Down 2 lbs this week, for a total of 24lbs so far. Well on my way to my goal weight. And only 7lbs away from being out of the "obese" category.

2 more lbs. I've been serioiusly slacking on exercise. I need to pick that back up today. Yikes.

Ok, so I haven't updated in a week. Oops. But I have been maintaining pretty well. Although, I did have about 4 off days while my sister was here and when we went down to my Grandma's. But, despite that, I still dropped another 2lbs this week. That means, I am at 180, which means, I've lost 20lbs and 10% of my total body weight. I am so thrilled. And I started 30DS L2 yesterday, finally. So far, it's a nice change from L1, more fun, without all of the jumping jacks and push ups and everything. It has a different kind of push up, more fun, definitely challenging. And all of that. But it's a new challenge, and it definitely worked my upper body a little more, I can feel it in my shoulders today.

But it's definitely so nice to see all of the changes I'm making. I can walk up my steps without getting out of breath, my thighs aren't sore for days after workouts, they're actually beginning to get kind of hard (ok, under the fat, but definitely noticeable). My arms are getting a lot of nice definition. My stomach, while still big, is definitely smaller. My goal waist size is 30" ( I honestly don't know how big or small it should be, with my frame, or how small I can get it), so I only have 6.75" left to get to that, I'm already down 5.75". And, even my tight pants I have to pull up ALL-THE-TIME. I'm excited to see how good I can look before I get to see my family in October or November. I'm hoping to have gotten down around 161 or lower by then. Shouldn't have a problem, I think. And wanting to get down to 163 by Jimmy's graduation. That's almost another 20lbs. That should really start to be noticeable. And I should be almost into P3 of P90X, so it should really be doubly noticeable, I think. I can't wait. Besides, 163 is what I weighed when I got married. And by Thanksgiving, I should be at my high school weight, 153. And then be Christmas, I should be nearly 10lbs below my HS weight, and almost to my goal weight.

Well, have a good one!

August 12 measurements

New Measurements!
Bust- 41" (-2)(-3.5 total)
Ribs- 35" (-1) (-2 total)
Ab. Navel- 36.75 (-4) (-5.75 t)
Bel. Navel- 42.75 (-2.25) (-3.25 t)
Hips- 43.75 (-.25) (-2.25 t)
Thighs-(tog)41 (-1.75, -3 t) (L)26.5 (-.5, -1.5 t) (R)27 (-.25, -1 t)
Knees- (tog)25.75 (-2.75, -5.25 t) (L)16.5 (-1, -1.5 t) (R)16.5 (-1, -1.5 t)
Calves-(L)15 (-.25, -.5 t) (R)15 (-.5, -.5 t)
Forearms-(L)10 (-.25 t) (R)10.25 (-.5 t)
Upper arms-(L)12.75 (-.5, -2 t) (R)12.75 (-.5, -1.5 t)

That's 14.75" since July 12!!! For a total of 27.5"!! Oh my gosh! Lost well over 2 feet! Sorry, I'm just really excited about that.

Plus, I also weighed in at 182 this morning! Down 3lbs from last week, and 1lb below my goal weight for this week! 3 more lbs and I'll be in the 170s! I'm so excited! (I apologize for all of the exclamation points.)And that means, I am only 2.2 BMI points from moving out of obese! That's 13lbs, 5 lbs less than what I've already lost! And That means, I am now only 52lbs from my goal. Although, I will honestly say, getting to 135 would be so fantastic. If you've been reading, you'd know that that is almost 20lbs less than what I weighed at the age of 15-16. And, in case you were curious, either of those is a perfectly acceptable weight for me, I am 5'3" with a large frame. I don't want to get "skinny," I want to be lean, with nice muscle tone.

Missing the gym yet again today. Don't have the car, and it's way too hot to walk. Like seriously hot, with a heat index of 102. And it's only going to get hotter tomorrow. Yikes. But, I did do my 30DS, of course. Almost done with level one. And I'll do it tomorrow. I like the exercise, and I just don't feel right without it.

I weighed this morning a lb under my goal of 183 for this week, so, hopefully, that will keep up and I'll have a nice weigh-in on Wednesday. Plus, I'm doing new measurements, which I will post, and pictures, which I will not. I hope to see a difference from last month's photos. I'll be down over 10 lbs from then, and close to 20 overall. Very exciting. I'm so close to breaking into the 170s, I can practically taste it. I also have push ups to do tonight, since I messed this week all up. I do not really enjoy doing them, but it's only about 10 minutes 3x/week, and I'm really seeing results from it, so I keep it up.

I've been doing pretty well with my eating, so far, I've managed to get my calories over 1400 everyday, I think. I'm trying to push it a little earlier, because a lot of the time, I find myself having to eat to get in my extra calories shortly before I go to bed. Most everything says you shouldn't eat for about 3 hours prior to, so I'm going to try and mend that. I did adjust my calorie, carb, protein, and fat goals on Sparkpeople.com. They are now at a reasonable level for me, and I adjusted my nutrient goals to 50%/30%/20%, carb, protein, and fat, respectively. I'm trying to work toward that goal, so far I haven't gotten there, but I'm working on it.

So, I haven't posted in a few days, but I have been exercising and eating properly. I weighed in at 185 on Wednesday, my goal weight. And I did L1D5 of 30DS this morning. And I just went for a walk with my dog, so that makes up my cardio for today. I didn't go to the gym yesterday, either, but I did 30DS and 40 minutes or so of heavy cleaning, so that counted. I will definitely be going to the gym tomorrow, though. My thighs are even almost to not hurting from 30DS, now. It's pretty awesome.

I've been doing pretty well at keeping my calories above 1400. It's kind of hard, because I'm still just not that hungry, but I even managed to get up to 1700 one day.

Ok, so I got a lot of good working out done today. So far I have logged 72 minutes. I've already had 72oz of water today, I am in good shape to get within my calories and my goals for protein, fat, and carbs. I actually walked to the gym for once, I really should do it every day, it's only 1.2 miles there and back, but some days it's just way too hot. But I think I'll try anyway. It's a good way to work out another 15-20 minutes. I also enjoyed the extra work out that 30ds gave me this morning. I need to keep it up. On the plus side, I'm already in the habit of exercising, quite well, so this shouldn't be too bad to add on. It's not like I do anything the rest of the day except make food and take the dog out. So, I think this is a good idea. And I just tested for week 3 of hundredpushups.com and was able to do 25 consecutive. That's 10 more than I could do 2 weeks ago. And in better form. I am down one level or whatever from what I was at, but it's really for the best. I was having a really hard time Friday getting through all of the push ups, and while I did get through them, the last several were in terrible form. Really, really bad. So, down a notch, but I'll get better form out of it, and it will help me to do them better.

I did go to the gym yesterday, did my usual 30 minutes. Ate well, of course, and for once, made my calorie, fat, protein, and carbohydrate goals. Woohoo! Go me! I am getting a little nervous, though. As you know, my weigh in is in 2 days, and I have yet to show any weight loss for this week. In fact, if anything, I have weight gain. I'm hoping that that would be muscle gain, though, as I really am starting to see muscle definition in my arms and my back. My biceps and triceps were actually both nice and firm today when I checked them. I am happy about that. But anyway, so I've decided to step up my exercise, and yet a little more, so that I make sure that I within my calories everyday so I don't send my body into starvation mode so that it holds onto the weight. This is going to be tough. Anymore I just find it kind of hard to eat that much, and it really isn't a lot. Although, I did finally have a smoothie again, so maybe that will help (haven't had one in about a week), and I'll probably try to down a glass of real milk a day, to boost my calories and dairy consumption. On the exercise part, I need to mix things up, basically been doing the same thing for about 6 weeks. So, this morning I did some 30DS, yesterday I bought an exercise ball and some resistance bands, which I've been using some today (actually on the ball right now), and hopefully this will help shake up my routine. I want to start doing 30DS everyday, in addition to my cardio I normally do (still have to hit the gym today), and then at the end of the 30 days, I would like to graduate up and do p90x. If i tried that right now, I'm pretty sure I would die. Even in better shape than I was when I first tried 30DS, it still kicked my butt this morning. So that's my new plan. Cardio 6x/week, 30DS for the next month, followed by p90x. We'll see how this goes. Besides, people have astounding results with p90x, and I want to share in that. Google some before and afters, it's crazy.

Finally got my work out in today, super late. I enjoy going with other people, I just don't like having to wait for them. But gosh, I just don't feel right until I hit the gym. It's great, never thought I'd feel that way, but I totally do. 20 minutes on the treadclimber, 284 calories. I'm almost 500 over my goal for the week, and 16 minutes over. Had a bowl of cereal for breakfast, snacked on a banana, just ate a piece of chicken-spinach pizza, cheese removed, from last night (I ate 2 slices last night, cheese-less), and I'm make yummy, healthy turkey-cabbage casserole for dinner. Ground turkey, brown rice, potatoes, cabbage, onion, low sodium stewed tomatoes, it shall be delicious. And really healthy and low calorie. I'm looking forward to it. and I picked up a Fitness magazine from the NEx, I've never read one before.

So, I have 4 minutes left to cardio until I meet my goal for this week, and of course that will be well surpassed tomorrow. I'm all 200+ calories burned above my goal. Had Frosted mini wheats for breakfast, yum, and a banana and 2 slices of bread with a little butter for lunch. Haven't yet decided what dinner will be, but today is looking good. Need to get in some more veggies, more protein, and more carbs. It's so ridiculous, I still for 2 days have not met my calorie minimums. I hate trying to shove stuff down to get to it, so I get pretty close-ish, but not all the way there. Never thought that that would be a problem for me.

Had a great workout today. 39 minutes total, 20 on treadclimber for 287 calories, 13 on stationary bike for 84 calories, and 6 on elliptical for 61 calories. Had a bowl of cheerios for breakfast. Starting to think about lunch but I'm not sure what I'll be having. And dinner will be the catfish I was going to make last night(had a Boca burger instead.) And I think I may swing by the store to get some bread, bananas, chocolate, the few things I would like to have before I really go grocery shopping on Friday. And so far, the week's dinner menu looks like this (beginning Friday): Ratatouille, chicken tortilla casserole, gumbo, cabbage casserole, meatloaf, chicken noodle soup, and turkey lasagna. All=freakin yum, dude. And those will all be made with healthier/lower calorie recipes, pretty much all from sparkpeople.com. Can't wait. I like having a menu set up, though, makes my life easier, and I don't have to scrounge for ideas for dinner last minute. I hate having to figure out what to make, not having everything. Menus for the week are definitely the way to go, I think.

And now I am well into the 180s! 186 as of 10 minutes ago. I am so thrilled. Not only did I actually meet my goals for this week, I really exceeded them. Now, I know that the generally approved weight loss is 1-2lbs/week, but I also know that this is really not going to happen much. I'm sure it was basically me kick-starting my ass into weight-loss by monitoring what I ate all week. Amazing the huge difference eating God knows how many calories (quite a few, I am sure), and then dropping to 1500 or below (usually closer to 1200, my minimum recommended) every day makes. And it's just so weird, because I don't generally feel hungry, definitely not after I eat. I eat 4-5 times per day(which is probably the biggest thing to not feeling hungry), and I still have chocolate and bread(wheat), and whatever. It's just astounding to me.

Anyway, I'll be hitting the gym in about an hour with Val. I need to eat some breakfast, drink some water, change my clothes, take the dog out, you know, all the morning stuff. And you better believe I will so be watching what I eat, but still be satisfied. I love it!

And look, now I'm even into the next BMI point down! I know, not really an accurate measure, but it makes me feel better.

Home from the gym. 32 minutes, 10 on bike, 22 on the elliptical. 301 calories burned. Feeling good now. I always feel better after I get back from the gym. I enjoy going. It's great, the feeling of enjoying working out and eating right. It makes this whole weight loss/fitness thing that much easier. I will probably heat up some of last night's leftovers for lunch, and I'm making catfish and leftover collard greens for dinner. And probably some beans. And I may through some tomatoes into the beans. Yum.

Official weigh-in tomorrow, I'm excited. I can't wait to see what I have lost. I'll be happy with any loss, but I know I've at least lost 2lbs. And 2 more weeks until measurements, and photos. I don't post the photos, but I want to see how I compare to those I took two weeks ago. I'm hoping to see at least a noticeable difference. It's hard to look at myself every day and say, yeah, I think I look smaller, because I don't think I do. But, I do know my tight clothes are fitting better and the clothes that fit are becoming looser. So, we'll see. I'm looking forward to it, either way.

And, this time next month, I'm planning to be in the 170s. I am so freaking excited for that. That will mean I have lost over 10% of my body weight. How cool is that? And in just a little over 2 months, I will be out of the "obese" category. I will not ever let myself get here again. It's too much, way too much. I want to be fit, and lean, and little. To be able to buy small clothes, and run 5 miles, and do 100 push ups. I want to feel like I look great, whether I'm naked, or in a swimsuit, or, hell, even in a parka. In anything. I want my husband to think of how light I feel when he picks me up, and I want to have a fit body to carry babies in. And I want to be really healthy. You know, I'm not really terribly unhealthy, I mean, I've obviously got all of this weight to lose, but, my blood pressure is great, I rarely get sick, I don't drink. But I like the feeling of teaching my heart and lungs to work more efficiently, I don't know how my cholesterol is, but I imagine with the way I am eating and exercising it is all getting better. I appreciate what my body does, and what it can do, and what it will be able to do, but I want there to be less of my body to love. I want to love the way I look, and the way I feel. And that is the end of my rambling for now.

So, did about 27 minutes gym exercise today (plus did a few minutes of vigorous playing with the dog to round out my time. Did 20 on the stationary bike, 153 cals, and 7 on the elliptical, 83 cals. Also ate really well today, but I'm still almost 300 under the minimum, so I will be having another serving of the Buffalo Chicken casserole I made for dinner (358 cals/serving). Yum. My own recipe and it was amazing. http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=707399 The recipe, if you're interested. It's super yummy, and filling for one helping. Gym again tomorrow, weigh-in on Wednesday. Also made out a weight loss calendar for myself today. Assuming things go as I plan them to for now, by the end of February, I should be at my goal of 129lbs. That would be awesome. I also wrote in all kinds of things to look forward to, so that I keep up motivation and everything for my weight loss, like, my husband's birthday, or Holidays, percentage of body weight lost, when I'll be at and below my high school weight. Inspiring things. Oh, and I did my push ups today. Today's were ROUGH. 2 sets of 14 and 2 of 10, plus a set of 15, all with 60 seconds in between. But I managed to get through them, and I felt really accomplished afterward.

Did my push ups yesterday because I forgot to do them Friday, but they got done. And Just got back from the gym, upped my workout today from 30 minutes to 45. Burned off 620 calories on the treadclimber. I feel great now. I didn't go to the gym yesterday, but I ate pretty well. As usual, I could have used more vegetables, but overall I ate pretty healthy, and actually had to eat some more so I could meet what sparkpeople considers my minimum caloric needs (1200). And I made it up today. So, I'm pretty impressed with myself. And I am already (unofficially) weighing in for my goal lbs for Wednesday, so maybe by the time it rolls around, I will be at my actual goal weight. That would be pretty cool. And I have a really good chance, especially since this will be my first full week using sparkpeople. I enjoy exercising. And eating right. I still treat myself to chocolate when I want some, but at the very max, it's like 5 squares (1 full serving) and usually I don't eat even that. It's really nice to see the weight dropping off. And I will be taking official measurements I just over 2 weeks, so we shall see how many more inches I have lost by then. I'm excited.

Back from the gym. Good workout today, 20 minutes on treadclimber, 270 calories. I'll be eating some lunch here pretty soon, leftovers from last night, yum. Had Cheerios for breakfast. I still have push ups left today. And my scale is inching rather quickly toward my goal weight for next week. And, I still managed to stay within my allotted calories yesterday, even with a decent size portion of spaghetti and an after-dinner chocolate. So it was a pretty good day. Today, I think, will be much the same. I'll probably fry up some of the chicken I have left from the other night for dinner. Maybe some brown rice or beans for dinner, and maybe collards. We'll see.

Worked out with Val today. Great workout. I did 13 minutes on the stationary bike, 100 calories, and 20 minutes on the Treadclimber, 290 calories. Cheerios for breakfast, GM for post-workout snack. And so far today, I've already had 5 cups of water. And making spaghetti with turkey meatballs tonight for dinner. I'll put in some onions and spinach and mushrooms into the sauce, the meatballs will be made with extra lean turkey, and it's a low calorie recipe I got off of foodnetwork.com, and the pasta is whole grain, so overall, not an unhealthy meal. And one to which I look forward. I'm really enjoying eating healthier and working out a lot. I feel better, I feel better about myself. My skin looks better, I'm losing inches, I sleep really well almost every night now, which I have not done in a very long time. I do think I will try to start adding on 5 minutes to a couple of workouts per week, so I can gradually increase my stamina even more. Plus, I've lost 5% of my body weight, which is pretty cool. I just have another 30% to go. :\ So, I'll get there. If I can keep up with my goals, which I think I can, it will be in the early part of next year. Although, I do really want to be a mother, but I want to lose a lot of this weight first, so I plan to lose as much as I can before I get pregnant, but at the same time, I want to be pregnant now. So, I guess we'll see what we see.

2 more lbs lost, for a total of 10lbs!

I had a pretty great workout. Burned less calories than I like to, 270 in 38 minutes, but I was on a stationary bike, and it was great! It was a surprisingly intense workout. I wanted to throw something different in there, to mix things up, I sweat so much, it was gross, but it felt great. I also started tracking my calories on sparkpeople.com. It's kind of cool to see everything, and I don't actually eat terribly, by which I mean, like too many calories. I was over on them the first day I tracked, Monday, but I had indulged that day and eaten a few pieces of chocolate. And yesterday, I was well within my calories, even though I had made fried chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuits, and collards for dinner. So I was kind of impressed with myself. And, as you can see in my ticker, there's a new number. 2lbs lower! Yay! And my waist was 1.75" smaller when I measured it this morning to plug into sp.com, I was pretty thrilled.

100 push ups update Monday

I finally started 100 push ups. Completed the first week set-day 1. Proud of myself. So, I skip tomorrow and do it again Wednesday. In a 6 weeks, my arms should be looking good, and doing great push ups x100 or so. Yay! Can't wait. Plus I'll hopefully be down another 12lbs or so. I'm looking forward to a lean, mean me.

Good workout today. 300 cals/20 minutes. I shortened it because my shin was hurting. I need to take a rest day, but I want to do that Wednesday, so I can try to lose as much weight as I can before weigh-in. Just one more day, my shin'll be ok. I really do need to start throwing in some strength training, though. I think I'll start that on Thursday. I just don't want to go into the weight room and look like an idiot. Stupid, I know. Oh well, I'll just shove through it. One time will make it easier to do it again and again. And really, nobody in there cares whether I'm there or not, or if I look stupid. It's a mental block. I'll get over it.

I did great this past week. Went to the gym every day except Tuesday. Awesome. I'm very proud of myself. And today's workout was great, 450 cals in 30 minutes. My usual cereal for breakfast, and now a GM. And I'm only 1 lb away from my goal weight for Wednesday. I'm excited about that. Since I had a great workout today, I just need to watch what I eat, which I've been really good about, except Friday, we went to the movies and had popcorn (no extra butter) and a soda, both of which we split and did not finish the soda, by like half, and then we went to Wendy's, but I only ate the chicken I ordered, no fries, and only a couple sips of the drink. And I'm still down 2 lbs from last Wed's weigh-in, though of course it's still unofficial since it's not Wednesday yet. I know people tell you to only weigh in 1x per week, but I find it easier to keep on track and more motivating to weigh in every day, that's why I'm only doing official weigh-ins on Wed.s though. So I can keep it more accurately, but still see the day-to-day results. Oh, got off-subject, anyway, gotta keep today in good standing, and tomorrow and Tuesday, gym and pretty careful eating. And then, maybe, I'll weigh in 189lbs for Wed. I really like this whole losing weight thing. And, I've been going to the gym for 4 weeks now. I really am proud of myself. And J is proud of me, which is nice to hear, too. Oh, and I did notice 1 pair of jeans that are pretty tight in the waist fitting better.

Great workout today, 450 cals in 1/2 hour. Green monster now. Kix for breakfast. Pretty good day so far.

Another great workout. Got back on the treadclimber today. 430 calories in 30 minutes. Love it. Had Kix for breakfast, GM post-workout. J really liked this one, except it was too thick for him. Spinach, banana, yogurt, 1% milk (out of soy), 1/2 cup or so of blueberries, white nectarine, including skin. It was really yummy.

update

Well, got in my nice workout. 26 minutes, 300 calories, 2 miles. On the elliptical. On the plus side, all this cardio is really helping my stamina and everything, so even if I haven't really run any miles yet, I have the ability to go at least a couple, at a fast walk. I just have to get it to the point where it's a run, it's outside, and it's fast. When I can do 1.5 miles in under 12 minutes, I'll be happy. That's going to take a lot of work though. But I'm willing, it's what I want to do. I had a bowl of Kix for breakfast and am now having a GM although, it's rather muddy looking today, as I used frozen blueberries instead of peaches. Not as pretty, but even tastier.

Just wanted to update. Had a yummy Boca burger with tomato slices, roasted red pepper slices, 1 piece of American cheese (not quite the full piece, more like 4/5 of a slice) and yellow mustard on 1 slice of wheat bread (I cut it in half to make a top and bottom). And also sliced up 1/2 a cucumber and ate that with balsamic vinegar. Getting ready to get something to snack on. And I decided to start http://www.hundredpushups.com/. I want to get my push ups up in number and really work my body, so I figured this would be a good way to try. Now I've just got to get going on that. Oh and I tested rank 3 at 15 good form push ups.

update

Did a short workout this morning on the elliptical. 150 calories, about 15 minutes, mostly because J had to go to watch early, partly because the treadclimber was occupied and I just didn't feel like a longer workout. It was a couple of hours earlier than I normally go, and I'd just gotten up. Not my favorite time to exercise. I did make a yummy GM for post-workout breakfast. It was great, made J try it, he said it wasn't bad, but he wasn't real keen on it. What a baby. I think he was weirded out by the color, and probably would like it better with pb or something. Oh well, I'll get him to drink one sometime that he likes. I did lose another pound this week, which I'm excited about. Hoping that I'll really start dropping some weight now that I've gotten over my first (very small) plateau. Especially with better eating. I wasn't eating super-terrible before, but it really wasn't that good, and I definitely lacked in the vegetable department. So hopefully this will change soon. I'm almost in the 180s! Hmm. Never thought that would make me happy. But I'll take what I can get.

Update

So, I did not get to the gym today, which I feel kind of crappy over. But, I did get in my grocery shopping. With that came 2 hours of walking through the stores. And I bought a ton of good food and the junkiest thing I bought was cheez-its, and they were not for me. I don't even eat them. So I now have a bunch of great foods in my house, and a TON of frozen and fresh veggies. I bought some fresh nectarines and bananas, and some frozen peaches, strawberries, and blueberries, because I am not good at eating all the fruit I should, and it goes bad and wastes money. Also got some 1/2 fat vanilla Silk, yum! and some low fat vanilla yogurt for my smoothies. Speaking of which, I am a Green Monster convert. I made a small one a little while ago (I had 2 slices of pizza sans cheese with roasted red pepper, chicken, and spinach for dinner, and 2 buffalo wings at about 4pm) for my evening food (I go to bed rather late, so I still have a few hours to be up, at least) and it was amazing. I used 1 med-small banana, maybe a 1/4 cup lf vanilla yogurt, a couple splashes of vanilla soy milk, 2 handfuls of spinach, and probably half a cup of frozen peaches. My smoothie maker kind of sucks, but it gets the job done, so I still had a lot of very small pieces of spinach in there, but, you really couldn't taste it, def. true in that respect. It was so good. I can't wait to start my day tomorrow with one. A lot of recipes call for pb in them, but I wasn't super keen on that, even though I like pb, so I used the yogurt instead to supplement the protein, so I still got it from real food. I probably will at some point get some protein powder, though, but not at the moment. Anyway, I have run way one, so I'll stop.

Update

So not only am I very happy about the inches I have lost, I also burned off...wait for it...560 calories at the gym today. Youch. I'm very proud of myself. I worked out for an additional 10 minutes over what I usually do, and I did a little bit of a faster pace today. I had a magazine with, which while a little heard to read whil working out, makes the time go by more quickly, so that, while I enjoy working out, my body isn't like, "I've been active for too long!" Or whatever. I did kind of make an idiot out of myself with it though. Right as I was finishing, I was trying to move the magazine so I could see me results, and I dropped it, tried to pick it up off the pedal, nearly fell face first into the pedals as my feet continued backwards, and knocked the thing to the end. Another woman there picked it up for me. I felt kind of stupid, but, who really cares? And, I had a nice bowl of oatmeal with a little butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon this morning, and an egg salad sandwich (without yolk) for lunch. And I'm making whole grain spaghetti for dinner, with some ground chicken in the sauce. Yum! And I finally can go grocery shopping tomorrow, which I will do in full force.

New measurements.

Measurements are:
Original
Bust-44 1/2
Chest-37
Waist-42 1/2
Hips-46
Midway-46
Thighs-44 (together) 28(individually)
Knees-31 (tog) 18(ind)
Calves-15 1/2 (ind)
Forearms-10 1/4 (left) 10 3/4 (right)
Upperarms-14 3/4 (left) 14 1/4 (right)

July 12
Bust- 43" (-1.5")
Ribcage- 36" (-1")
Above navel- 40 3/4" (-1.75")
Hips-44 (-2")
Under navel- 45" (-1")
Thighs- (together) 42 3/4" (-1.25") L- 27" (-1") R- 27 1/4" (-.75")
Just above Knees- (tog) 28.5" (-2.5") L-17.5" (-.5") R17.5" (-.5")
Calves- L-15.25" (-.25") R-15.5" (0)
Upperarms- L-13.25" (-1.5") R-13.25" (-1")

So, while I don't see it yet, the math doesn't lie, I've definitely lost several inches all over (individually added up, 12.75". Wow) . Now I can't wait until I can actually see it.

Sunday update.

Just got back from the gym. Another really good workout. 350+ cals in 25 minutes on the treadclimber. Also, I've had a full glass and almost a full bottle of lemon water. Had a bowl of cereal for breakfast, I'll be having lunch here shortly, leftovers from last night. Still have 100 pushups to do today, but they'll get done.

Saturday update.

I didn't go to the gym today, ok, technically yesterday, but I did do a total of 65 push ups. I need to do more of them and keep track, as that's my real strength training right now, and I need to be able to do a lot of them for my intended career choice, though I am a few years from that. It's still better to go ahead and be prepared. Plus I like to do it. But anyway, main reason I didn't go today, my shins were a little painful from the upward climb on the treadclimber. I'll be back in there tomorrow. I kind of missed going today. I'm finding I really do like to go. Someday when I get more into shape and lose some weight so it's easier on my knees and ankles, I'll actually take up running. I need to be able to do that, too. At least a good 1.5 miles. More really. Better to be over-prepared, rather than just cutting it. I'll get there, though. My whole diet(I use the word in the sense of everything I eat, not limiting my intake for weight loss)was left wanting today, though. I ate 3 bowls of King Vitamin, could have done worse there, but could have done better. I ate a lot of jalapeno chips. I'm not really sure how many, I stupidly ate them straight from the bag, not from a dish. I did have a half of a chicken breast in there somewhere, and my dinner was good. I stir-fried more chicken with onions, garlic, a lot of broccoli, rinsed bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and rinsed baby corn, cooked in soy sauce and a little bit of peanut oil. And I had brown rice with it. Point is, I ate a complex carb, a good protein, and a lot of vegetables. So that kind of helped against the rest of my dietary slacking. Tomorrow will be better. I have plenty of left overs, so I know what I'm having for lunch! And I'll probably even add in more broccoli. Yum!

Update.

Another great one, 400 calories burned on the treadclimber. This is so my favorite machine. Had a protein-y breakfast, hardboiled eggs, but I don't like the yolk, so I didn't eat it, and 1.5 pieces of bacon. And a bowl of rice krispies. I love those. I am now about to eat a bowl of ramen (I used less than a full packet of flavoring) with leftover pork and bell peppers from last night, yum! And a cup of unsweetened, natural applesauce. And 2 cookies for dessert. It's easier, and better, to just eat them instead of obsessing about them all day. And a glass of iced tea. I've already had 2+ glasses of water with lemon today. I only use about 1/3 cup of sugar for my whole gallon of tea, so, I worked it out, and the whole pitcher has like...258 calories. So much better than all the Coca Cola I used to drink all the time. Alright. time to eat now. Dueces.

update.

Another great day at the gym. Burned off another 400 cals on the treadclimber. That machine is fantastic. Buying a blender next payday so I can start making the Green Monster smoothie. Google it. Can't wait. Really need to kick start this whole cleaner eating thing. That will really help with the whole weight-loss, health-gain thing. Oh, and if I can make my goal of burning 2lbs per week off, by the end of the year, I'll be all the way down to 141. That would be awesome. That's 12lbs less than my low high school weight.

New update.

Skipped a few days, but I did go today. Tried the treadclimber today, and I really enjoyed it. Burned off 320+ calories in like 30 minutes. I'm going to try to get on that more often. It's usually got someone on it. Weighed in another pound less.

Another day.

Another good workout. I skipped yesterday, but that's ok. I am still floating at the same weight, which kind of blows, but, I'm working on it. At least I'm working out on a pretty regular basis, now. And I feel better when I go. So I'm happier. I can't wait until I really start seeing the results, though. But I have lost some 1/4 and 1/2 inches in places, maybe slightly more. Even if I don't see the difference yet, that makes me feel a little better.

Gym day...I dunno, 2 of them

Forgot to update after workout yesterday. It was AWESOME! 45 minutes on the elliptical, didn't think I could do it, but I did. And I burned 489 calories. Today's was short, Something like 25 minutes, split between stationary bike and elliptical. Only burned around 150-170 cals, but better than nothing, and worked my thighs pretty well. I'll do a better workout tomorrow. Oh, and walked the dog a little bit last night, probably will again tonight, don't know yet.

Update x2

And I forgot to update Friday. I went with my friend, and upped my workout from 20 minutes on the elliptical to 45 minutes or so on it. It was awesome, I felt great afterward, and I burned off a bunch of calories.

Update.

Ok, haven't gone to the gym in like, 3 days, but, I am going with J tonight for the first time. (At least since our last membership, well over a year ago.) I'm excited to go tonight. However, apart from that, I have lost another pound. So, yay! I'm excited. Can't wait to lose even more so I can go clothes shopping, look better, feel better about myself. all that jazz. As I told one of my friends the other day, J's working out and getting even better looking, I just don't want to be the porky wife. Too many of those, especially in the military. Yeah, not gonna be me anymore. I'm sick and tired of it.

Gym Day 3

Good workout today, only did elliptical, though. And like a minute on the stairstepper. Planning on extending it a little longer tomorrow. Maybe another 5 minutes. Feeling good.

Gym Day 2

Well, wanted to go yesterday, however, being that it's a base gym, the school can basically take it over, so it was closed yesterday. But, I did go today, burned off another 320+ cals. I'm feeling very good about myself going. I'm going to keep it up. besides, I'm feeling a little pooped, but it's a great feeling.

Day 1 Gym

Well, J didn't take me to the gym today, however, I did grow a pair and went by myself. It was great. I sweated disgustingly, burned more than 250 cals. Sure, I only worked out for, like, 35 mins, but when you're out of shape and fat, and you don't do anything, 35 mins and 250+ cals is a lot more than 0. Besides, I'm down another 2 lbs anyway, so if I can lose weight while doing basically nothing, even 30 mins a day should be really helpful. And, I plan on working up my time as I get into better shape. I'll probably do cardio again tomorrow, and maybe through in a little strength, if I can get J to go with me.

Update.

Yeah, so while I've been super lazy, I have set a goal for myself. I intend to be, say, 20 lbs thinner by the time Jimmy's birthday rolls around, in the middle of August. That gives me...almost a full 8 weeks. Ok, so technically, going by traditional standards, it will probably be more like, 15 lbs. However, I really want to do this, so I plan on starting to hit the gym, which is free since I'm an AD dependent. I would do it today, except it's closed on Sundays. And maybe, if I'm feeling really froggy, I'll even do 30DS along with it. Basically, I really just need to get moving. I think the J-man is going to get me up to go with him in the morning. Being lazy, my body is not looking forward to this. But I really want to be thinner and healthier and sexier, so I'm going to do it. Besides, I'll be clothes shopping soon, and I'd love to buy smaller sizes!

Update.

Haven't exercised in several days, mostly because I somehow managed to hurt my knee pretty badly. Pain started on Tuesday (before that, I was busy and then lazy a day or two), on Wednesday it was worse and started swelling some. Yesterday it felt a little better for a while and then a lot worse, still swollen, mainly in one spot where it was also hot. And today it still hurts, swollen, hot, though I took Aleve for a headache earlier, which made it feel better for awhile, but now it's starting to hurt again. Was also sick this morning, threw up, was gross and incredibly unpleasant. I slept better afterward though. Felt fine when I woke up for good. Also waiting and hoping to see if I'm pregnant. Crossing my fingers that I am. And J decided that if my knee still hurts on Monday, I'm going to the doctor. Dueces.

Day 3, done.

Not nearly so sore at this point of the day as I was yesterday. Still sore, just not as much. Just finished day 3. I'm sweaty and gross, but happy and feeling good, if still somewhat out of breath. Still paused a little, but it was a bit easier than it was yesterday or the day before. May have a new workout partner soon. Hopefully it will motivate both of us to do more and better. Exercise begets exercise. So hopefully continuously doing it will make me want to do it more. Here's hoping so. On the plus I haven't really been dreading doing it these past days. I put it off longer today than the previous 2 days, but mostly that was because my workout clothes were in the laundry. I had still planned to do it, and did do it without complaint. I was actually looking forward to it. Hopefully I'll visit the gym soon. Jimmy says it's free which is pretty nifty, and I could easily walk to it in probably little more than 5 minutes. Did stock up on some fruit and veggies today, and some more chicken and turkey. Usually we just eat red meat. Terrible, I know. Anyway, gotta go shower, fellin stanky. Dueces.

Day 2, done.

Just finished 30ds L1 day2. Omg, I'm frickin beat. I was sooo sore when I woke up this morning, especially the muscle at the top of my chest that goes down into my underarms, from presses and pushups, I have no doubts. And my thighs. I had a hard time walking down the stairs yesterday and this morning. On the plus side, my legs do not feel like jell-o like they did yesterday. Granted, I have not yet tried walking down stairs. I am dripping with sweat though. But it is such a great feeling. I like that while you're exercising, just when you feel like you can't do any more or you';ll die, she switches to another exercise. They're still hard on my completely out-of-shape self and I did have to pause a couple of times, it wasn't too terrible. I am kind of getting a little bit of a headache right now, though. But I'm susceptible to them and I just hope it doesn't turn into a migraine. I hate those. I have been drinking water with lemon today and yesterday, which I'm proud of, even insterad of iced tea, though I have still had a couple of small glasses today of it. I don't feel nearly so bad about drinking tea as soda. Ok gotta go shower and relax, and hopefully this headache will go away. Dueces.

Day 1, done.

Just finished the first of many workouts. L1 JM 30ds. Good Lord, she kicked my butt. I'm sweaty and disgusting and somewhat out of breath, but goodness it feels satisfying. I honestly did not think I would make it all the way through today. Granted, I did cheat a little, and broke on a couple of exercises when I absolutely couldn't breathe. Almost turned it off about 10 minutes in, but I didn't, and by the time I was 15 minutes in, I was like "well, I'm well over half done, I can do the rest." And I did and that makes me happy and satisfied and proud of myself. Now I just have to keep this up until I get down to my goal weight. I feel disgusting and I need to shower. But I feel great. And my muscles feel quivery a little. Haha. So now I have to watch what I eat, and do it again tomorrow. Dueces.

Day 1

So starting the 30 Day shred today. I really want to get into shape and I really like what I see so far. Bought a scale, have a tape measure. My hand weights are, of course, in FL. Just where I need them to be. And our NEX doesn't carry them. Campbell's soup cans it is, until I can get somewhere to get real hand weights. As horrifically embarrassing as it is to put it down, I will, maybe it will inspire me and I'll stick to this and get the weight off and the body in shape. I weighed in just a few minutes ago at a disgusting 200lbs. I'm sick to my stomach writing that down, but it will give me the boost I need to get rid of it. When I moved to FL I was 153lbs, when I was married I was 164lbs. I was disgusted by both of those numbers at the time, but I've really let myself go now. My goal is to get to 120lbs. Since that is way, way lower than what I am now, I'll set my initial goal to 146, which according to some website is my "ideal," see I'll use that as my leap off point. It's still a lot of weight, but I'm determined. I hate being this fat. And a friend took a photo of me the other day and when I saw it I was just terribly disgusted at how I looked. It always seems like I carry the weight better than that, and then when I see something like that, I realize I'm just deluding myself. I want to be nice and thin like I was in my photographs as a child. So here we go. We'll see how quickly I can get there. I have cut soda out, granted I replaced it with iced tea, but I put in very little sugar, about 1/3 cup, maybe a little more, for a whole gallon-size pitcher. So hopefully that will help, because basically that was all I drank. Yuck.  

Measurements are:

Bust-44 1/2

Chest-37 

Waist-42 1/2

Hips-46

Midway-46

Thighs-44 (together) 28(individually)

Knees-31 (tog) 18(ind)

Calves-15 1/2 (ind)

Forearms-10 1/4 (left) 10 3/4 (right)

Upperarms-14 3/4 (left) 14 1/4 (right)