Showing posts with label goals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goals. Show all posts
00:10

Staying on Track








So last week didn't exactly go as planned - damn those tasty Halloween Monster Mallow Cakes from Greggs the Bakers!

My weight came down by 2.8lbs but then I binged again after that and put it all back on plus 0.2lbs. 

I have been back on track again this week though, so I'm interested to see what the scale will read on Saturday (I have decided to make that my official weigh in day!).    I haven't binged this week and hopefully I can continue this streak I have going! Ha!!  My trainer (who is also studying Psychology - very hand!) told me about a book she is reading for her course.  It's called "The Hunger Fix" by Pamela Peeke.  It's all about food addictions, over-eating and how to overcome it.  I definitely think this is something I should read.  I need to let go of the vicious cycle and just DO IT already!



I created a weight loss reward thingamabob today and it really helps to break down your weight loss in to smaller chunks and look forward to a treat (non food of course!) in the very near future!
My 45 pound loss reward is booking our Florida vacation for next year!!  And my ultimate reward will be a new wardrobe and shopping spree in Orlando.  My other rewards include small things like new leather gloves, mani/pedi, massage, new pyjamas - that kinda stuff.  When I did a similar reward list last year, I did reward myself quite a bit!  Though most of the treats and rewards on my previous list were things I had to do for my wedding anyway! At least I earned those rewards tho =)

I had a new gym program created for me on Monday night, and let me tell you, it ain't no walk in the park!  Prowler shuttle sprints are included in this, and boy, are they BRUTAL!!  I just love being back in the gym and lifting weights again!  My cardio is also a lot more interesting now than it used to be when I worked out at a chain gym.  Also there is nothing better than slamming a ball into the floor with full force ;-)  Gets all the anger and frustrating right out :-)

I'm still thinking of what to write in my "success story", but hopefully I will get it done by the weekend!!  It will be interesting to see what I envisage my future to be like! 





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21:48

Weigh In Results - Thursday 27 Jan 2011 and Couch to 5k update

Hey guys!  I have been meaning to blog but kept getting caught up in reading everyone else's updates ;)

I weighed in at WW last Thursday.  I lost 3.5lbs!!  I was ecstatic!  I thought I was heading for a 2lb loss but was delightfully surprised that it was almost double.

I finished my first week of Couch to 5k on Sunday afternoon!  I felt great doing this workout again.  I ran faster and kept my incline at 2%.  I did slow down on my walking bits, as I read on someones blog (I can't remember whose it was!) that if it is feeling too much to walk a bit slower.  So I did!  Which helped me run faster - yay!

I was going to start Week 2 today, but work got in the way and I had to work late.  Blah!  I am hoping to go on Thursday and get it started!

My eating the last couple of days has been baad.  I have been eating far too many sweet things, cakey things and chocolate cookies!  BAD, BAD, BAD!!  Why do I feel I need to eat this crap??  I don't know why but I really need to figure this out.  Or I'll just keep losing and gaining the same 5lbs over and over again!

Anyway, I don't really have much else going on just now - going to walk Molly and try and get to bed earlier tonight!  My goals I set last week haven't really been met............I need to start focussing on me and taking care of myself.

Oh, and a big hello to my new followers!  Welcome!


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20:45

Baby Pics, Couch to 5k and Goals!

Hey guys!  Sorry I've been MIA the last week or so.  I have been so busy and so obsessed with my teeny tiny little nephew!  He was born last Sunday at 6.21pm and weighed 5lbs exactly!  He is so adorable, I can hardly stand it! lol  Here is a wee pic of him.  His name is Aaron =)

1 day old!
Do you like my hair??!!
Isn't he gorgeous?!! 


Anyway, he was my excuse for skipping my workouts and not following my WW plan.  I started from scratch (again!) yesterday and hit up the gym this morning.  I started the Couch to 5k plan again - and this time I'm just going to follow it to the T!  Usually I start to feel a lot fitter and run for longer than they say - of course, I end up burning myself out and giving up altogether.  This time I am determined not to overdo it.  If I follow and complete the plan, then I could finally call myself a runner!  I would love to be a runner and be able to complete a 5K, 10K, hell, even one day a Marathon!!

Here's my workout for today:

Treadmill 30 minutes - Couch to 5k - Running intervals (5 min warm up. 1 min run. 1.30 walk. 5 min cooldown).
Spin Bike - 35 minutes - I did a "spin class" podcast that I downloaded - Let me tell you it was H.A.R.D.!!

Then I stretched for about 5 minutes.  And did a cool down walk around the gym.  

Total Calories Torched:  759 calories. (10 Activity points earned!)


My diet today has been pretty good too!  I have had plenty water, 5 servings of fruit and veg, a healthy dinner, healthy snacks (and some unhealthy ones but I have tracked 'em).  I just have to remember how good I feel when I eat well and exercise.  It's not rocket science...... =)

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My Goals for 2011

By New Year's Eve 2011 - I hope to be a healthy and happy weight - hopefully about 125lbs!

Keep kicking ass in the gym

Complete a 5K and then perhaps a 10k!

Start paying off some of my credit card debt.

Try out Roller Derby.

.............this is all I can think of right now!  It will be a work in progress!!



My goals for this week are:

To exercise at least 3 times in the gym

To track my pro-points and stay within said pro-points!

To lose at least 3lbs at my next weigh in

To eat more fruit and veggies

Drink more water

Get up early for work!  (This will be the most difficult - bahahaha!)


Ok, time to go get things ready for the morning.  Hope you all have a kick ass week!








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13:30

A New Beginning!

Today is the first day of Operation Orlando!! It's time to get serious! I have updated my side bar (to the left) with my stats and about me box.

I weighed in this morning at 175.4lbs. This is my new start weight! I need to lose just under 50lbs to get to my goal of 126. It's on baby! I am not going to Florida obese. It's just not going to happen! I know I would feel so bad about myself that I just wouldn't enjoy myself. Especially in 90 degree weather!! So.... tomorrow I am going to post my starting pictures and measurements. This time I am not playing around. This weight loss is going to happen! I have never felt so positive or sure that this time it's coming off. I have already lost over 15lbs. It had been over 20 but since I wasn't the best bunny over Christmas, I gained more than a few pounds! I have been fighting a cold since before Christmas and I know I'm not well enough to go to the gym but I can control my eating.

I'm going to join Weight Watchers again and go to a class on Wednesday after work.

Can someone tell me how Weight Watchers points work in the USA/Canada? It seems as if you guys get a whole lot more flexibility with weekly points as well as your daily points?? How does it work??

I need to remember to post my last year goals and how many of them I achieved! I fear it may not be all that good! And I need to set some new goals and dreams of what I want to achieve this year! Blogging more is one of them!!

Have a fabulous day xoxoxo

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