Words of Affirmation

Last week was a good week. Not necessarily in pounds or inches but in spirit. I am really getting my fun groove back at the gym. It was really enjoyable for a long time but getting into it this time around has been terrible. I've gotten into 3 forms of exercise that I am just digging and I have the best set of music I've had in a long time. I am not looking forward to the day where I lose interest in the music and it stops working for me.

This week I got 3 random compliments from people at the gym and some advice that really confirmed what I've been doing at the gym. One of the compliments came from a cute boy and i have to say that I was glad that he finally got off the treadmill so I could run again. My heart rate would not go down far enough with him there running next to me. LOL.

I am only down .2 this week but that's ok because I am having some major PMS issues right now. So its all good. As long as I didn't gain.

That's more like it

I am down nearly 4 pounds!!! Yay for me!!!

So I am really proud of myself. Things have been different for me this time around. I have noticed some really great habits coming out of me lately. The first one, I am an emotional eater. I eat when I am happy or sad and I eat when others are happy or sad or anything in between. I have made many conscience choices to not eat emotionally over the past several weeks. I've had some pretty challenging situations lately. I have also been careful to reward myself with food for good diet behavior. I don't want to think of food as a reward.

Then there is the gym. No matter what I have made going to the gym a top priority. I've pulled many late nights just to make sure that I go. On the weekends, I have been trying to go twice a day. It's hard because I live pretty far from the gym but I am still trying to do it anyway. I've changed the treadmill routine. I am walking at a slower pace without an incline and then on a few occasions during the workout i will bump up the speed and run in 2 min. increments. I can't do it any longer than that because my heart rate starts to get too high. Running is a big deal for me. i am pretty clumsy and accident prone so running for the most part is generally out of the question. That ad its kind of uncomfortable with your fat flying around. LOL. Surprisingly that hasn't really been an issue. I'm also varying what I'm doing. I take water aerobics now, swim, and play racquetball. I actually thing the treadmill is beginning to miss me a bit ;O) This week I actually start using my Curves membership.

Well that's it for now. Here are this weeks stats.

last Week: 328.0
This Week: 324.2
Weight Lost: -3.8 pounds

I better be losing inches..

because I am definitely not losing pounds. I've been working my ass off at the gym and staying in my calorie range and still have nothing to show for it. Well not really. My clothes are fitting better and I did buy a smaller size pant. I really don't count the pant thing for too much until I can fit into a smaller jean size not casual workout clothing.

Is it too much to ask to want to see pounds too?

I weighed myself on Friday afternoon and I was down to 326.2. I was thinking it would be at least that if not a few pounds lighter. I dropped 2 1/2 pounds in one day so I was thinking I would have a great weigh in. So I guess that was were the disappointment was. I have been really good and making it to the gym sometimes twice a day. Don't take this as discouragement because I'm not discouraged. My clothes are fitting better and regardless of the kind of pant I bought it was still a smaller size. That alone is worth celebrating!! I'm just wondering when I get to actually see the pounds come off?

Oh well, it will happen, I just need to practice some patience!!

This week's goals. I refigured my calorie intake. Which hasn't really changed since I haven't lost much but I balanced the calories out a little better. I just gave myself more to eat during the week and less to eat on the weekend.

Have a great week!

I have a new love!!

And it's called racquetball. On Superbowl Sunday, I was over at a friends house and I got to experience the Wii for the first time. It was so much fun!! My best friend and I played tennis. We had so much fun and I remembered that we have racquetball courts at our gym. So I recommended that we pick up the sport.

Vanessa and I have two weekly dates. Lunch on Wednesday and the gym on Thursday after her kids are in bed. We never miss lunch and always forget the gym. I think we've made it to the gym twice over the past 2-3 months. We have finally found our motivation for our Thursday night gym time. I am so excited. It's also great exercise. I looked it up I burned about 1000 calories playing last night. I felt great but by the time I got home and showered I could hardly walk. So, i pulled out the myoflex, motrin and heating pad and got busy nursing my wounds.

This morning, i tried something new... water aerobics. I've been wanting to try it out for almost a year now but either forgot about it or I was too tired to get out of bed for it on Friday morning. I got my ass kicked. I was pleasantly surprised. I was still in some pain from racquetball the night before so the nonstop leg exercises in the pool were pretty brutal. Nothing the hot tub water fall couldn't fix :O)

See you on Monday, unless i come up with another reason to blog!

What A Week!!

So between traveling and PMS I gained .8 pounds. I stayed within my caloric intake and I wasn't bad at all. I even had about 6 moments this weekend where I was proud of myself. I guess that's ok. It could be worse. So much for that 8 pound loss. It's a new week with hopefully new determination. Thank you guys for all of your love and support. I love it when you comment on my blog.

This week I really need to concentrate on actually making it to the gym. For some reason that has been a challenge for me this time around. I think it has to do with the condition of my back and my left foot. I bought some new tennis shoes over the weekend so hopefully that will help my foot. I really hope that my shoes were the problem because if not then I just wasted money on shoes that I didn't need. Then there is my back. It's in terrible shape. For those of you that don't know this about me, I trained to become a massage therapist and let me just say that ignorance is bliss. I would probably still be in pain but I wouldn't be as aware of the pain. Does that make sense? I decided this morning at the gym that I was going to get better about doing an all around stretch. I've been stretching just not every part of me.

I signed up for Curves! I am NOT a morning person and the morning lady at Curves is a little irratating to me. So I just need to bite the bullet and go.

So this weekend was extremely stressful. I was put in a horrible situation during my business trip to Dallas. On my way home I was extremely distressed and upset and I wanted a sweet tea from Chickfila to soothe my pain. You would be proud of me. I passed them all and never stopped to get one. You have no idea how hard that was. I am an emotional eater, happy or sad. I was in an emotional crisis and completely passed up the opportunity to feed my pain over and over again. Yay for me!

Please keep my back and foot in your prayers. I am already off to a difficult start this week. It is now Tuesday and still haven't made it in to the gym. We have our first weigh in for the family competition on Thursady and I would like to drop a little more before then.

Have a great week.