My Weight is Over!

The Struggle Continues

Michelle — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:27:00 GMT

Holy Moses! I'm still alive and kicking, not much happening on the weight loss front. The only saving grace in the matter is I'm not gaining but crap I'm not losing either. I know it's my fault for not being as diligent as I should have been. There have been a few family matters that cropped up ( my mothers health) that have had me a bit stressed out but that should prompt me to be even better. So until next time.Michelle

My Thanksgiving was BRUTAL? How about yours?

Michelle — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:12:00 GMT

Can we say binge? I didn't do good with my holiday meal at all! I'm not going to beat myself up over it though because I didn't really TRY to be good. Up until the holidays I'd been pretty good and now that Thanksgiving is over I'm going to stay on track until Christmas! Hope everyone did better than me! if not don't beat yourself up about it,lets just do better!

I'm Back!

Michelle — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:33:00 GMT

Ok folks I bailed out on blog for a few weeks but I'm back! I had a little summer romance that kept me occupied for a bit but I'm back! Not too sure if the summer romance is following me into the fall but we'll see . I didn't get too off track though and did manage to lose 4pounds in the process. Also my youngest started kindergarten this week that means more time for just ME! Ever just need ME time? Hell I do, so I'm more excited than SHE is right now that the's going to school! Ok just checking in for now and back on the straight and narrow for me and regular blogging! Have a good one,Michelle

Time Flys!

Michelle — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:03:00 GMT

My goodness! I missed a few days of blogging but I certainly didn't mean too it just kind of happened! I didn't get to take my Saturday pics this week, my sister wasn't around but like I said before, no big changes in that arena. This weekend I'll try just setting up my tripod and using my camera settings so I can take the pics myself.

The eating has been going ok. BUT I went to my moms house on Sunday and she had a big Sunday dinner. I didn't go overboard or anything but it was unplanned.

Let's see what else? Today I officially have a Teenager! My baby is 13 today awwwww seems like just yesterday I had her. Hope everyone is well,Michelle

Back on Track

Michelle — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:10:00 GMT

Just a quick blog to write that I got back on track today! I was home all day just watching Animal Planet with the kidlets today. They have a lot of kind of interesting shows that I would have never thought anyone.....let alone myself would have had the slightest interest in. I've been watching a show called Whale Wars.....I'm telling you ANYONE or ANY TOPIC can warrant a reality show these days!.

Also tomorrow is picture day , I'm not anticipating any visible changes......but I'll take em anyways! Have a great night,Michelle

Whale Wars- Check it Out!

Sugar to Shit (Grrrrr)

Michelle — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:46:00 GMT

So my morning started out absolutely fabulous! I went to bed on time the night before so I woke up nice and refreshed ( ha!), my ankle that was bothering me the previous day was also feeling great and my limp was gone ( yea!).

My morning plugged along and I even was using my food tracker app! Easy peezy! I was eating good tracking my intake did great all through lunch! Let's all scream SUGARRRRR!

Then it all turned to SHIT!

I was walking in the mall and got to feeling a bit "munchy" and HAD to have a pretzel with cheese. So I ate it.

That should have been the end of it right? Noooooo.

Walked a little more and walked my big behind right up to the counter at Baskin Robbins and ordered a single scoop cone. Now at this point I really felt bad because there was NO hunger involved! I just wanted it.

Now for the next part of the demise of my day here's a little background.

Anyone else watch those blasted food shows ? Well last night on Man vs. Food he was showing these awesome burger joints. Well they showcased a burger called the Jucy Lucy ( yes that's how they spelled JUICY!) This burger was basically two thin patties that between them you load with cheese and then cook.

So you know what I said right? " I can make that at home!"

And I did.

So that was my dinner. My homemade Jucy Lucy burger. My only saving grace was that I REFUSED to make any type of fries to go with it! Goodness. Just a terrible eating day for me. So now that I've blogged about it, confessed I'm going to move on and have a better day tomorrow. I hope YOUR day was better than mine. Wish me a better day tomorrow,Michelle

Good Day/Bad Day

Michelle — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:37:00 GMT

So today my entire morning was filled by a absolutely BORING.........let me say it again BORING agency meeting. The highlight of my day was they provided lunch......... and not just a free lunch but it was actually fairly healthy and I was able to stay on track. Some little box lunch that was put together by one of the local delis.

I had a turkey and swiss sandwich, a small ( and I mean small, damn thing had like 4 chips in it?) bag of chips and a small cookie. It wasn't too bad.

Bad news is my ankle hurt like hell ALL day, If it just hurt a bit I would just tweak a few things, my walking shoes etc, but it's freaking me out a bit more because it's the ankle I broke two years ago I have a bolt on the inside of the ankle and a long plate along the other side. The plate side is killing me! I'm even limping a bit. I'm hesitant to do any type of working out,walking( treadmill) on it until I have the doc check it out for me. I had a really nasty slip and fall as soon as I got to work two years ago and on paper I was rated a bit disabled because of it but it's never given me any problems until yesterday. So I'll get it checked out.

Let's see what else? Oh during the above mentioned boring meeting I downloaded a workout app to my iphone called ifitness and later on another blog I heard good things about a calorie/intake tracker called Lose It! So I'll start using those tomorrow. Hope everyone had a great day,Michelle

**it Us Fat Folks Need to STOP!!

Michelle — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:16:00 GMT

#1 -And please believe this list WILL grow!

Stop trying to find someone fatter than you to call fat! I mean REALLY? What purpose does it serve? Now I'll be the FIRST to admit I've done this! ( and don't play........you have too!) no one wants to be the REAL fat one! So you find or see someone bigger than you, and the FIRST thing you think...... well at least I'm not THAT big! Or the old well I'm this big....but I'd NEVER let myself get THAT big!

In two words.......

BITCH PLEASE.

I never thought I'd be this big either, but here I sit, big as all out doors. It doesn't matter that other folks may be bigger, MY ass is still fat. Other folks need to realize this as well......if you do this....stop it. It doesn't matter if you weigh a measly 15lbs less than someone else your ass is still fat too. So instead trying to build yourself up by putting someone else down, let's ALL get the extra weight off and get healthy!

Could It Be?

Michelle — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:33:00 GMT

That exercise is slowly but surely becoming part of my life? Let me tell you a lil something about me.................I hate exercise,no let me start over since hate is such a strong word. I strongly dislike exercise. I always have. In the past I pretty much only exercised when I found myself with 10lbs I wanted to drop. I'd do it and that was it. I never had ANY intention of continuing once I had what I wanted.

I now realize maybe if I had just found something I liked to do I wouldn't be in this predicament now! Everyone that exercises doesn't LOVE it. But they do it because it's good for them. That's how I want to be. Hopefully with time I'll get there. Cross your fingers for me!

After almost talking myself out of my treadmilling yesterday,guess who jumped on today and it wasn't even my long workout day?MEEEEEEEEEEE!!

AND

I was down another 1/2lb on the scale! This time around it's definitely coming off slower but as long as I KNOW I'm eating right and exercising, I'm not going to sweat the scale....AT ALL. Hope everyone is having a great day,Michelle

Ummm Excercise?

Michelle — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:30:41 GMT

Hey Yall! I skipped a blogging day yesterday, I was using my mini HP and for some odd reason it was acting up. I'm not too happy about that and will have to look into it. I have that lil baby with me all the time and it's perfect for blogging ,surfing etc. ANYHOO!

So I was on the treadmill today and was DREADING it! I mean to the point where I was really talking myself into getting off after 15 min even though I was only in minute THREE! WTF! Now mind you I've only committed myself to 30 minutes anyways......So for me to feel like flaking out after 3 minutes LMAO! But I fought the good fight and stayed on my entire time......the last 2 minutes I was even singing, but honey let me tell you...when I stepped my big ass off that treadmill I was like where the hell is the energy I'm supposed to have? Helllloooooo where are you?

Anyone else out there watching the show Ruby? I'm a self confessed reality show junkie but I'm new to her show. I find her to be pretty entertaining so far so I'm going to continue to tune in and see how she progresses. Hell hopefully we'll drop the pounds together!

Side note: Ruby said she hasn't worn pants in about 30 YEARS? Geez I can't even imagine! Go Ruby! In case you've never heard of the show here's a link. Check out Ruby!

Better Late than Never!

Michelle — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:20:00 GMT

Hey Yall! Today was a great day and as I reflect on how I did exercise and eating wise I did GREAT! I mean I'm really proud of the way the last two weeks I just made basic good food decisions. I only had one unexpected occurrence and I dealt with it ,made a choice on how I would eat and moved on.
This is how I want to eat the rest of my life KWIM? Just making decent food choices because I know it's the thing to do. I don't want to be a slave to calorie counting, I don't want to spend the rest of my life going to a meeting to step on someones scale, I most definitely don't want to get my food sent to me in the mail! To anyone that just so happens to be reading this......if you're doing any of these things because it's right for YOU,please don't take offense. I wish you much success in the way you choose to lose your weight. It's just not the way I want to go about things. In the end regardless of the way we choose to lose our weight( as long as it's safe!) we're all striving for the same goal. To be healthy. So cheers for change!

I took new pics for the album, not much of an update in that arena......YET! But I chose a pair of jeans I'm going to use for my weekly updates. This stomach of mine is a hot mess I'll tell you that!

Next week I'll make sure to wear a more form fitting( Oh No!) shirt so that it's easier to see progress in the pics. I ALWAYS wear shirts that come down far enough to cover my stomach so when I threw on something to have my sister take the pics, SHE was the one to say "ummm I don't think you should be wearing that shirt for the pics ....it's covering your fat!" LOL so I pulled it up to show yall in all it's unglory! It's late here so I hope everyone is having a safe weekend,Michelle

P.S. The pics are in the album! Link up top

Relaxation!

Michelle — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:05:00 GMT

Hey Yall! Well it's 12.07 pm here and you know what? I'm going to lay down for bit of a snooze! I woke up earlier than I wanted to on my day off, drank 2 cups of coffee,had a breakfast shake and read some blogs.....I'm officially pooped! I'll be back later to actually blog ,report my Daily Bend etc... hope everyones having a great day,Michelle

Daily Bend!

Michelle — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:54:00 GMT

Hey everyone! Well I made it through my work lunch and walked away with my pride. I had 2 slices and some cantaloupe. Hey I could have just had one slice but for someone whose norm is a minimum of 3 with a PROBABILITY of 4........ walking away at 2 was on the money!

So while mall walking I did a few extra laps to make up for it in addition to my floor exercises and stretches.Hope everyone had a great day.Michelle

The Unexpected

Michelle — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:24:00 GMT

Oh Goodness! So as I said in an earlier blog I don't want to eat by a plan........no offense to anyone who does! But I just want to hang loose and make the good decisions I KNOW how to make. So today is an obstacle day and I've had to do some quick planning!

We have a work meeting today and my sweet co-worker ordered in pizza for the meeting. YIKES I'm going to have some and keep it moving.(literally!) Instead of my more relaxed workout today I'll pick up the pace a bit to allow myself a bit more room. It's 11:30 am right now and all I've eaten thus far is my morning shake which 230 calories and that's it. Not going to beat myself up over it or have regrets. I'll just have a light salad for dinner later, Have a great day,Michelle

Blog Reading

Michelle — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:13:00 GMT

Hey Yall! Before I start my personal blogging for the day I'm going to whiz around the net and visit some other folks blogs. Be back in a bit. Hope you're all off to a great day,Michelle

Dreary Day :(

Michelle — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:30:00 GMT

Acck! What a yucky,gross day it is here! It looks like it wants to rain which is no help to me because I already feel sleepy as heck. I worked out but even that wasn't enough for me to bypass the weather and not feel sleepy!
I ate ok yesterday,no slip ups to report and today is so far so good.
I decided I'm going to set out some goals jeans. I have TONS of jeans in various sizes I simply can't get in so I'm going to take a few out in different sizes and use those as a goal to work towards. Photies coming soon!

The Daily Bend X 2 !

Michelle — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:16:00 GMT

Ok so today I decided I wasn't going to blog AT ALL until I had my "Daily Bend"(s) out of the way. I had company yesterday so it got in the way of my mini workout yesterday but you know what? NOT a big deal! I just had to make it up today,which I was more than happy to do!
I think often times when your're trying to lose weight and change your eating habits,if ONE thing doesn't go as planned people chuck it and go really off path.That's the wrong attitude to take everyone! Roll with the punches a little more.

If something comes up and I need to put off my exercise for the day.I'll just do more the next day. It's not a reason to stop it all together.

When it comes to meals if I eat something I really could have done without.......it's no reason to go totally off track. Just eat good the rest of my meals. Simple as that. Have a great day,Michelle

Drinks and More

Michelle — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:25:00 GMT

Hey Yall! So yesterday up until I got off work my eating was really good. I exercised the whole bit. Then a friend of mine called with word that his brother had passed away.So he came by and brought drinks. We sat around most of the evening,laughing and talking about memories he had of his brother. And of course DRINKING.

Later in the night I was like oh man......I may have really ****ed up! But all in all I didn't eat bad for the day I ate a few chicken wings and some low fat pretzels while we were sitting around. When I weighed myself this morning I was down another 1.5lbs!whooo-hoooo! Hopefully it will stay gone but hey I'll take it! I do occasionally like to go out and have drinks but I think the only drinks I need to avoid are those sweet fruity drinks..........(basically all the ones I like!) For the sake of weight I don't mind resorting to rum and diet cokes!

I'll check in later with my Daily Bend. It's floor exercises for me today!

Beautiful Day!

Michelle — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:30:00 GMT

Hey Yall! It's another beautiful,sunny day in Anchorage,Ak. So I was a bit inspired to get my workout done early and have it out of the way.In my rush to leave for work this morning I left the house without my breakfast shake! I'm totally not doing any liquid type of diet but I'm finding those to be really easy and right up my alley in the morning because I don't have time for any type of sit down breakfast.
I have to get my little ones ready as well as myself. I know it may be lazy.........but I REALLY don't want to wake up any earlier to make time for it KWIM?
So I just chill these in the fridge and grab one on my way out the door and drink it on my drive to work. In case anyone is interested I'm drinking the ones they sell at Costco. A huge 24 or 28? pack they sell for I think it was $14.50
I have some fruit here at work that I'll have as a snack in a bit and am going to plan the rest of my day food wise. Though I think I'm going to keep it pretty light with salads and veggies with a bit of meat for the rest of the day.

Have a great day,Michelle

The Daily Bend!

Michelle — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:22:00 GMT

Well today I got these big buns up and moving early today! I worked out on the treadmill today for 30 minutes today. Hey, it aint much but it's a start! Though truth be told the longest I aspire to walk on a treadmill is no longer than an hour. So I'll slowly add time until I'm at that level. Also since I'm just starting my speed was only at 3 which I'll also increase as my endurance builds.

So........what exercise did YOU do today? Michelle