SweatPea is going to sweat it all off...

2Skinny said:
That is RANK getting up that early AND working with kids ... I'd be assasinating people all over the place. I completely hear you on exhaustion mother/work factor. Don't even feel like cooking let alone exercising, YES maam. So what's your plan for dealing with the run-down factor? Enough sleep, exercise before cooking, dividing cooking with the man of the house, what? See, I'm learning all this stuff right now too.
Hang in there SweetPea !!!!!
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Probably I just have to do it! :D

My kids are old enough that if mom doesn't feel like cooking, they know how to make themselves something to eat (same with dh!) As far as exercising, I've got to "just do it". And, quit making excuses. I literally just feel run down. I think it's job-related stress too. I think I put too high of expectations on myself. But it's the environment I'm working in that makes me think I have to go above and beyond. I hear it all the time from dh - they're just 3 to 6 yr olds, how hard can it be? But, he does tell me that I'm making it harder on myself. But that's just me. :)

One thing I should do less of is being online. But, I do have my online addictions and if I sit down to them first then I never get in the exercise! :banghead:
 
:waving:LOL don't I just WISH that food consumed at church would make it calorie free!!! Every Wed night we have "Family Night" at ours, starting with supper.

Anyway, good on ya for showin' the scale who's boss, sistah! Feels great to be moving in the right direction, doesn't it?

Keep up the great work,
ABBA :hurray:
 
I've stopped at my parking space too long! I'm back and going to leave with just this one post that I just came across...too funny!






Dear Diary,
For my birthday this year, my daughter (the dear) purchased a week of personal training at the local health club for me.

Although I am still in great shape since being a high school football cheerleader 43 years ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and give it a try.

I called the club and made my reservations with a personal trainer named Belinda, who identified herself as a 26-year-old aerobics instructor and model for athletic clothing and swim wear.

My daughter seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started! The club encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress.
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MONDAY:
Started my day at 6:00 a.m. Tough to get out of bed, but found it was well worth it when I arrived at the health club to find Belinda waiting for me. She is something of a Greek goddess - with blond hair, dancing eyes and a dazzling white smile. Woo Hoo!!

Belinda gave me a tour and showed me the machines. I enjoyed watching the skillful way in which she conducted her aerobics class after my workout today.. Very inspiring!

Belinda was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, although my gut was already aching from holding it in the whole time she was around. This is going to be a FANTASTIC week-!!
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TUESDAY:
I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out the door. Belinda made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar into the air then she put weights on it! My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile. Belinda's rewarding smile made it all worthwhile. I feel GREAT!! It's a whole new life for me.
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WEDNESDAY:
The only way I can brush my teeth is by laying the toothbrush on the counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it. I believe I have a hernia in both pectorals. Driving was OK as long as I didn't try to steer or stop. I parked on top of a GEO in the club parking lot.

Belinda was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered other club members. Her voice is a little too perky for that early in the morning and when she scolds, she gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying.

My chest hurt when I got on the treadmill, so Belinda put me on the stair monster. Why the heck would anyone invent a machine to simulate an activity rendered obsolete by elevators? Belinda told me it would help me get in shape and enjoy life. She said some other crap too.
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THURSDAY:
Belinda was waiting for me with her vampire-like teeth exposed as her thin, cruel lips were pulled back in a full snarl. I couldn't help being a half an hour late - it took me that long to tie my shoes. Belinda took me to work out with dumbbells. When she was not looking, I ran and hid in the restroom. She sent another skinny witch to find me. Then, as punishment, she put me on the rowing machine -- which I sank.
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FRIDAY:
I hate that witch Belinda more than any human being has ever hated any other human being in the history of the world. Stupid, skinny, anemic, anorexic little cheerleader. If there was a part of my body I could move without unbearable pain, I would beat her with it.

Belinda wanted me to work on my triceps. I don't have any triceps! And if you don't want dents in the floor, don't hand me the stupid barbells or anything that weighs more than a sandwich.

The treadmill flung me off and I landed on a health and nutrition teacher.. Why couldn't it have been someone softer, like the drama coach or the choir director?
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SATURDAY:
Belinda left a message on my answering machine in her grating, shrilly voice wondering why I did not show up today. Just hearing her voice made me want to smash the machine with my planner; however, I lacked the strength to even use the TV remote and ended up catching eleven straight
hours of the Weather Channel.
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Sunday:
I'm having the Church van pick me up for services today so I can go and thank GOD that this week is over. I will also pray that next year my daughter (the little brat) will choose a gift for me that is fun -- like a root canal or a hysterectomy. I still say if God had wanted me to bend over, he would have sprinkled the floor with diamonds!!!
 
Glad to see your back!!!
Sorry it took me so long to reply to ya. But I haven't had any time at all to get on the 'puter in the last couple of days.
Love the story about Belinda!!! Made me think of Kellie.......hahaha
Don't tell her I said that though.
Missed ya while you was gone.
 
Bell -You should print it out or email it to her, I think she would get a kick out of it!!

Ok so this is day 2 on the elliptical. I don't know if it's doing any good as of yet though. My eating isn't bad, except for a few chocolate kisses here and there. However, my weight isn't doing anything. I know only 2 days.... LOL
 
Yesterday was going pretty well.

Dh had cooked me an egg for breakfast and made me 2 slices of toast to go along with it. Then, at school I had a small snack of tortilla chips and salsa.

I had taken along a slice of garlic cheese bread and some leftover spaghetti sauce (no noodles.) And also had packed an apple to have with my lunch.

So far so good...

I then had a meeting after school, which I took an apple with me intending on eating it during the meeting or at least right after. But, then....

One of the teacher's brought in a bag of Monster Cookies - homemade. Hmmm? Apple or Monster cookie? I know, I know...

But common! I've got a weakness for sweets.

Ok, so I had the Monster Cookie and figured I would get a sub at Subway for dinner. But, then the meeting ran over. I had to take my one son home, pick up the other one and head to Bellaryna's for our small group meeting. But, not just go straight there because I had to get a prescription refilled.

So I had no time to stop for a good bite to eat. I get to Bell's and they've got a good healthy spread of cheese, crackers, and deer salami. Some chips and salsa, and some fresh baked cookies....Mmmm! And I mean fresh as it was still warm when I popped the one in my mouth. I then had a few chips (like 2 - for real!), then had a piece of cheese and salami and a cracker. Not good...then 1 more cookie later on - thanks to Bell's dh! Then, her sweet dh also made me an espresso...oh it was so delish!

After the meeting was over my teenager decides we need to get something to eat even if it is 8:30 and of course he wants Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich. So I had one too...and fries... oh and diet coke (that makes it all better, right?)

I stayed up really late, barely got 4 hrs of sleep and even then I don't think it was full sleep. And that's my excuse for not even attempting to exercise today.

Good excuses, right? Ummm well that's not going to get me where I want to be.... blah!!!
 
Broke the scale!

Well I guess I was going to update my ticker. I know my weight is up from the last number which was 159. It should be about 162.5 (last I actually weighed in a few days ago.)

I was going to weigh in this morning and then make a new ticker, but alas I moved the scale to step on it and EE kept showing up. So I moved it again to see if it was just off balance or something. But, then one of the "feet" broke off and a spring came out. So I guess I can't weigh myself until I get a new scale.

Other than that I have been on the elliptical twice last week and so far twice this week. That's like 100% better than I have been doing (which for a few months was nothing!)

I guess if I really want to weigh in I could get out the wii fit, but I don't know if I want it making fun of me until I get back down to the 159!
 
Best diet in the world!

Well, I just heard it according to the Glenn Beck show (as researchers reported) that the best diet in the world is to..... drumroll.....

To eat less!! Go figure!

So that's all I need to do. LOL

Anyway, my weight is up. I just weighed myself and I know I have my clothes on and it's the end of the day - but still. I weighed in at 167.5. I can give 2 maybe 3 lbs for the end-of-the-day and the clothes, but other than that... ugh!

So guess I'd better stop eating less! Oh and don't buy toffee peanuts when your dh is out of town. And, then you eat at least 1/2 (but probably more) of the container. Oh yeah, that's how I am! :piggy:
 
Well we had to get a new scale. We had went to JCPenney's this weekend and they had only 2 models left. Both weighed to the tenth - one was clear one was not - we went with the clear one.

It doesn't keep track of your weight, but that's ok, because I didn't always like that feature anyway.

I did get on this morning and it was at 165.4 so I'm going to start there. In fact I reset my ticker so that that is my current starting weight (not the 173 that was from a few years ago when I first signed on here!)

I've had a tiring and busy weekend so am logging off and going to get ready for bed.
 
So this morning the scale said 164. I hope it stays there and then goes down.

We have had an exciting weekend. A beagle wandered into our backyard and he is still here. Our other dog is having anxiety attacks or something - like hyperventilating - dumb dog!

This beagle is very old and I think someone just dropped him off. We called the local shelter so see if anyone is looking for him, but they didn't have anyone looking for him yet - so they put him on a found list.

My dh was adamant that we weren't keeping him, but then tonight he asks me when I was taking him to the vet!

The dog was sprayed by a skunk or something - so we gave him his 2nd bath in 3 days - poor guy! So, I didn't have time to get in my exercise and now I'm getting ready to go to bed.
 
Sounds like the J-man might be caving in!!!! Hold strong Lyndy. Just remind him that if it is as old as it seems it won't be around that long anyway! LOL
 
Hello SweatPea!!
Thanks for stopping by my diary!! Congrats on the scale moving downward.
What kind of exercises are you doing nowadays?
Hajni
 
Bellaryna said:
Sounds like the J-man might be caving in!!!! Hold strong Lyndy. Just remind him that if it is as old as it seems it won't be around that long anyway! LOL
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I know that's what I keep telling him! He gets up and down like Harley! Poor guy!
 
hajni said:
Hello SweatPea!!
Thanks for stopping by my diary!! Congrats on the scale moving downward.
What kind of exercises are you doing nowadays?
Hajni
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Hehehe, that would be none! Well last week I did manage the elliptical three times! I need to get going this week. I did wrestle with my oldest son tonight, does that count? ;)
 
Wrestling can be great exercise. My husband makes the mistake of trying to wrestle with his 22-year-old brother from time to time. He gets his butt kicked and is sore and carpet burned for days!
 
Ok this is kind of sad. But I just looked at my sparkpeople page and I was 170 in Jan. of last year. I had lost weight - I know I did. Because this past fall I got down to 158 (Oct. 2008.) So that means I'm back to where I was at about the same time as last year. Ugh!

I really hate this.

Also, I have lost a lot of strength in my arms. I went to pick up a box of copy paper and could barely lift it up off of the floor.

I really need a good swift kick in the butt... and I guess I'm the only one that's going to do anything about it... so it's time to stop whining and start doing something! I'm so mad at myself.

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SweatPea said:
Ok this is kind of sad. But I just looked at my sparkpeople page and I was 170 in Jan. of last year. I had lost weight - I know I did. Because this past fall I got down to 158 (Oct. 2008.) So that means I'm back to where I was at about the same time as last year. Ugh!

I really hate this.

Also, I have lost a lot of strength in my arms. I went to pick up a box of copy paper and could barely lift it up off of the floor.

I really need a good swift kick in the butt... and I guess I'm the only one that's going to do anything about it... so it's time to stop whining and start doing something! I'm so mad at myself.

:ack2:
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Check this out. I am 20 pounds HEAVIER than this time last year!!! Now that is sad. LOL
If your taking names of willing participants to swiftly kick you in the hinny end, I am throwing my name into the ring. Only if you promise to give me one right back though! haha
 
SweatPea said:
Ok this is kind of sad. But I just looked at my sparkpeople page and I was 170 in Jan. of last year. I had lost weight - I know I did. Because this past fall I got down to 158 (Oct. 2008.) So that means I'm back to where I was at about the same time as last year. Ugh!

I really hate this.
I really need a good swift kick in the butt... and I guess I'm the only one that's going to do anything about it... so it's time to stop whining and start doing something! I'm so mad at myself.

:ack2:
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I know what you are talking about. Last September I managed to get to 142 which is the lowest I ever been in my adult life. I did maintain my 145 for over a year before that and this is my secret : I don't let the scale climb over 5 lbs higher than my happy weight. Anything over 5 lbs (like now, throw the pregnancy in there which had me put on another 10) is just SOOOO much harder to lose.
I am not saying maintaining is as hard as losing, but it requires effort. I still jump on the scale every day, not freaking out by the daily fluctuations, but I know when i had a couple of "bad days" or a bad week and then I have to watch it for the next week or two.

look at it this way : YOU HAVE DONE IT BEFORE, YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN!!! This is my main motivation... I know how I did it, I know what worked, I just have to bite the bullet and get on with it.

keep the goal in mind Sweatpea, it is so worth it at the end!!!!!!

Hajni
 
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