Weigh-In Wednesday

Good morning fellow shrinkers! How was your first week of the Shrinkvivor challenge? I am happy to report that it was a good week for me, despite being stressed out about getting a new dog (whom we have named Ellie.) I stayed within my calorie count 6 out of 7 days and got in my water and miles for Tribe Burgundy Babes! Hoping to see the scale inch further to the left as a result!

Total Water=496 oz
Total Miles=8.625 miles

Change This Week: down 1.0
Total for Shrinkvivor Challenge: down 1.0



I leave for Chicago tomorrow to visit a friend for the weekend, so I’m sure that it will be filled with lots of edible temptations, but I am going to try my best not to splurge on something unless it is totally worth it. Kinda nervous about flying, haven’t been in a plane since 2003. Seriously, that’s forever ago. Add that to the nerves about leaving Emma at home with the new dog, and I think I may need to have a cocktail or seven in order to get on the plane.

*Update on Aunt Debbie.  She went to Cleveland Clinic last week for her first Avastin treatment and she did great with it.  She has been walking a little more the last week, so that is great news.  She has her moments when she will slip away and pour water on the pillow and play in it like a child would do, but for the most part she is doing better then before the treatment. She goes back in another week for another treatment.  Tomorrow night is our local Light the Night walk and my family will be pushing Debbie in a wheelchair.  I am sad that I won't be there, but I will be in spirit.  If anyone of you plan on walking or running tomorrow evening, can you do it in honor of Debbie or for someone you know who is fighting cancer? The support of friends and family is such an important part of this journey. Thank you.

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Weigh-In Wednesday (Shrinkvivor Style)

It’s weigh in day! Also known as It’s time for me to get my chunky butt in gear and start focusing on myself and losing weight again. The last month has not been a good one on the scale and I can really tell my clothes are getting tighter and I’m more sluggish then I have been in a while.
When I stepped on the scale last week, I was higher then I was at the start of this year. Wow that was a slap in the face….even though I was running more then I ever have, I weighed more and was visibly fluffier. I vowed to stop it right then and there and not let me continue slipping back to being the heaviest I have ever been.

This week I am down 2.5 lbs. High Five!

Granted I’m still almost 25 lbs lower then my heaviest, which I am proud of. BUT…I’m up almost 25 lbs from where I was at this time last year. WTF? I didn’t really think it was that bad, looking at it go up a lb then down half then up another two lbs and down one. But I looked back into my old WI posts and it was staring me right in the face. How did that happen? How did I let myself slide that far back to my old ways? ( oh yeah I stopped counting calories, ate whatever I wanted and would start tomorrow, didn’t make myself exercise consistently, etc.)   But I did and now I’m stopping it. I CAN DO THIS!

Today is the official start of the latest challenge over The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans…bring on SHRINKVIVOR!  I am a proud member of The Burgundy Babes Tribe…and we are all excited to start shrinking! So bring on SHRINKVIVOR…lets do this together shall we?

*My Aunt Debbie goes to Cleveland Clinic today for a Brain CT Scan and hopefully gets her first injection of Avastin today at 2:15 EST. Please keep her in your prayers and lift up her spirit as she continues her fight against brain cancer.

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Let the Challenge Begin!

It's time for the new challenge over at Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans. Are you on a team?

I couldn't be more then ready for this challenge to begin.  I've slipped a little the past week or two with my tracking of food, seen a few lbs come back since my Birthday and am ready to get back to focusing on losing weight. I've been really good about sticking with my exercising, and am reluctantly starting C25K week 5 tonight (which includes 8 straight minutes of running people...twice.  This makes me almost poo my pants just thinking about it. Really.)

I am on Team B (which will be named something much cooler then B soon) along with Alicia, Lizzie, Lynsey, Nora and Kristin. Let's go ladies....time to get down & dirty on losing weight!

My goals for this challenge, which lasts the whole month of August, are:

• Lose 5 lbs, anything else is just icing on the cake (ummmm...icing, sorry got distracted)
• Continue on C25K, and hopefully will be running at least 1 mile straight by the end of the month.  (currently I am doing about 1/3 -1/2 of a mile, so I've got a ways to go)
• Shred at least 2 mornings a week in conjunction with my running.  (my fluff needs toned)

So it's gonna be a fun month, I will be hanging out with Bari & Brooke later this month and hopefully the nasty 100+ degree days with the heat index are over.   Let's make it a great month ladies!

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Weigh-In Wednesday

We have reached the end of the 21 day challenge over at Shrinking Jeans.



Gulp...here we go....this isn't going to be pretty. I almost didn't write this, actually started and stopped a few times, feeling like a failure for what I am about to share.  But I guess that's why I am making myself do this.  I'm holding myself accountable.Cause and Effect baby...here is a perfect example.

I have gained 10 lbs since April 7th.  Oh, I need to say that a little louder?  
I have gained 10 lbs since April 7th. 

Seriously....did I really gain 10 lbs?  I knew I felt bigger and my clothes were getting tighter...but 10 lbs?  Yes, Little Ladybug....you are up10 lbs.  So much for being so close to that next decade...you have crossed into another one in the wrong direction!

There are a number of things I could say caused this gain over the past month.  Feeding the emotions of missing my Mom with sweets and an extra helping at dinner.  Bachlorette Parties and Weddings and get-togethers with friends.  Finding out that I am not pregnant like I so desperately was hoping I was. Feeling frustrated that I have slipped so far that I am higher then I was at the start of this year.  Blurgh.

Seeing this number on the scale made me realize, it all boils down to 3 things.
    *I have not exercised at all.  Unless you count the one mile I walked for Run a Mile days. My HRM thinks  I have disappeared off the face of the earth.
    *I am not counting calories/points in any way.  I'm guessing I have been regularly am eating over 2500 calories (like 50 WW pts) a day, sometimes probably double that.
    *I am not focusing on myself.  I need to take some time out of everyday to journal, blog or reflect on how my day went and what I plan on doing to make tomorrow a good day.

So I am starting a personal challenge, along with a dear friend of mine.  I am planning on going to Chicago to visit her in Mid-August.  I would love to lose 15 lbs by then. I have finally convinced myself that I deserve to take a vacation just for me, and I want to feel good while I am there.  So during the next few weeks, you will probably all get tired of seeing more weightloss related posts, but bear with me I NEED to do this to get back on my journey. Thank you all for your support, I have no excuses. 

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Ready to Run...er maybe I should just start with a walk

May is Sisterhood Run Month to coincide with National Run Month! In less then a month, 15 of the sisters will be heading to San Diego to run in the San Diego Rock N Roll 1/2 Marathon.  I am soo proud of them.

They put the challenge out to everyone to out in at least one mile between May 6-8.  Just one mile.  We all probably do that throughout the day anyway, now let's just do it all at one time.  I would love to start C25K training again like I started last July.  I felt so good when I had gotten to the point of running 3 minutes at a time...I know I can do it again.  So I am signing up to be a miler.  I will be wearing my "You don't have to go fast...just go" shirt I won from the Sisterhood last fall.

I will run again...but for now I have to at least walk. Will you join me?

*Stop over here for a chance to win some awesome New Balance shoes...just like the San Diego Runners are wearing!

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I can be in control of my destiny

It has been a rough couple of weeks for me, and along the way the scale has crept back up.  Add a business trip (which I choose to translate to free dessert with every meal) to the mix and you have one fluffy lady! I don't feel good and have lost that spring in my step.  Something has got to change.  And last night something clicked.

Watching The Biggest Loser last night, the story of D (the one who walked with O'Neil) really struck a chord with me.  She talked about how her Mom passed away at 56 and her family had a history of high blood pressure and diabetes, but she was going to change that and break the cycle.  My Mom died at the age of 56, having obesity and other health problems for the majority of her adult life.  I will be turning 33 this summer and it scares the hell out of me (pardon) to think of only having 23 years left on this earth!  Especially if I become a mother.

After my mom passed I had a fire inside of me to get healthier for her, I owed it to her to live a long and healthy happy life since she wasn't able to.  That is still in my heart, but now I have been energized with the fact that I want to do it for me.  I know I can lose weight, I just need to get back on track and refocus.  Everyone can cheer you on but until you have that feeling inside of yourself to push you to make the change, it won't happen.  I got that feeling last night....and it feels great.

It feels good to know that I have made the decision to start living for me again.  Taking it one day at a a time, and right now one hour at a time...but I know I will get back into the swing of things again soon and be back on my way to being healthy again.  I often tend to be a cheerleader for others before I cheer myself up.  I'm working on that and it isn't easy, I end up feeling selfish alot of the time.  But something switched last night and I felt like I wanted to prove everyone wrong who has thought that I can't change how my future will be.  I can....and I am going to start TODAY.

So enter the latest Shrinking Jeans challenge and just at the right time!  

(how do these ladies and gent know!)

So for the next 21 days I am going to focus on:

1) Taking my vitamins everyday. 

2) Drinking at least 2 liters of water everyday

3) NO sneaking food.  (This is a dangerous habit that I have gotten back into over the last few weeks, like it doesn't count if no one sees me.  Yeah, that's obviously a lie.)

*Thank you all so much for your support thru my downhill slide, I have tried to keep up with some of you thru Twitter and your blogs.  Your sweet emails and comments have meant the world to me.  I know we all struggle at times, but when I am down  I feel like not wanting to pollute everyone else's clean water with my yuck.  But that often is when you need it the most.

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I Workout Because...

I workout because I want to have some definition to my body. I am ...how do you say....curvy.  If I can whittle down my midsection....I would be well on my way to posing for a mudflap. Well not really, but you get the idea.

I workout because when I push myself to do something I have never done before, I feel great when I accomplish it!  All the pain and energy drain are pushed from my mind and the smile can't be contained!  I want to tell the whole world what I have done! (and if you are my facebook or twitter friend...you will probably hear about it whether you want to or not)

I workout because I am capable of  it.  There are so many people that have a condition that inhibits them from doing anything physical.  Who am I to take my health for granted?  While I may not be able to run a mile...I can walk it.  Some people will never be able to say that.

I workout because I want to enjoy Saturday cookouts and tailgates.  And history has proven that watching what I eat during the week and splurging on the weekend doesn't show positive results unless I have burned some extra calories.

I workout because it helps me to relive stress.  When Jillian tells me to punch it out....oh I punch it out!  Sometimes I line up the TV so she is my target, other times I'm punching at emotions.  Either way I feel better after I'm done.

Why do you workout?  Come share what drives you to push yourself physically with Shrinking Jeans.  You never know....what you write might be just the thing to push someone else to start exercising!

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Courage

I posted this yesterday on my Project 365 blog, but wanted to share it here too.

Today starts the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans 30 Day Shred Challenge.

Do you have the courage to join us?  

I bet you do...and I hope you reach for it!

 

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My Goals for the first Shrinking Jeans Challenge of 2010

Happy 2010 Everybody!  The year is getting off to a great start with a brand new Shrinking Jeans challenge.  Re-Think Your Shrink is encouraging us to really look at the way we are going thru our journey and make changes if they are necessary.  Obviously a 10 lb gain over the last few months has me needing make some adjustments.

So here are my goals for this challenge.

1. Take my vitamins everyday.
2. Drink at least 8 glasses/2 liters of water per day (I am going to get a new water bottle this weekend to help encourage me to do that).
3. Reach a challenge goal weight of 150 lbs...that means I need to lose 8.6 lbs in the next 7 weeks.

When I go to pick up my new water bottle, I am also going to pick up a notepad to keep in my purse for my food journal.  I was tracking it in a spreadsheet, but sometimes its easier throughout the day to just update my journal.  Who knows, maybe I'll go back to the spreadsheet...either way I am going to start tracking my food intake again.  Also this will be an easy way to keep track of my water and vitamin.

When (notice I didn't say if) I reach my goal weight of 150 when this challenge is over, I am going to buy some new makeup...because that always makes a girl feel good!

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Weigh-in Wednesday

Thank goodness I have the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans to keep me accountable...I needed them more than they realized this week!  I had a loss of .2 this week...but I was sooo close to reporting a big gain!  Let me elaborate.

I have been off track for almost the entire month of October.  The scale has fluctuated up and down and I stopped doing C25K when my knee started to ache, and never started back up again.  Well this weekend, when I stepped on the scale I almost cried.  It read 149.6!  Seriously?  Yeah...seriously.  I had gained 7 lbs since October 7th....that made me feel pretty shitty.  So I made a pact to refocus and start back on my journey to reaching my goal weight.  I am not happy at this weight...so I need to do something about it and quit belly-aching!

This morning the scale read 146.4, down .2 from last week.  It's down a few lbs of bloat from this weekend (thank goodness) but still far from where I was a month ago.  But I will get back there...and hope to do it by the end of the Shrink-A-Versary Challenge!  Initially I wanted to be under 140...but I will be happy if I get back to 142.  Anything else after that is just icing on the cake.

So thank you all for the kind words of support on my realization post, I will continue to lean on you for support and general ass-kicking to stay on track this time.  I can do this....I've already lost 40 lbs...the next 20 is possible!  I started walking again this week and I realized how much I missed it!

How was your week?  Come share your story with the Sisterhood.

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