Oktoberfest, Birthdays, Beer and Baseball..........

So this weight loss journey of mine has taken an entirely new twist this time around... back in 2000 I lost 30lbs on Jenny Craig. It was a great start but I was young and ridiculous and didn't really make the connection that weight was something I was going to have to think about even after I'd lost it. There was no lasting scaffolding there, just the end result in sight. It is no wonder I gained every pound and a few more back -- I never had a plan for what I was going to do after I lost the weight. Do I sound like a broken record?

I was reading blogs (props out to Diet Girl who is a total goddess, by the way), thinking about just how many of us there are out there who are fighting every day to change our lives. I am certainly glad that this time around, as I continue on this life changing adventure, that I have found a great group of people to help me when I fall, give me resources when I think the world is ending and understand when I just can't take it anymore.

Sigh...bit profound for a Sunday morning and not nearly as funny as I wanted it to be. That's what happens when I posted without having coffee first!

Stats:
Last WI: 211.6 (9/26/07) -- wahoo I've managed to lose 15.4lbs since this summer!
Right Upper Arm: 13"
Right Thigh: 25"
Right Calf: 15.75"
Waist: 37"
Hips: 43"
Chest: 39.5"
Pounds to go: 56.6lbs --My goal weight though slightly higher than the charts say it should be is 155 -- so that leaves me with 56 pounds to go.

So the pounds and inches are moving... I've been pretty focused on what I'm eating. I'm subscribing to WW online now and have finally gotten over my fear of eating. Who knew you had to actually eat in order to lose weight!?! I have also sorted out that I need a BIG breakfast -- 8pts of breakfast! Crazy, but if I eat a lot then I am in control for the rest of the day.

So my goals for the month --
1) I need to get a picture in my head of what I'm going to look like when I reach goal. For me, I don't think goal is going to be a number. I change my desired goal weight daily! I think I would like to get to 160 and see what I look like and go from there. It dawned on me the other day though that I have never been skinny -- I've been heavy for all of my life. So I don't really have an image in my head of what I will look like -- nothing to 'get back to'. This thin thing is going to be something new!

2) Increase my daily fitness levels -- not my trips to the gym, but my daily, walking around, moving etc. I'm thinking I may need to dig out my old pedometer to make sure I'm active enough. I think that might be one way I could increase my activity. I love the gym, don't get me wrong, but I don't want the gym to be the ONLY form of exercise I get in a day.

3)Keep creating mini-goals for myself. I like having one thing to focus on each week -- makes this whole process so much easier!

4)Pimp this blog! I'm new to this blogging thing. And as far as I know, nobody is reading it! Grr. So, goal number four is to change that.

Alright that is all for now. I wish I had some more inciteful advice about how I lost 90lbs in a day -- but I didn't so I don't!

ML :)

It's just so inspiring....

So I've just spent the afternoon reading blogs from my fellow weight loss bloggers...all I can say is wow! Sista's you gots some good stuff going on!!! And I have a lot of work to do on my blog!!! First of all I need to figure out how to pimp this thing! Second, I need to remember that it exists every now and again......

The weight loss journey -- man is it going slow this time around!!! But it's going. I'm so glad I have a PT to constantly put things into perspective for me. I may not have lost all of the pounds I think I need to, but dang, I'm certainly getting in really good shape! I've been challenging myself like crazy physically -- I like breaking barriers so it seems.

So for the stats:

Last weigh in: 214.8 (9/5)

Inches:
R.Arm: 13.5"
R. Thigh: 26"
R. Calf : 16"
Waist: 38"
Hips: 43.5"
Chest: 40"

It ain't huge, but damn if it ain't progress.

See...I can do it! I want to be an after and stay an after.

Ms. Mission