April 2010 Blog Posts (375)

Okay - here it goes - the first post of my blog. That sounds really funny to me since I never thought of myself as a person who blogs. I read a few blogs but never thought I would have one myself. Thankfully Roni has made this so easy that I thought WHY NOT! I am hoping it gives me accountability and a forum to just talk out loud. The main reason that spurred this decision to do this has been my 39th birthday. Celebrated a few weeks ago I've had a few weeks for "39" to settle in and to think…

It has been a long time since I have blogged. Not sure what drew me to logging on today, but it is good to be back and reading everyone's inspiration. Life is crazy as always. I have been maintaining my WW liftetime status going on 2 years in July. I am re-motivated to lose 15-20 lbs more. More for myself. I want to prove to me that I can do it. I have been doing a boot camp for the last 2 months and love it. It is a very challenging workout and I love every minute of it. I also started…

When I started on my journey to lose weight, I had myself write little paragraphs on how I would feel when I reached a certain weight. What would I be journaling? What would I say to myself? It occurred to me that I should do the same thing to motivate myself to MAINTAIN. So here it goes--when I weigh somewhere around 145 around Christmas time I will say……

Weigh-in

Another Friday has approached, another weigh in day for me.

Last Week’s Weight: 158.2lbs

This Week’s Weight: 157.4lbs

Difference of: –0.8lbs

Total Loss so Far: 52.2lbs

Slow and steady wins the race right! A loss, is a loss, is a loss. I’m happy with it.…

Wow looking at the calendar it just occurred to me that April 28th is my 3 year anniversary of joining Weight Watchers. Hard to believe it was 3 years ago I walked into that door at the highest weight of my life hoping for a miracle. Well inch by inch and bit by bit I worked hard and at my lowest had lost 85 pounds. I am a little higher then my lowest now but getting back there slowly again. If you asked me 3 years ago where I hoped to be now I definitely would have said goal. My goal was to…

I have been doing a lot of reading and research lately and watched this movie tonight with the hubs.

It is a documentary called King Corn (which I highly recommend) where two recent college grads decide they want to try to make “all-natural” high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in their kitchen. The HFCS industry wouldn’t let them bring cameras into their factories so they did it themselves. Here is the…

Another 3.2 this week. That makes a total of 6lbs lost in the last two weeks, and 8.2 since my famous doctor's visit. I know that this is a fairly quick rate that will likely slow very soon. Nonetheless, I intend to keep up the same program.

The workouts are becoming less emotional, which is good and bad. I liked how my anger began motivating me to work out. Now that I am less frustrated, I worry that I will not keep my motivation. I need to find other reasons to keep on…

Boy has it been a rough day! I can't even begin to fully explain how stressful work has been recently, but I will try. One huge thing we have going on right now is trying to get a bond/levy passed next week. No matter what, there will be $3 million in cuts next year--some teachers have alread gotten their RIF notice. If the levy doesn't pass, we will have to make $6 million in cuts. At that point, I fear for my job because I have only worked here for 3 years and it is solely based on how…