Back on the Run

Yesterday was such a great day.  

I have been taking some time off from the gym and dieting while we get the house ready for sale and before the move.  We close on our current house March 13, 2014 and our new house March 21, 2014.  We have been blessed with wonderful buyers and we will be renting back for the overlap.  The real stress is keeping the house 'Showroom Ready' till we move with three kids who have no interest in keeping things picked up behind them.  It has been a challenge that I have not been totally successful.  Still the house is better than the normal chaos. 

Yesterday was the first day of our Spring Break 2014.  The first demand on our schedule was not until 11am.  To me that meant mommy got to sleep in till nine!  My kids had other ideas, I could hear the boys up and wrestling at SEVEN O-FIVE!!!!  I laid there hoping to be able to go back to sleep but I knew better.  As I laid there I talked myself out of bed, got dressed and went for a run.  My first day of  "A" Couch to 5K program.  I would LOVE to do the Austin Diva Dash that is sponsored by SHAPE magazine scheduled for April 12.  I think I can be ready and my DD can do it with me, she is a much better runner than I am at age eleven...must be the lack of a 130 pounds I have on her.  I was able to run/walk/run/walk for nearly a mile without making myself sick.  It was even nice to do it in the cooling misty rain of the early morning.  

I was in a joyful mood the rest of the day of 11am and 2pm basketball games for the older kids and having the kids constrained to the house because of the rainy day later in the afternoon.  I would never complain about the rain since we need it so terribly, just put on water shoes and jump in the puddles.

This morning my calves were reminding me of my good start keeping in mind of much happy work ahead.  

Ending of the Stress

My DD and I.  I can really see the difference in my face.

I read an article yesterday at the doctors office in 'Shape's March 2013 issue with Jenifer Love Hewitt.  She said something that stuck with me ... work through the stress.  Now, I know that it has been said before but it really chimed, yesterday.  I felt so much better after the doctor's visit (we set a tentative surgery date) and I went straight to the gym.  Had a great lower body workout using FitnessRX for Women's 5-Day Total Body Workout.  I did Monday's workout on Tuesday and plan on doing Tuesday's today (Wednesday) then I will be back on schedule.  

I have surgery tentatively planned for June 14th and it requires a 4 week recovery of no lifting, so I really need to get my weight down as best I can before.  Even with the surgery I still am holding my goal of achieving 150 pounds by Christmas 2013.

The Results....of a bad 2 weeks

The results of my two weeks of stress showed up in a bad weigh-in on 24APR of 229, that is +7 pounds.  SHOCKED and sick to my stomach.  I expected a little gain but ....  It just takes so much to loose it and so little to gain.  Instead of wallowing in my grief I lit a fire under it and my weigh-in on 08MAY has me back to 224, same stress but at least the scale is moving back in the correct direction.  I still have not gotten back into my workout groove but better and my diet teeters.  I am just going 'Cold Turkey' tomorrow.  I have to get it though my scull that a steady routine and diet is what I must accomplish to meet my main goal.  

GOALS

1.  To reach 150 pounds by Christmas 2013.

2.  Keep my weight steady in the 150-160           range.

3.  Make a healthy lifestyle, a priority.

This would be a 9.25 pound loss each month for each month May-Dec.  equals, just shy of 3 pounds a week.

                             PMA

      POSITIVE  MENTAL  ATTITUDE

            

                    I CAN DO THIS!

Down 33 pounds

The last 2 weeks have been disappointing on my weight loss program.  I am looking at surgery in the next month with a 6 week recovery, it seems to be stressing me out a little more than I would like to admit.  The one place I really see my stress is in my eating.....carbs carbs carbs.  THE BAD CARBS!  I am determined to get back on the bus tomorrow, stress or no stress, I have had my little break not back to work.

I know............AGAIN!

Okay, here I go again, again and again.  After another hiatus I have started my workouts again.


I do not know how I expect myself to loose weight if 80+ percent of my daily intake of food is Carbohydrates.  I LOVE bread and pasta.  When I concentrate on increasing my proteins (3X's the norm) I don't have as much of an issue with carbs and calories, but it is a lot of work and my days seem to be totally involved with food.  Being so absorbed on my intake tends to backfire and I eat more.  But as long as they are proteins I loose weight. ;-)


Well, we shall see.  


I dug my 14's out of my closet and drawers and put them where I see them everyday, to encourage my weight loss.  I forgot how many clothing items I still had that I loved wearing.


I have been uber busy with the kids, playing the good soccer mom, which has kept me out of the kitchen.  Good?  No, just means more Sonic.

Starting over, AGAIN!

Okay the kids are back in school as of yesterday, YEAH!  I did my strength training yesterday instead of going back to bed.  It was my first day back since the stomach flu  1 1/2 weeks ago.  I attempted to do 20 min of cardio after my s-w/o but my tummy cramped and my right hamstring was screaming so I listened to my body and figured it had had enough.  I am really dragging this morning, but I have cardio on the mind.  Unfortunately I went back to bed this morning and slept till 10am, with headache most likely due to my irregular sleeping habits.

I also started back on my diet and am dedicated to loosing 10 lbs at a time.  I weighed myself again at the YMCA (post workout, not a good idea) and weighed a deflating 243......but I have to restart somewhere.

Several of the ladies were casually mentioning getting a w/o group together maybe I can spearhead an movement.

Aug. 2, 2011

Vacation is done and back on the treadmill -- literally.  I am back in the exercise of things hitting the gym today and I plan on doing my first group class tomorrow.  I am anxiously anticipating BodyPump at the Hays YMCA tomorrow.  It fits right in the time window I have with the kids in VBS this week.

Before VC I weighed in at 240 on the YMCA's scale......yuck yuck.  I need to weigh in tomorrow before class.

I have a trainer at the Y and asked her to pop me e-mail's weekly to keep me more accountable and I am getting a rapport with the front desk crew now, which also is encouraging.