tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42936501580262821122024-02-08T06:30:52.120-08:00Working On A New MeI started this blog as a way to keep track of how I'm feeling, what I'm eating, and the excerise I'm doing in an attempt to get myself to a healthy place.Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-49927186617258999312011-04-25T12:17:00.000-07:002011-04-25T12:27:15.428-07:004/10/11, 4/17/11 & 4/24/11I've been really bad about getting my blog updated lately... I sit down to write but then for some reason, it seems overwhelming to write anything! So, the last three weeks have been ok. 4/12 I had lost 2.6 lbs, 4/17 I lost 1.2 lbs and 4/24 I stayed the same. I am STILL struggling with working out. Everyday I manage to talk myself out of it and tell myself that I will do it the next day...and the next...and the next. I am also struggling with "letting" myself have days off where I don't track my food. I know that this is a dangerous trend and I have to put a stop to it! I don't want to undo all the good I've done so far and I want to keep on my downward trend (even if it is slooooow). So, again I say..."It's a journey, not a race"... and keep moving forward!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-79713810110770142222011-04-05T13:04:00.000-07:002011-04-05T13:08:51.938-07:004/3/11A gain, again...another .6 lb. I'm trying SO hard not to feel defeated and to realize that some weeks are going to be like this. I also have to balance being ok with it and not beating myself up over it. I can't blame anything other than my own self. Ate out twice again this week, no exercise, etc... This week WILL be better!!! It's a journey, not a race... (I'd just like to arrive at my destination before I'm like 70!)Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-68534805516625048952011-04-05T12:57:00.000-07:002011-04-05T13:04:20.660-07:003/27/11So, I'm really behind on writing this post. I'm feeling really frustrated with myself for gaining this week. It's "only" .6 lb, but, it's a gain. I had a bad week eating things that I probably (definately) shouldn't. We ate out twice and I couldn't stay out of the chocolate chips, plus still no exercise happening added up (literally). Onward on the journey...Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-71747689039612095192011-03-24T18:53:00.000-07:002011-03-24T18:57:50.111-07:003/20/11Well, it's been a good week weight-wise. I lost 3.2 lbs this week which made me pretty happy! Still waiting on the working out, the coughing just won't stop. I really wish I could just get over this already so I can get on with getting back into some sort of workout routine. WW is still going really well. It really doesn't seem like too big of a deal, I just have to think more about what I choose to eat (which is a good thing anyway). So, we'll see what this next week brings!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-24855707587435204422011-03-14T10:18:00.000-07:002011-03-14T10:26:34.443-07:002/13/11Wow, what a week this has been! First off, I'm sick again (or still, whatever). Tues, Wed, and Thurs I coughed so much and so hard I thought I almost wished to die. Friday I went to the doctor and was told that, of course, it's viral and there is nothing to be done. The doctor said that I probably caught this round while I was still recovering from the last... awesome... I did have a really good week on the diet side. WW is still going really well and this week I lost 2.8 lbs! Probably all the coughing counted as "working out". So, that part of the week made me pretty happy! I'm now down 10.8 lbs and trying not to look too far forward. ...it's a journey, not a race...Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-54450724748998481192011-03-08T08:32:00.000-08:002011-03-08T08:41:46.558-08:002/6/11March...how is it March already??? I have been doing WW for 6 weeks now and really the time has gone by so fast and really, it's been pretty easy. Sure I would like to have lost more than the 8 lbs I've lost so far but, it's 8 pounds less than I would be if I hadn't started and really, isn't that the point? This week I lost .4 lbs. The .4 lbs that I gained last week. Also, this week was shortened by 2 days so I actually lost it in 5 days instead of 7. I decided to do my weigh-ins on Friday morning instead of Sunday. Our family eats out on Friday night and I found myself up a little on Saturday morning and it was causing me too much stress and frustration. I want to enjoy being Friday nights with my family, not stress about them! So, well see how that goes this next week. Oh, and big surprise...I didn't work out this week...Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-13696461166415862882011-03-03T12:56:00.000-08:002011-03-03T13:01:45.985-08:002/27/11So, I gained this week. I kind of freaked out about it a little but then I got a message from WW telling me that a gain on occasion is normal. I only gained .4 lbs so I'm keeping that in perspective. It's so frustrating to gain when I feel like I have to fight for every ounce of weight loss. I didn't work out AGAIN this week. I've got to get up earlier or something...and find a way to get my head on straight about it. I will choose to look forward and not back because it's a journey, not a race!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-85389936993412254632011-02-20T11:47:00.000-08:002011-02-20T11:51:21.125-08:002/20/11Well, this was the week that wasn't. Wasn't good for exercising (I did none. I'm still coughing and using that as an excuse), wasn't good for eating (I had 2 pepsis, gooey chocolate/coconut bars and chocolate chip cookies), wasn't good for losing weight (I only lost .2 lb this week). But, it WAS a week that I did log everything I ate, stayed within my points for the week and DID lose some weight. This week I'm determined to stop making excuses and get my butt on the treadmill at least! It's a journey, not a race!!!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-86830979196018556982011-02-17T09:31:00.000-08:002011-02-17T09:36:00.305-08:002/13/11Well, it's been an ok week. I'm still fighting off this cold that has been hanging on so I didn't work out this week. WW is going good. I'm still constantly having to remind myself that it's ok to lose this slowly. Every pound is one closer to my goal and I lost 1.8 lbs this week. Repeating my mantra...It's a journey, not a race...Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-20242109078312153462011-02-09T07:13:00.000-08:002011-02-09T12:02:07.269-08:002/6/11Well, it was an interesting week. Sunday night I started getting a sore throat which turned into me being sick for the WHOLE week! All I did all week was sit/lay around reading/watching TV/computer. So, so much for my big plans to really work out this week. I did keep up with WW and even with no exercise I managed to lose 2.2 lbs. I have to say, with all my hesitation about starting it, I really am happy to be doing it. It's so easy to figure out and enter the points and now that all fruit has no points, it makes it even easier. I did have a serious talk with myself about unrealistic expectations. I, of course, want to lose this weight fast. But, I'm trying to remember that no matter how little I lose or how slowly it comes off, I'm still going to weigh less than now. My new motto: It's a journey, not a race!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-38032352788962206962011-02-02T10:42:00.000-08:002011-02-02T10:51:55.590-08:001/30/11Well, I finally feel like maybe I'm on the right track! I did join WW online, started Monday and by Sunday am I had lost 3.6 lbs. I really like doing it online because it's so easy to just input the information and I don't have to go to meetings. I did intervals on the treadmill twice this week which was ok but not great. Hopefully next week I'll do better with working out. So, I actually feel hopeful and I'm trying really hard not to have unrealistic expectations about the amount I will lose each week. I'm trying to look at it as a journey, not a race!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-39765154167188329452011-01-23T14:07:00.001-08:002011-01-23T14:13:43.907-08:001/23/11Wow, what a BAD week I had! I gained 3.4 lbs, didn't work out and I feel like crap! I found myself reverting to an old habit of hoarding food. I made the mistake of buying a box of donuts and instead of having one and sharing them with the rest of my family, I hid them in my room and ate them all myself over the course of two days. I used to do this kind of thing a lot and thought I had conquered it. Obviously I was wrong! The first mistake I made was buying them in the first place. I've been really good about not buying sugary stuff but since Christmas I've really backslidden in that department. I have decided to start WW and tomorrow I'm getting back to working out. Boat season is fast approaching and I want to have at least a start on this weight loss and I want to feel good again!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-80873044559688223522011-01-23T13:59:00.000-08:002011-01-23T14:04:21.414-08:001/16/11Well, another week of being sick and another antibiotic...this one had better work! I didn't work out (with the being sick and all...) but I did lose .4 lbs. I don't really have much else to say about this week. I am still on the fence about WW but I am going to make a decision by next week.Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-50768062988543480342011-01-13T08:33:00.000-08:002011-01-13T08:51:06.200-08:001/9/11Well, it was a good week and it was a bad week. The good...I lost 2.6 lbs this week! The bad...I didn't work out and I was sick. Still waiting on an answer to the WW question. One day I think yes and the next, I'm not sure. I also decided to add a second ticker. The top one if for my short-term goal and the bottom one is for the long-term, ultimate, dream goal! So, for now I'm just moving forward.Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-32415040944818877672011-01-05T10:56:00.000-08:002011-01-05T11:01:58.055-08:001/2/112011, what will this next year bring? Hopefully it will bring me closer to being a "new me". This past year has had a lot of ups and downs (figuratively and literally!). I am still not certain about the WW thing. I am praying about it as I don't want to do something and fail. I am starting my ticker over beginning today to have a starting point for this year. I am still going to have it set for short (or long short) goals instead of the whole thing (because that's just too overwhelming!). I'm not making any specific resolutions, just making goals.Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-5192501318059950292010-12-31T18:36:00.000-08:002010-12-31T18:38:20.956-08:0012/26/10Ugh! I knew this week would be bad with Christmas the day before my weigh in day. And...I was right. I gained 4.2 lbs this week. I didn't work out except for riding my bike one day and walking all over Portland and the zoo another. Whatever...Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-45106935753748390442010-12-24T13:38:00.000-08:002010-12-24T13:45:07.749-08:0012/19/10Well, it turned out to be a better week than I had anticipated. I worked out (officially) 4 days. Two on the treadmill and two on the elliptical, then we went to Portland for a couple of days and walked and walked and walked, all over the city. I ended up losing .6 this week which made me pretty happy. This next week should be interesting with two Christmases and just general "bad" food around. I'm even more leaning toward WW online in January...Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-53638685749979119072010-12-16T11:07:00.000-08:002010-12-16T11:12:22.240-08:0012/12/10I WORKED OUT SIX DAYS THIS WEEK!!!! I did three days on the treadmill and three on the elliptical and even rode my bike one day (when it wasn't raining!). I was a little unsure of weighing Sunday morning because we went to a buffet dinner for the National Guard on Saturday night but surprisingly I actually lost .8 lb. Not sure when I'm going to weigh this next week because we're going away Friday-Sunday so I may just do it Monday morning. Still contemplating doing WW online in January, we'll see...Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-39938401856478516062010-12-06T11:31:00.000-08:002010-12-06T11:35:47.848-08:0012/5/10I don't know why I even make plans sometimes! The week started out great, I did the treadmill on Monday and the elliptical on Tuesday. Then...Wednesday morning I woke up with a sore throat, headache, the works and pretty much stayed in bed for two days. Friday and Saturday I actually got up and around but felt too weak to work out. So, this week I lost .4 lbs. Next Saturday is my husband's "formal" Christmas dinner for his Guard unit. I had hoped to lose some weight before then but I do have my dress and it fits and I feel comfortable in it so I'm not going to stress about it! Now to get through a birthday, Christmas, New Years.........Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-15729714029120669502010-12-04T19:33:00.000-08:002010-12-04T19:39:08.090-08:0011/26/10Not a good week, at all. I came home from Texas on Monday evening and a family issue came up that caused me to be very stressed and pretty depressed. That resulted in me pretty much sitting around, not working out, eating whatever (with Thanksgiving thrown in the middle of it) and generally just feeling yuck. So, I gained 1.6 lbs this week, blech...Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-7285406761268739062010-11-21T12:00:00.000-08:002010-11-21T12:07:57.203-08:0011/21/10Well, here I am in El Paso, a week later. So, I did not get out and exercise at all. I underestimated the busyness of the street that they live on. It's got a lot of traffic and on both ends there is a major street, so, my big idea to work on my walking/running didn't work out so well. Anyway, I did lose 1 lb this week and tomorrow I'm headed home to my treadmill and elliptical and I have to get busy! My weigh in next week is going to be from Tues-Sun with Thanksgiving thrown in so it should be interesting to say the least!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-22166613381174456102010-11-19T14:50:00.000-08:002010-11-19T14:57:32.914-08:0011/14/10This has been a pretty good week. I worked out a couple of days and was really busy getting ready to leave for 10 days to go to Texas. I weighed on Saturday morning instead of Sunday (because I left on Saturday afternoon) and I lost a pound. So, we'll see how this next week goes. I have high hopes of getting outside to do things since the weather is great in Texas but reality could be the opposite...you never know with an almost 2 year old around, time will tell...Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-90520669370585140312010-11-11T19:56:00.000-08:002010-11-11T19:59:47.930-08:0011/7/10Not much to say about this week. No working out and gained 2 lbs...awesome! So, next week I'm leaving on Saturday to go to Texas for 10 days so we'll see how that goes...Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-86971636756509412982010-11-07T08:35:00.000-08:002010-11-07T08:39:58.558-08:0010/31/10Happy Halloween! (even though I'm writing this a week late!) This week has been good and bad. Good is that I lost 1.4 lbs, bad that I only worked out 1 day. It's been a pretty crazy week with Britt and Holden here and I haven't been as on top of things as I should have been. I really need to get in gear because now I have a formal Christmas dinner for the Guard coming up in December and I have nothing to wear and no motivation to buy anything unless I get my act together!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293650158026282112.post-40987955508236539602010-10-27T16:46:00.000-07:002010-10-27T16:55:57.243-07:0010/24/10Guess what!? I worked out FOUR days this week!!! I did the elliptical three days and did strength one day. I felt so good this week and I know it had everything to do with working out. I just don't know why I have such a hard time actually doing it when I know how good it will make me feel. I also lost .4 lb this week which was ehh but at least it wasn't a gain!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715791558089710828noreply@blogger.com0