GOAL TIME!!!

I'm not a big one for setting and keeping weight-loss goals... I usually just try to do my best and hopefully something works LOL

BUT... I am determined to drop a pant size by Jan. 1st! Here are my measurements today and they better start shrinking :)

11-22-09

waist: 36"
hips: 44"
right thigh: 25"
left thigh: 24 3/4"
right arm: 14"
left arm: 14 1/2"

To meet my goal I'd like to get to 34" on my waist and 41" on my hips. Time to get working!!!

I'm getting a gym pass next week and I'm going to try and get down there at least twice a week. Yesterday for breakfast I had a big bowl of oatmeal and for dinner I had a salad at the California Pizza Kitchen. This morning it was peanut butter and jelly on whole wheat toast for breakfast and water, water, water....

I have several reasons for this goal... one is I freakin' have 20-something pair of size 10 pants that I'd really like to start wearing, two is I have a fun photo shoot planned for January and I'd like to look a little slimmer and three is I've been talking quite a bit to a soldier in Afghanistan who will be stateside in December and on leave in February and I'm hoping to look good when I meet him in person in February :)

Wish me luck!!!

Stress...

Stress and more stress! That's what I'm feeling all day every day! How am I supposed to lose weight or exercise or have the desire to eat healthy when I'm SO SO STRESSED!!!

I tried to pack my scale away today, but it wouldn't fit in the box I was working on. LOL Every time I walk into my room I see that dang pink scale and it haunts me and I'm not even the type of person that weighs myself, ever. I'm more a measurements gal, but just seeing the scale reminds me of how much I'm slacking. I had been doing really good at squeezing in 20-30 minutes of exercise a day and then last Thursday I had a really, really bad day, some crap happened and the depression hit and it threw me off my exercise groove. It's been a week now and although I've had more ups than downs the last couple of days I still haven't gotten back on track. It's time to recommit. I know I can squeeze in 20 minutes a day. I was doing so good. Time to do good again. I have been making a few good choices food-wise, but I'm still slacking. I can do better, I know it!!!

I'm finally posting

I've been doing a 20 minute work-out every night before bed. It's not a lot, but it's something. I've been big time craving chocolate this past week and I keep picking at it. I need to just sit down and have a giant candy bar or something, because the picking here and there isn't satisfying the craving and I'm sure I'm taking in more fat and calories than if I just pigged out once and got over it.

I've been good at throwing away things that I'm full of or don't like instead of feeling like I'm "wasting" it and finishing it even if I don't want it. The other day I bought a natural sugar Pepsi because I was having a rough day and really needing some carbonation. The drink was really gross and I threw half away. I was proud of myself for tossing it since that would have been another 100-something calories and I wasn't getting any enjoyment out of it. Also at Costco, the kids and I had frozen yogurt. I ate half and threw the rest away because I was full. Usually I would just finish it, so it wasn't going to "waste".

Hopefully these little things are adding up???

I am Determined!!!

I have really got to buckle down! No more excuses! My husband has gone back to Nevada, I'm all done with play practices and it's time to lose some weight!

GOAL TIME!!! My goal is to avoid all beverages but water, to not eat after 9pm and to not have more than one helping of desserts or goodies! My work-out goal is to get in two work-outs of some sort a week.

I'm working 5 days and 4 nights a week for the next couple of weeks, so we'll see how it goes, but baby steps, right?

What Were They Thinking?

These images are from a "fat camp" in 1938. First off, do these women look fat to you? Second, they're in freakin' high heels!

Nope, still not an 18" waist... get back to work!

Look at the scrawny legs on these women!


Makes me glad I live here and now when every one is fat... LOL I don't have to feel out of place. If I was this size back in '38 I'd be a cow! Now I'm pretty average :)

Guest Blogger: My Friend Karalee

My friend Karalee posted this on her blog and I thought it was so inspirational I had to share it with people that will understand. I didn't tell her I was posting before and after pics of her. Maybe she would've said no... better to ask forgiveness that permission, right? he he he But I had to show you what she meant when she said, "a little smaller". To me 117 lbs lost isn't a little smaller, it's an amazing accomplishment and I am so proud of her.

"The boys and I were at the Gateway on Saturday. I've only been there once...so I left them at the Apple store and took Grace with me to browse the stores. We got to see the cool fountains set to music...she loved it.

ANYWAY. I saw this store. I've gotten catalogs from them for years and always looked longingly at the clothes. Clothes That Would Never Fit Me. I stood in front of the store. I seriously had a moment of being freaked out to even step foot in there. "They'll look at me, and immediately judge me...I have no business even thinking about trying to fit in those clothes..." It's amazing how many negative thoughts can whip through your brain in the space of a few seconds!

But I caught sight of myself in the door, and remembered that I'm a little smaller now. So I geared up and walked in. Right to the back where the clearance section was. I grabbed a few shirts, and even a pair of pants and took them and Grace and went into the torture chamber, I mean the dressing room, to try them on.

I ended up buying this shirt, for $4.99, in a size Large. Not even XL. The saleslady was so nice. She even wrapped it in tissue paper and put it in a fancy, tiny little bag. My poor boys. By time they found me, I was about to buy it, and when we left the store I couldn't even see where I was going for the tears in my eyes. It was a good moment.

And I need to remember it, and get back on track this week. Thanks for listening. Some of you will "get it" and some of you won't. Those of you who don't know what I'm talking about are very very lucky."

I love you Karalee!

Happy New Year!

Here I am on Christmas day make-up free and in my sweats. Next year I'm gonna be smokin' hot on Christmas... LOL


Eating things like this sure won't get me there... this was my dinner last night. I only hate half the fries, but look at the grease on my plate... bleh Good-bye greasy food of 2008! Hello healthy me of 2009!

And speaking of smokin' hot. Look at my daughter. Can you believe she's only 11? My wild-child 15 yr old sis is sitting next to her. They look like they're the same age. We're in for some big-time trouble. I can tell already!

100th Post & the End of 2008

How cool is that? My 100th post is on New Year's Eve!

Honestly I don't know what sort of health goals I should set for myself. I set several big goals for the upcoming year on The American Homemaker but as for specific weight/eating/working out goals, I'm not really sure. But here it goes:

*I want to be a size 8/10 by June. I'm a 12 now and was a 10 this time last year.

*I want to work out at least three times a week.

*I want to get to bed by 11pm on most nights.

*I want to include more fresh veggies in my diet.

The bedtime thing will be the hardest for me. The other things I pretty much do already. I've tried the 11pm bedtime goal before and I can't ever keep it up, but I'm soooo tired!!!!

Happy New Year's to you all!!!! Let's all be healthier and thinner in 2009!!!!!!!

Weight Loss Thanks

You know, I'm really grateful for the fact that through blogging we can find support as we all try to get fitter and healthier. We all have different goals... one person's goal weight might be another person's starting weight. We all have different methods of diet, exercise and splurging. We have different reasons for losing weight. And yet we can be a support to each other and help each other with something that is extremely tough. Thank you to all my weight loss friends.. those of you who comment and those of you that just stalk... With each others help we can meet our goals!

And yes... I know I'm cheesy :)

Monday's Measurements

I totally met my waist goal!!! I didn't think I would. Ya know, I was talking about how I lost so much weight when I was single... I was eating out like 3 times a week then and this week I ate out twice... maybe I just need to eat out more... LOL I'm so excited and I just can't hide it! I'm about to lose control and I think I like it! Like it! he he he

The next goal is another inch on my waist by Christmas.

11/17/08:
weight: 164 (-1)
waist: 35 (-1/2)
hips: 42 1/2 (-1/4)
r thigh: 24 3/4 (same)
l thigh: 24 1/2 (same)
r arm: 14 (same)
l arm: 14 1/2 (same)

This Time Around

Last year I had total will power. I was awesome at saying no to unhealthy foods. I was working out all the time (same type of moderate work-outs). I was droppin' inches like crazy and I was feelin' like hot stuff. I mean seriously, I went from a 16 to a 10 in about 5 months! I was struttin' my stuff. Then around the first of the year I started to slack and I started to gain.

I think the reason I was so awesome last year is I was single. I mean Hello! if you're dating like crazy you don't wanna be fat. Then I got married, got the birth control shot and got fat again. I know the shot had a lot to do with it; birth control has always made me gain weight, but a lot of it was just my own attitude and will power. So I need to find my new motivation. I am no longer on the market, so being a nice lean cut of meat isn't it :) But I do have a great husband and he didn't marry a fatty. So I'm sick of doing this for me. LOL I'm happy stuffing my face and blogging instead of exercising. I'm doing it so I can look hot for him. So I can strut around and have confidence and fit back in that school girl costume I wore when we were first married. (Too much information, I know...LOL)

So... I know I'm gonna blow it this week. Sheesh it's Thanksgiving (although last year I didn't even eat pie). But I will work out at least four times this week and for the most part behave. Next week it's on! Bye-bye fatty!!!

Slow & Steady Wins the Race

With less than 5% of people who lose weight keeping it off, I'm trying to do this the right way.... the life style change way, not the diet way. Massive crazy workouts for an hour every day, avoiding all _______ (fill in the blank w/carbs, sugar, fats, whatever) and weighing myself every day is not going to be a life style change for me. That's not something I can keep up. Years ago I used to try. I'd kill myself counting calories eaten & lost and dripping with sweat after work-outs. I'd avoid all unhealthiness, but after 7 or 8 months I'd crash and burn. I couldn't keep it up.

I don't have the best eating habits out there, but they're definitely not the worst either. By eating mostly healthy and working out 30 minutes a day in my home while I watch tv, I'm losing little bits every week. This is a life style change. I can keep this up forever and it makes me happy to see the little bits of fat going away. I know if I was seeing big blobs of fat going away I'd be happier, but for me it's not real. It would be back soon. This is my lose-it-and-keep-it-off fitness plan and it works for me. It wouldn't work for everyone, but it works for me.

Here are the measurements for the week:

weight: 165
waist: 35 1/2
hips: 42 3/4
r thigh: 24 3/4
l thigh: 24 1/2
r arm: 14
l arm: 14 1/2

Quote of the Day

This was said today by my 7 year old son as he was teaching his 8 year old sister how to do laundry. He was being quite the good little teacher and was very serious about it. I think his advice is very applicable to all of us trying to get in shape.

"It's much more easier when you have a buddy. You can do it yourself, but it's much harder."

I wrote it down right afterward so I wouldn't forget how he put it. So there you have it... we can learn a lot from our children.