Well, if there is even anyone following me here :) I have news. I am nearly 7 weeks pregnant. Exciting news! And makes for some change in plans. I am still planning on getting the bike trainer so I can ride at home and my husband can use it too. That may be our Christmas present :)
Anyway. Excited and determined to have a healthy pregnancy. Due date July 11 2011
I rode over 4 miles and did my first Playground Workout. It went well and I nearly got sick.
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Beautiful ride and I look forward to getting down there again....hopefully it will be cooler. Mother Nature needs to get her butt in gear... it is Fall as of today!!! :)
I have no idea how many visitors I get, but I have made some changes. The heading there did say "Goings on at the Reducing Salon". Well, I have put my gym membership on hold for now. I think it is time for something different. I always feel so self-conscious about how I look, how my body jiggles and all those things.
I will now be doing it at home! :)
This is not me giving up though. On Wednesday I am going to go buy a bike.... a pink and white (super cute) bike. I will use it pulling Charlie's Trailer and we will be OUT. Outside at parks, together and exercising !! I am so excited about it!!
I will also be buying something like this for the days that I cannot make it out to ride. Rain or freezing cold and snow that will be coming soon.
I can use it while I watch TV.
I do see a sore bum in my future.... but I also see a smaller, healthier me in the future!
I told Chip yesterday that I knew what I want to "reward" myself with once I reach my goal weight of 190 - 170. That is at least 65 pounds to lose aaaaahhhhh! That is a lot! Anyway, I grew up in Southern California on the coast. Ventura County....so nice. As a family we spent a lot of time at the beach. Lots of my family surfed.... my Dad AND my Mom. Grandpa, my brother, my youngest sister and cousins. I have always wanted to but I am far too chicken of the water. And now living in Central Arkansas....I know it won't happen. hahaha But the last few years there has been a re-surfaced trend of Paddle Boarding, and I hear that surfers hate them hahaha. Well, watching them this summer at the Beach House I suddenly realized "I can totally do that!!" There are so many lakes here.....one less than a 1/2 a mile away from my house. I don't need waves I can just paddle around..... and how much fun would that be. And I think it would freak people out here. hahaha I have to do it!! I want to do that SO BAD!!!!
So there is my incentive!
Now to lose 65 pounds. If I lost 4 pound a week than it would be 16 weeks.... November 12. Right before Winter, great! Well I better continue with my Low-carb diet and keep the ball rolling... I want that Paddle Board!!
So, that little thing here off to the side... the trash bag. See it? Yeah I am working on this. I am starting today. I have collected some books that we never read and I am going to Hastings Books and see if they will buy some back... get some money for them :).Also, I am turning my eyes AWAY from the Yard Sale at our new neighbor's home. I don't need more junk. There is a book called "Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?" FUNNY! But, I do think it will be good for me to unload this house clutter along with my Body Clutter (I love this book...FlyLady. Love it!!)
Then I will be cleaning out the kid's toy box and donate the toys that they NEVER play with. I may work on the collecting it from the hidden little places during the week and then do the get ridding part on Saturdays. This will feel SO GOOD!!
The battery on my scale died on Wednesday! I am pretty sure it is because I step on it AT LEAST 6 times a day. That is 6 times a day that I shoot myself down. 6 times a day that I get mad and frustrated! I read that same day Jill Knapp's post for her Get Up and Get Moving blog. Her "Fit Tip Tuesday". Yep....perfect timing!! Here's the post....check it out:
I will only do weigh-in at TOPSon Tuesdays and at Kelli's Weight Management Class on Thursdays at the Conway Regional Health and Fitness Center (A.K.A. The Reducing Salon)
Lets see...this may help. At least I know that I won't be disappointed oh so very often. :)
Yes, I know it is odd to say....for me. I had my 6th session with Lindsey, a Personal Trainer and the Reducing Salon. She is great and she is challenging me. I Think I surprise her with what I am able to do and it is nice to have some one like her tell me I do well and that I am fit. And I think I surprise because I am fat. hahahaha I said to her today... "I am strong, you just can't tell with all this fluff." I am trying and trying so hard to un~fluff myself hahahaha. Here is to Monday, a new start!
ALL this month (other than one Thursday that I was on strike and didn't step on the scale) 4 weeks, here are the numbers....... April 1st 255.9 April 8th Strike April 15th 255.6 today April 22nd 255.9
I have quit. I have quit searching, and searching all the diets. I am getting whiplash from changing constantly. Not even long enough to see if it works. I found a blog with a link from Mary Shomon on Facebook. The blog is : http://mollysthyroidjourney.blogspot.com/
This is just what I needed to read. I know that my problem is my Thyroid.... it only make sense to do the Thyroid Diet written by Mary Shomon.
I printed out all the foods I should have and all those I should avoid. I took them and had them laminated. The good on the front and bad on the back. Stuck a few motivational illustrations in the lamination and stuck it to the fridge. I also printed up the chart to keep track of my foods and use as a journal. Not so much a food journal with all the calories..... so much for my Calorie Cash (I don't think my intake of Calories is the problem. I am thinking it is the high-glycemic foods I ate and the blah blah blah). A place to track the foods I have problems with and a place to write my thoughts and all. Anyway, I was reading about it in the book and I dreamed about it all night. Thyroid stuff and some one trying to kill me.... that was my dream.... that tells me something right there.
I am feeling good about this one and I have stuck to it longer than the others I have attempted lately..... 5 days and it is looking good. I think my weigh in days here will be on Thursdays. The day of one of my weight loss classes.
I have also signed up for a personal trainer! WOO HOO!
I am hopeful and that is a necessity for weight loss!!!
~Made and designed by me. Printed at home and laminated at Staples~
I have a new thing I am trying and yesterday was my first day doing it. I am continuing today and I really, really like it.
So it is kinda like Envelope Budgeting. I have my calories budgeted out to each meal and snack. Then I have my "Calorie Cash" placed within the designated slot.
As I eat, I remove the amount of Calorie Cash I will be spending on my meal. I really like it! I find that as I am purchasing my food, with my Calorie Cash, I am putting a value on it. Just as you would while standing in line to buy something.
I did this yesterday....I went to Cato. They have cuter plus size clothes and there was a black and white polka-dot dress.... silky with yellow trims and super cute. On sale for $19.99. Nice, right? Well, I tried it on and it looked ok....but not perfect. Of course. But I thought "I can wear a cute sweater with it and it would be ...better". Well, I stood in line and the lady ahead of me took a while. But that was good.....it gave me some time. I stood there and decided that I didn't want to pay $19.99 for a super cute dress that only looked OK on me. Even with it being $19.99.... it was cute but not $19.99 cute on me. I put it back and I felt SO GOOD. Wanting something and NOT buying it is a big thing for me... need to do it more often. The NOT buying "feel good" feeling was way better than the "buyer's remorse" that I would have had, had I bought it. :) So to tie this whole thing into eating and all..... having my Calorie Cash and using it to buy my food for what it is worth, calorie wise, is really helping me see in a different light. I hope that makes sense. haha
Confession time.......I ate some Sonic today. Pa~tooie (that is me spitting). UUUHH why do I do this to myself. I ordered it, duh! Then came home and ate it then checked the calories. You ready. 1,250 Calories. uuhuhh I really had to pay for it in my Calorie Cash. I totally blew my budget.....all my morning snack cash, all my lunch cash, all my afternoon snack cash and most of my dinner cash!!!! DUH! It wasn't even good and I felt ill after eating it. I absolutely have buyers remorse! That nasty burger was NOT worth my snacks, lunch and most of my dinner. NOT worth it. ~This is the Calorie Cash spent on that darn Burger~
So there you go.
And maybe with my buying my food and having 1,900 worth of Calorie Cash everyday, I can feel like I am on a food shopping spree every day! hahaha
M-make short term goals O-out with the negative thoughts T-think of why you want it I-imagine how you will feel V-visualize the future you A-acknowledge your successes T-treat yourself with respect I-investigate new ideas and foods O-observe your healthy lifestyle N-never give up and never give in
This is the image I have put on my shirt and for my sister's also. The double "As Sisters, We Can Do Hard Things" the bottom one is to be cut off and ironed on the sleeve or front of the shirt.
Now to wear it to the gym and hope people don't laugh at me......
Well, yesterday I went and bought a Heart Rate Monitor. I am SO excited about being able to keep track of calories burned through the day and laugh as I watch my heart rate go up as I get on the freeway!!! hahahaha
I have plans for tomorrow morning to wake~up early and go out and jump on the trampoline. It will be fun and it may help strengthen my calf and shin muscles. And it will be fun! :)
I have been running and I enjoy doing it. I run a lap and then work a free-weight machine then run another lap again and again. 11 laps is a mile and on Tuesday I ran 11 laps with a stop between each. I will gradually increase by running 2 at a time...then 3 and so on. That is my plan of attack for now. :) I am trying to get my in my groove and trying to focus on my form. Remembering to relax my hands and not expend too much energy on my upper body. This is running thing is totally different for me, but it is a great challenge.
I will be running (jogging) my hopefully skinnier legs off at Toad Suck Daze 10K!!!
I will be doing more here, blogging about my training and my weight loss. I am so excited about this opportunity. I am looking forward to this week's training. Time to kick BUTT!!
I am thinking about ideas for a design for a shirt for me and my running partner to wear as we train. I will be posting them here, also!! WooHoo!!!
I have always avoided a Food Diary. You know "You bite it, You write it!". I just don't.
While watching Biggest Loser last week (week 2), they had the Orange Team come in and sit at a table with Jillian. On the table sat covered platters of food. As they uncovered them Jillian began to explain that this food displayed represented all the food that they would eat in one day. As I watched I thought "I wonder if I would be embarrassed if everyone knew what I ate everyday?" Some days....like today (I totally failed) I would not want everyone or anyone to know what I stuffed in my face. Really. As I thought that, I knew that if I had to tell everyone what I had to eat each day, then I would absolutely change the way and what I eat. So this is what I am going to do..... starting tomorrow, I will be snapping a photo of each of my meals before I take a bite. I can text msg the photo to my email and then post the photos in the evening. Super easy! So like everyone else wanting to lose weight .... "STARTING MONDAY" (lol) this will be my new way to keep me on track.
WOW.... it felt SO nice to get back to the Reducing Salon today! SO NICE. I went to the Weight Training Class. Totally full.... packed actually. GREAT CLASS
Went to Wal-Mart and bought good healthy food to stock my new fridge and planning for nice healthy meals.
Our fridge kicked the bucket Wednesday night (piece of ....junk). We decided to get a new one..... with a warranty. So here it is. I tell ya it has not been an easy 4 1/2 days.
I am so excited about all this NEW. New Year, New Fridge & a new way of eating. I will only buy the best of what there is to put in this fridge in this home. The best of what there is to eat and fuel and bless our bodies, nourish our children and reduce our (husband & I) waist line.
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