Day 180

I want to start on a positive note...I ate really well today and tracked my food on Sparkpeople.  Tracking, as much as I hate to do it, really helps keep things in perspective.  Today at work was the end of hour long lunch breaks.  I am trying to stay positive, though I will miss my hour of peace and quiet.  The upside is I will have less time to make bad decisions.  Less of a chance for me to eat out of boredom or make a fast food run.

As promised, I called and made an appointment to see the podiatrist about my foot.  I have an appointment for next Thursday.  I could have gotten one sooner, but it did not work with work.  Oh well,  I have walked on it for a month like this now, what will another week hurt?  It was really bothering me tonight so I have it propped up....

Leading me to my not so positive note.  I did not exercise tonight.  I came home and Jim was on the treadmill...what a good boy he is, but I could not summon the motivation I needed to do right.  I justified it with my foot pain and eating well.  I told myself, baby steps.  That being said, I plan on going to aqua zumba tomorrow, weather permitting.

Day 179--hello again!

So...a lot of time has past since my last post.  I lost my motivation.  My left foot still hurts and I have yet to go to the doctor.  I am going to call and make an appt tomorrow, because this is a tired excuse and I want to get back on the treadmill.  I intend to RUN the Turkey Day gobble wobble in Charleston and time is running out to train (pun intended).

Despite the time lapse and lack of motivation I have managed to drop 2.2 lbs since my last weigh in putting me at 234.  That is a total of 34.2 lbs lost since Jan 1.  Still not too shabby, but time to get down to business to defeat the buns!

I have a new goal.  I have been challenged to lose 10 lbs by Aug 14 for a trip to AC, BABY!  This almost 7 weeks away.  I want to set a stretch goal of 14 lbs so I will be 220 and that would be 2 lbs/week.

I want to thank Heather, Dad, Amy and Sherard for encouraging me to re-post.  And Thank-you to Renee and Julie for always having something encouraging to say. And EVERYONE who has taken the time to read, comment or like.  Y'all keep me accountable.  THANK-YOU!

So if I cannot walk, I will strength train, ride my bike, and work on my core.  Weather permitting, I will go back to aqua zumba.  I will cook meals at home instead of going out.  And I will POST about it all. :)

days 147-153... thanks sissy

Sorry not to have posted sooner.  I have been mostly wallowing in self pity.  Last Tuesday I wanted to go to aqua zumba, but could not because I had to work late.  Wednesday was wasted--also I somehow managed to injure my left foot just walking through the lobby at work.  Thursday I wanted to go to aqua zumba, but it was cancelled due to weather.  Friday I convinced myself since I was not on the wagon that I deserved fast food.  After a delicious lunch from McDonald's, I spent most of the afternoon in and out of the bathroom.  Awesome.  Saturday was spent at the beach and Sunday was wasted away as well.

I got to talk to Heather on Sunday and she tried to be the angel on my shoulder.  She and Renee are doing FANTASTIC!  She also sent me a bunch of pins to motivate me.  Heather and I have always struggled with our weight.  She let me know that at this point I only have a 2 lb advantage on her.  She knows just the right thing to motivate me. :)

I talked to Heather again after leaving work today--she was getting ready to go to boot camp.  I told her I would ride my bike when I got home, since my foot is still bothering me.  I came home and it was just barely spitting rain so I changed into my pj's.  I sat outside and read for awhile before finally convincing myself to get up and change to take the bike out.  My 15 min bike ride burned 161 calories.  Not much, but 161 calories more than I burned all of last week.  I plan on going to aqua zumba tomorrow...weather permitting.  I was a good girl eating today.

Here are a sampling of the pins Heather sent me...I <3 Heather.