on the issue of my weight…. yes I know the topic you all have been waiting for

So last time I posted , a real post on weight I was at 149.8, and then the holiday’s hit and I started well going down another path. By Another path , I mean stressed out and well a little depressed.

After the holidays, I went to about 150,  and now,  well now  I am … weight for it ( get it weight , and wait, haha crack my self up)

wait for it

are you ready for it….. I mean are you ready for it 

I am down to 145.4 pounds ….

So to answer the question that has been floating around your mind.  Yes I am still trying to lose weight. No I have not given up.  Yes I am working at it all the time.  I have just over a month left.  I know I might not make my goal, but I think I am doing a good job.

I am trying to figure out my next phase of my work out.  I know I need to take it to the next step, but I just well, have been enjoying the few hours I have with my children,  I know I need to work something out but I like playing blocks and cars and princess.  I can’t help it.  But don’t fear, I will figure something out.  I always do.

Oh and for one of my side notes;  next month, yes February,  we are planning on cutting bad carbs for a month from our diets to see how that goes.   By bad carbs I mean bread, noodles, white rice and pastries.  that means no hamburger buns, pizza, cakes , cookies , soda, bagels and chips.  I will still eat the good stuff, you know fruits and veggies.

But don’t worry I will let you know how it goes.  If you have any suggestions please feel free to let me know…….

Day 3 and day 4…… mixed days

hello To all

today is Day 4, which is my relax day…..

but day 3 is what I am here to write about.  where do I start with day 3…. well first, I was actually filling the work out in my abs, when I coughed, It hurt.  When I bent down, It hurt,  actually any movement with my abs involvement, I actually felt it.

So in short I think that they are working, at least for my abs.  But nothing , and I meant nothing in my arms.  It feels like I haven’t done anything at all.  It might be because, I can’t do a push up to save my life.  either way, It doesn’t feel like anything is happening with them.

I do notice a little that I have lost weight,  but my stomach, well that’s another story.  I still have my gut,  the huge gut, that looks like I am pregnant or been downing a 6 pack of beer every day since I was 21.  This is the part the really brings me down.  I know I have had 3 kids, ( Two in the past 3 years)  but, I feel like it won’t leave.  Picture it this was,  right now I am a size 10 and they are loose on the legs and gets loose on the hips, but my stomach, yeah that belly’s over the pants. Now you think muffin top,  but think a little bigger.

If you are guessing that I am a little depressed, you are right.  All day today my pants would slide down,  but my shirt, still showed my fat belly.  It’s hard to say I have lost weight when all I see is that.  I know that this will be an uphill battle,  but I am hoping that at the end of it I will be able to wear cloths again and not feel like a fat cow.

well tomorrow, is day 5 ….. another 2.6 mile walk, and more abs and arms. ….. wondering though if I should try something new or different with arms.

its WEIGH IN TIME! and its time for the measurements

As you all may be aware of, I was really sick last week and I missed my weigh in.  When I finally weighed myself I didn’t count it  as I was sick and as we know we tend to lose weight being sick.  In short last week’s weight didn’t count.

But regardless of last week I am do for a weigh in today and my make-up measurements too…..

soooo da da da da daaaaaa daaaaaa daaaaaa daaaaaaa………………………..

This week……………………….

153.0

Yep, I look like I haven’t gained anything back yet.  Actually I lost 0.8 pounds (ounces).  This could be due to me still recovering but I will take it.

Now for the measurements

My old measurements measurement: Neck 15″, Shoulder 48“Chest 42”; Arms L R 13 ” waist 42 (sad day when your chest and waist are the same) butt/hips 43″, thigh L 23 r 24″, calf L 15″ R 16′

New: Neck 14.5, shoulder 44″ chest 40.5″waist 39″Arms L&R 13″butt.hip, 42″thigh R 22 L 22.5, R 15.5, L 15.5

So in all, I lost everywhere.

I can tell you that my cloths that I bought right before I got my job are fitting different. It feels like I am thinning out more on my bottom half that my top half, even though the measurements speak differently.  I think my biggest issues are my arms and stomach (abs) area.  I will need to start working those areas out a lot more.

For my goal, I think I am doing well.  I still am hoping to meet my (4 months from now) goal of weighing 110, but my long-term goal of eating healthier is doing really good.  I haven’t just cut down on the amount of food I eat but also the types of food.  I have slowed down (but not stopped) eating fast food.  My soda consumption has gone down dramatically and I am drinking more water.

Right now my every day diet is pretty basic.  I eat apples and cheese and crackers for both breakfast and lunch, with either 1/3 of soda or a small juice box for a drink ( and drinking water throughout the day).  For Dinner I eat chicken (in any form, including sandwich or chicken burger) or fish. And I will drink maybe another 1/3 of soda, milk or juice.

In short I am wasting a lot of soda, and trying to substitute soda for juice.  And recently discovered that drinking a glass of milk has more calories than the small about of soda I have been drinking, but on the plus it does have some vitamins in it.

I have also been walking a lot.  On Monday, Tues and Thursdays I ride the bus to the kid’s day care center, pick them up and walk from their day care to our house, which is almost 3 miles and on Wednesday and Fridays I walk from the bus stop to my house which is almost 2 miles.

I will have to figure out some small work outs that I can do on my arms and abs in order to lose some more inches off of those places.

I know that this week will be tough, sort of, but I have my goal in place and seeing it actually work has been helping me stay focused.  Also, I am not a fan of turkey and sweets, my only problem will be staying away from the mashed potatoes and bread.

Wish me luck and happy thanksgiving to all.

week 3 weigh in …………mmmm still loosing?

Well today is weigh in,  what do you think?  mmmmm well…… I know you are waiting on pins and needles for this ( as I have been all week-long) 

starting weight  (10/21/13) 162.8

week 1 ( 10/28/13) 161.4

week 2 ( 11/04/13) 158.2

week 3 ( current week : 11/11/13) ………….. 156.6

that’s a weight loss of  6.2 pounds

I think I am doing pretty good and I have 7 pounds to lose to reach my November goal of the 140’s.  

So far over  the last week,  i have cut my soda to around 1 can a day ( some days a lot less with just a taste or so,  and a couple of days with 2 sodas),  I am eating a lot less, in carbs, but still need to cut them.  My weekend really blew my total I think,  as i had  some pizza on Friday and ended up ( do to the time restraints) had Arby’s for dinner,  which below my goal for the week.  But I did walk 2 miles on Monday, Wednesday and Friday ( for a total of 6 miles) and i walk a mile on Saturday and Sunday ( 2 miles today )  for a total walking of 8 miles. I will be moving that up this week, as I will be walking home from the bus all week-long , which is 2 miles.  

Stayed tuned for week 4 when we do not only a weigh in but we will be measuring too.

(measurement from 10/21/13 : Neck 15″, Shoulder 48″Chest 42″ ;Arms L R 13 ” waist 42 ( sad day when your chest and waist are the same) butt/hips 43″, thigh L 23 r 24″, calf L 15″ R 16′) 

Weigh in time……… and my weight for this week is

I know you are all sitting on pins and needles, just wondering what my weigh in this week is.  well wait no more the time has come and my weight is……

last Monday 161.4

and this week start weight is…..

are you ready for it

its……..

158.2

that’s right, you read that correctly,  I now weight 158.2, that’s a 3.2 pounds , and I believe that’s pretty good.  For a moment there I was afraid I wouldn’t have lost anything or worse, was back to 162.  So it looks like i am headed in the right direction.

So far my weight loss total is 4.6 pounds

My goal weight for the end of the month is to be in the 140’s ( even if that means being 149 pounds and 11 ounces, as long as I am in the 140’s)

Also today I managed to walk a total of 2 miles … I know amazing ,  tomorrow will be the same,  i figured if i walked around 2 mile for 4 of the 7 days this week it could help.

I am doing pretty good on the soda ,  Not drinking as much,  but I have to make sure that i drink lots of water.

I am really hoping things will keep up and I will stay on target, and well we might me looking at another great week.

weigh in ….da da da daaaaaa

today is weigh in day

last week my weight was at 162.8

Today it is ……161.4 pounds

so a loss of 1.4 pounds

Not sure if that is a true loss or not, but either way I will take it. ( and we will know for sure with next Monday’s weigh in)

 

 

Day 1 of Week 1 revamp weight loss and health challenge.

Day 1 of revamp week, a bust in my opinion.

My weigh in was at 162.8 (at 5,0feet, which is obese)

I woke up late this morning thanks to the fact that my fiancé did not have to work until later in the afternoon and our children let up sleep in until 8:30am.  But after that, it was nothing but rushing in order to get out of the house.  Served the kids breakfast but forgot about myself.  Did laundry and a load of dishes.  Then I got the kids ready for a day of running around (loaded diaper bag and snacks for the kids, but didn’t bring anything for myself).  Went to the states job program today to pick up information on jobs and job fairs, came home with lots of packets full of jobs opening.  Due to the time we spent at the job place, we did not get home until 2pm, so I ate lunch then and put the kids down for like 15 mins, finished picking up the house and did another load of dishes and more laundry.  Do to my late lunch; I was not hungry for dinner so I didn’t eat.  But I did have 2 cans of soda today and 4 small starburst (only the red)

So in short, today is a bust, not eating is pretty bad for your body and actually causes your body to store the food you did eat and leads to eating more for your next meals.

I was able to get in a 45 min walk and did drink 4 glasses of water

Goal for tomorrow:

Eat all 3 meals plus two snacks, get up in time (7:30am) to walk, eat on time.  And do a work out at 3pm (30 mins); try to drink on 1 can of soda.

here’s hoping tomorrow will be better

 

weight loss disappointment

I find the whole weight loss process to be full of disappointment.

I hate dieting and refuse to do it.  If you are thinking that I hate to exercise too, you are actually wrong.  I love to walk, I love being active.   I walk around 30 mins or more each night (which is probably why I don’t why more).  If I had more time I would actually exercise more.  But I find having two kids makes it difficult as they are always right there,  each kids on one side of the legs holding on,  preventing me from doing anything,  it’s like a cruel game they play on me.

Instead of dieting and exercising, I want to do something different.  I want to change the way I eat,  what I eat and the way I live.  I want to change my life style. If I just diet than all I am ever doing is dieting, and my weight will always go up and down. I don’t want to be going through this my whole life, I want to be healthy, and not have to worry about my weight.

I am going to go see a dietitian to help make meal plans and talk about the issues I am having.  As when you spend your whole life throwing carbs and fat down your throat your body has a tendency to crave these types of foods, and it turns into a type of addiction, leads which leads to failure. The only way to succeed is to break the addiction

The whole weight loss experience is tough, it’s hard to be overweight and look at yourself this way, but it seems even harder to actually do something about it.  Its feels like everything around us to made to encourage us to get fatter, the worse we feel the fatter we seem to get and the harder it is to lose, It’s an ugly circle.

It’s sad but true.  I hope that this will help.