Dec 26, 2011

Another successful day at the gym! I find myself now WANTING to go to the gym where as in the past, it was like pulling teeth and I would dread the days I knew I had to go. This change of attitude and outlook on the gym makes me so happy and gives me the confidence in knowing that there will be changes made and nothing but progress from here on out! 

I got to the gym tonight at 7:10, and did 30 minuets on the treadmill.  Burned 304 calories and went 1.49 miles! I was actually able to do a little strength training today which was AH-MAZ-ING! However between the hip abductor, hip adductor, and  never letting the incline on the treadmill go below 5.5.. MY ASS AND THIGHS ARE FIRE!!! Once I finished all of that I just wasn't ready to call it a night so I did another 30 minuets on the treadmill, went 1.39 miles and burned another 284 calories! 

Starting my night off! 

And the finishing product of the night! 

<3

New Beginnings

It's been a LONG time since I have blogged. A lot has went on since October. So here is the wrap up:

I had the Lap-Band Surgery on December 14! Pretty excited about that! The pre-procedure diet was a bitch for the first couple of days, but towards the end it got a little easier. On Dec 2 when I went in for all of my pre-procedure testing we took measurements and weighed in. Here are my numbers:

Dec 2 -
Height 5'6
Weight 266.5
Upper Arm 15 1/5 inches
Chest 52 inches
Hips 55 1/5 inches
Thigh 26 inches
Abdomen 56 inches
BMI 43.0
Fat % 49.5% (how disgusting!!!)


Not very impressive numbers at all, then again that's why I had the surgery.

Post surgery pic, 5 holes!!! and so swollen! 

yay for feel good meds! lol 

On Dec 21 I weighed in at 250.8! Which delights me! Only shows that there is going to be nothing but progress from here!

Since Surgery:
*I have went from a 2xl scrub pants to a xl!!!
*I was able to put on a pair of jeans I have not fit in for 2 years!!!
*Signed back up at AnyTime Fitness this week. Went and did an hour of cardio today, attempted some strength training, but only being a little over a week out from surgery, that did not feel to nice on my incisions.
*Today I put on a shirt that was one WAY to tight and it was actually a little bit big!!!

So I am super excited to see what my future holds and excited to see all the changes that are waiting ahead!!!

Slacker

I haven't done crap in a while!! I stepped on the scale the other day... gained 3 pounds!!! I've been so excited about starting the process again for my lap band procedure I've been neglecting my working out. Not cool! Just because I will be getting some extra help from the surgery doesn't mean I can stop working out! I've got to stop slacking! So I went for a walk today with Boss. It was a short walk but at least I got out there and did something. Today starts me getting back into my work outs like I was before!!

Who ever says weight loss is easy, they have never been fat lol

New strides

Even though the skies looked grim today, I went for a walk today. The neighbor was going to bail, I made her get up and go with me. We went down to bratcher estates and walked the neighborhood and decided to come back and just walk our street in case is started to storm.

Normally I just got for a walk and occasionally I'll do a sprint but never an actual run or jog. I'm not sure what compelled me to jog today but I did it! It felt so good!!!! So I see some more jogging in my future. Boss loved it too! His ears just flapping in the wind, tongue hanging out. Too cute! Hopefully he will sleep well tonight, I know I am!

Venting

I'm not happy let me just throw that out there! I don't understand people. I went for a walk with Boss today. Here we are just trucking along, Boss checking everything out, Me just jamming to the iPod. We are minding our own business not bothering a soul just walking and sweating. There were some typical honks and waves and all that jazz that you get when walking on a sidewalk in town, that is expected. What was yelled out today, stopped me dead in my tracks. I had just finished my one mile on way and was starting on my way back home when this car full of teenage boys ( they couldn't be a day over 17) passed by and as they are passing by one hangs half way out the window and yells " WHALE!!" Really?!?!?! Why? Here I am trying my hardest and actually getting out there and bettering myself and you want to make nasty comments like that? How rude. I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother me. It did. No one wants to be called names or hurtful things said to them. It doesn't make you feel good.  But I can say  I am not going to let it phase me, I am still going to go out there and do my walks and continue to get myself all fit a sexy. A month or so ago if this would of happened, you wouldn't see me back out there for fear that that moment would happen again. Not this time! You aren't getting in the way of me and my goal mister. I just hope that whom ever it was that made that comment gets at one with himself and solves what ever issue he has that makes him feel better by making other people feel bad about themselves. 

So people just remember when you see a bigger person out walking or running or whatever it is they are doing, don't yell out mean things to them and make them feel bad about themselves. Believe me, we already have enough self image issues, we DON'T need you to publicly point out our flaws. We are aware of them, that's why we are out there.... TRYING TO FIX IT! 

Ok Im done I am off my soap box......A full body pic with measurements will be coming up in the next post or so! 

September 20

Finally went for a walk today. It has been a week since I have done anything. What a slacker! Good news though I weighed myself Saturday, I am down to 265.8. So now I am down 18.2 pounds. Which makes me excited! Almost 20 pounds lost! Other than that, nothing too exciting to write about!

One more day for progress

Awesome day! Was told my scrub tops where looking big on me! HECK YES! I was smiling from ear to ear when I was told that! Little comments like that mean the world to me and makes me want to keep striving towards my goal!

Had an awesome walk with Boss today at Shepherdsville City Park. Did 3.5 miles. Was all sweaty and nasty and I was okay with that! No sweat, no glory.

All Smiles

Weighed in yesterday and I couldn't help but smile from ear to ear! I weighed in at 268.4!! I am so excited to see 260 something! That's been my little goal is to see 260 something before Halloween! AND I DID IT! So that puts me at a total of 15.6 pounds lost since I have started my blog! Pretty stoked about that! I am half way to my goal of loosing 30 pounds before the end of the year. Hopefully I will reach that goal and possibly exceed it! How awesome would that be?!?!?!

Today our city park they had a Remembering 9/11 ceremony and instead of driving up there, me and the neighbor walked! It's about a 2 mile walk from my house to the park. So I got my exercise in and I got to par take in all of the festivities! It was a win win situation!

Told you I was super excited!!! 

Who said Yoga was easy?

They lied! Yoga is not easy! It's hard and kicked my ass! I am weak! I have come to realize I have ZERO upper body strength! But not for long! I found this 10 lbs slim down Yoga program on my exercisetv channel and I figured I would try it out! Boy oh boy! What did I get myself into? My body was contorted in positions I did not know I was capable of doing. And the crazy thing about it, I was actually enjoying it. I was stretching muscles I haven't in a long time! I had no idea how up tight and tense I was! So I definitely see me doing some more Yoga in my future, it hard, but makes me feel oh so good!

After  I did my 22 min yoga thing I decided to go ahead and do a 10 minute cardio session as well. Boy oh boy again! That man doesn't play either! Longest ten minutes ever! And once again I loved it! 

So all in all it's been a good day. I even stopped by a local tanning salon and signed up for an unlimited month deal so I can be all fit and sexy and tan!! yay!!!!! 

Great Success! 

Sunday Morning

Completely forgot to blog Sunday after my walk. Boss and I woke up really early Sunday morning since that seems to be our new trend. After a few hours of just sitting around doing nothing but watching TV I decided we needed to get out lazy butts up and burn off some calories. We went to the Shepherdsville City Park since it is closer to home and I didn't feel like spending $5 to get into Bernheim :)   We walked and slighty jogged 2.5 miles.

Here is our POV of Sunday morning:

 BossMan found a lady friend we was rather fond of, I think that's the only time we was willing to run lol 

Poor BossMan was exhausted! 

And just a little FYI that makes me SUPER excited.... My once "fat pants" ( every girl knows what I am talking about) that sadly became my "oh crap i need to suck in pants" have now become my " i think im going to need a belt pants" HELL YEA!!!! 

and another little FYI, I need to someone to buy me one of these http://www.shopbounce.com/product/bras/sports-bra/310184.do?sortby=ourPicks     because my sports bra from Old Navy just isn't supporting my "gals" like it should and I'm just flopping all over the place and I refuse to spend that much money on a sports bra :)

No assembly required

My TV wants to help me get fit! Thanks to my wonderful Momma, I can now follow workout videos via On Demand. I have NO idea there was an ExerciseTV channel. I feel like I should of known this option was available before last night, but there is too much going on and too many channels  I haven't a clue whats on there.

Jillian Michaels! Has her own show on this channel. She is even fierce in her 10 minute workout. I saw this and was like oh 10 minuets this will be a breeze. WRONG! I was sweating and feeling the burn 2 minutes into it. She's a beast! And I like it! Momma tried to do it with me but my puppy kept trying to eat her pant legs so she just took pictures instead lol

Defiantly not my most attractive side but hey it works. Figured it was better to get a picture of the final stretching part rather than the mid work out dying look... not flattering at all :0)

I'm loving finding out all of the new possibilities to get a work out in without having to spend money! Now I am off to take Boss for a walk at the park! More to come! 

Not so unlucky 13

Good news!! I went to the doctor yesterday. I'm down 5.6 pounds! That's a total of 13 pounds I've lost so far! So I weigh in a 271! Still a lot... but not as much as I used to be! It was the news I needed! I've been feeling a little bit discouraged and almost to the point of wanting to give up. I haven't been walking or really watching what I have been eating as closely. So when I went yesterday and they told me I had lost I was excited and a little mad at myself because if only I had tried a little bit harder who knows what that number could of really been? But any pound lost, no matter how much it is, is always better than any pound gained!

Walked two miles today with my sister:

and Boss:

FYI Boss is my new Blue Heeler/Coon Hound puppy... My main man <3

It was nice to get to catch up with my sister and walk out some stress. Lord knows we both needed it! It was kinda funny too. I like to do what I call " distance sprints". Which consist of pointing out an object or something in the distance and you just jogg or sprint to it. Well my poor little sister was just having a hard time with it... I hear her say " I CANT DO IT" lol we had only been running for like 2 seconds. Bless her heart. Here I am easily twice her size, and I am having to tell her " you can do it" "just a little bit further" ' we are almost done". Made me feel good :0)

We have a sister date tomorrow at the park for more walking and running! 

Aug 18, 2011

Went walking tonight with Jessi! Decided to do the Salt Rive park or whatever it's called. Not as cool as Bernheim by any means, but it's way closer to home. It's a .67 trail... who maps out a trail at .67 miles?? And it was so confusing as to what actually counted towards a whopping .67 miles. Went around four times and did a little extra " of course' walking so I'd say we walked 2 miles give or take a little bit.

SAW A FREAKING SNAKE! I swear it almost killed us! Ok so that might be a little dramatic, but it was scary! Here we are just trotting along minding our own business, gossiping about everything and bam! I gasp and do the " mom hand grab" on Jessi's arm... and there it is a flipping snake in the middle of the trail, just sitting there plotting our death! That's the one down fall of working out outside verses the gym ... stupid snakes.... that is the second one I have encountered since the beginning of my new work out regimen! It's so dangerous trying to become skinny hahaha

Oh and I have new things I want to try by the way:

In November I am volunteering at the Tough Mudder even in Indiana. SUPER STOKED! I hope to be able to one day participate in it... Im just not there physically yet. http://toughmudder.com/events/     It's insane crazy! And is totally my new motivation

And before I can even think about the Tough Mudder... I want to start doing marathons ..... Got to look into all of this stuff... I'll work on it 

 Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

There will be days like this my momma said

I feel absolutely terrible! I haven't been walking or running or ANYTHING since last Thursday! Stupid mini vacation has me all out of whack and I just can't seem to get back into the swing of things. I just feel like I am never going to reach my goal! I do so well for a little while and then something comes along and bumps me off my routine and I just never seem to bounce back! I need someone to make my ass get back on track, cause I sure cant find my motivation at all!!

I need a T-Rex! Any one know where I can find one? 

Closing Time

3 miles today! So that means since Sunday I have done 8 miles!!!! Whoo hoo! I am going to take tomorrow off and get some things doen around the house. And Ill be back Friday morning! Walked Lake Nevin twice today. My friend Shannon and Jessi joined me today as well as Jessi's friend Heidi. It was a good time!

Dolly, Bella, Jessi,, Me, Shannon, Heidi

Not a lot to write about to day. Saw some deer. Closed the park down. The ranger had to kick us out 3 minutes before closing. Other than that, nothing else... Just some walking and some sweating with friends and puppy dogs :0)

Rude! You can have a coke!

Took another trip around Lake Nevin today! 1.3 miles. As well as my random wondering I did after wards so I am assuming I did at least 2 miles today. Before I post pictures of my walk today I want to share a story of what happened today:

So I was informed that my blog is stupid. That no one want's to see pictures of my "fat ass" in a sports bra and shorts. And that no one cares about what I've eaten, or what "pathetic" exercise I have done for the day. Well all I have to say is... how rude!  If YOU don't want to see my fat ass in a sports bra and shorts well simple solution, don't read my blog you silly goose! I didn't post those pictures for you. I don't post what I've eaten or what I've done to burn calories for you. I do it for ME!

People amaze me just how mean they can be. Normally this would really have me upset and what not. But not this time! I am proud of what I am doing and the results I am seeing. I'm doing this for me, not you, nor any one for that matter.

So next time you  want to open up your flapper and say something negative about me or my blog, don't waste your time, You won't get me down :0)

So now that I have vented, here is my walking trip from today in my POV:

 oh yea, look at all of that sexiness lol, im working on it! 

Lake Nevin Loop

Another day at Bernheim Forest!! Went walking with my cousin and her little girl Aba! 1.3 miles today!
Heres a few pics of my walk/run:

 My little running helper! 

Not a good idea to run and try to take pictures!! 

 My little helper got side tracked by goose poop .... ew

Sweaty, finished project! Trying to breath and smile all at the same time... Not an easy combination at the moment lol 

So there you have it! My walk/run POV