good attitude

So I haven't been exercising - but I'm going to do it tomorrow. Not letting the lazy few weeks get me down. My legs (hamstrings) are sore from the 2 hour weed pulling/lawn mowing (I actually got sunburned while doing it!!!) on Friday and the 2 hour weed pulling today. Did I tell you how much of a pain in the butt gardening is? It takes forever... but it's going to be so worth it.

Anyways I am very sure that jogging for a few miles will help stretch my legs out and make me feel way better. Funny how people might think it would make you more sore, but at least with the moderate fitness level I have, I feel better after exercising and more achey when I don't do it.

Weather is warm here (Socal) so I should get back to morning running. I learned from my afternoon experiments that running in my neighborhood is no good after about 5 because I can smell the yummy food everyone is cooking. Doesn't help keep me going. =)

I'm supposed to be doing a 100 mile bike ride on April 18th. Have been on the bike twice this year, for only about 20 miles each ride. I have to seriously get my butt in gear (literally so I don't get saddle soreness and increase my fitness level). Biking is not as hard as running, but the 100 miles will take me about 7 hours to finish, so I must get some endurance built up. Especially because I'm planning on riding with 2 really nice guys who ARE in shape, and I don't want to make them wait forever for me. So we'll see how much I can do... but I'm super busy with volunteering... I'm actually kind of guessing that I'll start running again (which would be good) for fitness and then "trade" that for bailing on the bike ride. But I don't have to decide for many weeks so we'll keep the options open in the meantime. Either way I will work out so that will be good for not gaining weight. I'm about at my the max I allow for myself so time to get serious again. It would be good to go down about 5 lbs so my clothes fit more comfortably. Enough of me already............... How about you?

Thunder and Rain can't keep me away from the gym

Highlights of the last few months:

I joined the gym (and got a personal trainer for a little while) for New Years.
I've now lost 31 lbs.
I'm hoping that Cindy will post on this blog.
I've lost almost 2 dress sizes.
Most of my clothes don't fit, but I still wear them anyway.

I'm making my goal to go to the gym 5 days a week, Do cardio more and practice planks and pushups.

I am also committing to tracking my food, planning my meals and checking in to make sure I am not getting bored with the foods that I am eating.

I challenge you gentle reader to make goals for yourself and post them here on this very blog! Go to!

Happy New Year!

20lbs and the gym!

After last weeks craziness getting the show open and not sleeping or having any time to go to the grocery store, I was convinced that I had gained a bunch of weight. Imagine my surprise when I lost 4.6 lbs, over the past two weeks. I was floored. I guess I was walking a lot and making better choices than I thought I was even though I wasn't writing things down. I got to 20lbs lost! I kind of can't believe that I have lost so much weight. I lost 20 and change the last two times I was on WW and although I was much skinner then, I kind of petered out on the weight loss after that point because I was so excited about my smaller size and increased confidence. This time I can still wear the same clothes I was wearing before, so I've not really realized that it will show more if I wore smaller clothes. I do think another few pounds and I'm going to have a pantastrophe. (I've decided that anything can turn into a _______catastrophe. I don't remember which word worked the best.)

Sonya asked me if I noticed the weight loss, and I must admit that every day I don't, but I was looking at the gym and I do think I noticed the difference in the size of my belly and I think my double chin is getting smaller. I'm curious if my initial theory was correct, that around now more people will start noticing/ commenting on my loosing weight, but perhaps it'll take another 15 (and some newer smaller clothes) for people to really comment.

I'm shocked at how much 20lbs makes so much more of an impact in my mind than 15 or 17. I think it is because the more weight I loose the more the more permanent it is. It would take me a long while to gain back 20 lbs, where as 8-12 wouldn't be that inconceivable. (I read an article about how wallace shawn is on gossip girl, which made me really want to use that word.) I think once I get to thirty I'll be past the witching weight, then I'll be below the 200's! whoopee!

Today, before I went, I decided that I was re-committing to the program. I tracked and I went to the gym with Sonya. It wasn't that scary or bad or anything. I did the elliptical, did some weight training (which I have never really done before), and did some walking. The treadmills have tv's in them so you can watch whatever you want. I decided that I would run during the commercials, after having walked fast for a while and boy was I glad when the commercial was over. I'm gonna go tomorrow and maybe check out one of the classes or at least go run/walk for a while.


I'm going to treat myself to a new top to wear to the opening tomorrow.

I got to 200

A small victory but because I did not really exercise heavily and it was pretty slow loss I feel good.

I didn't even post the challenges...

I seem to be failing as moderator of this little blog. I think I might publicize it a little more and maybe I'll even get a comment!

I challenge myself to go to the gym and join. then I challenge myself to exercise every other day, walking at the gym or around the lake. work is getting busier (that is such a weird word.)