Week 22

So this past week I tried harder to make sure that I was able to exercise.  For the most part I was successful, but I am still struggling with my motivation.  I can really tell that I have been struggling with my motivation recently, and it has nothing to do with being bored.  However, I have been working on my sad streak, and I am feeling a little better each day.  That is something that I never thought of when I thought about starting this journey.  I was prepared for boredom, time, and money, but it never occurred to me to that I would have a huge problem with being too sad to have the motivation to exercise.

Here's what you want to know:  278 (current weight) - 150 (goal weight) = 128 pounds to go!!!!!

Goals for this week:

• Exercise everyday for 1 hour (30 minutes min.)
• Eat more fruits and vegetables
• Pay attention to calories
• Stop eating when full

Weeks 19, 20 & 21

So I have been really bad about posting these last 3 weeks.  I finally decided that today I need to post about how I'm doing.  Recently I've been having trouble finding a job, which has caused me to get into a bit of a depression pattern.  I would go up and down based on my job opportunities.  Which would in turn affect my exercise habit.  Recently I was reading and came across an inspirational quote, which basically said that whatever you dream, can happen as long as you believe that it will.  That was just the positive boost that I needed at that time.  So ever since that day I was back on track with exercising and eating better.  I also started to get back into a really bad habit during my depression, where I would dip everything into a type of salad dressing...which was not good.  However, once I started back on track again, I was able to stop myself from doing that bad habit again.  I also weighed myself once during this slump, and it was back at like 284-286.  So this past week, I have exercised an hour every day.  I have also tried to push myself during the exercises.  First I changed from the 1 & 2 exercise on the bike and increased it to the 2 & 3 exercise.  Second I tried to push myself while I was riding the bike and tried to increase my speed to 13 or 14 mph!  That is huge, since had just barely started riding at 12 mph.

So here's what you've been waiting for:  280 (current weight) - 150 (goal weight) = 130 pounds to go!!!!!

Goals for this week: 

• Exercise everyday for an hour
• Eat more fruits and vegetables
• Watch how many calories I intake
• Stop eating when full

Picture Time!!!!

 4 Months!!

 Beginning V.S. 4 Months

Beginning to 4 Months!! (front)

Beginning to 4 Months!! (side)

Week 18

So again sorry for posting this so late.  This past week, I did a pretty good job at watching what I eat.  Even though it was the end of when my family was in town, I was still very good about being careful.  I was able to watch to make sure that I don't overeat, and yet I was also able to allow myself to have some really good sweets that I don't normally get.  This past week I was also able to exercise every day.  On Friday after doing 30 minutes on the bike, I even went out with my siblings and played tennis for 2 hours!  I was so sore the next day, but that was a big improvement for me.  I feel that I am doing much better at stopping when I am full.  I just now need to get back on a good schedule of when to wake up, so that I don't exercise too late in the day.

Here's what you've been waiting for: 282 (current weight) - 150 (goal weight) = 132 pounds to go!!!!

Goals for this week

• Exercise for at least 30 minutes a day, (1 hour if I can)
• Eat more fruits and Vegetables
• Pay attention to calories
• Stop eating when full

Week 17

So as I stated in my last post, I got sick towards the end of last week, and so this week has been interesting as  well.  Dealing with the illness, looking for a job, subbing, and visiting with family has made it very busy.  However, because of my illness I didn't work as much as I should have, since I wasn't exactly feeling up to it.  But most days I did exercise, in fact, while I was exercising my body actually felt better.  I've just found that riding the bike is not getting to be as much of a chore as it used to be.  So this week I used my bike's preset workouts.  I started with the first one towards the end of last week, and so during the middle of this week I tried out the second workout.  They are challenging, but they also help to keep me focused on pedaling.  I have also noticed that most days instead of just pedaling 10 mph, I am now pedaling at about 12 mph.  I am even doing that when the resistance goes up, which is a big deal for me.  But I'm still not even that focused on it, I just ride the bike and watch a show.  It has just become a part of what I do.

Here's what you've been waiting for:  283 (current weight) - 150 (goal weight) = 133 pounds to go!!!!

Goals for this week:

• exercise everyday for an hour (at least half an hour)
• eat more fruits and vegetables
• stop eating when full

Week 16

So sorry that I'm posting this a week behind, but between job hunting and spending time with family, I've been busy.  So I have been doing much better at being less hard on myself when I make mistakes.  Which is something that I have really needed to work on.  Before when I made a mistake, I would automatically get upset with myself and then go back to what I was doing before because it's obviously not working.  But now when I make a mistake, I just brush it off as a bad day, and try to make it up another day.  Towards the end of this week I was starting to get sick, so I exercised but not as much.  I am proud of myself though, even when I went up to visit with my family, which for me with my eating, can be very stressful, because I like to be in control of what, when, and how much I eat, which doesn't work very easily when someone else is cooking.  But I was able to eat smaller portions, slower, and I brought my own snacks with me, which helped for when I got hungry later that day.

So here's what you wanna know:  285 (current weight) - 150 (goal weight) = 135 pounds to go!!!

I'm not gonna post the goals for this week, since it's already over.

Week 15

So this past week, I was not as good as I have normally been.  I skipped out on exercising 2 days, and I made sweets with a roommate.  However, on Friday I made sure to do 2 hours of exercise to try to make up for missing those two days.  While it helped, it didn't completely negate the fact that I missed 2 days.  But I have learned through this process, that while it is important to recognize when I make a mistake in this process, it is even more important to get right back on track.  Which is exactly what I have been doing this week.  I tried to eat better last week, but unfortunately I did not have very good luck and my lettuce went bad extra quick.  So I ended up eating other things, which did not help that I had some ranch, not light, with said food.  So I when I went shopping this weekend, I made sure to get some other dressings for salad and seasoning, and to get lettuce that won't go bad as quickly.

Here's what you've been waiting for: 286 (current weight) - 150 (goal weight) = 136 pounds to go!!!

So here are the pictures that I promised: 

3 Months!!!!!

Beginning -pink shirt, 3 Months- blue shirt

Left to Right it goes: Beginning, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months

Left to Right it goes: Beginning, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months

Week 14

So sorry for posting so late this week, but I've been busy trying to find a job and going to a temp. job while searching.  So this past week, I had a few more calories than before, but I kept up with my exercising.  So I consider that to still be a good week.  I did not starve myself much so I didn't have as much weight loss, but I am still going which is hard to do.  I still eat out, but I make sure to not eat as much as I used to.  Plus I try to make sure that there are leftovers, so that I won't be tempted.  Something that helps is to just put how much I'm allowed to have on my plate and then put the rest away.  Out of sight, out of mind, really does work for me.  Then if I end up hungry later on, I can just go back to one of my reliable good, but not high calorie foods for a snack.  While once I might have had too much to eat, I know that I didn't overeat as much I used to, so progress.

Here's what you want to know:  287 (current weight) - 150 (goal weight) = 137 pounds to go!!!!

(Also I know that I was supposed to post pictures this week, and if I don't post them this weekend, then I will post them next week.)