Weigh 150 pounds

It’s been so hot lately I have had a hard time getting motivated. I keep putting off beginning training for a few fitness events I want to do. I have got to get into gear and at least begin running a few miles each day. Then not only will I have done my training, I also will have done my exercise. If I don’t do my running early I tend to not do it because it gets hot fairly early in the day here. We still have cool weather at night but by evening I don’t feel like running or doing any other type of exercise, blah. and I hate running on a treadmill, so that’s out.

That’s it, no more excuses! I’m running tomorrow right after I do my yoga. I get up at 5, do yoga till 530. Starting tomorrow I am out the door then.

Today’s Goals
30 minutes yoga
45 minutes elliptical
120 oz. water
One serving meals, no seconds
No salt added to food
Raw veggies for snacks, Raw fruit for dessert
Bedtime when sleepy, Wakeup 5am
Today’s Weight – 146 pounds

It feels a little strange to ‘only’ have 17 pounds to lose compared with before. But I realize I still have to bring the same level of intensity to my workouts and the same frame of mind regarding food if I truly want to get the rest of this weight off me. It’s kind of hard because I’m not getting the same kind of support…now I have both strangers and friends telling me that I don’t need to lose any more weight and that I look fine just the way I am now. They say things like You don’t want your ribs to show! or Don’t you want to look like a real woman!

I am not certain why they think that at 5’6 and 130 pounds my ribs would show or I would look gaunt. When I was this weight years and years ago my ribs did not show and I did not look sickly or too skinny. I also wonder why they think being trim and fit would mean I no longer looked like a ‘real’ woman. Are only fat women ‘real’ women??? What does this mean, that I have to overeat and resume a low activity lifestyle in order to be ‘real’? Because that is why I was fat. I don’t know about anybody else who is overweight, but that is why I was fat. And I am not going to be fat again for anybody.

Today’s Goals
30 minutes yoga
45 minutes elliptical
120 oz. water
One serving meals, no seconds
No salt added to food
Raw veggies for snacks, Raw fruit for dessert
Bedtime when sleepy, Wakeup 5am
Today’s Weight – 147 pounds