Felt good (double blog)

I got up early this morning and walked. I could have laid there in bed for another 30 or 40 minutes but I made myself get up and get out there. I walked 2 miles. I felt good when I was done. It gave me a lot of energy for most of the day until I got home. I had to take a small nap.

I tried to log in all my food but I didn't get it all down. I still have time to make sure I put it all in my journal. I will try to get it in before I go to bed.

I continue to get compliments and people say they can still see me getting smaller. I wish I felt it all the time. I have been feeling a little bloated. I also have been craving carbs. I ate a double helping of instant mashed potatoes at lunch today. I had a mix of white and wheat pasta for dinner tonight. It is all good since I kept all my other food intake under control.

So, I feel I am off to an okay start to losing then next 12 pounds to meet my goal. I have to remember this for life and there is no quick fix. I didn't put the weight on over night and I am not going to take it off over night. I just have to make sure I keep focus on my goal.

I am thinking of joining a gym. The one I have found that is the most inexpensive is You Fit! It is $10/month if I only use the one by my job. No contract and it is brand new. If I want to go to an other You Fit then I have to sign a contract and it will be $20/month. So, tell me what you think? Gym or no gym?

That was Monday and now it is Wednesday. I am got up again and walked another 1.5 miles. I didn't get up as early as I should have to get the distance in. Also, my pace was slower since I was carrying weights. I haven't been doing my strengthening exercises (push up, sit up, triceps dip, etc.) so I decided to combine the two. I am sure that burns more calories. I was breathing heavier when I came in.

Today we have a school bbq and a corn hole tournament. I am in it to win it. I will burn more calories there. I sure hope my arms down hurt and it screws up my aim for the tourney. lol

I am on my way to meeting my goals except for logging in my food. I didn't finish Monday and I have logged in my food since. I need to get back too it if I am going to see a difference in the scale. Of course, I have been eating out so that makes me not want to log in my food because it is a pain to figure out the calories. I need to start making my lunch and dinner.

Well it is off to a wonderful Hump Day!


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Sunday Fun Day

It's Sunday and the beginning of a new week. I am back in it to win it. Yesterday I posted about my relationship. I have to make one thing clear, what I am doing is 90% for myself, 5% for a relationship and 5% as a social experiment (for myself). I know I have to do this myself and for myself. I had a long talk with my man. He again said he found me attractive 40 pounds heavier, finds me attractive now and would find me attractive 40 lighter. However, his being attracted to me does not take over me being healthy. He wants me to be healthy and around for along time. :)

I did get on the scale today and I am down 2 pounds so that is a good sign. The exercising is working. I keep thinking how much more I would be losing if I put in the right eating habits again. So, today it will be a trip to the grocery store and loading up my fridge with good foods. I love to cook so I will go back to cooking again. I have been eating out a lot lately. I may even go to the farmer's market so I can have some fresh veggies around.

I will also be logging my foods in again. I think that is the biggest help. I used to make sure I measured everything so I could accurately count all my calories and fat grams. I don't do that anymore and what was a perfect measure is not probably a little extra here and there. Those little extras can add up.

Time to set another weight goal. It is now 10/24 and two months away from Christmas (yikes!). So I want to be down a total of 50 pounds. I am officially down 38 so that gives me 12 pounds by Christmas....6 pounds per month a little over a pound a week. I can do it.

Plan: counting calories, drinking at least 100 oz of water per day, exercising 3-4 times per week, blogging at least 4 times a week.

Here we go.....

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Letting things go.

I am letting things go and it is not good. Why is it when you get in a relationship after a long dry spell you let it all go? I worked hard to make it this far and I worked hard to make myself feel better so I can meet a man. Now that I have, I am being very lazy about my eating habits. I have been walking and doing some other exercises but not like I used to. I haven't been logging in my food daily. I stopped signing in to Sparkpeople.com on a daily basis. It is time to give myself a swift kick in the ass.

Here is the crazy thing, the man I have met is in great physical shape. He works out and he takes care of himself. He doesn't eat as healthy as I would think but he works out to make up for it. So you'd think that would encourage me to be a little more diligent.

I guess my issue is he likes me the way I am. He told me he likes the way I look now and if I wanted to lose more weight he would still like me......as long as I don't lose too much. He likes a woman with a little meat on her bones. I don't have just a little meat.....I have a whole damn other person's worth of meat. *sigh*

However, I was kind of proud of myself. I didn't gain any weight this past month. I went on a 5 day cruise and I celebrated my birthday for several days. I think that is pretty darn good. My doctor was happy. I even discussed with her about going off the appetite suppressant. She was agreeable but if I couldn't do it on my own and needed a little help I could go back on the pills. We'll see.

Let's see if I can be happy in a relationship and continue to lose weight. That is my new goal. :)

Have a satisfying Saturday!

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First day back

I didn't do so bad my first day back. I tried to make all the right choices. I had an egg white breakfast, a salad with baked potato for lunch and a turkey burger with broccoli for dinner. My snacks were almonds, pretzels and pistachios. I made sure I ate every few hours and kept it in check.

Even though I didn't get much sleep last night and was very tired when I got home, I made sure I walked my 2 miles. It felt good and I have made a deal with myself. I will not talk to one of my friends that I talk to every night until I walk. I told him if I don't respond to his texts or answer his calls then he knows I didn't walk. It is his job to keep me motivated to walk on a regular basis. Maybe one day he will join me in my walk. Who knows?

Over the weekend I was proud of myself too. I was craving chocolate so bad I was going to eat a cookie at work. I kept it on the counter the whole time but I must say I put the cookie back in the tray and didn't eat it. Woo Hoo! Mark one for Maria and her willpower.

Today is day two and my sister and I are having lunch. I am hoping I can continue to be good. We are going to a great sandwich shop which makes the best stuffed potato. Hmmmmm light breakfast, light dinner and walk at least 3 miles and I think I can do it. We'll see how it goes.

Have a great Tuesday!

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Been gone....

....but now I am back. I need to get myself back on track. I kind of stopped being as good as I was in the past. I went on my cruise and was proud of myself for only gaining one pound. I didn't eat a lot but I sure did drink. The first day I had montezuma's revenge so that helped a little. lol

Now that I'm back and finally getting over this cold, I can get back on track. I have been a little lazy about getting my life back on track but tomorrow is back to the grind. I didn't reach my goals I set for myself.

I shall now set new goals and work hard at achieving them. My goal is to lose 14 pounds by Thanksgiving. That gives me 5 weeks which means a little over 2 pounds a week. Small steps is what it takes and I think that is pretty reasonable. It should be pretty easy once I get back into it.

So, my exercise goal is to do my core exercises at least 3 times this week and to walk at least two miles 3 times this week. I can do it. Then on to my birthday weekend and will try to keep myself in check. :)

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