My Goal This Week

I really don't know what to expect for this week as far as homework and school are concerned. Last week was kind of a strange week because I had one class that was only a week long. As far as this week goes, it should be my norm for at least a few weeks.

I'd rather set a goal next week after I know how things go, but that probably isn't a very good idea. So, I'm going to set one and hopefully I'll be able to do my very best at it.

My goal this week is to ride the bike at least 3 times. I know it isn't a very ambitious goal, but I don't want to stress over it and then never follow through on it.

I'm hoping to be down by 20 lbs on Wednesday morning. HOPEFULLY! :) If not, a loss would be great! After I've reached my 20 lb goal then I can reach my in the 50's goal. I know, one goal at a time. :)

School is Exhausting!

Last week I lost 2 lbs....I don't know how! I was terrible from Friday on. Up until then, I was doing so well. I was really proud of me, but then we had the party and then I started school.

OH MY GOSH!!!! School is so exhausting. I can't even think about exercise. This week I don't have to go early. So, I'm going to exercise before class and get back on track! One week off and I feel like a complete failure.

Hopefully by Wednesday I'll have lost a 1/2 a pound. If not, I guess I'll have to hope for a no gain! We are going hiking tomorrow so that will be good for us! I'm not really looking forward to it. Mostly because I've become lazy again! Secondly because I have a LOT of homework, yard work, housework, and so on! It's hard for me to justify exercise when there are other things to be done. I've always been like that....which is why I'm fat! So, I should remember that!

I'm just happy the first week of school is over and now I'll have to get my butt in gear and get some homework done! I am trying to complete everything as quickly as possible so that I don't get burnt out at the end and struggle to much! There is just so much stuff to do for school right now! YIKES!

So, this week, I'm not really setting a goal. I know I should, but I honestly don't have energy for a goal. I'm just hoping I can make it on a hike tomorrow and not kill myself!

What a Week!

As expected, the weekend did not go well. I tried, but it was just a stressful situation. So, I started over yesterday day morning....waking up at 5:30 so I could ride the bike before I had to go to school. That was okay, but I was so tired at the end of the day that I couldn't stay awake long enough to do my homework. So, this morning I woke up at 6:00, but had to do my homework instead of ride the bike.

So, I didn't exercise today, I weighed a pound (I think) more than I did yesterday morning, and I have to weigh in "for reals" tomorrow. It's not going to be a good week.

Besides that, school started and I already feel overwhelmed. There is already so much to do. Seems like I'll never finish or have time for myself again! I just have to get back into the swing of things.....that's what I keep telling myself anyways. :)

I'm sure I will have lost something tomorrow, but how much is the real question....

Worried About Parties, Company, & Hiking

So, this weekend I have to (get to) go to my sisters bridal shower. I'm sure they'll have food and I'll have to say no. It's not like I usually eat at group events....mostly because I'm so picky! I'm just worried they might have cookies or something totally yummy! Do you know how hard it is for me to say no to cookies?

I'm going to try to fill up on other stuff, but another problem is that my parents are going to be here. It's hard to feed other people. It was hard enough for me to limit the amount of food I cook for our family. Now, I'll have to cook for extra people and I really don't want anyone to be hungry. It's really going to be hard for me to not cook a whole bunch of food. Maybe we'll be able to eat out or something....HOPEFULLY somewhere with a healthy option! Last time we went out it didn't go so well!

Another issue with this weekend is that we aren't going to be able to go hiking. We won't have time with the party and Fathers Day and the company! Okay, I could use a day off, but I'd rather not. I don't want to get out of the habit. It's to easy to get lazy or make excuses.

I'll just have to keep up the other exercises until the next hike. I can do that. :)

YIPPEEEEEE!!!! Finally in the 60's!

It took 24 posts for me to be able to say that I'm in the 60's. I don't remember when I weighed in the 60's! I'm so happy I reached that goal. :)

Today I weighed 268.5, 1/2 a pound away from 15 lbs. 15 lbs! That's great for me! I know, I still have a LONG way to go....actually 129 lbs, but 15 is a great start! I feel way better and stronger. I'm less tired (even though I'm waking up earlier) and I'm less embarrassed. I actually sat at the front of my daughters class the other day when she was doing a show for the parents. Usually, I sit in the back so that no one is STARING at me. I didn't even think about my weight while I was sitting there. I was just enjoying the show. It was a really nice change.

Can you imagine what another 15 lbs will do for me?? How about another 5. I'm starting to like the scale....it's like a little goal keeper. And the best part is that goals can be made in 10 lb increments and it really shows on the scale. Every time the tens number drops I feel great! This is the second time. I can't wait for the 3rd, 4th, 5th.....

My goal for this week is to exercise 6 days. By doing that, I'm hoping I will be able to reach the 15 lb mark. It shouldn't be too hard, it's only a 1/2 a pound. My next big goal is to get down to the 50's....that sounds crazy! :)

I also measured, but didn't lose any more inches, at least not in anything I was measuring. I saw on TV yesterday to measure everything, including your neck. I didn't do that....so, maybe I lost something in my neck! ;)

I am so proud of my hubby. He has lost 16 lbs!! I think he's averaging a little more than 2 lbs a week....my average is about 1.5 lbs a week. He's doing great. He's only 34 lbs away from his goal (I think). Not the goal the computer set for him, but his personal goal. They're trying to make him be too skinny! He needs to save a little something.

So, we are both still having success with calorie count. My sister also started using it last week and lost 2.5 lbs in her first week. That's awesome because she hardly has anything to lose. I swear, I'm not a spokesman for them....it just works and I want everyone to know!

Weekly goal: WORKOUT! :)

More Snakes

I don't know if this is a sign to quit while I'm ahead or what!

Saturday, we went on a 5.8 mile hike....we were so exhausted! My muscles still hurt! Anyways, as we were first heading up the trail, probably about 1/4 mile in, I saw something in the trail that I thought looked like a snake. It stopped me in my tracks and I grabbed my chest. It was really little though, so I told myself it was just a stick and that I could go head and walk over it. Just as I took a step closer, it wiggled itself on down the hill.....YUCK! I freaked a little, but kept going. It was tiny...

We made it all the way to the lake, spent about an hour eating lunch and fishing and then we headed back to the car. We hadn't made it very far back and I saw another snake....this time it wasn't little! It was probably 3+ feet long and fat! I freaked, but this time it was farther away so I tried to be strong. It didn't really work. I made it back to the car, but not without my mind playing tricks on me the whole way.

I'm not really sure what to think of this! We've been on 3 hikes where we have seen snakes. I really hate snakes. They scare the crap out of me. Really, I'm more scared of a snake than a bear. So, why is this happening to me? It's hard enough for me to want to exercise, but when the chance of me seeing a snake is mixed into it....well, lets just say it's bad!

So, snakes are trying to stop me from getting skinny. Well, I'm not going to let them! That's fair to me! I've been working really hard for almost 6 weeks and that's the longest I've stuck to anything in a long time!

Which brings me to my weight this week. It was looking promising, but today it was back up to where it was at the end of last week. I'm hoping that today and tomorrow and I can bring it back down, but I'm not going to count on it. I'm just going to hope that it happens and not be disappointed if it doesn't.

This week is also a measurement week....although, I don't think that will be very good either. I didn't stick to my new goal for the week because I was to sore to move yesterday so I didn't ride the bike. I did get up at 6 again this morning and ride the bike and use the ball. So, I feel good about that...still, I have a LONG way to go and I hate the thought of not seeing progress this early in! We'll just have to see how it goes. Keep on chugging along! I'll let you know how it goes on Wednesday!

Weekly Goals

So, I did it, I started over today. I woke up at 6 and exercised for an hour before anyone else had a chance to interfere. It was nice!

I think my problem is with setting weekly goals. Last week I set a goal to exercise every day! At least 20 min a day. It was only 7 days so it was easy for me to accomplish. However, this week I didn't set any goals. I just figured I'd keep up with it, but I didn't. I took two days off....I'm not making myself feel bad about that, I'm just going to change that!

From now on, I'm going to set easy to attain weekly goals. Since I already messed up this week, my goal is going to be shortened. For the next 4 days, I will hike once (hopefully tomorrow), then ride the bike on the remaining 3 days. I'm also going to add in 2 more ball workouts for the remaining 3 days.

I will continue to set weekly goals so that I can feel like I'm accomplishing something every week.

My first days of school are going to be challenging. It's going to be a stressful summer and typically during stressful times, I EAT whatever I can! So, I'll really have to be strong for those 6 weeks of school. Only 10 days until that starts. :)

Starting OVER!

So, yesterday I didn't have time to exercise. It was the first time I hadn't exercised in awhile. Today I didn't exercise because I just didn't want to. I guess depression has gotten to me! I'm going to get up tomorrow and exercise though! NO MATTER WHAT! I really want to be skinny and I've been doing good, just not the last two days....so, I'm taking the "tomorrow's another day" approach and starting over!

Hopefully, I can pull myself together tomorrow and get with it!!!! I have nothing to be depressed about and I'm not really depressed. I'm just really tired! I'm ready to go back to school, but I also want more time with my kids. I hate missing their WHOLE summer!

That's why I recommend going to school before you have kids.

My 20th Post!

So, this is my 20th post! It's a good one, but not quite as good as I'd hoped. I didn't reach my goal to be in the 60's......

Our darn scale!

It's like getting on the Biggest Loser scale, it bounces all around. The difference is, it will weigh you at one weight, you'll get back on and it'll weigh you at a different weight. So, we just take the number that came up most often.

The problem? Well, I got on the scale this morning and I weighed 268. I reweighed and weighed 270 (above my weekly goal). Weighed again, 270. So, I went back to bed! When I woke up again, I weighed 268.5, but when I got back on the scale I weighed 270.....I wrote down to 270. At least the high end of the scale was 270. I think that means less work for this week....not that I'll do less!

So, this week I lost 2 lbs....which I'm totally stoked about! I haven't lost more than a pound and a half in forever! So this is great! :)

Still, I wanted to reach my goal of being in the 60's. I was so close!!! No Worries! I Will Next Week!

Another weigh in...

Tomorrow I will weigh in for the sixth time (counting the initial weigh in). I am sort of looking forward to it. I'm going to bed early so that I can get plenty of sleep. I've found that I weigh more on days that I don't get enough sleep. I don't know if that has something do with water weight or what, but there is a definite difference.

I've kept the scale out this week. After last week, I wasn't willing to take any chances! I've been good though and only weighed once a day. This morning, I was still down 2 lbs from last week. I really want to be down at least another 1/2 a pound (definitely don't want to weigh more) by in the morning. If I lost 2.5 lbs or more, I will be in the 60's. YIPEE!

Oh, speaking of weigh in's, I have a funny story. Awhile ago on my usual Wednesday, I went to log my weight for the week and I accidentally put 1 something (like 172) instead of 2 something. The computer kept telling me to check my weight. I couldn't figure out what was wrong. It looked right to me....finally I figured it out! See, I told you I think of myself as skinny! :)