Happy Hump Day

So yesterday was a fullfilled day when it came to diet stuff, I reached my caloric, fat and carb goals, though I'm still under valued for my proteins :(. My last few meals have really shown how very little I have in the house, trying to use up everything in the fridge before going grocery shopping, as well as getting rid of leftovers :P

~Breakfast~

1 Scrambled Egg, 1 Scrambled Egg White

Cherub tomatoes

A little bit of cheese

A few frozen peach slices defrosted

OJ

&

Coffee [of course]

~Snack~

1 Nature Valley Bar

1 Tbsp Peanut Butter

Coffee

~Lunch~

2/3 of a half of a meatball sub

baked tostitos

~Dinner~

Side Salad

Fettuccine Alfredo w/ Chicken from Spark Recipes

Skinny Cow Carmel Cone [YUM]

3 beers >.>

Even with the beer though I did good:

1659 Calories [1600-1850]

58.7g of Fat [40-69]

64.g of Protein [90-155]

166.9g of Carbs [138-207]

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Well today promises to be busy: work [obviously] then going to go see a possible venue in Galveston at 1615 and then I'm determined to make class at 1715...so that should be interesting.

No topping off

Wow, I'm just in a posting kind of mood today :)

So I had half of a meatball sub from Papa's Pizza, from the other night, packed up for lunch, that and half a serving of baked tostitos and a chobani. I ended up not eating all of the sub, or the chips, and didn't even touch the chobani [snack?]. I'll admit, my stomach said I was full, but I took one more bite, but I still have probably a little more than a third left from the half that I had packed, and we are talking about a 5" half of a sub.

That is probably one of the biggest reasons I can't blame my weight gain over the years on any one else; when I really pay attention to what I'm eating, I also pay attention to my body's signals, which are that which indicate when I am full.

I'm very pleased with myself right now :)

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Forgetful

Well yesterday wasn't terrible...

Breakfast

Rich made me eggs, bacon and toast

Snack

1/2 a Granola bar

Lunch

I had breakfast again in a 1/2 sandwich form

Snack

1 Graham Cracker

Dinner [big bust....]

Rich made chicken frided steak

But I made the side: Broccoli and cheese brown rice

I was bad and had a few drinks

But I still worked out and ended up only going over a few grams of fat

1873 Calores [1780-2030]

75.5g of Fat [46-75]

74.6g of Protein [104-169]

156.7g of Carbs [156-225]

I also did my first run of the Fitness Magazine [FM] Supersets, which I really liked actually.

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Well I forgot my gym bag today... class is at 1600 so I don't have enough time to go home and pick it up and get back to the studio. I do have the option to go to a later class at 1715 but that will cut into my allotted time to go to the recycle center, grocery shop and set up for the rest of the week.

So New Plan for the rest of the week:

Tuesday: FM Supersets & Cycling [if its cool enough]

Wednesday: BBF Circuits [1715-1815]

Thursday: BBF Circuits [1600-1700]

Friday: BBF Zumba [1715-1815]

Saturday: FM Supersets & Cycling

Weekend & Rich Proofing my Diet...

Weekend Pros:

I drank only one day, and then it was only 3 beers

I didn't eat much

There was a lot of relaxation

Weekend Cons:

When we did eat it was really bad food...except for one breakfast I made at home

I was very inactive...

Results:

I went up by 2lbs... I'm back at 198.8 :(

New Goal:

I need to work on my short term to maintain my long term. Which means that I need to really start committing to working out regularly!

So here is this weeks schedule:

Monday - Fitness Magazine[FM] Superset

Tuesday - BBF Weights

Wednesday - FM Superset

Thursday - BBF Circuits

Friday - BBF Zumba [SOOO EXCITED]

Saturday or Sunday - Bike Ride & FM Superset

This months goal

Get below and stay below 195 and if possible drop into the 180's

Drink more water on the weekends

Cleaning & Cookies

No I'm not eating the cookies, I'm just making them for a BBQ benefit tomorrow. Well work out was a no go today, but I'm sorta working out with all the cleaning I'm doing, still not done, and probably won't finish tonight, but I've made some serious progress. With the people coming over this weekend, I want to get things straightened up around here.

Well on to business; My meals went well today, I'm really feeling the scrambled eggs in the morning these days :)

Breakfast:

2 Scrambled Eggs [tomorrow I'll go back to the 1 egg + 1 egg white] w/ a little bit of cheese and hot sauce, and I also added some forzen broccoli which was very good

1 Mini Protein shake

And of course coffee when I got to work

That filled me up so no morning snack was needed.

I had brought a healthy but all together unapealing lunch, so I was persuaded to go out to eat with the girls, I didn't do terrible, but it wasn't good either....

2 Chicken Fajitas

this tasty pork concoction

Refried beans which were AWESOME and rice

3/4 of a tamale

And this was one of those traditional type mexican places and had soft serve ice cream cones ... >.> you can guess what happened

Again, really full so no snack other than coffee

Dinner turned out really good, I was very impressed with my self

Chicken Sausage link

1/2 cup brown rice

1 yellow squash

3 mushrooms

all mixed together with a little bit of white Balsamic Vinaigrette and Low sodium veggie broth

Very tasty, though I admit I've licked the spoon once, but nothing terrible I swear!

1697 Calories [1978-2228]

81.6g of Fat [49-84]

103.4g of Protein [110-189]

176.6g of Carbs [168-252]

Upward & Onward

That's sorta become one of my new phrases, not quite a catch phrase or saying, just something I've taken to saying/thinking: Upward & Onward, sorta like 'Up, Up and Away'

Well class was awesome last night, got home to eat dinner and was happily chilled out. We did Circuits yesterday, and though cardio still kills me, I think I did really well. When they were doing running high knees though, Jackie pulled me out and let me get on the stationary bike just cause I can't run and jump at the same time. So that was my first time on a real Spin Class Bike and they are really different from either regular stationary bikes or road bikes. Let me just say this, don't loose your footing, cause your calf will get smacked by the pedal.

I also worked out a work out schedule for the rest of the month as well as next months shift which starts next week actually.

For the rest of the week I've got:

Wednesday: Fitness Magazines Superset which looks really good, so I'm excited

Thursday: I'm gonna try for one more day of morning cycling, and then Body by Frances Kickboxing

Friday: FM Superset

Next week I'll start the 6-3 shift:

Mondays: FM Superset

Tuesdays: BBF - Weights [1600-1700]

Wednesday: FM Superset

Thursday: BBF - Circuits [1600-1700]

Friday: BBF - Zumba [1715-1815]

I'm excited about the Zumba, this will be the first time I've gotten around to taking the class! And also...it means I'll be missing Kickboxing >.> I just really don't like kickboxing, and I'm not too fond of the instructor either.

Well thats the rest of my week set out, I'm hoping this weekend will be a bit relaxed even with friends. I have to go home and clean up today after my superset :P

What more can I say...

So again, just a meal recap here for Tuesday:

1 Scrambled Egg & 1 Scrambled Egg White w/ Salsa and 2% cheese

Light Orange Juice

Gala Apple

and a cup of Coffee when I got to work

Morning snack, a new favorite:

1 Nature Valley Oats n' Honey Granola Bar spread w/ 1 tbsp of PB

I had the sandwhich I made for Monday:

Orowheat Sandwhich Thin w/ Turkey

Topped w/ alfalfa sprouts, tomato, red onion and montery jack cheese and spread with Dijonnaise

Gala Apple

Baked Tostitos scoops

Gingerbread cookie >.>

Afternoon Snack

Another cup of coffee, still dragging

1 Honey Graham spread w/ 1 tbsp of PB

Dinner was one of my fave salads

Lettuce, Tomatoe, red onion, 1/4 avocado, alfalfa sprouts, sunflower seeds, boiled egg, 3 mushrooms, and Tuna

Spritzed w/ Salad Spritzer

And ... another brownie >.> thank goodness they are almost gone.

Didn't go over any of my stats, go me:

1590 Calories [2108-2358]

73g Fat [57-86]

78.7g Protein [128-193]

178.3g Carb [188-257]

Just another day in Paradise

No real sense to the title of the post, just one of my pseudo-sarcastic sayings.

Well another week is gone, and though this month is proving to be quite hectic, I'm still some what on track. After the gain from the wedding [went from 195lbs to 200lbs], I dropped again to 193 the following week, and then after this past weekend floating the river [which always involves beer] I went back up to 197lbs as of yesterday.

Hopefully this next weekend won't be as bad, I have some friends coming into town and we will hopefully be doing a lot of running around and sight seeing. No doubt there will be some splurges with eating out, but I don't think there will be as much drinking. One is a recovering alcoholic and the other hasn't really ever been much of a drinker.

Right now, even with the random gains and losses, I'm averaging 1.2lbs / week. Now that will extend my dead line a bit, but if I stay mostly on track, I should be at my goal by Christmas.

A few things I'm working On:

Shopping List

~New Shoes

Goals

ST

~BBF 2-3 x's / week

~T-Th Cycling

~Update Journal Daily

Rewind

I'm coming back and updating my meals as of Monday:

I was lazy for breakfast:

Protein Shake w/ Designer Whey [Chocolate] & 2% Milk

Banana

1 Nature Valley Oats n' Honey Granola Bar

Morning Snack was a Peach and a Weight Watchers String Cheese

Lunch I went Mexican with a friend

Chicken Fajita Tacos al Carbon on Corn Tortillas

Mexican Rice [only half of it]

Charro Beans [again, just 1/2]

Gucamole

And of course Chips and Salsa

Dinner I'm trying to clear out the fridge and freezer so we had:

Mini Corn dogs

German Chocolate Brownie [My sis is evil >.>]

The totals weren't terrible, though I did exceed my Carb limit

1705 Calories [1604-1854]

56.5g Fat [40-69]

65.1g Protein [90-155]

208.8g Carb [138-207]

Tired but Accomplished

Its a bit hectic here at work, simply because we recently lost one of our co-workers, there has been training and previously scheduled vacation that had to be covered. So my schedule has been moved around a couple times this week and let me tell you switching from the 9-6 shift to the 6-3 shift...it ain't fun.

None the less, I have made it to two classes, and my meals have been wonderfully balanced :) *proud*

I think I'm gonna revise my earlier statement; posting every day is not always going to be possible so I'm going to scratch the meal descriptions I did last week.

I have noticed something: when I start my day with a protein shake, my whole day seems to stay a little more balanced. I'm not too thrilled with the Chocolate Designer Whey though, its not as chocolaty as I would like, and not as versatile as Vanilla, I can't imagine it would mix well at all with OJ so I've only been mixing it with milk and so my options for flavour are very limited. Once I finish this canister I'll probably go back to vanilla.

I'm really wanting to get a heart rate monitor to better gauge my work outs.

I've shopped for them before, and I think I might get a little more serious. There are the strapless ones that are nice and all, but I think I'm going to go for a watch and strap set. There are ones that will beep at you when you are outside your target heart range, I think that will really up my work out.

Also, I was looking in the mirror last night and noticed that my very cute rump was very jiggly...not appealing to me at all. So I'm going to add some exercises to my days:

Donkey Kicks: these are some major butt-kickers

~ On your hands and knees, pull in your abs to stabilize and work your core at the same time. Lift one leg up behind you, keeping your knee bent at 90 degrees, until the bottom of your foot is parallel with the ceiling. Lower and pull your knee into your chest before pushing leg back up again. Repeat 15 times and switch legs. [2-3 sets]

~This time lift your leg out to the side, keeping your knee at a 90 degree angle and your hip the same in respect to your body. Your goal is to lift your knee as high as comfortably possible before bringing it back to center. Repeat 15 times and switch legs. [2-3 sets]

Lunges [Forward & Reverse]

~Start with your right foot as stationary; lunge forward then push off and with out touching down lunge back. Repeat 15 times and switch legs. [2-3 sets]

Step-Ups

~Simple step up alternating feet.

So there are few fitness things I want to get in the near future:

A set of hand weights 8-15 lbs

A heart rate monitor, I'll let you know how the shopping goes

Weekend Bust

Well this weekend I had friends in town, my little sister and her friend, I had a wedding and an unplanned wedding after party.

So suffice it to say, I did a lot of drinking and eating of bad food. The actual meal times were not bad, it was the drunken snacking that probably did me in, not to mention all the alcohol...wow...

But I had a lot of fun, and I was getting all sorts of compliments and I know they were talking about me when I wasn't there. Its bad, but I felt really good because of all the people that I went to school with that were at the wedding, minus my friends that had come down to stay with me, I was the only one to not a) gain weight and b) I actually lost weight.

I let it go to my head a little, but damn I felt good, if they think I look this good now, what are people gonna say when I get down to my goal weight. You know even though I gained back what I had lost last week, I'm not dettered, I know I will loose it, and I'm even more commited to loosing it now :)

Also on wedding news, I found the ring I want, and I got a quote for it! So I might have a ring by the end of the month!! So excited!

Wedding Mode

Rich has been talking more about rings and marriage and such, I think he is a little anxious for me to find the ring I want so he can get it. He asked me when we were getting married, and of course I already have the date, and once its official I'll start making reservations and booking stuff and all that jazz. He also asked me how I wanted him to propose....and I don't know and I don't know that I care either...

Oh well, I'll let you know how it actually happens.

Guess who's home

Again, no class, I just seriously got off my game with that fall this week :P but I am proud of myself for sticking with my nutrition at least [minus today :( ]. Rich is home, so yeah I bummed all evening and drank a few beers and ate bad food :P

Had a PB&B [Peanut butter and banana sandwich] for Breakfast and a cup of milk.

Thursday are our ladies lunch, and we had Italian today, I hate to say it but I could not resist the bread :(

I had 4 little rolls

But I had a protien packed chicken and shrimp 'healthy salad' healthy because they don't put as much dressing on it.

I was hungry but I only ate some string cheese for snack

Dinner was Pizza and Beer....

Had a thin crust veggie pizza w/ tomatoes, spinach and artichoes, and 2 cheese sticks... 2 beers and I exceeded both my carbs and calories, damn...

2089 Calories

68.5g Fat

110.4g Protien

221.8g Carbs

I'm gonna have to try really hard to be good this weekend with a wedding and friends in town that want to party... I'll keep you posted

Angry at self

The best layed plan...thats crap!

I have no good reason for not going to class yesterday other than the fact that I was so damn tired, and right now that doesn't feel like a good excuse! I will admit that I still hurt all over, but I don't want to accept that either...

Damn...

This week might be a bust when it comes to work out...but I can say that I have kept my food intake in check, and though let me tell you I really wanted a drink last night, I resisted! Go me?

I've got people coming over tomorrow, and they'll be here till at least Sunday morning, so that puts a kink in things, plus the wedding we are going to...fun.

I've committed myself to 3 weekends straight of a lot of interaction and I feel the 'I just wanna be alone' phase coming on...oh well, I'll muddle through it.

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Wedding stuff:

Okay I didn't get to go to the Jeweler yesterday, but I did talk to John, whom I offically really like, and he said to call him this morning and set up a time after hours when I can come in and see him. So hopefully next week I will do that and if I have it my way, I'll have a ring by the end of the month :)

Off to work :P

Blah

I don't know why I am so tired....I didn't go to class again....but I stayed in my caloric range:

Had another banana & peanut butter protien smoothie for breakfast, they always keep me going and start me off on the right foot.

Snack was one Honey maid Graham Cracker and a plum

Lunch I had Amy's Chili & Cornbread Organic meal [so tasty] & a Peach

Snacked again on Skinny Cows Dream Clusters and string cheese.

Dinner I had a tasty salad which I don't feel like building up for your right now :( sorry.

1456 Calories

59.6g Fat

77.7g Protien

165.5g Carbs

Night, I'll start fresh in the morning

Not much of a recovery...

Yesterday was just not my day....one of those days I should have just stayed in bed...

Oh well, I didn't have a class last night, and even though I had to stay late at work :P I still got home and relaxed a bit, and that's all I'm gonna get for right now. I stayed with in all my nutrition guidelines which is a blessing, you know on those crappy days, you just wanna eat something bad...

Breakfast was a some what lazy affair after my encounter with the road:

Amy's Organic Breakfast Burrito

1/2 Banana

1 cup OJ

and a cup of coffee when I got to work

I had my favorite snack:

Apple & Peanut butter

I had tried a new recipie and I wasn't too enthused, but I ate it...

Corn Chicken Salad

Texas Caviar w/ Salsa & Chips

Plum

Since I was so late at work I ended up having two afternoon snacks:

Peanut butter and graham crackers

Stove top popcorn and string cheese

Dinner I just threw something together that was a bit mishappen but not too bad:

Mexican Turkey Taco [very tasty, I'll have to put the recipe up once I find it]

Extra meat no tortilla

Cheese, Avocado, light Sour Cream

And of course I had to have my Ice Cream and Black berry Jam

So in the end I still did pretty well for the day:

2037 Calories

81.9g Fat

100g Protien

251.5g Carbs

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As for today, I'm soooo sore... but thats okay, I push through it cause I know I'll see results. I have a cup of coffee that will hopefully get me through, and I have Circuits tonight, so another some what late night, but I'll survive.

OWWW

Well I got up at 0600, got dressed for my bike ride and was out the door and on the bike by 0608, I was determined to do 30 minutes at the least, little did I know I wouldn't be home until 0707...

The first 15 minutes was honestly pleasant, not easy, still sweating up a storm and missing my camel pack [note for next time] but a good ride to be sure. When I heard the cue telling me it was 15 minutes, I turned my bike around to be greeted by the Galveston 'breeze'...A few minutes in to that I was spent, so I got off my bike and walked for a couple blocks. I figured I would get off the seawall in hopes that a side street wouldn't be as windy....

So I take a side street and realize that I have chosen one that has trolley tracks that I must cross... now what I should have done was cross both tracks at the same time at almost a 90 degree angle, as opposed to what I actually did which was cross one track, that went fine, and then cross the second track at closer to a 20 degree angle...

Of course my wheel slipped into the trolley track and I went over like the idiot I am. First off let me tell you that my falls have always been spectacular, I'm not sure exactly what happened in this instance, I was more concerned with not hitting my head than the aerodynamics I was performing at the time. But I fell on my left side, so I have a road rash on my knee, and a few scrapes on my hand and a bruised shoulder, as well as a bruised right knee and hand...

Well I picked my self up and was instantly dizzy, so I sat down on the curb in the middle of the median...more smart thinking on my part... I decided I would call a cab to come and take me the last 16 blocks home. So waiting for the cab I got out of the road, got my head back on straight, and took pictures of my knee which I posted to Facebook :).

Turns out the Cabby took too long, and I was ready to get back on the road and push through it. He actually found me a few blocks away and was very nice and concerned if I was okay, I told him I was fine and would push on, Yay for nice people.

Now remember that wind I was talking about, well turns out that it was no different on the side street than it was on the Seawall...oh well, those last 16 blocks took me about 10 minutes, and I made it home in time to shower, dress, eat a sensible breakfast which I inhaled though not as quickly as I was drinking water and juice, and I was out the door at 0746, ready for work despite my injuries :)

So the things I learned, or rather was reminded of today:

HYDRATE!!! so next time I'll have my camel pack and/or a couple bottles of water

Road Obstacles should be respected

But with all the walking and the biking, I burned 445 calories!

So here goes another day in paradise :)

Post work out bliss...till tomorrow

Well I have to admit that it really didn't feel like a sluggish Monday, I would like to attribute that to my re-commitment to weight loss and just feeling good about the world in general.

I went to class, and I'll say I really felt like a newb again...thats what I get for being so lax with my work outs :P. And too boot, I had Monica...crazy little Albanian woman with WAY too much energy! So I will admit that there was a lot of pausing, especially when it came to the cardio; but I uped my weight, lifting a steady 8 lbs [High school self scoffs at the weight] and pushing through some really difficult sets.

So I am happy to enjoy this post work out bliss, and look forward to a really good nights sleep, and I just won't think about how sore I'll be in the morning even though I'm going to still try to go for a ride.

Besides an awesome work out, I did really good on my meals too, its so much easier during the week :P

Breakfast

Protein Smoothy

1/2 cup low fat organic vanilla yogurt

2 tbs Peanut Butter [I'm addicted]

1/2 banana

1 scoop Vanilla Designer Whey

That held me till lunch

Sandwich Thin

-1 Orowheat Sandwich Thin

-3 slices Hormel Natural Choice Oven Roasted Turkey

-1 thin slice Boars Head Munster Cheese [my little cheat :) ]

-2 slices tomato

-lettuce

-red onion

-2 tsp Hellmans Dijonnaise

Red Plum

20 BBQ Pop Chips

I acutally had two snacks, one closer to my work out

Peach

1/2 Nature Valley Bars

1/2 Nature Valley Bars

1 tbs Peanut Butter [I spread it on top of the bar...ooooh so tasty]

For dinner I made my AWESOME Salad

Lettuce

Cherub Tomatoes

Yellow Bell Pepper

Boiled Egg

1/4 Avocado

White Albacore Tuna

Salad Spritzer

Sunflower Seeds

Fitness Magazine has a really nifty salad builder that is very helpful

1563 Calories

64.6g Fat

91.7g Protien

169.3g Carbs

Burned 499 Calories at boot camp!

Now to fix my lunch for tomorrow and pass out...I'm pooped :)

Plan Revision + More

Okay, I think I have discovered the flaw in my plan...

I just can not get up early on Mondays, even though I went to bed relatively early, I still cancel my 6:00 alarm in exchange for my usual 7:00 alarm. So that being said, I'm changing up my cycling schedule:

T-Th-Sn I will go riding in the morning!

The reason it is not T-Th-St is because I have my boot camp class on Saturday morning, so that will give me a break in cycling. But every other Saturday I can change it up if I want, there is a spinning class that I can go to on the even weekends after my boot camp class, so that will be interesting.

So I will let you know how my new schedule goes tomorrow.

Onward to Measurements:

Weight: 195

Waist: 40

Hips: 43

Bust: 42.4

R-Thigh: 26.5

L-Thigh: 26

R-Arm: 14

L-Arm: 14

I don't have anything significant to compare my measurements to other than my weight:

Last week 1 August 2011 I was at 200.8 so that's a 5.8 loss. Now don't freak out, just cause I lost 5 lbs in a week, I swear I'm still eating and being healthy, no need to call the doctor or the shrink. I figure its just water weight, but it is definitely nice to see that number go down.

I've got class tonight, Weights at 6:30, and if I don't make that class because of work, I have a back up plan at their second location at 9:45.

Onward and upward!

End of the Weekend

A few things here:

First off, I've known this for a while, but I'm really gonna own up to it right here: I don't drink enough water at home, especially on the weekends. So that is something to work on. Lets just add that to our ST goals.

Secondly, I'm gonna try to keep a report here on my daily meals. I use Daily Burn [www.dailyburn.com] to track both my meals and my exercise. It is a free account with paid options which I have used since I started this journey, and it very proudly states that I have lost 49.8 lbs :D

Breakfast was nice and relaxed at about 8:30 :

2 scrambled egg whites & 1 scrambled egg

1 peice whole wheat toast w/ 1 tsp Smart Balance Light Butter Spread

1 red plum

1 cup Light Premium OJ [Krogers Brand]

It filled me up, and I didn't eat till almost 1:00

Pulled pork Tacos [flour tortillas] w/ 2% Mexican blend shredded cheese

Texas Caviar [Home Made]

Hell on the Red Salsa

Baked Tostitos Scoops

Nutella & 1 low fat honey graham

First off...its a bad reason, but I was trying to get rid of leftovers, I can't help it, I just can't waist food... Secondly, I need to work on my sweet tooth, I have this inner compulsion to eat something sweet with every meal...well that's just another ST Goal.

I made up some stove top pop corn for a snack and three more portions for later in the week.

Dinner I decided I needed to cut back on the carbs so I fixed a salad

Lettuce [obviously]

Cherub tomatoes

Red Onion

Yellow Bell Pepper

2 oz rotisserie chicken from last week which I had divided out into 4 oz servings for just this reason

Salad Spritzer

And again I had to have desert:

Blue Bells No Sugar Added Vanilla [so much better than the light and they have a new flavor!!!]

Smuckers Sugar Free Blackberry Jam [my FAVE Ice cream topping right now!]

I was very happy to see that I didn't go over any of my stats:

1582 Calories

74g Protien [something I need to work on as well]

68.4g Fat

190.3g Carbs

This will be the 3rd day in a row that I have not exceeded any of my Stats! Woo Hoo Go me!

Starting some where in the middle....

I feel that I’m starting a blog too late in my journey, not to say that I haven’t tried to get one going in the past. I have a new sense of determination though! I’m ring shopping, and that makes the wedding seem all that much closer [YIKES!], and I am determined to look stupendabulous [Stupdendous + Fabulous, I like making up words] :)

Even though I'm well into the journey, I can still give some stats on my start up...if I can find my original measurements... standby

Okay...maybe I can't find the exact, but here we go:

Dec. 2009 ~250lbs Aug. 2011 ~195lbs Total lost: 55lbs

I have been stuck between 195 and 200 lbs for the last year trying to make my new work schedule work for me...Suffice it to say I'm just gonna have to work around it, dang it, why couldn't it be easy ;)

So last week I restarted my Boot camp at TransforME [www.bodybyfrancesbootcamp.com] and though I wasn't very good at attending all my classes, it at least got me excited about going again. So this week I am committed to attending all three classes, and at least one of the weekend classes. On top of that, I am going to start riding my bike every other day [M-W-F] in the mornings.

The hardest part is going to be my would-be-fiancé...

He has been supportive of my weight loss, never having made me feel self conscious about my weight, holding to the fact that he loved me at 250 and he loves me now, no difference. Now, that being said, he has not helped at all with my diet, and since he is home all day for four days, he usually gets to cook dinner before I get home...and they are the typical guy choices... Meat & Potatoe! On top of that, he wants to spend as much time with me as possible when he is not working on his tug boat, and I do to, but he kills my work out when he gives me those puppy dog eyes and whimpers wanting me to come home instead of being an hour later than usual going to my classes...

But that just means I need to be firm and stick to my goals! And mentioning goals, lets start the tradition of Goal Sundays:

Short term [ST]:
~Boot Camp 3-4x's per week
~M-W-F Cycling
~20-30 minutes
~Resist Rich's Puppy Dog Eyes

Long Term [LT]:
~1-1.5 lbs/week
~ 170-175 lbs by Thanksgiving
[Random I know, but its the rough date of completion if I loose between 1 & 1.5 lbs / week]

Goals set! Lets get this Race started!

See y'all tomorrow :D