Week 9 Down 1.2
Week 10 Up .8
Plantar Fasciitis getting me down. The whole competition I have complained about heal pain in my right foot and it has gotten to the point now, since I kept on going with out treating it, where I can't do anything. If I walk down to the park and back (about a minute from my house) I will feel it! If I go grocery shopping I will feel it. I can't even walk around my neighborhood. Even my FAVORITE work out ZUMBA will have me limping around the house the rest of the day and even the next morning. It's completely getting me down. I need to get out of this FUNK because I KNOW that loosing weight is 80% nutrition!!!!!!!!! I wish knowing that was enough to get me out of my funk. I'm NOT going to give up. I will get back on the horse. I will I will I will. ENOUGH OF THE PITY PARTY RACHEL!!!!!
So that is where I am at. Don't give up on me. Cause I'm not giving up on me...
Don't you just wish there was a magic cure, a magic pill or a magic food? Some sort of secret that will get you where you want to go with your weight loss goals quick and easy. Sigh....
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Weighted Walk
I think I'm on to something here. Tonight I decided to change things up a bit. Since I now have tons of heal pain and am so stubborn that I can't give up physically moving my body, I thought I would try something else. Running is something I truly aspire to. I went and got fitted for nice "real" running shoes AND insoles, I've been out a 3 (sometimes more) times a week running (maybe more jogging) for 2 months now and I even did my first 5k. But pretending that everything was okay and would magically go away has now left me limping around every where I go all day long. If you have seen me and haven't seen me limp, I hide it well! I'm diagnosing myself with plantar fasciitis. Basically my right heal aches when I wake up pretty darn bad, I stumble into the bathroom for that first morning pee. It gets better and better as I move around the day. What hurts the most is when I'm on my feet for a while, cooking or what not, and then I take the pressure off my right foot and rest on the top of my toes, the pain is almost blinding. ANYWAYS, so to make a short story LONG, I'm just going to give up running for a while. Literally my heart sunk into my stomach putting that statement in writing. I've worked so hard for 2 months to get up to 3 1/2 miles with out stopping and that is a BIG DEAL for me! But it just has to be done.
I'm starting a new trend. I'm calling it weighted walks. I have two 2.5 lbs wrist weights, so since I can't give up cardo completely, I decided that I would do my usual walk wearing these weights. I really think I'm on to something. It felt GREAT! When I was sure that no one was watching, I was doing all kinds of free weight work outs; dumbbell curl, hammer curl, arm circles, dumbbell row and my favorite shoulder press. There's other great ones I'm sure. When a car would come by I would just walk "granny style" with my arms engaged at a 90 degree angle and really pumped my arms. I was really feelin it! I walked for an hour and wore them the whole time. I'm really curious to find out if I'm going to be sore tomorrow. I will let you know. Here's what they look like if you were wondering. I'm sure any sporting goods store would have them. I can't remember how much they were. Try it =)
I'm starting a new trend. I'm calling it weighted walks. I have two 2.5 lbs wrist weights, so since I can't give up cardo completely, I decided that I would do my usual walk wearing these weights. I really think I'm on to something. It felt GREAT! When I was sure that no one was watching, I was doing all kinds of free weight work outs; dumbbell curl, hammer curl, arm circles, dumbbell row and my favorite shoulder press. There's other great ones I'm sure. When a car would come by I would just walk "granny style" with my arms engaged at a 90 degree angle and really pumped my arms. I was really feelin it! I walked for an hour and wore them the whole time. I'm really curious to find out if I'm going to be sore tomorrow. I will let you know. Here's what they look like if you were wondering. I'm sure any sporting goods store would have them. I can't remember how much they were. Try it =)
Monday, August 1, 2011
Week 8 Results
Down .8 lbs
Totally lame, but not surprising. My motivation is totally slipping. I know that people say that losing weight takes time and you should only lose about 1 to 2 pounds a week. So I shouldn't be too hard on myself. Except for the fact that I'm in a weight loss competition and I'm REALLY slacking. There is 4 weeks left. Just 1 more month to work my buns off and I have made a conscience decision that I'm going to go all out and go HARD! I'm feelin it and I'm gonna do it. I want to know that I gave it all that I had. I can not slack off anymore. I need to forgive myself for the poor choices I have been making lately and get over it so I can move on. Here I go...
Totally lame, but not surprising. My motivation is totally slipping. I know that people say that losing weight takes time and you should only lose about 1 to 2 pounds a week. So I shouldn't be too hard on myself. Except for the fact that I'm in a weight loss competition and I'm REALLY slacking. There is 4 weeks left. Just 1 more month to work my buns off and I have made a conscience decision that I'm going to go all out and go HARD! I'm feelin it and I'm gonna do it. I want to know that I gave it all that I had. I can not slack off anymore. I need to forgive myself for the poor choices I have been making lately and get over it so I can move on. Here I go...
Friday, July 29, 2011
Slipping
I'm not gonna lie I'm losing it. And not in a good way. I'm not sure why. I'm losing my motivation. I'm losing my will power. I'm losing my enthusiasm for the competition. Old Rachel habits are starting to make there way back. I'm not about to give up my entire journey. I'm still doing it. I'm still working out 5 times a week (but it was 7 and sometimes it was more than once in a day). I'm still counting calories although I'm not as careful about what I'm eating, but at least I'm still counting and stay with in my goal range. I've stopped drinking ONLY water and started drinking Diet Coke again although only a few times a week, defiantly not everyday. I do believe it to be true that the artificial sweeteners hinder your weight loss efforts. They make me crave more sweet things AND make me want to snack. Just like the "experts" say they do. It's true. I'm also NOT getting enough sleep and it really does make you have the munchies the next day!!! Along with the sleepy muchies, and trying to drink diet coke to stay awake sweet cravings, it is making it impossible to resist snacking. I need to get my drive back and I'm not sure how to do that. So that is why I've decided it's time to make my journey known so that maybe someone will know what to say to help me on this journey. I'm not going to give up (otherwise I wouldn't be writing this) I just want my drive back...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Old habits die hard, even if they aren't yours
I have such a sweet husband!
Yesterday around 5 o'clock I text him to say that I was in a really bad mood, didn't know why, couldn't snap out of it and didn't have anything planned or started for dinner. UGH! So he sweetly wrote back and said that he would go to Safeway and had it covered. (So sweet!) I thought he would get a rotisserie chicken and potato salad or something and call it good, but he got allllll of my favorite things (that were on sale). Take a look, totally healthy right? ha ha
As soon as I saw the brownie mix I had to quickly stuff it into the back of the pantry where I can't see it every time I open the door because that would NOT be a "safe" food for me. Safe meaning that
I could NOT keep my hands off it if I made them. You should always define your "unsafe" foods! Things that make you feel POWERLESS to stop eating them. Those mini cinnamon rolls from Costco, NOT a safe food!
But the thought is what counts! He was trying to show me that he loves me and hopes my day gets better. 6 weeks ago I would have probably made the pizza for dinner AND the brownies for dessert, cracked open the energy drink while the pizza was baking (haven't had one in 3 1/2 years because I have been either pregnant or nursing!) and had the sun chips on the side! It really was sweet! Even though I was having a bad day, when I saw how he wanted to cheer me up, THAT is what cheered me up! Not the food! So I put the food away, knowing that I didn't need or even want them to make me feel better. I thanked him for going to the store instead of get mad at him for getting so much junk food (how could I be mad at him for being so stinkin sweet!?), and made sandwiches for dinner instead. Not diet food, but not too bad either. I just make sure that I type in ALL my calories on myfitnesspal.com so I stay with my calorie range. That, and I only have a half sandwich because 1 slice of bread is 100 calories, so I'd rather save that other 100 calories for something else instead of having 200 calories just in the bread!
Monday, July 18, 2011
Week 6 Results
Down 2.4 lbs
Here it is. The half way mark. Over 21 pounds so far! I'm feeling pretty stinkin amazing! It feels SO great to go shopping for clothes in my own closet! Because I have some great clothes that I haven't been able to wear since before Jacob was born! I now weigh about what I weighed when I got pregnant with him, but the thing is I'm not as small as I was before I had kids (not that I was ever small, but just smaller then I am now). It really does change your body to have children. But that's okay, they where worth it. I will take the changes that being pregnant has made since it is such a HUGE blessing to be able to have children. I just... i can't even believe it. I'm really doing it. It's really happening. I'm changing my body and changing my life. I'm becoming the person I have always wanted to be. Active, healthy, happy, full of energy (most of the time) and a great example for my children to look up to. I feel so good.
Question: Is it at all weird that I don't have a weight goal in mind? I really don't. I know according to the "chart" for my height and age my healthy weight should be 150. I know to some 150 is their worst nightmare ha ha. But the thing is, when I was at my smallest in high school I didn't weigh that! I was about 175 but I felt pretty darn good about that! I look back at pictures and I think that I look great! The thought of trying to be even smaller then that defiantly scares me, I'm not going to lie to you. It was SO hard for me to even get to 175 in high school. Of course I was doing it the wrong way, trying to not eat very much. But I don't know if I'm going to put a goal on my weight loss. Just like when I go out running, the thought of telling myself that I have to run 3 miles freaks me out for some reason. But when I leave my house and say that I will listen to my body and do the best I can that day, I can do over 3 miles without freaking myself out with thoughts of "that is so far, it's going to take forever, 25 more minutes is SO long from now I can't make it...." So for now and the last 6 weeks, I have been just telling myself that I will make better food choices, smaller portions, and be more active and do the best I can and see where it leads me. That works for me. Maybe not everyone because I think it's the #1 rule in goal setting that you define the end result. It's not that I don't have an idea of where I want to be, I just don't have a number for the scale or even my pants. Maybe that weird, maybe it's not. It sure is working for me.
Goals for the future
Be a Zumba instructor. I haven't a clue on how to do that but I LOVE Zumba SO much that I can totally see myself leading a class! That would be AWESOME!
Run a 10 k with out walking
When the time comes to have a third child, have an active pregnancy (unlike my first 2)
Buy a really good pair of jeans. I have never paid more than $45 on a pair of jeans because I didn't think my butt was worth the money for a nice pair. Plus "nice"jeans don't come in my size!
Never, even when pregnant, see the scale go above 200 ever again. (deep inhale of breath, "did she just said 200?!" yes I did, as if it was a BIG secret! It's written all over my body that I'm heavier then 200 lbs! And if you didn't know eh well now you do)
Munchies
I'm a HUGE muncher! That is one of the big reasons for my weight! As I would go about my day, if there were cereal or crackers around, I would grab a few (or a handful) every time I passed them throughout the day. Which REALLLLLLLY adds up! So what I have done, as many others have done, is make sure that I always have gum in my house. But I go one better, I have 4 different flavors at all times! So I can really mix it up. But you know what, I don't chew gum all day long, just when I feel the desire to have a flavor in my mouth. Do you ever get that? You're not hungry, you just want to taste something. Okay, maybe I'm crazy! ha ha Or I will grab a piece when I'm done eating a meal or a snack but I still have the desire to chew, even though my belly is full. My stomach has gotten smaller, which is awesome, and I can't eat as much as I used to, but sometimes my brain is telling me "there's no way you're done, you haven't chewed enough times" ha ha old habits die hard I guess.
Here it is. The half way mark. Over 21 pounds so far! I'm feeling pretty stinkin amazing! It feels SO great to go shopping for clothes in my own closet! Because I have some great clothes that I haven't been able to wear since before Jacob was born! I now weigh about what I weighed when I got pregnant with him, but the thing is I'm not as small as I was before I had kids (not that I was ever small, but just smaller then I am now). It really does change your body to have children. But that's okay, they where worth it. I will take the changes that being pregnant has made since it is such a HUGE blessing to be able to have children. I just... i can't even believe it. I'm really doing it. It's really happening. I'm changing my body and changing my life. I'm becoming the person I have always wanted to be. Active, healthy, happy, full of energy (most of the time) and a great example for my children to look up to. I feel so good.
Question: Is it at all weird that I don't have a weight goal in mind? I really don't. I know according to the "chart" for my height and age my healthy weight should be 150. I know to some 150 is their worst nightmare ha ha. But the thing is, when I was at my smallest in high school I didn't weigh that! I was about 175 but I felt pretty darn good about that! I look back at pictures and I think that I look great! The thought of trying to be even smaller then that defiantly scares me, I'm not going to lie to you. It was SO hard for me to even get to 175 in high school. Of course I was doing it the wrong way, trying to not eat very much. But I don't know if I'm going to put a goal on my weight loss. Just like when I go out running, the thought of telling myself that I have to run 3 miles freaks me out for some reason. But when I leave my house and say that I will listen to my body and do the best I can that day, I can do over 3 miles without freaking myself out with thoughts of "that is so far, it's going to take forever, 25 more minutes is SO long from now I can't make it...." So for now and the last 6 weeks, I have been just telling myself that I will make better food choices, smaller portions, and be more active and do the best I can and see where it leads me. That works for me. Maybe not everyone because I think it's the #1 rule in goal setting that you define the end result. It's not that I don't have an idea of where I want to be, I just don't have a number for the scale or even my pants. Maybe that weird, maybe it's not. It sure is working for me.
Goals for the future
Be a Zumba instructor. I haven't a clue on how to do that but I LOVE Zumba SO much that I can totally see myself leading a class! That would be AWESOME!
Run a 10 k with out walking
When the time comes to have a third child, have an active pregnancy (unlike my first 2)
Buy a really good pair of jeans. I have never paid more than $45 on a pair of jeans because I didn't think my butt was worth the money for a nice pair. Plus "nice"jeans don't come in my size!
Never, even when pregnant, see the scale go above 200 ever again. (deep inhale of breath, "did she just said 200?!" yes I did, as if it was a BIG secret! It's written all over my body that I'm heavier then 200 lbs! And if you didn't know eh well now you do)
Munchies
I'm a HUGE muncher! That is one of the big reasons for my weight! As I would go about my day, if there were cereal or crackers around, I would grab a few (or a handful) every time I passed them throughout the day. Which REALLLLLLLY adds up! So what I have done, as many others have done, is make sure that I always have gum in my house. But I go one better, I have 4 different flavors at all times! So I can really mix it up. But you know what, I don't chew gum all day long, just when I feel the desire to have a flavor in my mouth. Do you ever get that? You're not hungry, you just want to taste something. Okay, maybe I'm crazy! ha ha Or I will grab a piece when I'm done eating a meal or a snack but I still have the desire to chew, even though my belly is full. My stomach has gotten smaller, which is awesome, and I can't eat as much as I used to, but sometimes my brain is telling me "there's no way you're done, you haven't chewed enough times" ha ha old habits die hard I guess.
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