I am doing well. I have lost 12.8 lbs now. No exercise but eating what I like and enjoying it. I’ve been eating out more but still making good choices. Well let me rephrase that and say I’m just eating what I enjoy. No food is off limits. That does not work for me. I plan to talk to the girls at work to see if we can identify at least 2 days a week we can walk beginning in April. I’m thinking I may walk on my own with my ipod at lunch time if they don’t. Regardless of how crazy my day is I ALWAYS take an hour for lunch the others do not. So I may be by myself some days. I love the spring and summer and I am looking forward to getting out to walk.
I have been down in the dumps a little bit this weekend. I’m happy to say that I did not turn to food because of it. I just have so much weight to lose. It’s like my mirror at home protects me and then I catch a glimpse of myself out in public and I’m like WTH? I’m trying not to focus on that but focus on that. I will instead focus on that I have to donate two pairs of pants because they are big now. I am also able to fit in pants I wasn’t able to before. I will keep positive. I’m hoping to reach 15 lbs lost this week. We shall see.
My new goal is that I have to blog at least 1x/month. I do not want this blog to disappear. Although I don’t visit 3FC often anymore I do want to continue with this blog. So I’ve actually been doing well. I’ve lost 8.8 lbs since starting back on this journey. No bingeing. I have decided to stop counting binge free days it just seemed more stressful to me. I am losing by doing IE. Eating when hungry and stopping when satisfied. This includes fruits, veggies, whole grains, lowfat dairy, soy, lean meats, nuts, and seeds that are primarily natural and/or organic. Beverages consist of water, green tea, coffee, and 100% juices. No exercise to speak of but I’m getting there. We’ve already discussed walking at lunch when the weather is consistently nice which I think is anyday now. Spring brings such great things with it. The farmer’s market starts in April I believe so I am excited about that. I’m even contemplating walking there and back. It’s a decent little walk. I have a cart and my own bags so that wouldn’t be an issue. My only concern with that is going by myself and being a single woman. Where I live is great and nice but these days it doesn’t matter where you live. Crazy is everywhere.
So I am off to a good start. I am still working on building my support system so I was happy to find another IE blog and an IE forum. I’m excited about that. I made it through another 3 days of exercise so I need to reward myself. I will most likely buy bath & body products. We shall see. I decided I am on the internet enough at home so I will stop getting on at lunch at work. Instead I will start working on reading the million books that I own. I am looking forward to that. Now the big question is where to start with my books? Maybe with Bob’s “Are You Ready?”. I went grocery shopping and came home with a ton of food that will help with this journey. Most times when I go grocery shopping I binge that night but I didn’t this time so I am really happy about that.
One down and forever to go! I was up half the night as usual but between 3FC and another website I frequent I was good to go. I was also watching the Australian Open and looking at my mags. It helps me to multitask–to be busy to keep myself diverted. One of my friends is having an Inaguration Party today. I was all excited to go a few weeks ago but now I’m thinking I can watch it easily enough from home. I don’t think I’m going. I need to call and break the news to her.
It has been about 5 months since I blogged. I needed to stop. I was getting too wrapped up in my weight loss and couldn’t focus on much else. I feel I came back at a good time. I do have to start over with counting my binge free days. I wasn’t on a continuous binge but I was bingeing here and there. Today is Day 1. I am a little bit heavier than the last time I blogged.
I did do the MCM 10K in a little over 2 hours. I was very happy with that since I totally stopped training and walked it cold turkey. The good news was I did without any issues. It was not difficult. I plan to do it again this year with a goal of walking it in less than 2 hours. Contemplating doing the MS Walk in April. Will probably do a 5K in May and if I’m not working the Race for the Cure in June.
and I’m down. I keep digging it back out. Decided to leave it out but will try and stay off it. We’ll see how that works. Decided I won’t buy a new container for my thank you cards. I did some rearranging and found something else so I might get some cute accessories for my hair. We’ll see. This new design is starting to grow on me so I might be good to go.
I love butterflies and what they symbolize but I needed a change. I really didn’t like the dark background too much but dealt with it for the butterflies. I may still change the look again but for now this works. The third column with repeating information from the second column is bothering me right now so I may still change again. I’m doing quite well right now in terms of eating and exercising. Very,very happy about that.
I made it there on August 1st. Bought the Brenda Lee bag from QVC. Its waitlisted. Expected ship date is 9/15. Can’t wait. I’m on the board of a non profit and I need a bag totally dedicated to that and this will be it. I plan to reward myself again at 150 days. I will buy body washes from Carol’s Daughter (www.carolsdaughter.com) because I am going all natural. Currently I use Bath & Body Works products which is probably not that great for my extremely dry skin. I’m down to my last few. I plan to reward myself again at 180 days. That would be 6 months binge free so I really have to think about how to reward myself for that one. Maybe spend $180 on something??
The 10K training is going well. I am in my second week. I will do Day 3 tomorrow. The ipod is so helping! I won’t be able to use it the day of the race but I will have friends there so that will help.
I subscribed to this podcast and I am finding it helpful. It is called Inside Out Weightloss: http://renee.personallifemedia.com/ I’ve been listening to it each morning while taking a bath. I found out about through the “Living Rainbow Color” blog listed in my blogroll to the right. She links the podcasts and posts her thoughts about each episode. You might want to take a look at it.
Again I have been neglecting my blog. Bad me. Lets see so what have I been up to? I got my stimulus check and did some serious shopping. I am very happy with my purchases. Did I talk about that already? I don’t remember. I bought my ipod and I am obsessed. I already have 400 songs on it. I got itunes gift cards for my b-day and I own a ton (an understatement) of cds. It really made a difference when I was on the treadmill yesterday. IE is going well. Tired of the scale. Can’t wait to stop stepping on it every week when the Just Beachy challenge ends.
I’ve been bullshitting about training for my 10k. I keep starting and stopping. I started again this week. I refuse to fail on the day of the race. I will finish it and it won’t take forever.
100 days binge free! I am really trying to cut back on spending, pay off some credit cards, and save. That means if I want or need anything I must pay cash/debit card–same thing. So in terms of rewards I think I will get functional items. Meaning something I want and need. So I will buy the fashionable reusable bags. My next reward will be a pretty container for my thank card collection which has got a bit out of hand. I don’t need to buy any for awhile. When I actually begin exercising on a consistent basis I will start buying exercise related rewards. At this point they wouldn’t even be used. I will buy an ipod for my b-day which I will use for exercising and just for listening to music too.
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