Junk Food

Do you ever feel like this?? I think this ALL THE TIME!! Too bad candy and other junk just keeps magically popping up in our house. ;)

A loss is a loss!

Well, the last month has been a pretty lazy one for me. I have been exercising but not "officially". I have been going for walks and bike rides. I also participated in a 5K (ran about a third, maybe a titch more, and walked the rest). None of this was for the purpose of breaking a sweat though. It was all recreational. That is why I exercised but didn't "officially" exercise.

I finally, after a month of putting it off, decided it was time to get on the dreaded scale. I was pleasantly surprised, I lost 3 lbs. Yeah me!!

I also have come to the realization that I am NEVER going to weigh 135 lbs. Even if I was anorexic so as much as I would love to be in the "normal" range on the BMI I think I'm going to shoot for 140 at the lightest. First I just need to get to 150 for life insurance premium reasons. Soooo... that is my new goal, a solid 150! I will be looking dang sexy if I get to that! ;)

9 lbs down, 8 to go!!!

Gaining and Loosing Weight Mentally

When I got pregnant with Tanner it was a shock to my husband and me. We were expecting to have to use fertility again, so Tanner came as a welcome surprise. I was participating in the last month of our towns Biggest Loser Competition (and doing really well!!) when I had gotten pregnant. I found out after the competition was over that I was expecting. For any of you who have ever been pregnant, know someone who has been pregnant or know anything about growing babies at all, know that you gain weight and are supposed to gain weight throughout your pregnancy. It was a really hard transition for me to go from weight loss mode to weight gain mode. I had worked so hard to lose that weight and it didn’t seem right to just start letting myself purposely gain it back, and then some. That was a very hard hurdle to get over and so I didn’t end up gaining weight until about 6 months into the pregnancy.

After Tanner came I chose to nurse him and you can’t just jump right into weight loss mode again. In order to keep your milk coming in you need to make sure you are eating more, I think around 300, calories. (There are some who lose weight easily while breastfeeding, unfortunately I was not blessed with that gift. I think it was my birth control though.) It was a really hard transition again for me to go from “You Must Gain Weight!!!” to “You Must Lose Weight!!”

After about 6 good months of needing to gain weight and eating almost whatever, whenever it was hard to then change my mentality back. It has come down to, besides my health, wanting to look decent in the sizes that I used to wear and not look like I’m still pregnant, a year later. It is mostly for vain reasons, yes, but I figure whatever will get me motivated to begin with I’ll take it!!

When we decide to have another child it will be hard again to “gain weight” but hopefully with a different lifestyle at the beginning of the pregnancy (and throughout) it will be easier to lose it. I wish any of you luck that have also struggled or are struggling with these feelings, I completely understand you!

Well...

I have kind of fallen of the band wagon. I have lost my motivation. I haven't officially "worked out" in weeks. I was having the electric shock in my back/shoulder blade pretty bad. I thought that by going to the chiropractor it would make everything better and be my magic feel better switch. Well, I was wrong. Although it has been somewhat better it's not gone by any means. It makes me not want to do the Shred very much. That and the lack of floor space and time during the day where I have energy. Excuses Excuses Excuses!! Yes, and I could probably think of some more if you gave me a minute.

Those are all the things that make me lack my motivation. I keep saying, "one of these days..." well those days keep on passing and nothing has been done so... One of these days I will get back into it and start working out again!

I need to find my motivation, maybe start going back to Zumba just to get me excited about working out again. I need to do something because what I'm doing (or lack of) is not working for me. Wish me luck I'm going to need it to!!!

You win some, you lose some!

The winning part for me is that I only worked out 2 times in the last 15 days and I was able to lose weight! 1.5 pounds to be exact (I was shocked)!!

Even though I lost weight I feel like I cheated myself. I have only done 5 days of the 30 Day Shred and the month is almost over. I think I will either start the count over or just not worry about it and start with day 6?!

I have plenty of excuses if you care to know why I fell short of my 6 day a week workout goal. Besides being busy beyond busy getting ready for a craft show I have a bad back.

In the Shred there is a lot of "jumping" and everytime I would do these exercises I would get an electric shock in my back around my left shoulder blade. As fun as that sounds it gets old fast. I've been counting down the days to get to go to the chiropractor. Today was the day!! I went and it was wonderful so here's to starting a fresh, hopefully pain (in the back) free workout again!!

6 lbs down, 26 to go!

The Shred

I did my first day of the shred on Saturday. Oh my goodness... I woke up Sunday morning and told Brian that I had muscles hurting that I didn't even know I had.

I took yesterday (Sunday/Day of rest) off and begrudgingly did it again today. To my surprise it wasn't even as bad as it was Saturday. I don't know if it was because I took a day off or what but it was better nonetheless. I am actually excited to do it again tomorrow!

Drum roll please...

My month of Zumba is done. I went 4 days a week through out the month. I LOVED IT!!! It's a workout without feeling like a workout.

I took my weight and measurements [up. arm, bust, waist, tummy, hips and up. thigh] before starting and.......

I'm down 4 pounds (163)!!!! AND lost 3.5 inches!!!

I know it doesn't sound like a lot but it's a healthy lose so I'm happy with it!

What is my next plan of attack you ask?? Are you ready for this...

Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred!

I'm excited and nervous, I'll keep you updated.

4 lbs down, 28 to go!