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

Sorry I've missed the last couple of days and I won't be writing about them either. Couple of really bad days with bad news (nothing serious, just enough to piss a girl off), bad timing, etc. But... that was the past. I don't want to talk about it b/c it's over and I don't want to go back there... it's history as they say!!! As far as food and exercise go, both were "alright".

Ok, on to today!!! IT'S FRIDAY!!!! I did step on the scale this morning... 132.0lbs. Not bad. I wasn't expecting much after yesterday and I didn't get enough water in... and next week is the fun one so I'm happy with that :)

Not sure how this day is going to go, but I will get a workout in somewhere :Angel_anim:

It's gonna be a great day, enjoy :seeya:
Marie
 
Great job, and wonderful attitude Marie. Keep it up! I need some of that positive energy to feed off of.

Have a fantastic day :)
~ Sarah
 
Just thought I'd catch up with your progress and say hi ... so HI! I literally laughed out loud at the 11 calorie thing. :) Now that's funny. Glad your happy with the new and improved you.
 
2 lbs to go?!? Awesome! So now it has become thelast2. :D Oh how hard the last few pounds are. I'm going to start a WLF bet on how long it will take. :D J/K. I actually think you are going to pull it off rather soon. Great job. And I just saw the last pic you posted. Looking very cute...and fit too.
 
skkroll said:
Great job, and wonderful attitude Marie. Keep it up! I need some of that positive energy to feed off of.

~ Sarah
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I've noticed the 'lack of' positivity from you too. I think we're missing Lisa. She just has a way of making you smile first thing in the morning :)

Marathon Man said:
Just thought I'd catch up with your progress and say hi ... so HI! I literally laughed out loud at the 11 calorie thing. :) Now that's funny. Glad your happy with the new and improved you.
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Hi back :) 11 calories was VERY disapointing... we're working on it :D


Derrick said:
2 lbs to go?!? Awesome! So now it has become thelast2. :D Oh how hard the last few pounds are. I'm going to start a WLF bet on how long it will take. :D J/K. I actually think you are going to pull it off rather soon. Great job. And I just saw the last pic you posted. Looking very cute...and fit too.
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Cute??? CUTE??? I am damn HOT thankyou very much ;)

I'll put my money on 3 weeks!! I would love to say 2, but next week is my bad "girlie" week so I'm usually up alittle. Truthfully though I feel like I'm already there. 2lbs isn't going to make my body any different than it does right now, and I'm really quite happy with it :) Now my focus is going to be more on tightening it all up. Any suggestions on where I should start?
 
Ok all you fabulous motivators out there... I just ran to the grocery store, JUST FOR YOU!!!! Marathon Man, I was reading about all your running outside. Derek, I read through some of your journal today for the first time... truely inspiring. Sarah your run last night made me sick just thinking about it :ack2: Anyway, we needed coffee cream and that was it... so I thought "why not run down!!" I think it's about a kilometer... took about 7min b/c most of it is downhill, but I did run the whole way!!! Took about 9 1/2min to get back up. I couldn't run the whole hill back up but I did really try to push myself and am so proud for doing it b/c it was honestly the last thing I wasn't to do ;) It literally was reading everyones running stories today that motivated me to do it. I did the 30min Shred this morning too so I can definately say I got a good workout in today :)

Food... food, food, food. We had taco's for supper last night, and I made a spinich/artichoke dip. My guts were so made at me and I was in so much pain... I've got to stop!! I used fat free everything for the dip (mayo, cream cheese, sour cream), so calorie wise it wasn't bad but my body was letting me know that nutrition is still more important. Today so far I've been really good, but haven't eaten enough... not even at 500cals. That leaves 700 to make 1200 for the day. I could definately hit that with a little spinach dip ;)

Anyway, just wanted to give a big shout out to Sarah, Derek and Marathon Man for being so damn awesome and making me want to be in the awesome group (that made sense right ;) )

Marie
 
Well if I used the word "hot" and my wife happened to visit this website and read my replies, there's a good chance I'd get smacked. :D

Resistance/weight training with an emphasis on core exercises will give you good results in the toning department. Really though, just sticking with it and continuing to challenge yourself will slowly get you where you want to be also.
 
Good job with the run today! Thanks for reading some of my journal. Last year I came within 2 lbs of my current goal of 191 and then slowly I just came apart. I journalized some of what was happening in my life last summer but not all. It just got to be too much, one thing after another. I finally took about a 3 or 4 month break but unfortunately I gained back a little too much weight. I've been refocused and back at it since Nov 30th but it has been a slow and challenging restart. Still, after losing 58 lbs in one year, 22 pounds feels like nothing. Which reminds me, 2 more lbs for me and I will also be at my last 20! :D
 
thelast20 said:
I've noticed the 'lack of' positivity from you too. I think we're missing Lisa. She just has a way of making you smile first thing in the morning :)
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Aww thanks! Soooo glad to be back!! I missed you guys way too much. There were a couple times when I was away that I thought about what you wrote about trying to make healthy choices when I could. I did on those days that they put out lettuce - I would make a salad but when they didn't have lettuce I ate french fries. I didn't make it up once to see a sunrise - too many beverages the night before. We had to stay away from the beach because of the bugs so I didn't get my runs in either - oh well I'm back and more excited about my wedding than ever!
You did really well while I was away and yes you are HOT!! Loving your attitude about your body and can't wait to get back there once I lose these pounds one more time! I tried looking at the pic you posted but it came up black and said there was an error. I will post some pics hopefully tomorrow. Chat again soon!
 
Derrick said:
Well if I used the word "hot" and my wife happened to visit this website and read my replies, there's a good chance I'd get smacked. :D
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:smilielol5: Ok, that is a very good point. You are forgiven!!

Derrick said:
Which reminds me, 2 more lbs for me and I will also be at my last 20! :D
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So exciting. I suppose maintaining for you is a whole different story though. Just as hard for you to maintain as for someone else to lose?
 
Yikes, I need this week to be over and it's only just begun :ack2: I woke up yesterday morning with pain so bad I thought I was going to end up in the hospital again. Lucky they gave me some of those good drugs to take home ;) But still, I spent pretty much the whole day in bed. Today hasn't been too bad... mostly just a little crampy, dizzy and extremely moody:cuss: The hubby is gone for 3 days for a managers meeting. I am very jealous!! Plane, hotel, dinning out, drinking with the guys, and best of all... NO KIDS!!! Oh well, I'm sure I'll live ;)

I did get out and shovel the driveway this morning. I did a minute of jumping jacks to get my HR up and then busted it so I could say I did a good 30min workout today. I might do the 30min shred tonight, but we'll see how I feel. I don't want to make the cramping worse.

OOOO, I broke down and had a big mac and fries last night... IT WAS SO GROSS!!! I couldn't even eat the fries and couldn't finish the burger either :party:

Everyones got these fabulous goals for the week... so I better get in that one too:

I will not kill my kids... I will not kill my kids.... I will try very hard to not kill my kids... :smilielol5:
 
thelast20 said:
OOOO, I broke down and had a big mac and fries last night... IT WAS SO GROSS!!! I couldn't even eat the fries and couldn't finish the burger either :party:

I will not kill my kids... I will not kill my kids.... I will try very hard to not kill my kids... :smilielol5:
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Was it really that gross? I'm imagining it now and I would have eaten your scraps.

Sucks about being in pain! And being alone with your kids and that pain makes it so much worse! Hopefully you can do better at keeping your goals than I did!
 
Derrick said:
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You know shoveling the driveway really raises your heart rate, right? So that alone was a workout!
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Ya I did count that as my workout yesterday. I find I really enjoy the shoveling that way :)

chubbygirl said:
Was it really that gross? I'm imagining it now and I would have eaten your scraps.

Sucks about being in pain! And being alone with your kids and that pain makes it so much worse! Hopefully you can do better at keeping your goals than I did!
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No, it really was that gross!! I'm finding that I'm becoming picky about what bad foods I'll eat. I think, honestly if I'm going to sabotage my day and feel like crap... I'm damn well going to do it with something I REALLY enjoy!!

So far my kids are still alive :D

They both have school this morning and it is my usual gym day, but honestly I really didn't want to go... so I didn't :( BUT... I did workout at home!!! I had to get a few groceries (what else is new :p) and the gym is just so busy right now. Getting a treadmill is hard so I end up on an elliptical... well I have one at home. I did 30min on it 1.30miles, levels 3&5. Then did level 2 of the 30min Shred. Now I'm going to go and quickly shovel off the skiff of snow we got last night b/c I have a client this afternoon (YAY), pick up the little one from school and enjoy the day :)

Happy Tuesday!!!
Marie
 
:nopity: I think I'm getting a cold. But it's Wed... I love Wed so I've decided I'm not going to get sick!! I did the eliptical again this morning... 30min on an interval program, 1.2miles, 489cals. I kept turning the resistance down when it shot up to 7 or 8, just too hard!! I have so much work to get done today so I didn't do the 30min shred... just a quick little circuit of pushups, crunches, squats, dips, curls and a really good stretch. My left knee and hip were starting to hurt half way through today so I wanted to make sure I stretched it all out good!!

Eating yesterday was good... till suppertime. I overate and then snacked (too many cinnamon sticks), but I got my period yesterday so the hormones are finally leveling out. I haven't eaten yet today so I need to get on that and then get on my Wed housework!! I want to get it all done this morning so I can just relax this afternoon :)

Marie
 
:waving:Hi Marie! Happy Wednesday to you!
I love Friday's - not so much Wednesday's.
looks like the night time snacking :reddevil: has returned - at least you have TOM for an excuse! You job getting on the eliptical this morning - I haven't been back to the gym yet but at least we are getting it done at home right? I wish I was at home cleaning - my house is a mess and I love cleaning - on my time - not when I get home from working all day. I usually clean Sunday's or even Saturday's - not much gets done during the week. I guess that will probably change once I have kids running around the house on the weekend. Me and my hunnie always planned to start trying a year after being married but lately I feel like I am ready now and would like to try right after the wedding but then I think about all my free time now and sleeping in and then I realize I'm not exactly ready - I guess I'll be ready when I have to be and right now wouldn't work without my hunnie having a steady income.
Thanks for the message in my journal - you are right of course! I will get back there in due time! I'm already feeling a lot better this afternoon! Just being accountable on this site helps - and friends like you of course!
Have a great Wednesday - hope you get to relax as planned!
 
Advil and ice can be your two best friends when it comes to knee pain. :D I hung out with them every week from Jan to Aug last year. :)
 
Your on tonight! I hope it works for me - I know it will for you! I'm not ready for the gym though - maybe tomorrow, one step at a time.
 
chubbygirl said:
I guess that will probably change once I have kids running around the house on the weekend. Me and my hunnie always planned to start trying a year after being married but lately I feel like I am ready now and would like to try right after the wedding but then I think about all my free time now and sleeping in and then I realize I'm not exactly ready - I guess I'll be ready when I have to be and right now wouldn't work without my hunnie having a steady income.
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We never got the opportunity to "plan" for kids... they just showed up ;) It would have been nice for me to have found myself before having them, but it's working out this way too. They'll be scared for life no matter what do ;)

Derrick said:
Advil and ice can be your two best friends when it comes to knee pain. :D I hung out with them every week from Jan to Aug last year. :)
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Being a massge therapist I've seen some pretty messed up knees and that is one place I do NOT want to go, so I take pretty good care of them. I don't push it at all when it comes to my knees. I'm not sure what it is about the eliptical but that is the only time it bugs me. It's a repetitive movement that doesn't mimic my gait in anyway. Knowing this I hopefully won't ever have to take the adivl and ice away from my neck to give to the knee (whole other story ;) )
 
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