Gym NSV

I am so freaking proud of myself.
I have forced myself to head into the gym 3 days in row! I have never done 3 in a row ..Ever!
Sooo happy and proud! It's a great NSV!!

Today, I went to get some pants to work out in. I found some on sale so that's always good. I then proceeded to go to a second hand shop and found two more pants for 3$ each! Now I have enough pants to go to the gym for a full week! LOL

The sneak peaks on the scale are not in my favor this week. I just hope it changes on Wednesday!


I am participating in a holiday card swap with some fellow WW'ers and I would like to give something cool and neat in the card. Last year I received pics of the faces we don't see online, recipes, even little motivational quotes and chocolates.
I would like to send something with my cards as there is only 6-7 names this year I would like to send something extra with my card.
Any ideas????

Lazy Saturday

I need opinions on a shirt I have.

I only wore it once and I am having no luck finding some other shirt in the stores, so I thought I might wear this again.

Is it ugly??? I am on the fence about it!! I want honesty people, I want to look good next Friday at the staff party. (it's a very casual party we are all wearing jeans and a nice top)

I am gonna go one more time shopping to see if I can't find something better but I need to know if this will do the trick.

It's been a lazy Saturday so far... I slept in real late and just don't feel like doing much.

I made myself go to the gym last night, I went late and it was great there was like 2 people there.

Today I am gonna attempt to do some groceries and after supper head into the gym.

I am doing good but the scale is being a dumb ass. I will beat it, I have until Wednesday to show it whose boss!

Results

WI results.
Well ok let me be honest I did cheat a little more then I wanted to this week. and well exercise was almost not existent. So I deserve it.

I lost 0.8 lbs.
I am so close to 125 (124.8). I need to work my ass off this week to get there. My goal being 125 lbs loss for my staff party next weekend.

Here's what I am gonna do... I am gonna bend over.
Here's what you are gonna do.... KICK ME THE ARSE.

I did not make it to the gym tonight. I mean I drove there and sat in the parking lot trying to convince myself to go in. NOPE decided I was pooped and that I would be better off at home. Now I regret it.

Happy!

I am much happier today!!
Tuesday is the day out of the work week that I get to sleep in a little because I only go in to work at noon.

Yesterday:
I got to work all grumpy but I had stopped at Tim's to get a coffee. It did help.
Once I got to my desk, they told me we were over staffed and that I could head downstairs to work on special projects. I normally stay after hours to finish. It's a long story but I did not get anything done. It's like why did I come in to work??!
I was off at 4 to have time to come home , have supper and head out to the concert with my mother.
We ended up going shopping I need clothes and a winter jacket. No luck. BOOO

The concert was just nice, it was soothing and although I hate Christmas music. I love certain songs and love the singers voices. Some songs gave me goosebumps. I love when that happens!
Almost made me cry! It does not take much...trust me.

OK so on to weight related stuff.

I will head to the gym tonight.
I have taken a peak at the scale and boy oh boy it's good so far. Let's hope it stays around until tomorrow.
I drank so much water yesterday it felt good. I will attempt that again today.

On top of hating the idea of our Xmas staff party. I have not found a perfect excuse not to go yet.
Sooo I decided to try to find something nice to wear so that I feel good about myself at least. Being the only single looser there. So far no luck. I have been everywhere and cannot find something pretty. I have until December 5th, to either find some nice outfit or to find some nice excuse not to go ;)

Yawnnnnnn

I am so sleepy.

I could not get to sleep last night. Tossed and turned and finally fell asleep.
Only to wake up to go pee about 45 minutes into a light sleep.
Fast forward 2 hours and well I get a phone call. Never good at 2 AM, father is in the hospital. The care home he lives in sent him by ambulance and they always call to tell. This happens a bit so no panic.
I go back to sleep and just when you get into the good dreams do you get another phone call. My father from the hospital to tell me he's fine and they are not gonna keep him.
Fell back asleep no problem ... but then the stupid alarm started to go off.
Oh yeah it's Monday and I need to drag my ass out of bed to work.
Just call me Miss. Grumpster.

Tonight I have a Christmas concert with local musicians. I have been looking forward to it. I bought tickets for my mother and I for her birthday.
Now I just hope I can stay awake.

I overate yesterday. Oh well no excuses for it just plain stupid. Not by a lot just enough to make me feel stupid for letting it happen.
Today will be better!

No gym for me today because of the concert thingy, but I did map out a plan that I will head there 3 times this week for sure.

Snowy Saturday

I got up this morning expecting snow and I was stoked to see some. I love snow (hate driving in it) so this morning was snowy and windy. A storm had been brewing all morning, by the time I got up it was slowing down.

As I put the dogs out and shoveled a bit, I took some pics of my surroundings.

My Buddy loves the snow, Sadie hates it with passion.(my dogs!)

Now it's almost stopped, I just had a huge breakfast, I will go out to shovel some more and play in the snow with Buddy while Sadie sits and watches. That should burn off some calories.

Buddy giving me a look, you can really see the snow on him because of his black coat.

Friday

Yesterday was bad in a weird way. First I had somewhat of a bad day at work. I ended up staying after the office was closed to do some work. I worked so hard I forgot to eat. I got home almost 10 pm I was in no mood to find something to eat. So I had a bagel. Way under points for Thursday which is no good.

Today I am in a great mood. Had an awesome day at work. We were only 6 working today and out of that 4 ordered from some greasy place for lunch. I was so tempted, but then remembered how good it felt loosing this week, why would I screw that up?! YAY ME!! I ate my salad, however had 2 timbits.

I did hit the gym tonight. I only did 35 minutes but still I am happy with that.

I did have a conversation today that got me thinking.

I am a very shy person. I have a low self esteem and honestly I think I am socially retarded.

I hate social things, I won't go to the gym if there is a parking lot full. I am even looking for a good excuse not to go to my staff party ( we are only a staff of 13).

It got me thinking... Will this get better once I loose all my weight and feel confident??

I do not think it's weight related. I think it does not help but I believe I was a shy kid and until I got obese was very shy.

Most of you probably find it weird but I just needed to let this out.

It's a hard topic to talk about and I just think sometimes being overweight comes with baggage that is hard to let go.

They are calling for a snow storm tonight and tomorrow. I will be taking it easy and contemplating certain decision in my life. (work related)

Weather and WI

I lost 2.2 lbs!! WOOHOO!!!

I can't believe I did it. I am gonna give Wendie plan another week. If I knew Wendie personally I would give her a hug.

Today was our first snowfall! I love snow but the drive home was actually bad. I never believed in winter tires, but I think my tires suck bad. I felt like I was always struggling to stay on the road. It was not even 5 cm of snow! Good god what I am into for the rest of the maritime weather.

I went to my WI at another location. She was talking about the weather and then she said how much this you loose? I answered 121.8 lbs and keep in mind she has my booklet in front of her.
She said she had to ask because she could not believe it.

Small report

-Staying within my points was easy this week apart from one day.
-I only went to the gym once, but it was a great workout.
-I am gonna try to head there after work tonight.
-TOM is around so I am not hopeful for my WI.

Sorry nothing more to say. I am getting ready for work and had a minute to give an update on my week.

Under the covers

I feel like crap.
TOM just dropped in this morning. I hate the first day of our lovely monthly gift.
Evil cramps, chills, and other unpleasant things.
It all sucks! I just want to stay under the covers all day.

On a good note, I had an awesome workout yesterday. Friday and Saturday I stayed OP.

TOM better not interfere with my plan to loose weight this week. According to my sneak peak at the scale it's so far so good. I know that can all change but it gives me some hope I am headed in the right direction.

You can bet on it

I stayed the same at WI.Which is better then I expected.

I will do a new program to break my plateau. Doing the lovely Wendie WW plan one more time. I have tried once and lost big time.

Let's hope it works and I will JOURNAL all my food, I will EXERCISE, and I will stick to the PLAN.

Seriously this is the week I will make a comeback.

If you are a gambler put all your chips on me!! I will make it even if it takes another year. I will reach my goal in 2009!!!

Need opinons on WI

Here's is the deal...
I am not happy once again with my sneak preview on the scale.
What I would like to do is skip this WI and start with the Wendie plan today to kick my plateau to the curb.
I never believed in plateau, I thought it was a nice excuse for not giving it your all. Now I think I am experiencing one, I believe in them.
I did really well again this week. I did not eat all my flex points, the only thing I did wrong was not work out more. I only went one day this week.

I know missing WI is so controversial but I think I need a break and start fresh.
What do you guys think??
Plan B I could go face the music and still start fresh, I am just afraid of being so discouraged that I won't give a darn this week.
I know I might not have shown big numbers in the BLBE challenge, but it did something more for me. I joined a gym because of it. I wanted to take it up a notch and seeing all the challengers kick some butt in fitness. I decided I can do this too.
I know I lost major inches as well, but I don't care about that stuff I just want the stupid scale to show a nicer number.

So I am asking my best blog buddies what would you do???
Plan A : skip WI, start fresh today with a plateau busting plan and go to the gym more often.
Plan B: go to WI, and try not to get discouraged. Keep doing what you are doing for one more week. Adding alot more exercise.

Tuesday

Today is remembrance day in Canada.To honour our soldiers.

Everything is closed today.

I plan to head to the gym later on today. It's nice that the gym is always open. I love that factor it gives me no excuse not to go.

Speaking of the gym I joined for 2 more months. They had a special on for 2 mths and this will give me more time to love it.

My best friend is having a happy day today! She is bringing her twin girls home from the hospital. They were born too early and had to stay at the hospital for a month.

She is over the moon with excitement!

I am gonna stay on track for eating I refuse to overeat because I am home and bored. I will keep myself busy and stay away from the pantry.

Last night I did a little retail therapy. I did not find what I was looking for but I did buy:

digital food scale

100 calorie pack almonds( I have trouble controlling nut portions so this might help)

Sunday thoughts

I just realized Christmas is just around the corner.
For the past two years I have been loving/hating the holidays.

Last year I joined a WW message board Xmas card exchange, I was so excited to receive all the cards and well wishes from people. It made me forget I was alone for the second year in a row.
So this will be my third Xmas alone and honestly it's not getting easier.
I love that I can do what I want but it's lonely time.
I have not even thought about starting my shopping yet. I hate the malls this time of year.

I am reading Thin for Life, so far so good. I am only at the 4th chapter so it's a little too early to tell.

I went to the gym today! It felt great and my membership expired today so tomorrow I will go pay for 2 mths. I think I like working out.

My father made me angry yesterday. It's a long story but it involved the evil Chicken Mcnuggets.
No I did not eat any but it's like asking an alcoholic to bring you a beer because you are craving it.

I need to change up my plan in order to loose this stubborn weight. I am trying hard but not hard enough. At this point in the game it's harder to loose and everyone hits that spot. Except my tires are spinning. It's affect every aspect in my life. I have noticed since being stuck in a rut with my weight, my mood has been down.
It's like I felt proud of loosing, proud of where I am, what I have become. I have accomplished so much that other people struggle to accomplish less.
Now I feel like I am a failure just because the scale is not going down. I have measured myself to see the changes but those numbers don't mean as much to me as the WI.
I am gonna give it my all from here till December 25th to see what I can accomplish. No excuses!

Amazing story

This man had the motivation to loose 600 lbs in 1.5 yrs.
I am a little skeptic on loosing that much weight that fast... I keep hearing "surgery" in the back of my mind when I saw the video. Yet there is no mention of this . Just changing his food habits and lots of exercise. The old fashion way!
Motivation to get me to move my butt.
Small world: He lives in my province and his city is only about 2 hr drive from here.

Click here to read the article.

Click here to see the video of a small interview.

Small but Great WI!

My official WI... I lost 0.8 lbs. Yeah to most people that's not that great. Considering the weeks I have been having this is so great!!
I am thrilled, I know it will hopefully give me a boost I was so searching for.

Good Workout

I had a great small workout today.
Only 30 minutes but better then nothing!

To the dork using the treadmill at the same time as I was.... I say:
You do not need to tap your hands on the bar (really loudly) playing the drums while you listen to your mp3 player.
I had mine on really loud too and yet I could hear your drum solo.... COME ON!

A gentle tapping would not have bothered me a bit but this guy was really hitting hard his hands on the metal bars.
I gave him a death stare but he did not see me. He did stop a short while later, his song was probably done.
Then to put the cherry on the sundae... He had just sweated his skinny ass off for like 20 minutes walked away without cleaning his machine...EWWW!
While my gym is not really fancy and most people don't clean there machines, it pissed me off that RINGO STARR did not take his sweat with him.

Now I feel better!