Weight Woes

Anyone else as excited about the biggest loser starting as I am?  I CAN’T WAIT!  Considering I can barely watch a single show without crying I don’t know why I’m so excited.  lol

I cry to see their success.  I cry because of their stories.  I cry because they made it up the damn hill or the last 30 seconds of a workout.  lol  I guess I mostly cry because at work I can’t cry.  It is expected that they will accomplish what they do, we cheer and sometimes get teary, but we do not cry at the gym.  So watching biggest loser is my outlet for all the success and those yet to come that I deal with everyday.

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I’m part of a new challenge as you can see by the cool banner to the left.  It’s the Fat Ticker Friday and it’s extra motivation.

So the weigh in today was the same. Stayed at 168. To be expected since I really didn’t have a good end to the week. But today my food was much better. Had a cup of supper yummy minestone for lunch. Hubby smoked salmon so I had that to munch on for a snack. Then just had a big salad with grilled chicken on it!

Only workout today was the seniors class. I guess I will just have to stick with the elliptical for the next week until I get in to the specialist on Thursday. I’m really not liking when I’m aggravating my insides, it’s not fun. Hope they can figure it out soon.

Anyway, plan for next week is 2 pounds. 6 days of real workouts and much better on the diet. Focus on my diet each day, making better choices for each meal.

Question was asked “What do you want your legacy to be?”

My hope to be remembered for being a postive person that loved to help others.  I want my kids to look back on their childhood and hope to bring in things they remember doing with Mom and Dad.  The one thing I know I will be remembered for is my love for my best friend, my husband.   How even in tragedy we turn to each other instead of away.  How we have the kind of relationship that most dream of finding and how we appreciate it to it’s fullest.

Aww, these thinking questions are cool!  This is going to be fun in more ways than I though.

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So Sunday was awesome with the mountain bike ride with my friend.  Can’t wait to see how bad the bruises are tomorrow considering what they look like today.  lol

Today I did 11 mile round trip ride to the gym for my appointment and hit some chest and abs.  I also did my seniors class of course, which is normal and not a big deal, just a little extra calories spent 3 times a week.

I am at 168 right now.  When I’ve been bouncing around it’s because our scale at work does that.  That is disappointing.

I also am completely over bloated right now and have an appointment in 2 weeks with a GI specialist.  I have tummy and intestinal issues going on and it’s been past horrible for months now.  But the last few weeks have gotten even worse.  I’m losing inches everywhere except my belly.  That is getting more bloated all the time. 

So I keep working at it and do what I can until I hear to do no more.

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Well I did not make it on Thursday.  As I thought I wouldn’t.  lol  I totally forgot that my daughter had open house.

But anyway, I did a good workout yesterday with one of my clients.  I tacked time onto her session and we did a great 45 min. workout.  Then today hubby went to the gym with me and I got to kick his BUTT!  It was fun and we did great.  It was a difficult workout and we talked great through it.

See hubby and I have not worked out well together since I went to school and got my degree.  It’s not a macho thing, but a transition thing.  He was used to me asking him about EVERYTHING in the gym.  I knew a lot of what I was doing since I have been in they gym just about as long as he has, but I never had a plan, just followed what was told.  lol

But today while I was fixing his form or making comments I was careful.  See when I’m working out with someone I usually am making comments on things I notice I am doing wrong, not always what you are doing wrong.  So I stressed that point to him.  Cool, that went over well.  Then lots of laughs cause his overmuscled body just does not bend like it should.  lol  Think defensive line and you’ve got the picture.  lol  Big boy and doing my quick stability stuff is so different for him now in our 30’s.  :)  BUT, he loves it and we will work out again on Monday.  I can’t wait to move him to the next session.  There will never be a better workout partner than him!  He’s my best friend, puts up with my bitching while working out and tells me to get to it when I need it.  lol

Did I mention that I did 6 workouts in 7 days?  YES, I AM PROUD!  Oh and tomorrow is day off, but my friend wants to go mountain biking.  woohoo, cardio without feeling like cardio!  UGH, I’m gonna be hurting to keep up with my girl.  I told her I haven’t been much in 3 years so hopefully she will be merciful!

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K, I fell of the wagon and it is no where to be found.  Between the family tragedy and just summer on top of that my diet is horrid and I haven’t had a serious workout in weeks.  I’ve half-assed it here and there.  But we all know here and there is not enough to hit any goals, let alone keep the weight off.

The kids go back to school next week.  I have to get a schedule set up next week.  I have no choice, lol.  This will also help with the diet as we won’t be able to hit weird schedules and go to take out.  OMG, we’ve done so much take out and eating out this month.  :(  Some of that has been ok.  My portions have stayed in some control and I’ve just taken a lot of food home and eaten it as other meals.  Typically by now my portions would be OUT OF CONTROL.

So while I have fallen off the wagon, it’s not as far as it used to be in years past.  I also gave away my safe (fat) pants.  So getting back into something more comfortable is not an option.  lol My tummy is starting to look a little yucky in some pants and the muffin tops are starting to roll over the tops.  Just slightly, but I need to take the hint.

I will not weigh in until I’ve worked out for a good week.  Or I will try to I should say.  I usually say that and then get on the scale anyway.  I guess I’m a glutton for punishment and need to know the damage I’ve done.

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We had a huge family tragedy and this was just the biggest thing I’ve ever had to deal with. That said, the sky was the limit to make myself feel better. I didn’t eat well and I did drink a lot more. But I didn’t do both. For good or for worse, I did a good balance. I kept my calories on an even keel and didn’t gain anything. I weighed in today at 168.

Not where I want to be, but that is so much better than I expected to see after going through 2 of the hardest weeks ever in my life.

Hubby and I went to the high school yesterday and did a good old fashioned workout on the football field. TOTALLY COOL! Loved being out there with him again. Then today, even though I didn’t want to, I did 20 regular minutes on the elliptical. I did a stability workout for my legs because I am having knee questions. Then I did hit abs as well.

To keep up with my previous post on abs, I have been hitting abs with my clients still. WOOHOOOOO! They are so hard under my fat. lol

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I’m going through a stomache/intestine issue right now.  I have found out I’m allergic to dairy, lactose intolerant, whatever you want to call it.  Well I had pizza for mother’s day and even though I took two lactaid pills I guess it still was too much.  The doctor thinks I overloaded my system and then got a case of some bad bacteria getting into my system and it couldn’t fight it.  So now when I eat I get gurgly and some cramping.  Very not cool.

My allergies are really bad and that keeps me from being very hungry on it’s own.  But then add discomfort to it and I really don’t want to eat.  The one good thing out of it is I will really keep away from dairy.  It’s totally not worth it to me, it hurts way too much.  Plus I have my portions under control.  I ate a full hamburger for lunch the other day and was so overfull.  WOOHOO, portions are back under control!  Looking for the positive out of it all.  lol  It’s hard to stay positive when you are faced with the fact that you will NEVER have yummy cheese again. 

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This new allergy medecine is not to be taken lightly.  WOW, it had me sleeping for over 12 hours and then I still didn’t really want to get up.  So weird.

So needless to say, by the time I got up at 1:30pm most of my day was shot.  I didn’t make it to the gym and do my killer workout like I was supposed to. 

This week I have been following a strict and hardcore workout.  It’s very difficult, but honestly my back is really taken well to it.  I need to hit the back workout again tomorrow here at home since it’s Mother’s Day and I won’t find time to get to the gym.  I really can’t go two days without working out.  I have enough guilt right now.

I’ve been going back and forth between 172 and 174.  But I’m very happy that I am keeping at the low 170’s for good now!  It’s a major step in the right direction.  woohoo, first goal of 165 is in site and when I hit it, it will be easy to maintain and move down from there.

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Well the weight will start coming down here soon.  But it’s going too be muscle mass I’m losing.  :(  My allergies are so icky.  I just don’t want to do anything.  My stomache is icky from the drainage, my throat is all scratchy, my eyes are foggy and of course my head isn’t even attached.  My stomache was so icky this morning that I had to cancel my 7am appointment.  so didn’t want to do that.  For one thing I haven’t worked with her in almost a week and another it was time to repurchase sessions.  So now I am waiting until sat. for that check.  Anyway, you can see by my rambling that I’m just loopy.  lol

I didn’t get any more cardio in yesterday.  I will probably get on the bike today a lot.  This needs to clear up soon because I have a 12k to start
training for.  A client/friend and I are going to run it on June 14th.  The longest I’ve ever done is a 10k (6.2 miles) so this 12k (7.4 miles) is going
to be a serious challenge.  But we have time to get ready for it.  It’s going to get us outside running and it’s going to be awesome to have a running/training partner!  That will surely get the extra weight off of me.  I’ll be focusing on losing weight and hitting bench marks on the running.  No more heavy weights.

Now to just get these allergies out of the way so I can start the training!  Weigh in is supposed to be once a week, but I felt the need to get on there.  It’s 175.5.  That’s the highest I want it.  No more going back up and down from this point to 178.  I just have to get my butt up out of this chair and get it done.  No matter how I feel.

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I walked a little bit and I was on the elliptical for about 10 min.  Not a real big deal, but I still moved.  My arm still hurts like hell, but I tested
it out by doing some chest machines.  It doesn’t hurt worse than normal today, it did last night though.  So I’ll slowly get my weights back in.  I’ll just stick to machines for a while on upper body and no arm specific workouts.

My eating is off today (Tues.) but I’m going to have sushi for lunch.  That will be my big meal of the day and then a salad tonight.  Yesterdays eating wasn’t very good.  I only ate twice, so of course my dinner was larger than it should have been.  I packed some more protein bars in my stuff so I have them when they are needed.

Today I will be at the gym all evening and will make sure and get a ton of cardio in.  I ran a ton on Sat. and my hip is not feeling well.  I need to just work through it and keep stretching.  It’s just not used to being so tight anymore and it’s pulling on the nerve.  So not cool!

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