Who is a Slacker?

I am such a slacker. It's been almost 10 months since I've posted! I haven't done much better in my weight loss journey either.

To be fair I have lost weight and kept it off. I started seeing a trainer in March of this year and when I started seeing him I was about 247 pounds. I am a steady 232 now. I have been able to keep that weight off but I am at a point where I am just not losing.

I had another knee surgery this summer. It was awful. I started playing Australian Rules Football on a women's team and it is such a fun amazing sport! At practice one night, I look a hard turn and tore my meniscus. In addition my surgeon did micro fracture surgery so that I can keep playing and help repair some of the cartledige in the knee.

This surgery was a huge set back because I couldn't walk for six weeks. I am a month back into walking and I feel great so now I am back.

No more excuses. I have a Footy Nationals event on Oct 17th and that's 4 weeks away. I need to drop some weight so I am having less weight to pull around on my knee. My goal is for myself and I am not going to fail this time.

Here is my goals (I will check in a few times a week)
- lose 12 pounds before Nationals
- have more strength in my quads
- work on strengthening my arms and shoulders and back (with Billy)
- Train with Billy at least 2 times week
- Go to gym and do elliptical (cardio) 2 times a week for 40 minutes

Starting Weight: 247
Current Weight: 232
Goal Weight: 220
Ultimate Goal Weight: 190

Bad Day Doesn't Mean I Give Up

So yesterday was a bust. I didn't do anything that I wanted to do. I didn't work out or go on a bike ride or do anything physical. I did proceed to do a bunch of baking! I made french bread and banana nut bread and all this not so diet friendly food. I didn't eat too much of it just sampled it.

Then I was too tired to make anything for dinner so I just ate left overs. I have no idea how many calories I ate for dinner but I know I had way too many carbs.

Today is a new day and I am going to try again. I will not give up. The one thing that gets me is the drinking. So I am going to stick to no drinking during the weeks and if I have a drink or two on the weekend I will make sure I work out.

So today I am feeling a little defeated from yesterday and my lack of physical activity the past few days but I am not giving up.

Today my goals are:

- To track all of my food
- To go to the gym and run 2 miles

I'll check in tomorrow.

Good Things are Happening!

I am happy to say that I have stayed committed to my plan even though the first couple of weeks I was not losing very much weight on the scale. So, I changed a few things in what I was doing and I must say that I am really happy with the results. Things are starting to fall into place and feel right. Not only is the scale going down, but I feel like this is getting easier and I can keep it up.

I think the best piece of advice I can give is to be patient. It took a long time to gain all the weight, it will take less time to come off but don't expect to happen over night. Keep going and you will reap the benefit.

Saw this on instagram and thought I would post it here because it embodies everything I am feeling right now.

Week 2 Results

OK so it's Monday and that means weigh in day. I lost 2.6 pounds this week. I am really happy with the loss! I tried really hard this week. I did really well with workouts. I went to the gym Monday through Friday and took Saturday off. I did a 6 mile hike on Sunday. Kudos to my workouts! On to the not so good.

I ended up hanging out with some friends and drank on Saturday. I drank more than I had planned on and wanted to so I know that threw off my success. I didn't feel great on Sunday but still went on my hike. I did not like feeling the way I did on Sunday. I realize now that I am making so many good changes that even one day of messing up really throws me off. I have decided not to do that anymore. I am going to have a cheat day here and there and by that I mean a few drinks not 12!

Regardless of my few slip ups I had a pretty good week. I felt really good about the progress I am making. I am hoping since I am committed to not cheating and not drinking this week, I will see some make up for it on the scale. I am 1.4 pounds off from my goal for this week but I am confident I can make that up with the next few weigh ins!

I did fail at not weighing myself daily. I am committed this week to only weigh myself once a week. I did buy a new scale because my old one was not consistent. Even if I weighed myself three times in the same 5 minutes it would give me three different numbers! So annoying. Anyway, once my new scale arrives I will weigh myself on that but then I won't do it again until Monday.

Thought this was relevant to my journey and it is very true!

Mid Week Motivation

I wanted to give in last night and eat bad food and drink a beer. I didn't want to go to the gym. I was so unmotivated. I feel like the scale should be going down but it's not.

I decided that I am not going to "start over" again. I am going to be strong and continue my journey.

I did not go out to eat. I made an amazing yummy dinner at home. I did not drink anything but water! I did go to the gym, and though it wasn't the most intense workout, I went and burned calories!

Cheers to Thursday and keeping it up!

My dinner: Ground turkey burger on lettuce topped with blue cheese
and sour cream w/ dry ranch seasoning. On the side: mashed cauliflower.

The picture got cut off, but it says "Reminder that
you can love your body and try to change it at the same time!"

Tuesday Reminder

I had a dream last night that I was laying on a beach in The Dominican Republic, and I was happy about my body.

When I woke up, it got me to think about how harsh I am on my body. It's not fair I blame my body when I am the one who made the bad choices. In-fact, I should be thanking it for being able to recover from all the bad things I have done to it.

Anyway, I saw this on Pinterest and thought I would share it here. Since I am so guilty of doing this, I needed a reminder.

Week 1 Results

Ohhh kay... even though I technically started on a Tuesday, I am going to make my weekly weigh in on Mondays.

Week 1 was OK. I feel good. I went to the gym everyday, tracked all my food, but I am only down 0.8 of a pound. This is really discouraging. I am not going to give up simply because I know that it takes time. However, I don't understand how I can work as hard as I did and only lose that little of an amount. I expected to lose about 2 pounds.

If anyone has any advice, please pipe in. I am eating about 1500 calories a day and working out everyday. I am not eating carbs at night (except for veggie carbs) and I am eating lean protein and fruits and vegetables. Yogurt and low fat dairy. I just don't get it.

I am measuring myself as well as weighing. I will measure myself on a monthly basis to help give me a better idea. I just hope this is not how it's going to be the whole time!

Let's see what happens next Monday. I will not give up!