lose 20 lbs

been watching my diet and traveling which means exercising. I feel good. but need to work more

Weighed in at 229 this morning. 1 more lb to go. w00t!

So after all this stress about not eating right and no exercise and having fallen off all of my goals, I was happy to see a small loss.

LW: 191
CW: 189

Maybe it was all the box moving? Either way, I’ll take it!

STARTED 2 WEEKS AGO – (05/26/09)
START 200 LBS GOAL 180

So I’ve managed to maintain my 15lb loss but I’ve been slacking and haven’t lost anymore weight. So I’m going back to my calorie counting.

I have no expectations right now.

I’m not doing as well as I’d like to. All this stress from moving and hurting my back is throwing me off.

But I must say, yesterday I had the chance to take a sip of my son’s vanilla milkshake. He was doing so good and being so helpful with the move that we treated him to a small one.

Well, at one point, I picked it up, shook it a bit, but then I put it down, knowing it wasn’t worth it.

Now I did eat some cake on Saturday at a party but so far, I’ve been pretty good about cutting out the sweets.

As for exercise….nope! With my back out and all my time being spent moving boxes to our new home, I haven’t had the energy or the time to fit it in. I guess picking up the boxes and carrying them is some type of exercise but not the kind I need.

Alright, I didn’t gain and I lost one.

LW: 190
CW: 189

SO at least it’s going down.

But I’m starting my new habit tonight and that this is exercise for 30 minutes everyday.

So I gotta push past this knee problem and try to get some movement in everyday.

Tonight I’ll do my yoga DVD since it’s not to strenuous on the joints.

I’m kinda slackin’ here.

I ate horribly yesterday and I haven’t attempted a work-out (a serious one at least) since Sunday.

And all because of my knee.

I was walking with my son is his jogger on Sunday. The plan was to walk to the grocery store where my SO would meet us. We’d get our stuff for a BBQ the next day and then he’d take the groceries back while I walked home. It’d be a good 40 minute burn.

Well half way to the store, a funny popping sensation in my right knew went from a “funny sensation” to a painful one.

So I had to sit down and wait for my SO to meet with us and do the shopping together. Since then it’s not been the same. If I fully bend and then extend my knee, it pops on the right side and tehre can be pain with it. But not always.

I don’t know what I’ll do for exercise since I don’t have any low impact options currently. I’ll have a pool at my disposal in about 2 weeks after we’ve moved to our new place.

Till then I’ll play it by ear. Maybe I’ll try a DVD tonight and just keep it low-key.

Hi, I’m currently very unhappy with my body at the moment. I don’t have any current health problems yet, but I’m so unhappy with the outside that I’m unhealthy on the inside.

After at least a good year of self-abandonment, I gained at least 40 pounds. I was depressed and eating beyond physical and emotional comfort took its toll on my body, but I’m ready to be happy and feel beautiful again. I think this site can help motivate me toward my goals with weight loss.

Since I’m already on the internet every night, I think it’s a good idea if I keep coming to this site nightly to update on my progress.

So far I came up with some ideas:
-Diet/low calorie beverages and water is allowed.
-No eating before 4:00 PM
-No eating after 10:00 PM
-ONE plate of dinner only
-Hr of cardio exercise DAILY (not currently trying to build muscle but trying to burn fat and calories)
-900 calorie maximum
-Once a week to eat whatever but not too much
-150 stomach crunches
-Grading system depending on performance of that day.

Penalty system:
Sugary or high calorie drinks- HC drinks deducted from “free” day on that week.
Food before 4:00 PM- hours/minutes prior to 4:00 PM later next day (example: previous day ate 1:30 before 4:00 PM, so next day 1:30 past 4; 5:30 PM)
After 10:00 PM- # hrs/minutes after 10 PM earlier next day (example: previous day ate 1:30 past 10, so next day cannot eat 1:30 prior to 10 PM; 8:30 PM)
More than one plate of dinner- only half a plate of dinner next day
No exercise- double amt of exercise to 1 hr next day
No/less stomach crunches- Add # stomach crunches not completed to next day’s set.
More than one “free” day- No free day next week
Over 900 calories- # over 900 calories deducted from next day’s calorie count.

So this week I worked out each day. I didn’t today because we were out later than usual and I think my muscles need a break.

Yesterday I burned 118 calories in 28 minutes. Lower because I didn’t do cardio. I did a yoga DVD that was very good. My muscles sure feel it!

Sunday I didn’t go a formal exercise but I went to the zoo and Disneyland where I walked and pushed my son’s stroller for over 7 hours!

Yeah it was long day and I just considered my walking around exercise enough.