Update

I just want to let everyone know that things are going well. I am still trying to work through some of the mental aspects and issues of my journey, but other than that I am still pushing my way through. Eating good, staying in green on my home page ( alittle orange on fat and red on iron) but working on it. Those longer walks I have been taking make me feel amazing, who would have thought? Im still pushing myself to get my workouts in everynight as well. Ive been completing my goals and that feels good to me, like I am acomplishing things. TOM is visiting this week and Ive gone a little over yesterday but am feeling better today. Im down to 193 pounds and it is great. August 17 will be my one year aniversary on NM and I have managed to keep off 55 pounds since then, when I started I was 248 pounds (not even my heaviest). To date I have lost a total of 107 pounds!!!


Weekly goals

Keep up with housework; Completed :) yayy me

Loose 1 lb a week; so far it looks like I lost a pound this week, im at 193 pounds

Don't let things bother me/discorage me; working in it, its more like a work in progress

Plan; Completed

Take care of myself more; That is a work in progress but it is going great so far.

I completed almost all of my daily goals so far aside from the evening things I do such as my walks and excersise.

Hot, cranky some thoughts on my weight loss and todays goals...

It was very warm today, i got into the pool for a few today but didnt really do much but sit and cool off. TOM is here and I am hot and cranky, not to mention Ive had a bad day and it is like 100 degrees in my house. This office with 2 computers 4 people and the sun shinning on it all day gets too freaking hot for my liking. On the other hand my bed room is the coolest room in the house and I love it, it was like the opposite at the old house. I have 400 calories left for tonight and there really isnt much more I can eat but i know if i dont then I will most likely not see a loss. it is very wierd that if I dont get as close to 0 on my calories I dont lose the weight, but as long as I am under 90 I dfo good and the scale shows it. Im off tho i need to get into a cool room and relax!



Goal 1: Exersise; Completed did 20 minutes on the stationary

Goal 2: Walk; Completed walked for 29 mintues today and it felt great!!

Goal 3: Do dishes after breakfast; Completed

Goal 4: Take Asthma/Alergy meds; Completed

Goal 5: Take vitamins; I forgot :(

Goal 6: Be kinder to myself and my SO; Working on it

Goal 7: Plan; Completed Sunday Planned dinners for the next 2 weeks

Goal 8; Listen to my body; I surely did today, yep yep

Goal 9: Brush my hair; Completed

Pool Excersises?

So I am curious if doing excersise in the pool is as effective if not better than doing it out. Things like jumping jacks, Tri-cep dips, crunches, squats jogging in place. I love being in the water and for me I feel like just moving around in the water and doing some of the above mentioned excersises give me more of a workout, but I could be wrong, also how do u log these types of things you do in the pool? well I am off to cool down and get moving!

Today

Blah it is going to be so hot today I was looking forward to being cool in the pool. We opened it up and low and behold the damn ph is hella low and the chlorine was at like 8ppm *sigh* gotta wait a few hours. But I did acomplish some of my goals today and I am happy i completed them yesterday. Here is to a nice productive day!


Goal 1: Exersise; Completed did 17 minutes on the stationary bike, weights for 5 minutes

Goal 2: Walk; Completed did 1.23 miles in 21 minutes, woot go me!!

Goal 3: Do dishes after breakfast; Completed

Goal 4: Take Asthma/Alergy meds; Completed

Goal 5: Take vitamins; Completed

Goal6: Be kinder to myself and my SO; Working on it

Goal 7: Plan; Completed Sunday Planned dinners for the next 2 weeks

Goal 8; Listen to my body; yep sure did it told me i was hungry

Goal 9: Brush my hair; Completed

Daily Goals

Happy monday! Today started off rather shitty, but Im trying to get past it. Last night we went for a 19 minute walk, hey its a start and I did 8 minutes on the eliptical. I also got my list down and for the most part I think they are easily obtainable goals. Some are my own personal ones for me and others are for my continued health. These are my daily goals

Goal 1: Exersise;Completed I did 20 minutes on the stationary bike and 8 mintues on the eliptical

Goal 2: Walk; Completed walked for 21 mintues it felt great

Goal 3: Do dishes after breakfast; Completed

Goal 4: Take Asthma/Alergy meds; Completed

Goal 5: Take vitamins; Completed

Goal6: Be kinder to myself and my SO; Working on it

Goal 7: Plan; Completed Sunday Planned dinners for the next 2 weeks

Goal 8; Listen to my body; even thought I had alot of calories left I just wasnt hungry

Goal 9: Brush my hair; Completed

I noticed I don't blog much when things are going good...

I have not really been blogging much, sure Ive posted some pictures and a short blog about my loss. I have noticed I blog more when I am upset or things are not going right, I rarely have alot to say or write about when things are moving along I feel like I am going steady with eating right and excersising I wonder why that is? I have so many things that run through my head that i want to do, things I just randomly think about but never put them down and then they slip from my thoughts. I have been doing very well with eating lately and Im proud that I have put my foot down and decited that I am going to eat the way I want to eat and too bad for anyone who doesnt like it! Ive decited that its time to make a budget and think about what and where to put what little money we have. Bills and food are #1, and if there is a little left over then I think it should be put away to save to get our lives together. I put it on the table that I do not want to eat out anymore, 2 times a month at the most is what I am willing to sacrafice, besides it saves so much money if you think about. Even if it means I have to sit down and Plan out dinner for every night in a 2 week period at a time, hell I like doing that. I just never can figure out what to do if something doesnt go right and I cant stay on dinner plan. Anyways, things seem to be going better at home, I decited that Im going to just do what I can to keep my parents happy, without giving up what I believe I need to do for me. If that means not going anyewhere and staying home more, maybe that could be a good thing, if i get my ass in gear then maybe I will excersise more with my free time. I have to learn to not let what others are doing influence my decisions on what I should and want to do. I think aside from the mental part I need to work on the only other thing I need to work on is Working out more. Sure I walk and do I am up to 8 minutes on the eliptical but that isnt even 30 mintues a day and it isnt everyday either. I have decited to start walking every night no matter what to start and hopefully we will be able to go longer than 13-15 mintues. Well I am off to make a list of goals, then sort them out into long term short term weekly etc... Hope everyone is having a good weekend and HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!

Down 1.5 pounds today!!

194.5 was the number on the scale this morning. I am not sure if it is right but I will take it anyways. Yesterday was my aunts memorial in SanFrancisco, and I was tired and drained when I got home. I didnt excersise at all bit I did get in the pool and do some jumping jacks and squats and tricep dips. Not many but I still did them, and I was way over on my sodium but I know I drank way more water than I normally do. Went for a walk with the puppers earlier and am planing on doing the eliptical here shortly. My goal is to be able to do 8 minutes since I started out at barley being able to doing 2 minutes to doing 6-7 with a small rest in between. After my workout on the eliptical I am going to have a small bowl of my summer fruit mix I made.

Missouri 60

This is my first Picture for the Missouri 60 !! Taken June 19

I found an old pic from when I was 300 pounds, and compared to a new one I took today!

I was going through some pictures and I found some to compare and thought I would share them. I cant believe how different I look. The first one is me now at 196 pounds and the other is from a few summers ago, maybe 3 at 300 or more pounds. I still have so much work to do, but I have come along way and I am proud.

down another pound!

Did I forget to mention that I am another pound down on the scale! I weight in this morning at 196 pounds! I think if I was working out and excersising/moving more I could have lost much more. But I am happy and I am taking that 1 pound and running with it!!!