Can you say sore???

Let's say it together... SORE!!!! Ugh, so yesterday I finally downloaded the songs I wanted on my MP3 player for working out and it was great... they totally motivated, especially Toxic from Britney Spears and Dirrty from Christina Aguilera!!! Anyhoo- I kicked my own ass... I was on the Gazelle for almost 25 minutes but 1) I am not in any kind of shape yet and 2) I was working it and feeling the burn... ahh. I suppose I am satisfied with my soreness though and I am hoping I can find my Pilates DVD so I can use that instead today.
Today would have been my weigh-in day and I am fighting the urge so hard... but I know it will be worth it when I hop on there next Wednesday (at least I hope it will be) so I am looking forward to it; also it is kind of motivational because I know I would be totally disappointed in myself if I didn't lose any weight in two weeks time so it makes me want to work hard and eat right... yippee skippee!

Next Monday...

So I saw on Becky's sight that she wants to lose so many amount of pounds by sometime around August and she is doing the countdown by days... so I thought to myself, hmm, she started at 180 days, when do my 180 days start? Well, here is my FYI for the day: Starting Monday, February 5th, I have 180 days until the wedding... and if I want to lose 60 pounds by the wedding, that means starting Monday I would need to lose a pound every three days (I am pretty sure that my math is right). I can't decide if that is scary or if it is a good thing...

YAY for me!!!

Hmm... so the weekend went by okay. I really did put the scale into the closet but not before I weighed myself one more time... ahh, at least two of the scary pounds that had shown up were gone so Amen to that! Also, I worked out on Saturday morning... YES! It was the first thing I did that morning... I did 20 minutes on the exercise ball, and about 6 minutes on the treadmill and then took the puppy for a good walk outside... I felt so good, it was a nice way to start the day. Unfortunately I didn't get in any exercise yesterday as it was a crazy busy day and I haven't gotten any in yet today but that's because I have an interview this morning so I want to be all ready and try to get as much done before the baby wakes up... so I will probably do it when I get back home... will update when after I exercise!
Also, I am having my sister do my measurements so I have a better idea of what my body is doing and not doing... that should be interesting!

Just A Number

That was the title of an email I got from the Biggest Loser Club. I am not an official member because I don't want to pay to be a member of the club... but because I gave them my initial information, they send me the teaser emails- you know, a bit of information but you have to be a member to get the whole kit and caboodle- and 'Just Another Number' was the title of the one I got yesterday Anywho- I'm glad I did get it when I did because I had been working out for a few days and lo and behold I hop on the scale feeling all good about myself and the damn thing said I gained four pounds!!! Yikes... but like I said, I was feeling really good about myself and I was having more energy and muscles were feeling tighter and maybe even a bit sore... so I thought to myself, I am not going to weigh myself for a couple of weeks because I don't want the damn machine discouraging me... make sense?!?!?

And then... my BLC teaser email vindicated me!!!! I am going to share not only so you all can see what I am talking about but also because it looks like at least a couple of you could use the information to your benefit as well =)

Fitness expert Michael Scholtz responds:

Remember, changing scales doesn't change your weight, it just changes the number at which the machine registers your weight.
This is an important moment. The frustration with the numbers you're seeing is real and understandable when you're working hard. If the numbers and the illusion of starting over make you lose focus on all the things you're doing right, then you risk letting this situation cause you to give up what you have accomplished so far.
What is more important, the way you feel about what you've done or what the scale has to say about it?
It's an important question!

Now then, I don't know about you but it made me feel better... so, alas, I won't be weighing in for a couple of weeks; as a matter of fact, I am going to put the scale in the closer and I will weigh in on February 7th!!!

'Nother Update

And I did it!!! Oh yes... I just worked out for 35 minutes... 22 of them on the Gazelle and then I spent some time with the elastic bands... and I can definitely feel it in my arms! Woohoo, go me!

Quick Update

So I just posted, I know, but I just went in to change my ticker and update... remember I said by little man's 7 month birthday I would be at least down to my pre-pregnancy, post-honeymoon weight... that is 238; well, I decided I would be at 235 by Valentine's day... that's 16 pounds!!! Anyhoo, I just went to tickerfactory.com to change my ticker and chose to do a weight loss ticker- duh!- and they have these cool new features: you enter the date and your current weight and as you update your ticker with your weight loss tickerfactory plots the weightloss using the dates entered, you also don't have to recreate a ticker everytime you want to update it which is awesome and, not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but not only does it show current weight, starting weight, and goal weight, ummmm, it also shows the corresponding BMI- boy do I have quite the body mass... ugh.
That's my update!

Down Again...

It feels so good to write that... I didn't write yesterday because I forgot to weigh myself so I weighed myself this morning... 251! Woohoo! I am hoping to be at 245 by the end of the month. Even though that doesn't seem like a lot to me I realize it is three pounds each week... that's a lot. I'm excited, I feel good about things and I am finally starting to look forward to this weight loss adventure...

LOL- I now have 91 pounds til goal! Yipes! I have a very special occasion on August 4th to attend- I am going to be in a wedding- and I bought my dress in a motivational size so I don't really have a choice... I am hoping to lose 60-70 pounds by then which mean I will probably end up in the 190s somewhere... we can hope! I had initially tried on a size 20 and it was a bit too big and size 18 fit (well, everywhere but the chest but there's nothing I can do with those things) so I got the dress in a size 14... I am an optimist but that doesn't mean I have forgotten that I have hips and a butt!!! tee hee.

My baby just turned 6 months old yesterday and I am disappointed in myself that I am still 11 pounds over my pre-pregnancy, post-honeymoon weight... by the time he turns 7 months, I won't be!

My sister called me this morning to ask me if I had read Bob Greene's plan for weight loss in the new O magazine; I haven't so she is going to give me a copy and the way she made it sound I guess we are going to do it together... should be interesting. I am going to go onto Oprah's site to see if I can get some more info before my sis gives me the article this weekend. (my sister also bought a motivation dress... she's a size smaller cause she doesn't have my chest :sigh:)

Alrighty then, I am expecting a phone call in about 20 minutes and then I am going to work out afterwards... yay!
AND before I forget, yesterday was my first, full no chocolate day!!! YES! NO CHOCOLATE!!!

Down!

Even it is only one pound... at least I am not maintaining at 257 anymore!!! Woohoo.

Let's see, would that be one small step for weightloss, one giant leap for Tiff! (or something like that)

Overall, I have been pretty proud of myself eating-wise while being here at home. I know I have a tendency to eat much more if I am home a lot and bored and so forth but no! I bought healthy foods at the store so that's what is in my house... and I haven't felt the need to eat portions way out of hand! Both of the grocery stores in my area have Lean Cuisines on sale so I am going to stock up and put them in my new chest freezer for when I go back to work...

That's about it on the homefront... I am going to check on the National Body Challenge- I did it a couple of years ago and lost around 30 pounds so I want to do it again and I know it starts soon.

Oh yeah, and I guess that wasn't about all... my sister is getting married in Auguat and we are going to look at our dresses on Monday... I told her on the phone last night though that I wasn't going to buy mine tomorrow considering I would be at least 60-70 pounds less by then- YES! I said that outloud- so I will be buying my dress when it goes on sale again around June/July!!! Yikes.

2.5.4.

I tell you what, if I had to maintain at 254 I would be stellar!!! But alas, I would like to be almost 100 pounds less than that so the maintaining is definitely not to my favor, blegh. I haven't weighed myself in the last couple of days and I forgot to on weigh-in Wednesday- I was in a rush- but I am hoping to be down at least a couple of pounds when this Wednesday rolls around. On the bright side, at least I didn't gain any weight over the holidays so that is an accomplishment in itself I suppose.

Moving on, I had been meaning to post... the hubby surprised me this Christmas and quite a few of his gifts were part a theme... a get fit theme. He meant no offense, he just knew it was something I really wanted to do! So, I got a pilates ring, tension bands, free hand weights, exercise ball and DVD, pedometer (with FM radio) and... the piece de resistance: a treadmill!!! My big surprise. Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to use any of it yet because I had an infection last week and was forced to rest... but I am hoping to give it a go today!

And in other news, my brain, I believe, has finally gotten to a healthier place in terms of food and such. I don't have any want or hankering for fast food, junk food (mm, think potato chips and things along those lines)... so I am really happy with that and I think one of the things I will give up for lent will be chocolate to get this last thing out of my system!

YAY! I am feeling really good... did I mention we went on a pretty good hike on Saturday cause the weather here in PA was around 70 degrees!!!! WTF?!?!? Me, the hubby, I had the baby strapped on me in his carrier (so I hiked with an extra 20 pounds on me) and the puppy... (um, the hubby got us a puppy for Christmas... what in the world?). We had a really good time and now I am ready for Spring, especially because this Winter is sucking so hard.

Happy Monday!