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April 02 Wrong Way! - LaurieDefinitely going the wrong way! I know part of it is the birthday celebrations this past weekend with the pizza and cake and everything, but if I blame it on that, I'm just trying to fool myself. I know it's the candy and the lack of committment I've had. I've lost accountability. I'm not motivated. I have every REASON to be motivated, but I'm jsut not there.
I'm recommiting myself today though. I downloaded a podfitness workout last night and am going walking tonight. I need a new microSD card for my phone and I can use that. I need accountibility and motivation and it's only going to be on myself!! March 25 Bad Weigh-in - LaurieOohhh...not a good weigh-in yesterday! I know I'l have ups and downs when I'm in the real world, but that was NOT pleasant! Easter candy, too much eating out, NO exercise...it's caught up with me. I have to re-dedicate myself NOW and not back-track on all the hard work I've put in! I have a goal for my 10th anniversary but at this rate, I'm not going to meet it! Help me get back on track! I've GOT to get on the treadmill tonight during the show! March 21 Spring has Sprung - LaurieSpring is here...now if I can just get out and do more outside! I have the perfect exercise partner in our 4 year old (ok...almost 4) who LOVES to be active...baseball, running, bicycling, skating, fishing, etc...but I just don't seem to have the energy to join him right now. I know it's a spiral...I don't have energy so I don't go out and exercise...I don't exercise, so I dont' have energy...I don't have energy so I don't exercise! If I would exercise I'd have more energy...and if I had more energy, I'd exercise more! VICIOUS!! Now...mind over matter...I need to just get out and start the new cycle...exercise, energy, exercise, energy! Stalling out on the weight-loss should be a bi of a motivator. And I think it is..but that darned Easter Bunny keeps leaving chocolate at our house and work! UGH!!! GET ME BACK ON TRACK!!!
March 20 ThursdayI had a GREAT physical check up on Tuesday! Ok, besides the awful part that every woman hates...I had my official "weigh-in" and I know that the scale at the doctor's office is the same as my one at home. They were VERY happy with the fact that since my October appt I had lost 34 pounds!! I am officially sitting at 34 with them and 36 since my start with this program (I had gained a couple after my Oct appt which is what set this process in motion!). I AM SO HAPPY! Now..I need to get back on my exercise regime to get the rest of this 100 more pounds off! THANK YOU BIGGEST LOSER for pushing me to do the right thing. And THANK YOU to all of my "online buddies" for helping me stay on track and motivated, too! I LOVE YOU GUYS!! March 17 happy St. Patty's Day! - LaurieSo far...a bad day food-wise! I have been SO hungry and my blood sugar was low this morning. I had 2 packets of oatmeal by 11:00 and then ordered a hamburger and french fries for lunch. I didn't eat all my lunch, but too much of it anyway. I feel better but now I feel horrible from the choices! I am VERY busy tonight again (baseball and then Andrew has chorus) plus running around to get donations for our baseball Spring Carnival Raffle. I've been running myself ragged and pulling in too many directions. I know it's not healthy but my son is SO happy. And being busy usually keeps us from making bad food choices or eating at bad times. I'm just finding myself running TOO much and NOT eating when I should. I need to start packing healthy snacks in my car for when I'm out and about. March 12 Busy Life - LaurieAgain...haven't been on much because of our BUSY BUSY run around life. Last week was Andrew's birthday, and neither one of us was very good. Cakes, eating out, etc got to us and we both had gained by the end of the week, but we both JUST got it off. We didnt' go out of control and I know it could have gotten MUCH worse has we not been dedicated to this program! one day at a time...
March 05 Food Choices - LaurieLast night was a bad food night. We had some cell phone issues to take care of that took about 3 hours in the store, right through dinner time. IT was actually a good thing because some friends had invited us to dinner...at a pizza place! I really hadn't wanted to go anyway, but by the time we got out of the store (at 8:45!) it was too late to meet them, and really was too late for dinner! But we went home and ate anyway...cereal! At least it was cheerios...I passed on the fruity pebbles for my son. And today is Andrew's birthday (Happy Birthday, Love!) and they decided to do Kan-Ki Japanese/Sushi. We were both good...split a couple of sushi rolls and brought our hibachi dinners home for a later meal. I am stuffed just from the sushi! And it was GOOD! Self control. it's VERY important when eating out. And making good choices (I ordered scallops and chicken, steamed rice which I always take for my son, and veggies!). March 04 2 for 2! laurieWow...2 days in a row making it on! I have had a tough 2 days with "grazing" in the afternoons! I'm not hungry but I've been wanting food. Trying to make the day pass quickly, I guess. I recognize it and try to stop it. If I can see it coming, I can control it. I see I still have a long way to go! But at least I'm on the right track. I didn't gain it overnight and I'm not going to lose it overnight. But I'm on my way. March 03 Busy Lives - LaurieWhile we have not been adding info here, we have still been dedicated. Our lives have become super-hectic but we have stayed commited! We are still on the downward spiral...headed in the right direction. It has slowed a bit, but slow and steady wins the race. We have found that we do not have the time to commit that we would like to our exercise program, but we have stayed true to our eating program and are exercising through life...we are playing a LOT of baseball with our son, playing on the playground, walking around the zoo, etc. We have also found that we have a lot more energy to do all that since losing weight. Since November, I have lost 35 pounds. Since January, I have lost about 15 pounds and Andrew has lost about 12 (or more, depending on today's weigh-in!). For working parents who have a very active child and a very active life, I am happy with that. We continue to lose and learn. Our son continues to learn healthy eating habits in his formative years (he'll be 4 this month!). He's learning to stay active in an active lifestyle and a busy world, just as we have. I know I can run across the baseball field to get a first aid kit and NOT be winded. I can climb 2 flights of stairs quickly to catch a train and not be winded or sweaty. THAT is what this is all about. It's not about winning a contest. It's about winning at life. And we have done that! We have won back our freedom to live like we want to live. And we continue to win back bits and pieces of our lives every day by continuing to lose more and more weight AND spend quality time with our son and with each other. WE HAVE WON! February 25 Yikes! - LaurieWe've GOT to get back on track and recommitted to our plan! I'm still headed in the right direction, but VERY slowly. And that exercise ticker isnt' moving! Busy schedules with homework, baseball practices, committments to the team (asst coach and Team Mom), work, learning to read...but it's all NO EXCUSE! Our health is most important. If we dont' take care of ourselves we won't be able to do any of those thing! Back on track...back on track...
Anything worth doing is worth doing well! If you don't have the time to do it right, how do you expect to have time to do it again?? Do it right the first time... February 20 Wow! - LaurieIt's amazing what not having a computer hooked up can do to you! We bought the new computers for ourselves for birthday/Valentines day and have been working on getting them back up and running completely. Between that, and DS with homework (HE'S 3!!!) and 3X a week baseball practices...we've been pretty busy! Andrew has been getting exercise in at practice, chasing the boys around the bases. I was "voted" Team mom and will be even busier now. I'm not giving up, though. I've been getting LOTS of compliments at work on my progress...people who haven't seen me in a couple months have been asking me about my loss...and I can see some people from some of the other offices in the building looking at me like "Something's different"...not wanting to ask. I'm SURE they will sometime...maybe around 50 pounds gone (in another 18 pounds...).
I've GOT to get back on track with my exercise, though. I've noticed my loss slowing down and my exercise being non-existant. I'm still eating on plan, though, so that's helping. I'll try walking during work again if it's not raining...starting TOMORROW! February 14 Better next time! - LaurieWell, we didnt' make our Feb 14 goals, but we were close. I was 1.6 away and Andrew was 5.6 away. But we'll try harder this time. We set our new goals for St. Pats Day...Laurie for 259 (just want in the 250s!) and Andrew for 189 (gotta make the 180s!). We'll set new goals for BL finale, too after that...
Going to be a tough weekend. We're going away for a family reunion. Hopefully we'll be WAY too busy to eat and the place we're going Saturday has a spa and a gym that I plan to visit IF I can get someone to watch our son while I go. Shouldn't be a problem.
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!! Hope your day is wonderfully AWESOME!
(I love you Kisa...) February 12 treadmill - laurie55 minutes tonight!! woo-hoo!!! it was easy, too!! and boy did i relate to the ladies in the therapy sessions on the show tonight!! such a big thing with divorces! is it really the root of all that weight?? can a man whom you've never met or been close to really take over your life and control you like that? i'm not going to let anyone else be MY excuse any more! i've got to take control and make the conscious effort to run my life...not let it and my emotions run me! my whole family will be better off for it because i WILL lose this weight and I will be happy once and for all...FOR ME! February 11 Birthday Weekend - LaurieThis weekend was my birthday weekend! I had a decent time but ate off plan ALL weekend. However...I still had a 1.8 pound loss! Andrew had a nice loss, too! 2.4 pounds! WAY TO GO! Have to get back on plan today though. I hurt my ankle yesterday but I want to walk it off and get some time in too. We are not going to meet our exercise time goal, but we'll try again on the second half...I have to check on what our goals were weight-wise, too. I still might make my Feb 14th goal if I really buckle down...1.6 to go by Thursday. Andrew won't make his, though...he's still got quite a few to lose by then. Around 7 pounds! We'll do our best, though...and won't give up!
Baseball season started and I met a couple other Moms who are trying to lose weight, so that will help me stay on track at the field. Since we have practices 2-3 times a week and then 2 games a week starting in march, we'll be ON THE GO a lot. Time to stock up on the meal on the go bars! I'll be eating them a lot!! I'm thinking of walking a little during practices too, when Andrew is there and can watch DS. February 05 Get it Goin'! - Laurie50 minutes on the treadmill tonight! I keep myself going through BL at LEAST through the challenge, and tonight I kept the comercials on, too, which I normally skip. tonight, I jogged through the first set for at least 2 minutes...and I know a little more because I didnt' look at the timer until I had already jogged a little. Hey...it's a start! Hopefully I'll see that scale move enough to hit goal next week! February 04 WOO-HOO! It MOVED! - LaurieGuess the whining paid off! I lost 2 pounds this week! I'm so happy, but sad, but determined. I didn't make 10 pounds in January (9.6) and have 3.4 to lose in 10 days to make my goal. I know I can do it if I really try, but it's also "THAT time of the month". We'll see...Let's just work out through it...(Gotta get back on that treadmill).
Oh...and with the migraine and that awful "wanting to sleep" thing...I missed the re-air of BL last night! And I forgot to DVR it! UGH! February 03 Migraines Suck! - LaurieWell, I haven't been here in a few days. I always seem to get a migraine when I'm PMSing. This month was no different! Lack of energy, headache, achy body...they've all kept me away from the exercise, too. And I'm still in the PMS side of it all! I SHOULD have a gain or a maintain tomorrow at weigh-in, but I think I'll actually have a loss if things continue as they have today...! We'll see tomorrow!! January 31 Re-air - LaurieSo they're re-airing the BL from Tuesday night on SUNDAY night here in jacksonville. Hey...at least I get an extra long exercise in Sunday night...however...I certainly hope the game is over by then! They sure don't plan this very well! They are airing 4 hours of BL...7-11!
Took the little man to play baseball again tonight. Some other bigger boys (probably around 10-12 years) joined us so we were running all over the field! It was FUN and got some exercise! And Bryce got some real experience in fielding. he was having a blast!! January 30 Exercise - laurieDid the Leslie Sansone 2 mile walk from NutriSystem tonight! I really want our exercise ticker to reach goal before Feb 14, but I feel like I'm going it alone sometimes! I really have to fuss at Andrew to get him to exercise...or NOT come home straight from work. THAT'S when I find him on the treadmill.
Tonight I also took the little one to play some baseball at the field, so I got a little time in there. He can hit that ball pretty far when he connects. Considering he's 3 and hitting off the pitch, I think he's doing well. Now, if we can just get him catching as well...and NOT swinging at every pitch! January 29 Florida Primaries...LaurieUGH! The show keeps being interrupted by the election coverage! Our Democratic votes don't even count but they just did a press conference with Hillary that she "Won" the state! IT DOESN"T EVEN COUNT! But I'm missing the most important show of the week. I missed the challenge!! i missed the online team of the week. I am so frustrated! however...i did still get in another 35 minutes on the treadmill until I got too frustrated with unnecessary press conferences! I paused the show so I can go back and skip the coverage! I couldn't even vote in the election because they messed up my registration and have me down as non-partisan! |
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