Well, I have to be doing something right! I got on the scale today and had lost 4 pounds. It’s a small start, but its nice to know that my hard work is starting to pay off. I am having a hard time walking on the treadmill tonight, I have to keep stopping and taking breaks… But I’m going to keep at it slowly until I reach my mile.
I was pretty proud of myself tonight, I managed to do 40 minutes on the treadmill and burn 150 calories. I was hoping I’d be able to do more, but I keep reminding myself that I am not going to lose 100 pounds over night. I had two ground-turkey burgers for dinner, and right about now I am starving but I keep telling myself its all in my head. I don’t think I’m really all that hungry, I was just so used to eating whatever and whenever I felt like it. It’s nice having my own treadmill now, I just hope I can stay motivated to use it every single day! I really want to stick with my diet this time around, I’m just afraid I’m going to hit a platou right off the bat where I just had my son on may 4. After I gave birth to my second son, I lost 20 pounds and could not lose anymore than that for months. It was really frusterating, and I gave up. So I am hoping that doesn’t happen again, I really want to try and make this work. I’m sick and tired of being fat and unattractive. I don’t have any energy to play with my kids, and people wont give me the time of day. Granted my husband loves me for who I am, but when your fat most people wont even hold a door open for you. So everyone wish me luck, I’m going to need it.
I figured I would write in my blog since I hadn’t in quite a while. I have managed to gain a lot of weight since I first started my diet last year. I got pregnant and my diet went right out the window, so I am going to be starting from the beginning again. My goal is to lose at least 100 pounds, maybe more, but I thought it was a pretty reasonable long-term goal. Once I have this baby (May 4) and I’m all healed up from my c-section I intend to start my diet again. I’ve already been walking almost everyday and I gave up soda so I’ve got a good start. It’s just very depressing how much weight I’ve gained, and I really need to start doing something about it now before it’s too late. I think my biggest problem with food is “convienient foods.” I have a 17 month old so I tend to cut corners, and make the quickest things possible for lunch and dinner, and usually those are the foods that are loaded with tons of calories and fat. I don’t want my son or my newborn to follow in my foot steps so I need to start making a lot of healthy changes now and set a good example. I need alot of support right now, so wish me luck!
Guess we’re going to do a little grocery shopping in a little bit, I kind of dread it sometimes because I’m always tempted to buy the most fattening things. This Friday our tax return check is going to be in (FINALLY) we’ve been waiting for it for almost a month. There was a big delay at the IRS so it’s taken about 2 weeks longer than it should have. We also might be moving into a rent-to-own trailer, the people are moving out next Sunday and we’re just waiting for our application to get accepted. I hope we get in because we pay $725 where we are now for an efficiency apartment. I have been feeling like crap for the last couple of days, I think I’m coming down with a wicked bad cold…. Ugh…. I hope I don’t get my 3 month old sick.
Another snowy day in Maine, another day stuck inside. I did get to work out at the YMCA this morning which was good but I’ve kinda been slipping up a little bit on my diet. It’s not so much what I’m eating, but HOW much of it I eat. I usually do pretty good but last night instead of eating one slice of cheese, I ended up eating about 10. I really want to lose another 50 pounds by the time summer gets here and I’m not going to do it if I keep eating like that. I know that everyone slips up once in a while, but I need to try and be stronger and realize that giving up a few of the things I love will ultimatley get me to my goal weight. I don’t think I’m doing TOO bad concidering we’ve been without a car for the last 8 months, so we’ve mostly been stuck at home. It’s hard not to eat when your depressed, or bored, and for the last 8 months that’s pretty much the state of mind I’ve been in: bored and depressed. But luckaily we should be getting a car by Monday or Tuesday with our tax money. So we can both start working out at the Y more, and doing more stuff so we’re not stuck at home wanting to eat all the time. Feels like our taxes are never going to come though, because we’ve already been waiting about 15 days, and H & R Block said it would only take 8-14 for them to come back. Well I will post more another time when theres more to write about.
I got on the scale this morning and I’m down to 238. That’s a 25 pound weight loss, only 8 more pounds until I reach my mini-goal (230)
I went and worked out this morning, but my 2 month old son was awake there which made it impossible to work out. I only got to do 12 laps around the gym (1 mile) and use some of the nautilus equiptment. I don’t feel like I got a very good workout in, but I’m hoping when I go tomorrow, my boyfriend might watch him this time. We usually take turns if the baby is awake when we get there. Right now I’m just relaxing and watching some TV but there is nothing on. Looking forward to maybe getting a car tomorrow, we’ve been 7 months without one, so you can imagine how excited we are!! All we’re waiting for is our damn tax check… Seems like they take forever, especially if you choose to wait the 8-14 days like I did. The only reason I wanted to wait that long was because if I waited 3-4 days, they were going to take almost 1000$ outta me. I did really good working out the other night… My boyfriend stayed home with the baby, and I got a wicked good workout in. I did 250 calories on the treadmill, and 350 on the eliptical. By the time I got off the eliptical, I felt ready to fall over. That thing is really hard!! My mom does an hour on it every day on the highest resistance setting, and I really have no idea how she does it. Time to think about making dinner I guess. I want my boyfriend to join buddyslim because he is overweight too and could really use the motivation from you guys!!
Well… I feel pretty good after getting on the scale today. I’ve lost another 2 pounds, so now I am down to 241. Spent an hour on the treadmill and an hour walking laps around the YMCA gym… Overall I walked 3 miles and burned 480 calories. I’m slowly building up my resistance on the treadmill, so I’m able to go more and not get so tired. My goal is to be able to use it for 60 minutes a day. I think once I get in the 230’s it will give me alot more hope and motivation. My mom has given me a little incentive to lose 50 pounds, she told me that if I did she would either take me to get my hair colored/highlighted/and cut or get a tattoo. I figured out that the treadmill really works for me, better than any of the other machines that they have there. The rowing machine and the stationary bike just wasn’t doing me any good, but since I have been using the treadmill I’ve been losing “inches” and pounds like crazy. Well everyone, wish me luck. I am GOING to lose weight. I feel great since I have been working out everyday, I almost have extra energy to do stuff that I never had before.
Not a whole lot going on today… My 2 month old son has a doctors appointment today to get some shots, but I’m planning on going to the YMCA after that. I didn’t go yesterday because I needed a break, going 7 days a week gets tiring. Sometimes I think I need to slow down a little, and not push myself as far, but it’s hard because I am so motivated to lose. I weighed myself this morning and saw that I had lost a pound. To some people a pound doesn’t seem like much, but to me a pound is a step in the right direction. I could have gained a pound!!
Today isn’t the first day starting my diet, I’ve been on it for about a month. So far I have lost 18 pounds, and it has been so hard getting to this point. I’ve totally changed the way that I eat, even going so far as to dump out all of the soda and throw out all of the sweets. It’s still extremely hard for me to be around sweets and chips, so I would rather not have them in the house at all. Along with excersizing at the YMCA everyday, I am taking ALLI and drinking Slim Fast. This is the first real diet I have ever been on before, so I want to do everything I can to lose. My goal weight is 120, so that means I have about 120 pounds to lose. I know I can do it, but sometimes its hard not to just break down and give up.
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