January 18th, 2010 . Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I completed my goal of staying on a schedule. I went to the gym Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Thursdays, I take mass transit to work so that my husband can have the car one day a week. Monday mornings are the hardest after a weekend of nothing resembling a schedule, but I made it in to the gym this morning!
My goal this week is to keep track of my food, WW-style. Then next week, it will be to trim it to what I was eating before August: 31 points per day. When I was at the bookstore this weekend, I bought The Calorie Counter For Dummies. That should help!
GOOD MONDAY TO YOU!!
January 11th, 2010 . Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
I am trying to back into the routine that I had 6 months ago and was finding it hard. I wasn’t getting enough sleep, my family is sick, the baby is not sleeping through the night, and it’s cold out there!!! I was trying to jump into it all at once.
So last week, I decided to work small. First, get sleep! And to do that, I needed to schedule my life again. Last night and this morning, I ran a little late, but I got it going. And because of a schedule, I got some gym time in this morning. It was just a couple miles on the treadmill, but it’s a start!
So that is my goal for just this week: just keep in the schedule.
3:30AM Wake up
4:30AM Leave the house
5:00AM Arrive at gym, workout, shower
6:30AM Work
3:30PM Go home
7:30PM Go to bed
I have various things going on when I get home, so I hope I can get it all done by 7:30!
HOW IS YOUR MONDAY???? !!!! 
November 25th, 2009 . Posted in About Me | 1 Comment »
Thanks to the flu, I was out from work for 60 hours. That resulted in a huge stress out on my part, trying to catch up. Because of computer problems, I lost work and have had less to do recently. I’ve also been talking to someone from my church that is helping me to manage my stress.
Also, I needed time to adjust to myself. 60 pounds was a lot and I feel like I am now comfortable with me again! And ready to continue on to the next milestone. I still have time to lose 30 more pounds before April 6, my 30th birthday. Well, 35. I might have put on a pound or two.
It’ll time some time to get back into the groove of things with counting points, exercising, blogging, and twittering. I figure this post is a baby step numero uno!!
September 24th, 2009 . Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Shortly after my last post, my grandmother came into town for my daughter’s first birthday and knowingly brought the flu with her. It’s been a horrible, horrible week. I got it first, and then just as I started to feel better, my little girl got sick. She spent her birthday miserable. I’ve lost 5 pounds just this week because I wasn’t eating much.
September 10th, 2009 . Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
I am still here! I’ve been super busy, but I’ve lost motivation as well. I think “Today, I’m going to tweet again and keep track!” and then… I don’t. I’ve maintained my weight and haven’t gained. So I’m really happy about that.
One day, I will get back on with my goal of 160 before my birthday. Believe in me!
August 22nd, 2009 . Posted in Weekly Reports | 6 Comments »
As you may (or my not) have noticed, I kind of dropped off this week. I was sick for a few days. But I just haven’t been tracking. I really think I’ve just lost steam with this losing weight thing. Everyone is complimenting me, but my daughter and her health haven’t been at the forefront of my mind like it should be.
I think this happens a lot to people and that’s why you see them drop off of Twitter or their blog. When I first started this, I googled other blogs and there were so many that just had not been updated in the longest time. When I get busy and sick, I worry that I will do the same. And if I drop this, I will falter on my weightloss; I just know it.
So know I am still here and thinking of you all.
August 15th, 2009 . Posted in Weekly Reports | 5 Comments »
Another crazy week!! Stayed up until midnight on a couple of nights working on a church project. Then the following two days, I left on a business trip. After my flight was delayed, I got home very late, went to bed, and then went to work. I still managed to lose and this week have hit 50 pounds lost.
I haven’t tracked for a couple of weeks and am finding it very, very hard to get back into. I want to track again since that really does contribute to my weight loss. Wish me luck this week; I need it!
August 9th, 2009 . Posted in Weekly Reports | 1 Comment »
What a week!! First, it started up with earning my 16-week charm from my WW leader. But I really went off track. I really thought I was pregnant (but I’m not!), and was stressed at home, work, and church. I did not weigh in at my WW meeting today because I had gained a couple pounds since last week.
Today is a new day and I hope that next week’s report will reflect my renewed efforts!
August 8th, 2009 . Posted in Exercise, Successes | No Comments »
Ran this morning instead of last night. Had a good run and shaved off 45 seconds from last week. I walked for 30 sec every half mile (1 minute after 2 miles) and only 30 seconds on the last 200m. Every time I do this, I have two little angels; One tells me to just quit or just walk and the other one tells me to think of you guys and keep going!
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August 8, 2009
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| Lap 1 |
02:18.264 |
| Lap 2 |
02:20.670 |
| Lap 3 |
02:28.452 |
| Lap 4 |
02:17.585 |
| Lap 5 |
02:33.873 |
| Lap 6 |
02:21.614 |
| Lap 7 |
02:38.020 |
| Lap 8 |
02:26.595 |
| Lap 9 |
02:50.474 |
| Lap 10 |
02:30.206 |
| Lap 11 |
02:53.483 |
| Lap 12 |
02:33.530 |
| Lap 12.5 |
01:14.201 |
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| Total |
31:26.967 |
| Average |
02:30.957 |
August 4th, 2009 . Posted in About Me | 3 Comments »
I haven’t been on Twitter a lot lately and I haven’t been blogging a lot. I really have hit a slump this past week and maybe if I get it out on “paper”, I can work through it. I have three big parts of my life where things have gone awry:
- Work
Back in April, when I started Weightfor160, work was going really slow and I had nothing really to do. Today, I have a lot of responsibility and work to complete and I haven’t been able to hop online as much as I used to, if at all. The work itself is slow and frustrating and the people I am doing it for wanted it yesterday.
- Church
I do a lot of volunteer work. Money is not something I can tithe right now; all I can offer is my time. I am in charge of a childrens’ program that will start in the fall and I have been working very hard to get it all ready in time. I also help with the website and music.
- Home
And now to the biggest change. I’m freaking out because TOM has yet to come. There are tons of reasons for that: having a baby less than a year ago, nursing, stress from the above areas of my life, anxiety that I might be pregnant, etc. And it is DISCOURAGING. All last week, I was “good”, but lost hardly any weight. If I am pregnant, I will have lost all that I have worked for. I’ll have to stop this weight-loss progress.
All this weekend, I just ate whatever to make myself feel better about all this stress. Pizza, potato chips, apple buns, and chocolate. I just want to sabotage all my hard work because what’s the point now?
DH and I agreed that we don’t know what’s going on and to treat it like a plateau. Keep exercising and eating right. I felt a little encouraged, but my mind can’t stop with the “what if?’s”.
Anyway, just wanted to let you all know where I’ve been, physically and mentally. I hope to get the church projects done in a couple weeks and then can focus my time at home on this!
