GOING TO DO IT....

I am really back...I am going to weigh in on Sunday.

I have kinda let things go since I started my new job...

now I noticed my uniform is getting a little tight and

I refuse to buy a new one especially a bigger size.

Plus they are expensive.

So, here we go again

I have no idea what I weigh.

The last time I weighed in I think I was 147

and that was about 5 months ago

so....we will see.

ANSWERED PRAYERS...

Now I lay me

Down to sleep.

I pray the Lord

My shape to keep.

Please no wrinkles

Please no bags

And please lift my butt

Before it sags.

Please no age spots

Please no gray

And as for my belly,

Please take it away.

Please keep me healthy

Please keep me young,

And thank you Dear Lord

For all that you've done.

I'M BACK

I'm back!

Wow it has been a long time.

I started a new job, as a Correctional Technician.

I love it but it was a lot of training!!!!!!!!!

I am now done with training, yippy.

My daughter has inspired me to get back on track.

I have gained about 9 pounds, I think, I haven't been on the scale.

I wear a size 8, which I am totally fine with but I feel like I have

not been eating very healthy and I feel a big gain coming on.

I also don't have the energy I need.

Working 12 hours might be part of the problem.

SO...I am back for more that one reason.

INSPIRATION IS WHAT I NEED

AND

THIS SHOULD KEEP ME MOTIVATED

AND

ACCOUNTABLE.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

to my diet blog...

It has been one great year and I have come along way. If I can lose the same amount of weight the second year as I did the first I will make my goal. I have 25 more pounds to lose and I also need to get toned.  I know I have not felt this good in a long time, so here's to another great year!!

I'M BACK...

Wow, life has been crazy!!!
I started a new job at the jail as a correctional technician.
I love it but I have been so busy with training, which I am still in the middle of.
I have not been doing much with my diet....except I gained 7 to 9 lbs from when I left Costco.
I am at 149 right now.
I am at a size 8 now and want to get back down to my size 6
Pete and I decided we are going back to weighing in on Sundays, watching what we eat and exercising.
They cook for us at work because we are there for 12 hours.
I do not eat there...I bring my lunch because the food there is very good but very bad for you.
Not healthy for you at all.
So here's to a new start!!!!

QUOTE

Your stomach shouldn't be a waist basket.

~Author Unknown

I finally got it...

I was finally able to get my treadmill.
We bought the Horizon Fitness T92 from Sport Chalet.
I love it and hopefully my weight will start coming off again.

This is the control which has a lot of different workouts to choose from, speakers and a plug for my Ipod. I can also plug in my headphones. It has a blower fan to keep me cool on my hot workouts. I can also keep track of my pulse. Yea, that is good for old people like me. hahahaha.

It has been nice, Pete does the eliptical and I do the treadmill so we can work out together even if we can't get outside. We went for a walk around the lake the other day. (pictures on my family blog). It was nice to get outside but it is also nice when we don't have as much time and we can work out together in the garage, soon to be the workout spot.

Baggage

Your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess the baggage, the shorter the trip.

Arnold H. Glasgow

I weighed in the other day and realized I had gained 2 more pounds since I quit working.

So that is a total of 7 pounds in one month.

I can still wear my size 6 pants but I can tell they are a little tighter.

I am really looking forward to better weather, getting my treadmill and starting my new job.

(Yay, I got the new job but I don't start until April 6th)

I will not give up, I will keep my weight going down!!!!

Pete has been doing really well and working out on the eliptical,

I just hate the eliptical.

I am not sure if Iam going to weigh in tomorrow or give myself another week.

I just know I want to get rid of the excess baggage because I want a long trip.

I feel like the...

Since I have been off work for about 2 and a half weeks...and since it has been raining everyday...I have gained 5 pounds!!!

Yeah, it sucks.

But I can still fit in my size 6

I am just feeling bad because I feel so much better when I exercise.

I am going to make Matt set up my Wii and show me how to work it so I can do it when he is not here.

I am just not electronically wired and have to have someone show me how to do it.

I am not giving up!!!!

THIS IS WHAT I DID...

...last week!!

This is what I said to myself.
It was really weird not going to work and not really having anything to do.
Even though there are a million things I could have been doing.
I was really hoping to get a call for a new job.
HUMMMM, I am doing better this week with snacking,
but I did not weigh in on Sunday.
Next week I will be accountable.

Darn it...

I put up the last post because I need a little inspiration. Since I have not been working, the other day all I wanted to do was eat, eat and eat some more. When I went to bed I was so full I thought I was going to barf. Yeah, great huh. The weather has been rainy, not too motivated to go outside and not being electronically wired I do not know how to turn on the Wii without having my son here to do it. So basically I have gotten no exercise this week. Yikes!!!

I am going to learn how to turn on the Wii, work the DVD player in the garage and hopefully the weather will get better. I have to keep exercising.

I AM NOT GOING TO GAIN MY WEIGHT BACK...I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOSE.

AGAIN: "NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS SKINNY FEELS!!!

Quote...

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

~Cicero, Rhetoricorum LV

Inspiration....

Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
~English Proverb

I did it early...

I weighed in a day early...thinking it was Sunday but it was really Saturday.

My weight was 142

I lost one pound this week so I was happy with that. I have just been busy with work, trying to watch what I was eating but sneaking a few goodies in as well because I know I will burn it all off at work. Well, yesterday was my last day at work. I told them I could not push carts for 8 hours, I could do it for 4 hours but 8 hours was just too much. They let me go!!! (Another story that I will put on the family blog)
Anyway, I am thinking in my head what I am going to do to keep up the exercise my body is used to. I am changing the garage into a workout room for the family. It will take me about a week to get it ready and then I will go buy the treadmill. I really do not like walking or running outside by myself but I will until I get the treadmill. I also have the Wii fit, dance, dance revolution, and the Jillian Michaels wii games that will keep me busy.
I am NOT going to gain my weight back. I have 12 pounds to go to be down to where my sister is. I am going to get there Cindy. hahahahaha I may even lose a little more. :)
I am going to stay motivated, I feel so much better and have a lot more energy.

Your stomach shouldn't be a waist basket.

~Author Unknown

I'm back...

My scale was not working last week, it needed a new battery.

I finally fixed it today so I decided to weigh in just for the fun of it...even though I had already eaten, showered and dressed.

(I usually weigh in when I first get up in the morning, before eating, showering and dressing for the day)

I figured I would not count it and I would just weigh in tomorrow morning.

Well, I liked what I saw so I decided to keep my weigh in

143

Yeah, that would be 143 pounds.

I am getting closer to my goal and I will be the same size as my sister.

I have had Jen and Layla here for 6 days, we have had a lot of fun...

but I did not eat as well.

We ate out a little, In-n-Out.

But it is all good and I am back to the straight and narrow.

Healthy Snacks...

Most snacks are about 100 to 150 calories. Whenever I have to be away for home during the day I make sure I take my snack. Here are just a few that I enjoy:
1 apple and 1 T. reduced calorie Peanut Butter
1 cup fat free yogurt (100 cal) with 10 almonds
15 peanut butter filled pretzels (salt free)
½ banana and ½ cup Jello fat free pudding
1 orange and 2 oz. soy nuts
1 fruit and ½ cup low fat cottage cheese (90 cal)
¼ cup pumpkin seeds and ½ cup apple sauce
½ cup low fat cottage cheese (90 cal) with ½ cup pineapple
1 Lite yogurt (100 cal) with 2 tsp grape-nut cereal
1 orange and 6 oz Lite yogurt (100 cal)
Thanks Aunt Claudia for sharing these great ideas. Yummy!!!

I can't believe it...

I weighed in on Sunday, I lost 2 and a half pounds. Yeah me!!!
I also took the jeans I bought back to the store today and decided I better try some jeans on and make sure they fit. Since I have lost weight I thought I would wear an 8 but they were too baggy. I decided I better just stay at the store and try the jeans on. I couldn't believe that I fit into a 6. The size 6 in the levi's were still baggy in the legs but they fit good around the waist. So I exchanged the two pair of levi's and found some Gloria Vanderbuilt jeans in size 6 long. So I bought two of those as well. I also had to buy some new bras because the ones I have now just don't fit anymore. Dang, I had just bought new bras too. Oh well.

shopping, shopping, shopping...

I went to Kohls today to buy some new jeans.

I wanted some that fit me.

The ones I wear to work are my old ones that are too big.

I wear a belt with them and I am not worried about ruining them.

I bought two pairs of jeans, I have to buy levi brand because they are the only ones I can get in long.

I got home, tried them on, they fit okay around the waist, a little loose.

I have no hips or butt, so they were too big around my thighs/butt area.

Wow, I am going to have to take them back and maybe try a 6.

Wow, I guess muscle really does weigh more than fat.

Yeah me!!!!!!!!!

Paid to Exercise...

I got paid to work out today....I had to push these

and these

for seven hours today. I am sore, tired and don't think my body is cut out to keep this up.

I did have a good workout though, lets hope it shows on the scale next weigh in.

Lets also hope I can get out of bed in the morning.

Just because...

Weigh in...

I weighed in on Sunday...I was a little disappointed because I gained 1 pound.

Darn, I kinda expected it but I have not been eating very well...too much junk.

But I am not going to get down on myself, I am just going to be better.

I think I am getting ready to start my period too, I feel bloated and I ate everything but the kitchen cabinets last week.

So here's to a great week.

I have been thinking alot about my mom lately.

I know she would want me to be healthy and live a healthier life than she did.

I think sometimes we never think the bad will happen to us and then when it does we can't see the damage inside of our bodies so it never really hits us.

I don't know why mom never changed some of her habits, maybe because we never think it is as bad as it really is.

But I have had mom on my mind alot lately and I know she is with me.

I miss you mom.

Also Jen started the biggest loser at her base in Nebraska and she has been working so hard and setting such a great example for her mom.

Jen you inspire me.

Weigh in...

Weigh in was Sunday...I did weigh in and I gained 6 ounces. Not too bad, thought I was going to gain a little more with all the holiday goodies I ate. I have been craving a little junk which I know comes from that lovely time of the month. So, I am trying to be strong. When I have to go to the back of the store to put something back or grab something I always try and run to get my heart beating. I try and stay really busy at work when helping the cashiers...and I pushed carts for 5 hours yesterday. I was really tired when I got home and felt like someone had beat me up this morning. So looking forward to weigh in next Sunday.

I can't believe it...

I had to go shopping on Thursday to get me some new dress pants for my job interview on Wednesday. All my dress pants are too big and I didn't want to look like a clown. Pete and I went to breakfast and then headed out to the stores. I grabbed a couple of size 10's and grabbed a size 8 just for the hell of it to see how much more I had to go....well the size 8 fit and I didn't even try on the size 10's. Yeah for me...I am so excited. I am still wearing my size 10's and 12 to work with a belt, which I had to take in another notch.
Weigh in is tomorrow, I am thinking I will not lose any because I seem to always be a week behind. But I am okay with that because I know I had a few extra goodies for the holidays and we made caramel Pirate Booty for New Years Eve.
I feel so good and I am so motivated to keep going. I am still trying to get to 130 to be the same as my sister. You hear that Cindy?