Dropped the Half Pound!

I was whining about in my last post, LOL. Weighed in this morning at 145.5! Fifteen pounds to go. I hope to be at my goal weight by the end of August.

My knees hurt from running yesterday, I think I overdid it. I’m not going to run today but I will do a brisk walk later on today. Food-wise I’m doing good. Saturdays I tend to eat very light because on Friday we also have tofu stir-fry, which has a lot of fat. Today I’m eating a lot of fruit and raw veggies from the garden. For dinner I’m thinking a light pasta and sauce.

Today’s Goals
30 minutes yoga
4 mile brisk walk
120 oz. water
One serving meals, no seconds
No salt added to food
Raw veggies for snacks, Raw fruit for dessert
Brush & floss after every meal
Bedtime when sleepy, Wakeup 5am
Today’s Weight – 145.5 pounds

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My Weight Loss has Slowed

Weighed in today 146 again, which means one. pound. lost so far this week. The last 20 pounds is creeping off, egads. I feel like I weigh less now than I did this morning, just a smidge, so maybe by tomorrow I will have dropped another half pound and I’ll be 145.5

The run today went well, as did yoga. I was just plodding along, though, I didn’t even break a sweat and it was a 2 mile run. It took me nearly 30 minutes to run it, which should give you some idea about how slow I ran. Tomorrow will be better, I’m just proud of myself for doing it.

Today is stirfry Friday, which means I’m gonna hit the gym after dinner!

Today’s Goals
30 minutes yoga
2 mile run
45 minutes elliptical
120 oz. water
One serving meals, no seconds
No salt added to food
Raw veggies for snacks, Raw fruit for dessert
Brush & floss after every meal
Bedtime when sleepy, Wakeup 5am
Today’s Weight – 146 pounds

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Getting Started Running is Hard

It’s been so hot lately I have had a hard time getting motivated. I keep putting off beginning training for a few fitness events I want to do. I have got to get into gear and at least begin running a few miles each day. Then not only will I have done my training, I also will have done my exercise. If I don’t do my running early I tend to not do it because it gets hot fairly early in the day here. We still have cool weather at night but by evening I don’t feel like running or doing any other type of exercise, blah. and I hate running on a treadmill, so that’s out.

That’s it, no more excuses! I’m running tomorrow right after I do my yoga. I get up at 5, do yoga till 530. Starting tomorrow I am out the door then.

Today’s Goals
30 minutes yoga
45 minutes elliptical
120 oz. water
One serving meals, no seconds
No salt added to food
Raw veggies for snacks, Raw fruit for dessert
Bedtime when sleepy, Wakeup 5am
Today’s Weight – 146 pounds

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I Am Not Going to Be Fat Again

It feels a little strange to ‘only’ have 17 pounds to lose compared with before. But I realize I still have to bring the same level of intensity to my workouts and the same frame of mind regarding food if I truly want to get the rest of this weight off me. It’s kind of hard because I’m not getting the same kind of support…now I have both strangers and friends telling me that I don't need to lose any more weight and that I look fine just the way I am now. They say things like You don’t want your ribs to show! or Don’t you want to look like a real woman!

I am not certain why they think that at 5'6 and 130 pounds my ribs would show or I would look gaunt. When I was this weight years and years ago my ribs did not show and I did not look sickly or too skinny. I also wonder why they think being trim and fit would mean I no longer looked like a ‘real’ woman. Are only fat women ‘real’ women??? What does this mean, that I have to overeat and resume a low activity lifestyle in order to be ‘real’? Because that is why I was fat. I don’t know about anybody else who is overweight, but that is why I was fat. And I am not going to be fat again for anybody.

Today’s Goals
30 minutes yoga
45 minutes elliptical
120 oz. water
One serving meals, no seconds
No salt added to food
Raw veggies for snacks, Raw fruit for dessert
Bedtime when sleepy, Wakeup 5am
Today’s Weight – 147 pounds

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25 Week Fitness Challenge: Week 25, Day 173, Last Day!

Today is the last day of my 25 Week Fitness Challenge 2007! I weighed in this morning at 147…Seventeen pounds from my goal of 130 pounds. So I guess I will be cleaning out the basement by myself!

I actually am quite pleased with where I am at. I lost 63 pounds! and maybe aiming to lose 80 pounds in 25 weeks was a bit much. My weight loss was so fast in the beginning it seemed reasonable to me, but it slowed down the more weight I lost. Especially the last 3-4 weeks. I’m giving myself 9 weeks to lose the rest of the weight. So that gives me until August 25th as the new date. I’m setting it as a new goal.

I’m doing the 2007 MS “Pedal to the Point” Bike Ride
http://www.msohiobike.org/ so I decided to take up spinning again to help train for it. I’ve been street biking so-so for the last few months, so I think I can at least do the one-day ride. That’s only 35 miles and it’s for a great cause. I went to spinning this morning at the Y and it was really challenging, but felt great. I wore my calorie and heart monitor, and was surprised to see that I only burned 318 calories in a 45 minute spinning class! When I first started spinning I would burn over 600 calories, humph. Then again I was over 200 pounds then, so of course I burned way more calories being way heavier.

Today’s Goals
30 minutes yoga
45 minutes spinning class
30 minutes walk on treadmill
120 oz. water
One serving meals, no seconds
No salt added to food
Raw veggies for snacks, Raw fruit for dessert
Bedtime when sleepy, Wakeup 5am
Total Weight Loss – 63 pounds

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25 Week Fitness Challenge: Week 25, Day 171

It's the first day of summer! and midweek through my last week of the fitness challenge. Weighed in this morning at 148! I finally cracked the 150 barrier last weekend, but forgot to post. I'm going to start posting in the morning because if I leave it until the end of the day, I either forget or I'm too busy.

I'm actually posting this from my phone, I'm in the lobby at the Y! I'm about to wear this machine out, you hear me? LOL!

Today's Goals:
30 minutes yoga
45 minutes elliptical
20 minutes weight training
120 oz. water
One serving meals, No seconds
Raw veggies for snacks, Raw fruit for dessert
Brush and floss after every meal
Bedtime when sleepy, Wakeup 5am
Weight loss so far - 62 pounds

25-Week Fitness Challenge: Week 23, Day 165

Weighed in this morning at 151 pounds. Why oh why is 150 so darn hard to reach?? LOL! I am doing good, I hope you are too. I did my yoga this morning and later going to spinning class. I haven't done spinning in a few weeks so I hope it won't be too hard. Food is going well, I have a 'new' snack to handle cravings...sliced cucumbers are the new 'emergency' carrots! They seem to have the same calming effect on me when I get all panicky and feel I HAVE to eat something.

I'm baking bread in a bit, send me strength not to go crazy on my fresh-baked bread! I will have just 2 slices. I can do it!

Today's Goals:
30 minutes yoga
15 minutes sauna
45 minutes spinning class
120 oz. water
One serving meals, no seconds
No salt added to food
Raw veggies for snacks, Raw fruit for dessert
Brush and floss after every meal
Bedtime when sleepy, Wakeup 5am
Weight loss so far - 59 pounds!

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25-Week Fitness Challenge: Week 23, Day 162

Oh boy! I can't believe it's been so long since I updated my progress! I apologize, I have been crazy busy. No excuse, I must make time for this blog because it is important to me. I think I just pushed posting my progress to the back of my mind because my weight loss slowed and was at a standstill for weeks. I've been at 152 since June began, grrrr. And as this is week 23 of my challenge, I'm not going to hit my goal by week 25. I knew this some weeks ago but it's still kind of depressing for me. However I know I will get to 130 by the end of summer, so that lifts me up. I have lost 58 pounds since January! That is awesome and I know I will reach my goal. This week I will get down to under 150, by Saturday. I can do it!

Yesterday I went out for a mile-run with my son S-bop. He rode alongside me on his scooter and helped me out by encouraging me. I beat my last time by a minute! I ran a mile in 11 minutes, 30 seconds. I think last time was 12 minutes, 30 seconds. I can walk a mile in 12 minutes so it cracked me up that I could not run faster than I could walk. I can now run faster than I can walk so there is hope for me with running yet!

Today's Goals:
30 minutes yoga
15 minutes sauna
45 minutes eliptical
120 oz. water
One serving meals, no seconds
No salt added to food
Raw veggies for snacks, Raw fruit for dessert
Brush and floss after every meal
Bedtime when sleepy, Wakeup 5am
Weight loss so far - 58 pounds!

Figure Out Why You Overeat

When I say figure out why you overeat, I just want to clarify that I am not saying you have some serious mental issues or deep-seated trauma or anything like that. Sometimes overeating is just a matter of habit, and you just don't realize it. In my case, I did have issues with food but I also grew up eating large servings at meal-times. I grew up in a big family, so when I learned to cook I learned to cook big meals. Add to that having a dad who had a phobia about throwing away food, and it's easy for me to see now why I overate so much. I was so physically active that I was able to stay a slender weight for the longest time, but the 3rd baby slowed me down and the pounds piled on.

If you do indeed have food issues or emotional pain that is causing you to overeat, a counselor is able to help you understand why you overeat and give you advice on how to get past that.