Missed me?

You know you did! he he. So a run down of the happenings. On June 1st I started the HCG diet. Can I tell you that I loved and hated those first fat loading days. Then by day 3 I couldn't wait to start the actual diet because I felt so terrible from all the junk food. I did ok. I could have done better if I hadn't cheated so much. :( But I did lose a total of 17 pounds! Yay for me! Since stopping the HCG I have stayed between the same range and started to get quite frustrated with myself. So I started exercising and....gasp......counting those darn calories. But I am down 19 pounds now!!!!! Waaa hoooooo! I have not seen that number on the scale in awhile and can't wait to see lower numbers. I won't go off the starting weight of this blog as I actually think I gained a bit. Oh man...just went back and looked at my starting weight. I gained a lot. UGH! I started HCG at 199.2. Shudder! I am now at 180! So I am quite excited and totally counting it as 19 and not the other. :)

So things I have discovered in the last 2 months. You actually do feel better when you exercise. I have found myself even exercising at 10 PM if that is the only time I can squeeze it in. And 2nd? Eating right is a totally complete lifestyle change. You have to commit to it FOREVER. These will be hard, I know. But I am looking forward to the adventure at the same time. Happy exercising!

-3.7! Yaaaaay

It has been awhile...missed me? :)

I haven't blogged recently. I had some things happen that were upsetting so I didn't know quite what to do. Then someone said something to me, I won't repeat what, but it lit a fire in a way. The last few weeks have been up and down but I am proud of myself this past week. What makes it different? I started logging my calories. Ugh! Can I tell you how much I HATE to do that? But I decided that if I want to be more successful then I need to make some changes, especially some that are more difficult. I have actually been more aware of what I am eating and some things just don't look good to me knowing how many calories they have. I haven't really exercised per say but I do walk more. I try and walk to places more. I have actually enjoyed the time with my kids more. Especially when we can do random stops and play. I think my kids have enjoyed it too.

I also stopped nursing my son. I was so excited when I realized I could eat dairy again without it affecting my baby. Course, guess what? I actually have not ate hardly any because I get too sick from it now. I can't tell you how excited I felt when I saw a carton of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. It used to be a big love of mine. I looked at that thing and thought how sick I would be and easily put it down. Yay for me!

So I have a busy busy next couple of weeks. So here is to hoping that I don't let the stress get me down. Keep it trucking people.......I am a little tired here. :)

Argh.

No excuses. But I am sure I can come up with some anyway. :) I gained 2 pounds last week and lost 2.1 this week. So I guess it is all good. It has been a very very stressful time lately. There...that is my excuse. I did recently join http://www.sparkpeople.com/. I absolutely hate journaling but I thought maybe it might help me be more successful. It is not easy for me to sit down and add it all but anything worth doing takes effort so this is my effort.

I have not exercised for 2 weeks. I am sad as I was doing so good. And guess what? Either the stress or the exercise is the culprit....I am so tired again. All the time. I do miss the exhiliration I got from exercising so I need to get back in the game.

And our exercising humor. My daughter LOVES to exercise with me but will whine and complain most of the time. She is doing a Wii exercise with me and the screen is not recognizing what she is doing so she was super frustrated. Our 20 minute workout turned into 45 with me doing almost a double workout. It was not the funnest thing but sometimes I couldn't stop laughing at her.

-1.5

Waa hoo! I am happy about that. I have been eating a TON better and trying to get that exercise in. I hate to admit it.....but I feel a lot better too. Gasp! I know. Scary. he he. Here is another scary thing. I am almost out of the candy in my house and I am not feeling panicky at all about that. Complacent actually. I must be broken for sure. :) Now I just wish it was easy to keep up this healthier lifestyle. I have loved getting my Bountiful Basket. I have loved all the vegetables and fruits. The newest odd fruit that I have tried and actually like quite a bit now....Kumquats. Pretty sour little things but I like them.

Now here is a bit of weight loss humor for you:

My Mother had commented that my fingers must get a good workout from texting. My father said maybe I should text with the rest of my body. I laughed so hard about that.


Son prayed, "Bless me to lose weight, and gain the weight, and lose the weight, and lose the weight, and gain the weight. Amen." That must be what I have been praying for. Oops!


Father said he didn't see me in line for the Biggest Loser line up. Maybe I should.....that is not the first hint I have had. :)

Happy healthy eating everyone! Try a new food in the following weeks and let me know how it went.