So far so good...

Well today was a tiny bit rocky. I did well at breakfast and at lunch. But after lunch I ate a few of my co-teacher's Combos and then I ate about 15 M&Ms... then I ate 2 Starburst during last hour. I guess that is not that bad. I have not checked the calories on my calorie counter, we shall see. I can not go for my walk, because it is raining cats and dogs. I will just have to hit the cardio DVD I guess! :)

Hope dinner goes well!

A good day...

I know it is just the first day, but I did really well. I only ate 1150 cals. and I can have 1250. I went for a walk for 45 min. Which is more than I normally do...

So I say...Good Job!!

Ok... it's really bad now!

So, I blogged at the beginning of September about gaining a lot of weight over the summer. Well, it is official! I am fat! I have topped the scales at 151 Sunday. I am so angry with myself. I know I can do it. I am just so f'in lazy. I just need to get my fat bottom off the couch and take a jog or even a really good walk. I need to do it EVERYDAY. I have decided to bring a pair of walking shoes to work and take a walk around the building during my prep hour. That will at least get in a good 45 min of light cardio. My co-teacher said she will walk with me when she can, so that is good.

I also am going to consciously make the effort not to eat after 8 p.m. and also try to eat good healthy foods. I know I will have to go on Mc Donalds trips sometimes, since I have a husband and a son who can not live without it. BUT I am going to eat a salad or a grilled chicken sandwich.

I really have to try. All of my school ( work) clothes are too tight. My shirts don't fit through my belly and my pants hardly button. I don't have enough money to go out and buy new FAT clothes. Besides, maybe being uncomfortable in my clothes all day will be good motivation for me to keep it up!

Let's just hope that is all works out... for my health's sake. And who knows, maybe the good walks with Thurman will keep me from being so tired after school and duing the evening!

Let's get started! And really keep it up this time!!!

Wow what a bad summer!

Okay so I have not been on here all summer. Maybe that is because there has been ABSOLUTELY NO weight loss!!!! I have actually gained like 7 lbs!!!!! So here I go again....trying to tell myself that I am going to get the weight off and get in shape. I really am going to start tomorrow, by either going for a walk/run early in the morning. I am going to try to get up at 5:15 and go for it, if that does not happen then I will go after school. I WILL go no matter what though. I am also going to try to eat very good for me meals... this is going to be the hard part. We shall see.... wish me luck. I have not had much of it so far!!!

Father's Day Dinner

Well, my day of dieting will be ruined here in about one hour! We are going to Lottawatta Creek for dinner. It is Josh's day and we told him to pick anywhere he wanted to eat! Why there Josh , WHY! :) I can say that I am going to try to contain myself, but I know that I won't be able to while there! I love that place! I will not want to eat a salad! BOO:) Oh well, just work extra hard the rest of the week! :)

Had a great time... but now it has to be ran off!

So, one of my best friends got married last night. It was so nice. I had a GREAT time at the reception. I ate too much, and drank a lot... so now the result.... having to work extra hard at the gym today! BOO... I wanted to get today off! Plus, I am bloated from PMS! God, I hate this week! I really wanted to try to get another lb off by this weekend! I want to look better in my wedding dress! Oh well, we shall see how it goes! :)

A good run!

When I first started working out back in April, I could run for 2 minutes and NO longer... well....I stopped working out, but started again almost 2 weeks ago. Two weeks ago, I could only run the usual 2 minutes. BUT I have been going to the gym pretty much every day, and everyday am getting better at running. Well, tonight on my usual 3o minutes on the treadmill, I was able to run for 18 of those 30 minutes!!! One section was a WHOLE 10 minutes straight! I know that does not sound like a very long time, but for me it is a MAJOR accomplishment! I am proud of myself!!

GO ME!!!!

A guilty night!

So, I was pretty good all day with my calorie count and such, then I had to wait a long time for a couple to get to our neighbors so we could eat. I waited so long that I got extremely hungry and did what I knew I should not do.... I ate A LOT... I ate a hamburger, potato salad, mac and cheese, and chips and dip!!!! AHHHHH!! Well I felt really really guilty as soon as I did it! So, I instantly went to the gym. Bad idea. I should have at least waited for my food to settle. I was on the treadmill for like 10 min and I was about to puke! I pushed through though. I got through 30 min of my cardio and then I did my arms, legs, and abs for about 20 min. I was still sick so I stopped. At least I learned 2 lessons tonight....number one... dont workout until your food is settled in your stomach.... number two... dont eat so much that you then feel bad about it... you know better...eat good small portions and be done... no matter what!!!

At least I am still loosing weight!!!

GO ME!!!

Worked my butt off....

Okay, well last night at the gym I worked my butt off... I hope literally! :) I ran longer than I have ever ran, 15 minutes. I never could go that long! I am proud of myself. It makes me feel like I am getting in shape. I know that 15 minutes really is not that long, BUT that is AWESOME for me... I did not do the whole 15 in a row. I ran 5 walked 5. BUT I used to only be able to run like 2 minutes and walk 5 and would get up to maybe 8 or 10 minutes of total running. So this really is a step up for me! I also was able to do more ab work than I used to be able to do!

I have also lost another lb! Well at least as of this morning on the scale! I plan on going back to the gym today and kicking ass one more time. I hope that the weight keeps coming off!

YAY FOR ME!!!!

Dang it....

So, if I just would not have skipped breakfast this morning and not been starving at lunch I would not have had that second chili dog.... and then if I could just not be a loser and start being able to say no to things... like Mr. Misty Floats..when we go thru the drive through at DQ... I would be doing fantastic today...yeah if only... so now I am getting ready to eat dinner and I already have had 1230 cals. for the day... that only leaves me with 70.... cant really have 70 cals for dinner.... oh well... over my cals today... AND I did not get to workout because I was too busy with the house stuff and then I had to take my son swimming because I promised and I cant be a bad mom... so one day down the tubes...I better learn from this day and do much better tomorrow and all the other days to come...BOOOOOO on me!

Okay Day

Well today was not too bad. If I would not have stressed out about the freakin' tornado and ate those cheetos, I would be okay on my cals right now. Unfortunately, I am currently about 30 cals over my 1300. Oh well, that is not too bad. I will just have to try to make it through a night of cards with the neighbors without getting any cravings!!! That should be a challenge! At least a did an hour of cardio and abs in my living room to my videos. I feel like a got a really good workout with that... I was really really sweating! I guess that means I was working hard!! :)

Well wish me luck with the rest of the night!!!

I am lazy today and thats bad!

I am sooo bad today. I was stupid and only ate like 230 cals the whole day and then went to play tennis. I was sooo tired and started to feel sick... bad me. Then I was sooo hungry and I was just craving grease... so I ate a dbl cheeseburger and a med. fry!!!! BUT good news is that even after that I still have about 260 cals left for the day... so even though I am STUFFED right now if I DO get hungry I can eat a small little snack. :) Well I think I am off to go swimming with Garrett and burn a few of those DBL cheeseburger cals off! :)

I hope I do better tomorrow!!!!

FANTASTIC!!!

What a day! I did soooo well!!!! I did a workout class and only had 930 cals until right now.. I am going to eat a piece of pizza but will still be under my goal cals!!! YAY... tomorrow its tennis with Casey and the neighbors and a kick boxing class! I feel great! I have lost almost 3 lbs and I feel like my belly is looking a little better too!!! That was one of the MAJOR spots that I need to work on! Believe me... it has LONG way to go BUT every bit of progress makes me feel better about myself and that is all that really matters!!!!

GO ME!!!

I am soooo out of shape!!!!!

So, I just went to the gym. I decided that a aerobics class would do me some good. It would force me to work out even when I get tired. If I am just on a treadmill or doing the weights I can just stop when I am tired and go home. I thought that if I am in a class then I will not want to look like a retard and leave. Well, I went and I did not quit BUT I am sooooo out of shape! I was soo tired and could barely make it through all of the steps! I tried sooo hard. You should have seen my face! It was BRIGHT red!! HAHA. I am soooo out of shape. I pushed through though and made it to the end of the class. It can only get easier! I am going back tomorrow night for a kick boxing class! That ought to be GREAT!!!!! :)

Good news is that I have lost a couple pounds and I am still about 325 cals left for the night and I am not even hungry! FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!

GO ME!!!

A good day!!!

Well today was a fantastic day. I am under my cal. intake by almost 300 cals. and I had a really good workout. It was much easier today than yesterday. I guess my body is getting used to the amount and type of food I am eating now. I was able to keep myself pretty busy today also. I think that had a lot to do with not getting when I am not hungry. If I have the chance to eat, I will. So, I dont give myself that chance. I was at Wal Mart today, and I saw a package of Twizzlers... my favorite... and I was like NO... you will have to work out like one hour longer if you eat like 4 of those!!!! So, I just walked on by them. Which was very hard to do. But, I am proud of myself. Not only for passing by the Twizzlers, but for my entire day. I think that if I can get passed this week and do well, it will only get better for me and my body.

Good news is... since I have 300 cals left... I can have that ice cream bar if I want it!! :)


Go me!!!

Setting Mini-Goals

So today was okay, I did not go over my calories actually I was under by about 100. I was just hungry for snacks a lot. I went to the good ol stand by's... chips and such... After looking over my day though I did very good. I got about 90 minutes of cardio in and I stayed under my calories. I have decided though to look at what I do each day and set mini-goals from what I learned from that day. Like today, too many bad snacks, so the new mini goal is to eat fruit and veggies when I want to snack instead of chips. I have also decided to set mini goals for loosing some lbs. My mini goal for week on that front is to loose 2 lbs by next Sunday. I hope I can get to that goal or maybe even more!!!

GO ME!!! :)

I'm Hungry

Okay, so I am just on my second day and I am super hungry! Why is it that my brain refuses to help me out here. I know I have had enough to eat. When I was done with lunch I was full. Now all of a sudden one hour later, I am hungry. I know I am not really hungry. Its just my brain saying, why dont you go eat something, it tastes good. So, I am just going to go for a walk with my son and my dog and hopefully the craving to eat will pass. I am such a loser when it comes to all this weight loss stuff. I hope it gets better!!!!!

Getting Started

I felt as if I needed to have a place to put all my thoughts as I go on this adventure of losing weight. I have joined a weight loss website where I can have others help motivate me and I can keep track of my calorie intake each day. I know myself though, and I ALWAYS start out ready to kick my bodies ass and get into weight loss gear and after about 2 weeks I slow down and eventually stop worrying about it. Well it is gotten too far now. I am officially the heaviest that I have been since I was pregnant with my son, which was 8 years ago, so I cant blame baby weight. After I had him I actually got back down to looking great, but in the last few years I have packed on the pounds and now been able to motivate myself to try to get them all off. I even got married this April and I did not even have enough motivation to loose weight for that!!! I mean come on...my wedding!!! Anyway, I had gotten very frustrated and was talking to my best friend about not being able to motivate myself to get back into shape. We decided to have a contest. Granted, she is already a skinny bitch, but she feels that she could loose a few pounds too. We have also gathered up a few friends to join in our competition. We are all going to see who can loose the biggest percentage of their current body weight by August 4th. The winner will get treated to dinner by the losers on that last day. We all called and gave our starting weight and have the entire summer to do what ever we choose to do to get the pounds off.
I have decided to workout 6 days a week and only take in 1300 cal. per day. I hope this works. I am very tired of my body and would like to look like I did 4 years ago or even like I did the day I met my husband 2 years ago. Anything is better than I am now.

That is why I have created this blog. To write about my plan and how it is going each day. What did I eat? Did I stay under or go over my cals? Did I go to the gym? How do I feel? Am I loosing any weight? Did I reach a roadblock?

All of these will be things that I will write about in my posts each day. Yesterday I started my new adventure at a weight of 144. Let's see how well I can do!!!!