*Tiffany*'s Diary

oh girl i hear you!! its funny how things like eating right and excersizing is SO hard to do, but as soon as we start doing it, we feel so alive again, lol

i'm really super proud of you :D
 
Congrats on getting the run in! It's great that you've found you want to eat healthier at dinner if you exercise before. Keep that in mind!
 
Still on track....still here...just busy.

I finished my associate's degree this past Sunday! YAY! Now, I have two weeks off before my BA program starts. Hoping to get some extra exercise in while I am off from school.

Next week, we take the kids to church camp. I should lose some weight there because there is lots of moving and not a lot of junk to eat. We shall see!

It is such a relief to be done with my first part of school....too bad it took me until I was almost 28 to do it.
 
yay!! congrats! i'm really happy for you!! Who cares that your 28, at least its done!! I will be 31 when I graduate school.

I'm glad your doing so well, I knew it was in ya!!
 
I am still here. I was at church camp last week. HOT and TIRED is the only way to explain that. I did not lose any weight there eventhough I got tons 'o exercise. I had to eat their cafeteria food and it was none too healthy.

I did my run tonight. I could not find my stop watch, so I have no idea how long or how far I ran. I am guessing around 2 miles. Anyway, I had several excuses not to go ( no watch/it was raining), but I did it anyway. My husband was so encouraging. He kept at me until I was out the door...rain and all.

My diet has been pretty good. I think I am finally being pretty consistent. I am loving it!
 
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oh girl i hear you!! its funny how things like eating right and excersizing is SO hard to do, but as soon as we start doing it, we feel so alive again, lol
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Hah that is sooo true!

*tiffany* said:
I did my run tonight. I could not find my stop watch, so I have no idea how long or how far I ran. I am guessing around 2 miles. Anyway, I had several excuses not to go ( no watch/it was raining), but I did it anyway. My husband was so encouraging. He kept at me until I was out the door...rain and all.
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Well done on that one! i had to take up running because the weather has just been too aweful to bike. it gets easier and better and better, today i managed to run about 14km (7miles?) through some hilly terrain which feels great!
Ive only just started timeing myself though, and i got one of those heart rate watches which i can never find either and always forget to use :D
But yeah, you go girl. horay for running in the rain ! :D
 
Holy smokes! SEVEN miles. Wishes, You are either a superstar or are just plain crazy. That is awesome. I can hardly wait until I can stomp out seven miles and call it a "regular" workout. For now, just reading the phrase "seven miles" causes me to need a nap. haha
 
I did my run again tonight. I was doing the couch to 5K thing again, but I was getting bored with the small running intervals. I did not see any sense in sticking with week three when I can already do week seven. So now I am just going to run the whole way and try and improve my times. In a couple weeks, I will increase the distance and then work on my times with that.

My diet has been ok, but not great. I had a little epiphany about that whilst on my run tonight, though, and I am determined to change the ok to to a stellar one.

I did some mental imagery that really grossed me out. See, I have this love affair with Twix. Ahhhh, Twix. BUT when I picture a Twix as the pure white sugar it is...well, it grosses me out. When I want one, I tell myself to just go chew on a few tablespoons of regular white sugar and my desire quickly passes. ICK. I am going to try to use that tactic on other things that call my name...like Coca Colas. THINK- tablespoon after tablespoon of grainy white sugar.....puke.
 
Ok, so my guesstimationof how far I was running was off. I was actually only doing a mile and a half. So, tonight added what I "thought" would make it two miles. It ended up being 1.9. Sheesh. Now I have my new route planned out and can start consistantly timing myself to improve my times.

I did my weight lifting tonight, too...because I skipped it last night. Tomorrow I am going to start getting up early and doing my yoga/pilates video before the kids get up. I always thought yoga/pilates sounded so wimpy, but it really whips my butt into shape. I always wake up the next morning feeling like I was in a bar fight...and lost! Especially in my abs.

I am also considering going on a 6 week diet where I only eat fruit veggies and fish. I want to really lower the amount of fat I consume and I think this would be a good way to get started. Plus, it just sounds healthy. It is time to ramp it up a little, I think. It really is all or nothing with me, it seems.
 
So I have been back to working out regulary for a couple of weeks and my diet has been pristine since Monday.

I have dropped from 213 to 205 in that amount of time and apparently it is becomming noticeable. My husband was...well...cuddling me;) and he starting commenting on how the "bubble" is back in my butt and how he can tell here, here, and here. I like that I am showing progress already and I love that he is noticing, but this is always a precarious spot for me because although I love the attention, if I want to go a single day without any "bow-chicka-wow-wow", I have to go to bed after he is asleep and get out of bed before he wakes up. lol I guess it is a good problem to have, but geez....

Tonight is a run night...going for the whole two miles this time!
 
Just five pounds till I am back in the One hundreds. I can hardly wait.

I am going to have a challenging weekend though because my family and I are headed to San Antonio for the weekend. That means having to eat out or depend upon the people we are visiting to provide our meals.

Is it better to eat not-so-healthy things they will offer, or is it better to just not eat for a day or so? I won't have a computer to figure the cals and I am too rusty to do it on my own.

I don't think I will have time (or a place)to run, but there will be a pool and I am sure my kids will make sure we spend some time in there. Then I can do my crunches and squats and such in the room.

I guess I will just habe to go with the flow and see what happens. The problem with going with the flow is that "the flow" is usually going the wrong direction. I really do need a plan to keep me on track.
 
Congrats on being so close to Onder land!!! YAY!! I def. wouldn't "not eat" thats just as bad. If you go out try to eat healthy choices like salad or grilled chicken and veggies...but if you eat at your friends house, I would think they might be insulted if you refused to eat...eat what what your offered, but that doens't mean you have to stuff yourself either...just use a happy medium.

I hope you have fun this weekend :D
 
I had a great time this weekend, (I even won a BIKE!) but the food was just as bad as expected and I did not get the workout time I wanted. I did get in the pool some, but not enought to do much good.

I "gained: two pounds, but it was probably just water from all the salty foods. I am hoping anyways.

Now it is back to the good diet and exercise now that I am home.
 
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I am so stinking impatient. I lost two pounds this week and I am grateful for that, but I still want it to go faster. I want to be stone-cold sold out to this process like I was when I first started. Right now I am having to re-lose weight that I gained back while I was off track...and I HATE that. I really ought to be 10-20 pounds away from goal instead of here...back in the 200's. Now I don't want to whine, but Whaaaaaaaaaaa....

I guess I kinda expected to be melting the weight off like I was when I first started. I know this is unreasonable, but still...I want it. I am in the second half of my weight-loss. 55 pounds gone...55 to go. I guess I just feel like the end is never going to get here.

Enough of my whining. Now I need an action plan. I really need to add an a.m. workout and start back to measuring my food instead of just "eyeballing" it.

I wonder if 55 pounds by March 13 (my two year weight-loss anniversary) is realistic. I will go plug that into FitDay and see what it says.

If you read all that....thanks...and I am sorry...haha
 
Ok. So FitDay says to be at goal (150) by March 13, I would have to lose 1.78 pounds per week. Technically that sounds do-able, but nearly two pounds a week? Every week? for eight months straight? I think that is a tall order. Not to mention that weight-loss slows down the closer we get to goal. I just dunno.

Anyone have any opinions or advice on that??
 
Hi Tiffany,

Thanks for stopping by my diary!

Honestly, two pounds a week for months straight seems quite challenging. I know myself too well now to know I couldn't do it. However, that can't stop you from trying, can it?

You're really close to being out of the 200s which is great! Keep up the fantastic work!
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*tiffany* said:
Ok. So FitDay says to be at goal (150) by March 13, I would have to lose 1.78 pounds per week. Technically that sounds do-able, but nearly two pounds a week? Every week? for eight months straight? I think that is a tall order. Not to mention that weight-loss slows down the closer we get to goal. I just dunno.

Anyone have any opinions or advice on that??
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1 percent of your body weight a week is a realistic expectation... but reality isn't for everyone... Life gets in the way... in 8 months -with consistent behavior -you'll be a lot closer to your goal than you are today... you might not be at 150 but you might not care- you might like what you see at whatever weight you end up in..

you'll have new habits build... and you might be satisfied with whatever number shows up on the scale because those jeans in your dream size fit your butt just right.. and well why mess with perfection.
 
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