Motivation....

I think that is the name of the game!! Now that I set a goal to be below 200 pounds by my anniversary I am back in the game!! I just did 15 minutes on the elliptical and 3 sets of 10 on the weight machine. I am going to do my best and try to make it to 199.5 in the next 16 days!!! Wish me luck :)

I think I'm crazy!!!

I just decided that I want to try to make it to less than 200 pounds by my anniversary. So that would be 7.5 pounds in 16 days! I'm going to try to do it. I'm going to kick my exercising up a notch!! I'll get up at 5am for the next two weeks and get on the Elliptical, I will hijack my husband for walks at night, and I will go to Curves every night I am able to. Here is to my new GOAL!!!

What a week !!!!

I'm really glad that I survived this past week. It was a long one. Monday wasn't too bad, we went to see Larry the Cable Guy and had a blast. My husband wasn't feeling too well, but he toughed it out to go with me :) Tuesday was okay for the most part, but my husband, an asthmatic, had a really rough day. He ended up at urgent care and they gave him some heavy duty meds and nebulized him. I ended up leaving work early to come home and "monitor" him. All I could think of is that he'd fall asleep and stop breathing. Yuck!! All ended up well by the next morning. However, Wednesday brought more trials and tribulations. My mother had surgery that day and all went well with the surgery, however after surgery she had a reaction to the Demerol that they were giving her. She is usually a very nice person for the most party, but became a wacko because of the pain medicine. The doctors and nursing staff had to sedate her and then had to have a 24 hour watch on her until they could get the Demerol out of her system. So due to that Thursday and Friday were not the most relaxing days for me. Saturday dawned much brighter, my mother woke up as a normal human being and actually came home today.

Now, I am dealing with my own demons. I am now down to a size 16.... WOO HOO!!! which is really awesome, however I'm losing my hair. I'm not ripping it out, not that this week hasn't warranted it, and it just keeps on coming out!!! I've started to take Biotin to try to help this situation but it won't be an overnight fix. I knew it was likely after having surgery, but it is still nerve racking to have it happen. I also feel like I've fallen off the band wagon with eating. I'm afraid that I've stretched my pouch and that I am going to get fat. I have been very strict today and I plan on being abnormally strict with my diet for the next few weeks. I'm hoping that the next time that I'll be relatively bad is on my 3rd wedding anniversary that is coming up in
October. Until then I will be eating a lot of protein and vegetables and cutting way down on the carbohydrates. I'm also going to step up my exercise. I will walk at least 30 minutes per day as well as keep working my way up in time on the Elliptical. The last time I was on it I only did 12 minutes. My goal is to do at least 30 minutes per day by this time next month!! I will also continue to work my way up on weight and the number of reps that I can do on the weight bench. I have to remind my husband to help me find the "dumbbells" that we have around the house so that I can work on my wings as they are definitely going to be a problem area.

So in a nutshell this has been my week. I'm hoping that this week will be much better!!!

There's Nothing Like the Feeling.....

of your muscles burning.... I think I am becoming addicted to exercise. I'm looking forward to continuing my momentum with exercising. Today I was on the elliptical for 12 minutes and then I did 2 sets of 1o on the weight machine. I also went for a walk after dinner with my husband for about 2o minutes or so. I'll have to get up early tomorrow morning and at least do the treadmill since we have plans tomorrow night.

My hubby and are going to see "Larry The Cable Guy" and we can't wait :) I'm really looking forward to laughing my butt off.

My husband is a little sneaky though. I mentioned the other day that I got my wedding rings and engagement ring sent out for sizing. Well my husband was going to do it for our upcoming Anniversary in October so I thought he was a little early, however he told me today that I was only getting my plain gold band back before our Anniversary, I'd have to wait for our Anniversary to get my diamonds back :( Oh well, I'll survive, I've not had the diamonds in over 4 months so what is another few weeks!!

I'm going on a mini vacation this weekend and I can't wait. I'm going to visit some of my friends at a camp and all we're going to do is quilt!! I haven't had my machine out in forever and I have something I'd like to make my Aunt for Halloween. Hopefully I'll get it done while I'm there.

I've started to go through some of the clothing that I had before I gained all the weight that I'm now loosing and I am astounded with the amount of clothes that I have that fit right now, I just hope that I can wear them for a little while. They are mostly all casual tops, but anything is welcome at the moment.

Only 8.5 more pounds to go before my CHRISTMAS 2007 Goal of 200 pounds and ONEDERLAND. I think that I'm going to make it with flying colors. I'll keep you posted.

Woo Hoo.... 10 Minutes

Well yesterday morning I got up and got right on the Elliptical. I managed to do 10 minutes before I got in the shower. I was thrilled. I also took a 25 minute walk while I was at work. Today I took off from exercising, which probably wasn't the best thing to do, but I was feeling under the weather all day long. I even ended up taking a nap when I got home tonight, which as been a rare occurrence lately.

Today I did breakdown and get my wedding ring(s) and engagement ring sized. I was wearing a 8.75 or 9 before the surgery and now I am a 7.25 or 7.5 depending on the width of the bands. I was absolutely shocked. I even looked at the size of my knuckles and I don't think that I'll be going down much more on ring size as my knuckles are the biggest part of my finger now, which is a real surprise and first time event!!

I ordered a dress for our work Christmas party today. I ordered a size 12 and I hope that in 3 months time the dress will fit. I'm a little worried about it, but it will eventually fit, so it isn't money wasted. I have 3 months to work my butt off to look fabulous in the dress. Here is the link.... http://www.coldwatercreek.com/W07/products/product.aspx?productid=33639&ensembleid=38693

I'm hoping the link works as it is the first time I've tried to add one.