GAME ON

Well today is March 1, 2011. I have exactly 3 months before my big day. I have been going strong with eating right and exercise since February 1st. Yeah yeah, I started a long time ago, but remember how I cheated over the holidays...oh wait I actually fell off the wagon after my engagement party in October...THEN there were the holidays.

January I started to recover..February I kicked in fully and exercised more than I have in a long while. March will be another one of those months. I plan on exercising twice a day or 1.5 to 2 hours per day (with a day off Im sure). I feel tired already :-).
Most people document what they eat, however I have been documenting my work-out activity. I'll just count calories in my head lol

I don't have much time left, however, my goal is still attainable. I will start posting weight loss numbers again after this month. YAY!

HUNGOREEE

Ok, I made it through last week and I should toot my own horn, I did well. I know I have not built my activity up to where it was before November, but I am on my way woohoo!
I had a session with Chad last night and it went well. He even mentioned how good the session was and that I could not have done that the first session we had. Yay! Sounds good right? or does it mean he'll just continue to make things harder and harder? Let me guess!!!
I mentioned to him last night that I have been extremely hungry. I mean I need a snack with a snack sometimes. Common sense pretty much tells us that increasing your activity will definitely increase your appetite, however I can be the opposite. Working out tends to curb my appetite. I am more likely to eat better and less of things when I work out...until my metabolism reaches a certain point, then I get hungrier faster. I've lost weight strictly doing cardio for about 6mths (long long time ago) and I did not feel this type of hunger until about 4 months into it as I increased my jogging distance. Anyway, I am not an expert, but Chad (who knows far more than I do) explained that it, the hunger, is more intense due to the resistance training. Actually he may have said some other things that went over my head, but that was the jest of it. So now I have to worry about snacking myself into oblivion.
I can easily show you how to snack on healthy stuff so much until it defeats the purpose.

143 Days Left

Ok, this is the first week of 2011. My weight loss journey has not gone as quickly or as consistently as I would have liked, but THANK GOD I at least started when I did. I can complain about it, but then I think about what if I had actually waited until now to start. OMG

The holidays really put me off track, or shall I say I let it be an excuse to get off track :-). Losing 35lbs over a 6mth period is a bit slow but a start. I have made a lot of promises in these posts, and, well, some of them I did not keep.

I knew once January rolled around I'd be in panic mode, and yep, I am. I am tempted to partake in all kinds of crazed diets, shots, drops, stomach stapling, laser melting, tape worm eating, detox regimens. I've decided that I should probably stick with what I know works best for me, besides I have plans after my wedding that some of the faster fixes may get in the way of.

The goal at hand is to be as active as I can be in the days to come. I have gotten off to a great start this week, I trained Monday with Chad, used my elliptical machine twice already. I absolutely must get back to my kickboxing class. If I can get all three of these activities down, with an occasional trip to the park...I will definitely meet my goal.

Blame it on the Weather

I've been doing just fine with the eating part, even drinking water...I've been going to all my trainer sessions (well not like I go all week), but still. Anyway it is the "in between" stuff that I should be doing that I have not. For instance:

Kickboxing - those martial arts people have not seen me since late October.
Elliptical machine - I throw my coat over it when I get home.

I meet with Chad tonight and I am sure he will want an update of what I've done since last seeing him. Our last session he asked if I had been doing my cardio and because I am such an awful liar I said "no" and he actually said "WHY"...I was stunned. I felt like a child and answered like one.."I don't know" was all I could think to say. THEN he went on to ask "Did you get caught up in some television show"? wth...but then I thought, why even get offended because that is probably what happened anyway.

Funny how I say I am not a good liar since I verbally promised him I would do kickboxing at least 3 times last week..even threw in 2 classes in one day. I've noticed that I say things to make myself sound good ...now if I can just get the doing things to look good down...LOL smh

IMMADOBETTER
at least I better or I'll be wearing a shawl over my wedding gown.

Determined

Well I am happy to report that I saw my trainer (2nd session) on yesterday. He warned me that this session would be harder and it is going to get even harder every session. GREAT.
The session was indeed much harder than I anticipated. It was a session where everything he did looked easy until it was my turn. I have never lifted weights like that... EVER. Weights are one of those things females (like me) either walk by at the gym OR we never stay on it long enough to feel a burn.

I am a little sore today, which means there is a possibility of being bedridden tomorrow.

Today's goal is to attend kickboxing tonight, but as I fake punch the air (in my cube at work) it hurts so bad. I don't believe I have enough strength to punch on an actual bag.

My trainer (let's call him Chad because "my trainer" sounds like I have money) said I may need time to heal but you know how it is when you feel like Superwoman..OR when your wedding is around the corner.

So pray I make it to class tonight..but if I don't, I will climb onto my elliptical machine and count backwards :-)

Play Time is Over!

Wow, I have not posted since mid October. It is amazing how time flies and also how I lied and said I would not stay away as long as I did before :-).

Nothing much has changed. I have not really been losing since the last weigh in. I had my engagement party October 29th and have not set foot in a kickboxing class or glared over at my elliptical machine since. As a matter of fact, I have not even gone down hwy 6 toward the park..I have been detouring as much as possible lol.

TODAY is "another" new day. This week I will get myself back together and do those things I had been doing that were successful. Kickboxing here I come! I was preparing for this day for some time now..I even went to a consultation with a trainer. The consultation went well, he measured my body fat, checked my balance (I wondered why), and he had me to do other little things that showed him where I was fitness-wise. That little consultation felt like a workout for me. I was even sore the next day..wth.

I made the decision to go ahead with the trainer and had my first session with him this past Friday. It was enjoyable in certain parts..others not so much. I posted on Facebook that it went well until I discovered my hearing had become impaired. I was so tired and nauseated afterwards that I could not hear. They say what won't kill you will make you stronger..in this case I better be FINE lol..WE SHALL SEE.

Time is winding down...I am excited, nervous, paranoid, and anxious at the same time.

Still On The Wagon

I know I haven't been here in some time, but I am still on the "weight loss wagon." Of course I've had the occasional slip up here and there, but I am learning to choose my battles. There was once a time if I messed up I just GOT OFF and started over (months later probably). I think I am getting that it is a way of life and not some punishment.. For the most part I eat what I feel are the right foods lol. I am still attending KICKBOXING yay, I love that class. I don't ever want to step foot in a gym again, but at some point I will (ugh). I am drinking more water...you know how I HATE that, but my body and taste buds are adjusting well.

This was a quick update, but I plan on being more indepth and consistent in the future.

YAY 35lbs down. Looks like I am at the halfway mark of my desired weight loss goal.