? Really, I looked fabulous.
Even now, as I've gained weight, I look at myself and hate what I see. However if you rewind a few months ago when I was losing and got to this "point" I thought I looked fabulous. I admit I still look AWESOME compared to when I was severely over-weight, but still.
I know I'm not the only one with perception problems. It's just funny to me if I weighed this on my way down, I looked good. Weighing this on my way up, I'm "blah".
What is it that drives our perception of ourself? I know for a fact that I've had this problem for a long time. Example, my long time and one of my besties has a photo of us from when we were 14 up on her FB page. I clearly remember when I was that age how I felt about myself. I felt fat and awful. I was skinny! I was perfect for my height. That was the "issue". Because I'm a tall girl and have a bigger build, I tower over everyone and wore a larger size. Therefore in my eyes, I was "BIG".
I would love to go back to myself at 14 and tell myself "You're perfect".
Will I ever feel that about myself? Will any of us?
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Monday, January 5, 2015
Happy New Year
Hey! Happy 2015.
Ok. So many things to broach...
First:
I've had some major setbacks the past few months. I've made bad choices and let some "pains" take me down mentally. I worked hard and because of these bad decisions, I lost some ground. Yes I've gained weight. I'm not proud of it and I'm not happy about it. I am TRYING to do something about it. Stick with me as I soldier on.
Second:
I mentioned one time before Fit Bit Challenges. I am telling you, these things can get you motivated.
For example, this past weekend I was involved with 2 different ones. I'm fitbit 'friends' with my good friends who are also my neighbors. These gals are also my biggest cheerleaders and rivals.
Went over Sarah's to play some Cards Against Humanity and while we were waiting for the game to begin, we were jogging in place. We were competing against each other in a challenge.
I spent several nights the past week, running and dancing in place to try and take the lead. Lissette is a big motivator to get me moving.
So while I may not have done traditional exercises, I have been working my butt off dancing and running in place to try and win these Challenges.
Today, Sarah brought over one of her DVDs that we worked out with, while getting in our steps. Tomorrow I may not be able to move, but today I did do something.
Third, I'm trying to do :
I say trying because I keep having to start over due to left over birthday cake, a coke, a Hershey kiss.....so each day I start over. Do you want to try it?
Ok. So many things to broach...
First:
I've had some major setbacks the past few months. I've made bad choices and let some "pains" take me down mentally. I worked hard and because of these bad decisions, I lost some ground. Yes I've gained weight. I'm not proud of it and I'm not happy about it. I am TRYING to do something about it. Stick with me as I soldier on.
Second:
I mentioned one time before Fit Bit Challenges. I am telling you, these things can get you motivated.
For example, this past weekend I was involved with 2 different ones. I'm fitbit 'friends' with my good friends who are also my neighbors. These gals are also my biggest cheerleaders and rivals.
Went over Sarah's to play some Cards Against Humanity and while we were waiting for the game to begin, we were jogging in place. We were competing against each other in a challenge.
I spent several nights the past week, running and dancing in place to try and take the lead. Lissette is a big motivator to get me moving.
So while I may not have done traditional exercises, I have been working my butt off dancing and running in place to try and win these Challenges.
Today, Sarah brought over one of her DVDs that we worked out with, while getting in our steps. Tomorrow I may not be able to move, but today I did do something.
Third, I'm trying to do :I say trying because I keep having to start over due to left over birthday cake, a coke, a Hershey kiss.....so each day I start over. Do you want to try it?
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