Okay, I'm back from my short hiatus. My laptop basically stopped working for no reason, it couldn't recognize the hard drive so now my sister's husband is working to see if he can recover my files. Oh files, I miss you. I'm obsessive with saving photos off the internet and have folders dedicated for things that interest me like "wedding inspiration", "outfit ideas" , "meal ideas" etc. and hundreds of bookmarked websites. Not to mention all of the graphics I've designed and downloaded music, so crossing my fingers, but its not a huge huge deal.
In good and apperciative news Josh got us new computers over the weekend and here I am blogging again. This laptop even has a webcam so I'm forseeing some videos coming soon if I can get over my stage fright!
So let me tell you, I finally did Jillian's 30 Day Shred last night with Josh and everyone was right it is killer. I kept thinking "if this is level 1, think of level 3" Josh even talked about how hard it was and he is much more fit than I am. It was awesome though and we plan to do it again tonight and the next 30 days according to him. We did however make the mistake of using 8 and 10 lb weights and were pratically dying so we stopped into the wal-marts today and picked up some 3-5 lb weights and an exercise mat for the sit ups. It was also really cool that the session was only a little over 20 minutes which gave me more momentum to keep going. I loved what Jillian said about really working hard to see results and how annoyed she gets when she hears people giving the advice "simply take the stairs at work" in regards to losing weight and getting in shape.
So yeah, give it a try if you haven't already! Exercise today consisted of 140 minutes at the gym, 50 of it was spent doing cardio (elliptical, bike, rowing machine for me) and the rest was doing strength training A.
My eating has not been good for the past two weeks and I'd be lying if I said otherwise. I did peak at the scale (i know i know) yesterday and it read 288.0 just two weeks ago I was at 280. I need to stop, seriously and stop using social occasions as a reason to overeat. Sometimes I feel lame watching what I eat when I'm around friends or family and I need to get over that. I can't keep making excuses and not taking my weight loss seriously. I haven't been taking it seriously, and I know that. The only person I'm fooling is myself.
I've been reading more of anti-jareds blog and I love how truthful he is. He doesn't sugar coat the fact that he is the reason why he got up to 400 lbs. and really shows how hard he had/has to work to lose over 200 lbs in years time . He didn't get that way by making excuses or allowing himself to fail. He just did it, every single day. He goes to the gym, and he eats right and he does it consistently and that is why he is not fat and I still am.
I have so many more things I want to type about, but I will leave it at this and start working or other entries before I get scattered! Did you know I'm getting married in a little over nine weeks? Its crunch time! Literally and figuratively.
I wish I was getting married in 9 weeks…
Do you feel that’s a big inspiration to pull it together?
Today was day 16 of not having my morning Large english toffee cappucino from Tim Hortons… I miss it but I calculated how many calories I was consuming a day in beverages alone and my two coffee were over 500 calories! And I drank two EVERYDAY for who knows how long!
No wonder I got fat so quickly! lol
that is cool. i just bought the shred dvd and was gonna wait a while before trying it out – as i try and build up my cardio. maybe i’ll try it sooner!
I just stumble upon your blog again and remembered why I love it so much (and wonder why I didn’t save it the last daggone time!). The anti-jared is so freaking honest and real and you just have to love him for it. I too am struggling and it’s no one’s fault but my own! *sigh* I think I’m going to have to go get Jillian’s dvd – I adore her and fear her at the same time! LOL
9 weeks?!?! Wow, you sound so calm!
I also get irritated when those who have never had weight problems advise those of us who do to “take the stairs”, or put down the chips, get off the couch, and walk around the block. My own sister always advises me to take a walk at lunch for exercise. Hello? You’re talking to Ms. 8-10 hours at the gym/week? I think if you’re of normal weight, and notice it creeping up, maybe easy moderate exercise will help, but once you’re fat, you have to burn that shit off! Excuse my French.
Social occasions are hard. Eating at home (alone-no fiance/husband here), I never overeat, but out with friends, it’s always heavier food, and drinks, which are caloric on their own and inspire me to overeat. I’m not going to stay home and never go out, so I try to compensate with harder exercise, and lighter eating before and after, and try to make better choices without compromising my fun or making myself crazy.