YAY!

Very excited! You know what today is? It's the end of the 4th week of me "being serious" about this damned weight loss. I'm thrilled! WHY???? Well, lets see......

Wouldn't you be excited too???? Not only that, I feel SUPER accomplished this week. Why? Well, i had gained back I think like 3, maybe 4, pounds last week. So, not only did I lose

12.2 pounds in 4 weeks

I also lost between 5.1 and 6.1 pounds, just in the last week!

If that doesn't make you smile, what will? Stay tuned for next week when I can share that I've lost more!

ETA:

I just read this article about Nike+ (http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-07/lbnp_nike?currentPage=1 ) And what I read was VERY interesting. It depicts EXACTLY the mindset that I use when I'm working out. HOWEVER, instead of using Nike+, I use RunKeeper ( http://www.runkeeper.com/ ) and Lose it!, both of which are apps on the iPhone. They are AMAZING apps to work with, and they are FREE! no additional hardware required! (although, you can purchase the RunKeeper Pro app for $9.99, and it's still WAY cheaper than Nike+ as you have to replace it every so often). If you have an iPhone 3G or 3Gs, DO NOT BUY NIKE+ This is MUCH better. PROMISE!

well poop

and that's all I can really say. :( I didn't walk like I needed too, ate a bit too much, and gained back 3 pounds. :( poo. BUT, this is my motivation. I will not get upset. I will not sit here and throw a pity party for myself. Why? Because it won't do me a damn bit of good. will that make the weight drop off like it needs to? No. Only action will, so that is what I will do. Stay tuned next week to see those three pounds (and hopefully more) gone! :)

Mike had to PT

So I didn't get to walk today. No big deal, just get up and do it tomorrow. The most frustrating thing I realized is that next week, for four days, he's going to be in Sacramento. ;( Which means....no walking. Gotta find something to do in the meantime. Maybe dust off the WiiFit....maybe

down to 10.1lbs lost. :) just thought I'd share. :) have a good day

My lungs hurt

But here's today's info. Need to go cool down.

Yay!

I walked again today. I'm so happy. :) Why you ask? Well, because I walked the entire thing. Yeah, I know I want to run it, but my body wasn't up to it today. So, I walked. AND, ironically, I walked a faster mile (and entire trip really) than when I added running to it! I promise! :) I'm so happy with myself.

I don't have time to write much, just wanted to share. Take a look for yourself if ya'd like to compare.

Here is today's

Here is Monday's

Here is Sunday's

Big improvement! :)

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

not walking today. I've been so lightheaded and nauseous, not to mention completely exhausted since yesterday. I was going to tough it out, and walk this morning (although I nearly slept all day yesterday and all night, and woke up still tired), but when I got out of bed OMG I was dizzy. Yeah, not walking 3 miles like that, knowing that it wouldn't be healthy for me. SO, there goes my goal of all week. BUT, I will try again tomorrow. Hopefully I am feeling better. I NEED to be. lol.

Oh, and I guess mother nature is listening (obviously, she's why I'm "sick"), but I've lost 1.2 of those 1.3 lbs gained.....damn water weight. *sigh* I'll be back tomorrow, hopefully with another walking story.

Another day....

and another 3 miles. YAY! I averaged a bit faster today, and with less running. WHY? Because I again have a pissed off knee. This time it's the right side. I honestly think it's just my body protesting the cardio. Why else would it HATE for me to run? I mean seriously. It's okay though. I will force my way through it. Obviously it's not going to be a fast process, but instead a slow one. And that I can live with.

Michael cracks me up. He's trying his best to keep me motivated, and for him that includes countless questions like "when are you going to add weights?", "what else have you done today?" "You need to do some other sort of exercise, what do you plan on doing?" All of which is fine, to an extent. Although, I have to admit, I'm glad he's not "BARKING" at me anymore. I don't think I can stand much more of that. '

Oh, and today is the "official" weight day. Minus the fullness of the milks....I am at 247.0. That's an increase of 1.3lbs of which I blame mother nature. Hopefully next week I'll be lower again, as the bitch should have left my body and taken her extra water weight with her. hehe

So, here is my map for today and here is my ticker for the week. Lets hope things continue to improve! yay!

I've been sucking. lol

I haven't exercised in a few days...until today that is. The husband was out of town for nearly three days, and with no one to supervise the children, viola....no exercise. That's okay though. I learned that I need to motivate myself even more when he his home to help make up for when he's not. That way I don't feel so bad about myself. I'm hoping in time that I'll be able to still exercise even when he's not home....play group for the girls, a friend to watch em for an hour or so, maybe even a membership to the InShapeCity down the street (which has childcare). SOMETHING. But for now, this is what I've got. *sigh*

I did manage to exercise this morning....hubby was home! And, I decided to go further than before to help make up for the lost days. I even ran about half of the way, which made me feel good about myself. No, it wasn't a full on run the entire distance...I'd staggar run/walk/run/walk because I'm just not up to par yet. BUT, my goal is to be able to run the entire distance, if not more before all is said and done with.

As well, us women have it even harder to stay motivated. WHY? Because of something called "mother nature." I normally love her, but right now, her and her cramps, water retention, and mood swings can go elsewhere damn it! LEAVE ME ALONE! It's messing up my daily weights damn it. I know I didn't gain 2 pounds in a day....hello water....you may leave my body now....

OH! The iPhone has this amazing app. It's called RunKeeper. It tracks your run/walk/bike/hike and whatever for you by GPS and keeps it tracked for ya! It even keeps it tracked on their website, although I'm still trying to figure out how to access it for ya'll to see (the public version that it. I can see it myself. :) ) If you've ever heard of Nike+, it's relatively the same thing, just free. :)

ETA: figured it out! sweet! here's today's info: http://bit.ly/tVPQw

Who knew?

Housecleaning burns calories. I'm not talking a ton of calories, but it does burn an efficient amount. I've come to realize that cleaning this house makes me sweat....A LOT. Which is a very good thing (and it helps with the weight loss.) In our last house, I never worked up a sweat while cleaning. Even when I would work and clean that house from top to bottom, never did a bead of sweat build on my forehead. But, this house, oh man. Maybe it's because it's all tile floors (minus bedrooms) or maybe it's because of the sheer size of this thing, but sweeping, moping, dusting, cleaning counters, and doing laundry makes me sweat profusely. So, never assume that house cleaning is an easy task. Sweating while doing an activity = elevated heart rate + calories burned = exercise.+ proper diet = weight loss. 

another 0.3 lbs down

Welp, I've started over

Yes, with this darned move, I've gained back everything and then some. I haven't been very happy about it for a while, and didn't really know how to go about fixing it. Well, fortunately, there is this AMAZING bike/run/walking path that runs along the major creek in the town. and when I say amazing, it truly is that. It's mostly covered with trees, it's a paved path, and it has the nice serene sound of the creek running. Even better, the path runs on both sides of the creek, making for an easy loop...even though it is about a three mile + loop. And best of all, it's a block away from my house! So, I've started walking portions of it fairly regularly, to and from the house of course. I haven't walked the entire thing, but that's okay. I am comfortable with the fact it's going to take me some time to build up to that stage. Especially since my knee is quite pissed off at me. I do fine with every day walking, but for some reason when I go for "my walk" it starts to pop, and then swell, which in turn leaves me not doing the walk for a few days. The longest I took off was 5 days, but it was SWOLLEN (This was the first day it did it, prolly second walk, and I decided to run portions of the path.) When Mike finally made me ice it and the swelling went down, my ankle and hip began to hurt pretty badly too. I'm assuming it was from the increased blood flow back to the areas.  
I've also been keeping a daily record of my weight. I know that the "experts" say that you shouldn't weigh yourself more than once a week, but for me, I like to see my progress. I can tell when I've done something productive the day before, and it helps keep me motivated. If I can see that something is working, I can increase it. If I can see the immediate result of eating just little more than I probably should have, I can kick my own ass right away and fix it. I don't think this is a bad thing (although I'll probably be told I'm wrong). And as a result of me keeping track this way, and being dilligent with what I do and don't eat and some exercise, I've lost a whopping.....

7.4 POUNDS

I am so excited. I even showed Michael and he is extremely happy for me as well. Especially since he can tell it's having a positive effect on my attitude lately. :) So, here's to losing more weight, staying active, and eating healthy!