So, we realized that we needed a new lawn mower, and before we decided to buy a new one, I hit craigslist hard in search of a deal. I did end up finding a deal, but not for a mower. I found an ad that read "used book sale!! fill any box you bring for two bucks"
Jason, knowing me far too well, began his search for the biggest box we could find. So we headed off to bay city, and pulled into the parking lot for the creepiest building I've ever seen. The inside of this place looked like it hadn't been touched in 25 years and everything looked dated and dusty, excluding the bottom two shelves of ever aisle. I went buck wild, apparently this guy hits every library sale he can find and stocks up. I was in hog heaven, we really had to look because there was NO system at all to the way they were plopped on the shelf, and as stated they were on the bottom two shelves, and in boxes stacked in the corner. We filled our box to the top, 50 books easy probably more we didn't actually count. After forking over a whopping two dollars, we realized the big box theory was cost effective, but didn't transfer so well.
After some grunting and groaning we finally got the box in the back of the jeep and headed to sam's club to stock up on my fat free yogurt , and a new shiny self propelled lawn mower.
As I said in my earlier post, I am thrilled to be back in my own house so I can get back on track. I've also decided that starting tomorrow I will begin a food journal, each day I am going to document every calorie that passes over my lips. I hope this will help keep me on track! I am going to try to do a 1500 calories a day.
Once again, I want to thank you all for checking in on me. This is not just a diet, it is a lifestyle change, and it is going to be a hard one, but I know that I can do it with your support!!
Being away from my treadmill this week killed me. And the nasty storms didn't help at all, they just kept me inside.
I can't wait to get back to my own house and get back into my routine!!
Well, we had a fantastic Easter weekend, but today I am sick as a dog. I think my stomach is upset with me LOL
It's going to be a tough week, we are house setting for my mom while she is out of town, so I am going to be without my treadmill all week!!!
I'll keep you posted! Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Last Friday, in the middle of everything else that was happening, Jason's mom gave us each a chocolate bunny. We tried to explain that we were eating healthy and she could give them to Karmen's (his brother's girlfriend) kids. She insisted we take them.
Jason's bunny is no threat to him. One of his new medications he takes for his back injury basically knocks his appetite away. ( NOT FAIR) My bunny on the other hand, had been calling to me all weekend, and yesterday I answered his call. I slowly opened the brightly colored box, and when the seal was broken the aroma of chocolate took me away to a place, a marvelous place where for a few seconds, there was no guilt related to my weakness.
It only lasted a few seconds, as I bit a chunk of cocoa flavored goodness from that poor still bunny, I chewed it up and swallowed my guilt...and realized that chocolate had tasted very good, but nothing in comparison to the feeling I have after a good workout.
With that, I removed the ear less bunny from his beautiful container and tossed he and the box in the garbage can separately to prevent any second thoughts and cravings for more temptation.
I guess the point of this is to admit that yesterday I had a moment of weakness and consumed some cocoa flavored bunny ears, but I overcame temptation, and removed it. I would not have been able to do that if I hadn't received so many encouraging messages from all of you!
So thank you all so very much! I'm going to finish up some laundry, and then hit the treadmill!
Ok, so Wednesday, during my mega workouts, Jason called me and said he was feeling like he was getting shocked. He said it was starting at his waist and moving up to under his arm. Since he had just done the RFA treatment to his back (they burn off the nerves around his micro spinal fractures to prevent pain) we called the Dr that did the treatment. He said this was for sure not normal and to come in friday. Thursday and Friday, the shocking feeling was happening more often, and he also started to get tremors in his legs. He described the feeling as "my leg is vibrating" this was happening and sometimes lasting 5 minutes, sometime 3 hours. On top of this, his pain form the procedure, which had been getting better, was now increasing to the point of him becoming restless.
So friday we FINALLY got down to see Dr Fridel, he says to ice, start motrin 800 , and contact Dr Emmer (neurologist) ASAP, because this reaction is not related to the procedure, and we would need to get some imaging done to figure out what was going on. Meanwhile, we leave a message for Dr Emmer, and head to the in laws because it is his mom's birthday.
Dr Emmer finally calls back and says go to the ER. Of course we put this off until after Joan's birthday festivities. We get to the ER at ten ish, see a Dr around 2ish, finally gets a CT scan at around 4ish, and the ER doc basically tells us he has no idea what is going on, but juices Jason up with a nice little coctail of 2 pain and one muscle relax injections, and sends us on our way at 620am saying "contact your neurologist"
On the bright side, Jason was finally able to get some sleep when we got home.
Phew what an ordeal. So now we wait until the 29th to see Dr Emmer, so hopefully he can explain/eliminate the discomfort Jason is having.
Long story short, I did not work out on friday at all, but I wouldn't have been able to anyway, because on thursday, I got on the treadmill and after 25 minutes, realized it wasn't a treadmill day. Then i did My zumba workout, and by mid afternoon every muscle in my body was hating me. Diet wise I am still going good, however i did break down last night at the ER and bought a real Mt Dew so I wouldn't pass out after being up so long!
Phew, sorry for the long post! I'm off to do laundry, and zumba! I only slept for 3 hours, but I don't want to sleep all day and goof up my sleep schedule, I do however, plan on letting Jason hibernate as long as he can because he hasn't slept in days due to his back!
Take care all, as always thanks again for your support during all of this!
oh my oh my, so I happened to call my husband while I was out and about with leann today after our workout, and when I called he was in the middle of buying me another workout game for the wii that I had been talking about. I was thankful and surprised, but actually had him switch it out (since he was still in the store) for the zumba dance game for the wii....
Let me tell you what a fantastic workout that game gives you, we ( Leann and myself) tried out the beginner 20 minute work out and it was awesome. It really gets ya movin and groovin.
I am just so excited that I am still sticking with this, and so thankful for all of your support. Please keep checking up on me!!
Whew, got up early this morning to do my treadmill workout so that I would be done with it before Leann comes over. We are going to dance our buts off, and I also had Jason air up our bikes so we can go for a bike ride too!!
I just sent an application email in to A&E to be on their show "HEAVY"
I watched an episode and cried my eyes out. I want to do this, and I hope hope hope they chose me.
It was nice to be away and with family over the weekend and for jason's birthday, but it felt great to get home and be able to get back into my routine. As a fat girl, I never thought that I would enjoy working out, but I do.
so it's back to water, fat free yogurt and all kinds of veggies and fruit.
I am also considering cutting back on white flour as much as I can...not all together, but it won't hurt to switch in whole grains every once in a while :)
I have decided that I want to attend an adult fat camp...
so if any of you are rich, and would like to fork over four grand, that would be cool~!!
hey...a girl can dream can't she?
I feel awful, today was Jason's birthday party at my mother's house...and I ate far too much, there were chips and dip and cake and ice cream, things I hadn't had for weeks. The worst was real soda, I hadn't had it in ages, and today did not have the will power to avoid it.
On the bright side, tomorrow after taking the dogs to the vet, we are headed home to the treadmill and the wii, so I can get back to work. My father died at the age of 51, I refuse to follow in his footsteps, I am 29 and will not allow my life to be that short.
I appreciate all of the support I have been getting from my friends, and I hope that it will keep coming.
So I think that I need to change my just dance workout from tough to intense because it's only wednesday and I have already meet my weekly goal!
YAY!
Didn't make it home until after 5 today, the upside to being gone with jason all day is that he drives so I managed to get an entire book read today. After playing with the dogs who always greet us so sweetly when we com back from a long day I headed straight to the living room and did my just dance workout. I actually did three extra songs after i had met my goal according to the game.
I Love the way I feel after a 45 minute work out.
The downside to us being gone all day on the road from appt to appt, was that we had to do lunch on the road which isn't diet friendly, but we stayed away from fast food, so I don't feel too bad about it.
So my goal for day one is met, treadmill time is over, I kept it at a quick paced walk at 4mph for ten minutes , with alternating intervals of run (8mph) for 2 minutes and jog (6mph) for 2 minutes. So it was walk -jog-walk-run-walk-jog and so on for 45 minutes. It worked great for me for now, and I felt great when I was finished, maybe in a week or two I will increase my run and jog times.
I couldn't believe how much my legs and arms burned by the time i was done...oh yes I was working those arms like crazy the entire time.
Time for lunch, and then some just dance 2 on the wii.
I'm sick of having more chins than a chinese phone book, so keep your fingers crossed that I stick with this!!
So this weekend went very well, we made a trip to saginaw and purchased the just dance 2 game for the wii.
I had never played this before so I had no idea what to expect. I was happy to see that on the menu, they have a just sweat option, which is has three different work out plans, and tracks your daily and weekly goals. Let me tell you it was the second most fun I've had that made me sweat! Both Saturday and Sunday I met my daily goals, and let me tell you by the end of 5 or 6 songs, you can feel it all over your body, and it felt like my arms were going to fall off....
Well, I'm off to have oatmeal and oj before I get my dance on, and when hubby wakes up, I need to have him get some of his junk out of the spare room so I don't break my neck trying to get to the treadmill...
I can do eating healthy, but that alone isn't enough. I gave up pop, started drinking water instead, occasionally I will have a diet cola, but honestly that is so much better than when i used to drink almost a twelve pack a day. Long ago I had given up sugar cereals and traded them in for raisin bran and oatmeal. I traded potato chips for carrots and bananas. My weakness however is dairy. My friend abbey gave up dairy long ago and she looks beautiful .I confess now that i will never be able to give up dairy, in my mind a few ounces of cheese is better than a little debbie, that is my story and I'm sticking to it.
So the eating healthy I have, I can do fruit and veggies and avoid fatty foods, but unless I am moving my but to exercise eating healthy won't help.
Why is it so hard to get on my treadmill?
Sometimes I think I should move it into the living room instead of having it in the spare room, maybe if I couldn't avoid looking at it everyday the guilt would build up inside me and I would actually use the thing more than once a week...
My Friend is the one who inspired me to do this, and she said starting Monday she is going to do weigh ins....I am not strong enough to do that, I mean the people in my life know that I am fat, but i don't think they need to know the exact numbers.
So instead I say this, starting Monday i am going to start using my treadmill AT LEAST one hour three days a week. and on the non treadmill days...it is warm enough that I can walk or bike along the trail they have here in town. Also I am thinking about buying one of those dance games for the wii, when I was younger I used to dance like a fool, maybe I need to start doing that again :)
