65 days and a new decade!

I soooo remember being excited about 183lbs! LOL I just beat the 170's and weighted in at 169.8 this am. I am sure you can imagine how I feel :) smiley faces just can't even explain LOL!

Yup, that about sums it up!

I hate my scale!

It keeps me on my toes that for sure! digital scales drive me nuts. mine jumps up and down by a pound and a bit and it drives me nuts! So I got on the scale this am because its official weigh in day today and I see 174.4 then get off and it says error. So I jump back on and its down to173 even. Then I go on again an hour later and its back to 174.4 but doesn't say error...GRRR.... So I am going to stick with the 173 because its pretty :) LOL
I was visiting a friend of mine yesterday....haven't seen her since I was in labour with Kane. and as I am standing in the door she says to me. "I haven't seen you this thin before" YAY! she noticed... I mean clearly I am thinner than when I was full term with an 8 lb baby.. but she has seen me on a weekly basis all through the last 4 years... and the fact is. I have never been this thin before since we met. I think i was around 180 lbs when I started at my job... where we met... I just smile and said thanks, I haven't been this thin before! LOL

Anyhoo... I have a feeling I'm going to be entering a time of slower weightloss as I focus more on my running. I'm going to go this weekend and register for my first ever 5k this July... and night run...and I bet its going to be way too hot... but I just want to go out and get a race under my belt. A girl on a blog I read said "you will never regret any race ever" so I am going to hold her to it :)

its weight in day

That time of the week :) Yay Thursdays! LOL

Todays weight was 175.8 lbs. YAY :)

and for a little self motivation

I know I should have taken the tank of, because Ty says most off the slimming has happened around my rib cage and waist.... next time..I swear... I can still tell a difference!

buh bye!

I am saying buh-bye to the 180's forever! jumped on the scale this am and saw a 179.8 Ya, just barely under... but officially out of the 180's! I am proving to myself and everyone out there, I can do this! I CAN lose this weight!

Oh, and I went for my run on Saturday and my lululemon pants that used to be very snug...kept falling down :) can't wait to drop below that 175 mark and earn myself some new running gear :)

Weigh in Day

:)

182 Even!!!! YAAAAA  BAAABBBBYYYY!

I have lost 2.4 lbs since the 22nd :) (thats one week people) Lets keep it up. I have unintentionally been on the "zig zag" diet... where, without going into huge detail you eat two days at or near 1200 calories, and then you eat a day at maintenance so around 2200 calories for me. Its just because some days I have more will power than others... and by doing this you can trick your body into having a high metabolism but eat at a low caloric intake for the majority of the time.... it seems to have worked this week so I will continue for the next week with more purpose and check out the results next Thursday!

drum roll please......

183.8 lbs on April 25th 2011
Thats the lowest my weight has been since before I got pregnant with Yale! OMG!

Carry on, that is all....off to do my happy dance now!

Yay! I'm overweight!

So on myfitnesspal, they have this section called "tools" where they have tickers and badges and whatnot for your weightloss.... well they also have a BMI calculator. Now I know the BMI system has some flaws to it, but in general its a pretty accurate indicator of your weight/health. (I know large people can be perfctly healthy and thus the flaws in the system) I have for at LEAST the last 3 years ranged in the obese category. I think the highest I have checked is having an BMI of 32... ya, thats obese people. Anyhoo, today for poops and giggles I decided, what the hay, lets check it out.....and.... drumroll please... I am OVERWEIGHT here people...thats right! Overweight... I know... funny thing to get excited about, but its a lot better than obese! my new BMI is 29.8.... yeah baby... take that! oh and that is with the scale screaming at me that I STILL weight 184.4lbs... lowest since Yale

14 days straight

I joined myfitnesspal a long time ago. Its this website where you track the food you eat. it helps you set up your daily caloric goal, and as you eat you track and it tells you how many more calories you need to eat in order to reach your goal. Its a pretty nifty little website and I like it because I also have the app on my phone, so there is no excuse for not logging my food. Anyhoo... i left it when i got pregnant with Kane because well, I just stopped caring and ate what i wanted..... and therefore here i am.

Anyhoo I realized today that I had a little mini goal reached! 14 days straight of logging. I am still getting the hang of things back on that website, but it is a great place to go for support and motivation (I stalk the success stories threads like a creepy old guy)

Oh ya, and a not so mini goal... I am officially at the lowest weight i have been since having Yale.... that is 3 years people. I have reached this weight only once before and it was shortly before getting pregnant with Kane when i was trying to eat Paleo. Turns out paleo doesn't work for me.. its much too restrictive and i couldn't hack it and gained back like 11 lbs before i got knocked up :)

I also did my first day of the 30 day shred today with jillian micheals. OMG. I did it in the bedroom because I was just prepared to not look good at all, and really, Tyler did not need to see me like that! I sure was right. I can say I do not remember ever EVER in my life sweating to the point that the sweat is flinging off of my face. Ya, pretty picture right there.... but damn... that crazy chick sure knows what she is doing... and that was just level one... I only have 9 more days of level one and than bam... another ass kicking... and thus follows until I am done the final 10 days at level 3.... Its going to hurt and suck, and I may just cry....but I can tell... its going to be worth it :)

on a side note.... i did not manage to do my c25k run today :( BOOOO HISSS! I know I know. My excuse is the weather... it was freaking snowing outside. And yes I already know what you are thinking, because i have thought it about 10 times today. weather is not an excuse. and really its not. but its going to be that way today. my knee is sore, it needs some sort of rest (I promise i will run tomorrow... no matter what excuses i can muster up) but my biggest issue was that i am running in my old nike shox. old shoes that the soles are worn through and i didn't want to slip. Now when my fancy new kicks show up that my lovely sister Erica bought for me for my birthday...there will be no excuses! None...nothing will be acceptable... NOPE! and I have to remember that  I really REALLY want to run with Erica this fall, and not have to watch her running ahead of me, but to be able to run WITH her.... I already have the image in my mind of how awesome it will be with us running and my mom waiting at the finish line with my two boys cheering me on.... I WILL RUN DAMNIT....

so get off my case  ok :)

Woohoo!

So I weighed myself today. If you remember correctly I started this journey at 192.4 lbs. I weighted myself today and I weight 189.2! Thats a loss of three lbs! I know its pretty fast, but I think its only because of how I've made the inital change to my caloric intake.

I know I have a long ways to go but I want to talk about how far I've come already. After Yale was discharged from the hospital the last time after his heart transplant, I came home and stepped on the scale. I was 208.9 lbs. At the time of course it bothered me, but definitely not as much then as it would now if I was still that weight. I never ever thought I would hit the 200 mark...(except maybe during a pregnancy) And there I was with a nice 10lb jump on the 200s. I don't even remember saying wow I should do something about this. I didn't even care. Wait, thats not right. of course I cared. I just didn't care enough to do anything about it. I didn't care enough to eat and live healthy, to teach my son how to be and live healthy. That was pretty rude of me to do I think. So flash forward to today and Yale is well out of poor health for a year and ahalf and NOW I've decided to try and keep him that way! And to do that, for the long term, is to teach him about eating healthy, being active, and taking care of your soul. I hope I can come back to this post if I ever get discouraged for some reason or another. Its not just about weight loss anymore. Its about getting and keeping my family heart healthy!