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Well, last night I kicked that half pound gain to the curb!!! I had an awesome work out! I did 30 minutes on the bike at level 10 random, 25 minutes of free weights and a 42 minute cardio kick boxing class. The class was crazy!!! One of the people actually asked the instructor Tanya if we did something to piss her off!!! She is awesome! You should have seen everyone sweating!!! She brings the fittest people you have ever seen to there knees, begging for mercy!!! I have that achy feeling
I am so looking forward to this weekend!!! I have booked Monday off, because it is opening season for deer hunting. I am not going hunting, Trevor is, but I took the day off, because he will be off and then figured he would be gone all day, so I am taking my mother and Aunt Wilma (weight watchers buddies) Christmas Shopping. I love shopping almost as much as I love eating!!! Or even better is shopping and eating together…..a bad combination! But I have decided to eat some where healthy like Subway! Yup Christmas is coming…..
I am trying to think of things to keep me busy over the weekend. Trevor is most likely leaving on Saturday and will be gone until Monday night. I need to keep myself busy to stay out of the fridge and cupboards since we live in a bachelor apartment, I am always in the kitchen!! I thought I might work on my wedding scrap book. I have been collecting bits and pieces for over a year now. I just can't find the time to do it! Also, I might do an extra work out….. I always have good intentions!
I have been thinking about adding an extra work out to my weekly schedule on the weekend. I just hate leaving Trevor on the weekend to get to the gym, because it is our time together. So I might try and come up with a routine for at home. In the summer my father in law bought me a small set of free weights. I am not sure what they are because I am storing them at my parents, but maybe I will get those out this weekend. I can do an entire body weight lifting routine with those and some squats and push ups!!! Also, I have done the cardio kickboxing class, so many times, I am sure I could come up with the same sort of thing to do in my living room!
I am in a very good mood today…. My hormones must be coming back to normal. I took my last Prozac on Tuesday and then came TOM, so I am feeling better. I have been getting headaches when TOM arrives, but lately 3 extra strength Tylenol seems to do the trick!!
To my friend Angie and her husband JP, my thoughts and prayers are with you. If you need anything, you know were to find me.
Well, today I am off to the Doctors for a flue shot and then I am going to the gym to do 1 hour of cardio, most likely 30 minutes elliptical and 30 on the bike and then I might squeeze in another 20 some where else. I'll see how I feel after my flue shot!!!
Food wise I am doing marvelous. I have been sticking to me 20 points a day and trying to eat lots of fruits and veggies and keep my calories low. I have also been trying to drink tons of water! Since my weight watchers leader talked about bite licks and tastes I have been doing well! I did not realize how often I take a bite or taste of something!!! I must keep reminding myself until I unlearn this behavior!!!
Oh yes, I discovered something so yummy for all you Canadians (an Americans… I think) out there!!! I am a coffee addict!!! Not just and coffee, but Tim Horton's coffee. 4 days a week I get my large with 2 milk and sweetener. I count it as half a point. Well Tim Horton's has new flavor shots! No I am not talking about their smoothies; they are 6 or 7 points each!!! I am talking about little shots of yummy flavor they can add to your coffee. They have butter caramel, hazelnut, raspberry, and orange. They only add 4 calories to you coffee and are not sweetened, so you should get sweetener or sugar if you usually do and it only costs and extra 25 cents!! Mmmmmm delish. I have tried the butter caramel and hazelnut!!! Makes a nice little treat!!
I can not believe the support I am getting on this website. Thanks so much to everyone who reads about my journey! It looks like I will have to make a page 2 for my guestbook. I want everyone to be able to read the inspiring comments, so I will leave them for everyone to see and just add a second, maybe even a third page and just keep adding from there….. Thanks again!!!
Anyhoo, that is it for me today!
Wendy
Well drum role please…. I went to weigh in and I gained a hole half a pound!!! Yup that is it!!! I was all worried about many Birthday celebrations and my PMS induced eating and it all worked out to half a pound!!! I am so happy about that. This puts me at 154.5 to begin my new challenge! I could not be happier!
Last night at weigh in, one of the girls got her 12 5 pound starts for losing 60 lbs. (well actually 62lbs!). Congratulations Tina!!!! That is awesome!! I was sitting there thinking, wow she looks amazing, 62 pounds is a lot of weight to loose. How on earth did she manage that? And then I got to thinking, wait a minute, from my highest weight of 217 lbs, I have lost 62.5 lbs.!!! Holy shit! When you put all the losses and gains into perspective I am down 62.5 lbs!!!! I know it should be obvious, but I am always so concentrated on losing that next pound and getting upset with myself when I don't that I did not see the big picture! Another thing that happen yesterday was a good friend of mine from College emailed me and pointed out that she remembers taking one of my before pictures and pointed out how much I have changed and how far I have come. It is pretty bad that I go so involved in this weight loss thing that I forget how far I have come and what I have achieved!! This makes me even more pumped!!
I just read Lee-Anne's journal and she so hit the nail on the head with this comment: "I am stuffing around somewhat but as time goes by I really do know that I have to stop procrastinating and do what has to be done." This is how I feel today…. I need to just do it!!! I looked at Paulene's challenge and over the last 8 weeks I lost half a pound!!!! If I had just got on with it I could have been down 10 pounds by now!!! Paulene is down 10 kg!!! You go Girl!!!
I went to meet with my Doctor a few weeks ago, and he was so happy to see me getting my weight down again. I had lost over 20 more pounds since I saw him! We discussed a healthy body weight for me. My Weight Watchers leader said that if you and your doctor decide on a different weight than WWs than you can get a note from you Doctor and you can go on maintenance and become a lifetime member! My Doctor said that there is no chart that can tell me the exact weight I should be. He said it is not how low I can get it is the weight I can get to that I can maintain. Sure I could get to 125lbs. if I ate like a bird and worked out 7 days a week, but is that the way I want / can live? According to weight watchers the high end of my goal is 131 lbs. Well my doctor and I discussed this and he thinks that may be to low. All I know that at 154.5 lbs. I am not there yet. He told me to listen to my body and give him a call when I get to 140lbs. We will go from there. I have always wanted to be 129lbs, but can I get there and stay there? Also, is that to low for me? Anyways, I will see how I feel when I get to 140!
Well I am off to another kick ass work out tonight!! I am hoping to get in 30 minutes of elliptical at level 12, 25 minutes of weights (full body, free weights), maybe a little more cardio and then a 45 minute cardio kickboxing with Tanya!!
I have been doing well with my points and sticking to my 20. Last night at weigh in we talked about BLT's Bight, Licks and Tastes!!! I am so bad for this!!! I stick things in my mouth with out even realizing it!!! We went over the points values of some common BLT's and they add up fast!!! I think usually when my weight is not moving and I think I am doing everything write, I am forgetting about the BLTs!!!! They happen most when I get home from the gym in the evening and I am hungry and I am making our lunches or supper!!! It is especially hard when I make Trevor's supper…. Yes, we eat different things!!! I don't mind making something he will eat for him and then making something for me. So last night after I got home from weight watcher's I was going to make supper and I caught myself reaching into the rice cake bag… for just a half of one, of course… because that does not count!!!! I stopped myself and thought of what my leader said!!! This just goes to show I must think of what I am putting in my mouth at all times because this is a major problem for me!
Anyhoo, the sun is shining and it is a beautiful, slightly cold, but beautiful day here! Winter is on its way!!! Also TOM will be here today… so along with the nice weather and the balancing of my hormones, it's going to be a good rest of the week!!!
Wendy
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