Oh. My. Stars.
It's been too long since I've posted! I've meant well all along, taking notes and making notes but man life has smacked me in the face hard-core. By the time I'm home from work and/or the gym and I finish school work, I'm toast. Dry, crusty, tired toast. I'm going to pencil in more time to blog - because it helps me stay accountable and some you actually enjoy reading it, though I don't know why!
First, it's my 9 month mark of starting this crazy business, and my 6 month gym anniversary. I didn't think I'd ever be typing that. That said, doing this and walking through those gym doors are the best decisions I've ever made, next to marrying my sweet husband. I had another little victory in June with completing another 5k. It was tough because it was very hilly and it was 200 degrees out that day. Thank God for Jaime who made me shuffle my feet.
So let's start with the latest "breakthrough" moment. Jason and I went to a beautiful wedding yesterday and had an absolute ball! What's the big deal? I've been to very, very few weddings since my own. A year or two ago I would have tried like hell to find something else to do (sending a gift, of course), or prayed for diarrhea so we wouldn't have to go. Why? Shopping for dress clothes is horrible and should be outlawed! It got really old trying to find dresses in size 26, etc. as most them fell in to two categories: moo-moo and great-grandmother-of -the-bride. Who wants to wear those? And also, God forbid someone might snap a photo. Ew.
So lately I feel better, and am wearing a size 20 and even a smaller shoe size oddly enough. I was able to find a cute dress and heels (yes, Lord, heels!) and I didn't feel like a big weirdo. We had a great time with friends, and happily got over this little past hurdle. Any night that ends with you walking with your shoes in your hands was a good one.
I hope I'll be breaking the size barrier soon, and getting down to the 'teens. I've got to step up a little bit to get back on the pace at which I was a few weeks ago. Vacation was great - I managed to eat fairly well, exercise, and when I came back I had lost a few pounds. Woohoo! That was mid-June. I've had both up and down weeks since then but I'm still moving in the right direction. I am starting to flirt with a big number - 50 pounds. (Did I say that out loud?) I may actually be there by the end of the summer. I have about 12-ish pounds to go. My team JAG girls are doing well too, and as a team we've lost almost 100 pounds between the three of us.
Training is still great. My trainer is still great because I'm a pain in the ass and he puts up with me. I'm being challenged a bit more and I'm hanging in there. I love it. I may be a little addicted. And I know I'll keep getting better. Where I need work, again, is with food. I haven't been following my food plans as closely lately and it directly affects the scale. Working on that....starting....now.
It's been too long since I've posted! I've meant well all along, taking notes and making notes but man life has smacked me in the face hard-core. By the time I'm home from work and/or the gym and I finish school work, I'm toast. Dry, crusty, tired toast. I'm going to pencil in more time to blog - because it helps me stay accountable and some you actually enjoy reading it, though I don't know why!
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| Me and Jaime at our latest 5k in June. |
So let's start with the latest "breakthrough" moment. Jason and I went to a beautiful wedding yesterday and had an absolute ball! What's the big deal? I've been to very, very few weddings since my own. A year or two ago I would have tried like hell to find something else to do (sending a gift, of course), or prayed for diarrhea so we wouldn't have to go. Why? Shopping for dress clothes is horrible and should be outlawed! It got really old trying to find dresses in size 26, etc. as most them fell in to two categories: moo-moo and great-grandmother-of -the-bride. Who wants to wear those? And also, God forbid someone might snap a photo. Ew.
So lately I feel better, and am wearing a size 20 and even a smaller shoe size oddly enough. I was able to find a cute dress and heels (yes, Lord, heels!) and I didn't feel like a big weirdo. We had a great time with friends, and happily got over this little past hurdle. Any night that ends with you walking with your shoes in your hands was a good one.
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| Me and the Mr. at the wedding 7/5. |
Training is still great. My trainer is still great because I'm a pain in the ass and he puts up with me. I'm being challenged a bit more and I'm hanging in there. I love it. I may be a little addicted. And I know I'll keep getting better. Where I need work, again, is with food. I haven't been following my food plans as closely lately and it directly affects the scale. Working on that....starting....now.
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