Day ?-39: Sunny Outlook

Well, my visit with Kimberly was great but FAR too short!  We had a fun time just being together and catching up.  I wish we had the means to see each other more often.  That goes for all my far-away friends.

I contacted the Houston Enzyme company and I am going to try out their TriEnza product and will report the way it works as the days pass.  I am receiving the product for free as a trade for talking about how their product works.  My plan is to start with a smaller dose and work my way up.  I am excited about trying the product!

Food and workout:  Well, I failed myself when visitor is in my presence.  I did not do well at all.  In fact over the 4 day visit with Kimberly, I gained TWO pounds!  YUP!  Ugh.  Well, I take full responsibility for this.  I just didn't do well with my choices.  I have done so well for 35 or so days, that I was actually surprised at how easy I made poor food choices.  Yesterday I had a long talk with myself and I did well.  In fact I decided not to weigh myself yesterday out of sheer fear, but was pleased that I am back down to 202 today.  I need to rid of those two stinkin pounds by the weekend!  That is my short term goal.

I am also going to be going Sally's wedding in Mexico this April (mid-month) and my next goal will be to be down 20 pounds by April 12th!  This will be a good incentive!  Mexico = warm weather which means swim wear and summer clothes.  So let's see how it all pans out!  I am hitting it hard!

I got my Polar heart rate monitor watch in the mail last week and bought the Avia Avi-Motion shoes this week with some "fun money" I had.  I tried out the Avia shoes yesterday on our one hour walk and I could feel them working different parts of my legs.  It was great.  I watched their video on their link and it claims to work the legs, buttocks and abs because of the shape of the sole.  I can see how it works.  I felt a little different while walking, so hears to hoping it works.  My heart rate monitor, shows how many calories I burn based on my heart rate/weight/height and age.  All of that is programmed into the watch and I wear a band around my waist to read the HR and send the info to the watch.  It is pretty stellar.  So now I can get an exact read on my calories burned during exercise.

Today, I will go for a walk again and start back doing the 30-day shred...I stopped for 5 days!  So I am going to make up for it by doing it two times a day for 6 days.  I am also going to be doing it a bit longer than the 30 days since I am having a hard time with work-out 2 and clearly not ready for workout 3.  So I am pushing the P90X  back a few weeks.  I'll let you know when I am ready!  However, with my new "going to Mexico" goal I need to get into gear!  :o)

So that is all folks.
Weight: 202 again

Day 25: Fitness and Frame of Mind

Hello out there!  What a good day.  All over the place!  I had an awesome talk with one of my inner circle best friends (we call eachother bosom friends!) Kathleen.  We keep helping each other through hard times. I am in love with a friendship that had both give and take.  She and I met in Germany and became super close when Gary was in Iraq.  We were fitness and health buddies too!  Our lives have changed and we have changed with them.  I am blessed by her!  We talked about the economy today.  It was very uplifting! I feel renewed about it all!  ;o)  She mentioned to me Dave Ramsey.  He has a show on TV.  He teaches to apply wise decisions in saving and recovering from money woes.  I am excited to learn more about him, and increasing my financial health this year as I increase my fitness and health.

Then after eating two great meals I did my 30 day shred with Jillian and immediately went for a one hour walk, keeping my heart rate up I was able to burn more calories and get into the fat reserve!  Nice!  It felt really good.  Then I came home to make dinner, although, about one time a week work as a short order cook for my family, I still ate really good.  My man is allergic to fish, and I eat it about 2-3 times a week, so those nights I let everyone choose...
I made grilled tilapia on my George Forman Grill and had 1/2 cup of 1% cottage cheese, and 1/2 cup of grape tomatoes.  It was tasty and filling!  Likely I will finish off with my yogurt dessert and a fiber one bar.  I also treated myself to a Diet Pepsi.  :o)

As far as weight goes, I am still at the same weight as yesterday, which makes me happy!  I am hoping to drop a few more pounds by months end.  On my walk with "Pace" today, we talked again about realistic goals and how this time it is so much different that my "diets" before.  I know I mentioned it before, but I feel so good about it, I'm going to mention it again.  I think every time I have dieted in the past 4 years I have put such unrealistic goals on myself.  So I'd step on the scale and not lose the weight. So I'd give up.  I hadn't surrendered to health, like I have this time.  I have to be honest, my awesome blog followers help too!  I know I have to be honest with what I do/don't do and have to blog about my day.  That also encourages me!  I know if all these people are going to read about what I ate, I am going to choose wisely about what I put in my mouth.  More than that though, it is for me.  I set myself on a new track, with large goals, with small goals, and a timeline to get to where I want to be to maintain on that track!  I am 3 and 1/2 weeks into this and it feels good.  It feels right, and the scale is helping too!
So, thanks for following, thanks for passing me on to your friends, and thanks for your constant encouragement!  I love it!

Weight: 204.8 :o)

Day 23: Just Another Day

Today was a normal day in the life.  I did hear of a great family friend's uncle who passed away today and to be honest it shook me a little more than I had imagined.  I had only met Bill and his sons one time, but they were welcoming and loving.  I think what hit me so hard is the reality of death, how quick it can happen and how it is the only guarantee in life.  It is strange that I am at the age where the generation above mine is starting to pass on.  It seems to me that I am too young to experience that, that Bill's kids are too young to be without their parent.  It brought me to some of my other friends who have lost their parents.  It is just sad.  I don't want to depress, but it was a hard start to the day, and I can only imagine how hard it is for his family.  As well as all of those affected by Hiati.

On lighter note, life just keeps on going by.  I really have a handle on my eating and I am excited about that.  I did walk about 4.5 miles today in an hour and did my first day of the 30 day shred.  My husband (who I'll be surprised if he reads this) did it today too!  I was happy to see him panting when he was done.  It is hard, and he is in good shape...I still don't pant when I am done, although I am pretty well warn out!  :o)  I am hoping to see the number 204 or lower this week.  After hovering at 205 all week last week.

I was thinking today about summer and how I'll have a new body this summer, I got all excited about what I can wear and how I'll feel comfortable in my clothes!  Summer is still far off, but the warm (34 degrees) weather today made me think of summer.  Fortunately it is still several months off so I have time to get down a few sizes before then!  I just get excited about shopping in the normal sized areas.  I can't wait to go into ANY store and buy clothes!  Oh, yeah!!!

I wonder, what do you do about clothes in the mean time?  I don't want to spend money on new clothes (nor do I have any money) when I am just going to grow out of them in a month.  So does anyone have any ideas?  I was thinking I may put my clothes online to sell in the sizes I grow out of for some other person with skinny on the calendar.  That way I can get some cash for my clothes but also someone else can have some nice transition clothes too.  Any ideas on that?  Ooh, or maybe I'll have a swap party!  That way we don't have to spend any money and can swap out our clothes.  Hmmm...

Well today I ate really well.  Ended the day on a great salad with grilled shrimp. :o)

Weight: 205.6
Here's to hopin for a 204 or lower weight in the next few days!