Day something..lol

I have no idea how many days I have been on my weight loss journey.  Over 2 months.  I weighed in at 138 this am..so basically that’s **almost** 30 lbs.  I think I started around 165ish.    I know at my heaviest I have been 175.  Yuck. 

I only use the cookies for filler right now.  I find that I’m just not as hungry as I used to be.  I will admit that during the past week, I did cheat big time one night.  I ate Mexican food…the real thing.  I got so sick afterwards.  I haven’t had Mexican food for over 2 months and it made me feel terrible.  So no more of that.  I’m kind of glad it made me sick. 

Today I’m back on track, going to go work out and ready to get the last 20 lbs off. 

I received an email today that Smart For Life is declaring bankruptcy.  I have to admit, I’m not surprised.  They couldn’t retain their customers because of the high fees they charge for the weigh ins and the so called Dr. checkups.

Day 52

144!  I think it’s helping to NOT weigh myself every day. So about 21 lbs in 6.5 weeks.  That’s right on track with 3lbs a week.  That’s exciting.

Day 51

And going strong.  I have to say this ‘diet’ is so very easy.  I put the scale away a few days ago because I found myself kind of becoming obsessed with the numbers.  So I don’t know what I’m down to but I am still losing. 

I have realized that you can pretty much eat anywhere for your one sensible meal per day as long as you pay attention to what you are ordering.  The only exception might be McDonalds.  I had to bring my daughter last night for a school function and for the first time in YEARS, I did not crave all the bad stuff.  Keep in mind, I used to think Mickey D’s french fries were my favorite food.   

I was very proud of her, she ordered pretty healthy also.   She got the grilled snack wrap (about 270) and the apples and grapes side salad.  No fries, no fried food.  Good for her. 

I just drank my water and was fine with it.

I’m still excercising but it’s getting harder finding time.  I may have to start going from 5am to 6am.  Last night I did ‘turbo sculpt’ at home it was good.  I have actually noticed I have muscles in my arms.  Still a lot of fat, but there are times throughout the day when I go to do something and my arm feels very solid..it’s weird. 

Can’t wait until I’m in size 8 anything.    Soon..very soon.

Day 45

I think today is day 45.  Close to it if not exactly.

Slowly but surely the weight is coming off.  The scale was 146.4 this morning but my clothes tell me I’ve lost more inches than the scales is showing.  I’m sure it has to do with that muscle vs. fat thing.  Muscle weights more than fat, blah blah blah. 

Yesterday two people made comments about how much weight I had lost.  It’s funny, I didn’t think people ever really noticed somebody else’s weight.  I don’t guess I notice it on other people, never really thought about it. 

My mom is down to 135 as of 2 days ago.  My sister and BIL are on vacation so I doubt they are eating cookies all day.   

I am working out almost every day.  Last night I did an hour of the elliptical machine and it felt good.  I’ve been doing my videos (Turbo Jam, and I recently got the ‘Firm’).  I like them especially when I don’t have time to run to the gym or my daughter wants me to hang out with her.

Day 35

148.6!  Can’t beleive it.  On 1/1/07 I was 178…scary.  Almost 30 lbs heavier than I am today.  I’m starting to feel so much better.  I am definitely a size 10 now.  No more 12s or 14s.   Another month and I will be in the single digits. 

When people ask me how much I have “lost” I am going to say I haven’t “lost” anything, I have REMOVED 30 lbs.    I don’t plan on finding them any time soon. 

Got my turbo jam videos in the mail, can’t wait to try them.

Day 27

Finally broke down and bought a scale.  Even though it’s that wonderful time of month, I couldn’t help myself…I finally got on the thing.  I calibrated it last night at my sister’s house so that it’s accurate against what I used 2 weeks ago. 

Are you ready for this?  This am I weight 151.5!  I can NOT believe it.  That was even after a cup of coffee.  I am almost in the 140s.  So…by my guestimate, I have lost about 13.5 lbs in a less than a month.  I’m hoping to hit the 15lb mark for the first month.  How cool would that be! 

Went to gym yesterday and did 60 minutes on the elliptical machine.  I’m actually starting to like it.  OMG…I can’t believe I said that.  I will be adding some light strength training to my workouts starting today.  Should be interesting.

Gotta go get in shower and ready for hockey practice.

Day 22

Entire family went to the gym last night again.  It was really nice to be all doing this together.  Son did weights with Andy and then a bit of cardio.  Daughter and I did cardio.

Almost can’t wear the clothes I bought for myself 2 months ago. 

Yesterday was an easy day on the diet because I was teaching all day.  The only bad thing was we ate dinner too late (8pm).  Next time we need to either workout earlier or eat before we go (not sure how well that will work out).

Mom is still going strong…she’s been on it for over a month now and is down about 16 lbs.  She said she can’t seem to the break the 140 mark.  She’s only been stuck there for 2 days.    Impatient we are.  I haven’t weighed myself so I have no idea how I’m doing weight wise, I just know my clothes are pretty darn baggy and I feel a LOT, LOT better.

My mom, sister and Brother-In-Law have all switched to Dr. Siegal’s cookies.  I guess they got frustrated with the $150 (each) monthly fee and Dr. visit when all they really did was weight them.  Seems like a lot to pay to be weighed each week.  Plus, I’m convinced Dr. Siegal’s cookies taste better. 

Day 21

Yep..made it 21 days so far and going strong.  I have to admit this diet is EASY now.  I’m feeling better than I have in about 5 years.  Although my scale is still broken, I feel as though I’m down about 10 lbs so far. 

Yesterday (Sunday) when I woke up…I felt like getting out and rollerblading.  Can you believe it?  On a Sunday…in the morning.  So I went.  It was nice, it’s so very hot here but the am is pretty decent.  I went for about 45 minutes and according to my heart rate monitor I burned approx 345 calories. 

New Lifestyle for the whole family

Both of my kids are home now (yeah!!!) and life is returning to normal but life as we once knew it is a thing of the past.  My son (12) is a true athlete.  He plays travel hockey, skateboards, snowboards and now even surfs.  He’s always on the go.  He noticed that I have been more active lately and asked if he could start working out with me.  So now that he is 12, he can come upstairs at the gym and start learning about weights and all the cardio machines.  We will start him off very slowly with the weights because I feel that his body is in a transitional period (pre-puberty) and he’s not quite ready for ‘real’ weight workouts.  Andy (my man) knows quite a bit about strength training and took him on Saturday and showed him the ropes.  I was on the elliptical machine the entire time and then they both joined me.

Of course my son did the cardio with no problem.  I had him start out at only 20 minutes and he laughed when he was done…’That’s it?’ he asked.   Little brat…lol.   Yeah, that’s it for today.   Again, wanted him to ease into it. 

Now here’s the best news.  My daughter (10) came home on Saturday night.  We hugged when we say each other and she immediately pulls away and said “Mommy…you are so tiny!”.  I thought that was so sweet.  She could tell I have lost weight. 

She’s very tall for her age and will most likely be around 5′9 or taller as she takes after her Dad (6′6″).  I’m only 5′2″ .  When she was younger and a bit more active in gymnastics she was a normal weight for a tall girl.  Over the past year, she hasn’t really been very active and is probably  5-10 lbs overweight.  I would never tell her this because I don’t want her to start having ‘issues’.  But this past year was a bit of a struggle for her.  She’s very, very pretty….long dark hair and big brown eyes but most girls in her class are stick skinny.  She started having issues about the clothes she would wear to school and although she never mentioned the weight I knew that it bothered her. 

I blame myself.  We ate way too much fast food (chicken strips from McDonalds with ranch is one of the worst things a kid could eat).  She wasn’t in gymnastics any longer, etc. 

Well the best thing happened.  Once she saw me at the airport and found out we have been excersicing she ASKED to go to gym with us.  She and I went shopping at the grocery store for her schoo lunches (school starts today) and she picked out ALL healthy foods, fruits, low fat yogurt, lean turkey, etc.  I didn’t say a word.  It seems I might have inspired her a bit to be healthier. 

Then as a family we ALL went to the gym.  It was fantastic, my son jumped on the ellipical machine and he was off and running.  I help my daughter learn about the machine and showed her how to go easy on it.  I set a goal of 20 minutes for us.  When she got to 20, she wanted to go another 5 ..kids.

Then we went to the tread mill and she started walking briskley on that and did a mile!  It was so nice, she and I were just hanging out talking..getting caught up on life while we walked on the treadmill.  It was awesome. 

The true test is when we got home.  She said she was hungry and went straight to the fridge.  I didn’t say a word and just watched.  She grabbed grapes and some strawberries.  I then made both of us a nice little pre-made chicken breast thing and we had a wonderful healthy dinner. 

She wanted to know when we can go back to the gym.  As much as I am excited for her, I know this is a very delicate subject.  I have to be soooo careful that she does not put herself on a diet but sees this as healthy lifestyle.  Girls at this age are so very impressionable.  I really do want to seek professional advice on how to handle this.  I honestly could care less if she lost the weight or not, as long as she feels good about herself and is HEALTHY.  That’s the biggest thing for me. 

So we will all be going together on M/W/F..the days my son is not at hockey practice.  She has also asked to play soccer this year which is awesome!  I love her so much.

Day 12 –

Wow…Day 12.  Can’t believe it.  I had to visit a friend last night and work on some web site stuff.  They ordered pizza from this great pizza joint and I ordered a side salad. I did it.  I did not eat the pizza.  Yeah for me.  Funny thing was I didn’t even want the pizza.  Crazy.  I did have one glass of wine though but I substitued that for 1 cookie.  I know wine is empty calories but boy did it taste good.   

I finally got the guts to step on my scale yesterday morning.  Well, wait – my delay of getting on the scale had nothing to do with being afriad of the number I just made an effort to not let it control my life.  But curiosity was just killing me.  So I stepped on the scale thinking I would see a number right around 160.  Ha!!!  The number read 189.6. WHAT?  I about had a heart attack.  Then I saw ‘LO BATT’ on the digital reading and realized the battery was low.  So I changed the battery, stepped on and again it read 189.6!  WHAT THE?????  Ok..I KNOW I am not 189.  So I was pretty freaked out a bit about the entire episode so I called my sister and explained the situation.  We are exactly the same size.  She’s doing the diet also.  She is currently at 158 as of this morning…down from 170 (year for her).  She laughed and just told me that there is nooooo way I could weigh that amount. 

All day long it bothered me so I asked my guy to weigh himself and guess what?  189.6.  Whew..it’s officialy.  Our scale is broken.