2 Minute Break

Ok, I haven't posted squat because I've been overwhelmed this last week. I promise once this major thing is off my plate (hopefully tonight) I will blog away. In a nutshell, I think I've lost a pound, it's hard to weigh myself naked on the scale when I have people sleeping in my livingroom. I'm not complaining, I'm glad they are here, it's just harder. As for exercise, I have a crib in my living room as well so I haven't done anything other then play with the dog outside and try my new jumping rope (I need lots of practice, I could only do 3 jumps, my legs find the impact hard).

This is life in a quick nutshell...

I will post more by tomorrow (if all projects are completed)

Hugs
Sassle!

Prevention Rocks!

Mama Bear June had mentioned that Prevention Magazine had great strength training exercises but nothing prepared me for what their website had to offer! Wow, it's a gold mine!! I've been watching some of their videos and can't wait to start working those moves!

They have so much on their site and so far it's all FREE, I love FREE, it's fun and economical LOL. I found some great strength training video clips, how to shrink my belly (I need this one), yoga, get better sleep, shrink and firm thighs, information on peri-menopause, walking and so much more! I don't know where to start LOL.

What I do plan on doing is preparing what it is I want to work on this week, save the exercises on my Favorites so I can do them in the proper order. I need to do the workout in my office though since that's where the computer is.

I will create a schedule for the week and post it here!

My company is on it's way!

Now back to our regularly scheduled program...

Current Weight: 266 (-2 lbs) no change!

Here is my food for the day:

B: Shredded wheat w/ .5 cup of milk
L: egg salad w/ham 1 oz mozzarella cheese and whole wheat bread
D: whole wheat organic rice w/ground turkey and fat free sugar free BBQ sauce

Snack: 1 clementine, 1 banana (if bananas are ripe)
Snack2: pudding w/tbsp whipped cream

Exercise:
nothing for today (yes again, how bad do I want this) but I'm preparing the schedule today and plan on doing some serious working out while my stepdaughter and grandchildren are over. I will post my schedule sometime today!

Plan for the day:
Finish this project (no it's still not finished, I'm a huge procrastinator what is wrong with me!!) enjoy my family, get my other work done, clean home, create exercise schedule for the week and at the very least prepare it for tomorrow so that nothing stops me from doing what I'm supposed to do for my health!

Luck!!!

Just a little note

I'm expecting company this week, my stepdaughter and grandchildren are coming over for Spring Break and some serious Gramma love, especially since my son-in-law left today for his second tour of duty. They are in need of escapism and affection, I'm here to oblige. I've already told them we'll be working out together and eating well and everyone (including my 6.5 year old granddaughter) is gung ho!

Week One Day 4 of the SHSC

Current Weight: 266 (-2 lbs)

I have to start by saying this... Thank You to all who have posted strength training suggestions for me. What a great group of friends I have, I'm blessed beyond words. I am working on a work deadline that has to be done before I go to bed tomorrow night so I'm a bit behind in checking things out but once this is completed I will look at everything thoroughly.

I finally took courage and changed my profile pic to what I think is a decent picture of myself taken yesterday while outside playing with the dog. It's amazing how much courage it took, it was easier to show my body (in clothes) then my face. I've said this before, it's like I was afraid someone would recognize me and then I thought, um if someone does then they know I am fat! So that's me Sassle.

Another reason I'm showing myself is because I find it makes me more accountable. It's easier for me to hide and not say anything, not participate and the end result is I'm obese, but since I am showing myself and my stats, my competitive nature won't allow me to fail (well let's hope not).

I read Prior Fat Girl's post yesterday about "how bad do you want it" and it struck a cord inside of me, it's been in my head since, top that off with Annalisa's post about reaching her full potential and I've come to the conclusion that I'm not working this plan hard enough, most certainly not as hard as I am capable of. Once this work project is done, I can finally concentrate on what it is I need to do to live a healthier life. In the meantime I'm still following the SBD, I'm not cheating, it's just that I know I can do more, I can do better. This project has been haunting me for a while now and I've got to get'er done.

Here is my food for the day:

B: Sassle's delicious Quiche
L: Chicken w/tbsp light mayo, slice whole wheat bread
D: Pasta w/Sassle's marinara

Snack: 1 clementine, 1 banana (if bananas are ripe)
Snack2: pudding w/tbsp whipped cream

Exercise:
nothing for today, I won't even pretend, but I will start on Monday (gosh I hate those words)

Plan for the day:
Finish this project!!!


Please Wish me Luck!!!

Week One Day 3 of The Sizzling Hot Summer Challenge

Current Weight: 266 (-2 lbs)

Hubby is off to work for the next 10 hours and I feel this sudden loneliness, I miss him and he just left. I love my husband, he's good, he's kind, he's loving, he's smart he has so many qualities that I can't for the life of me at this moment remember any of his faults. I don't feel like looking for them either.

It's 1:50pm CT at this moment and all I've eaten is breakfast, after this post I will once again have a bowl of my delicious chili, lucky for me, I don't mind eating the same thing over and over again.

I promise myself (please Sassle keep this promise) that I will do Leslie's 1 Mile video today. I am asking all fellow bloggers, do you know of an online site where I could find a good strength training regiment with samples. I only have dumbbells so I'm limited but I really want to do this, I know it'll help me sculpt my body which is what I need. Any suggestions are welcomed.

Here is my food for the day:

B: Sassle's delicious Quiche
L: Sassle's delicious Chili
D: Pasta w/Sassle's marinara

Snack: 1 clementine, 1 banana (if bananas are ripe)
Snack2: pudding w/tbsp whipped cream

Exercise:
1 mile WATP get up and get started

Plan for the day:
Start on work project that must be finished in 3 days, play fetch with dog, take dog for walk, work from 5 to 8, tidy up house, eat right, exercise and have some me time.

Wish me Luck!!!

Games my mind plays...

The weirdest thing happened yesterday. I kept thinking I cheated on the plan. I physically felt as though I cheated, I emotionally felt as though I cheated and I kept having to remind myself that I hadn't cheated. I wonder what triggered the emotion, 2 thoughts came to mind; one being that I haven't been physically active except for playing fetch with the dog and going up and down the stairs numerous times a day, I believe that's playing with my psyche and I'm feeling guilty about it. The second being that I made turkey chili (good gawd it's delicious) and it fills my tummy up and it makes me feel bloated and full (and gaseous). I think since I don't eat like I used to, now I eat and I'm satisfied, never full, just satisfied, chili makes me very full which I associate that feeling with the feelings of a binge. Am I making sense? I've been asking that question a lot lately.

In spite of what I promised myself I went and weighed myself, even though I know I ate chili, even though I know I'm on my period, I just had to weigh myself, it's another one of those things I can't seem to control and the result was a 2 lbs loss. I was stunned to say the least. I got on the scale 3 times just to make sure and yes I'm now at a slim trim 266 lbs. :D

I would like to thank you all for the support I'm getting, not only for the Sizzling Hot Summer Challenge but for everything. You are a great group of people and I totally appreciate you all. I am totally blessed to have such good online friends.

Promises and random thoughts

I don't know if I should be happy or not, I just started TOM and silly me had some of my delicious turkey chili for dinner, so I feel shall we say bloated (to say the least). I guess that explains (or so I hope) why I haven't lost since my weigh-in on the 26th. I am going to do myself a big favor, I will weigh myself only next Wednesday, not a day before or else I will end up playing mind games with myself because if the scale goes up just 1 pound (or more) I will feel all down and out and dislike myself and start having all these negative thoughts. So I will stay away from the scale until the morning of the 8th.

Which brings to mind the Sizzling Hot Summer Challenge, I just counted the number of weeks I will be on the challenge and it's 9 weeks which is fantastic and that means my goal of losing 20 pounds by then is doable! Do you realize how happy I will be to weigh 248 by May 27th, I may even lose more for all I know!

Which brings to mind another promise I'm making to myself, I'm going to start exercising in the morning. Hubby leaves for work tomorrow at 9:30, I will do my Leslie Sansone at 9:35am. Because I haven't been exercising in almost a week and that's bad (another reason I don't see a loss). When I wait to long I don't want to do it anymore, plus I started a new job where I work from home at night from 5:00CT to 8:00CT 5 days a week and if I'm behind I can catch up on weekends. Between preparing dinner, working out, getting my puppy all fed and walked, I just don't want to devote any time to myself. That's what it is, I don't take the exercise as something vital to my health, I think of it as a chore, as something I can avoid, I must change my mindset on that.

I have a non scale victory, the pants I've started wearing are all size 22, I was a 26 and there was only one pair of pants that fit me which I wore to my AA meetings, aside from that I was in sweats. Another non scale victory is when I go to sleep my 2 cats sleep on my side of the bed, they wrap themselves around me and if I should have to get up in the middle of the night, I'm one of those people who lets the cats stay in the bed while I get up, anyway I can easily bring my feet to my chest and slide out of the bed whereas before I had to hold my breath, wriggle around and sometimes I'd accidentally kick one of the kitties :( not anymore though!!

I'm feeling good, time to let the dog out, brush my teeth and get ready for bed, I have a long few days ahead of me but the good news is once this one project is out of my way come Sunday, I'll have so much more head space to think and deal with new stuff, but until then it's a monkey on my shoulder and a heavy one at that.

Thanks everyone for all your support!

Sassle!