Goal Weight

Today I hit my goal weight of 135!!! I ran 16 miles today preparing for a marathon in June. I am grateful to have made it. It is not going to stay that low for a few more months, but I hit it!!! Yeah!!!

Losing the muffins

So this week has been great! I have been really consistent in going to the gym at 5:10, yes in the AM, with my friend Sarah for the last 3 weeks. (Just so you know, I schedule in a nap). I have also been consistent in eating reasonably and not eating a bunch of junk. I now weigh less now, than I have in years. It feels SO great. Anytime I am temped by junk, I think about how great I feel, and it really does feel better than eating almost anything. OK not chocolate chip cookie dough, but everything else. I have also come to realize that water is essential. I refill water bottles all of the time and leave them around so that I drink all of the time. That has really helped curb the hunger without me really realizing it. I also have weighed myself every day. I get up, take care of some urgent "business" then hop on the scale. I am down to 147.4. It is a good incentive to stay away from the junk at night when I know I am going to hop on that scale in a few hours, esp when I have been good all day. I can't tell you how great it makes me feel. I am shooting for 145 by Halloween. then 140 by Thanksgiving and 135 by Christmas. That is only 12 pounds. I know I can do it now. I don't go down fast. It is REALLY a slow process, but I am just happy to be hovering where I am. Just a few weeks ago I was hovering 5 pounds more. My pants fit great, my shirts don't have the muffin top anymore. YAY no more muffins!!!

Plugging along

This week has been pretty normal. Monday the kids didn't have school. I went to abs and SET anyway. I ate pretty well all week. Maybe one too many pieces of a baguette than I should have last night. I have been trying to eat at least 10 spinach leaves once a day or more. I have also been having blueberries. I feel like the muffin top is not so bad anymore. I still have a ways to go but I totally switched to one scale this week. Before I had my weight on one and BTI on the other because it weighs me 2 pounds heavier. So I committed to the one scale and am down to 157. That is really good. I am still making progress and making up for the "vacation" eating while my parents were in town for the funeral. I haven't done well on the vitamins this week. I've had a couple of downer days but things are picking up. I got pretty "frustrated" at the dogs and took it out on Jeff. I'm learning not to get frustrated. I have some great kids, and a wonderful husband that knows that "failure is not an option". Boy can I learn from him.

Holidays and a new year

So I have created a new calendar that sits on my desk in my kitchen. I weigh myself everyday. Boy does that keep you accountable. I also put my percent body fat. At the end of the month I collect data like how many days I worked out, took vitamins, flossed, and what my lowed and highest weights were. I feel like I will be able to see progress, or slipping. Today I am at 157 and 26%. My goal is 145 at 20%. I have been eating better again and did REALLY well over the holidays. I am quite happy about that.

159!!!!

don't even want to post

This last couple of weeks I have done terrible. I do realize now that if I don't loose weight I will have to stop running. I don't want that to happen before I'M 40!! That is just ridiculous.I just am at a loss of what to eat. So I might purchase a book or study up about eating raw. This week I went to the Abs and Powerscupt class on Monday. Tuesday I had off. Vetrans day. Wed I went to the Cycle class at 5:30 and Thursday the camp 24 class. Friday I did abs class and Set class. I didn't eat great though, having at least 3 Costco muffins this week. I weigh 165. Wow. I need to loose 30 pounds. That is a lot of weight. I can't believe this is actually me. I have to be a better gate keeper.

Life IS good

I have felt so happy the last few days. I had a little bleeding the other day. I have felt this renewing of my spirit. I have felt the spirit testify to me over the last week in several ways. I have really been trying to seek for those things that are uplifting and positive. I really want to be happy like this all of the time. I have such a great life and a good body. I have been blessed with a great family and been free to do what ever I have wanted. I have become more faithful. I had been struggling with just the purpose of my life. But I have really felt a lifting of my heavy heart and been blessed this last week. I need to continue to eat healthy and keep up the exercising and lifting weights. I need to be more particular in what goes into my mind, better music and better TV shows, better books. They need to be good, and uplifting.