Archive for March, 2008

March 29th, 2008

A Little Something Everyday

I selected the Pilates video that I will use. It is a 20-minute workout that includes modified positions that I will use to ease myself into the routine. I have cramps so I’m not going to start the workout today, but I may give it a try tomorrow. I brought my Yoga mat upstairs; I’m going to get up and do the Sun Salutation in the morning.

I’ve got my menus planned for the week through Friday. Tomorrow I will prepare some of the snacks in ziplock bags. And I will make some bean soup for a couple of lunches next week.

I haven’t started exercising yet but planning and preparation are also important steps. Consistently doing a little something everyday will get me to my goal. I can do this.

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March 28th, 2008

Asthma Sucks

MORNING
All of the enthusiasm I had yesterday has gone down the drain. I woke up with a tight chest feeling like crap this morning. Asthma sucks!

AFTERNOON
I’m feeling much better I may not have to take the serious meds after all.

Fashion Show Workout Plan
I’m going to go through my Pilates videos to find the one I will start with. My mornings will begin with the sun salutation. That will be a gentle stretch and the deep breathing will be good for me too.

The walking should be easy I enjoy it and I’ve missed it, but it has been hard to get motivated to start again. I’ve been waiting until I could buy some new walking shoes. I’m not sure if I have been using that as an excuse or not. My knees have been stiff and sometimes when I walk or stand a lot they hurt.

When I first start walking daily I go through a few of weeks of pain and stiffness. I know that when I’ve been walking regularly the pain subsides, and then I have little or no pain. A good pair of walking shoes helps to lessen the pain. I’ve made attempts to walk at lunch recently, the walking feels so good but when my knees start hurting me I just quit.

I remember when walking 2 or 3 miles was easy exercise, it was not that long ago. Now that I’ve written this, the walking is not sounding so easy after all. If I can just tough out the first month of walking …

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March 27th, 2008

Fashion Show – What Was I Thinking?

I agreed to be in a fashion show Saturday, May 17, WHAT WAS I THINKING!
I will of course be representing the full figured Sisters. O.K. this is the plan I have just a little over 7 weeks to be not quite Soooo FULL figured. I was looking for inspiration to exercise but, modeling in public in a trendy fundraiser is a little over the top. I said I would model, so now I’m in it to win it. I want to feel good as well as look good when I model in the fashion show. I need to get to work.

I’m going begin the day with a little yoga, just 2 or 3 poses to get started; at work I will walk 20 minutes indoors during lunch. In the evening, I will work up to doing 20 minutes of Pilates. I have not been exercising at all so I have to begin slowly. If I can only start with one pose in the morning so be it. The walk from my building through the catwalks to the other two buildings and back takes about 20 minutes and I may be only able to do 5 minutes of Pilates to begin with, but I’m going to do whatever it takes to get started. I’m tired just thinking about it, but the thought of that fashion show will compel me to move my butt.

I don’t think that I will to shrink to a smaller size in time for the fashion show I’m interested in toning and tightening. I want to reduce the amount of jiggling that will go on when I’m modeling.

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March 26th, 2008

1st Weigh-In

Wednesday is weigh-in day. It was my weigh-in day with WW, and I have continued to weigh-in on that day even when I am not on any diet or exercise plan. Facing that number every week reminds me not to lose total control and eat with reckless abandon. It took a long time for that weight to creep back on. I weighed 269 when I started WW and my lowest weight was 209.

So, drum roll please my weight today is – 249.5, that is a 6.0 weight loss. 19.5 lbs. to go to my first “Goal Weight” of 230 lbs.

A 6.0 lbs. weight loss is inspiring, I am thrilled to have lost so much the very 1st week, but I know from past experience that a lot of that loss is probably water. That being said 6.0 whole lbs. YEEES! It energizes me to keep it going for another week. My goal for next week is to lose 2.0 lbs., but I will be very satisfied with any loss at all.

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March 24th, 2008

Beginning With A Plan

Weight Loss Goal: 25.5 lbs
My first goal weight is 230 lbs that is a 10% loss, I can do this.

Exercise Goal:
20 minutes of exercise daily Walking 20 min per day or 20 exercise video.

List the Things that Work for Me:

  • Food Log
  • Exercise
  • Portion Control
  • Water
  • Consistency – Working on the the things above everyday

List the Things That Work Against Me:

  • Stress – stress eating is a serious trigger for me.
  • Never allow myself to get really hungry – this is also trigger for me, I eat anything I can get my hands on when I get really hungry.

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March 22nd, 2008

Not Today

I am just not feeling it today. No way I’m exercising, although I have no desire to overeat I just don’t want to work on, or think about losing weight today. This is an official veg-out day.

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March 21st, 2008

Day Two: So Now What?

Where do I begin? I suppose I start by setting a weight loss goal. A 10% loss is reasonable and attainable goal. My first goal will be to lose 25 lbs. Yup, learned this at Weight Watchers.

Next, I’m going to list all the things that helped me lose lbs. when I was on WW. Now comes the hard part, figuring out what things work against me. I need to list all the things that trigger my stress eating.

An exercise goal will be the next thing to decide upon. I’d like to start walking again. It was a beautiful spring day yesterday, it snowed today and it is a little to cold for me to walk comfortably. I’m not lacking in exercise tapes and DVDs, I will have to look though them and select one to start with. To be honest, I’m not looking forward to working out with a DVD I would much prefer to start with walking. I am determined to get this party started so DVD it will be.

Lastly, I need to make a grocery list and stock my kitchen for success.

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March 20th, 2008

Bloom Where You are Planted

It’s the first day of Spring and I’m going to consider my weight loss as Spring cleaning.

Today is the day I start my weight loss plan. I’m going to lose weight with style. This is going to be fun, yes, okay it’s going to be a lot of work but to get to a healthy weight I need to make this fun so I don’t lose focus.

My Weight Watcher’s scale says I weigh 255.5 today. Not exactly the weight I want to be, but all things considered I make 255.5 look good. (Can you tell I’m feeling confident today?)

At 5’8” and 255.5 I have a BMI of 38.8 that makes me Obese. I have no intention of living the rest of my life obese. And trust me I plan on living a long and healthy life, so I am committed to replacing my unhealthy habits with healthy ones. This is not a temporary fix until I get to some magic number or dress size. This is going to be a new way of living for me, permanent changes in probably every area of my life.

I have no illusion that this is going to be easy, there will be ups and downs but I know I can do this. How do I know? A few years ago I lost 60 lbs. on Weight Watchers. (More about that later) It took over a year and a half, but I did it. I kept 50 lbs. of it off for more than a year. I know how to lose — now I’m going to learn how to change my life to ensure that what ever I lose stays LOST. I’m planting the seeds of weight loss success. In the Garden that is life I am going to Bloom where I am planted.

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