50 Pounds to Subaru Journal

<whine!> I dont wanna go work out tonight!!!!! I feel lazy and I've been eating what feels like all day and I just wanna quit!

But because I'm posting on this annoying board it means that I'm actually gonna go, even if only for a half hour. I told myself I'll only make myself do a half hour if I agree to go.

Honestly, the only real reason i'm going tonight is that I haven't lazied out of a night's workout in nearly 8 weeks now, and i can't bear to break that pattern.
 
Hooray! I made it through the weekend of self-doubt and workout reluctance! Friday I dragged myself there, Saturday I didn't go at all. Last night I got back on the bandwagon, and I didn't gain really from the Saturday off my schedule.

I haven't been posting much lately, and I bet that has something to do with my recent lack of motivation.

On Pequin's journal there has been a recent discussion on tattoos, so I thought I'd post a pic of my own. It's a flower made from Jesus fish on my lower back. not the greatest photo in the world - but it's me!

I'm going to start posting more and going through more folk's journals. I need to plug back in to the community here.
 
My back rolls are disappearing! I just noticed this morning that they aren't really so much rolls anymore as indentations.

Hot dog this stuff is working!
 
Ok, it's been about a week since I've really been as dedicated as the past. I am going to get back into the swing of things.

I am on the rag right now, so my weight spiked up, and was back in the 200s this morning. This was the first morning in 8 weeks that my real weight has been over my goal weight :-( But hey, it's not real weight - last month on the 24th I spiked up 4.8 pounds in a day, so I guess I'll take a 2 pound spike instead!

I worked my butt off last night, and accomplished so much. I did 30 minutes on the elliptical, then 3 sets of 10 minutes on the treadmill. The first 10 minutes I did 1/1 walk/jog, so 5 minutes of jogging total.
The second set of 10 minutes I was just about to die and was getting ready to go home when a song came on that was just perfect jogging rhythm, so i went ahead and jogged through that 30 second section of the 4 minute song.

Then I just kept playing that song over and over, picking it up to a jog through the 30 second faster section, but only going down to 3.7 mph instead of 3.0 on the walking parts.

It suddenly dawned on me that I only have to do this for another 5 months, and I'll look amazing. That's not that long!
 
Keep up the great work Beany!! I do the thing with the music too - i have one that is exactly my fast walking pace so I place that over & over. :D
 
I just got back from another good hard workout. But, I'm discouraged because my weight numbers are still up. I know in my head that it's just Aunt Flo visiting, but my emotions really want that scale number down.

I am committing to another 7 day span of hard work and dedication, then I'll reevaluate again then.

My pastor who is like a father to me is dying of brain cancer. He has been sick for a year, and is in his final days now. He has been well known for his books over the years (about 20 full bookshelves worth). We are in the process of moving our church office, and we just can't move all of his books so we started the book sale today. So hard. He struggled with his weight all the time I've known him, and stuff like this really puts my own weight loss in perspective. When it comes down to it, weight isn't all that important.
 
Sorry to hear about your pastor and the your feeling down an discouraged. Hang in there, hard times pass. *hugs*
 
I'm so sorry to hear about your struggle as well. I will keep you all in my prayers. Consider your hard work with your lifestyle change in regard to eating and exercising a dedication to him...maybe that will help keep you inspired. Keep your head up! *hug*
 
Hey everybody -

I have been working on moving our offices the last few days so I haven't been around at all. And now, I'm heading out of town to the national youthworker's convention - so....see you Tuesday :)

I didn't want ya'll thinking I've given up! Down to 197.4!
 
Hey everybody! I'm back, and the trip was amazing.

My pastor passed away on Thursday. Really hard to hear while out of town, but I was on a trip with our youth pastor and his wife to the national youth worker's conference, and it was very encouraging. I am half glad I wasn't here in town to have to deal with everything just yet.

Tomorrow I'll find out what 4 days away from home and the scale did to me :)
 
Thanks, and I'm great. I'll be getting back into the swing of the message board soon

It's amazing what being away from the message board does to my motivation. Over my 4 days away I jumped up to 198.8, 1.4 lb. gain. Right now I'm back to 198.0, but my goal is supposed to be 196.4 for today.

This morning I didn't go work out :-( I'm quickly falling away, but I can't let that happen or all my work so far is for nothing. I restocked my fridge with salad and the most delicious lean cuisine pizza ever, and I'm going to do what I need to do to make this work. I'm going to get back on goal by the end of the month.

I'm still working on setting up my internet at work, so I'll still be a bit distant.
 
I agree with M - that little sentence should get taped to the mirror & seen everyday. You can do it girly!! And I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. At least you have a caring circle of people to help deal with it. Hang in there.
 
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