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May 27 It doesn't get easierWell I wish I could say it gets easier but alas it does not. I am finally down to 249 but stuck at that for a month now less than fifty pounds from my main goal and I am sucking wind hard.................. It seems like the better I do the easier it is to blow it. If only we all had bob it would make it easier they make it seem so easy on biggest loser but the hard truth is that it isn't. You try and try you fail and fail skinny people can't understand hell i don't understand I work out more than most people I know yet still I exist as a porker. Alas enough with the crying tommorro is a new day and a new work out I hope everyone is well. May 26 Rough couple of weeks...We are fighting the internal and external fat-seeking food groups! No joke. Tomorrow is a new day and both Pat and I are resolved to get back on the wagon and continue our journey. We have had a couple of bad weeks... stress eating, eating to eat, eating things we should not be eating, trying to ruin all of our hardwork. But this time.... we are stopping the vicious cycle once again and going to start eating better before all the pounds and inches have found us once again. I have to say, we are still exercising but we are eating the calories burned, instead of watching the things we put in our mouths and the quantities. So, here we go again...this time, just like all the other times we have to motivate each other because we really don't have anyone else. I have put away my baker's apron and have decided I cannot bake those yummy cookies and cakes because we eat them :( So, back to the WW boards for recipes we can eat, no more trips out to eat for awhile. It will save us money in this crappy economy. The good thing is exercise is always free, so no excuses about not being able to afford it. We can afford the exercise and our bodies and souls will be much happier for it. As difficult as it is to get on the scale I am a much more motivated person when I see the numbers going down then when I see them going up. The evil scale and I will have to become friends... is that even possible? It seems like it is always so much easier to lose weight when the BL is in season. The motivational factor of the show is amazing!!!! I guess it is a good thing we have them DVR'd time to break out the last season and find the motivation we had for a good three months! My sister is still getting married in August and I have found a really cute shirt I would like to fit in by that date, so I have put it in a place I can see it and I am hoping that will give me some motivation, because I will look totally HOT in it and I would love for my husband to be proud of my accomplishment... especially in the weight department. Well, I am off to finish some work.... getting some sleep and then getting up in the morning to do a cardio workout before work so when I get home tomorrow night I can focus on homework and feeling good about my food choices throughout the day!!! For any who are lurking.... leave us a message... we would love to hear from you!!!!
good night May 13 Long time no blog....How time passes. I am playing with the same 6 pounds.... for the past month. Why? I think I am self sabatouging myself. I get to a weight and I am excited and then I slow down my progress. I realize I must continue to have motivation, but I am finding motivation to be a hard concept to grasp. School is going well, 5 classes left to my degree.... it is so close yet so far :o) Pat is doing AMAZING!!! I cannot say enough good things about him. He is down 30 + pounds and kicking butt. I feel so much better when I am exercising and eating right and in all honesty eating right is not the problem, it is the motivation to exercise. Pat says 25 minutes and who does not have 25 minutes of down time when they can do a little cardio or a ball workout? My life is full of excuses.... and that would be me. I would prefer to sleep rather than exercise or do something that does not require as much energy. Sad fact but a true one :o) I am working on getting back on track this week and so far it has gone pretty good. I have not exercised.... but have worked on eating habits. Positive self talk is something I am trying to do more often. I see changes in my body, in my face, and in my outlook. Stress is an evil creature and one that makes me want to eat something sweet... not sugar free sweet but real live rich and sweet.... knowing I should be eating fruit or a sugar free treat but sometimes the sugar fix is needed. Is this an excuse? I don't know. I want to believe it is not. I want to feel it is ok to eat something that may not be good for me but stop at that one instance, not fall into the old way of thinking I can start again tomorrow. If I am not careful, tomorrow will NEVER get here. I find it easier to eat healthy at work when I take breakfast, lunch and snacks. I know I can always go to Subway for a great lunch or supper. I know I can eat my oatmeal for breakfast, a banana for snack and start my day with a large glass of ice water... I treat myself once or twice a week to a nonfat, sugar free latte...I have downgraded my size from large to medium and now can usually feel just as satisfied with a small. With the nicer weather I hope I will feel better about going out for a walk with the dog. I am really going to make an effort to blog more, it helps me with motivation and when I started this journey it certainly was not to quit when the motivation waned. I will be successful... I will be proud of me and I am hoping my husband can be just as proud of me...goals accomplished for both of us. |
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