Weight Loss

Hey Everyone!!

So my section of New England does not seem to be getting the hurricane as bad as everyone else, thank God. We had lots of rain this morning and high winds but no major destruction or anything. There are lots of flooded roads on the highway and trees are down all over MA. Right now things are calm, I'm not sure if the winds will pick up again, I am watching the weather now. Thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who has been severely effected!!!

So more lap band related, I have finally hit another 1lb lost! I'm really excited about this, it feels like forever since I've lost anything. I don't think I am going to do Wednesday Weigh In's for a while because now that I am not loosing consistently it is almost depressing to post week after week that I have stayed the same. I am just going to post whenever I feel like it, that will be a nice change, we will see how this works!!

Only one more pound to go until I hit my next mini goal which is 156lbs!! Ya baby!
Check out this NEW BLOG!!!Joslin  @  http://www.canuckbanditmusings.blogspot.com/

I'm alive!!

Hey Everyone!

I'm alive!!! =) I don't really know what has happened to me lately I have just been really busy in life and have found myself hardly online. I have also not been working hard at eating right and working out. I'm actually thinking that it might time for a fill. The only time I end up having any any issues is when I eat too fast, otherwise I can eat pretty much whatever. I think I am going to call Pam and see when I can get in to get a fill, just a small one like a .1cc.
So I think this is needless to say that I have not budged weight wise. I'm starting to get afraid that I won't ever get past this like 159ish stage and I am wondering if this is where I am destined to be....goodness I hope not!!

I hope you are all well!!

Wednesday Weigh In

Last Wednesday's Weight: 159lbs

This Wednesday’s Weight: 158lbs

I did ok most days with my water intake. Still not as good as I would like it to be. I am not sure how to make myself drink anymore. I am still going to work on this as I think it is extremely vital to continued weight loss.

I think I have mastered making the mid morning snack a habit at this point. It’s a good alternative seeing I can’t really eat breakfast. I am not going to include this on my goals for this week because like I said I think its habit now. I will continue this indefinitely.

Basically I still had my one cup of coffee everyday and when I was super craving another one, I had tea instead. Not really what I was aiming to do but it seems to work and saves me a boat load of calories so I like this idea.

Cardio is where I am continuing to excel. Like last week I worked out 6 days this past week, I skipped last Thursday. On Saturday I decided to give running a try again and I am so glad that I did! Now that I have lost so much weight running feels very easy. Sunday like you all read, I ran 1.5 miles without stopping and that is the longest I have ever ran for without a break. I could go longer physically but it is a mind over matter thing at this point.  I am going continue to aim for cardio 5 times a week but put the focus on building up the length of time I can run for.

I never did Jackie’s Circuit Training this week. I think I threw too much at myself and this was just overload. I am going to focus on cardio to get this weight off and when I hit goal, then worry about firming up.

Like last week, I only ate at a drive thru 1 time. This is amazing to me that I have done this. In the past 2 weeks I have eaten only 2 times somewhere with a drive thru, I use to do this almost every day. I am going to continue to keep this on my list. I don’t feel like its habit yet, I still have to think about this one. You should try this though not only is it good for your waist but it is good for your wallet too!

This Week’s Goals at a Glance……

• Drink 68 ounces of water daily (more would be good)
• Only 1 Coffee per day, then it’s tea
• Build upon my running time, 5x per week or more
• Don't eat anywhere that has a Drive Thru

Feels Good

Hey Everyone!!!

I feel so accomplished, I just ran 1.5 miles without stopping and it felt pretty darn easy. I have never ran that long without stopping before. I would have never dreamed at 252lbs that I could EVER run and here I am doing it. =)

Feels Good!

Wednesday Weigh In

Last Wednesday's Weight: 160lbs

This Wednesday’s Weight: 159lbs

You guys already knew this of course! lol. I'm not sure why I am still at 159, I've worked out a lot and ate pretty well. I'm not too worried about it though, I think I will catch up with myself soon. =)

Let me update you on how I did with the goals I set out for myself last Wednesday...... 

I am still only getting roughly 60 ounces of water per day. I need to do something to increase this. For this week I am just going to try and add one extra cup of water and see how I do with that. So I am setting my goal for 68 ounces each day this week.

I had a yogurt most days. There were a couple days where I have major restriction and liquids were tough to get down so I didn't have one those days. I am going to continue this, I really like have that mid morning snack seeing I don't eat breakfast. This way I am not starving at lunch.

One coffee per day......I'm not super good at this. I am going to try and switch to iced tea this week instead of coffee.

Cardio....this is where I really excelled this week. Friday was the only day I did not work out. Every other day I did at least 30 minutes. One day I did 60 minutes and a couple times did 45 minutes. I'm getting to the point where I don't feel good about myself if I don't workout.

I did Jackie one time and it was the legs workout. My legs were so so sore all week long from that one time that I didn't do it again for the week. I'm feeling better now so I will continue this week.

Only once I ate at a place with a drive thru and it was an accident!! It was yesterday I went and order and by the time I was driving away with my food I went "Oh no I'm not suppose to do this!!" Darnit lol I am going to continue this as well.

I am really really bad at not eating past 8:30. Around 9:00 I always want something to eat. I am not hungry I just want to eat. I'd love to hear anyone suggestions as to how to change me mind!

So here are my weekly goals at a glance:

• Drink 68 ounces of water daily (more would be good)
• Continue mid-morning snack
• Switch to Tea instead of Coffee
• Continue 30 minutes (or more) of Cardio 5 days
• Incorporate Jackie's Circuit Training 3 days
• Don't eat anywhere that has a Drive Thru

A few blog shout outs before I go......

Robyn who was banded 5/27/11 @ http://robynnest-robyn.blogspot.com/ 

Amy @ http://lifeisjustbeginning2011.blogspot.com/