Heck YES!!!

Lately I have been hanging out a lot with my sister in law, Tori, who has also recently begun her own journey to lose weight! So she and I have been working together for the last week and a half or so! We have gone on numerous walks and have revamped our entire diet! We have kept up with our water regimens and are keeping each other in line as much as we can. 

I know we both can do this, and I have confidence in the both of us. I have not yet weighed myself again, but I am not too worried about it, my clothes have already become too dang loose anyway, so I know its working! Stress has been a problem lately, but I can tackle that easily if I put my mind to it!!! 

Thanks to all my friends, family and others that have been supporting me, and Tori for giving me confidence in myself to start over again with my own journey! I am GOING to do this!!! 

Fudge.

I've all but given up on this whole damn thing. There's really no point to it, Ive stayed within the same range for nearly three weeks, have no motivation to do anything and I am normally too busy trying to keep the baby from eating his own diapers! I have no energy to even cook so I basically don't eat unless someone else makes something, which is virtually never. My stress levels are so high my blood pressure is going up... So I am not sure whether to keep trying or say screw it. 

More than a Heartbreak

Today was ok exercise wise for me. I got to push a heavy cart around the grocery store, carry the baby back and forth in and out of the car. i planned meals before I went to the store and got TWO cases of water!! ^.^ 


Stress went up, shopping for the first time since Cody left, but I am working on it. It wasn't too terrible, but I will get better. 

Never Say Die!!

Today wasn't so bad on my part! I got a good amount of stuff done in my basement, so lots of lifting and moving things, bending, going up and down stairs. Yep, lots of movement today. 

Unfortunately there is no drinkable water in my house, and no juice or anything either so i had to take a swig of soda or die of thirst... I feel bad now. AND it was NASTY. Then later I realized I could make sweet tea. >.< DUR. I only ate once today, I was too tired to go upstairs. STILL haven't weighed myself yet, but I SHALL!!!

Double BLAH

So did NOT have a healthy eating day. I had Mcdonald's for lunch, and pancakes for dinner. Yeah... talk about packing it on! I did get a little exercise, walking about the grocery store. Yay me! 


I didn't get much water in me today, but I will work on that. We have no clean water to drink currently, but I will get some. Stress levels are extremely high today, and doesn't look like it will get better anytime soon. But when it does calm down, I should be okay!

Happy Easter!

So... with it being Easter... Do I really have to give you my crappy update? Lol, yes I guess I must. I failed HARDCORE on my dieting. I had so much candy and delicious Easter food that my totally awesome daddy made, that I feel like a balloon. Ready to POP. BUT, I did get some random running around done, especially dodging a floating couch (that my brothers and their friends and britt were holding up) to get the stuff out from under it before they dropped it on top of me!

Does that count for any exercise at all? Also, I survived THE TEMPTATION!!!! My brother went and got me a meal from mcdonalds (one of the healthier sammiches), and they were out of sweet tea so he got me a coke. When he came home, I managed to not give in and drink it and gave it to him!!! YEAH!!! However I am now out of filtered water... And Utah water is NASTY. But thats okay, I can boil the water so it tastes better! ^.^ Go me!

Tomorrow I will be running some errands, and maybe take the baby for a walk to the park if he is feeling better. If not, I will just run up and down some stairs for awhile, and do my daily exercises to boot!

Day Before!

So today is the day before easter. And yeah, i went a little crazy off my diet. BUT I have still refrained from soda!! Even though I am craving it like CRAZY! Haven't really done much exercise wise, unless you count trying to beat the crap out of a vehicle... 


I am working on the stress relief, but it doesnt seem to be going very well. Will have to work harder....

Super UGH

Today was terrible stress wise, I need to work on that hardcore. My weight has started to fluctuate back and forth more, so I am fairly certain I wont see a normality to it for about two weeks. (Guess why) 
I am still drinking nothing with carbonation, caffeine or super amounts of sugar. My meals are getting better, and I am keeping better track of when I need to eat. 


I am also trying to keep up with my meds, make sure I take them every morning and every night. They keeps me happy. At least thats what the description on the information pages said. XD I'm fairly confident I will be fairly close to my goal for May 21st. Going to have to pack super healthy snacks for the road and make sure I stretch and DO something at the rest stops, of course I have a baby so that's good exercise haha! 


Current Weight: 232 lbs

HMMMMMM

Okay, so I have gone UP two pounds, but thats okay, I am working on it still. I have been drinking a lot of water, and I think I am starting to bloat (PMS) anyway, so it will be awhile. I have tried to continue with the healthy eating and remembering to eat. I've also been making sure I move around as much as possible whenever I am up and about. 


Hasn't been much stress relief going on, mainly STRESS. But I am working on that too. 

4-4

So today wasnt too bad. Spent most of it taking care of the baby, so lots of lifting. I went up and down the stairs a lot so I made sure to run or push myself harder up the stairs. I drank more water, too. Managed to eat an okay lunch, but crap for dinner. Totally forgot to even do my exercises, but I will try to do better. Had a stressful day, so I may have gained instead of lost. Only the morning will tell!!! ^.^ 

Grr Face

So I guess the only good news is that I am keeping up with my water regimen, though I haven't made my glasses goal yet. I have begun to eat more normally again, though it's difficult to remember to do. I have not weighed myself, exercised or taken my weight picture in awhile, so I will work on doing that tomorrow! I WILL get back into my schedule!!! 


I am going to start taking the baby to the park whenever I can and push him on the swings, in the baby swing. That will give me somewhere to walk, pushing his stroller. I also have my exercise ball, and a few dvds i can use, as well as my kinect Fit game. I'm gonna do this. I have to. I made myself a promise for my husband, and I will do this. I just need to remember that. 


Tomorrow is a new day, for a new me. 

Bleh

Ok, so I admit, I really suck when it comes to exercising. I really need to find some way of motivating myself into actually doing things. I have managed to start eating again, though. I am down 8 pounds from my starting weight. I have stopped drinking soda almost altogether. 


I have stuck with drinking water for the last... two weeks I believe. I am excited for my progress, and I believe it is doing some good for my mood as well. 

Yeah!!!

So today was another barely ate anything day. I had an apple at some point, and a few tatertots for dinner. I'm definitely proud of myself for not drinking soda, when I was at my mom's for wrestlemania. I even had my hand on the soda bottle. Then I turned and asked my mom what she did with my case of water. ^.^ 


Didn't get much exercise in, but I go up and down stairs for most of the day, usually carrying a 20 pound baby, so I think I am okay for now. I will definitely have to try and get some more exercise in. 

Losing Track

I'm losing track of what I have and haven't done. I don't think I've eaten today, but I'm not entirely sure. I'm down about 2 more pounds, and I haven't kept up with my water but I keep on drinking it.


 I've been able to get moving some, but haven't done exercises, and I haven't had any soda or junk thats for sure. I sleep more, but I wake up exhausted. I'm not sure what to do from here. 

Day 6

Today wasn't too bad exercise wise, I started organizing and unpacking my house, so I got SOME lifting, bending and hauling things up and down the stairs. 


I haven't eaten anything today, so there isn't much to report there, but I have been trying to reach my water goal. Which I haven't yet but am still trying. I am down 3 pounds, probably because of the not eating. Meh. I will try for more exercise tomorrow. 

Weight What?

Ok! So I know I am still off track, haven't done much to push myself, BUT! I have been working on my water intake! I even abstained from the temptation of soda at Tori's birthday lunch even though I tried to convince myself that it was okay because its a birthday!!! YES!!! 


I did use my son as weights today... I guess that could count as minimal exercise, as well as quite a few treks up and down the stairs carrying said weight. Haha! Still haven't weighed myself, but I will try to get myself going again tomorrow. I am in a pretty good mood tonight, plan on doing some stress relieving type stuff, so I should be good to go tomorrow! 


Thanks everyone who keeps cheering me on!!! 

Day 5

Eh, didn't exercise, didn't eat almost anything today, drank a lot of water, though. Didn't weigh in either, so I don't have an update there. Trying to pull out of my funk and get moving, but it doesn't seem to work with me much. Ah well. Just keep drinking water till I can pull out. :)

Journey Day 4

Well, I have all but given up on my weight loss. I gained more weight, 2 pounds, and haven't got the heart or energy to continue exercising. I'm going to try and continue soon though... Stress and lack of energy seem to be getting the worst of me.

I haven't been drinking enough water, either. I never really think about it. And I have been craving foods that I shouldn't be eating, and with all my stress, I just give in to it.

Journey Day 3

DUDE I suck. I gained 2 pounds, I kept eating crap all day, and I skipped my exercises because I was tired. Didn't drink any water, either. EGHHHH. I will have to do better for the rest of the week iffen I want to reach any semblance of my goal. However I did get REALLY good sleep last night. :)

Journey Day 2

So I lost ONE pound for all that walking yesterday. LAME. But that's ok, another pound lost is another pound towards my goal. So I can't really whine about it. However I WILL whine about how sore I am. So many muscles my body never knew I had!!! I think I did ok today on my eating, but skipped the exercises. My knee has been swollen since yesterday. 


I definitely did not meet my water goal today, and had icky cereal for breakfast. But I will keep trying! I DID have pasta instead of fries this evening for my daddy's birthday dinner! Go me! I need to work on the muscles around my joints, like my ankle and such, they are stiffening from not much use. 


Tomorrow my main goal will be to drink my water. I will hopefully have drunk 6-8 glasses by tomorrow's post. 


Current Weight: 234

Oh My Lord

SO. Today began well. I lost five pounds yesterday!!! YAY!!! PARTY!!! I started this morning with my exercises, but missed out on breakfast. I had a migraine last night so it took me a bit to fall asleep and I woke up exhausted.


Today was the Festival of Colors, or Holi Festival in Spanish Fork. Like a nerd, I told my sister I would take her. What I didn't know however was that I would be hiking six miles to do so. We had to park 3 miles from the Sri Sri Radha Krishna temple, so had to hike there and back. Talk about painful when unexpected. I only managed to get two bottles of water into that as well, so I was pretty messed up by the time we got back. I am now tired, sore and seriously just want to sleep. Hopefully I can start the morning with a little less soreness, but I am HIGHLY doubting that. 


I didn't do so well on my choices of food either, but at that point I didn't give a rat's. I was so hungry and tired I just stopped at Wendy's. Bleh. I shall do better upon the morning. 

Today's the Day

So today was the first day of my journey! I woke up and did my jumping jacks, pushups and sit-ups! I struggled with the sit-ups, however, had trouble pulling myself up. haha. I managed to eat healthy for the day, and did not chow down on random junk food! Yay me! 


I started out this morning at 240 lbs. but I hope to lower that drastically and lose some inches in time for my husband's graduation. From there I intend to keep going for his homecoming. He has no idea I am doing this for him and its going to be such a fun surprise!! I only hope I can afford the clothes for my new shape by then...  


I did not make my water quota for the day, but I will try again tomorrow. I only realized this afternoon that I wasn't drinking my water! So I must buckle down and try again tomorrow! Before bed I am going to do some stretches, no major exercises or I won't be able to sleep. However, I will be taking a bottle of water with me to bed, in case I get thirsty in the middle of the night. I have managed to keep up with my meds, which will help a lot in the long run. I am way excited for this! I had SO much energy today!! And I think I might just turn in early tonight so I can start early tomorrow! 

Beginning the Journey

So this is my journey. I am not only unhappy about my weight and how I look, but it has also caused me health issues, such as heart problems and a chance of infertility. I am not going to take that lying down, and am going to slam that one out of my life.


My husband, currently at basic training in the Army National Guard, has no idea I am doing this. I want to have a whole new look and attitude about my body the next time I see him. Thanks to a dear friend of mine, also working on her own weight and self, I have decided to keep a log on this. She has motivated me and helped me in ways I could not possibly have imagined. 


My first goal is to lose at least one pound this week, starting small, but determined. If I accomplish this, I will bump it to 2 pounds for the next few weeks. And I intend on accomplishing this. 


Tomorrow begins a new day for me. Setting aside all fears, regrets and emotions, I am going to lose the weight I have hated for so long, and finally feel good about myself.