shizzigirl's Journal

Day 325: untitled

Jul 02 2009 11:23

Today was Day TWO of the AM workout series. I'm going to sleep in tomorrow and go to the gym whenever I wake up. Then I have plans for a pool party :o)

Monday I will kickstart into counting and gyming old school style. I'm counting everything except dinner right now. Next week I'm going to tighten up on that as well.

Easy does it!

Day 324: Day One Again

Jul 01 2009 11:16

So this morning was my first AM workout in MONTHS. Ladies and gentlemen - I'm back. I felt so awesome this morning. I woke up at 5:45, 15 minutes before my alarm went off ready to go. I'm so glad I have a place to workout again! I did 30 minutes elliptical and 15 minutes straight uphill. I also lifted a bunch of weights.

So I've decided to be super aggressive this month and set a goal to be down to 220 by August 1. That is about 10lbs away. I think I can do it because I've been so super lax since March. My body will be "shocked" into dropping...hopefully.

I can't believe I gained 15lbs from my low weight. WTF!!! No looking back, only forward. 220 here I come :o)

Also, tonight is my first SOC class. I'm SOOO EXCITED!!!

Day 319: Shocked but not surprised...

Jun 26 2009 09:14

I'm not necessarily sad that Michael Jackson died yesterday, rather saddened because the life he led was so troubled. It's the same way I felt about Anna Nicole Smith, shocked but also like I saw it coming if that makes sense. Maybe even a little relieved that now they can at least be in peace? Honestly, when Britney Spears was going through her meltdown I felt the same way...

I didn't weigh this morning but I feel good. I'm in a very unforgiving pair of size 12 pants and a fitted shirt. I think part of the pep in my step is knowing that tomorrow morning when I wake up, I get to work out ;)

Day 318: Joining a Gym!

Jun 25 2009 10:05

I decided to move money from my non existent savings account and join a gym TODAY instead of waiting a week. We've got to be AGGRESSIVE with this weight loss thing. I can't start working out until Saturday morning because of my schedule but am excited to finally have a plan. I'm going to give myself one week working out and then set some goals. I'm barely hanging on under 230 and there's no point screwing around any longer than I have to.

I've been teaching VBS this week at my church. The 2s and 3s - such a precious age group. Everyone always teases that my class looks like the hardest to teach but I strongly disagree. They are SO eager to learn at that age and so receptive it makes my job easy. Last night, when of the parents came, my precious Joel screamed "DADDY I HAD FUN AND JESUS LOVES ME!" now that's rewarding :o)

Life is about to get pretty busy for me again. I start class next Wednesday - twice a week. So the plan is to workout in the morning, go to work, home for 45 minutes and then off to school.

I can do this. All of this...

Day 316: honesty

Jun 23 2009 14:48

So I realized this morning (with the scale howling in laughter at me) that I can not passively lose weight. I can't hope, or will it or think it away. So next payday, instead of spending my money on stupid stuff (alcohol and more clothes) I will be joining a damn gym. Then I can set some goals. Until then, I'm just BSing CC and myself...

Once I do that, I know the weight will begin to come off again. I know that I like to work out in the AM and I know that if I consistently workout 3-5 days per week I can basically eat what I want and maintain which MEANS that this time around I need to work more on controlling my eating.

We'll see what the next few weeks bring...

Day 315: and back up...weekend recap

Jun 22 2009 12:21

Well, I didn't accomplish any of my goals.

Saturday, I met up with Kristine (longwalker) at the Museum of the American Indian. The first thing I was impressed with was the food in the cafe - it was all Native American themed. I fell in LOVE with the fry bread. Dough, deep fried, covered in honey and powdered sugar...I had TWO pieces. Sooo good. Kristine and I had a great time. I went home, took a quick nap and then I met up with Lizzie and we engaged in dollar beer shennanigans. We did a little pub crawl, met up with a buddy for his bday, and ended the night with cheesesteaks and pizza. The really funny part was seeing on Facebook the next day how many people ended up at Mario's at some point in the night to stuff their faces.

Sunday, I did nothing but lie in bed until about 6:30. I literally woke up, ate an egg and rolled back into bed. Eventually, Lizzie and I were going for a walk when my friend Kami called. I wanted to apologize for not being able to catch up with her the night before and she was like "no worries...same page, my car is still at the bar". So we ended up picking Kami up and getting a drink. Then our other friend Amanda called and we ended up at our THIRD bar...I was good and said no to the 4th. This morning I was hella hungover...can't party like I used to.

And of course the result of the weekend is that I'm back up a few lbs. Dammit. Oh well, back on the horse.

I'm teaching VBS at my church this week - the preschool class made up of 2s and 3s. I love this time of year!

312: FINALLY back down some!

Jun 19 2009 09:50

This morning the scale was JUST under 225. I'm kind of kicking myself that 1 month ago I was 215...that didn't last long. On the other hand when I started this last August I was saying "I'm 280, I can't believe 2 years ago I was 230!" so at least I caught it pretty quickly this time.

My mom was saying that she couldn't see the gain but was proud that I caught it. She now can see why I have to weigh myself everyday...

So 3lbs down which I attribute to only eating out once this week and 2 small ice cream cones. Also, I replaced dinner 2 nights with my old school tv dinners. AND I bought lots of mushrooms, red onions, green leaf lettuce, and strawberries, mmm strawberries, so that my boredom eating would at least have some kick to it. I throw a little salt and pepper on the mushrooms and mix them with the red onion then wrap them in lettuce - oh boy. And the strawberries are so good they're perfection in themselves....okay I just got sidetracked by food fantasies <---- fat girl moment

Weekend Goals

eat out ONCE per day (let's be realistic)
ONLY drink Saturday night - $1 beer at our bar and my buddy Gus' birthday party
walk at least 4 miles (or 2 miles and 30 min treadmill)

Goal Weight

6/22 - 225

6/26 - 223

6/30 - 222

Day 311: alllllllmost

Jun 18 2009 09:33

My body and mind are starting to cooperate more, now the scale just has to get on board. I'm doing OKAY...yesterday I walked 2 miles in 33 minutes - with quite a few hills.

I ran into this lady while walking who was upset bc her car broke down, she missed the bus and wasn't going to be home to put her baby to sleep. I was walking the 2 miles to my church to meet my mom, so after I got to the church, I got my mom's car and drove back to pick the lady up and give her a ride home. I know you shouldn't do that but I felt so bad for the lady...she was having a such a crappy day and it was starting to rain. I figured if I'm murdered doing a good deed so be it. The lady, who's name is Cheryl turned out to be super nice and had a good 3-4 miles ahead of her when I picked her up...

Goal - 222 by June 30 - I can do this!

Day 310: holding steady

Jun 17 2009 10:43

I'm holding steady at about 227. My goal this week was/is to not eat out at all...so far so good.

My weight goal for June 30 is to be back down to 222, which as many of you may remember was my SpringBreak super duper happy weight. I can do that - lose 5 lbs in 2 weeks :)

Last night, Safeway had strawberries on sale - 2lbs for $4 - guess what I ate a crapload of?!? They were soooo good. Mmmmm.

And, taking a cue from Kelly's book - I'm GOING BACK TO SCHOOL!!!!!!!! Well I'm taking part-time classes at the community college here. Sociology starts June 30 and then the Fall semester towards the end of August. In the fall I'll be taking 3 courses. One during the week, one online and one over 4 weekends. It's gonna be a little intense but I'm super psyched :)

Kelly, I miss you....
Tasha, you hussy....welcome back :)

Day 305 - getting closer

Jun 12 2009 09:22

First off, to all the chicks who are in this with me, encouraging me, doing this with me...I thank you all so much.

This morning when the alarm went off at 6:10 I made it out of bed by telling myself "come on...the girls are rooting for you!" and so I finally put my feet on the floor. Alas, I didn't workout due to not preparing clothes the night before and when I was finally dressed to go it was too close to my getting dressed for work time. But I count getting up, getting dressed, putting the sneakers on as a victory...normally I would have just laid in bed for another hour. Tonight I'm going to the gym, no excuses, so that I can have a positive report tomorrow morning.

Again, I thank and love all of you - Kelly, Kristine, Lizzie, Penny, Sagi...all of you. Thank you.