I am Woman...

Well, the last thing I did was let my GAIN from this week get to me. In my not so typical fashion, I shook it off and worked my butt off ever since! I have been sticking to the plan and doing quite well if I do say so myself.

I did my best shred yet which I was happy about as I was wondering if it would ever be manageable. "If you think you're going to die, follow Anita". I think that's my mantra these days! I also did make it to the gym for my run yesterday and it felt great. I felt better than I have in a long while so I was happy. I must say I am looking forward to my shred being over so I can start doing some new things in the gym. I don't want to use all my ammo at once, you see.

Other than that I am crazy at work and will only get crazier. I got a promotion yesterday which I am SUPER excited about as we need the extra cash right now so that will be good. I am looking forward to hopefully not being so strapped in terms of paying off debt. I wish that I could snap my fingers and make all our debt go away! Life would be so much easier and we could save so much more that way! :)Anyway, I know we are fine and we aren't really struggling or anything, but a money tree would be greatly appreciated.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot - Paris at the end of June! :)

Something is not adding up....

Alright, I know I have always been bad at math but this is just rediculous. I worked my ass of this week. I did the 30 day shred every day except one. I went to the gym 3 times and did couch to 5 K each time which had me sweating like mad. I ate perfectly and didn't go over my points one day. So, all this considered you would think a sizeable loss would await me this morning.

I gained 3.2 pounds. GAINED. 3.2 POUNDS!! I am furious! I want to give up, I want to run to McDonalds and eat the fries, then skip over to DQ and have a blizzard, then make a final stop at Chick Fil A for a few spicy chicken sandwiches. (Emotional eater? No, not me!)

In all seriousness though, I was just gutted this morning when I stepped on the scale. I worked sooooo hard this past week and to see that number go up instead of down was devastating to me.

I will not drown my sorrows in any sort of fried or frozen food. I will stay on this darn horse that tries it's dardnest to buck me off. Back to the gym today, let's see if we can't make this week even better than last.

Kicking butt and taking names

Hello my faithful followers, ha ha! (I am still not convinced any one of you 7 reads this!)

This has been a great week so far. I have been totally on plan and also working out more than ever. I started the 30 day shred on Monday and also started Couch to 5K today! I am so so so so sore I look pretty funny when I walk but it's all for a good cause, no? I thought I might just die on that treadmill today, it's not easy to get all 230 pounds of me to run no matter how long for! I must admit that I am very proud of myself for finishing day 1, even when I was literally exhausted from the shred.

I am excited to start seeing some real change in my body. I want to lose weight but also tone up and be stronger and fitter. I am hoping that my new routine will assist in this, even without spending loads of money on a gym membership (I use the free one at work).

Other than that, not much going on in terms of weight loss. I have started reading 'Diet Girl' and I love it! I am just on the first bit but it seems so good so far. I am excited to hear about her transformation!

Anyway, keep on keeping on. :)

10 lbs ish?!?!

What a difference going across the world makes!! Yes, it's true, this week I lost about 10 pounds! I don't know how it happened but it did and I am sooooo happy!

I left home weighing 241.8 and came home weighing 230 on Friday! By the time I got my water back into me after being dehydrated I was up to 232 this morning and super happy about it.

I am feeling motivated for the week ahead. Only 5 pounds to my pre-pregnancy weight! I was in much better shape back then, working out quite often and strength training as well. I am so excited to get back there and then get going down!

What a Week

Wow, what a week that was. It was terrible and amazing all at the same time. I was so exhausted and yet so happy to have met such wonderful people.

Anyway, I could go on and on but for numerous reasons, I won't. I will stick to the theme of the blog and talk about my week in terms of weight loss. It wasn't good and it wasn't terrible. It started off fine and I had every intention of going to the gym quite often. Alas, it didn't happen ONCE as we were in class by 8am and finished working on projects each night at 11pm. Needless to say I was exhausted and had no time at all to hit the gym. I tried to keep my eating in check and managed fairly well. I had lots of fruits, skipped desert everyday except one, and avoided anything that looked fried.

I am interested to see what the scale does on Monday. I do know that I am still motivated and looking forward to getting back to the gym this week! I am hoping to see some good movement on the scale in the next few weeks as the countdown to August is officially on!

Here's to a good run of losses and May being my best month yet!