I had a secret goal that I didn't tell anyone. I wanted to lose 25 pounds by Thanksgiving. Yesterday was the first time I saw my parents since I started at Beckman's & I wanted the loss to be… awesome?
Challenge complete! 25 pounds down!!!
On a side note, way to go today Rachel and Gail and all of the other 20 people I knew and hundreds of others who ran/walked the Borodash!!! You're awesome!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving =)
11.22.2012
11.19.2012
Still
I'm still annoyingly food obsessed =o\ Tracking out a day's worth of meals every single morning and not allowing mysellf to change it. But this week... *phew*
This is Thanksgiving week... and today is Monday... and I've figured out all of my calories for Thanksgiving day.
All of them.
I've also found a recipe for fresh cranberry sauce made with stevia... excitement!
My parents are SUPER supportive of me and they're coming here for Thanksgiving this year, and they're ok with skipping mashed potatoes and stuffing (although I will miss them), but I refused to give up pumpkin pie!
Turkey, cranberry sauce, steamed veggies, pumpkin pie, and fat free redi whip.
check, check, check, and double check!
This is Thanksgiving week... and today is Monday... and I've figured out all of my calories for Thanksgiving day.
All of them.
I've also found a recipe for fresh cranberry sauce made with stevia... excitement!
My parents are SUPER supportive of me and they're coming here for Thanksgiving this year, and they're ok with skipping mashed potatoes and stuffing (although I will miss them), but I refused to give up pumpkin pie!
Turkey, cranberry sauce, steamed veggies, pumpkin pie, and fat free redi whip.
check, check, check, and double check!
11.14.2012
Don't...
... get used to all this blogging. 3 posts in two days? It's like I've gone crazy! ha!
But I thought I'd share about today's doctors appointment. I've waved goodbye to another 2 pounds this week...
I'm struggling with it a little bit. After killing it at the gym for a week and going all but one day I really wanted for more. And my nutritionist said that my body is getting used to the changes from going to the gym and to give it a week, but I really wanted like a 5 or something.... It's crazy... I should be THRILLED!
It all adds up, I know... but I'm just so ready for all of this to be gone and sometimes I get so over it... and then I think I'm doing AWESOME, and 2 pounds.
It's good... I know... I'm fighting with myself... and I'm giving myself tonight off from the gym so I can kill it all over again on my day off tomorrow...
But I thought I'd share about today's doctors appointment. I've waved goodbye to another 2 pounds this week...
I'm struggling with it a little bit. After killing it at the gym for a week and going all but one day I really wanted for more. And my nutritionist said that my body is getting used to the changes from going to the gym and to give it a week, but I really wanted like a 5 or something.... It's crazy... I should be THRILLED!
It all adds up, I know... but I'm just so ready for all of this to be gone and sometimes I get so over it... and then I think I'm doing AWESOME, and 2 pounds.
It's good... I know... I'm fighting with myself... and I'm giving myself tonight off from the gym so I can kill it all over again on my day off tomorrow...
11.13.2012
Killing it With the Hunger Games
Tomorrow is my weigh-in, but today I killed it... May the odds be ever in my favor ;o)
Last Night & Tomorrow
The day I joined Beckman's I met this awesome woman who had (at that point) lost 86 pounds (now it's like 93!). She was super encouraging to me, this new girl who was so overwhelmed and unsure. Who's tried it all before and failed. I "friended" her on MyFitnessPal and she's been so positive, especially on my worst days.
Since the start, she's invited me to a workout class at a local rec center. Water Zumba. Well, thanks to our Veteran's (Thanks, Pops!!) I had off of work yesterday and was able to make it to the 5:30 class! It was SO fun!!!! Of course today I'm a little bit sore and thankful for spray on icyhot, but I really think I'd go back on days I have off of work. While I was in the water dancing away I kept on thinking "this isn't so bad... easy..." HA! since about 11 last night all I can feel is my arms and legs hating me.
Too bad they're going to have to deal with the gym tonight too ;o)
Tomorrow is weigh-in day and I'm nervous. Every single week I find myself giving myself a pep talk...
"It's ok if you don't lose any weight, Joy. You're trying really hard and this is a lifestyle change. You're going to the gym a lot and building muscle and sometimes just because you're a girl your body will freak out and not let you lose. Really, you'll be fine. You can do this."
I really wonder if I'll ever feel positive about myself and everything I'm doing right now. I'm going to the gym about 5 days a week and now I'm going for at least an hour a day. Yesterday I did yoga in the morning and water zumba at night. I'm burning calories and eating healthier. Tonight I've almost convinced myself to do an hour and a half thanks to this new machine A told me about at the gym. People are noticing that I've lost weight and asking me how much I've lost. Yet I'm convinced the scale won't move.
Working on positivity.......................
Since the start, she's invited me to a workout class at a local rec center. Water Zumba. Well, thanks to our Veteran's (Thanks, Pops!!) I had off of work yesterday and was able to make it to the 5:30 class! It was SO fun!!!! Of course today I'm a little bit sore and thankful for spray on icyhot, but I really think I'd go back on days I have off of work. While I was in the water dancing away I kept on thinking "this isn't so bad... easy..." HA! since about 11 last night all I can feel is my arms and legs hating me.
Too bad they're going to have to deal with the gym tonight too ;o)
Tomorrow is weigh-in day and I'm nervous. Every single week I find myself giving myself a pep talk...
"It's ok if you don't lose any weight, Joy. You're trying really hard and this is a lifestyle change. You're going to the gym a lot and building muscle and sometimes just because you're a girl your body will freak out and not let you lose. Really, you'll be fine. You can do this."
I really wonder if I'll ever feel positive about myself and everything I'm doing right now. I'm going to the gym about 5 days a week and now I'm going for at least an hour a day. Yesterday I did yoga in the morning and water zumba at night. I'm burning calories and eating healthier. Tonight I've almost convinced myself to do an hour and a half thanks to this new machine A told me about at the gym. People are noticing that I've lost weight and asking me how much I've lost. Yet I'm convinced the scale won't move.
Working on positivity.......................
11.01.2012
Wellness
I think I off-handedly mentioned in a previous post that I joined a Wellness and Weight Loss Clinic at my doctor's office. I should have actually mentioned it.... I'm doing just that now, so that counts right?
It's been 5 weeks today since my very first visit.
Hard to believe for me, but it's been great!
Don't get me wrong, it's been ROUGH. Honestly, there are a few restaurants I can't even think about eating at ever again and sometimes I wonder what I'll have to give up in a day if I ever want to eat pasta again.
I know there are adjustments and I obviously needed to make them. I gained all of this weight somehow, right? I can't expect it to magically fall off without giving up anything or putting in some of the work. I just wish that I could do a little bit of magic and *poof* gone!
Wishful thinking, I know...
However.... ready for this?... Five weeks from day 1 and I'm down 20 pounds even.
I guess there's just something about accountability.
And friends that meet me at the gym.
And me making myself go to the gym even when someone can't meet me.
And accountability.....................
It's been 5 weeks today since my very first visit.
Hard to believe for me, but it's been great!
Don't get me wrong, it's been ROUGH. Honestly, there are a few restaurants I can't even think about eating at ever again and sometimes I wonder what I'll have to give up in a day if I ever want to eat pasta again.
I know there are adjustments and I obviously needed to make them. I gained all of this weight somehow, right? I can't expect it to magically fall off without giving up anything or putting in some of the work. I just wish that I could do a little bit of magic and *poof* gone!
Wishful thinking, I know...
However.... ready for this?... Five weeks from day 1 and I'm down 20 pounds even.
I guess there's just something about accountability.
And friends that meet me at the gym.
And me making myself go to the gym even when someone can't meet me.
And accountability.....................
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