Yep I forgot to listen to it...I was reading again! oops. I've gotta get a better hold on reality sometimes I think. When I get sucked into a book that's it I want to read it all the time.
On a good note I drank 4 litres of water yesterday before 3pm when I got home I had diet pepsi as I was water'd out. Today I've had 3 and a bit litres. This morning I woke up and was down the 2 lbs I had put on over the weekend.
Today I felt so strong and then at lunch I went shopping for easter stuff for Becca and ummm well I ate a small carton of peanut butter whopper's and then brought in some eggs for me as well. But I felt sick after the whopper's and a couple of eggs and gave the bag away to a co-worker saying keep them away from me..eat them give them away I don't care just don't let me have them. I didn't even want them...sometimes this habit thing is so hard to break. But I'm not going to let it get me down...I just have to push through it and know that it just didn't taste that good anyway. I've always said I love chocolate but I don't know that I really taste it I eat it so fast. I don't think I can love something if I can't take my time and savour it. That's my biggest deal...I need to slow down and enjoy my food.
And of course eat to survive don't survive to eat. Love that mantra.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
where did the time go
Wow!!! It's been almost an entire week since I blogged! We've been busy remodeling our powder room but that's no excuse to not keep on top of things like staying healthy. Eating has been okay usually when we do stuff like this we have pizza or burgers but this time Kevin has cooked healthy meals and we've done some easy things like grilled cheeses but that's about as bad as we've been. We had pizza on Friday night but that was because we were super busy and had friends over.
Today I started uping the water again. 2.5 litres so far and it's only half way through the day. I'm hoping that will help me drop the 2 lbs I gained over the weekend.
As for exercise I can't commit to anything right now but if I get time here and there I will definitely throw it in :)
Tonight is tiling the floor night so I'll be helper girl (a.k.a. Gopher). Fingers crossed it goes smoothly so we can get this project done on time :) Yes I set goals and I get mad when things go off course...I'm impatient...I'm a Leo :)
Speaking of goals...I need to focus on my healthy goals. Clean eating so I can get that next 10 lbs off...I would like to be below 190 by the end of April...no reason why I wouldn't be able to do that. I broke the 200's weeks ago and lost focus. Same thing happened years ago when I lost 50 lbs...took a while to get that last 1 lb off and when I did I hit 50 exactly and even though I wasn't at my goal weight I slacked and quit what I was doing...only trouble was I didn't get back on that horse and 7 years later all of it plus some was back. I don't want to do that this time. I've only lost a bit but I hit below that 200 which was a major goal for me and I got lazy. Time to refocus.
1. water...doing it
2. listen to The Gabriel Method at night (starting tonight)
3. clean eating (write before you bite)
4. fitness (I'll get to it...)
Today I started uping the water again. 2.5 litres so far and it's only half way through the day. I'm hoping that will help me drop the 2 lbs I gained over the weekend.
As for exercise I can't commit to anything right now but if I get time here and there I will definitely throw it in :)
Tonight is tiling the floor night so I'll be helper girl (a.k.a. Gopher). Fingers crossed it goes smoothly so we can get this project done on time :) Yes I set goals and I get mad when things go off course...I'm impatient...I'm a Leo :)
Speaking of goals...I need to focus on my healthy goals. Clean eating so I can get that next 10 lbs off...I would like to be below 190 by the end of April...no reason why I wouldn't be able to do that. I broke the 200's weeks ago and lost focus. Same thing happened years ago when I lost 50 lbs...took a while to get that last 1 lb off and when I did I hit 50 exactly and even though I wasn't at my goal weight I slacked and quit what I was doing...only trouble was I didn't get back on that horse and 7 years later all of it plus some was back. I don't want to do that this time. I've only lost a bit but I hit below that 200 which was a major goal for me and I got lazy. Time to refocus.
1. water...doing it
2. listen to The Gabriel Method at night (starting tonight)
3. clean eating (write before you bite)
4. fitness (I'll get to it...)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Day 2 - Kenpo with Kevin
58 minutes of Kenpo. I friggen love that workout. It was pretty hard this time but that was only because I just haven't been doing anything physical until yesterday. Amazing how fast our bodies get used to lethargy.
Tonight's workout was awesome. Mainly because I got to work out with Kevin. He's been pretty reluctant about trying P90X and we aren't doing the program per se...it's more select videos when we want. I thought he'd like Kenpo and I think I was right although there was quite a bit of laughing going on as we were running out of energy. I'm sure he'll blog about it.
So tomorrow is back to the treadmill.
Tonight's workout was awesome. Mainly because I got to work out with Kevin. He's been pretty reluctant about trying P90X and we aren't doing the program per se...it's more select videos when we want. I thought he'd like Kenpo and I think I was right although there was quite a bit of laughing going on as we were running out of energy. I'm sure he'll blog about it.
So tomorrow is back to the treadmill.
Yesterday was day 1 again :)
Yep...I started working out again yesterday. I forgot to blog about it so I'll be posting twice today. It wasn't so much a workout as it was a warm up LOL. I had decided day 1 would be 20 minutes of walking on my treadmill...no more no less. And I'm glad I had decided that. By the end of 20 minutes of JUST walking my hip flexor was killing me in my right hip so starting slow is good. Glad I didn't wait until the last minute like last time to train. 10 weeks until our 5K so now's a good time to start training again. I have a plan and I'm hoping to stick to it.
Mon - walk/run intervals
Tues - KenpoX
Wed - walk/run intervals
Thurs - perfect pull ups/kettle bells/sparq training
Fri - walk/run intervals
Sat - YogaX
Sun - Tennis as a family and X Stretch
I figure this way it's fun and combines strenght training with cardio and I'm less likely to injure myself. Also after a couple weeks of this I can change it up as I see fit.
Kevin will be training with me and he's nervous about Kenpo and Yoga and X Stretch but only because he's never done it before I know he's going to love it once he tries it. They are the three best workouts in P90X as far as I'm concerned...at least the three most enjoyable for me.
Once we get going into things really well I will likely up my 5K training and maybe even do more P90X who knows. All I know is this is a start and a strong one I think. I'm actually really excited about Kenpo tonight...it's been a while.
Mon - walk/run intervals
Tues - KenpoX
Wed - walk/run intervals
Thurs - perfect pull ups/kettle bells/sparq training
Fri - walk/run intervals
Sat - YogaX
Sun - Tennis as a family and X Stretch
I figure this way it's fun and combines strenght training with cardio and I'm less likely to injure myself. Also after a couple weeks of this I can change it up as I see fit.
Kevin will be training with me and he's nervous about Kenpo and Yoga and X Stretch but only because he's never done it before I know he's going to love it once he tries it. They are the three best workouts in P90X as far as I'm concerned...at least the three most enjoyable for me.
Once we get going into things really well I will likely up my 5K training and maybe even do more P90X who knows. All I know is this is a start and a strong one I think. I'm actually really excited about Kenpo tonight...it's been a while.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Alot accomplished
Well last night Kevin got a coat of paint on Becca's window frame (she's at my parent's for March break) and then we hung a bunch of artwork we've been meaning to do for months now...it's just been lying around waiting to get hung up. I'm so glad we did the front room looks beautiful and the other rooms are just coming together so nicely...all we need to do is get some paint on the walls in the other rooms and we are good. I got the second coat of paint on her window this morning (it wasn't a workout but it does work your arms a bit :) and I had to get up early to do it before getting ready for work). Tonight we'll hang her drapes and her room will be done.
But that's not what this post is about although we did accomplish alot of house stuff last night and today. This blog is about where I'm at so far this year. I had posted some goals on weight loss wars a while ago and I wrote a journal entry about it and realized I hadn't put anything on here about it. It's important to have goals and to reach them and then set new goals so I thought I'd (cheat and copy and paste my journal entry) post my goals here.
But that's not what this post is about although we did accomplish alot of house stuff last night and today. This blog is about where I'm at so far this year. I had posted some goals on weight loss wars a while ago and I wrote a journal entry about it and realized I hadn't put anything on here about it. It's important to have goals and to reach them and then set new goals so I thought I'd (cheat and copy and paste my journal entry) post my goals here.
1. get my office in order
2. be super organized so I don't feel out of control in other areas of my life
3. fall in love with fitness (already started with P90X)
4. sign up for something competitive not sure what yet but some sort of sport
5. look smoking hot at goal weight!!!
#1 is done and #2 is an ongoing one that so far I'm in control of. #3 is a work in progress but that 5K helped to kick start that. I'm actually looking forward to our family training tonight. #4 done and done...did a 5K and have 2 more lined up for this year (June and July) #5 well this one I still have about 65 lbs to lose before I can cross it off the list...but it will happen this year! So I think it's fair to say that I've done 3 of the 5 for sure and can revise my goals for the rest of the year. #2 and 3 are ongoing so they'll stay and #5 is the final goal so obviously it stays.
New goals:
1. be super organized so I don't feel out of control in other areas of my life (ONGOING)
2. fall in love with fitness (already started with P90X) (ONGOING)
3. break the 190's
4. Organize furnace room
5. look smoking hot at goal weight!!!
So I'm pretty happy with where things are at these days. And now that my life seems to be getting organized how I like it and I'm more in control of my house I feel like I can take on the world. Weight loss is just bound to happen because that's what I want and that's what I'm choosing to focus on these days. Now that things are in order I can keep them that way without feeling overwhelmed about it. Just daily chores to keep things in check and if I do a little each night then we have more time to do fun things like exercise when we want to :) I don't have to feel like I should be doing something around the house instead.
I'm so excited for the next 11 weeks...yep that's it ladies until the next 5K. I have big plans...I'd like to be 15-20 lbs lighter by then so I need to kick it into high gear now.
Becca is coming home tonight and we took tomorrow and Friday off to be with her so woohoo long weekend. Science centre tomorrow = lots of walking :) and then Friday is a movie and we will likely gets the bikes out and go for a ride...and of course there's our 5K training that will start tomorrow with Becca. I couldn't be more excited for this.
Okay huge novel today sorry guys.
Monday, March 15, 2010
ENOUGH ALREADY PAM!!!!
It's a new week!!! I ate really bad on the weekend and if I'm being honest in between meals last week as well! Today is all about concentrating on eating clean. It's about eating to survive not surviving to eat. I will get back to working out but I really need to focus on my food right now!!! Tomorrow I will add in some fitness but it will be something fun that I will enjoy maybe a walk with my hubby that sort of thing...but I just can't commit to P90X right now and give it my all. I need to clean up my act before I can concentrate on working out.
I’d like to lose 2 lbs a week that would mean by my 5K in June I’d be 20 lbs lighter. I know the scale isn’t everything blah blah blah…but if I’m doing what I’m supposed to then it should be dropping and dropping good. I’ve had enough of this stand still…I really really want to be lighter. 200 lbs is not a healthy weight. I want to be healthy.
So with all that being said...I've had a ton of water so far today and fruit and yogurt and have a yummy healthy lunch waiting to be eaten.
I’d like to lose 2 lbs a week that would mean by my 5K in June I’d be 20 lbs lighter. I know the scale isn’t everything blah blah blah…but if I’m doing what I’m supposed to then it should be dropping and dropping good. I’ve had enough of this stand still…I really really want to be lighter. 200 lbs is not a healthy weight. I want to be healthy.
So with all that being said...I've had a ton of water so far today and fruit and yogurt and have a yummy healthy lunch waiting to be eaten.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Frosty 5K = ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Well not during the race of course but after that adrenaline rush of crossing the finish line it gone man do I want to sleep. I'm heading there in a few minutes actually but I wanted to get this done first.
First of all a while back my friend Lisa told me she was going to run a 5K called the Frosty 5K which is only about an hour from my home. So I looked up the town where her other friend Jacqui lives (well our friend now :) ) and saw she was only about 30 minutes from where the race was. I got Jacqui's email address and sent her a message to see if she would like to surprise Lisa by cheering her on at the race. Well Jacqui thought this was an awesome idea but then she took it one further and said...how about we run it with her!!! So I replied what a great idea...we have lots of time to train. Now the hardest part by far was not letting it slip in conversations and posts with Lisa in our blogs and on WLW. However the other hard part was finding time to train. Let's just say we did a lot of running today that I was NOT ready for LOL. But we rocked it. My first 5K and I finished 571 out of 586 people. I know it's not much from the last but you know what I finished and it wasn't last!!!!! How awesome is that. I beat 15 other people!! And now I have a time (46:40) to improve upon for our next 5K in June!!! Can't wait for that one.
Oh and as for the surprise...we were thinking race day but on Saturday (day before the race) when we were going to pick up our race kits...Lisa spotted Jacqui so Jacqui texted me to let me know that she was there and when Kevin, Becca and I walked in...let's just say it was awesome. She just pointed at me then Kevin and Becca and then I got not one but two of the biggest hugs!!! It was so nice to surprise her. And the best part was honestly getting to know everyone. This time we had quite a bit of time to get to know Jacqui and Eugene and we all agreed that it sucked that we don't live closer to one another. We pretty much laughed the whole time :) but hey...that's how we do!!!!
Oh and I was going to start exercising tomorrow...right Jacqui...ummmm maybe not. My stairs are quite the workout today LOL. Actually I'm feeling okay right now I've had loads of water, etc but I'm sure first thing in the morning is going to be another story. I think we'll do a family walk tomorrow after dinner to keep the muscles loose and not damage anything.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO is all I have to say now. Oh and to all the people who gave me the look along with the "yeah right you can't do a 5K" attitude or tone to their voice...guess what...I so did it! What did you do today...watch TV?
First of all a while back my friend Lisa told me she was going to run a 5K called the Frosty 5K which is only about an hour from my home. So I looked up the town where her other friend Jacqui lives (well our friend now :) ) and saw she was only about 30 minutes from where the race was. I got Jacqui's email address and sent her a message to see if she would like to surprise Lisa by cheering her on at the race. Well Jacqui thought this was an awesome idea but then she took it one further and said...how about we run it with her!!! So I replied what a great idea...we have lots of time to train. Now the hardest part by far was not letting it slip in conversations and posts with Lisa in our blogs and on WLW. However the other hard part was finding time to train. Let's just say we did a lot of running today that I was NOT ready for LOL. But we rocked it. My first 5K and I finished 571 out of 586 people. I know it's not much from the last but you know what I finished and it wasn't last!!!!! How awesome is that. I beat 15 other people!! And now I have a time (46:40) to improve upon for our next 5K in June!!! Can't wait for that one.
Oh and as for the surprise...we were thinking race day but on Saturday (day before the race) when we were going to pick up our race kits...Lisa spotted Jacqui so Jacqui texted me to let me know that she was there and when Kevin, Becca and I walked in...let's just say it was awesome. She just pointed at me then Kevin and Becca and then I got not one but two of the biggest hugs!!! It was so nice to surprise her. And the best part was honestly getting to know everyone. This time we had quite a bit of time to get to know Jacqui and Eugene and we all agreed that it sucked that we don't live closer to one another. We pretty much laughed the whole time :) but hey...that's how we do!!!!
Oh and I was going to start exercising tomorrow...right Jacqui...ummmm maybe not. My stairs are quite the workout today LOL. Actually I'm feeling okay right now I've had loads of water, etc but I'm sure first thing in the morning is going to be another story. I think we'll do a family walk tomorrow after dinner to keep the muscles loose and not damage anything.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO is all I have to say now. Oh and to all the people who gave me the look along with the "yeah right you can't do a 5K" attitude or tone to their voice...guess what...I so did it! What did you do today...watch TV?
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Surprise Lisa!!!
YAY!!! What a day today was. Jacqui and I had planned months ago to come to Burlington to surprise Lisa and cheer her on while she does the Frosty 5K. Then Jacqui said let's do one better...let's run it with her...at which point I said yeah...no problem!!! LOL. Well I'm not ready but we ARE doing this...tomorrow!!!! EEK! We were just going to show up and surprise Lisa with our bib numbers on and let her know we are running with her...but in the midst of picking up our race day kits today Lisa saw Jacqui. So Jacqui texted me to let me know that she was in the hotel picking up her kit at the same time as us. Kevin, Becca and I walk in the front door of the hotel (we were parking when she sent the text) first I saw Jacqui and then Lisa saw us and it was awesome...she just looked stunned like "what are you doing here" sort of a thing. At which point Jacqui told her we were doing the race with her. Many big hugs later and I went and got my race kit. It was so nice to FINALLY meet the girls who keep me on track!!! Awesome day. We went out for dinner with Jacqui and her hubby Eugene and we just all got along so well.
Can't wait for tomorrow I know it will be even better :) And I can't wait to talk more to Lisa! Don't worry Lisa, in June we'll have more time to bond when we are in Toronto :)
now time for a good night's sleep.
Can't wait for tomorrow I know it will be even better :) And I can't wait to talk more to Lisa! Don't worry Lisa, in June we'll have more time to bond when we are in Toronto :)
now time for a good night's sleep.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Slacking yet again
seriously sleep has taken over my life these days. That's okay I'm going to work out tonight with my hubby and tomorrow and so on until Monday and then Jacqui and I are going to go back to our morning workouts. This week had a bit of a snag but that's okay as well because honestly I really need my sleep! No idea what's going on with that but I'm listening to my body and it's saying sleep so I'm doing that. Next week whether it wants to or not I'm working out in the morning. I felt better last week...I might have gone to the basement at 5:30 like a bear (thank God no one else is awake then or I might bite their heads off) but the point it I still went downstairs and after my workout I felt great...still sleepy but a sense of accomplishment mixed with that endorphin rush really made my days go by nicely. I would get a few chores done before leaving for work.
This week it's more get up, rush around getting ready and leave the house looking like a tornado went through. I gotta say I prefer how last week went no matter what my brain might try to say about needing more sleep. Gotta hit the sack earlier!!!
Not much to say just hadn't written in a while and felt the need.
This week it's more get up, rush around getting ready and leave the house looking like a tornado went through. I gotta say I prefer how last week went no matter what my brain might try to say about needing more sleep. Gotta hit the sack earlier!!!
Not much to say just hadn't written in a while and felt the need.
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