Weight Woes

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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Ok, I know my next goal was to be 165, but I’m moving past that goal.  I keep tittering around that goal and it’s crap.  lol

My next incentive was my big lower back piece.  Hubby has decided to get his tattoo and he said we will both go in for them!  WOOHOO, I am so damn excited to see ink on him and get more ink on myself!  But that was my incentive for hitting 155.  That means that I need to lose 13 pounds.

He is on weightloss goals now as well so I know we can get only healthy stuff in the house and more workouts.  But 13 pounds for girls is much more.  Especially since he has more to lose than I do.  But that is sounding like excuses and it is.  If I stuck to it, I could hit it in no time.  I’m committed to keeping it off forever and not the quick fix this time.

But I do want that tatt!  I have wanted this tatt for over 3 years now.  I can’t wait to get it.  After that, the sky will be the limit.  I’d honestly have no problem tatting my whole body up.  I LOVE IT!

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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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As some of you readers may know I am a personal trainer. But she has weight issues you say? Weird huh? I’m human. lol

I’ve been slacking on my abs lately and was pretty tired of it. Nothing worse than getting down to show someone the routine you want them too and your abs are burning after just a few. OOOPS! My bad!

So I am back to doing abs with a minimum of one client a day. I usually hit 2 clients because once is just not enough for my abs and if it’s two newer clients in a day then that is not going to be difficult enough for me to feel it.

I’m so much happier about this. Schedule once or twice into your day that you hit abs. It can be while you are watching tv. Between shows works well and gives you a time to start and better yet, a time to stop. lol Just hit it hard in those 5-7 minutes.

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It’s so hard to not emotional eat.  We have had a big tragedy at our fire department and this has led to some comfort food and of course to more drinking than usual.  I am happy to report that my portions of the less than perfect food are better so I’m staying right around where I should be.  But that is not good enough.

I was just talking to hubby today about what he wants me to bring down for dinner.  Nothing even sounds good because we’ve been eating out too much this week as we deal with things.  But he’s working a 72 hour shift and we need to go down to the station and see him.

I have a bunch of salads that need to be eaten and he said we can pick up baked chicken at our grocery store.  So we won’t be eating all that bad and I can get the others on shift today to help eat the salads.  I’m sick of them.  lol

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This is the time of year I have a huge problem.  We get together with friends all the time and there is always a lot of food and drink.

One big difference this year is I am now severely lactose intolerant.  Can’t even look at the stuff without getting sick.  That limits my choices of things I can have and makes me HAVE to bring food.  Well if I’m gonna bring food, it’s gonna be healthier.

Also because of this lactose issue I can go days with barely eating.  Not healthy, but after getting sick my stomach just won’t take much.  And then my portions get super small because my stomach has shrunk so much.

I know this has kept me from going overboard on the food the past couple of weeks.  I am eating junk, but the portions are so small that my calorie counts are still where they should be.  YIPPEE!

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K, maybe it’s a monthly weigh in if I’m luck.  lol  But I’m here so shhhh.  I was a little more excited this morning than I am this afternoon.  I weighed in this morning at 166 and was so excited that I had only 1 pound left to hit the first major goal.

But then we realized that the scale is off and it upped my weight to 167.  :(  RATS!  Ok, I’ll still take it, but I liked 1 pound much better.

I do have to say it’s exciting to see the scale jump around the 167-169 weight range when I move around on the scale.  Such a big difference mentally.

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I’m eating really bad over the last week.  Uncontrollably bad.  What is wrong with me?  It doesn’t even taste that good.  I know it is emotional eating because my allergies are bad and my back hurts and if my stomach doesn’t hurt it’s another miracle.  But still, those are excuses and excuses are lame.

So right now it has to stop.  The next meal will be healthy.  Tomorrow will be healthy from breakfast one and breakfast will be at 4:30 am when I get up.  No waiting until I get home at 6:30 to eat breakfast.  That doesn’t work, it’s too long to wait to eat.

K, I feel better now.  Start right now and move forward.

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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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