Not Perfect

Okay, so this last week was not perfect for me. I feel kinda stupid because last week I put a challenge out to everyone to have a perfect week and I didn't even do it. I really fell hard this weekend. I ate so much cake it is disgusting to me to think how much more I could have lost this week if I would have just stayed away from it. I am reading this book called "Self Esteem and the Physical You" it is an older book that Mom gave me to read. So far I am only in one chapter, but so far it is talking about how we should take care of ourselves and not feel guilty for spending time doing the things we need to do to be healthy and attractive. The main thing I have liked so far is where it talks about how before we come to this Earth we were with our Heavenly Parents and that when we as women have a longing for femininity we are longing to be like our Heavenly Mother. I'll bet she is so graceful. I could use a lot more grace in my life. Anyway, on to a new week. I'm going to try harder this week to stay focused. I can do it. I have before, so I can again.

training

Today we had a leasing training at work. We had a great lunch brought in and I ordered extra veggies on mine. :-) I knew there would be yummy treats like cookies, so I took an orange with me and I ate that and even shared it with a few other girls who were trying to avoid the cookies. Made me feel good to resist. All I have left to do today is exercise and I will have two days in a row perfect.

2 Miles

I got home from work, had a nice dinner with chicken and salad. Then Shawn's mom and I went for a nice 2 mile walk. It was pretty fast. She has long legs and has been walking like 80 minutes a day for months now, so I had to keep asking Lady Long Legs to slow down so I could keep up. It felt really good. Today counts as a perfect day acording to what I had planned. Now for tomorrow... I'll let you know.

lunch time work out

Today I did my workout during my lunch break. That's right in my nylons and skirt and everything. It is just a good thing no one was around for all my high kicks. :-) I've had 4 fruits today. I need to still make sure I have two servings of veggies, but I am planning on having a salad with my dinner, so I will get them in. My water, I really have already had almost all of my water, but I'm sure I will drink at least another 32 oz. before I leave work. I have decided to train for a half marathon. (Thanks to seeing Michelle do it) I got a fitness magazine in the mail yesterday and it has a simple plan to follow... so today I will also be walking/jogging 2 miles. It isn't really that far. The same day I was going to do the Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure 5K is the same day as a half marathon in Ogden. I really didn't think I could have the stamina to do 13.1 miles, but really I have until May 9th to prepare. Why not just go for it? Anyway... I'm a little scared because I have never been a runner, so I'm sure I will start out with mostly walking, but I am really going to push and try to get myself to jog too. Maybe in a month or so I will like to try to push myself to run some. :-) I am not doing this on the treadmill. I don't like the treadmill, and the weather here in Salt Lake is nice enough I can do it outside. I mapped out a 2 mile route that I am going to take this afternoon. I'll have to check in with how I did and if it killed me. If it doesn't kill me... it will only make me stronger.

I was reading Kristina's blog today about going through so many struggles to get Evan and how she doesn't regret any of it because the joy she felt when she finally had him was so great. I really feel like that is part of my weight lose process. I have to go through some really had things, but I will not regret the experiences and the life lessons I will learn while I come closer to my final weight goal. Thank you for sharing such a personal thing Kristina.

Perfect Week

So I didn't do well at all this last week. It was so much fun having Mom and Dad in town for the weekend. I just love spending time with them. Mom did Turbo Jams with me and it was fun. I don't know that she had as much fun as I did, but still it was fun. On Saturday Mom helped me go through my clothes... I got rid of six big piles of clothes that are either too big, or that I just don't really wear. The clothes that were just too big but way cute I sent to Janie because she is really close to being where I was when we started this competition. It felt really good to actually see that my clothes are getting loose. I gained this week and I am not proud of that. I completely accept responsibility for my actions. I did eat like 8 chocolate chip cookies this weekend and I had a doughnut too. I only exercised once this week, so duh!!! What can I expect? My goal for this week is to have a perfect week. For me a perfect week is going to be exercising at least 5 days, eating all of my fruits and veggies every day (4-5 servings), drinking all of my water, and checking into the blog world every day. I know I can totally do it. I love that this is a learning process and that I don't have to be perfect, but if I am not really being consistent with this I can see that I will not make the progress I want to make. More tomorrow....

Birthday Party

Last night we had Lexi's birthday party. I didn't eat cake or ice cream. It wasn't really that hard. I am excited that I did that because this week I knew I would have the challenge of her birthday and having goodies around. I am planning on having an awesome weekend again. Mom and Dad are here this weekend for Lexi's baptism and I know they want to eat well too, so that will help me stay on track... plus I think it will be fun to Jam with Mom. :-) I'll check in more over the weekend again. That really seemed to help me stay focused last weekend.

Biggest Loser Week 6!!!

If you could hear me squeal with excitement!!! Your ears would hurt. :-) This week I was able to pull off biggest loser. It feels so good to have a really successful week. I honestly feel like my focus over the weekend was what did it for me. I am excited to keep going. I feel really good, I almost forgot to take my medicine the other night and I realized that it is because I am feeling so good my body is ready to drop my dose down some. :-) I go to the doctor this week, so we will see what Dr. Gremillion has to say. I'm so proud of myself I could almost cry. I have had a great deal of support from so many people. There have been several times when I have been very tempted to eat something I shouldn't and someone has been there to talk me out of it. Thank you if you are reading this. :-)

P.S. I think last week having a gain really was a reality check for me that I have to be very focused if I want to win this... so I'm bringin' it.

So far...so good

I'm just following through with my weekend plan. I'm doing well but wanted to write and say so.

Saturday Morning

Okay so the strategy for this weekend is to check in here and at the Biggest Losers blog to stay on track. So far...so good. I had breakfast and I was really wanting to go for a walk outside today, but it is raining, so I think I will wait a little while and see if it lets up and then go out and dodge the rain drops as Grandma Dayle used to say. :-)

Newsletter race

Mendi (one of the girls I work with) and I raced while we delivered newsletters today. My chest was burning. :-) It felt good. I literally was running up and down the stairs trying to beat her.

This morning I had breakfast and when I was fixing my banana, yogurt, and fiber one cereal, I didn't even think twice. It was like second nature. I think a habit is forming. :-)

Newsletters

Okay, today is the day I am delivering newsletters again, so hopefully I can get a great walk in of stairs. :-)

Quick side note

Last time we did a family weight loss thing I had the song eye of the tiger on my page, and it really got me going then. During that period of time I got down to 180, and I am getting closer and closer to that every day. I am so looking forward to being fit and healthy again. It will be so much fun to be able to buy medium shirts and 10 pants again. I am just way excited. There are so many songs that make me really want to move, as I notice them, I think I will add them here, or I may just add them to my ipod. :-) I guess I could just do both. We'll see. I don't know if I want to add music to this blog, but for now... YO ADRIAN!!!!!

Good Day

Today I have eaten well, and I will be exercising as soon as I finish this post. I feel great about this coming weeks weigh in. I am pretty sure I am going to be the biggest loser this week. :-) So watch out or work harder!!!

Feeling Stale

This week has not been that great. I haven't been feeling well, and as a result have not been eating well, or doing my exercises as much as I should. I think I need to once again step back and evaluate why I am doing this weight loss thing. I can say for sure that this week I have felt more weak and lazy. Weeks previous to this last I have felt great. The main difference I can see is my commitment level to my eating and exercise. I will try harder this week. I also noticed that I checked in on blogs less, and I think I need to check more so I can get a daily dose from other people of what they are facing. It helps me a lot to read what others have to say.