Crusing along....

Well I am down a few more pounds and officially in "onederland" according to the doc. And I still have not had any soda since I earned my #7daychip. But that might account for my crankiness lately....or could it be my students who just don't get what I am trying to convey to them? Either way I am looking forward to a break, a much needed break. I get a little over a month off from teaching. During that time I plan to catch up on some rest, do my best to stay on track with my eating habits, attempt to do the workouts for #5kin100days and enjoy the kiddos a bit more.

Hopefully this month of September will blow on by relatively easily and quickly. I hope to be down another 10 pounds by the end of September and that will get me closer to my goal of losing 25lbs by Xmas. I can do it. I need to do it! I want to do it! I want a happier, healthier and sexier looking me back. I want to be able to say "I still got it". One day....one fine day.

I did it!!

Went a whole week without a sip of soda...more specifically Coke since that is my big weakness! I usually have one a week to satisfy the craving or as a little pick me on on sluggish day. But I know that the tons of sugar in it isn't good for me and Water is supposed to be my BFF.

So through lots of willpower and cheerleaders from my friends and tweeps, I got my #7daychip.



Now I will see how many more days I can go without having any soda. It'd be cool to earn a #30daychip, but I will take it one day at a time. I also don't want to overload myself. I am about to start a running program next week and need to get to hustling on training for my half marathon in October. But both of these tasks should help me lose a few more pounds and inches.

So I hope I can continue this trend and still hear my cheerleaders cheering me on. I am gonna need it!!

A good start to the day...

Stepped on the scale.... it read 194.6!!

Could it be??

I think this crazy summer is about to wind down...at least I sure hope so. I think we've traveled more in this year than we have in a long time. Of course that traveling tends to make me slack off ....on lots of things. But hopefully I can get back on track with kids starting school next week. There will be routines again and maybe some sense to the insanity. I won't hold my breath too long on that one.

So since the last post, I was feeling rather stressed about not seeing any weight loss progress and there was a stall in the exercise deal. Well, I am seeing results, I think... yes I am skeptical because the scale says it occurred but I am not seeing it in my clothes yet. However, I am out of the 200 marks! I guess you could say I have entered "onederland" ....but I still have a bit more to lose. Which can be achieved by watching the calories and of course incorporating exercise.

Wellllll.... therein lies a problem, I've slacked on the exercise because of this EXCESSIVELY INSANE heat wave S. Texas has. I have worked out a couple of times after work in the 100 degree and yes that was dumb! I felt awful afterwards not to mention sweaty and thirsty. So I have decided I will try out a running training program called 5K in 100 days. Maybe that will give me the 'accountability' to get up and do it in the morning before the blazing hot sun melts my very being. PLUS I am technically supposed to be training for my 2nd half marathon. Yea perhaps I did sign up for too much at once, but that is the overachiever in me. If I can earn my MBA while working full time then surely I can do all of this and lose the baby weight from 1999!

So I guess while I figure crap out, I welcome suggestions and of course my own cheerleading squad can remind me that I can do this. I can do it right? And not like turn into Oscar the Grouch or something?

Been Awhile

Well, it looks like it has been a year and couple of months since I last posted anything. Reason being was because I got that online teaching gig and it has for the most part consumed every last spare second I had. But now I am in my 3rd course teaching and I have a bit of a routine which allows me to free up time here and there. While I do like the extra funds, it is quite frustrating dealing with adult students who don't want to put in the effort. And sadly it feels like it is rubbing off on me....I don't want to put in much effort...to do anything these days.

I still take care of what I need to, respectively that is work, family and the house. Seems there is something missing...oh yea... ME! I have pushed me to the side even though it may not seem like it. Yes, I started walking a bit more often whenever a friend has time to meet up with me and I started a "bootcamp" class 3 days a week. However, schedules haven't allowed me to walk with a buddy lately and I only have a month left of paid bootcamp classes. Oh yea and that walking thing is supposed to be pretty consistent because I signed up to do a half marathon. (what was I thinking???) I am not feeling too motivated.

This leads me to my biggest problem...I want it all now and in a quick fix....a drop of a hat....snap of a finger....and wave of a magic wand. I want to be back in a size 12 pants, no more muffin tops or jelly rolls, and I want to look cute in clothes again.

Oh and let's just add some more craziness to this... doc put me on an appetite suppressant and low cal diet for another month as well as the hubs. I know that many will say that is not the way to go and even the doc said this is not a permanent thing but a training mechanism on how to eat right and smaller portions. Hell I ate fricking Kashi this morning for breakfast and suffering the wrath or miserable indigestion ever since!! Who constantly eats that crap day in and day out? Can I just say "I HATE IT!"

Why does something like losing weight have to be so hard to do?

I am not an overly athletic person, never have been but at the same time I never was a big food person either. But thanks to pregnancies and age, fat is stuck to me like glue and it sucks. I know that long term weight loss and health comes from exercise and eating right....but easier said than done (especially in the hot as hell Texas weather).

I truly wish I lived back in CO with friends and family that would drag me out of the house more often. But alas, I am in Texas where people stay indoors more often and on their own side of town. I am open to suggestions but don't criticize me because that just shuts you out and puts a target on your head for my dart practice.