Storms

All day I had in my head that I would go to the gym after work. I didn't pack clothes to go immediately like I usually do, but I was going to come home, change, eat a teaspoon of peanut butter, and dart back out. Right.

I got home, with severe thunderstorm warnings issued, saw the lighting and sat down in front of the computer. There I sat waiting on the rain I didn't want to drive in. Thankfully, I went on the WW boards and saw the thread for 'What activity did you do today?'. Some of those people had done 40 minutes of cardio plus weights, plus abs, on and on and on. Needless to say, it motivated me - though not to the point of going to the gym. I changed, popped in 30 Day Shred and had Jillian kick my ass.

Speaking of which my ass is sore (or soar? I can never keep the two straight) from the personal training session yesterday. It was awesome! Afterward I did a C25K session. Technically I'm on Week 4 Day 3, however I was NOT up for that after the PT. So, I reverted to Week 3 Day 3. I still walked out of the gym looking like I sat in a sauna for an hour. And I wore my new work out specific shirt - a Nike Dry fit thing. It's kind of form fitting atleast much more so than the huge t-shirts I usually wear. I actually liked what I looked like at the gym. Pretty amazing feeling. I have no idea when that last happened, if ever.

:-)
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Starting Weight: 245
Height: 5'8"
Age: 23

Current Weight: 204.8

Mini Goals:
[ ] 198 by July 4th
[ ] 193 by July 20ish Vacation

Long Term:
[ ] 170 by Oct 24th WVU Homecoming Weekend

Ultimate Goal:
[ ] 165

Annnnnd I'm back

So here I am agian. I know I did the speech thing about recommitting, blah blah blah. But I didn't stick to it. I dropped down to online only. That didn't work. Then I cancelled the WW membership.

So I rejoined yesterday. I gained 5 lbs in 2.5 months. Not terrible. But I always think about how much weight I could have lost if I had stuck to it. Anyway, regardless I am back. I'm tracking, and drinking water, and am concious of being 'full'. I need to start planning though. I think that'll be my goal for this week.

I'll plan meals. And go to the gym at least one over the weekend. Damn it. Oh, I've also readjusted my goal weight to 165 from 160. We'll see as I get closer if that changes again...

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Starting Weight: 245
Height: 5'8"
Age: 22

Current Weight: 204.8

Ultimate Goal: 165

Recommittment

This is my recommitment speech:

I was sitting thinking about my trip to the gym last night and was disappointed in myself because I couldn’t make it to 3 miles on the treadmill running. I then realized, “Don’t you remember when you couldn’t even run 1 mile without stopping?!” Last night, I breezed through a mile and continued on with a 3 1-minute stops til 2.5 miles was under my belt. I stepped off the treadmill disappointed because I know I can make it to 3 miles. I just couldn’t make myself do it last night. I then started thinking that it wasn’t worth going to the gym tonight because I had ‘failed’ last night.

On to my eating habits over the last week. Terrible is the only way to describe them. My grandmother passed away Sunday morning. She was in the hospital all last week and an in-patient hospice house. I was home in WV with my family and it’s just common place when someone passes, you cook. And you eat. And eat, eat, eat we did. I stepped on the scale last night after working out and did not like what I saw. My last weigh in (2 weeks ago), I was up 1.8 lbs. I just hit under 200lbs Feb 26 for the first time in 5 years. I do NOT want to revert. And the only way to do that is by recommitting. I’ve ‘counted’ points over the course of the past couple weeks, but certainly not like I should be.

Today, I am going to the gym. I will eat veggies tonight for supper. I will count everything that goes into my mouth today and going forward.

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Starting Weight: 245
Height: 5'8"
Age: 22

Current Weight: 197

Goals:

[X] 228 by Halloween
[X] 222 by Thanksgiving
[X] 216 by Christmas
[X] Onederland by April

160 Ultimate Goal

New year, new outlook

So, last blog, I was hoping for a loss and I got one. I went down 1.2 to 216.8. I counted that I made it to 216 by Christmas :-) haha

Today was my first WI since then. I always go on Thursday's. I love the group! So, Christmas happened and New Year's and so that brings us to today.

I went down 4.2! I know it's within a 3 week span, but it was over the holidays and I still lost! Woo who! I even ate fudge. haha I got it out of my system for a year.

I'm getting back into the routine of working out. I went on a 2 week hiatus. Christmas was nice. Went to the WVU/UNC bowl game here in Charlotte. Then Monday after Christmas, my mom went into the hospital back home. So I spent Monday-Friday with her there. She's doing great now! But it definitely was challenging eating wise in the hospital. I was proud of how well I did.

ANYWAY! I'm sooo stoked! I really needed this great boost. I'm officially at a number I haven't been since freshman year of college...4.5-5 years ago! Wow.

PS I'm going to calculate new goals soon, I swear!
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Starting Weight: 245
Height: 5'8"
Age: 22

Current Weight: 212.6

Goals:

[X] 228 by Halloween
[X] 222 by Thanksgiving
[X] 216 by Christmas
[] Onederland by April

160 Ultimate Goal

Image

Do you ever look at yourself in the mirror one day or one time and love what you see; and then the next time, loath it? What is that about? Sometimes I put things on and see one person and then see another when I walk by the mirror again.

I stepped on the scale tonight at home and at the gym. I'm setting myself up for a gain. I know TOM is around the corner, and I just feel blaaaah.

I guess we will find out tomorrow.

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Starting Weight: 245
Height: 5'8"
Age: 22

Current Weight: 218

Goals:

[X] 228 by Halloween
[X] 222 by Thanksgiving
[] 216 by Christmas
[] Onederland by April

160 Ultimate Goal

Woo Who!

I originally started WW April 1st '08. I weighed in at a whopping 245. I kept on WW for 14 weeks, lost 10 lbs, then made excuses and quit. October 2nd '08, I started again @ 234. I had told myself I was completely starting over. I deleted my past weights online and started fresh. At the WI center though, my old weights were still in the computer.

Last week, I made my original 10% goal with the 6.5 lbs loss. I didn't realize it until right before Thursday's WI (which I lost another pound!). I told my receptionist about it and the starting over etc. and she said WW's goes by the sum total of weight lost regardless of quitting, starting over, whatever. So, I officially made my 10% goal!

I decided that I'm going to go with the overall weight loss too although I'm not going to add back my weight online (I don't think). Regardless, I told myself losing weight and this journey isn't a stop and start thing. It's a continuous process that I started in April and even though I got side tracked for a month, I still need to give myself credit for the 10 lbs I lost originally.

So, with that said, WOO WHOO! I've lost 27 lbs total and I feel great/empowered/energized/healthier about it!

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Starting Weight: 245
Height: 5'8"
Age: 22

Current Weight: 218

Goals:

[X] 228 by Halloween
[X] 222 by Thanksgiving
[] 216 by Christmas
[] Onederland by April

160 Ultimate Goal

Sorry so long

The past few weeks have been very up and down. I had been toying with a few lbs between the weeks, but this past week (yes the weigh in after Thanksgiving) I lost 6.5 lbs! How you ask?

I have NO idea. I'm chalking it up to working out finally paying off. I feel like I'm almost destined to gain a few pounds this coming week though just because I lost so much this week. We'll see.

Oh PS I've dropped a few pant's sizes too. Yay! I'm back to the size I was in college.

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Starting Weight: 234
Height: 5'8"
Age: 22

Current Weight: 219

Goals:

[X] 228 by Halloween
[X] 222 by Thanksgiving
[] 216 by Christmas
[] 211 by Jan 22nd 10% goal by 16th week
[] 160 Ultimate Goal