Lostin2007's Blog

Hi! How is everyone?

I'm good. :)  I still haven't lost anything. So now i'm in the process of going over everything i've been eating. I know i was calculating an energy drink wrong, so that was probably hurting me some. I know i've been maintaining but i'm ready to start losing again. I know i'm getting ready to lose, the scale keeps going back and forth between two numbers. Maybe i've gained some muscle too, They always say that weighs more than fat. I'm bound and determined to lose, especially since i have alot more to go. I know something is changing because my pants are starting to get loose.

I've been walking on my lunch breaks and my days off using my little mp3 player. I still love it!! So probably exercise about 3-5 days a week, depending on if it rains or not. I don't walk in the rain. lol I've also been doing the firm strength training part. They say to start out slowly and just use the 1 pound weight, well i think i'm past that already. It feels like i'm not lifting anything. lol So the next step is to go to the 2 pound weight. woohooo!

I've been doing a little experiment. I've been having alot of trouble sleeping. My mind just races and i can't stop , so i only get like 5 hours a sleep a night. So for the past week i've started reading an hour before i want to go to sleep, It relaxes me enough that i get so tired i fall right to sleep and i wake up when my alarm goes off.  I've been sleeping about 7 hours a night woohooo! I'm starting to feel so much better.  I'm going to continue to do that until it doesn't work anymore.

The book i've been reading right now is The Grapes of Wrath. It is so good. I've only read about 100 pages but it is an excellent book.  

I'm still working about 70 hours a week saving money for school. So nothing new with that.

I'm off to read. Hope you have a great week!  

*hugs* 

 I got a new mp3 player! It is so cute! And it is so tiny. lol It's the size of a car alarm keychain and it already has a clip on it so I don't have to be a special case for it. I LOVE IT! Best of all, it actually works. I got it at walmart for about $40, here's a picture of it . It is so easy to use too.

So I've been walking on my lunch breaks at work and then have been using the firm strength training at home. The scale is getting ready to move too. It keeps going back and forth between two numbers. lol I don't count it unless the number stays the same for a week. lol I can tell a difference though because my pants are getting loose and I'm now wearing an XL shirt!!! Woooohooooooooooooooooo! *dances around the room* (I used to be in a 3x.)

Other than that, not much else is new, just working alot and saving money for school.  I'm trying to get rest when i can. I know it will all be worth it in the end! I'm off to sleep, i'm exhausted.

*hugs* 

Wow i got lost again. lol

Not much new going on here right now. Still working 70 hour work weeks.

I've still been following weight watchers. I still haven't lost any though, which is very frustrating. Although, a weight watcher friend pointed out to me, that i should be proud. I'm like why i haven't lost in months and months. She said because you've maintained the weight. You haven't gained a single pound back. I hadn't thought about it like that before. So I'm not as frustrated because i have maintained. woooohooooo go me!

I did learn a very important lesson. lol I recently bought The Firm, which is a exercise system, comes with weights and 4 dvd's that consist of aerobics and strength training. I bought it on clearance at work. lol It was originally $50 and i paid $13 for it. It's a very intense workout. So intense that it says it guarantees visible results in 10 workouts. I truly believe this is possible. Last week i did an hour work out of strength training. I felt great and thought wow that wasn't that hard. OMG I HURT SO BAD THE NEXT MORNING. I was taking ibuprofen for days. It took me 3 days to return back to normal. rofl I had to take a break from it. lol

So the lesson learned is this, START SLOWLY when starting an exercise plan. If you don't normally workout, don't do an hour's worth of strength training. rofl. You would think that would be common sense but i was excited and knew i could do it. I started using it again Monday night and only doing 30 minutes worth of exercise. I did another 30 minutes tonight. I figure i'll go with 30 minutes a day and build up to an hour's worth.

I know it's just a matter of time before I start losing again. I can feel it!  

Not much else going on here. Hope everyone is doing ok.

*hugs*