Day 1 Week 1 C25K....again

And all in all it felt pretty good...a little tight on the left...the side I pulled my groin.....so I'm really happy about that.  I was hoping it would get below 90 before I headed out...it did...barely.....it was nice seeing the other walkers and joggers and to get a close up view of what the landscapers are doing around here....plus I had another good sweat....which I hope shows when I weigh in the am. 

When I got home, I loaded the dishwasher (by the way, I B-B-Qued some chicken for dinner....it was yummy!...had some summer squash with tomatoes...another yummy.....anyway after that I checked in with a few peeps here.....then enjoyed a jacuzzi bubble bath.............

It was heavenly.....and I read the forward and the first chapter of my book......very good reward for getting back out there!....I'm going to getting organized for work tomorrow and read another chapter or two in bed.

I will check in with y'all tomorrow.

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14:05 - 2008-Aug-24

Damn TOM

I am having cravings.  I am thankfully able to control them and this morning I put my mind to think NO CRAVINGS!  NO CRAVINGS!  NO CRAVINGS!  

And it has absolutely worked.  I talked to myself reminding me that it's just food.  It's not even healthy food I was craving.  So I made it a point to snack on strawberries this afternoon vs anything out of the pantry.  Mind you, I don't have much junk in the pantry.  I have some 100 calorie pack of cookies and some strawberry newtons but that's about it.  I made sure of that since it is TOM and I know how that can wreck havoc on my healthy lifestyle.

I have eaten very well today.  I need to make some progress for my weigh-in on Thursday.  My weight loss has lowed down and has averaged 1.6 pounds per week, which Is just great!  I have been doing weekly weigh-ins consistenly for the past, I think, 17 weeks and I'm down 21.2 pounds.  I should put 21.2 pounds in a backpack and tote it around and see how it feels . 

What's weird is I have to look back at my bigger pictures to really realize how far I've come.  It's hard to see it in the mirror.  I look at myself but still sort of see the fatter version of me.  There are times I look and think, "Wow, I'm getting thin!!"   But that's not the normal feeling.

I need to turn around that attitude and celebrate each and every pound of fat I remove from my body.  It hasn't come particularly easy, though my eating habits have changed and are habit now except for the occasional craving, but that's normal.  I can handle it now!! 

Like my new background?  it's upbeat and happy!  A little hard on the eyes, so I'll change it soon, but I wanted something more cheerful.  The last background was more a relaxed feeling. 

have a great week!

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11:29 - 2008-Aug-24

Sunday report

 Our dinner date was wonderful.....my steak was so tender I didn't even really need the steak knife.....and the wine was delicious...a Pinot Nior from Oregon....I didn't know Oregon was known for Pinot Niors....

Plus....I'm guessing it's either the preparing to get back on track.....or working my butt of cleaning the house yesterday....I decided to weigh myself to see if the dinner caused any further damage....I've actually lost .6 since friday!!!!!!

I should have gone out to jog this am, when I went out to get the paper...it was actually sort of cool!!!!!But I so enjoyed mulling through the Sunday paper with my coffee.....then it got up to almost 90, but it seemed worse because of the humidity.....so I'll got do my thing after Bill goes to work.....I'll report how it went tomorrow....I'm a little nervous because of the injuries.....even though I'm sure I'm completely healed...I'm still a bit nervous....silly me.

Two of my quilting friends were talking about a book...called The Shack  , They said reading this book is a life changing experience.....so of course I had to go buy it....I will reward myself with reading time this evening after I exercise.

Got everything turned in for my last module of my current class.....then we have a week off before we start our next semester....whoo hoo!!!!  So far average in this class is 100%.....so I feel pretty good about that....but I even feel better that I'm learning some good stuff!

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08:48 - 2008-Aug-24

Let's see....

What do I get when I get so many stars?  I reward myself along the way:  new books, shoes, etc.  I try to space it out every 5-10-15 lbs.

Hunny buys me new clothes every so often.  OK.  Who am I kidding on that?  He buys me new clothes all the time.  I remember a year or so back on this journey I told him I couldn't afford to lose weight cuz I couldn't afford to buy new clothes LOL!!  So he said for me to just worry about losing weight, he'll worry about the new clothes.  So, when I go there, we usually buy 1-2 new outfits each time.  Which is cool, cuz it gives me a couple of nice fitting outfits for each season.  The rest, I make do with what I have and not looking too frumpy.

My next big "reward" that I am going to enjoy is the opera.  I bought the tickets to Phantom of the Opera back in what, April or May when I was around 55-60 lbs gone.  The next biggie that I will get rewards for is in the 80-90 range and don't even ask to see my wish list for 100 lbs gone.  Of course, when I get to goal-goal, it will be bigger LOL - I'll need a whole new wardrobe by then.

Eh, and maybe boobs and stuff depending on how things look after losign 100-plus pounds.  We'll see.  What I might want is a lift, not necessarily a reduction or addition.  I think if they do a lift things will look really nice.  Hunny thinks maybe a tummy tuck.  Said he'll help me with those if I need them.  We'll see.  I am losing weight slow enough I might not need anything.

Today's exercise was brought to me (so far) by watching the olympics.  LOL!!  I am just kidding!!  I got out for a walk this morning (1.5 mile slow) and then did my stepper for 15 min (that's all you do is a 15 min workout).  I *might* do a video later to give it a better resistance/toning workout.  We'll see.

Anyway.  Glad you all like the star idea.  I had to do something because I am a visual person and it helps a lot because they are right on my closet door so it's the last thing I see at night and first thing in the morning and reminds me I have choices to make.

Speaking of choices.  Told ya all TOM's looming.  I hate pending TOM.  It hasn't been "bad" this weekend, eating-wise... but today, I want sweet stuff.  I want cookies, pie, ice cream.  The saving grace so far, is I haven't figured out what's my 10

At WW they say if you are going to have something, be sure it's high on the scale.  0-10.  Why bother eating something if it isn't in the 8-10 range for satisfaction, ya know?  And, I haven't figured out what is a 10 on the goodie range.  Chocolate peanut butter pie is close LOL!!  OR snickerdoodles cookies.  Fortunately I don't have either in the house.

Anyway.  Hope you are all having a great weekend.  Hugs and have a good week!

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08:46 - 2008-Aug-24

I thought the weekend was for fun

Today's weight - 186.6 -- yes TOM is gone and took those extra pounds with him. Hooray!!

Yesterday while DD was at the park on her church field trip I went for a walk. The weather was gorgeous and though I normally only run at the park it was nice to walk the trail. After her outing we cleaned the house and did laundry. Once the sun went down I went out and cut the grass. I'm exhausted!!

Today I plan to do NOTHING!! Well I've already had my run at the park and I will be going to lunch with my family in a little while, but other than that I'm doing nothing. :)

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02:32 - 2008-Aug-24

Dress Pic

OK.  I put a pic (not a good one) of the dress.  It's knee-length (wanted something I could maybe wear again vs a long gown) and has short sleeves (couldn't go sleeveless for Oct) and has a belt/tie in the front of it.

Nice.

I also put up a new pic of my weight loss stars:  1 for each 5 lbs gone, so 65 lbs worth!!

To the left of the stars in that pic are my goal clothes.  A pair of jeans I have to lose a lot of weight to fit into (someone gave to me) and a pr of shorts/tank that I can pretty much fit into now.  Needs 5 lbs to be more comfortable LOL!!   No big deal.

Anyway.  I will sneak over to mom's or something and have her take a pic in the dress to post on here later  :O)

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09:15 - 2008-Aug-23

Whew!

Today's weight - 187.2

I was scared to get on the scales today. Yesterday when we got home from school we rushed to get on our running clothes so that we could make it to the park before the rain did. The rain was faster than I thought so we ended up getting soaked. We came home to change clothes and went to Wal-Mart for some groceries. While we were there my dad called me and wanted some help getting the cover on the pool. We dropped the groceries off at home and went over there to help him where we got soaked again. By this point it is around 7:00 so we went through the McDonald's drive thru for dinner. I could have been a good girl but I got a Big Mac and medium fries. Mmmm it was good!! During our Cheetah Girls One World movie party I had a mini bag of popcorn and 4 sugar cookies. ACK!! I honestly have no clue how my weight went down, I'm just happy that it did!!

Today DD has an outing with her Sunday School class. They are going to the park and to McDonald's for lunch. While she is at the park I am going to get a walk in. I normally don't exercise on Saturday but the weather here is too nice not to enjoy it.

Last night I made these breakfast cookies from Hungry Girl. They are pretty tasty!! I normally take my breakfast to school so having something portable is important. I doubled the recipie to make 8 and put them in little ziploc bags so they are ready to go. You should give them a try!

Enjoy your Saturday.

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00:09 - 2008-Aug-23

Note 2 Self

I must remember to bring my camera this weekend! Duh! I keep forgetting. I want to post a pic of my new hair cut! Sorry, y'all!

I had a fantastic day, yet busy. The traffic was through the roof!!!! I ate on plan. No exercise to speak of. Got some new running gear: a summery pink top w/ a built in shelf bra (so unlike me!) and a black long sleeved shirt and a pair of black capris with a hot pink waist band. Would Nike please come up with a pink or white capri, please??? So sick of black. Soooo sick of black....

Like I said, i'm gonna be gone this weekemd. But, the kids will be back in school full time as of Monday, August 25th............So, ya know, I'll finally have more time to myself! Yeah! My life will slowly return to norma!l Happy Day!

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17:52 - 2008-Aug-22

Dance Dance Dance!

So today my exercise was a cardio dance video!   I have NO rhythm but I don't care.  I had a great 45 minute cardio workout.  I was sweating.  My heart was pumping.  I was moving and a grooving   that's all that matters.

I'm so glad to have my exercise done in the morning hours.  Now I don't have it on my mind that I still have to do it.

I need to do some tweaking of my schedule and get some priority things done before I do other stuff.  My days could be much more productive.

I had lunch with my girlfriend today and it was great.  We both had two chicken tacos with no cheese and just a few chips each.  We sat and chatted for an hour and 45 minutes.  It was just a great time.

I couldn't believe all the obese people who walked by our table. And I'm not talking just chunky.  My friend Jen noticed it too.  She actually made the comment about it.  Then we both agreed we should be grateful we aren't in their shoes and how we felt sorry for them.   they just need to be shown the way to a healthier lifestyle.

I'm off to pick up my little one from kindergarten.  Such a big girl she is.  I'm so proud of her.  She had one "yellow light" the third day of school from talking, but she quickly learned the ropes and has had green lights ever since.  Hard to believe she's been in kindergarten for 3 weeks already.

I am praying i'm comfortably in a 12 soon.  I have a couple pairs of 12s here and they are still too snug. Maybe by time I get to 172 or so they will be fitting.  I sure hope so.  I'm ready to make that leap to the next size and rid my house of size 14 once and for all.

Be good to your body and have a fantastic weekend.

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09:05 - 2008-Aug-22

Dead Hard Drive

This is my second dead hard drive in about 6 months. Whats going on? DH is installing a new one, but it takes forever. Thank god he backed my computer up last week!

I went to a really fun party last night. Everyone loved my hair. I was having so much fun, but I had to leave to put the kids to bed. Big day today for my 6th grader...orientation is today then the parents come at noon for a BBQ. Its 11:05 now, so I gotta run. Oh, speaking of running, I went running yesterday! My time was good: 10:04, but it was windy and it was a tough run. But I went! Yay!

I'm going away this weekend..girls spa getaway for a friends birthday. I'm getting a facial (much needed!!!!) and a spa pedicure. I can't wait! Have a wonderful weekend, girls!

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05:04 - 2008-Aug-22

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