1/29/2015

I have joined the weight loss contest at work.  It's week one for them and 3 for me.  I was however happy to see that the scales here state I have actually lost 8 lbs.  We are the Melt-A-Weigh Minions.  This is the photo of me today.  I was getting kind of discouraged yesterday.  I went into WOA during the day to tan and since it wasn't busy I decided to talk to the guy behind the desk.  I asked him, when would I see some fruits of this labor.  Both he and the fella sitting next to him chimed in and asked me what I had been doing.  (1 mile on Rolling Hills with speeds between 3.0 - 3.5 and 20 minutes of equipment workout) They both said I needed to change it up regularly.  When I went in last night, I put the hills on steep for 5 minutes but that was the only change I made.  While I was doing this, I noticed that I have been looking at the same folks for 3 weeks now and since my routine has me facing the weight area it left me wondering if these guys are correct.  I say this because they always do the same regimen.  They are always lifting and rarely doing cardio.  Who know's who is right but we will see soon.  I am hoping after a month, I will notice less dimples in my behind and hopefully that gut will decrease.

Week 3

I have successfully completed 2 full weeks of going to WOA.  I had to take Saturday off because I had the baby and it was her birthday.  However, Jordy and I also ate at Shoney's and once we crashed the diet we decided to also go to Baskin Robbins and really just kill it all together.  In saying this, I went to WOA twice on Sunday.  J, Kyla & I went at 3:00 and then went back at 8:00 and did a work out both times.

Last week I am taking pictures of myself this afternoon to see the changes as they happen.  If you happen upon this blog, please be kind.  I already know it isn't sexy at this time. 

I have been trying to eat a yogurt with granola in the mornings.  Lunch is a tad harder, I bring in leftovers or a frozen meal and dinner is the real bear, trying to find something that all of the family will eat.  That one is mainly portion control.

J and I have been going to WOA every evening at 7:30 and doing 20 minutes on the treadmill and 20 minutes in the equipment.

Week Number One

Over the Christmas holidays I must have eaten everything coming and going.  I felt the elastic in my pants getting tighter and tighter.  It isn't unusual to gain the holiday weight but this time I just felt like it was getting out of hand. I think the breaking point was when I had purchased 4 size 14 jeggings for my daughter and when she tried them on they didn't fit.  It was a depressing moment for her and even more depressing when we went back to the store and they didn't carry her size in that same style.  When we walked into the plus section to shop for her. I had this raging guilt trip.  I had done this to her.  I had turned her into a blob.

I am 42 years young. I had a hysterectomy in 2004 and with it went any and all desire to exercise, work out, play co-ed ball and many other things that I enjoyed doing.  I have a precursor to cancer so I didn't want any hormones.  My baby was a baby so she has no recollection of the woman I once was so this is the woman she got. When I thought about the fact that I played the role in her becoming this lazy heavy set teenager I decided enough was enough.  We both needed to work on self. 

Week one.  You find that when you want to eat healthy you need to add at the very least $100 more to your grocery shopping fund.  Anything healthy is more expensive.  I'm not sure the propaganda behind it, I am sure this could be a whole other blog if I wanted to delve into that alone. I found that Aldi has a good brand of product called Fit&Active.  It's the cheapest and tastiest I have seen yet.  We bought bottled waters, no sweets or chips & no freezer treats.

Every night at 7, we ventured out to Work Out Anytime (WOA) and started out this great adventure.  We found treadmills together and she and I walked a mile.  She ran some walked some, I kept it at 3.0 for 20 minutes on rolling hills.  I found myself needing to be distracted so I have brought ear buds.  With no distraction you only have you and that awful countdown and all you want to do is make an excuse to get off.  With the distraction, I can focus on Steve Harvey's silly behind on the Family Feud and it makes the time go by faster. 

I tried Zumba but I am not ready for all that direction and cardio yet.  My friend Dee, did it correctly and I just did my own thing  happy to be upright but I pray that no one ever gets the opportunity to watch that horrible display of no grace what so ever. I just keep telling myself it will get better, it will get better.