Monday

Yeah.  Another week.  May it go as fast as the last :)

Colorado

Had a good weekend.  Full of hiking and good food.  Got to see Kira and the girls on a most beautiful day.
Colorado........you are warming up to me.

Still at it....

I didn't want to step on the scale yesterday because I didn't want to be discouraged.  So finally I convinced myself and was pleasantly suprised!  Down 1.5.  :)  Feelin kinda crapy today.  I have to get my neck cracked so my headache will go away......hopefully.  Off to Colorado tomorrow to see my girlfriends!

Hunger

So it is getting close to the end of my pill pack.  Yup, it's that dreadful time.  I love being a woman.  Just wish we didn't crave so much!

Light

So I have noticed that when I put my legs together, I can see light through my thighs!  That hasn't happened for years.  I'm really excited that the eating better and exercise is paying off!

Blog

I will blog every 10 days.....I will blog every 10 days.........blog, blog, blog.
This past month has been good for exercise and eating for me.  Although the past 3 days with the heat has left me lazy.  So I start back up today with my walking for an hour.  I get to see my BFF again and do the CSU 5k in Fort Collins.
Should be a good month!

Bad about blogging

Things are going well with night shift.  I am walking or running 6 days a week.  I give myself Sunday to recover.  I am still losing .5 to 1 pound a week so I believe I am doing good.  I am trying to make this a routine and lifestyle.  My food choices have been better although I will give myself one day a week to eat bad if I like.  Just taking it one day at a time.  I'll try to be better at blogging

Night shift

Things are going well.  I weighed in a couple days ago at 176.5.  I'm going to keep doing what I am doing and hope the numbers still keep coming down.  I'm back on night shift so I'm not moving around as much as day shift but the stress is less :)

Craziness

I went to see my BFF Kira in Colorado.  It was awesome except I didn't drink enough water and consumed alcohol and man, talk about hang over at a higher elevation!!!!  It took three days to get over it.  On a more positive note, I broke the 180 barrier!!!!!!  I weighed in at 179.  Brad and I have been walking and on our walk I will run mail box to mail box and back.  It is little but it is a start.  I've cut down on my sugar and I am not craving alcohol, so I'm not drinking it.   So I'm going to run with it. The weather has been cooler and I've been more receptive to exercise.  My journey is taking me a while but I'm going the right direction.

The same

This week I have remained the same on the scale.  I feel a little better in my body though.  I asked my hubby about my back boobs and if they are getting better.  He just smiles, I stand up really straight with my shoulders next to my ears and he says yes.  Gotta love, love.  It was an improvement, before that wouldn't happen ;)
I like the challenge this week.  Last week I paid more attention to my portion sizes but no exercise.  I know I'm going to have to start running.  Walking just isn't cutting it any more.  I am ok with the losing a half pound per week or maintaining.  Just like Kira says.  It will stay off for good.  I am trying to do the right thing with maintaining my life style as much as possible.  I'm always quick out of the gate then lagging at the finish or worse, don't finish.  My goal is 160 by Feb. so I am slowly getting there.  I can't wait to enter the 170's again.  Aiming for it this week.  I think the interval running should help. I'm at 180.5 right now, so hopefully by Sunday.  Hello 179!

Uh

So I was doing really good exercising and eating better then I had FAT FRIDAY.  Which included 4 doughnuts and 3 cookies.  Followed by Saturday no exercise and more cookies and fried food.
Need to get back on track.  I do not handle stress well.....food has always done that for me.  As long as the food is not around I will stay away and make better choices.  It is hard when a coworker brings in two dozen of my favorite maple bars and raised glazed BITCH, but it was nice of her.
Ok done with my rant.  It is amazing how quickly I fall off the wagon!  So hard to get back on.  But this challenge of writing everything down should help.  I'm in this for the long hall so I'm hanging on.

Almost Picture time

This has been a good month. I'm watching what I am eating and have been exercising much more.  It took a while to get into it, but now I can tell a huge difference in my mood because of the walking.  I've thrown a little bit of running in there also, very little.  If I don't get to walk on the days that I work, I take the stairs every time I can.  I'm not sure I will make another pound in the next two days, but I will try, by exercising it off.  I give myself one day a week, usually Friday's to splurge and drink a coke or have a piece of pie, but then back on the wagon.  We will see what Sunday brings and how the picture will look.  Next month I want to start lifting a little weights for muscle tone, but I may wait until Sept.  I'll play it by ear.
Brad is an excellent exercise partner and so is Annie.  She is much calmer now that we go for long walks.
Here's to Sunday!

Week 3

Had a good weigh in today.  One pound down.  I know it is small steps but it is small positive steps in the right direction.  It is amazing how the scale can motivate to exercise.  Off to hopefully another successful week.  I'm not craving to much sugar anymore also.  I've cut out soda, even diet.  I allow myself one coke a week.  Seems to be working and I'm kicking this cold to the curb!

Summer cold

Oh yes, the summer cold.  The only good thing about it......not eating  much because I can't taste anything.
I was down a half pound last week.  Eating the same but just ramped up the exercise.  We'll see with this week.  Can't really knock it out of the sky this week, because of the icks, but I'll watch what I eat and maybe do a small walk here or there.
Airborne, water and rest!

Better

Today is better.  I'm much more motivated.  Brad and I walked twice yesterday which ended up being 7 miles.  Maybe I just need more endorphins.  Off to see if I can handle Gunnar again.
:)

Motivation

Hello all,
Had a really lazy day yesterday with the hubby.  Laid around and watched 4 movies and some reality shows.  I think we are more sore from that then doing yard work.
   Now back to the grind.  We walked this morning.  I lost 2 pounds last week, but now the pressure is on.  I think it was just a little food adjustment and luck.  I'll keep to the routine and see if it happens again this week.
I seem to go overboard at first and then fizzle out.  Since I want this to be a life style change, that isn't how I want to do it this time.  I believe I eat healthy enough now, but I need to get the exercise in.  I'm at a point right now that the "good" feelings of exercising isn't enough to keep me motivated.  I have to get over that hump and I'm not exactly sure how to do it.  Just thinking about it can be exhausting.  It's like I need a kick in the pants.
My plan is to walk every morning.   The days that I can not because I'm at the hospital for call I will walk twice the day before or the day after.
I need to get Gunnar Peterson in two days a week, for on the ball core training.  It would be a lot easier if it was an 8 day week then I could split the week easier.
I am going to try that plan this month and make adjustments where necessary.

I am open to all ideas and thoughts.  Thanks for listening to me drone ;)

Husband and wife

So I am going to have to realize that Brad will lose quicker than I will even if he isn't eating as well as I am.
It has to be a man woman thing.  He says he is just more active during the day.  I am down one pound when we weighed in this morning and he is down 2.  Just have to keep on keepin on.
Had a good walk this morning I felt my abdominal muscles playing a part so it was good.  Just need to keep on track.
I think I may do the measuring also to help keep me motivated.  Thanks Kir.

Day 1

Today is the first day of the rest of our lives! Annie, Brad and I went for a walk this morning. Annie our dog needs to lose 12 pounds so she is in the challenge to. I've been putting down what I've been eating in my notes section on my I phone. Hoping this will keep me accountable. I'm also trying to eat every 3 hours. It is so hard to keep off the sugar when you smell sweets all around you when I work. Day one.......don't break me

New

So this blogging thing is very new to me.  So if anyone has any ideas on how to make my page better please let me know.  I'm excited and very nervous to start on our July 1st journey!