I've been swimming laps in the morning for 2 months now (at 6:30 a.m. nonetheless) and I love it. It's the only kind of exercise I get out of bed for. I'm trying to work up to swim a mile. I'm doing about 1/2 mile right now.
Next month, I've switched my lane time to 8 a.m. Amberlyn and I are going to switch babysitting the younger ones so we can do it (sort of ) together. I'm looking forward to the extra 1/2 hour of sleep and I'm excited for Amberlyn to try it.
Another random type of exercise I tried last week is a Hip Hop Dance class at the gym. So Fun! I'm hooked. The thing is that it tricks my mind and body into thinking it's dancing instead of exercise. And I've always felt bad for not making the Northwest High School Honey Bears squad so this is my chance to dance my heart out! As long as I don't glance in the mirrors- I'm good.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Ferocious
About two nights ago my appetite turned ferocious and I could not tame it. No matter what I ate, I was still hungry. Yesterday was a terrible day. I ate and ate and ate and never felt satisfied. What is up with that? As I thought a little more about this, I made a connection. I started to eat more as soon as I realized that it was my turn to conduct Cub Scouts. Is that the silliest thing you've ever heard? I thought about it all day yesterday and to calm my nerves I fed them food. I soooo do not need this in my life. I have had this calling for almost 2 years. It is a very stressful calling in a ward that is over 55% children. I am done. I hate what it is doing to me physically and mentally. I am going to ask to be released this Sunday. I have never in my whole life done this before. But I feel it is vital for my well being. I hate feeling this way about a calling, but it is what it is. What would you do if you had a calling that effected you this way?
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Ever felt this way?
Since I have been an exercising fiend lately I was excited to step on the scales. I can sort of tell my stomach has gone down a little bit, yeah for me. So I was feeling pretty encourage. I stepped on the scale and the exact opposite happened. I so hate that. You work and work and work so hard to attain a little bit of success and it isn't even supported by the stupid scale.
Melissa tells me over and over again that weight loss is 80% diet. Screw dieting. I hate dieting. Why can't I see a difference with the small and simple changes that I've made in my life. I am making much better choices and I have cut out diet coke. Hello!!!!!!!! I haven't even replaced that with chocolate. I know I need to work harder at improving my eating. But come on, I need a little encouragement here. Can't the scale cooperate with me just this ONE time!!!
My solution is to continue to work out to the max. Run, walk, 10 minute dealio thing, 60 minutes every tuesday with Melissa. Someday it will begin to fall off. Till then, you get to continue hear me complain and mope and groan about how stinking hard it is, and how unfair it is.
Melissa tells me over and over again that weight loss is 80% diet. Screw dieting. I hate dieting. Why can't I see a difference with the small and simple changes that I've made in my life. I am making much better choices and I have cut out diet coke. Hello!!!!!!!! I haven't even replaced that with chocolate. I know I need to work harder at improving my eating. But come on, I need a little encouragement here. Can't the scale cooperate with me just this ONE time!!!
My solution is to continue to work out to the max. Run, walk, 10 minute dealio thing, 60 minutes every tuesday with Melissa. Someday it will begin to fall off. Till then, you get to continue hear me complain and mope and groan about how stinking hard it is, and how unfair it is.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
10 minute workout, jogging and the plank
I made a huge impulse buy the other morning. I finally got it in the mail last Wednesday. I started it on Monday. And it is kicking my butt!!!! Literally, I hope it is. I never thought in a million years that a work out could be so intense and precise and all be done in 10 minutes. Of course you are suppose to "stalk" the workouts. But I am pacing myself. I am already sore and loving every minute of it. I can't wait to watch my body get stronger and stronger.
I might not be that great at dieting, to addicted to food. But I do love to work out. Like Amy mentioned we started jogging to get ready for this 5k. I went jogging with Leslie this morning and we went twice as far as I did with Amy and I thought I was going to die. But it felt so dang good. To know that I was able to do that, even with my fat butt singing the jello jiggler song. You know, the one that chimes, "jiggle jiggle, jiggle those jigglers." My song wasn't referring to jello, but my two bulbous butt cheeks that jiggle like jello. We went just under 3.5 miles. After jogging I challenged Leslie to do the plank for one minute when she got home. I immediately undressed Grace and had Hannah start the timer. If you want an amazing core work out, try the plank on for size. I almost made it for 1 minute. I had to put my knees down twice for a few seconds. My goal is to be able to do it completely for 1 minute.
All I can say is thank goodness for exercise. It is saving my butt. Someday I will have the eating under control. Maybe that day will be when I'm done nursing Grace and I don't have such a ferocious appetite.
I might not be that great at dieting, to addicted to food. But I do love to work out. Like Amy mentioned we started jogging to get ready for this 5k. I went jogging with Leslie this morning and we went twice as far as I did with Amy and I thought I was going to die. But it felt so dang good. To know that I was able to do that, even with my fat butt singing the jello jiggler song. You know, the one that chimes, "jiggle jiggle, jiggle those jigglers." My song wasn't referring to jello, but my two bulbous butt cheeks that jiggle like jello. We went just under 3.5 miles. After jogging I challenged Leslie to do the plank for one minute when she got home. I immediately undressed Grace and had Hannah start the timer. If you want an amazing core work out, try the plank on for size. I almost made it for 1 minute. I had to put my knees down twice for a few seconds. My goal is to be able to do it completely for 1 minute.
All I can say is thank goodness for exercise. It is saving my butt. Someday I will have the eating under control. Maybe that day will be when I'm done nursing Grace and I don't have such a ferocious appetite.
The Coke Vice
This past weekend I had my cousin and her 4 kids staying with me. Due to my Grandmother passing away they needed somewhere to stay. My cousin has always been big. But her sisters were always bigger. Not this time. I was disappointed to see that she looked like she had gained a ton of weight. I am estimating that she weighs over 300lbs. During her stay not once did she ask to help me cook, or clean. That was very frustrating. Then I watched as she opened up soda after soda. I thought to myself, I was once like that. But not anymore. Since Hannah's last day of baseball tournament I vowed not to drink any soda unless I am out to eat. I have stuck to that commitment. After watching my cousin and her husband, I am so grateful that I have made that change. I haven't noticed a difference on the scale. But I feel so proud of myself for overcoming that hurdle. Soda has been another one of those comfort things. I turn to it when I am overwhelmed, or stressed out with the kids. But I don't need it anymore.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Dead Woman Running
Amberlyn asked if I would run a 5k with her in September. I have never run a day in my life but feeling brave in my new body, I told her I'd give it a shot. I didn't make any promises.
So tonight we went on our first practice run/walk. We went a distance of 1.5 miles (approx. half of the 5k) running for 2 minutes and walking for 3. We alternated this over and over.
I thought I was going to die but I did not give up! Thanks to Amberlyn and Ed encouraging me the whole way. I thought I was going to die.
I feel pretty good now.... except that I've been sitting blogging for about an hour so I'm not sure what will happen when I try to get up....
It definitely gives me more appreciation for my lap swimming in the mornings- maybe I'll work up to running TO and FROM the pool. Not!
So tonight we went on our first practice run/walk. We went a distance of 1.5 miles (approx. half of the 5k) running for 2 minutes and walking for 3. We alternated this over and over.
I thought I was going to die but I did not give up! Thanks to Amberlyn and Ed encouraging me the whole way. I thought I was going to die.
I feel pretty good now.... except that I've been sitting blogging for about an hour so I'm not sure what will happen when I try to get up....
It definitely gives me more appreciation for my lap swimming in the mornings- maybe I'll work up to running TO and FROM the pool. Not!
"Absolute"ly Wonderful
So I mentioned on my personal blog that I would give the details of my weight loss on this blog. Please feel free to email me at bizemomof5@gmail.com if you would like further details.
Amberlyn heard about Absolute from a friend of mine that does our hair. So Amberlyn mentioned it to me and we decided to start it together.
My explanation of what Absolute is:
It's like a medically-based Weight Watchers. The reason I say this is the coaches and staff aren't just people who have lost weight on their program. They are trained professionals in the areas of diet and nutrition. Plus they give you some really great drugs to help you out. The nutrition part of it is high protein, low fat and low carbs. I basically won't be eating breads and pastas for the rest of my life-which I'm totally okay with. The diet part of it is also geared to increase your metabolism- beginning with a 3 day fast start of only meat and raw veggies. They also recommend that you eat at least every 4 hours. As far as the drugs go, they can prescribe (a NP is on staff) an appetite suppressant which has saved me from mindlessly eating and cheating. Once a week, you get vitamin B6 and B12 shots which help with energy and metabolism. I can really tell a difference when I get these shots- they really help. This program is a bit pricey. It's around $130 the first month and $85/month your second month on. I think it's worth every penny because if you follow the program, it works. One of my most favorite parts of the program is once a month, when you go in for your monthly check-up, they weigh you on a body composition scale. This tells you how much of your weight is fat, muscle, and water. This way, you know what you are losing. And they don't want you to lose muscle. If you lose muscle, you are doing it wrong. I love this because my third month, the weight wasn't coming off as quickly and I was discouraged. When I went in for my check-up, I saw that I had gained 4.5 pounds of muscle that month. Obviously, that means didn't lose as much weight as I thought but my clothes fit better. This helps me to understand that I should be proud of that muscle instead of stress that it's not coming off very quickly.
My goal when I started the program was to lose 10 pounds each month. I've been doing it for 4 months and lost 44 pounds so I'm right on target. I don't know if my weight loss will continue at this rate or not but I'm not going to be too concerned about it....I'm just going to keep plugging along.
Why now?
I'm not sure why this is working now or why I have the willpower to stick to it... there's probably more than one reason. 1)I saw it work quickly- I didn't have to wait weeks to see any change 2) I'm done having kids so as long as I stay focused, the risk of me putting the weight back on is low 3)I feel great about myself 4) I realized the older I got, the more my extra weight would hinder me from doing the things I love to do 5) Now that my kids are a little bit older, I don't feel guilty making time for myself.
Like I said, if you have any questions... feel free to e-mail me. I'm not sure who all reads this blog but if you would like to see my Before and During pictures, go to my personal blog at www.thehuhtalafamily.blogspot.com
I'm going to post my current weight at the end of every post so I can see my progress....
186 pounds
Amberlyn heard about Absolute from a friend of mine that does our hair. So Amberlyn mentioned it to me and we decided to start it together.
My explanation of what Absolute is:
It's like a medically-based Weight Watchers. The reason I say this is the coaches and staff aren't just people who have lost weight on their program. They are trained professionals in the areas of diet and nutrition. Plus they give you some really great drugs to help you out. The nutrition part of it is high protein, low fat and low carbs. I basically won't be eating breads and pastas for the rest of my life-which I'm totally okay with. The diet part of it is also geared to increase your metabolism- beginning with a 3 day fast start of only meat and raw veggies. They also recommend that you eat at least every 4 hours. As far as the drugs go, they can prescribe (a NP is on staff) an appetite suppressant which has saved me from mindlessly eating and cheating. Once a week, you get vitamin B6 and B12 shots which help with energy and metabolism. I can really tell a difference when I get these shots- they really help. This program is a bit pricey. It's around $130 the first month and $85/month your second month on. I think it's worth every penny because if you follow the program, it works. One of my most favorite parts of the program is once a month, when you go in for your monthly check-up, they weigh you on a body composition scale. This tells you how much of your weight is fat, muscle, and water. This way, you know what you are losing. And they don't want you to lose muscle. If you lose muscle, you are doing it wrong. I love this because my third month, the weight wasn't coming off as quickly and I was discouraged. When I went in for my check-up, I saw that I had gained 4.5 pounds of muscle that month. Obviously, that means didn't lose as much weight as I thought but my clothes fit better. This helps me to understand that I should be proud of that muscle instead of stress that it's not coming off very quickly.
My goal when I started the program was to lose 10 pounds each month. I've been doing it for 4 months and lost 44 pounds so I'm right on target. I don't know if my weight loss will continue at this rate or not but I'm not going to be too concerned about it....I'm just going to keep plugging along.
Why now?
I'm not sure why this is working now or why I have the willpower to stick to it... there's probably more than one reason. 1)I saw it work quickly- I didn't have to wait weeks to see any change 2) I'm done having kids so as long as I stay focused, the risk of me putting the weight back on is low 3)I feel great about myself 4) I realized the older I got, the more my extra weight would hinder me from doing the things I love to do 5) Now that my kids are a little bit older, I don't feel guilty making time for myself.
Like I said, if you have any questions... feel free to e-mail me. I'm not sure who all reads this blog but if you would like to see my Before and During pictures, go to my personal blog at www.thehuhtalafamily.blogspot.com
I'm going to post my current weight at the end of every post so I can see my progress....
186 pounds
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