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Here I am back again after having my son 2 months ago.  I am ready to make this year the best ever and get in the best shape I can.  My goal is to weigh less than my husband!  So, that is 145 lbs with a loss of 65.  My plan is to eat paleo style, run 3 times a week, swim times a week and do yoga as much as I can (every day?).  And it is crucial for me to write about what I am doing, even if no one else ever reads it!  So, here goes!

My goals this week are to run 3 times, swim at least once and do yoga at least once.  NO sugar, eat the paleo way and drink at least 64 oz of water a day.  I will try and check in every night and report how it’s going!  Also, I think it would be fun to take a picture every few days and then make one of those video’s where you fast forward through the pics to show progress.

My husband promised to take me to Hawaii for our tenth anniversary when I get to my goal weight.  So, bring it on 2012!  I can do this!

Weight:  163 lbs

Food:

Meal 1:  2 eggs with salsa.  Meal 2:  1 carrot, walnuts.  Meal 3:  chicken veggie soup.  Meal 4:  Apple with pb.  Meal 5:  Chicken veggie soup and 1 slice of bread.  Meal 6:  Chicken veggie soup.

Exercise:  Lower body weight work-out.  35 minutes.

Today was the hardest emotionally.  I really really wanted something sweet.  Luckily DH was able to distract me out of it.

My new motivation….to complete the BFL program.  So, I’m gonna blog about it to keep me accountable and motivated, woohoo!

Goal:  To FINISH!  And losing 18 lbs along the way would be ok too!

Day 1:  Starting weight:  166 lbs

Food:  9:30 am:  2 eggs, 1 apple, a bite of pork roast.  12:30 pm:  1 portion of roast, 1/2 cup of butternut squash.  2:30 pm:  1 apple with 2 TBS of pb.  6 pm: salmon and roasted potatoes.  9:30 pm carrot and roast.  64 oz of water.

Exercise:  ran/walked 3 miles (about 45 minutes).

Day 2:  Weight:  164 lbs

Food:  9:30 am:  2 eggs with salsa.  12:00 pm:  1 1/2 pinwheel (hamburger, wheat biscuit roll-up with tomato sauce).  2 pm:  1 apple with pb.  5 pm:  2 pinwheels.  8 pm:  1 carrot, 1 tbs pb, 1 tbs of walnuts.

Exercise:  Upper body weights work-out, 45 min.

Emotionally, I am feeling pretty good right now and not deprived or hungry.  I love that the BFL program allows a “free day” that I can look forward too.  Portion control is really my issue, so I am really working on eating small portions and using more veggies in my day.

Alright, it is time for me to kick it up a bit.  I have found myself getting lax the last few weeks.  I have taken 2 weeks off exercise to recover from a race and then getting sick.  Yikes, I was actually sick before the race, so it’s been like a month!  It seems when my exercise goes out the window, so does my good eating habits.  I have 9 lbs left to go until I reach my goal before I re-evaluate to see if I should lose more.  I really really really want to to make it there and not give up!  So, I am setting a goal this week to be diligent about eating healthy.  For me that means no sugar and adding in some more veggies.  Good luck this week Buddies!

Here is another measurement post.  These are great for me to keep track of my progress.  It helps too, when I feel like I haven’t done anything and can look back and see progress.

Here is the plan I’ve been following:

Cardio:  running 4 miles 2 times a week, one long run on the weekend

Ballet:  90 minutes once a week

Weights: 2 times a week for about 10 minutes

Food:  No sugar, drinking about 80 oz of water.

Stats:

Weight:  181.5 (down 11.5 from 2 months ago)

Waist:  35 (down 4.5 inches)

Hips: 39 (down 3)

Butt: 43.5 (down 1.5)

Thigh: 24.5 (down 2)

New category:  Belly 42 inches

I seem to have hit a small plateau the last few weeks.  I know this is normal, but I am ready to blast thru it.  I still have about 16 lbs until my goal weight.  To get past this I have increased my cardio by 2 miles a week, I need to increase my weights by about 20 minutes a week (at least), and pay attention to my portions.

I am so excited!  It seems like I’m finally getting into a routine and seeing real results. Although it really is calories in vs. calories out, there are other factors that play into it for me.  The last few weeks I have been losing 2-3 lbs consistently.  I had been in a major month long plateau where I didn’t lose anything despite my best efforts.  I think my metabolism is kicked back into gear again. 

Just for my own record, this is what I’ve been doing.  I run 3 days a week for 45 min (pretty high intensity intervals), 2-3 days of weights for about 20 min, take my kids for a 30 min walk 4 days a week.  For nutrition I have upped my water to about 80 oz, cut out most of my extra sugar, got my thyroid on track, take a daily vitamin, calcium/mag supplement and trying to control my portions to stop when not hungry.  I need to do better at that one.  I LOVE to eat, so eating too much is my biggest downfall for sure. 

It is so encouraging to finally be seeing some results!  I am surprised though, at the emotions that are coming with weight loss.  Emotions that I don’t deserve to lose weight.  This is the lowest weight I’ve been in about 4 years and I still have about 23 lbs to go.  But I will address and deal with those emotions along the way.

This week has been pretty good.  I am training for a half marathon in 7 weeks.  I went for an 11 mile run on Friday on my treadmill.  Torture I know…to run inside that long, but it was freeeezing here and snowing.  So, I popped Star Wars in to entertain me.  The cool thing about the treadmill is it keeps track of calories burned.  2,000!  Yahoo!  I am in a weight loss contest and I had wanted to lose 2 lbs every week.  I have lost one so far and weigh in is on Wednesday,  so I have a few more days to lose that other lb!

I am figuring out that my biggest obstacle with weight loss is going to be portion control.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I eat healthy foods, just too much of them.  Past hunger for sure.  Thanks!

Hi Buddies,

 It’s been a few weeks since I’ve blogged, so I think I’ll catch up a bit.  I feel like I’m doing pretty good.  It’s amazing how slooooow going weight loss is, but that is ok.  I would be thrilled to lose 2 lbs a week! 

OK, my NYR was to cut out all extra sugar.  Things like cake, candy, icecream-you get the picture.  So far, this is going really great.  I am an emotional eater, so I was surprised when I cut these out.  There were moments of stress when I couldn’t turn to my old friend sugar.  I had to deal with things instead of eating them.  I am still working on how to deal well though.

Exercise wise, I am signed up to run a half marathon the end of March.  That has kept me motivated to run 3 times a week.  Still working on getting in some weights/yoga on the other days.  Baby steps right?

I have lost 7 lbs since January 1st when I cut out the extra sugar!  Here are my measurements for now:

Weight:193 lbs

Waist: 39.5

Hips:  42

Butt:  45

Thighs:  26.5

Biggest part of my body:  45.5

So, today I started a new contest with some friends on facebook.  We each contributed $10 and whoever loses the most of their goal wins the pot.  I think this will be a great motivator.  However, I think I am purposefully sabotaging myself.

 So, I sat down to think why can’t I ever lose the weight completely after each baby?  I get down to a better weight, you know, where people look at me and think, she is chubby, but not superfat.  But I would like to get to the place where I can feel good about myself on the outside.

 Then I realized that I feel guilty for taking the time and effort to make myself look better.  There are people all around who suffer much worse problems in their bodies than I do.  I feel selfish.  I feel like I should be putting all that effort into something else.

But I realize that is flawed thinking.  How do I get to the point where I can tell myself that it is ok to look great, be skinny, be the best me that I physically can?  Does anyone else struggle with this?  I do want to stay the course and see this through this time.  I think that losing weight is an emotional battle for me as much as a physical one.

Weight 197 (down 2 lbs)

Waist:  42

Hips:42.5

Butt:  44.5

Widest part of body: 46

widest part of thigh: 27

middle of thigh:  25

 I’m having a hard time knowing exactly where to measure.  As my body is changing, my weight seems to be shifting.  So, I am adding a few new measurements to try and get a better idea of inches. 

Any suggestions on measuring techniques