Sunday, March 15, 2009
Stuck
I really should blog more often. Maybe it would help. I'm stuck! With all the stress of work and hubby getting laid off from work, I'm eating and eating lots... I gained a few pounds back and now I'm stuck. I'm keeping up with my workouts. My trainer is awesome! He is really trying to help me stay on track. I just need to get my stress under control! I like to think I take time for myself. I get my workouts in, I read, I play on the computer, I spend time with the dog and hubby, but still I'm stressed. Part of me just keeps thinking maybe I should focus on maintaining weight instead of trying to keep losing it, and the other part of me says, no keep chugging along, I can overcome this! I am going to give it another strict go this week. Going shopping for a few more groceries, the healthy kind to pack for my lunch and snacks this week. Tuesday will be a bit difficult at work, we are having a potluck, but I think I'll let myself pick one thing to splurge on and the rest has to be the healthier options or just a taste. Well, wish me goodluck this week and we'll see if the pounds start dropping again!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
My new purpose!
Okay, previously, I've used this blog for many different reasons, but now, I feel it should have a new purpose. I want to share my journey as I drop some unwanted, extra pounds, so hopefully, I can help inspire others trying to do the same!
A little background.
January of 2008, I was 240 pounds... I went to the gym, that I already had a membership with, that I was not really using and spoke with the guy in charge of the trainers. I told him, I had previously worked out with a trainer there and it just had not worked for me. I needed a new trainer and I wanted to really do it this time! So he hooked me up with an AWESOME trainer that he felt would be a great fit for me!
I started working out with this guy and in February, he recommended the Body Bugg. I purchased it and I love it! It's a device you wear on your arm that monitors how many calories you are burning throughout the day doing everything! Then you upload the data to your computer via a wireless or USB communicator. You also enter your food from the day into the program and it tells you if you have a deficit. It's great!!
Fast forward through some months of me working out regularly. I decided that I wanted to do the Komen Race for the Cure. I had told my trainer when I first started with him I hated running. I had never really ran much before because I just didn't like it and it was painful, but here I was running laps at the gym during my workouts, so I knew I could do it! Well, the day of the race came, November 1, and my trainer ran with me!! It was incredible! I ran the entire way thanks to his encouragement and my determination and finished the 5 k is around 48 minutes. I was so happy I could cry!! :)
That was my last workout with that trainer though, because he had just accepted a new job. The good news though, was my new trainer is one of his good friends.
So here I am January of 2009, working out with the new trainer for a couple of months now and it's going great still!! I am down to 174 pounds!!! It's incredible!!
Keep an eye out on future posts for details on my workouts and food! :)
A little background.
January of 2008, I was 240 pounds... I went to the gym, that I already had a membership with, that I was not really using and spoke with the guy in charge of the trainers. I told him, I had previously worked out with a trainer there and it just had not worked for me. I needed a new trainer and I wanted to really do it this time! So he hooked me up with an AWESOME trainer that he felt would be a great fit for me!
I started working out with this guy and in February, he recommended the Body Bugg. I purchased it and I love it! It's a device you wear on your arm that monitors how many calories you are burning throughout the day doing everything! Then you upload the data to your computer via a wireless or USB communicator. You also enter your food from the day into the program and it tells you if you have a deficit. It's great!!
Fast forward through some months of me working out regularly. I decided that I wanted to do the Komen Race for the Cure. I had told my trainer when I first started with him I hated running. I had never really ran much before because I just didn't like it and it was painful, but here I was running laps at the gym during my workouts, so I knew I could do it! Well, the day of the race came, November 1, and my trainer ran with me!! It was incredible! I ran the entire way thanks to his encouragement and my determination and finished the 5 k is around 48 minutes. I was so happy I could cry!! :)
That was my last workout with that trainer though, because he had just accepted a new job. The good news though, was my new trainer is one of his good friends.
So here I am January of 2009, working out with the new trainer for a couple of months now and it's going great still!! I am down to 174 pounds!!! It's incredible!!
Keep an eye out on future posts for details on my workouts and food! :)
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