Sunday, July 28, 2013

7-28-13

First of all, this morning I got on the scale and I lost another 2 lbs.  75 lbs. total loss. 

Tomorrow starts another 6 week challenge over on NerdFitness.com.  My goals this time around aren't really much different than last time.  I plan on doing my Zombies, run workout 3-4 times per week, I'm going to do 2 two days of a bodyweight routine, I'm going to walk 2 days and I'm going to continue logging my food honestly on Loseit.com. 

I'm ready.  Went to the grocery store and have lots of good food, I have a plan for the week.  I am ready. 

Sunday, July 21, 2013

7-21-13

What a week!  I'm glad it's over. 

Last Sunday was the last day of the challenge I was participating on the Nerd Fitness website.  I've kind of found myself floundering since then.  On Monday, one of my aunts passed away.  It was expected at any time, but that never makes it any easier.  Tuesday evening was the visitation and my brother came to stay the night with us because he lives in North Carolina and it was just easier for him that way.  After we were done at the funeral home we came back home, stopping to pick up chinese food for supper.  I had half of a General Tso's combo.  Not a good choice.  I would have been just as satisfied with a sandwich or a salad from home.  Then, Wednesday morning we took my brother out to breakfast at IHOP.  I had 3 pancakes, 3 scrambled eggs and 3 slices of bacon.  Again, not a good choice for a weekday.  We went to the funeral, to the graveside service and then back to the church for lunch where I scarfed down 2 pieces of fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, potato salad, green beans, 2 deviled eggs and a slice of cake.  Then, if that wasn't enough, several hours later after we got home we were still hungry so we got hamburgers and fries.  Thursday was no better.  Let's just say that I was channeling my inner Hobbit by having breakfast and 2 lunches.  Friday was a weird day.  Our building had gas fumes from some work going on in the garage and it was truly awful.  We stayed as long as we could, but we were all having issues with headaches, dizziness and the inability to concentrate.  Most everyone ended up leaving around lunchtime.  Michael took me out for lunch at our favorite Indian buffet.  Saturday involved another breakfast out, Krispy Kreme doughnuts and sneak eating.  It was just a bad week filled with poor food choices. 

This coming week, I will do better.  I plan on drinking a ton of water to help distract me from eating what I shouldn't.  I'm going to do my Zombies Run workout 3 days, I'm going to take a short walk at lunch 5 days.  I will do my bodyweight routine 2 days.  I will not spend money on food that I don't need.  But mainly, I'm not going to beat myself up for having a bad week last week.   Bad weeks happen, but I don't have to let them keep happening.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

7-14-13

This has been a good week.  I find that it's rare to be able to say that on your first week back to work after a nice relaxing week at home.  The week was super busy, but super productive.  Some bad things happened, but bad things don't make a bad week, month, year or life.  This coming week I'll most likely have to make lemonade out of the lemons, but once you add some vodka, it will be even better. 

Anyway.  Last week was a good week.  Foodwise, I was totally on point, except for the day that I dropped my low calorie lunch all over the counter in the kitchen at work.  I ended up spending $5 and getting a sandwich and some chips from the canteen.  Not the best choices, but I managed to make it fit into the rest of my day.  exercise was good.  I even added 2 extra days of walking.  The two extra days of walking were totally because of my fitbit.  It just makes me want to move more!  The best part of the week, though was this morning.  I got on the scale and I had lost 4 lbs!  4 lbs!!!  I am proud to say that I'm 270 lbs.  That makes 8 lbs in the past 4-5 weeks.  73 lbs total.  27 lbs until I can say that I have lost 100 lbs.  Another 8 lbs and I will be my lowest weight since 2008 or earlier. 

I still find it unbelievable sometimes that I've come this far.  If I think back to when I decided to start trying to lose weight, I really never thought that it would be possible to lose this much.  I didn't believe in myself enought to ever think I could stick it out and be successful for this long.  I'm fit to burst with pride in myself, but it's definitely tempered with a huge amount of thankfulness and grattitude.  I still find myself worrying every day whether this is the day that I'll lose control and won't be able to get back on track.  One day at a time, though. 

Sunday, July 7, 2013

7-7-13

Happy birthday to me!!  Today I celebrate my 38th year of awesomeness.  Turning another year older doesn't bother  me.  Not yet anyway.  I reserve the right to change my mind at a later date.  A much later date. 

I hear a lot of people my age who complain about being old or feeling old.  I just don't feel like I'm old or that I should feel that way when I'm only 38.  Maybe it's because I truly feel that aging is a natural process that we will all (hopefully) go through, where being old is more of a mindset.  For me, if I were to say I'm old, it would be like me saying that my best years are behind me and I'm starting to enter the end of my years on earth.  I certainly hope that's not the case, because I have a hell of a lot more living to do.  I love being the age that I am every year.  Aging and accepting our age isn't a bad thing.  It's all in the attitude with which we do it. 

Anytime I try to tell people about my viewpoint on aging versus being old i often get told that I just don't understand.  I don't understand having body aches and pains that I didn't have before a certain age.  They're right, I don't understand.  I don't understand because I've been having those aches and pains since I was 17 and they've only gotten worse!  I can't let that stop me though.  I've let too much in my life stop me. 

Anyway, soapbox moment over.  Be your age, love your age, enjoy your birthdays, because you never know when you might stop having them. 

Good things about this week:  Birthday!!!!  I've gotten to watch lots of Star Trek TNG.  I had a perfectly lovely Resident Evil movie marathon yesterday.  I've made a lot of progress on the blanket I'm making for the Linus Project.  I bought clothes at a store that up until this week I didn't know I could fit into their clothes again.  And last, but surely not least I lost another 2 lbs, bringing my total weightloss to 69 lbs.