Write Down Goals
I just sat down and calculated how many weeks are left in the year. Then multiplied it by 2. Hello! That is 52.
52 pounds I cold lose by the end of the year by working on it right this minute. 2 pounds a week is a very safe number to use and is easy to hit with only a few changes today.
But I don’t have 52 pounds to lose. That would put me at 5′7″ and 133. EWW, lol. So what is my realistic number? 30 pounds, 155. Yes, that number looks and feels huge. But that is only 15 WEEKS! Then it would be maintenance. 15 WEEKS! Holy crud, that is Nov 6th.
That would be before the holidays. Before ski season. How doable does that sound when broken down. 2 pounds a week, just 2 pounds at a time.
Have you broken your numbers down?
off track
Oh look, a surprise post. I’m so glad that this is truly a personal blog. Although maybe I’d be better at updating if i had more readers and I knew they were keeping me accountable. But then again I will not promote this blog because I do like keeping it personal and people had to be really looking if they find it. lol
I’m so off track right now. The weight is tremendous. Embarrassingly high. But I will post it. It is embarrassing, but I will own my 185.
I know why this is. Literally, I went to school for my training degree. I know my health issues are a great excuse, but not the cause for the gain.
I know that I am responsible for the food and drink that have gone in to my mouth. All of those extra calories that I don’t need.
Yes, some of the not working out is directly health related. AT TIMES!!! Not the entire years worth of not getting back in a routine though.
I can still go and jog quite fast and still hit my 3.2 miles pretty easy. Cardio is still in tact. My time is actually better most days than it used to be. However, my asthma is worse. That’s an obvious since my diaphragm has to compete with my fat gut to get air into my lungs. Like the fluid in the lungs isn’t enough?
I jog and I can feel my belly bounce. My boobs don’t fit in my sports bras and it’s uncomfortable. Then of course none of my clothes are fitting well at all.
Hopefully by tossing this up it will wake me up. I have not been in a mindset to take responsibility for it. Hence the reason it keeps getting worse.
My Motivation
My hubby is my motivation. I’m very thankful for him. Even though it was Father’s Day, we have goals. He was going jogging and then to the gym. I didn’t want to do either. But I went jogging anyway.
So on Sunday I hit 2.4 miles jogging even though I didn’t want to. That was 4 days cardio and 5 days of working out. Not bad. I’m shooting for 6 days of cardio, but hey, I’m pretty sure it didn’t happen all at once before. I can just remember the feeling of my working out the 6 days a week for so long. lol
I’ll build it back up. 5 days this week rocks. I’m happy with it!
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Wow, long time
Yes it has been a long time. So far it’s been a long year. Many issues, both family and health. I’m happy to report that this week I have been on the wagon. I started the week off with a 3.2 mile jog and I could have gone farther. Then Tuesday I went my usual 2.4 mile route. On Wed. I just did 20 min on the elliptical to give my knees a break. Then on Sat. hubby and I went to the gym and hit some weights. I did a little bit of weights here and there on the other days. Nothing big though. I’m focusing on my cardio and my food right now.
Food was much better! WOOHOO
World is just testing me
I’m tired of being tested this year. Between injury and sickness, I’m just done. DONE I SAY!
My ribs hurt no matter what. So today I worked out with a client. If it’s going to hurt, then I darn well will just workout and try to lose some weight. I’ve lost a tremendous amount of muscle mass and my cardio is completely gone. It’s embarrassing and I do NOT like to be embarrassed. It’s about the only thing I hate actually.
But food is still OK. It may not be that great tomorrow night, so I guess I’d better work out with a client again. lol I’m off to my Great Uncle’s services and my Aunt and I are going together. I’m up for chinese food even though it’s going to make me sick. It’s so good at this place. But again, I’m making that decision already and I won’t have guilt about it.
Today I had a great workout with my new client. Then I ate pretty well today. Not perfect, but truly I did ok. I’ll continue to do ok with it all. I’m on track, I just get to enjoy some splurges here and there and need to keep them low in number.
It was awesome to get the workout in again. But boy did I feel it. I was so out of breath. I’m not sore and I probably won’t get very sore, but my cardio is crap. I’m still sick and my lungs haven’t been up to par, but I’m just totally out of cardio shape. ugh
Week of sick
Well my last post was on the 7th and I just thought I was sick at that time. Boy was I mistaken. I spent the next 3 days in bed asleep! Got up for lots of water, sprite, meds and some saltines so the meds wouldn’t hurt my tummy and that was IT.
Still was dizzy as can be on wednesday when I thought I’d try and go back to work. Was a serious joke and was very dangerous that I was on the road. I then took thursday off as well just to be sure I was over it.
Today I am feeling somewhat better. It’s going to be a slow process and the new cough I have is overly annoying, but I’ll survive. Each day I feel better. Still get tired, but such is life huh. Oh and this cough has brought back my rib pain on one side so that’s just super fantastic isn’t it? lol
I told hubby if I didn’t drop 5 pounds from this I was going to lose it. I’ve had the stomach flu and not lost a pound so I tried not to get my hopes up. But my eating is totally in check after being sick, caffeine is out of my diet and so is the alcohol. My portions are so much better since my stomach shrunk while being sick.
I’m happy to report that with my big sweatshirt on today I was 167. Yes, I did drop back down and now I am working to keep it that way.
I HAVE to be at 145 by the end of July. I’m taking my daughter on a surprise bday trip down to Cali to stay with my Aunt and I want to be HOT, HOT, HOT in my swimsuit tanning. 22 pounds is nothin’! I’ll get on some cardio again this weekend and get two of those gone by next friday.
165 by 2/20.
Week in review
Or should I entitled this, excuses, excuses, excuses?
Tuesday I did get some cardio, so I was off to a great 2 for 2 start on the week. But I took one of the newbie tours around and that puts me on automatic pilot. I jumped up on the assisted dip/pull up machine to show them how to use it like I always do. I didn’t even think, she and I were having a great time chatting while I showed her around and how to use everything correctly. Well needless to say, within 20 minutes I was sore. DANG IT!
But it was good in the fact that I totally know that I’m not going to go take my ski lessons for at least another 2-3 weeks. I’m not going to push it for no reason.
The rest of the week was off. My bday, son’s bday, starting to get sick, then on Friday definitely sick. Now I sit here on the couch even worse. So the week is over and a wash. I feel like I totally jinxed myself by posting the goal. lol
Side note, my eating is still doing pretty well. Keeping portions down and trying hard to eat regularly. Although with this cold/flu it’s not easy. I want comfort food or nothing at all. 
So next week is a new week. This one’s a wash and I’m ok with it.
Cardio, check
Day one of goal for the week. I did my 20 min. of cardio on the elliptical and got a decent sweat on. Still taking it a little easy on the ribs and not kicking it hard, but I felt a little better about it all. I didn’t feel any worse so that’s a good sign. I’d also taught the seniors class in the morning so I was worried it may be too much by the end of the day. Hopefully I’m on the major road to being over this!
No Cheese
I’d really like to know just how many calories I’m taking off some of my favorite foods because I can’t have cheese.
I’m wondering this as I sit here at the ski lodge having the most wonderful veggie pizza with, of course, no cheese. It’s loaded with sundried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, grilled peppers and more plus a red sauce. I’ve only had 1/2 the 9″ pizza and I’m full, there’s so much on it!
I know it depends on how much each person/chef tops a pizza with, but I feel really good about my choice of foods right now. Pizza and no guilt! Good combo! lol
Cardio Goal
This week I’m setting a cardio goal of 5 days. That’s a minimum of 20 minutes of good cardio, not slacking and talkign to others cardio. I’m going to be good and not do weights and I can’t even dream of doing abs yet. But I can do cardio on the elliptical and summit trainer. Jogging is still questionable, but by mid-week I’m going to try. I am hoping to get up on the mountain this weekend for ski lessons, but we’ll just have to wait and see.