13 Weeks left

I didn't lose this past week, but I didn't gain either. I was off track and not focused and it shows because the scale didn't move. I am refocused and ready to leave the 200's for good this week!! I need to lose 3 lbs this week to be at 199. I can do it!!!

My clothes are fitting loose so I tried on some pants that I wore before I had Micah and THEY FIT!!!! I am so excited because they were my favorite pants before and now I have extra clothes. I can't wait to have to buy new clothes because my old clothes don't fit. That will be a great day!

Today's plan is some lifting and a 3 mile run. I am going to try and take 30 seconds off of my run. That would be a time of 37:38. My goal is to get my 3 mile under 28 minutes.

I am ready to cut my hair! I have decided to go short. I don't know when I am going to do it, but I am ready. I might do it when we go on vacation in June.

14 weeks left

Down 4 lbs this week. I weighed in at 202!!! YEAH. I finally am moving the scale. The extra cardio and watching my calories is working.

I am going for 4 lbs this week too. I am going to push myself and try to get cardio twice a day. In the morning lifting and cardio and in the evening a class of some sort. I think I might try a spinning class. Everyone keeps telling me to do it, but I am kind of hesitant.

I have 14 weeks left of my challenge and I am hoping to continue the 4 lb weight loss the rest of the time. I don't know if it is physically possible, but I am going to try. If I do 4 lbs a week the rest of the challenge then I will be to my goal weight. But I am giving myself until October to hit my goal weight of 146.

Can't Wait!

I couldn't wait until Sunday to weigh myself because I feel like I have lost. So, when I came home from the gym today I weighed myself................202!! That is right 4 lbs this week and the week isn't even over! I am hoping to weigh in on Sunday at that or even lighter. All the cardio and calorie watching is paying off finally!

I know that I will reach my 16 week goal now for sure! I just have to stay focused and keep on keeping on. I have to get new gym shoes so today I did laps in the pool. I love swimming. It doesn't feel like cardio until I get out of the pool and then I feel it. I feel like I push myself more in the pool as well.

Well Micah just woke up so that is all for now. Peace!

Cholesterol Goals

HDL 50-60
LDL under 50
Tri under 150

Happy Cinco De Mayo!!!

I went to the gym twice today. This morning I did my weight training and 45 minutes of cardio. Tonight I did a dance class.

I joined some friends for a fun Mexican lunch in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. It was so yummy and I love chips and salsa sooooo much.

I forgot to post my blood results so here they are:

October 2007
Triglycerides 276
HDL(good cholesterol) 22
LDL (bad Cholesterol) 61.8

April 2008
Tri 131
HDL 23
LDL 85

So I managed to get my Tri's down, but my LDL went way up. I am still in healthy levels but I want that number to come down. My HDL is not at a healthy level. So that is why I have decided to do so much cardio because the only way to raise that number is cardio, and a good diet. I am doing both. I have an appointment in 2 months to get my blood tested again. I am looking for great results in the blood work and in my physique.

The Truth

Who was it that said the truth shall set you free??? Well hopefully these painful pictures will set me free. Free to reach my goals. They are scary, please be kind!

3 lbs to lose

This week I have 3 lbs to lose since I only lost 1 last week. Today I am planning on doing lifting and then 45 min of cardio. I need to build up my endurance. I do not run very fast and I can't run very long. All things that I need to build.

Today is Cinco de Mayo and I am meeting some friends from church for lunch to eat yummy Mexican food! I love Mexican food. I am going to be good and only get a small lunch. Probably chicken taco or fish tacos. I will have to be good on all of my other meals since I am eating out for lunch.

Laundry and cleaning on the household docket today.

1 lb

Lost 1 lb this week I weighed in at 206 this morning. Down from 207 last week. I am going to push for 3 lbs this week since I only lost 1 last week. I was doing really good with my diet until the end of the week I started to get to lax. I have to stay focused all week. I know I can do this.

1 pound down.....60 to go.......

Ramblings

The older I get the more I realize I am a completely different person than the one I imagine in my head. This may sound odd, but I feel like an oxymoron sometimes. I think one way, but act another. Not with everything, but food for example. I KNOW what I should be doing and I KNOW this or that, but I don't DO. I know I am not alone with this oxymoron personality, but I would sure like to get over it. I self sabotage myself sometimes and that really bothers me. Why do I do this???

Another thing is I have all this great ideas. Truely things that would be great companies or help the communtiy, but I don't DO IT. I use the excuse I don't know how or I don't have the money/time/resourses, but the truth is I just am not DOING IT. People like Donald Trump are DOERS. They went out and just did it with no excuses. Where does that come from? Is it inate? Can it be learned? Will I ever want something that bad?

Now you see what I am thinking about all day long. hahaha I have this feeling inside me that wants to be great. Great at something meaningful. Something that will really make a difference. Maybe that will happen in my earthly life or the hereafter. That I don't know, but for now I just keep on working on me. Getting over the self sabotoge, non-action, and other human downfalls I have picked up along the way.

Self Decipline that is what it is all about, and I am still oh so far away, but I will never give up!