Baby, it's getting cold outside...

so rather than let myself use the weather as an excuse to not workout...I went to Costco and bought myself this...

and this....
and this....

and I am soooo excited to use them. I did one of the Last Chance Workouts this morning and LOVED it!!! It was fast pacing and Jillian cracks me up!!! Now I just need to fix the remote to the DVD player so that my only workout options aren't Monday for Week 1-2!!! =)

I did it!!!!

First of all, I had the highest weight loss challenge in my competition going from 226.8 to 217.0...my total weight loss for the month was 4.32% I made it to 15lbs!!! Way to go me!!!!

Still holding strong...

I'm still holding strong at the 219 mark, which I'm SOOO happy for. Today I'm going to ease back into my walking regime, which will help me lower it. I'm pushing for the 215 mark! Goodbye to the high teens....hello to low teens!! I can do this!!!

Something good about H1N1

There hasn't been much good about anything in regards to the new flu...however if it's assisted me with my weightloss a bit.. I'll take it. I'm down 14 lbs from my starting weight. Wahoo!

Still Alive

Well, I'm back and kicking! I know that you've missed me. I've missed writing. So never ever before have I been a person with Headaches...sure every now and then I would have a mild headache that would really just be more of an annoyance then anything, but the past couple of weeks have been different....very different. I have had the WORST headaches EVER! We are not just talking about small little inconveniences, we are talking about wanting to go hide myself underneath my bed in a dark corner, while I cry and puke and NEVER EVER return!!!


However amidst all this pain that I've been experiencing, I've learned something! I know that I blow a few days on "diet life," but that I can get right back up kicking, spitting, and fighting the weight off! After all, this isn't just about losing a few pounds (or a lot!!) this is about living a longer and healthier life!!

I'm back

Alirght, I know that many of you have been dying to find out where/how I've been doing...I'm here. Life has been life, which is absolutley perfect, but I'd found that I didn't have a whole lot to say...I know..a shocker!

I do have to say that I was pretty discouraged about my gain on week 2 of 1.5 lbs. This week was a little better...losing a .5 loss. Hooray for me. It's been interested how commited that I've been to this and how i'm getting challenges in areas that I've never been challenged before. I've NEVER gained on week 2....it was usually after week 4-5 when the whole losing weight process was taking MUCH longer than I wanted it to.

But here I am, in for the long haul!

BTW, we started our weight loss competition on Saturday. This was both very excited and yet another reason to look for continued motivation. After we all weighed in, I was entering the total into the computer and realized that out of 8 women, I was the 2nd heaviest. YIKES!!!

Wish me luck, Cheerleaders! Looks like I'm gonna need it!

Hiding from the computer....

Yep, you read it right. I've been hiding from my computer...or at least my blog that is! I woke up this beautiful Saturday morning (a little more tired then usual thanks to a wonderful GNO that was much deserved!!) went to weigh in....stepped on the scale.....and saw that the scale went 1.5 lbs in the wrong friggin direction!!!

WHAT THE CRAP!!!!

I've been racking my brain trying to figure out what's gone wrong...terribly wrong! Did I stay on track with my diet? Yes! Did I exercise? Yes! Now there are a couple of things that I've realized I can do better on...like drinking more water, but I never EVER would have thought that by me not doing them, would I GAIN weight. *ARGH*

Know, let me get by saying, I know that I may not lose weight every week, and I know that last weeks loss was HUGE and the odds of me having another HUGE loss this week were not in my favor, but come on...a GAIN!?! Now that's just not very friendly...not to mention ridiculous!

So, to all my fans and supporters! I am not throwin in the towel. I'm not looking for excuses (well ok, I was at first...hence, one of the reasons I was hididng) but I Am COMMITED to make this work! Somehow. Because, in the end the number on the scale isn't what matters...*gulp* ...what matters is that I'm gonna find the healthy me.

This morning when i put my pants on....i didn't have to lay down, hold in my breath, and hope that when I stand back up the button doesn't pop off!! Hooray!

Stepped it up a notch.

Longest walking streak thus far in one shot....3.1 miles!!!!

Reality Checks

Over the past week Ive been able to have a couple of real good reality checks towards my weight. This weekend I had my very own Biggest Loser work-out! Some of you may know what I mean...ya know when your watching biggest loser and they are out doing some huge exercise, like climbing the mountain? And some of the contestants are out there crying and wanting so hard to give up and go back to old patterns? Well I had my turn this weekend. Hubby and I went hunting....and thank heavens I had somewhat prepared myself by walking so much last week.. because HOLY COW, I thought I was gonna DIE!!! I did very well walking down the mountain to his sitting place, but then after the wind started kicking up and it looked like the storm was going to blow in right on top of us...we started the climb back uphill! I was reminded how much looks can be deceiving, because that hike (although i know it was good for me) KICKED MY TRASH!!!!!! I seriously felt like one of the BL contestants with the coaches right next to me yelling for me to keep moving. I have never experienced burning in my legs that badly, EVER!
Then the realization came to me exactly how out of shape I am. I hated that feeling!!! I am glad to say that I made it!!!

The other realization came this morning. The tv was on while I was cleaning, and my attention was drawn to a 36yo girl on the tv show (they were doing something on heavy people and weight loss) whose blood pressure was 135/90. The host was telling her with a blood pressure that high at her age, her risk for a stroke went up 85%! They also said that she was in serious jeopardy of heart disease, diabetes and many other disease just because of her weight. Here is where the reality check came in for me.....the girl was older then I am, but a couple of months ago...my blood pressure was higher then her!!! Suddenly I was very grateful that I have already taken the steps to a healthier me!!