Sung to the tune "Back in the USSR"
Yep....I weighed in this morning and I am 229!!!!! ha!!!!
Started this weight loss competition in the 240's (244 to be exact)
Ripped through the 230's
And now I'm in the 220's !!!!
I shouldn't be as happy as I am about this, it's still way way too much for me to weigh. And I have been in the 220's before, but then I mess up and get back in the 230's and 240's!! And I'll have to go back and check to make sure (which is one great thing about keeping this blog) but I think I have said "I'll never get back over 230 again" and that promise didn't hold much water, so I'm not going to say anything like that, I'll just keep working my way down, working my way down.
But I sent e-mails and txt's already today to Thank my Hubby and my partner, A2....and I'll just keep at it.
(3 weeks 'till the Waterpark!)
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Man Down!!
OK...so not a man...my water bottle. Yep, the water bottle that started a craze goes down in flames. See, when I first started working out, my trainer told me to get a good water bottle because a key to getting healthy is to drink a crap ton of water....1/2 your body weight in oz's. So if I weigh 240 lbs, I would need 120 oz's of water a day....that's basically a gallon. So I found a great water bottle at Target, it had a dial on the side to help keep track of how much you drink. So I bought it, showed it to the trainer, and he thought it was so cool that he went and bought a couple. then everyone else in the gym saw the trainer with it, so they all bought one. And then the bottles went on sale at Costco for a 3 pak, and now everyone (almost) has that style of bottle!
So today, I was going across the street, and I was carrying too many things, including my bottle. And when I tried to open the door.....water bottle hit the pavement. At first I thought I had just lost the little rubber seal piece, and a friend was helping look for it. But then I realized that the clasp that keeps it closed was broken too...so I hummed a funeral dirge, and threw it in a trash can. Sad.
But I bought a water out of the vending machine, and I'll get a new re-usable bottle when I'm out shopping this weekend!
(Sorry I haven't posted in over a week....I've been on a plateau and a little discouraged. Then it was Valentines...so Hubby and I had a date, and I pretty much didn't cook all weekend, so lots of take-out, and a big heat-shaped-box of Whitman's Sampler! and the Girl Scout Cookies came in, so we have been munching on those...And I think going off the bc pills has my hormones messed up, so I have been really tired and depressed for a few days. But I worked out HARD last Thursday, this Tuesday and yesterday morning's with the trainer...didn't do lunch work out's this week MTW (T i had a 1/2 day and took the girl scouts ice skating, so i am going to count that as a workout, sure made my legs sore) (and MW I spent my lunch walking arounf handing out GS cookies) but I just did lunch today, and went to my meals last night, so the freezer is stocked with healthy dinners...so we are on track....oh! and I gave up Chocolate for Lent!)
So today, I was going across the street, and I was carrying too many things, including my bottle. And when I tried to open the door.....water bottle hit the pavement. At first I thought I had just lost the little rubber seal piece, and a friend was helping look for it. But then I realized that the clasp that keeps it closed was broken too...so I hummed a funeral dirge, and threw it in a trash can. Sad.
But I bought a water out of the vending machine, and I'll get a new re-usable bottle when I'm out shopping this weekend!
(Sorry I haven't posted in over a week....I've been on a plateau and a little discouraged. Then it was Valentines...so Hubby and I had a date, and I pretty much didn't cook all weekend, so lots of take-out, and a big heat-shaped-box of Whitman's Sampler! and the Girl Scout Cookies came in, so we have been munching on those...And I think going off the bc pills has my hormones messed up, so I have been really tired and depressed for a few days. But I worked out HARD last Thursday, this Tuesday and yesterday morning's with the trainer...didn't do lunch work out's this week MTW (T i had a 1/2 day and took the girl scouts ice skating, so i am going to count that as a workout, sure made my legs sore) (and MW I spent my lunch walking arounf handing out GS cookies) but I just did lunch today, and went to my meals last night, so the freezer is stocked with healthy dinners...so we are on track....oh! and I gave up Chocolate for Lent!)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
No rankings yet!
So the weekend went really well. I did have a small piece of Angel Food cake at the birthday party, and some raw veggies. but the party was at a place called "Pump It Up", it's a warehouse with a bunch of those inflatable bounce houses blown up inside. So the whole time I was bouncing with my kids, and chasing them in the obstacle course and going down the big slide. So I more than burned off the cake.
I weighed in yesterday.....drum roll please.....down 12 pounds total!!! 244 to 232, thats a 4.9% drop!!! And A2 lost another pound since last week too. I was really excited to see the ranking today, but it wasn't posted when I was over there this morning, and I havn't been back over, so I'll have to wait and see how we are doing against the other teams.
My trainer always says that alot of my weight issues have to do with my hormones (and I know the hubby will agree that I can be pretty 'hormonal'!) And I know that my thyroid medication is helping alot. So I thought that it would help even more to get off my birth control pills, it's just another hormone I'm putting in my body every day, plus I hate having to remember to take my pill. But there are no plans for babies anytime soon...so....I got an IUD. That is NOT fun. I left work early yesterday for my appointment, I was so so super nervous. And when I was 'on the table' my knees were shaking the whole time. I could not stop, even when I put my hand on my knee and tried to stead it. And the doctor would say things like "A little pinch now" And it would hurt like crap for a second...."A little cramping now" And it would be aching in my abdomen...and when it was done she said I would have "Some bleeding and cramping" and to just take Motrin. So I drove home, took two 600 mg Motrin I had leftover from my last baby delivery, took a shower and went to bed. I left the hubby in charge of dinner, he ordered pizza, when it came I came out of my room, got a big plate of pizza, bread sticks, wings, and coleslaw, and went back to bed. I think I was sleeping for the night before 8 o'clock.
I did work out this morning, I just took it easy, and i did need to stop a couple times. No bad pains, just some cramping starting and i didn't want to push it. I didn't know how I would feel later, so I decided to skip my lunch workout and take it easy. I've had no issues, so I'll go back to two workouts tomorrow. And hopefully I'll have some rankings tomorrow too!!
I weighed in yesterday.....drum roll please.....down 12 pounds total!!! 244 to 232, thats a 4.9% drop!!! And A2 lost another pound since last week too. I was really excited to see the ranking today, but it wasn't posted when I was over there this morning, and I havn't been back over, so I'll have to wait and see how we are doing against the other teams.
My trainer always says that alot of my weight issues have to do with my hormones (and I know the hubby will agree that I can be pretty 'hormonal'!) And I know that my thyroid medication is helping alot. So I thought that it would help even more to get off my birth control pills, it's just another hormone I'm putting in my body every day, plus I hate having to remember to take my pill. But there are no plans for babies anytime soon...so....I got an IUD. That is NOT fun. I left work early yesterday for my appointment, I was so so super nervous. And when I was 'on the table' my knees were shaking the whole time. I could not stop, even when I put my hand on my knee and tried to stead it. And the doctor would say things like "A little pinch now" And it would hurt like crap for a second...."A little cramping now" And it would be aching in my abdomen...and when it was done she said I would have "Some bleeding and cramping" and to just take Motrin. So I drove home, took two 600 mg Motrin I had leftover from my last baby delivery, took a shower and went to bed. I left the hubby in charge of dinner, he ordered pizza, when it came I came out of my room, got a big plate of pizza, bread sticks, wings, and coleslaw, and went back to bed. I think I was sleeping for the night before 8 o'clock.
I did work out this morning, I just took it easy, and i did need to stop a couple times. No bad pains, just some cramping starting and i didn't want to push it. I didn't know how I would feel later, so I decided to skip my lunch workout and take it easy. I've had no issues, so I'll go back to two workouts tomorrow. And hopefully I'll have some rankings tomorrow too!!
Friday, February 5, 2010
I even did the Treadmill today!
So...weigh in went AWESOME!! I'm down 10 pounds since this challenge started. So the hard work IS paying off. I only had one workout yesterday since it was our monthly employee lunch. It was Italian, so I could have eaten horribly, but I had mostly salad, some chicken that was in a cream sauce, some green beans, mushrooms, and 3 tortellini (I wanted more but resisted!) And the hubby and I did get Chinese takeout for dinner, I got MuShu Chicken, so it's meat and shredded veggies, not too bad (no deep frying or batter) and the hubby got kung po chicken. We did get egg rolls too. Then to make up for it I did 350 cals on the elliptical this morning, and actually ran on the treadmill at lunch.
That's right...I RAN! Not because I wanted to, as much as just to see if I could! There were no ellipticals by the time I got up there (there were bikes, but I hate those) So I got on the one open treadmill. I figured I would walk until an elliptical opened up. K was on the treadmill next to me, and he walked a min then ran a min or two.....So after 2 min of walking, I upped my speed from 3.0 to 4.5 and ran (more of a fast jog to be totally truthful) I told myself to do it for one min and then walk again....but after one min I wasn't too tired, so I decided to try for 2. Then my trainer walked past behind me and said something like "Good job Nick"...and that was pretty motivating, so I just kept running. Kinda like Forrest Gump! :) After 5 min I thought that was a pretty round number, so I backed down to 3.0 to walk again. My partner A2,(I really like this partner thing, more than I thought I would) came up next to the treadmill and told me what I good job I was doing. And since that is pretty motivating too, I told him that I would walk another min and then see how long I could run a second time. And I ran for 5 min the second time too!!! It was hard the second time and I was really counting down the seconds, but I did it!! And then I walked for another few min...and then I ran for another min, upping my speed every 10 secs or so, just to see how fast I could go...I got up to 6.0 and that is pretty fast...so I went down for a little cool down walk and was done.
A2 was leaving the gym at the same time as me and we walked down the hall together. He was telling me really good job on running 3 times (so him and the trainer must have been watching) and we chatted for a sec until he turned down another hall.
Pretty proud of myself right now! And Im going to ride this wave for the weekend. Have a kids bday party tonight, no cake for me thanks. We have a weigh in on Monday for our first team ranking, so Im going to try to get some exercise in over the weekend, and be very careful with what I eat! I'll let you know Tuesday when they post the team ranking how I'm doing against everyone else, but right now I'm kicking ass against myself, which is the most important.
That's right...I RAN! Not because I wanted to, as much as just to see if I could! There were no ellipticals by the time I got up there (there were bikes, but I hate those) So I got on the one open treadmill. I figured I would walk until an elliptical opened up. K was on the treadmill next to me, and he walked a min then ran a min or two.....So after 2 min of walking, I upped my speed from 3.0 to 4.5 and ran (more of a fast jog to be totally truthful) I told myself to do it for one min and then walk again....but after one min I wasn't too tired, so I decided to try for 2. Then my trainer walked past behind me and said something like "Good job Nick"...and that was pretty motivating, so I just kept running. Kinda like Forrest Gump! :) After 5 min I thought that was a pretty round number, so I backed down to 3.0 to walk again. My partner A2,(I really like this partner thing, more than I thought I would) came up next to the treadmill and told me what I good job I was doing. And since that is pretty motivating too, I told him that I would walk another min and then see how long I could run a second time. And I ran for 5 min the second time too!!! It was hard the second time and I was really counting down the seconds, but I did it!! And then I walked for another few min...and then I ran for another min, upping my speed every 10 secs or so, just to see how fast I could go...I got up to 6.0 and that is pretty fast...so I went down for a little cool down walk and was done.
A2 was leaving the gym at the same time as me and we walked down the hall together. He was telling me really good job on running 3 times (so him and the trainer must have been watching) and we chatted for a sec until he turned down another hall.
Pretty proud of myself right now! And Im going to ride this wave for the weekend. Have a kids bday party tonight, no cake for me thanks. We have a weigh in on Monday for our first team ranking, so Im going to try to get some exercise in over the weekend, and be very careful with what I eat! I'll let you know Tuesday when they post the team ranking how I'm doing against everyone else, but right now I'm kicking ass against myself, which is the most important.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Chugging along
So the weekend went GREAT!!! I did NOT eat Taco Bell. I actually ate really well. And on Saturday afternoon we took the kids to an indoor pool for some time swimming, so much better than sitting around at home! I did pick up a Hot-n-Ready Pizza on the way home from the pool, the kids were asking for it. I did eat one slice of pizza when we got home, the hubby ate one too, and the kids ate it for dinner. Later I made Turkey chili for the hubby and I. It was 'healthy' chili....93/7 turkey burger, green peppers, celery, tomatoes, & spices! And it was tasty too.
So far this week I have gotten 2 workout each day, even yesterday when I had a 1/2 day, I got in a quick 20min cardio before I left!! And we went out to dinner last night, but we went to Mongolian BBQ, so I got to pick my own lean meat, filled up on good veggies and watch it cook on the flat top grill.
I really want to know what I weigh, I've gotten a couple comments that I'm 'looking like I've lost weight'. I can't think I look that different in just over a week, but now I'm really curious. Day and a half till I weigh in with the trainer.....going to go strong until then, then I'll report the good news!
So far this week I have gotten 2 workout each day, even yesterday when I had a 1/2 day, I got in a quick 20min cardio before I left!! And we went out to dinner last night, but we went to Mongolian BBQ, so I got to pick my own lean meat, filled up on good veggies and watch it cook on the flat top grill.
I really want to know what I weigh, I've gotten a couple comments that I'm 'looking like I've lost weight'. I can't think I look that different in just over a week, but now I'm really curious. Day and a half till I weigh in with the trainer.....going to go strong until then, then I'll report the good news!
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