Back to the J

The kids wanted to go back to the J to swim and this time (because I didn't stop in the afternoon) I jumped in the water too. I swam for 30 minutes and went 18 laps which is equivalent to 1/2 mile. Today I am wiped out. I didn't sleep well. My body hurts. I am counting on it being a good and healthy hurt though. The same kind of aching anyone who swam a 1/2 mile might feel the next day. I'm going to rest from cardio today though and do some weights and stretching today.
I logged my food yesterday and I went over at the very end of the day. I ate an oatmeal cranberry dunker when we got home from swimming and that put me over the top by about 25 calories.
Vicki sent me a couple of emails from her coach and in one of them there was a 6-3-2 to time management that, of course I can't remember right now and the other thing he talked about was fat loss, not weight loss. I had to remember that this morning when I got on the scale and it didn't move. Maybe weighing every day is too much...I will have to see how that continues to work and make an adjustment if it becomes a negative.
I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13.

1/4/2011

I keyed in the food I ate yesterday to the bewell website and found that I went over by about 200 calories. If I had skipped the glass of wine and the biscotti, it wouldn't have been a problem, but I don't intend on giving those things up quite yet.
I love that the kids wanted to go to the JCC with me last night and after an hour of swimming they still wanted to stay so an hour and a half later I had to drag them out of the pool. We plan to go again on Wednesday and I will plan to exercise with them instead of in the afternoon.
This morning I was wiped out from yesterdays walk so I rested and didn't go to work until 9:15.
I am sure as my body adjusted to life without prednisone and increased activity it will get easier. I need to be patient.
When I weighed myself this morning the scale read 219.6. I'm happy that it's under 220 and I know that if I weigh myself every day instead of once a week I will keep focused on what's important to me and in addition to being a great role model for my kids, it is getting that number on the scale to continue to go down.
That's it for now. I must work.

1/3/2011

30 minutes at the gym on the treadmill.
Maximum speed 4.0
1.75 distance travelled and 160 calories gone

1/2/2011

I will in 2011...
I will make health food choices
I will be active
I will be a role model to my children
We will all benefit

My plan is to use this blog to track my progress on this weightloss journey. This morning at 11:44 I weighed myself and the scale read 223.4. By the end of January I will weigh 218 or less.
I believe it's all about a journey and certainly when you have a certain destination in mind, you need to figure out how you are going to get there.
I am going to weigh myself every morning.
I am going to write down what I eat everyday.
I am going to write down what I am feeling and what's going on in my life and around me so that I might be able to figure out what drives the choices I make.
I am going to plan our family meals and do the grocery shopping.
I am going to invite my kids to help chose the meals for the week and help prepare them.
We are going to go to the JCC together but that will not take away from my time there independently.
I am going to reward myself for my accomplishments.
Taking time to read a book, painting my nails, soaking in the bathtub, calling a friend to meet for coffee, plan a date with my husband, etc....
Right now, I am going to head upstairs and find that pair of jeans that don't quite fit and I am going to try them on once a week as a measure of my success.

I will in 2011

Here it is...my journal, my journey to accomplish the goals I have committed to. The big numero uno is a healthy weight. No more excuses...I have set a pair of jeans out, a size smaller than what I am wearing now and it's not about the number on the scale right now, it's about having another jeans option. I'm sick of being fat. I do love myself. I do appreciate my body and the fact that it is created in such a manner that I don't have to think about the breaths I take or make the blood circulate through my body. I'm not going to make a commitment to not eating sweets but I am going to acknowledge that they are destroying me and overpowering my efforts at weight loss. It's not a new year yet. It's ending the year right and adjusting my sail for the journey 2011 will bring.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13.
This is my mantra.