Havent updated in a while- still moving forward. Slow going though- Goal weight have changed as I get closer to my original goal weight it occurs to me that Id like to go down ten pounds over that.
Its sunday, which equals offical weigh in date. I got to put another sticker on my board!!

Heighest Weight: 208 lbs
Current Weight: 159 lbs
Goal Weight: 140 lbs


49 lbs lost

Ive been really sick lately, and I finally went to the doctors today. I get really excited about going to various doctors now because I like to see what it says in my file for my weight. Since I started losing Ive only been to my Nuerologist and the highest they have me at is 201 lbs.
So they call my name and we walk over to the scale. I take my coat and purse off and set them on the chair next to me. "How much was I the last time I was here?" I ask the nurse.
She checks "Um.. it says 208 here."
"Good" I say.
I step up on the scale and the little numbers blink*blink*blink*blink*168
"OH MY GOD" the nurse says
and I beam.
I had the doctor check last times weight and this times weight as well "Wow! How'd you do that?!" he askes.
I feel dumb saying "Um.. diet and excersize."
Hopefully after a few days rest and lots of fluids etc. Ill feel a lot better. I can get back to the gym at that point which makes me really excited. My scaled said 167 this morning (before food, not in clothes/shoes) which means that Ive got 17 more pounds until my goal weight. Im really excited.
So, according to their scale:

40 pounds

Long overdue for an update:

Celebrated another small goal today-



Thats right, this morning I weighed 174 pounds which means that I got to decorate the shit out of that 175 line! So exciting. I actually started at 204 and am at 174 which means I have officially lost 30 pounds! I'd been rounding up for a bit and throwing the 30 pound number around for the sake of ease but its official now!!!

So another fish:



wait a second....



thats better...

also- I need to know the story behind that fish picture. The woods? The off road vehicle? The... wetsuit...? Its all so amazing to me.

Congrats to Chrissy!

Watching Family Guy with the little brother and sister but wanted to make sure and add this here today.




Starting weight: 204
Current weight: 177
Total lost: 27
Short term goal: 175
Long term goal: 150

Back to family guy :)

Weight training today- spent almost the whole time doing free weights! At first I was excited at the idea- you get to sit down almost the whole time! But after about 5 reps with each weight/excersize I realized Im a fool and that shit is hard yo. I was pretty limpy afterwards- wet noodle arms and the like.
Im a moron and accidently showed up 1 hour early today. He was able to fit me in 30 minutes early though so I just walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes. The treadmill has gotten more entertaining, I finally caved and bought myself a CD Player with a built in AM/FM transmitter. I dont even really use the CD player function which seems lame, I could have just bought a tape player/walkman instead of spending $50 on this CD player :\
Ah well.

In more interesting news, this working out thing is expensive. Thus far, Ive spent $500 on the personal trainer and $70 on shoes and socks. Now Im eyeing new work-out clothes (Ive been wearing frumpy cotton pants and whatever t-shirt I have around) after finding this site: http://www.title9sports.com.

And just to add to all of that potential money spending Mike (current personal trainer) has set up an arrangement with Rashid (Other personal trainer who trains in cardio) so that I give him a starbucks card and he'll train me once a week. I asked him what his rates were and he charges almost $100 an hour. For 8 sessions (8 weeks) thats almost $800 on a starbucks card. I asked him what he thought was reasonable, what he thinks I should put on there. He thought for a moment and said "$20." My jaw almost hit the ground: "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING?" He wasnt. Im training with a very expensive trainer for $20 total. Awesome.
But, the downside is that, aside from the $20 additional that Ive got to tack onto all of those expenses above, I also have to tack on close to $70 at This website for gloves and wraps. What? Really? Yes. Rashid does lots of kickboxing stuff. I made sure he knew that Im clumbsy and prone to falling over. He seems to think thats okay. ::shrugs::

Im changing my weigh in day to Saturday- So tomorrow morning Ill make another little post with my official fish for the week.

Ugh, today was tough. I was doing well- it was a long day (started at 4am) but I packed breakfast and lunch and would have been juuuust fine if our assistant manager didnt buy pizza for everyone! I did well, only had one peice instead of the lunch I packed, not too bad- but still... its a mental thing too. I just fealt really lame for giving in like that.
Upon getting home from work and errands (around 5) I prompty became VERY tired and fell right asleep. I knew I had to do 55 minutes of cardio today- a fact made even more important considering Im working with the personal trainer tomorrow morning at 9am so I set my alarm for 9pm, forced myself out of bed and into work-out clothes. There was not one cell of me that wanted to go, the pizza, the nap in the middle of the day, it was just a blah day overall. I had some dinner (a cup of french onion soup from Trader Joe's [220 cal]) and headed out. Got to the gym at 9:30 hoping that once I got on the treadmill I would feel a little better about being there. Unfortunatly that feeling never went away. I watched the american version on The Office (I love the british one, not such a big fan of the american) and half of the E.R. episode. I did 55 minutes, I broke a sweat, I was good- but I didnt feel good about any of it today. It was just a blah day and it all fealt pretty forced. ::sigh:: maybe I just need sleep... Hopefully Ill feel a little better tomorrow morning :\

Alright, day three of weight training today- lots of ab stuff. Im going to hurt tomorrow.

The personal trainer that I hired (Mike) was able to work out a deal with another personal trainer (Rashid) in which Rashid will meet with me once a week and work on cardio. Id been doing the treadmill up until today for cardio but I worked with Rashid today for 30 or so minutes.

I was so RED! I sat in the locker room for like 15 minutes afterwards just waiting for the flush in my face to go away because oh man! He had me running up and down the stairs (two at a time up, one at a time down), lots of stepping with weights and then jump rope. I fealt like I was going to die! He wants me to get some boxing gloves for kickboxing which I laughed at. He's going to kill me!

Im going to have to remember to eat more sugar before I go to see him every week, I fealt really dizzy today and had to chug down a cran-grape juice half way through for the sugar! Uh!

Up until now my experience with a personal trainer has been good. I dont walk away wanting to die, I only sweat a little- but today! One day! I think I sweat 300X more than any other day! Im going to be sore tomorrow :(

Today, I stepped on the scale. I know its bad. I cant help but weigh myself more than once a week. I dont actually pay attention to the weight that it says (I only mark it down on Sundays) but... its right there in the bathroom begging for my feet.
So, This has been my weight loss progression so far:

6/14- 204lbs
9/20- 195lbs
11/28- 190lbs
12/19- 185lbs
1/16- 180lbs

And then today when I stepped on the scale I was confused. I could tell what it said. Why did it say 187.5? What? I couldnt put the numbers together, what had happened? I just couldnt figure it out...

and then: It hit me.

It didnt say 18 and thing! The scale this morning said 178.5

And so yes, I know, I know- I cant actaully trust that- thats a pound and a half in a day, but knowing that my body is at least fluctuating in the right directions was AWESOME!

I think the weight gain of personal training has tapered off a bit and the weight loss of the cardio has taken over! Its about time! Im doing 55 minutes of cardio a day! Jesus christ, if the scale didnt change soon I was going to shoot myself in the foot :)

Woo!

p.s. I started off in a size 16, had to buy 14's for work and today spent the entire day pulling them up because they're getting to be too big! I think though Im going to wait and invest in a belt for now- this losing weight thing is expensive!

So my tenative fish for now is:



Thats how I feel too!

Ugh, so yesterday was day two of weight training. We did whole body again- but lots of different machines which was cool. Same muscles, different excersize.
Im sore again, more sore than last time which sort of scares me. Last time day two afterwards was worse than day one afterwards- judging by that Im going to be CRAZY sore tomorrow as Im pretty goddamn sore today.
The worst part of the soreness this week is my calves. They're so sore that it hurts to walk flat-footed, I keep finding myself walking on my toes because the muscles feel like they're cramped. When I do force myself to put my heel down though it feels like a good stretch, but still sore. gar.
I did this excersize for 25 'reps' and at first it just fealt really good- the stretching down part is awesome. But after like number 7 my calves started to tense up and cramp almost. I feel that this morning.
My shoulders and back are pretty sore again, as are my thighs. Luckily we didnt do any ab stuff, but those goddamn lunges will be the end of me.
And so, yea. Today Im off work AND off of the gym. We sat down and planned our schedule for next week and Ive got two days off of work but NO days off of the gym.
I need to get something to play music on, Its been harder and harder to walk for 55 minutes with nothing to do. At first I was so interested in the actual walking and the figuring out when to speed up that it was fine to just watch other people or watch the volumeless TVs, but I think its gotten to the point where I really do need something. The other day I walked for 45 minutes instead of 55, mostly because I was just bored. I cant do that.
Today has been filled with lots of sleep so far. There's a store meeting tonight, and laundry to do during the day- but until 6pm tonight both Matt and I have the day off so maybe we'll do something fun. hm.
Oh, the other night I went to a bar and everyone was ordering food. Hamburgers, fries, etc. I ordered a baby spinish salad with dried cranberries, blue cheese, and walnuts. I asked for two plates and the dressing on the side. I ended up only using a tiny amount of the dressing because the salad had been tossed in olive oil already and I split the salad up onto two plates and took the half I didnt eat home. That was my lunch today. Mmmmm. I fealt good and responsible for that.