Journey to a better ME!

I'm battling with myself. I love going to the gym, I feel myself getting stronger. My weight, pretty much the same, if not a gain.

Is there anything wrong with feeling content at my weight? 150lbs at 5'4"? My doctor said I was at a perfectly healthy weight. When you look at a BMI chart, I'm almost obese I think (But I find it hard to trust a chart).

Yes, I long for that flat stomach, maybe even abs. But am I just chasing it because of what has been put in my head as a "sexy woman"? In a way, I feel I am. My husband loves me for me. He loves the love handles I have which aren't that big, but still there. I like myself where I am.

Will I continue trying to lose weight or just work on building up my muscle and seeing where that takes me... I think I'm going with the latter. From now on, I'm not going to worry about the weight number... Well, I'm not going to worry about it going down. If it goes up, that's different! Inches is what I'm looking at now!
 
I can *totally* relate to this post. At a certain point it seems that a goal weight becomes this random, arbitrary number.... and you at 150 could be completely different than someone else at 150, even at the same height. I got down to 137 once while watching my diet, but I felt a hundred times better about myself at 147 when I was able to complete a half marathon. If you're both healthy and happy there's no reason to chase some magical number!! Just stay active and focus on the results that are meaningful to YOU.
 
I agree with Laura, my aim is to be 130, but if I'm really healthy at 140 and look great I won't sweat too much about it. It might be good to lean down your tummy a little bit more for health reasons, but I wouldn't sweat about it too much. ;)
 
So I started off my day feeling pretty lazy, but I quickly turned it around. I tried a new recipe for lunch. Stuffed green peppers. Green peppers, brown rice, chicken, and light and smart prego sauce. I guess I didn't make it quite right since the green pepper was rubbery. So I ended up just scooping out the mixture that was inside and eating that. It was definitely good, but not super filling.

After that I started cleaning the house and mowed the lawn. Now I'm sitting here, drinking my protein shake. Oh yes, mowing the yard was a hard workout. It doesn't look intimidating when you look at it, but just start pushing a mower on it and it's quite the workout! Also, I didn't feel like making anything right now and I was craving chocolate! ;)

The hubby should be home in a few hours. I'm going to make chicken and brown rice with rotel for dinner. Yum! I have the night off from work and it's really nice outside, so hoping to spend some time outside with him.

I'm nice and full from my protein shake! :) I've got to write a short paper for my math class (weird, right?) this evening, finish cleaning the house, and do a few other things. Tomorrow, I have class, and then I'll hit the gym for a killer leg workout! Looking forward to that! I'm also going to go to the store and buy a bike pump to fill the tires on my bicycle and go for a ride on that.
 
Good day so far. I went to the gym and did my leg workout, then I came back home and went on a decently long bike ride.

As for food, I had a weak moment early in the day. I got a small chocolate shake from mcdonalds. I know I should have resisted but my hubby put the idea in my head last night. :/ Anyways, moving on. For lunch I had a veggie patty from subway on honey oat bread (six inch) piled high with veggies. Yummy! After my workouts, I drank my protein shake.

I also got my hair cut today, did a presentation for one of my classes, and now can finally relax!
 
Thanks Trusylver!

Just had some homemade cavatini for lunch. I'm going to let that settle in my stomach a bit before I head off to the gym. Upper body day for me. I know I've said this before, but I really going to be sure to take a notebook with me and write down everything I do and then post it on here.

Weather is getting warmer here in Indiana. My husband doesn't want to turn the a/c on yet so he brought out the oscillating fan last night in the bedroom. The night before we tried the ceiling fan, but it gave me a headache. Same thing happened last night. Going to try to reposition it tonight to where it isn't directed toward me at all. Hoping that helps.
 
Blimey! All you youngsters doing all this training has made this 63 year old, old fossil feel guilty because she moaned at getting cramp after gardening
 
Hey Munch!! How's it going? I hope you got that fan situation figured out so you aren't getting headaches!
 
Hey Munch,
Sorry I've been absent from your diary lately...looks like things are going pretty well and you're exercise program is going good! Good job on the weights...I do them about once a week, but they still are not my favorite...at all!
Keep up the good work!
Sarah
 
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