Stinking Knees

I got in a good running routine and then every time I ran my knees would swell up. So I have been doing other excersizes and watching what I am eating. What do you know the weight is starting to come off. Inches are coming off too which makes me feel better when my clothes are getting a little loose. I also started playing Church Basketball with my ward. What an eye opener! Holy smokes there is nothing like showing many people just how out of shape you are. Good times. The ladies in my ward are so wonderful and supportive and I love playing with them. It makes life so much fun. We have a game tonight and hopefully we play a little bit better this game. Our first game just happened to be against the team that won region for the past 4 years, play rec ball together, and have played together for many years. We didn't stand a chance! All things considered we bonded over the game and got in a great workout :o)

Run Run Run as fast and you can ...

I want to be a runner.

I have wanted to be a runner for a long time.

But I am not a runner.

I have this voice in my head that says - you can't run you weigh too much - your lungs wont let you run - just sleep a little longer you can run tomorrow.

You get the idea. It is probably the same voice that says go ahead eat the ice cream, and cookies, and cake, and candy. Well I told the voice to shove it in the last couple of weeks.

Who knew that buying a new pair of pants would spark a whole new Kristy? Buying jeans is one of my least favorite things. I either have flab that hangs over the top of the pants or the butt and legs in the pants are HUGE and do not fit me right. I found a pair that fit ok but it made me so mad that I have not taken care of myself so that night I started running. I walked a mile and ran a mile. .25 walking .50 running .25 walking .50 running and .50 walking. I did this for my workout for the week. I did it 4 times. I made a goal to be able to run a whole mile by the beginning of the new year. I thought that it might be a stretch, but figured I would push myself.

Well one week later not only did I run a mile I ran 1.25 miles! You can not even know how proud I was of myself. So today I did the same run and I felt great after. It was a little bit harder today but I did it. The benefits have been awesome because I feel better, I lost 6 pounds in a week and a half and I have been making better eating choices. I find myself choosing fruits instead of junky food. If I can lose 10 more pounds by my birthday I would LOVE it but that only gives me 9 days. I don't know if it will happen but I will sure give it a go!

Back to the Beginning!

Well I am back to within 1 pound of my starting weight since I started this blog. I am going to try really hard to get below that point for next week. The past 2 months have been really hard on me. Our whole family has been sick since the beginning of October. It is getting very old. And to top it off the weather just changed again so the wonderful asthma lungs are not helping. Micah and I have been having hard time breathing lately. So needless to say workouts have not been happening. But I am happy that the changes in eating habits have been helping. I have been considering joining Weight Watchers. I need some accountability :o). I am still undecided but as my Mom told me ... she has not regretted joining. And the changes she has made to her cooking has helped my Dad lose weight too. I hope that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy those wonderful Thanksgiving dinners - but not too much! LOL and have fun Black Friday shopping if that is something you enjoy. I have to admit that I enjoy it. I know I am crazy but what can you do!

No Change

I did not really have high expectations for this past week. I didn't really eat like I wanted and I just felt off my groove :o). I found out why on Friday. Makayla, Micah and I found out that we had strep throat. YUCK! No wonder water was yucky and I was super tired. But the good news is that I stayed the same and did not gain weight. I hope to get back on a good track this week so hopefully next week those numbers will start going down again. Hope you are all hanging in there. I have struggled a little bit because I LOVE love LOVE Halloween candy. And to top it off we have about 4 more Halloween parties. But I have found it easier to only eat one or not at all. I realized that since I have been trying to improve my eating habits my tummy gets upset when I eat the bad stuff. Hope that this streak continues, I don't know how well my self control will hold out!

3

3 pounds lost last week! I have been shooting for 1 - 2 pounds a week so 3 was super exciting. Especially since I haven't really been exercising. I am hoping to get into my new exercise routine by next week so hopefully that helps :o) hope to have success this week too.

Back on the Wagon!

Well after gaining 10 pounds of emotional eating weight ... I am happy to say that I lost 3 of those pounds. I was really good at walking almost every day of the week. Pushing kids up a totally wicked hill to get Makayla to school twice a day was doing me good. But I got in the habit of driving instead. Not good! I am doing my best to exercise in other ways every day.

Here is my new motto

Eat Less, Move More!

Clint is working out more and that helps to motivate me too. I just bought a notebook that is going everywhere with me. It is my food Journal. I have realized when you have to write everything down that you eat you think twice about eating it. I really hope it makes me think about why I am eating and that it will help the emotional eating and the eating just because. I am trying to program my brain to only eat when I am hungry.

I have a new goal to work out for 30 minutes every day. I find when I do the every other day or 3 days a week I justify I can use another day of rest and stop working out. I turn 29 this December, I am giving myself until I turn 30 to reach my goal weight. So I have one year and 2 months to get 53 pounds off my body and keep it off. It will be so nice to have more energy and what equals to my 5 year old off my body. It is nuts to think that I am carrying around Makayla with me always. Man no wonder I get so tired :o)

So keep checking back - if anyone even reads this - and share in my triumphs, disappointments, and progress!

UGH!!

Well weight loss has been on my back burner lately. I know, I know, it should be right on the front but life has dictated otherwise. I have been stressed about so many things and what did I do? That's right not exercise very much and eat poopy food.

My hopes are to be able to get my stats restarted this weekend with measurements and pictures and next week let the butt kicking begin!

Slacker

I have been a total slacker. I was so good for the first two weeks then stress and life hit and I have not been weighing myself, eating the way I need to or exercising. I put myself last and I have got to stop doing that. I need to get it through my head that by becoming a healthier person I will be a better Mommy and wife. Well a better me! I am trying to come up with a plan. Hopefully there will be better posts in the near future :o)

Optimistic

We spent Memorial Day weekend in Mayfield with Clint's family. We had so much fun and we spent a little time at the Scandinavian Festival in Ephraim on Saturday. There are lots of hand crafted things to buy and I saw a plaque that said it all

It's hard to be

Optimistic

when your

"fat pants"

are tight

After a little giggle I realized this is how I have been feeling lately. I am tired of my clothes not fitting but my motivation has been so low lately. Clint has been great and we are both keeping each other moving. We went on a family walk last night and played on the playground over at the elementary school. I have been horrible about getting my measurements and weigh in's done so this week I am hoping to post them :o)

Here is to a good week and hope you have a great week too!

Water!

My goal for the week is to drink lots of water. At least 64 ounces a day. So far so good. I realized that the reason I have been feeling kinda yucky lately is because I was dehydrated. I also have been using water as a snack deterrent! I want to eat something unhealthy - grab that water bottle and drink lots of water. Now water is not my most favorite thing so I will mix it up with Crystal Light or Sugar Free Hawaiian Punch (love those little mix packets) I feel great and hope it will show on my next weigh in.

As for me this week I have not been doing my exercises as much as I should but I have been focusing mostly on what I am eating and trying to move more. I just gotta move my butt!!