190.2 office parties

So I was doing good.  Goal of the week to get to 189 lbs.  Then we had a birthday party on Monday and a retirement party yesterday.  So much cake, but I was good, small slivers of servings, dollop of ice cream.  Didn't go nuts, ya know.  I've been 191 all week and finally this morning, despite the delicious dinner I had of

it didn't affect me and I lost a pound.  Knew skipping the bread sticks was a smart move. 

In other news, my husband hasn't been working lately due to management issues at his job, so while he is home, he's been walking with me at the Mud Creek Soccer Complex.  Great place, they have a work out area that I hit up after my first mile.  We are up to 2 1/2 miles for our walks now.  

If you decide to take up walking, I might suggest one thing: stretch!  My left leg decided to develop a new muscle and it hurt for days, but I powered through and kept up the stretching and now I'm all good.  

Eat less, move more and you too can drop the pounds.  Ta-ta!

5 lbs of hell

I know it's fake, but that fat blob looks so gross.  So I got down to 192.5 about a week ago.  Feeling great, so proud of myself.  I'm still questioning why I lost my focus.  See I ate like a line backer and gained 5 lbs in 2 days.  So I try again, now I'm down to 193.4 as of this morning.  I doubt I'll be back to 192.5 for a few more days as I had Jersey Mikes Philly Cheese steak for dinner tonight with a few steak fries (100 calories for 8).  Really had been looking forward to the dinner.  It was so freaking good too.

I've got the week off again (and have had a week off from work every month so far this year.)  Got another one in May & June and then I'm done.  We collect vacation time at my job by the hour, so each bi-weekly paycheck I earn about 4 1/2 hours of vacation time.  I hover around 250 hours stockpiled at any given time.  I try not to go over that amount (250) because sometimes you can't get the day off or any day off in a given month.  Plus I have to put in my vacation time 4 months in advance.  The reason why my vacation time doesn't really go down it because I'm only having to claim 24 hours.  I work 12 hour shifts, 36 hours week one, 48 hours week 2.  Since I can never get a Sunday off, I only take my Wednesday & Thursday.  End up with 6 days off.  Perfect for a staycation, where I hope to accomplish lots of spring cleaning in and out of the house.

One cool thing, my husband hasn't been working 5 days anymore and when he's able, we go walking.  Up to 2 miles at this walking track at this soccer field park.  My husband is normal size for his height, but it's still cool that he'll go with me to keep me company.  Soon the HOA pool will be open in my neighborhood and I'll replace the miles with laps.

Now that I've bored you...I bid you adieu.

Eat less, move more.

195.6 This girl is on fire!

So this is my new mantra for whenever I don't feel like doing something.  Not the whole song, since I don't know the lyrics, but I can replay the chorus over and over and over for every step, squat, push-up, you get the picture.

195..wow.  That's 75 lbs GONE!  So now that I know I can lose weight, keep it off and proved to myself that I do have self control, I've decided to go for it.  My new goal..kick ass bod!  Yep.  Never had one before, so figured, why not.  At least this way, I can put off all those old age issues even longer.  Hubby is very excited.

For the record, I'm not doing this for attention.  Hate attention.  I'm doing this so that no one has to wipe my ass for me when I'm 80.  So I don't suffer dementia or lose my driving license.  Hate to be a burden on others.  That's the independent in me.  Probably why I don't have a partner in this.  Always going solo.

In other news, soon they will reopen this soccer park I pass on the way home from work, it has a walking track going around it.  I need to get some Imagine Dragons songs on my MP3 player (yes, I'm old school, no Ipod stuff for me.)  Love their song 'Whatever it takes'.  Good walking song.  Figure I'll change before I leave work and sweat out the toxins while getting my steps in.  My current goal is 14K steps a day.

Also, I cooked a corned beef brisket earlier in the week.  Many leftovers so I made this: cabbage-and-corned-beef-chowder.  317 calories a serving.  YUM!

Eat less, move more.

done!

So it took a few more days than I anticipated, but I finally reached my goal of being under 200 lbs.  Turns out whenever you drop about 20 lbs you should update your myfitnesspal app to reflect the new weight and it will tell you your new daily caloric goal.  I've been eating almost 1700 calories a day when I should have been around 1560.  And this is to just lost 1 pound a week.  I've been upping my steps and finally doing squats, lunges and push ups as well.

In another 20 lbs I'm going to focus on toning. 

Eat less, move more.

National Pi day

It seems fitting that today is the day for Stephen Hawking to die.  I will miss his wit and intellect and his occasional cameo's on Big Bang Theory.  Amazing human, I hope you find the answers you were looking for sir.

My favorite quote by Mr. Hawking -

200 lbs BOO-YA

Yeah me!  I woke up to 200 even!  It's been a rocky road I've traveled trying to lose weight.  I'd lose 5 lbs, gain 2 back.  Constant back & forth.  But so worth it.  Tomorrow I hope to wake up to 199. 

Haven't been this weight since 2003 when I dropped down to 160 for a little while for my wedding.  Only took a month to balloon up to 180 then it was 210 in such a short period of time.  Putting the blame on Hamburger Helper and 80/20 beef.  Now I know better.  Avoid pre-packaged carbs as much as possible. 

Funny, tomorrow I'm making biscuits & sausage gravy for dinner (hubby requested).  I plan to eat very little of that meal.

Eat less, move more!  Cos if I can do it at 47 and a natural lazy person, anyone can do this.

Stuck @ 202

Well, not really seeing as I gained back 2 lbs and finally lost them again.  On the plus side, I've moved on from size 26 pants to size 20.  Whoo hoo!  I think I will be content as size 16.  Good goal to have.  One thing I have learned this week.  Avoid Mellow Mushroom because their pizza will make you gain weight.  Especially when you eat beyond the serving size.  Lesson learned.

Eat less...move more.