1 Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Wow, Thanksgiving was a hard one.  I tried to do well, but I just was having such a hard time.  Can you beleive I gained 10 lbs, in just the week.  and I thought I was doing good.  Well the good news is I have worked my tail off and lost those 10lbs in just under a week.  It must have been all the salt I had.  I have been trying to stay away from salt, and so just a little threw me off my game.  I am hoping to see a few more lbs off soon.  I will let you know!

Sore Legs

Holy smokes, my legs are so sore!  But if feels good, even though it hurts when I move, at least I am moving.  Get up and move and watch the lbs come off!

It's okay to cry

Today was a tough day.  I haven't mentioned it yet, becuase I am so familiar with quitting the gym, that I didn't want to tell anyone.  Well, here it is, I have been going to the gym Monday - Thursday for the past couple weeks.  I have a great trainer and he works me hard enough, but not to hard that I pass out.  I do puck though... I know, not very ladylike.  Well, this morning I was crying before I even got out of bed.  I was sore and did not want to go.  Well, thanks to my husband, I went, I needed a little push.  I cried all the way there and my poor trainer thought someone had died.  Well, needless to say, I spent the next hour working out while crying.  Don't ask me why today was so tough, but at the end of it all, I can say "I worked out today and didn't quit".

Never Give Up!!!

Well, I lost it today.  It is hard to explain what a fatty goes through, especially when you are married to a man who has never had a food problem.  Am I the only one who has these issues?  I tried so hard to explain it, but I won't ever give up trying to lose the weight and get healthy, but sometimes it is hard and I do get frustrated.  I just want to make sure I NEVER GIVE UP!

It's tough - it's an excuse FATTY!!!

Well, some people are trying to lose 10 lbs as their goal.  I can gain or lose 10 lbs in the matter of morning til night.  My body loves to hold onto water and I am getting frustrated.  I know it's my own decision to eat the unhealthy fast food and trust me I don't really want to.  Okay, maybe this is all an excuse.  In fact, as I sit here writing this, I know it is an excuse.  I need, need, need to break out of these excuse driven paterns.  In the summer it's too hot and in the winter it's too cold.  Yes, I know...all excuses.  Therefore I will pray.  I ask that God will help me in this battle and take away the urge to make bad decisions and give me the stength to make good ones. - I'll keep you updated.  Support is welcomed!!!

Traveling is hard

I have such a hard time when I travel.  Even when I do my best to make healthy choices and not go crazy on my calories, I still seem to gain weight.  I know that alot of it has to do with water weight from the long car rides and plane rides, but it gets depressing.  I can go away for a weekend, exercise while I am away and still come back 10 lbs heavier.  Yes, that is TEN ponds in less than 48 hours.  How does that happen.... Sheesh... The good news in, I lost 5 lbs the next day, however I still have an additional 3 lbs to go, since I lost 2 more the third day back.  I am looking forward, to getting back to0 where I began, then I have to go on another trip.  It's a never ending cycle.

Mind over Pounds

I have been losing some pounds, but I am afraid to claim them.  Why you ask?  Because, I don't want them back, but... I feel in my mind, they will come back.  I have been through this before.  I have seen the same numbers com and go so many times, I can barely count.  I remember 10 years ago, saying I will never be this big again, yet here I am trying to lose those same pounds.  Well, I think, NO... I KNOW, I will claim these lost pounds and never return.  The difference between now and then is, then I was fad dieting, everything I could do.  Now I am educating myself.  Not depriving, but making the right choices.  So those lost pounds... yeah I may see one or two of them back every now and again, but that will only be as I teeter-totter before they are gone forever.  I say teeter-totter, because, I don't know about you, but I can gain or lose 5lbs in the matter of 8am to 8pm then again from midnight to 8am, crazy I know.  But I am telling, as I tell myself Mind over Pounds, we are in charge today!