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Long weekend

Finally, a long weekend where we have nothing that we have to do. We are going to just do things that we want to do.

For Joey's birthday every year we usually do something different, that involves getting out and having fun. Since this year we are plus 1, I had to come up with something we all could do, so we went to the Salt Mars trail, in eastern passage. It was a really nice walk that took us through salt marshes and the woods in some areas, and the day was perfect, overcast, no rain and not much wind. We had a picnic lunch a little over half way through, and all in all it was a great day!! We walked 13 kms!!!! and even though it took almost 4 hours, we stopped a lot and enjoyed the views. other than some chafe, I am feeling great!! and proud that I did the whole thing!!!

I am currently reading Jillian Michaels "Master Your Metabolism" and so far so good. I am hoping it will help me lose a little weight.

Anyway, off to shower and get into my jammies.....pure heaven!

Good, bad and ugly

Not much has changed with me, but I will post some quick updates

The Good

• I am still walking at least 5k as often as I can
• I joined a beginner yoga class that goes for 8 weeks, and I love it!
• Most of the time I feel great
• I am feeling a lot happier and optomistic lately

The Bad

• I have still not lost ANY weight
• I feel really discouraged about the lack of weight loss
• I hate going shopping and seeing how limited the clothes selection is for someone my size
• I hate the fact that I need to buy some new summer clothes that I don't like and are overpriced because they are plus

The Ugly

• The cheeseburger, onion rings and blizzard that I ate yesterday while having a poor me moment.

I just can't get a handle on this eating thing. I plan to look up healthy recipes, and make a fitness/calorie plan but I don't do it. It is my goal for this week to finish this and follow it!! Wish me luck!

Sigh

I have lost my momentum!! As hard as I tried to stay positive, I am mad and disappointed that I am not losing ANY weight!!! I am exercising 5 days per week, which includes some 5k and 7k walks with the stroller, and work out videos, but still nothing. And when I measured myself, there was very little change there too. Something has to change, I just need to figure out what. I really need to make a plan and try to change things up a bit.

I am going to try limiting processed and convenient foods, as well as trying to add strength training to the mix.
I am also going to seriously limit my computer time so that I can get more things done around the house. I really need to de clutter my house and my mind.

I feel change coming, and it's going to be big!!

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Sunny Monday!

I'm tired of typing "I'm back" as a post title but here I am back again :). It has once again been a little rocky, but everything is sorted out again and on an even keel.

I am still not losing any weight, which is totally frustrating. Even though I feel great and people are commenting that I look like I am losing weight, the scale is not moving. I am going to ask the Doctor about this tomorrow, but honestly, he is more of a let's ignore it and see what happens kind of guy. I wish there were more available doctors here.

I got a new Jogging stroller over the weekend which I am so excited about, mainly because it is tall enough for me and I am still obsessed with starting to run in the near future. I have increased our walk route to 5k and Friday it took exactly 1 hour, which I think is good, but I'm not totally sure :) Anyway, we are going to try the stroller out today, and hopefully the 5k again.

I guess that's all of the updates for now
Have a good one!!

I'm back

Well I took a little bit of a break from blogging, but now I'm back. My eating is going well, but obviously I need to tweak some things because I have only lost 2lbs in a month. I know that to many people this is a great loss, but for me it is not. I have 160 lbs to lose and I usually lose very well when I am OP.

I got a heart rate monitor as an early birthday gift, and it also has a calorie counter which is great. At first I thought that the calorie's burned were quite high, but I went to the store and asked the guy and he said it's pretty accurate. I also just took the heart rate values and calculated my heart rate percentage, and it seems correct so I'll have to trust it. If I start seeing big gains though I'll cut back on AP's. Another thing is that I have been earning many AP's but not eating many if any at all, and I have to find a way to fit them in to my day.

I need to start eating less sodium because I am feeling bloated and gross most days, but I don't know what to eat for lunches that is low sodium, tastes good and doesn't cost a fortune. It is super important that I master this eating thing so that by the time Arianna can make food choices, it will become second nature to me, and she will hopefully make the best choices without thinking about it or struggling like I do.

I guess that's about all that's going on, I am no longer feeling depressed which is huge to me, I can cope with things, and I may have bad moments or bad days, but no more bad weeks. I can honestly say that exercise has played a huge role in this!! I feel more confident as a mom, and while I miss being able to do some things, I wouldn't change things for the world!