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Good Morning everyone!

I recharged for a new week. It will be a busy one that’s for sure. I’m actually wondering how long I will stand in line tomorrow to vote.  Maybe I should jog in place and do some other exercises while waiting around. Well no matter who you vote for I just hope everyone who can goes out and votes tomorrow.

I think I’m starting to get back into the groove again. I just need to keep moving forward and focus on my goals. My goals for the week are:

1.  go to spinning 4 times this week

2. remember to drink more water

3. try to incorporate more veggies into my diet.

4. walk at least 2 miles everyday with my puppy

5. give support

Have a great week!!!

Do you sometime think you would forget your head if it wasn’t attached, well that has been me of late.  Probaly at the top of my list of goals this week such be to either make more lists or just take some ginko.  Anyway, my return has been going okay, not great but just okay.  I don’t know what I expected it to be, but it definitely harder than I imagined. A few weeks off can really screw with you.

But I’m determined, so my goals for the week are:

1. More water, and then a little more

2.  really watch the portions

3. hit the gym  at least 3x this week

4. Blog

5. remember small steps are still steps.

Have a great day everyone!

Hello everyone!!!

To my buddies, I’m sorry I have been absent lately. But, I’m back in the game, ready to get back on the horse, you know any other saying you can think of as well. 

The last few week have been really tough. My mother was in a bad car accident, with my car. She is doing okay now, but spent the first week in the hospital. Since she was visiting, I was the only one available to go and see her everyday, and the hospital they took her to is about 45 minute drive from my house. She has 7 cracked ribs on her left side, so of course moving about and pain was the real issues. And I had to deal with my insurance company. I could have a whole blog just about that experience, but I’ll save that for another time and day. After she got out, she spent an additional week and half with me. I was helping with dressing and such, making sure she took her meds. Ironically, she started to kid me and call me Mom.  Gotten love the role reversal.  She just return home this past week.

Now, I love my mom and didn’t have any problems taking care of her. It’s just my schedule went so out of wack. Everything just went out the window, eating, sleeping, exercising and work. So needlessly to say, I have gained back about 8lbs, since I been on buddyslim last.  I stepped on the scale and just about had a heart attack.  I knew I gained weight, but whew, talk about a reality check.

I realized I need to take back control, starting with my routine. I went back to the gym this week and let’s just say it has been tough, but I’m determined. I’ve been trying to focus on the basics like water, veggies and portion control. I really want to lose those 8lbs before my birthday next month. It’s the new goal for me.

I’m not really suprised about may gain this week, consider my behavior over the last two weeks. It could have been worse than 2lbs, which isn’t a lot. I’m going to focus on making them go away again by the next weigh-in. 

I’m glad I took stock of myself this week and decided to really recommitment to this journey. I don’t want that 2lbs to turn into 5lb then 10lbs, because in the past that is what has happen. I refuse to let that happen this time, I’m done with the letting myself slide.  Time to get back on that proverbial horse again.  I just need to believe I can do it. I need to ask myself is the extra food really worth denying myself the ability to reach my goals, the momentarily pleasure vs. being healthly and happy with myself.  When you think about it like that, there isn’t even a competition.  So I just need to keep reminding myself and asking the question before I put extra food in my mouth.  Maybe I put the before picture in on my frig and my pantry, should be a good wake up call.

I hope everyone else had a much better weigh than me, and enjoy the rest of your weekend.  Remember we can do it!!!

After my blog yesterday about recommitting to this process, I was proud of myself to sticking with it.  I drink all my water and ate much better. This morning I even got up at 5am to go to a spinning class. I only need to do another 2 more this week to meet my goal. It will be 5 in total. Ironically, I don’t have so much a problem with keeping up the my exercise program. The real problem for me is my eating habits, so I’m trying to keep a real eye on them.

I’m trying to follow one of my buddies (kondad) mantra, fiber and water. By eating food high in fiber I don’t feel as hungry, so I’m not snacking, and if I do feel hungry I drink so water first to see if I’m really hungry or not. I feel that if I had a sign here at my desk blinking fiber and water all day long. It would definitely help a lot, but may get annoying after awhile. Or maybe I just put it on my computer calendar so I get a bing every so often that I need to drink or fill up on water. Hey that actually might work, I’m going to try it and see how it works. 

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

I hope the day goes well for everyone, we can do it together.

For the last few weeks I have been slipping, letting lots of little things slide, whether it’s a slice of pizza or and seconds of anything. Even in the last few days, I have been absent from Buddyslim, this morning I woke and thought what the heck am I doing to myself.  Sure slip ups happen, but I could see myself going down this slippery slope, toward gaining the weight back I have lost. It’s not like it hasn’t happen before, who hasn’t been on the cycle of up and down.

So I decided this monring that I need to really focus on this journey, of course it is easy to get side track with life’s other problems, but I need to make myself and my health a priority.  Carry around this extra weight isn’t good for me, so change needs to happen. As I said when I started blogging here in March, every journey starts with a single step, well somtimes you need to take the first step again and again. I’m almost halfway through this journey. I have another 60 pounds to go toward my goal. I’m willing to make a continued commitment to making it. I’m sure along the way, I will ask for my buddies to kick my butt or provide extra motivation, but that is why I’m here at buddyslim. The first 50lbs might have gone fast, but I’m sure the next will take extra time and committment.

So with that in mind, my goals for the rest of this week are:

1. drink 60 ounces of water a day

2. go to 3 spinning classes

3. eat more veggies and fruit

4. watch portion sizes of my meals

5. walk 2 miles a day

6. blog everyday

Thanks to all my buddies that are continually supportive of my efforts on this journey.!

I’ve been a little absent this week so far, I’m feeling a total lack of motivation for whatever reason. I’m still trying to adapt to my new schedule with my classes at night twice a week. I did make it to the gym this morning, because I have class tonight. I had such a hard time moving myself out of my bed. Then I thought laying here awake is not getting anything done, let’s move it.  I did it, but the feeling of blahs are still around. 

Plus, my eating habits have been maybe not totally crappy, but definitely not even clase to where they should be this week. I feel like I want to eat everything, I have been resisting for the most part, but I don’t know what is wrong with me. I really to sit down and take stock of what is going on in my life that is making act this way. Although it has only been the last few days I want to stop it before it goes any further and I back slide too far.

I really need to snap out of it. I know we all go through this from time to time or even more often, so how do you snap out of it?  I’m looking for a shot of motivation, if anyone has any to spare, please send it my way.

 Have a good day!

Hello everyone!  I hope where ever you are it is sunny. It’s pouring here, why I left my house I don’t really know, but things have to be done right?  We are getting the leftover of Hanna here, I wouldn’t be surprised if the pwoer went out soon.  At least my laptop battery is fully charged.

Anyway, I weighed in today. I’m down 1 pound for the week. I am so excited, because I thought for sure I would gain for this week.  I haven’t really worked out much, because I have class at night twice this week.  Luckily, my dog keeps me walking or wogging.  In fact, he has help increase my jogging time, I can go further than ever now, and it helps to tire him out. I just hope my distance continues to increase. I’m signed up for a 5k at the end of the month and I really want to jog the whole thing. 

Sorry it’s so short today, but everyone have a great day, and if it’s raining where you are keep dry.

I hope everyone had a great long weekend. Although it means summer is over, ugh! But I love the fall so I’m pretty happy anyway.  I spent the weekend visiting friends in New Jersey. I had a great time and did pretty well with my diet even with going to the Olive Garden. What can I say I love the bread sticks, but I did well only had two and only ate half my entree. so I think it even out right. I took my dog, so at least I kept up with my walks as well. Who knew a puppy would be a great motive to keep exercising. Of course, I had one or two slip ups, but nothing major and I just went right back to the plan after it happen. I wasn’t going to beat myself up over it, life happens.

As for this week, I’m hoping to get back into my routine. I’m taking classes two nights a week, so I’m a bit worried about scheduling my workouts. I hope it will only take a week or so to settle into a routine. I’m definitely keeping my workouts a priority for me, it just might mean I will get up extra early. I need to remember you make time for what is important to you, and I’m important.

So my goals for this week are:

1. settle into a new routine

2. drink more water

3. 3 spinning classes

4. walk 2 miles a day

5.  remember fruits & veggies

Have a great week!

Morning everyone! I would say good morning, but it’s too early for that nonsense. so I’m a little cranky this morning, it happens. I haven’t been to the gym in the last few days and I think my sleeping is suffering, which is a great reason to get back there. Of course, I’m leaving later this morning for the weekend, so that won’t happen until I return on Monday, ugh!!

But on to a much better topic, I’m down 2lbs this week, which means I have lost 51 pounds and earned a blue star.  I can’t believe I did it. It is shocking to see that number, but it gives me confidence to know that I can make my goal, I just need to keep going and not stop. Like any program it’s one step at a time. Actually it is shocking sometimes looking in the mirror. Every so often I’m even amazed with the changes; I’m not even sure it’s me looking back.  I can’t imagine what I will look like once I reach my goal, but I’m more than willing to find out!

If I wasn’t so tired I would be dancing and jumping around, but I found this graphic to do it for me.

Have a great weekend, I’ll be back on Monday!! Plus I try to post my before and after picture then as well.