Here we go! A diary for 'the last 20'!!

HOLY CRAP! LOOK AT THOSE TINY LITTLE LEGS!!! :D And your arms, your back, your waist, you butt, your thighs.... everything looks great and so firm! You look amazing!!!!! :) Man I wish I took a pic of myself from the back.... my ass was SO huge before! LOL

Good for you Marie!!! Isn't it nice to see how much your hard work has paid off? :)
 
skkroll said:
HOLY CRAP! LOOK AT THOSE TINY LITTLE LEGS!!! :D And your arms, your back, your waist, you butt, your thighs.... everything looks great and so firm! You look amazing!!!!! :) Man I wish I took a pic of myself from the back.... my ass was SO huge before! LOL

Good for you Marie!!! Isn't it nice to see how much your hard work has paid off? :)
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Thanks Sara, it does feel good :) I did take pics from the side too... take about a huge ass. I knew it was big, but I was shocked at the difference. Here, I'll put those up too!!


I could not get out of bed this morning for yoga... so tired, and I don't know why. We went to bed at 10 and I'm sure I went to sleep shortly after 11. I was dreaming though, and I always have a really hard time waking up when I'm dreaming. Oh well, it's Thur... gym day!!! I'll tell you all about it later.

Have a good one :)
Marie
 

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Major difference and you are right - you notice it the most in the back pic! That is so awesome! I think you look toned already so if you put in a little extra effort, I think you will get what you are looking for rather quickly. A session with a PT might not be a bad thing too. Your measurements are really good too - I should do mine again but I just feel so bloated right now and know I would be disappointed. I hope I can say I am the same weight as my wedding 2 kids and 6 years later!!! That is totally amazing - way to go HOT momma!
Have a great day at the gym!
 
chubbygirl said:
Major difference and you are right - you notice it the most in the back pic! That is so awesome! I think you look toned already so if you put in a little extra effort, I think you will get what you are looking for rather quickly. A session with a PT might not be a bad thing too. Your measurements are really good too - I should do mine again but I just feel so bloated right now and know I would be disappointed. I hope I can say I am the same weight as my wedding 2 kids and 6 years later!!! That is totally amazing - way to go HOT momma!
Have a great day at the gym!
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Thanks Lisa :) I hadn't done my measurements for a while either, for that exact reason!!

AAAAAHHHHHHH!!! I literally just sat down for the first time today :nopity: Dropped the girls off at school and off to the gym I go. Did 30min on the treadmill - 8Min @ 6.0, incline 0.0, 2min @ 6.5, incline 0.0 = 1mile in 9:56!!! At this point I thought I was going to die and did a bunch of intervals with inclines and stuff... I really don't remember but I ended up hitting 2miles at 23min, and finishing at 2.5miles in 30min. I was pretty happy with that ;) Then I really pushed it on the machines, adding 5lbs on each one and only doing 8reps. My watch said I burned just over 1000cals in that hour. Left the gym, picked up the kid and raced off to the grocery store. Just started grabing stuff when my phone rang for a massage... in just over an hour!!! Made it through the store in record time, raced home, had the fastest shower ever, made lunch for Samantha, got the massage room all ready, cleaning the front entrance way (the only thing I didn't do yesterday :p), makeup, hair and still had 5min to spare. 1 hour massage, kicked him out and raced to get Emma from school. Now it's off to dance class, come home, make supper, clean up supper and then I am going to put my feet up and not move :svengo: Ahhhhh, I can hardly wait till 7pm :)
 
Damn! You're like superwoman getting all that stuff done! And you can run a mile in under 10 minutes ... haha, I haven't done that since I was like 17. Maybe I'll give it a go to see if I can now.

I see a huge difference, especially in the side pictures. Well, not HUGE, like you were some giant thing before ... but noticeable for sure. :biggrinjester:
 
:iagree: You are Super MOM! I see you've been online today so where's your update? Good work on the run yesterday!! I bet it felt great! Mine the last two days have been really good for motivation. I just feel like I can accomplish anything when I'm running. Hope you have a good day and a great weekend!! Chat with you Monday!:seeya:
 
Marathon Man said:
Damn! You're like superwoman getting all that stuff done! And you can run a mile in under 10 minutes ... haha, I haven't done that since I was like 17. Maybe I'll give it a go to see if I can now.

I see a huge difference, especially in the side pictures. Well, not HUGE, like you were some giant thing before ... but noticeable for sure. :biggrinjester:
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Thanks, I knew what you meant ;)

It's fun how competitive we all can be on here. Very motivating... untill you throw up :p I'm bad for trying to keep up with Sarah.

chubbygirl said:
:iagree: You are Super MOM! I see you've been online today so where's your update? Good work on the run yesterday!! I bet it felt great! Mine the last two days have been really good for motivation. I just feel like I can accomplish anything when I'm running. Hope you have a good day and a great weekend!! Chat with you Monday!:seeya:
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No, if I was supermom I would be able to do it all on a daily basis and not break a sweat... far from it ;)

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I was really kinda bumbed (and also very busy) yesterday. I was stepping on the scale everyday last week to try and get back on track. Thursday morning I was 131.8lbs!! I wanted to post it so bad but b/c Friday is weighin I didn't. I was bad Thursday night with the snacking, and Friday I weighed in at 133.2lbs. Needless to say I was very upset. It was also a very busy morning. I ate really good yesterday and drank tons of water... but still ended up snacking last night again, (small bowl of taco chips with cheese sauce). This morning I was back down to 132.0 and ok with that. I really wanted to see that 1 again though :(

Eating today has been pretty bad. Timmy's english muffin breakfast sandwich, Boston Pizza's Chipolte Chicken and Bacon Salad for lunch (oo and half of Sam's cookie), and whole wheat speghetti, canned tomatoes and hotdogs for supper (comfort food). Too much coffee and not enough water.

Tomorrow is over course the big game and we have people coming over as we do every year. My chili is all made and ready to cook... I'm making my fat free spinich and artichoke dip (well, as fat free as that dip can be :p) and I'll put out a whole lot of veggies. There will be chips, but I'll be able to stay away from those. I am planning to go to the fusion class again in the morning so that'll be good!!
 
-Didn't go to the gym
-ate WAY too much spinach dip
-drink 1/2 bottle white, then 1/2 bottle red :D
-still eating spinach dip :blush5:

But:
- I had a really good time
- my chili ROCKED!!!
- spent the whole morning cleaning house (that counts!!)
- I'm still feeling REALLY good (but the wine is gone now :( )

See you tomorrow ;)
 
LOL sounds like you had a good time! I wish I had a Superbowl party go to with spinach dip! Yum! The game was no fun for me as I had to work on a speech that is due today that I've been putting off for the last 2 weeks :D Oh boy. Don't feel bad about yesterday - I took FOUR DAYS OFF from working out! WOW. Longest I've gone since I started. But I'm back at it :)

TTYL!
~ Sarah
 
Hey Marie! Sounds like you had fun and that is more important in the long run! You can always go to the gym today and burn off some of those extra calories. I see now why you didn't write on Friday morning - really I don't think that's anything to get upset about - you are still doing really good!! 130 is so close and I believe you will get there in the next couple weeks! Time to step it up as you said in my journal!! Let's do it!
 
I'm trying to pretend that yesterday didn't happen:boxing: Denial is good right? I did nothing yesterday and I totally bindged last night. It's been a long time since I've bindged... even had to take pepto :( BUT: today is a new day. I could sit around feeling sorry for myself, or I can take the day back and move on. I got up early to do some yoga... and I did do, some :p It wasn't much but it was something. Sam woke up at 6:15am before my husband left for work. He put her back to bed, but she didn't go back to sleep (playing her music loud, and for some reason her pony's were all yelling this morning :p). Then the other one woke up. Right now they are both in their rooms, awake, waiting for me to tell them it's morning. Needless to say, I meditated on health, happiness, and patience this morning ;)
 
Oh man! What's wrong with us? We were all bad last night - I blame it on Monday! I hate Mondays! I was so crabby yesterday and emotional eating took front seat - I was also sooo lazy! We still have the whole week left to make it right - SO LET'S DO IT!! Come on let's be good tonight and prove how strong we can be - show them how it's done! Let's turn the week around right now! Now get to the gym or get on that elliptical!:waving:
 
chubbygirl said:
Now get to the gym or get on that elliptical!:waving:
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I did BOTH just for you :)

Every treadmill was full so I jumped on the crossramp thingy - ramp (incline) 13, resistance 10 for 20min and then found a treadmill - incline 3.0 1min walk 6.0kph, 1min run 9.5kph for 5min - incline 10.0, 5.3kph for 5min - incline 0.0, 3min run 9.0kph, 1min walk 6.0kph, 2min run 9.0, 2min walk 5.5, 2min run @ 10.0!!!!! I had to cool down really good for a couple of min before trying it and it was awesome!!! And for the amount of walking I did, I still made pretty good time 2.41K in 20min. Honestly after that I just wanted to go home, but I went through the weight circuit anyway. Didn't do any of the free weights though and not a great stretch either :blush5:

The rest of my day now consists of laundry :party:
 
I had a moment of clearity last night right before I went to sleep. I was setting my intention of getting up early for a yoga practice. I've been having trouble with knowing what type of practice I "should" be doing first thing in the morning. I had done some reading last week and everyone said the Sun Salutaion was the best, so that's what I've been doing. My problem was that I was putting too much pressure on, -should be at least 20min - need strength moves, etc. I realized last night that the reason I want to be practicing yoga in the morning is not for my goal of weightloss, it's for my goal to find balance!! Then it hit me... way don't I do balance poses. Maybe I can learn something about balance, by balancing. Seems simple enough. So this morning I didn't want to get up, hit snooze a few times, remembered that I am doing this for me, not to get an early workout in. I only had about 10min so I got up went through it. I am still going through a few salutes to warm the body and connect the mind. When I did the first balance pose (tree) I focused on why balancing is difficult
-you need to focus
-you need strength
-you need to be willing to fall
-you need to trust you body
-you need to be playful
and a few more that I can't remember. I'm very excited about this. I feel like I've found a place to start.
 
Sounds very relaxing! I like it :) Must be a really great way to start the day. My favorite you said was "You must be willing to fall." I really, REALLY like that!

Have a great day :)
~ Sarah
 
thelast20 said:
-you need to focus
-you need strength
-you need to be willing to fall
-you need to trust your body
-you need to be playful
and a few more that I can't remember. I'm very excited about this. I feel like I've found a place to start.
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I really like this too! I've read it like 10 times and just can't get enough - think I might write it down in my food log for today! I would like to start doing some yoga before bed and to keep me from thinking about snacking - the Wii Fit has some basic yoga moves and I used to do them lots and could really notice the difference in my body when I was doing them and then just stopped - I think tonight is the night I get it out again! Thanks Marie!
 
Bad news time. I'm not going to be around here as much anymore. I got slapped with a hard dose of reality and I need to get my priorities straight. I've gotten to the point where I have become obssessed with weight loss and it's taking over. Here, I've been spouting off about balance, but I was only thinking about myself... can't believe I did that!! I had an hour long meeting with my daughter's teacher today... it wasn't good. Since Nov she's been losing focus and is now really far behind. I hate to admitt that I've been ignoring her... but I have. I have been so focused on me and this journey that I've been missing her calls for help completely. She's been acting out and I've just been getting frustrated with her instead of listening to her. That's going to stop right now!!

I really want to thank everyone who has been on this journey with me and I will continue to keep up with you, but I have to put my family first. I will still pop on here... once a week maybe? It just can't be my main focus anymore.

Marie :)
 
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