And guess how many pounds that means I've lost to date?
40 pounds!!!
After being up and down the last month and a half, struggling with the balance between school, family, my health and working out, I finally decided I need to get focused again and get serious about getting to my weight goal. I started again last week with a real determination, lost a few pounds pretty fast with lots of exercise and monitoring my food intake. By the weekend, I found myself getting lazy again and somewhere in there some chocolate found it's way into my hands and there we go. By Monday, I finally had a little conversation with myself (not a real, out loud one---that would be scary, lol) but a little pep talk. I sat down and did a little math and realized just how close I was to reaching 50 pounds lost. I've lost way more than what I still have left to go and got to thinking...seriously, what is stopping me from just making this happen?
This week I've been taking exercising and what I eat seriously. I even went for a 25 minute jog in my neighborhood one day and managed to make it home in one piece! Four months ago, you could not have convinced me to run for 5 minutes, much less 10 and now I'm finding myself wanting to just get out there and push myself.
I've been doing a combo of my walking workout dvd's, the elliptical and jogging. Every day, even when I'm tired and don't want to open my eyes in the four o'clock hour, I've just been pushing myself to get up and start moving. Sleeping in my workout clothes helps a lot, lol! I'm really excited about my progress and still can't believe I've lost this much!
My original goal when I started all of this was to get down to 145-150. As I get closer, I'm starting to think that if I can just push myself a little harder, I can make it somewhere between 130-140. I've never been that small as an adult so I'm excited to see what the future holds. By the time I finally get there, Fernando may not even recognize me anymore! ;)
2 comments:
I am soooooo excited for you!!! Awesome! Way to go on the jogging, too!
Girl.... Fern may not be able to keep his hands off of you!! :+)
I am sure that Fernando is so happy for you to be doing so well in your fitness program. You are beautiful and I'm sure he loves you so much, and that he is very proud of you. I know that I am!
Love, Momma Linda
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