The first day of Summer is in 140 days. I have created a challenge for myself and invited my friends and family to join. I did not want to make a resolution, because I never stick to them. At the start of the year I was in the midst of the 30 day challenge on about.com. If you are reading this I would suggest you try it. I really enjoyed the 30 days and it gave me new workout ideas. I think I lost 9 pounds on that program.
Anyhow, yesterday after my 5k walk on the treadmill this challenge came to me. 140 days till the official 1st day of summer. I want to make it to ONEderland. so that is it my resolution, challenge, next goal. I can do it. I emailed my group who started this journey with me and added a few others who have their own journey and invited them to set a goal to make by this date! Mine is just under a 40 pound quest. It is 2 pounds a week and today is day 1/140.
I was feeling a little under the weather when I woke up and I was not motivated to walk, but I got a text message that I inspired someone else and she was headed out for a walk. I needed that text. I got on my sneakers, hat, gloves and jacket and got in 1 mile this morning. Yeah me! I also sent a thank you message for her inspiration. I am glad I got the walk in.
I am still wearing the pedometer I am borrowing from Ellen and I am up to a goal of 10500++ steps a day. I make it 5 out of 7 days a week. I have my date to start my training with couch to 5K it is a 9 week program and I have given myself 12 weeks. The lilac 5K is Sunday May 20. I hope this training helps me to get to my ONEderland goal by June 20.
The new year has started out just right. the weather has been good, and I am so proud of the 50 pounds I have lost. People are starting to notice :) I am so thrilled by that. I have encouraged others to get on their own journey and my husband and I are doing great at this together.
I am so happy!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
photo update
Well here is my first photo update. I cropped these pictures to get a close up of my face. I can see a difference. I am surprised. I do not see these changes when looking in the mirror, but these photos show a true difference. It is a slow and steady journey, but here is a little something for a boost to my confidence. Now if only I could see it in my gut!!! :)
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| August 2011 in NC |
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| Jan 1, 2012 |
Sunday, January 1, 2012
January 1, 2012
Happy New Year!!!!
2011 was a great year. I took several wonderful vacations Ireland twice, Iceland, a trip to Texas, Philly, and my family reunion in North and South Carolina. We had a few weddings, theater dates, times with good friends and a new healthy lifestyle. I won the biggest looser challenge with Tiger, started using myfitnesspal.com, and started a new 30 day health challenge. I turned 40 and lost 40 pounds in 2011. I am sure this is not a complete summery of the year, but a good chunk of it. All in All I would call 2011 to be a good year!
What is in store for 2012?
2011 was a great year. I took several wonderful vacations Ireland twice, Iceland, a trip to Texas, Philly, and my family reunion in North and South Carolina. We had a few weddings, theater dates, times with good friends and a new healthy lifestyle. I won the biggest looser challenge with Tiger, started using myfitnesspal.com, and started a new 30 day health challenge. I turned 40 and lost 40 pounds in 2011. I am sure this is not a complete summery of the year, but a good chunk of it. All in All I would call 2011 to be a good year!
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| Cliffs of Moher, Ireland 2/2011 |
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| Tiger, John and I Ireland 2/2011 |
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| Sheep on the Ring of Kerry 2/2011 |
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| See how small the roads are in Ireland. |
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| San Antonio Texas March 2011 |
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| Giants Causeway, Ireland April 2011 |
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| Lynn at The Giants Causeway 4/2011 |
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| First Guinness with Lynn 4/2011 |
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| Adam Family Reunion Charleston, SC July 2011 |
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| Biltmore August 2011 This is what started my Journey |
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| Grounds of the Biltmore 8/2011 |
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| Apple Picking October 2011 |
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| Kim and Doug get hitched |
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| Carrie Ann and Gary Pike |
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| Iceland 11/2011 |
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| Iceland |
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| The Northern Lights Iceland, 2011 |
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| Holy Crap I am 40! |
I will continue with my new lifestyle. I did not start the new year out right. We were at a party and boy did I eat and drink. I am sure we will get a walk in because the sun is shining. Not something we see often in the winter months in Upstate NY. I really did not make any resolutions. I am on this Journey and it is slow and steady. I am working on deciding my next mini goal.
Plans for 2012- I want to go to Alaska. I want to have continued success on this Journey. I want o be healthy, happy and enjoy my life with family and friends. Without them life is not complete. So check back and see what I am up to for 2012. Happy New Year everyone!
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| January 1, 2012 |
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| January 1, 2012 |
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
December is here
Well it is December 3rd. It has been a while since I have posted. Where has this year gone????
Tiger and I are still doing the biggest looser challenge we will wrap it up when she returns from her trip home. A while back she and I signed up for Myfitnesspal.com it is a site you can put in your goals lose X pounds a week and what you activity level is and it will set you up with calories and such. It is an okay tool. I have heard it is similar to the WW site, but this one is free. I have noticed that when you exercise it allows you more calories to eat. I am still trying to figure it all out. I am happy to report since doing it I have lost 7 pounds.
I am up to level 6 on my sprint 8 program,. but it is very hard! I have to slow down the walking from 3.5 to 3.2 and work up to the 3.5. John suggested I jog the whole thing. Tried it and I will say I have to work up to that too.
After taking a vacation to Iceland for 5 days and the treadmill not having power for a few days I will get back on track and drop down to level 4 and work my way back up. I will be back on 6 in no time.
I am on track for my new years goal and I am feeling very proud of myself. I have noticed my clothes are a little looser. I am also waiting for the moment when someone else asks "have you lost weight?" I guess I was larger than my own world view.
Before our vacation I went to get some new jeans to take with me. I tried on 1 size down and they were comfortable. I tried 2 sizes down and they were a little tight. I figure 5 pounds more and I am there. I decided not to buy the jeans.
Iceland was awesome. It was cold and we walked a lot. I ate okay. after returning home I got on the scale (after eating breakfast) and I was down 2 pounds. I can take a vacation and not sabotage my weight loss goals.
I have started thinking about goals for the end of 2011 and 2012.
It is always good to have short and long term goals.
My goals
Be in the 240's by new years.
Use my fitness pal to track food and exercise daily
walk 10,000+ steps a day
Get my own pedometer and return the one I have been borrowing from Ellen
Get back on the treadmill sprint 8 program. 3-5 days a week (vacation made me stop)
Start a weight training program 2 days a week
walk a 5K 1 time a week.
In February I am going to start the couch to 5K program to train for the lilac 5K
Start the 30 day shred DVD on Monday Dec 5
Tiger and I are still doing the biggest looser challenge we will wrap it up when she returns from her trip home. A while back she and I signed up for Myfitnesspal.com it is a site you can put in your goals lose X pounds a week and what you activity level is and it will set you up with calories and such. It is an okay tool. I have heard it is similar to the WW site, but this one is free. I have noticed that when you exercise it allows you more calories to eat. I am still trying to figure it all out. I am happy to report since doing it I have lost 7 pounds.
I am up to level 6 on my sprint 8 program,. but it is very hard! I have to slow down the walking from 3.5 to 3.2 and work up to the 3.5. John suggested I jog the whole thing. Tried it and I will say I have to work up to that too.
After taking a vacation to Iceland for 5 days and the treadmill not having power for a few days I will get back on track and drop down to level 4 and work my way back up. I will be back on 6 in no time.
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| Iceland at the divide of the North Atlantic and North European tectonic plate |
I am on track for my new years goal and I am feeling very proud of myself. I have noticed my clothes are a little looser. I am also waiting for the moment when someone else asks "have you lost weight?" I guess I was larger than my own world view.
Before our vacation I went to get some new jeans to take with me. I tried on 1 size down and they were comfortable. I tried 2 sizes down and they were a little tight. I figure 5 pounds more and I am there. I decided not to buy the jeans.
Iceland was awesome. It was cold and we walked a lot. I ate okay. after returning home I got on the scale (after eating breakfast) and I was down 2 pounds. I can take a vacation and not sabotage my weight loss goals.
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| Snowy Landscape |
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| Northern Lights |
I have started thinking about goals for the end of 2011 and 2012.
It is always good to have short and long term goals.
My goals
Be in the 240's by new years.
Use my fitness pal to track food and exercise daily
walk 10,000+ steps a day
Get my own pedometer and return the one I have been borrowing from Ellen
Get back on the treadmill sprint 8 program. 3-5 days a week (vacation made me stop)
Start a weight training program 2 days a week
walk a 5K 1 time a week.
In February I am going to start the couch to 5K program to train for the lilac 5K
Start the 30 day shred DVD on Monday Dec 5
Thursday, October 27, 2011
58 days till Christmas
I set a New Years goal a few weeks back October 3 to be correct. I wanted to drop 20 pounds. I am getting there I have about 16 pounds to go to make it to that goal. I have started to wear a pedometer daily. I am doing good. I have been over 6,000 steps since I started. I have actually made 10,000 steps 5 of the last 7 days. It all helps to get there.
I know weight loss is a slow process. I did not gain it all over night. Still no changes in my clothes, and no one has said I look like I have lost weight. I see my mom and sisters in 2 weeks and maybe one of them will notice. Only time will tell. I am really waiting for the day that my clothes start to feel to big. I am not there yet. I will be one day.
I think my girlfriends are all starting to not have any interest in this new life style. One as I have said really never started, the other was doing great for a while, but has admitted many bad food choices and is starting to make excuses. I am sure she will come around. The last one is struggling with her own 3 pound plateau. I can not make them do this, but I hope they stick to it, because they are keeping me motivated.
Natalie is not loosing weight with us.
I am just about down 10% of my fat debt and I am thrilled.
My biggest looser challenge is going well too. Tiger and I were both down this last weigh in. We were going to measure too, but I could not find the measuring tape. We will do it next weekend. We also talked about what would we do with the pounds pot. Originally the one who lost the most would get it, but I have really been thinking about it and I think we should donate it. A food cupboard or toys for tots. I talked with her about this and she agrees. $9 will not go far, but if we each decide to match what is in the pot for charity that would be a good thing. especially with the holidays coming. With Thanksgiving around the corner as well as all the other food holidays the pot may increase. fingers crossed NO, but only time will tell.
I know weight loss is a slow process. I did not gain it all over night. Still no changes in my clothes, and no one has said I look like I have lost weight. I see my mom and sisters in 2 weeks and maybe one of them will notice. Only time will tell. I am really waiting for the day that my clothes start to feel to big. I am not there yet. I will be one day.
I think my girlfriends are all starting to not have any interest in this new life style. One as I have said really never started, the other was doing great for a while, but has admitted many bad food choices and is starting to make excuses. I am sure she will come around. The last one is struggling with her own 3 pound plateau. I can not make them do this, but I hope they stick to it, because they are keeping me motivated.
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| Tracy |
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| Natalie, Ellen, Heather, Stacey |
I am just about down 10% of my fat debt and I am thrilled.
My biggest looser challenge is going well too. Tiger and I were both down this last weigh in. We were going to measure too, but I could not find the measuring tape. We will do it next weekend. We also talked about what would we do with the pounds pot. Originally the one who lost the most would get it, but I have really been thinking about it and I think we should donate it. A food cupboard or toys for tots. I talked with her about this and she agrees. $9 will not go far, but if we each decide to match what is in the pot for charity that would be a good thing. especially with the holidays coming. With Thanksgiving around the corner as well as all the other food holidays the pot may increase. fingers crossed NO, but only time will tell.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Sprint 8
I have never been a fan of the treadmill. We have had one in our home for as long as I can remember. I do not like to use it, but it is great for cold days and rainy days. After the fire in 2007 we replaced our treadmill with one that is much more sophisticated than the one we lost. This one has a great program called sprint 8. It is an interval program. It changes speed and incline. It is actually a great program. I still prefer to walk outside, but it will do as winter is coming.
I was thinking about doing the couch to 5K program that many folks are doing these days, but again with bad weather coming I figured I would not be successful on that program. Maybe I will give it a go this spring. I remembered the sprint 8 program and made the decision to do it. I started on Wednesday September 21 and did level 1. I have been doing the sprint 8 program nearly everyday since I started. On Sunday 10/16 I began level 5 and it was freaking hard. I am thrilled to post that I did finish it and I was so proud of myself. I had to slow the speed on my cool down, but today my third day at level 5 I did it all without feeling like I need to slow down. I am so excited about this. It is a huge accomplishment. I am sure I will be at level 5 for a while, it is still hard, but I will know when I am ready for 6.
The biggest looser challenge with Tiger is going ok. Week one I was down Yeah! Week 2 up 4 pounds. Not sure why? I did not like not knowing so I started a food journal. Week 3 I was back down all I had gained and a little more. We have $9 in the pot now with 5 weeks to go in this challenge.
I have lost about 20 pounds since this journey began. I had a long plateau, but I pushed through and did not let it get me down. I worry about my friends who stated this with me back in August. One really has not been involved, one had major "slips" this past weekend, and the last is going strong, but is battling her own plateau. John is working crazy hours and is doing what he can. I think the long days and weeks are getting to him. I do not like cooking for one! I am ready for his work to go back to 9-5.
I am doing great. I feel good, I am happy and very proud of myself.
I was thinking about doing the couch to 5K program that many folks are doing these days, but again with bad weather coming I figured I would not be successful on that program. Maybe I will give it a go this spring. I remembered the sprint 8 program and made the decision to do it. I started on Wednesday September 21 and did level 1. I have been doing the sprint 8 program nearly everyday since I started. On Sunday 10/16 I began level 5 and it was freaking hard. I am thrilled to post that I did finish it and I was so proud of myself. I had to slow the speed on my cool down, but today my third day at level 5 I did it all without feeling like I need to slow down. I am so excited about this. It is a huge accomplishment. I am sure I will be at level 5 for a while, it is still hard, but I will know when I am ready for 6.
The biggest looser challenge with Tiger is going ok. Week one I was down Yeah! Week 2 up 4 pounds. Not sure why? I did not like not knowing so I started a food journal. Week 3 I was back down all I had gained and a little more. We have $9 in the pot now with 5 weeks to go in this challenge.
I have lost about 20 pounds since this journey began. I had a long plateau, but I pushed through and did not let it get me down. I worry about my friends who stated this with me back in August. One really has not been involved, one had major "slips" this past weekend, and the last is going strong, but is battling her own plateau. John is working crazy hours and is doing what he can. I think the long days and weeks are getting to him. I do not like cooking for one! I am ready for his work to go back to 9-5.
I am doing great. I feel good, I am happy and very proud of myself.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Biggest Looser Challenge
I am doing a Biggest Looser challenge with a good friend Tiger. I was down 5.4 at the end of the first week. Yeah me, but this weekend I think I put it all back on. I ate far to many applesauce chocolate chip cookies!
I am again fearing the scale I have eaten so much bread this weekend I thought my body was going to go in to shock because of it all.I do not keep much bread in the house anymore so I do not have to try and avoid it. I will hop on the scale later tonight to calm my nerves and get an idea of how much I have to make up.
Saturday I did ok. I ran and cleaned the house. I line danced for a good 30 minutes so a good work out. I think I ate an egg with spinach. Lunch whole wheat pasta salad with spinach, chicken and veggies
dinner super late because Michelle as in the ED. I had some steak, green beans and onion rings.
Sunday ( Apple Picking with family)
Breakfast scrambled eggs with herb pepper and 1 turkey bacon and 1 pancake leftover from earlier in the week. it was yummier the first day.
Lunch and Dinner you can see Ihad a huge FAIL!
lunch potato chips, salad, meatball sub on a white roll 1/2 a loaf of garlic bread (white)
snack 4 apples while traipsing through the orchard
Dinner white Italian bread with brie cheese.
Today My folks and I took a nice stroll around the neighborhood this morning my guess was about 1.5- 1.75 miles. it was a slow pace. but better than nothing with the day I am about to have.
breakfast was a yummy apple french toast. White Calla bread, apples eggs cinnamon. I ate a piece that was 2 X 2 not huge, but not small still yummy
Lunch that whole wheat pasta salad ice tea
Dinner????
Both yesterday and today I am super low on my water. So far today I have finished just 32 oz.
My folks are still here till tomorrow. I am working today 130 - 4, class 5-7, work 730 - 830 and 930 - 10ish
I got my morning work covered tomorrow so I do not have to work till 1 in the afternoon. I gave up 6 hours, so now I need to try and replace the time.
I will get back on track today and tomorrow with my healthy new lifestyle. I guess sometimes you have to shake things up a bit to drop weight.
I am happy to break my plateau. I have set a goal by Christmas/ New Years drop 25 pounds in 84 days. I think it is do able.
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