Monday Weigh In Update

This week, I took a break from the scale...mostly due to the fact I was getting frustrated with myself for not losinsg much - if any.

So when I stepped on the scale this morning, I expected more of the same but I was pleasantly surprised.  I dropped 5 lbs from last week's weigh in which put me in the 320s.  I'm at 327. 

I can't remember a time when I weighed in the 320s.  For comparrison puroises, when I was in highschool, I had to buy the biggest size that they had...and I still couldn't button it up around my tummy - so I always wore it open.

So this weekend, I pulled my letterman's jacket out, put it on, and buttoned it up.

So the last time I was this size, I was in highschool at the very least.  I'm turning 33 this week, so I would say at least 16 or 17 years.


All good things come to those who work hard and are patient.

I've moved!

Hi all,

I haven't fallen off the face of the planet - I've just started a new project.  This one involves my husband, friends and family a little more. It also includes more emphasis on the exact plan that we're following (nutrition, exercise and the supplements we're using).  I'll keep this blog open for any of my personal things, but if you would also like to follow me there - please do!

Dubin' Northwest

Never never never...

I'm at a really exciting place right now in my life.  I have a lot of new upcoming challenges that I can't quite share publicly yet, but I'm really happy about what's coming up for me.

I've worked really hard for a long time, and I feel like that work is really starting to pay off. 

There's a Winston Churchill quote that I love:

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

So that, my friends, is the thought I want to leave with you today.  I'm proof today that by never giving in or giving up or letting the little things stop you from accomplishing the big things...it will work out - some how or some way. But do not, under any circumstance, give in.

Getting back into the swing of things

I had a 4 day weekend which became pretty productive.  I think I just needed to force myself to reboot and DO something for myself rather than sit around doing nothing and feeling nothing but sorry for myself.

When I'm sick, I start relying more on people to do things for me or to have more convenient foods rather than what is most healthy. My house fell to pieces and so not only was I feeling crappy, I was living in chaos.

I had a 4 day weekend, so on my two days that I would have normally been at work - I went to work at my house.  I really cleaned my house up, and I think I washed, dried, folded and most importantly put away 47 loads of laundry.

Additionally, I did my workouts on both days.   I wasn't sure I was going to be able to pick up where I left off, but I did.just fine. It did feel more difficult, but right around the time I got sick, I did amp up the intensity of my workouts a little bit.

Yesterday, I found out that on my birthday (March 13), I'm going to have the opportunity to sit down and talk with the folks who created the vitamins and supplements (dub Nutrition) I'm taking about how well it's working for me. I started taking the product really early into my restart (mid October) and I have lost about 41 lbs. But the bigger deal for me is that I have no pain. I'm jogging at 330 lbs and I have zero pain in my ankles or my knees.  To me, that's absolutely incredible.

But for vanity reasons, I really do want to tighten up ship so that instead of telling them I've lost 40 lbs while using their product, it's 50 or 60 :-)  I mean - who wouldn't want to do that?

And in reality, if I hadn't pooped it up around New Years with my eating and if I hadn't been sick over the past couple of weeks - 60 probably would be my number right now.

Oh well - can't change the past...Just move forward.

And speaking of moving forward - it's time to work out and get off to work.

A case of the blahs

I've really struggled this week. I know I've been coming off a rough illness, but I'm having an issue getting back into it.  My eating has been bad, and I haven't worked out in two weeks.

Ugh....I just can't get over this tired funk. I went to bed at 9pm last night and slept until 7:30. Then later today, I was feeling a little tired so I went to bed to take a quick nap at 3pm and didn't wake up until 7pm. It's now 8:30 and I could literally go back to bed and sleep for the rest of the night.  I don't know if my body is still trying to recover or what...but whatever it is...it's making it really hard to turn my focus back to my weight loss.

I need a huge kick in the ass.

Er....Monday Weigh Day One Day Late

So I'm still getting over this illness.  I ended up going to work yesterday, but leaving early to go see my new doctor.  She says that my lungs are clearing up and if I'm not feeling like 90% better by Thursday, to give her a call and she'll give me a new Z-Pack.  I do fleel much better than I did last week, but I'm not 100% - still exhausted.

I did weigh in yesterday, and I came in at 333.8 which is a -4.2 lb difference from last Monday.  Not bad for not exercising at all last week...but I didn't do much of anything else either.

Additionally, when I was at the doctor yesterday, my BP was 130/90 which is a little lower than it was on Friday - but makes sense since I really felt awful on Friday morning. According to some websites I read, it's a little high - but it's much much much better than the 160+/100+ I was rocking a few years ago.

Doc ordered some labs and when I can schedule a few minutes to run into the lab to get my blood drawn first thing in the morning, I'll be getting all of those numbers.

Soo in summary - Weight was still lost, my health is showing all signs of getting much better. A pretty darn good week :)

Good morning

So I haven't actually fallen off the face of the planet. On Thursday night, I went to bed fully expecting to just get up on Friday and suffer through work. Laying down started a 4 hour cough/hack fest that left me literally in tears. I ended up trying to sleep sitting up on the couch, but with two curious cats who were trying to figure out why I was out there with them instead of in bed - I would have gotten better sleep standing up in a war zone.

 I ended up going to the Urgent Care center yesterday morning and the doctor, after totally dissing my choice in books (Currently reading the second book in the "Game of Thrones" series in prep for my favorite show ever to return to TV), the doctor told me that I had pneumonia.  So he wrote me scripts and sent me home.

I don't take a lot of medication - I even try to avoid Advil when I have a headache.  So this cough syrup which is supposed to make me "sleepy" has completely knocked me on my butt.  And frankly, I welcome it.

I had to get up early this morning because we have an appointment to get our taxes done.  But after I recover from the "bending over and taking it" feeling I will have after such a task, I'll come home and go back to bed.

Anyway, just thought I would pop in and let you guys know where I am.   I just hope that by next week I start feeling better so I can get back to my training. I actually miss exercise.

Oh and by the way - my BP was 138/98.  It was much better than it was several years ago, but still too high.  At least I know where I'm at right now.