Week 3 in Summary

This week was a good week!!  I lost 1.8 pounds - down to 298.2!!!

I even exercised twice, both were aerobic even.  On Monday night my ward played Human Foosball for our FHE.  I didn't really want to play, because I'm usually a hinderance to those type of things, but I got roped into it.  It was really fun!  I got some running in and I even scored 3 goals over some really big guys in my ward!  The really nice part about it was that I didn't feel like I was exercising, it was just fun.  It was a lot of running, and I had to do it, because I was attached to 2 other people, but it was still fun.  Especially when my team won. :)

The second time I exercised this week was on Thursday after my cooking class.  I was feeling really lethargic and tired and just didn't want to do anything, but I knew I needed to walk.  So I put on my walking shoes and grabbed my iPod and headed out.  I ended up taking this really pretty bike trail for a ways that ran by a creek - I never knew that St. George had bullfrogs, but apparently there is like a million in this little creek off of Sunset Boulevard and Dixie Drive.  On the way back home I took a dirt trail next to a canal and then back up the hill to my house.  The next day I plugged my route into Google maps and found out I walked 3 miles!

I really need to get serious with this.  My favorite pair of jeans wore out this week and I had to go shopping for new ones and it was the most depressing thing I have ever done.  I should have more time after this week - I'm having my house warming party tonight so I won't have as much pressure to get things done like I've had in the past.

Two points of news: 1- I'm going to do my weigh-ins on Saturdays now.  I was only doing them on Sunday the last two weeks because I had to work on Saturday.  2 - I'm getting real internet on Tuesday, so I should do a much better job of keeping this up to date!

-M-

No More the Fat Girl! The Beginning

I've always been overweight.  I've known that, my doctors have known that, random people on the street know that.  

I've wanted to change for some time, and I make commitments to myself year after year to do better.  I've been in Weight Watchers.  I joined a gym.  I've done lots of things to make weight loss a reality for myself, but they never last.

A year ago I was doing fairly well, I had been going to the gym regularly and was feeling good.  And then I hurt my back.  Everything changed then.  I was now under doctors orders to not go the the gym.  I wasn't supposed to do any running, bending, twisting or lifting until further notice.  I was in constant pain and nothing seemed to be helping.  So I went to an old fall back - I ate my emotions.  Some of the days where I couldn't even stand up straight I would eat a whole pizza and half a carton of ice cream.  Very healthy, I know. 

Well, here it is, nearly a year later and I'm doing much better.  I'm still not supposed to do a lot of lifting, but I'm able to do some.  

I went to the doctor earlier this week for an unrelated reason and I got the shocker of my life at the mandatory weigh in.  I weighed over 300 pounds.  I knew I had gained weight, but I had no idea I had gained that much weight.  

So I decided to start this blog, I figured this would hold me accountable for weighing in every week and making a continued effort.  I'm not really sure what kind of format my post will take.  Most likely it'll be a combination of my struggles and my successes.  

I've already decided that one of the best ways to keep myself motivated is to have a reward/consequence system in place.  Each time I work out (gym, swimming, going for a walk or hike etc) for 20 minutes or more I earn one download on iTunes.  Each pound I lose I earn $1 towards new clothes.  However, if I gain weight, each pound I gain will result in $1 lost in that account and if I don't work out at least twice a week I will loose one of my iTunes downloads.  

Let the weight loss begin!