Asked by: ravenhairedcleopatra-deactivate
Thanks for asking. I’m still struggling with motivation. I’m still around and hoping to get back into things soon. I appreciate you asking :)
Well, I finally made it below the 250 mark, though it seems like I’ve been hanging in that area for quite some time. I’m getting rather frustrated with the losses under 1 pound, but I’m sure it’s because I’m not tracking or exercising like I should.
I know it’s probably unreasonable to think that I could drop an additional 100 pounds by this time next year, but I really want to make it my goal to at least get close.
Two nights this week I have planned to get up an hour early in the morning so that I could work out, and both of those nights I have had problems getting to sleep. One night it was 2am before I could get to sleep, the other was close to midnight. I’m a girl who needs no less than 7 hours of sleep a night or I’m a total grump. Needless to say, I didn’t work out the mornings after. I’ve also been slacking on my lunch and break time walks each day. Seriously, I gotta get back at it!
Starting Weight: 288.2 (6/16/10)
Last Weigh In: 250.2 (2/16/11)
Current Weight: 249.8
Lost this week: 0.4 lbs.
Total Loss: 38.4 lbs.
Asked by: effthisdiet
I’ve been seriously lacking in the motivation area lately. My birthday was this month, and it always seems to bring out the inner demons of doubt, frustration and self esteem issues.
I’m ready to get back on board with everything, including eating better and exercising. Thanks for checking in on me :)
I took a pass on last week’s Weigh In because my office was having a Food Day for February, and I didn’t want to have to wait until 1pm to partake of the festivities. Food Day literally lasts ALL DAY. While it’s very bad for anyone and everyone who is trying to watch what they eat, I’ve learned to embrace it and plan around it. Hopefully next time they won’t have it on a Wednesday!
I’m still SO VERY CLOSE to being under 250 pounds. I’ve got to admit that I was surprised to have lost any weight these past 2 weeks. I haven’t been eating all that great or exercising much lately. I’ll post more about that later.
Starting Weight: 288.2 (6/16/10)
Last Weigh In: 251.6 (1/26/11)
Current Weight: 250.2
Lost this week: 0.6 lbs.
Total Loss: 38.0 lbs.
Today is one of those kind of days where I want to eat all kinds of bad things and forget about weight loss. Bread, especially bagels are on the top of this list.
I definitely need some strength today.
While I can’t say that my eating has been on track all week, I did finally get my act together the last few days. I’ve been keeping busy at night, so I won’t snack as much. I’ve got to make better choices when I eat out.
I did get on track with working out, and I might just be in a daily morning routine that includes 30 minutes of cardio boxing and 15 minutes of yoga with the Xbox Kinect. I just hope that I can keep it up!
I’m SO CLOSE to being out of the 250’s. Here’s hoping that next week is MINE :)
Starting Weight: 288.2 (6/16/10)
Last Weigh In: 251.6 (1/26/11)
Current Weight: 250.8
Lost this week: 0.8 lbs.
Total Loss: 37.4 lbs.
30 Day Fitblr Challenge: Day 11 / Tumblr Tuesday
Day Eleven - Promote your favorite fitblr! Why do you like their blog? I guess it’s appropriate that I fell 2 days behind in answering these questions since today is Tumblr Tuesday, and I haven’t posted mine yet. This week I’d like to recommend CourtneyDoesLife. She is adorably cute, funny, inspiring and dedicated to her weight loss efforts. She keeps on task with her food tracking and exercise. Her energy is addictive! She recently went through plateau phase and finally came out of it just last week. I’m so proud of her for sticking with her plan and not giving up when so many others would. Go say hi to her!
Asked by: pareenicole-deactivated20110407
Step into the Way Back Machine with me to 1997 when I created my very first web email account. My first email account was assigned to me in 1995 when I entered college. (BTW, I had never been on the internet until I went to college in 1995…as it was still fairly new back then, and home access was on DIAL UP). The school’s naming convention involved your real name, and with internet anonymity becoming more popular, I knew I needed to come up with something that wasn’t a variation of my name.
I’ve collected frogs since some time in high school (not really sure how that got started), so I went with that idea. Froggirl/Frogirl was too confusing with the Double G. I was only 19 at the time, so I didn’t really feel quite like a Frogwoman yet. The Diva term was just becoming popular (again), so it seemed to fit. I’m not a singer, except in my own head, so I use it as another way of describing a female.
/ramble ;)
I’ve missed a couple of days in checking in here. Things have been okay, just busy. I’ll get back to my daily questions in a bit.
I’m afraid I am going to be stuck at 251 pounds again tomorrow. I weigh myself every morning, and while some days that may seem discouraging, it really does keep me on track. It probably shows an unhealthy obsession with scale-only victories, too. I’m accepting that for now. I didn’t make the best dining out decisions yet again this weekend. It’s like I can be incredibly motivated to stick with my plan from Sunday through Wednesday, then Thursday, Friday and Saturday just go to crap. I have this way of convincing myself that I deserve to eat what I want on those days because I’ve been good the other days….even though I KNOW that doing so is what is keeping me at 251. I guess I’ll end up working all of this into my weekly goal starting tomorrow.
I’ve made some changes in my workout routine, including my daily walking during lunch. A co-worker gave me an idea for a new routine that involve walking up a flight of stairs, then down a hallway, then up another flight of stairs and back down the hallway on the next floor up (if that makes sense). I did this Friday and yesterday, and made it to the 12th floor. I MIGHT be able to keep going without feeling like I am dying, but I only have 30 minutes for lunch, and it takes me about 1 minute per floor (plus the 2 minutes each way to get to that building). But, yes….TWELVE FLOORS!
Speaking of stairs, I have also climbed the stairs to the parking garage twice this past week. I enter at the 2nd floor and park on the 7th floor, so that’s 5 flights of stairs up. Stairs have always been a weakness of mine, but I will conquer them!
Day Ten - Do you feel like you have given anything up over the course of this process? If yes, what is it, and how do you feel about making the sacrifice?
In a way, I do feel like I have given up the “freedom” to eat without worrying how much it’s going to affect the scale on Wednesday. However, I should have been doing that all along. I do still indulge myself, but I try to do so on a much smaller scale now. There’s really nothing that I love that I refuse to eat, because moderation is what it’s all about. I do often think twice about what I am going to eat before I eat it now.
I also feel like I have given up much of my free time to exercise, though most of that free time was spent being lazy, anyway. Since I walk during my breaks and lunch everyday at work, I could have spent that time doing something else. In the mornings or evenings when I work out with the Xbox Kinect, I could be sleeping in, spending time with my boyfriend or watching tv. I try not to dwell on it anymore, however when I was walking an hour in the mornings, it really did get to me to spend THAT MUCH TIME walking. I guess I spread it out a bit more over the course of the day instead of at one time.
