amomono said:
hehehe =) thanks bailey! I'm 5'4" and 23, so my "healthy" weight range is between 116 and 134... which is why I'm aiming for about 125...
I think one of my struggles is that i'm not being very disciplined as far as eating goes... I have too many people around me who like snacky foods, and i'm not willing to give up having the occasional drink... which is why this has been a slow steady process for me... (I've been at it for about 55 weeks, so less than a pound a week on average)... so, if it takes me another 10 weeks or so to lose these last ten pounds, that's fine =)
i think what was so frustrating this morning was that I gained 2.5 lbs in two days! hehehe... but i also didn't have a lot of water the day before, and so probably was retaining water and such - oh - physiology gets so complicated!!! =)
thanks for the encouragement!!!!
I can understand your situation. When I was 23 I was single and in the US Army stationed over in Germany and I had the world before me. I lived on base and our unit would exercise at sun up - sit ups, push ups, and run. We were stationed by Frankenstine's castle and I remember doing my first 5k run winding thru the hills up to the castle. They also had an awesome haunted house there at Holloween. I ate pastries, ate at the mess hall, and on my time off I traveled, took the train to go shopping downtown, spent most open weekend nights at the EM club with my buddies drinking and dancing. I have so many good memories.
The one saving grace was the gym on base and I would go there with my tape recorder and exercise tape (yes, they had exercises on cassette tape back in the early 80's) and go into one of the rooms with the mat and mirrors and work out. They also had a weight training room that I would use.
Now, being 46 (47 in May - I still feel like I am young and have had the good health and fortune to have been told that I dont look my age) my life has settled down and has become devoted to raising my 2 sons, being a wife to my hubby and work. Raising my children for their first 10-12 years was like playing house and now that they are getting older I have more "free" time to concentrate on myself. It's like waking up out of a fog....
Even though I dont have much time for myself, the rewards pay off through my family. I get enjoyment out of our family functions (love watching them in their sports) and I know that in another 10 years it will be my hubby and myself again and when that time comes I plan on being healthy, fit, attactive and sexy.
Amomono, you are doing fine. I am sure you will be where you want to be by summer. Dont be so hard on yourself. Do you go out dancing? Does your fiance dance? (The only dancing I get anymore is thru my aerobics tapes. Maybe that will change someday.) And, just carry the snacky foods around that you enjoy.
