Still Alive...

Yes I really still am alive it has been close to a month since Ive checked in here I guess, just have gotten into this attitude of "its the holidays who cares attitude" which is not good to have. I didnt weigh in last week because we were gone for Thanksgiving to the in-laws so didnt have a scale and really probably didnt want to see one..haha!

Ill let you girls know the results tomorrow, hopefully they wont be too horrifying. We have joined the YMCA but have yet to only manage to go one time...we need to get our priorities straight..haha!

Anyone still reading??

Well after being gone for almost a month I weighed in this morning and was down from the past two weeks when i weighed in at 176.4. My weight this week was at 174.8 which is a decent loss from last week of 1.6 lbs!

Success Plan for this week....
*no sweet tea (wonder if it really effects me that badly)
*lots of water
*eat smaller portions
*work out at least 3X a week (walking, Y, etc)

So that was my plan this past week and it seemed to work well, we will see how this week goes!

Loss is always good...

Well I finally had a loss a small one at that but its a loss nonetheless! I had a loss of .6 lbs today so Im at 174.0 now and hope it keeps going in the right direction!

Boy am I out of shape....

Well I know I havent posted in here for a while its because yes I have been down and out, gaining weight but Friday I officially have a plan for stopping it. Me and hubby both joined the gym and it only cost us for both of us to join per month $35 at the YMCA, how much cheaper can it get! Today was the first day though that we went due to having class, church and just plain learning the times they close and open. I must just tell my victory for today and my "boy am I outta shape story" though.

So today was one of the first days in a LONGGG time I felt good about my choices in food and I ever exercised and real exercise that I actually had a good sweat.

So today was the first time that we actually went to the Y and I worked out for 10 minutes on the elliptical that kicked my butt big time. I was in such pain before the 10 minutes but kept pushing myself for that 10 minutes and said I can make it come on (I was kind of my own cheerleader ) and made it, after that I did the bike for 20 minutes and I left there and even with those two things I am sore..how pathetic is that? I sweated like something else and have never drank a full bottle of water down any faster either. At first I really didnt want to go but am so glad we (me and hubby) went I felt so much better afterwards and am looking forward to going tomorrow.

Working out today just made me realize just how badly out of shape I really have gotten. I used to be able to do elliptical for 20-30 minutes with not feeling like I was going to do, now I have to work at getting back to that point, I can do it just have to work a bit harder to get there!

I just had to share so that hopefully in a few weeks/months I can look back and realize how far I have come and so someone can remind me of that too!

For food, I did well with eating veggies and fruits and felt so much better about myself today. I have also gotten addicted to blackberies they are my new fruit that I love!

Weight Loss!

Well I havent reported back and had gained a few pounds but Im happy to announce that today I weighed in at 171.8 which is still higher than I should be at but its a loss of 2.4 lbs from last week!

This week I havent exercised a ton but I brought my lunch EVERY DAY and have drank lots of water as well. I have also tried to cut back on my sweet tea consumption as well.

Unfortunately I have inherited a cold that is kicking my butt now and we are heading to Atlanta for the weekend so Im hoping it will go away soon!

Gain....

I had a gain today of 1.4 lbs (exactly what I LOST last week!) Im really not too bummed out because I know how much crap I ate eating in the cafeteria this week and with the fried chicken strips and cookies it didnt help. I need to get back to bringing my own lunch. I know I can do it I got me a new FB ticker and am all ready for it to start going down for good in the right direction.

Goals so I can come back to them as well...
1) Start back journaling (it really does make a HUGE difference)
2) get back to working out on a regular basis (at least 4X per week for at least 30 minutes)
3) try to eliminate/cut way down on fried foods and sweet tea
4) lose 1 lb per week and get into the 150's before Chrismas which would make me have a normal BMI instead of overweight for the first time in years and years!
5) tone up

Day Two

Day Two...

Much better day and my food was a little bit better too. Im trying to make small strides to eating better, losing the weight so these last 20 lbs will melt away

Ive been trying to get in some veggies and really try to analyze everything I eat. Today at lunch in the cafeteria I wanted some type of meat and the only option was fried chicken strips so I ended up eating only 1.5 instead of the 3 I could have eaten so again small strides....

Differences from yesterday...
Calories: 1960 - 1419
Carbs: 314 - 198
Fat: 56 - 47
Protein: 56 - 56
Sodium: 4265 - 3738

So much, much better but still lots of room to improve. I have it setup in sparkpeople and how much weight I want to lose and what calories and all it tells me and I was very close to stay in range except for protein and sodium was really high

Amounts it should be:
Calories: 1200-1500
Carbs: 163-236
Fat: 32-56
Protein: 60-127
Sodium: 2300

Food for today

Success Never comes to those who quit...

Its at the top of my page and should be the motto of my life but it has gotten to where I really dont follow this at all. Finally getting back into the hang of tracking and realizing also what it does for you. I think Ive been in a bad slump with things. I hope I can really stick it out and focus on being healthy and getting back to my good habits instead of my "who cares the nutritional information I wont gain too much weight" so here is my food for today..not grand but its much better than what I have been eating thats for sure

Food for today

Getting Better...

Well I guess its been almost a month and usually I guess when i dont post for that long it means Ive hit the bad part instead of the good part but I finally have found a better home in the good direction for a few weeks just been busy with school.

Weigh Ins and results...
August 15-174.8
August 22-172.4
August 29-171.0

So Ive now lost almost 4 lbs and am getting back into the groove of things with school being back in session.

Also does anyone else have a WiiFit? It really has some fun things and gets kind of addictive since when you use it for so long you get to unlock new games. At first I wanted to kick it when it told my how unbalanced and my real age but I know Im going to get better so my real age can go down!

Hope everyone had a fabulous Labor Day and thanks for checking in on me!

Horrifying Results...

Well i weighed in for my horrifying weight of 172.8 I cant believe I have let myself get this big its just sickening to me. I went back to look and the last week of school I weighed 165 so Ive gained about 7-8 lbs over the summer Im just pissed at myself right now for letting myself get this big pretty much over not having a schedule and not exercising as much. I was looking back at pictures from last weekend compared to Easter and I could tell in my face how my fatter it looked it made me want to

Today I actually ate quite healthy and even had several veggies today at lunch..no snacking it was so good to get back on schedule it really is helpful big time Im hoping next week I can show a drastic weight loss and get back down.

I also got some new shoes has anyone seen the new Under Armour shoes they are awesome and next week its supposed to cool down too, instead of 110 degrees it will only be about 95..lol!