Today, Jan 13,2011. Im actually beginning my Slim Fast diet. I bought some coffee flavored kind at Kroger yesterday,as it was still onsale. Got a vitamin that is for the metabloism,and bought Alli too. Alli is that weight loss drug approved by the FDA,that my dr assures me wont make me crazy while still being crazy. Why a random thursday? well because,I said so. We have ice and snow here in TN. and Im typing on the front porch,yes, smoke in hand, coffee at the right hand,wrapped in a blanket. Well, I had planned ot wait till the wintery stuff melted.but its not leaving for another day or 2. So I thought, what the heck? Plus,I chose Alli b/c it was onsale at Walgreens. It was onsale for 39.99 with yet another coupon for 10 more off. So I got 60 caplets for 29.99. Fair price,right? I had not considered taking a weightloss pill,b/c the last time I took phentermine,it backfired on me. So I hope with adding a vitamin to my daily routine,and Slim Fast,with all its vitamins,it will perk me on up.
I can tell the nerve block I had on my back didnt really work this time. So,since it was no Granny's majic elixer,Im going to use gradual exercise to hopefully ease the back pain. to describe it, it feels like some one is trying to seperate your vertabrae with a dull hatchet. I bought a big ball at Walmart,so I think that will help too.
I read in the Alli booklet info,that the goal is not just loosing weight,but changing your eating habits. Ok, I can do that. I hope.
The beach is calling my name,and I hope to not look like Free Willy's Mama in the sun this winter. PLUS, Josh and I are in a wedding on May 14,2011. Some great friends are tying the knot in a Civil War themed ceremony. So yes, I will be dolled up like Scarlett O'hara. I told my friend,Id be looking like Ursula the Sea witch if I didnt shed some pounds. So I have a short term goal of 30lbs for May and a long term of 60 or more for Decemeber,2011.But, I also read in the Alli info that my goal weight is still over weight for my height. BUT, Im big boned,and so that has some bearing on it too. If I can get myself down to 180lbs, I will be happy. esp since the scales groaned at me this morning when I weighed. 230. yep. huge!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Slight Delay
There has been a slight delay in my diet and new exercise routine. I had a nerve block done on my back yesterday,and have to wait a few days before I can start working out. Im praying this block works on my back. I had one in sept that worked great, the last one, didnt work at all. So Ive been in extreme pain for a while now.
I spoke with my Dr. yesterday,the one who did the block, about beginning exercising. He told me loosing weight would probably help my back. But I have to go slow. I told him walking was ok,but standing for a while hurt like heck. His main reminder was to stretch! So I mentioned Yoga. He thinks that will be a great way to ease into working out. But the minute it begins to hurt,I have to stop. He also said water areobics would be good too. b/c it takes the pressure off my back,while still working out. I'll have to look into that. The gym we plan to join {its not open yet} has a small pool. Its one of those rectangle shaped ones where you swim by yourself again whatever current you set the machine on. So I doubt there will be water classes in the hot tub size pool.
As for diet. Well, I fell off the wagon on that the day I started. It was like my body KNEW I was telling it no,on the brownie. So I ate healthy stuff,but still over ate. Plus, I made a pan of lasange. It was healthy though. I used skim ricotta,added spinach,and didnt eat too much of it. Plus, I made an Olive Garden like salad,adding 1/4 cup of Italian Vinegrette to the whole bowl,instead of covering everything in ranch on my plate. No one complained about it either. I used Bibb lettuce this time. I bought it by default since Korger was out of romaine in a bag,when I shopped the other day. I bought light butter too. Like I said, Butter,anything dairy is my weakness. So I figured we'd try that. Im pretty anti margerine. Id rather have real butter.
Plus, since Josh is going to be using his company discount to buy the Slim-Fast shakes, he stillhas not been able to buy them b/c the company store has been closed. So yet another delay.
I have determination though that this is what Im GOING to do. We are seriously considering a cruise around Chirstmas this year,so I want to have a beach bod. It wont be tan though. I have tanned before in a bed,and all I did was turn red! But still dropping 60lbs will make me feel better about being a beach bum in the Caribbean come next Dec. So,the vacation is my carrot,dangling in front of me. A fixed mark so to speak! Josh wants to look like Ronnie from Jersey Shore. I told him to go for it,but please dont let buff interfere with brains.lol.
I spoke with my Dr. yesterday,the one who did the block, about beginning exercising. He told me loosing weight would probably help my back. But I have to go slow. I told him walking was ok,but standing for a while hurt like heck. His main reminder was to stretch! So I mentioned Yoga. He thinks that will be a great way to ease into working out. But the minute it begins to hurt,I have to stop. He also said water areobics would be good too. b/c it takes the pressure off my back,while still working out. I'll have to look into that. The gym we plan to join {its not open yet} has a small pool. Its one of those rectangle shaped ones where you swim by yourself again whatever current you set the machine on. So I doubt there will be water classes in the hot tub size pool.
As for diet. Well, I fell off the wagon on that the day I started. It was like my body KNEW I was telling it no,on the brownie. So I ate healthy stuff,but still over ate. Plus, I made a pan of lasange. It was healthy though. I used skim ricotta,added spinach,and didnt eat too much of it. Plus, I made an Olive Garden like salad,adding 1/4 cup of Italian Vinegrette to the whole bowl,instead of covering everything in ranch on my plate. No one complained about it either. I used Bibb lettuce this time. I bought it by default since Korger was out of romaine in a bag,when I shopped the other day. I bought light butter too. Like I said, Butter,anything dairy is my weakness. So I figured we'd try that. Im pretty anti margerine. Id rather have real butter.
Plus, since Josh is going to be using his company discount to buy the Slim-Fast shakes, he stillhas not been able to buy them b/c the company store has been closed. So yet another delay.
I have determination though that this is what Im GOING to do. We are seriously considering a cruise around Chirstmas this year,so I want to have a beach bod. It wont be tan though. I have tanned before in a bed,and all I did was turn red! But still dropping 60lbs will make me feel better about being a beach bum in the Caribbean come next Dec. So,the vacation is my carrot,dangling in front of me. A fixed mark so to speak! Josh wants to look like Ronnie from Jersey Shore. I told him to go for it,but please dont let buff interfere with brains.lol.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
It is beginning!!!
So,to begin this new Year off,in a positive direction,Josh and I have found a gym we plan to join. Its local to us, 24/7 and has child care. Its not expensive to join,and child care is only 5 extra bucks a month. I plan to begin the Slim Fast plan in the morning. Im enjoying my last morning of coffee and nicotine for breakfast. The reason I chose the slimfast plan is b/c Josh,my husband works for the company that makes it. Its worked for me in the past,and he gets a discount on the product. But this time Im really going to follow it AND work out. Im pushing 30. 9 months minus one day and I will be the big 30. But after 2 kids,my hips have spread,Im lazy,and Im happily married {most days}. In other words, yes, Ive let myself go. I have friends who will be making similar changes with me,so I am not alone. A dear friend of mine,Jess, and I have very similar lives. Kids,husbands,and laundry. Laundry itself is a work out. But I highly doubt the gym has a wash and fold section. In my early 20's it was so easy to get weight off. I partied! Dancing all night was a great work out. Plus, I was in "catch a husband mode", meaning I felt I needed to put forth effort into my looks. But now, with the 4th anniversary of saying I Do coming around, both my husband and I have gotten quite plump. Oh,sure, I see him as dead sexy and he tells me the same,but its not the same. We both look different. 30lbs for him and yes,60 has done it for me.
I got to thinking yesterday about the last time I felt like I looked good. It was even before I met Josh. A couple of years before I met him,matter of fact. Then I looked back at my life then. I was pretty fit! Oh,sure,I had a booty, and always will. But I walked a mile or more every morning, worked,took care of my oldest,and went to school. Baiscally I didnt have time to sit on my ass. Not like now.
WHy not just get out and walk on my road,you might wonder? WHy not get off the couch and move? I really don't know the answer to that. But we live on a busy road,and my husband leaves for work before day light. I have my excuses. Not reasons excuses.
So a local Gym it is. Im not sure what the beginning plan of action will be for me. I've never tried to loose weight AND get in shape. But now the time has come. Josh and I were figuring out how we'd pay the 35.00 per month enrollment. Simple. Stop smoking and buying junk food. A friend advised me last night to stop the smoking first,and then the junk food. Shes probably right. She's fit and has a few letters after her name, but I think Im going to do it the hard way and do it all at once.
I love to cook. But I love to cook with butter and cheese. Not really frying things. So,more EVOO it is,and Im going to try not to piss off the kids when we have simple baked chicken and steamed brown rice and brocolli. Cant be bad for them either. My oldest son eats like a horse,but is skinny as a rail. The little one,Ive let eat more crap in his almost 4 years,than the ten year old his whole life. But those days are over. The challenge will be to have similar flavor and depth,but yet being more healthy too. At first I know it will be a schock to mine and Joshes systems. But we will get over it! We are ready!!!
He wants to loose 30 and buff up. I want to loose 60,and get fit. I KNOW we can do it!!!
I got to thinking yesterday about the last time I felt like I looked good. It was even before I met Josh. A couple of years before I met him,matter of fact. Then I looked back at my life then. I was pretty fit! Oh,sure,I had a booty, and always will. But I walked a mile or more every morning, worked,took care of my oldest,and went to school. Baiscally I didnt have time to sit on my ass. Not like now.
WHy not just get out and walk on my road,you might wonder? WHy not get off the couch and move? I really don't know the answer to that. But we live on a busy road,and my husband leaves for work before day light. I have my excuses. Not reasons excuses.
So a local Gym it is. Im not sure what the beginning plan of action will be for me. I've never tried to loose weight AND get in shape. But now the time has come. Josh and I were figuring out how we'd pay the 35.00 per month enrollment. Simple. Stop smoking and buying junk food. A friend advised me last night to stop the smoking first,and then the junk food. Shes probably right. She's fit and has a few letters after her name, but I think Im going to do it the hard way and do it all at once.
I love to cook. But I love to cook with butter and cheese. Not really frying things. So,more EVOO it is,and Im going to try not to piss off the kids when we have simple baked chicken and steamed brown rice and brocolli. Cant be bad for them either. My oldest son eats like a horse,but is skinny as a rail. The little one,Ive let eat more crap in his almost 4 years,than the ten year old his whole life. But those days are over. The challenge will be to have similar flavor and depth,but yet being more healthy too. At first I know it will be a schock to mine and Joshes systems. But we will get over it! We are ready!!!
He wants to loose 30 and buff up. I want to loose 60,and get fit. I KNOW we can do it!!!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Knocking on Thirty,Its time for a change
I've begun this blog to document what I hope is a vast amount of weightloss. It's all Ive been thinking about lately. I've seen my pictures of late,and am embarrased to put them on my facebook,unless its a face shot. Even then you can see that I'm a Thick Chick. I use thick chick,because if I say I'm fat, Im admitting defeat over my own self. My own lack of self control when it comes to food,and movement,and all that.
I will be thirty in sept. I've been on the 20 something roller coaster,and now,Im about not to be a 20 something. Its time for some life changes. I've had my babies,and dont't plan on anymore. I've partied like it was 1999 for a few years. Now,I'm married,and stagent about my weight. My life is full,to be sure. I have a great husband, 2 beautiful boys,and now,I tend to just exist being fat and happy. Well, I want to be happy,but no longer thick.
I'm taller than the average woman. At 5'7, I do tall people things for my Memaw,and can reach the top shelf in my pantry. Maybe thats part of the problem too. I carry my thickness all over. Especially,like many women,in my hips and booty. My pelvis looks like 2 country hams,my arms shake like a bowl full of jello shots,my face makes me look part St.Benard these days. About the only thing I feel like I have going for me in the looks department is a genuine smile,and my hair. But alas,even my once deep brown hair is revolting on me,so I dye out the greys.
I have begun this blog today of all days because Im going to have another nerve block done on my back. My blood pressure is high from my normal 110/60. It was up to 145/91 on Monday. I thought,as I heard the words HYPERTENSIVE,that the dr outside my exam room could not be talking about ME. But he was. I have a bad back. I have arthristis in it,that I have lived with for years. My back has gone in and out several times over the years,but never like this. I'm in constant pain. Im bipolar as well,and when Im depressed,I eat. And Im not taking about salads with some vinegerette. I mean half a box of Fudge Rounds,and a big glass of milk. In soothing my soul,Ive added unneeded thickness,to my already big boned self.
So,its time for a change. I dont really have a plan of action just yet. The days of eating whatever I want,and dancing it off later, are gone. I dont stay up all night anymore chain smoking and drinking coffee and popping mini thins to stay up,and give me energy. The thickness I have is affecting my daily life. I don't want to be like this anymore! I want to change! I want to change my body,to help my mind,and vice versa.
So I began this blog today,to have a place to vent it out.
Im beginning this journey back up to my biggest weight. 233 lbs. Thats a lot,I know. But times,they are going to change for this thick chick!!!
I will be thirty in sept. I've been on the 20 something roller coaster,and now,Im about not to be a 20 something. Its time for some life changes. I've had my babies,and dont't plan on anymore. I've partied like it was 1999 for a few years. Now,I'm married,and stagent about my weight. My life is full,to be sure. I have a great husband, 2 beautiful boys,and now,I tend to just exist being fat and happy. Well, I want to be happy,but no longer thick.
I'm taller than the average woman. At 5'7, I do tall people things for my Memaw,and can reach the top shelf in my pantry. Maybe thats part of the problem too. I carry my thickness all over. Especially,like many women,in my hips and booty. My pelvis looks like 2 country hams,my arms shake like a bowl full of jello shots,my face makes me look part St.Benard these days. About the only thing I feel like I have going for me in the looks department is a genuine smile,and my hair. But alas,even my once deep brown hair is revolting on me,so I dye out the greys.
I have begun this blog today of all days because Im going to have another nerve block done on my back. My blood pressure is high from my normal 110/60. It was up to 145/91 on Monday. I thought,as I heard the words HYPERTENSIVE,that the dr outside my exam room could not be talking about ME. But he was. I have a bad back. I have arthristis in it,that I have lived with for years. My back has gone in and out several times over the years,but never like this. I'm in constant pain. Im bipolar as well,and when Im depressed,I eat. And Im not taking about salads with some vinegerette. I mean half a box of Fudge Rounds,and a big glass of milk. In soothing my soul,Ive added unneeded thickness,to my already big boned self.
So,its time for a change. I dont really have a plan of action just yet. The days of eating whatever I want,and dancing it off later, are gone. I dont stay up all night anymore chain smoking and drinking coffee and popping mini thins to stay up,and give me energy. The thickness I have is affecting my daily life. I don't want to be like this anymore! I want to change! I want to change my body,to help my mind,and vice versa.
So I began this blog today,to have a place to vent it out.
Im beginning this journey back up to my biggest weight. 233 lbs. Thats a lot,I know. But times,they are going to change for this thick chick!!!
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