elle17

July 3/11

Weight. 180.

Height 5 ft 3 inches

Bust 40

Waist 39

Hip 42

Calf 14.75

Arm 12

Neck 14.5

Goals for July: to look less rectangular. To lose 5 lbs. To hit the gym 4 times a week.

I just finished Day 1 of Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred. I might die. lol

My lungs suck. I’m recovering from bronchitis. Apparently I’ve had it since Easter weekend. I was too stubborn to go to the doctor and finally my boss sent me to the ER.  A chest x-ray told me that I did indeed have more than a cold that wouldn’t go away… and luckily, I didn’t have pneumonia.

I’m slowly starting to ease back into any physical activity… it’s hard.

p.s yesterday, i went for a 30 min bike ride.

I bought a pair of skates online remembering the pair I had years ago. These ones are more like a shoe, rather than a boot. 
I put them on and skated around my kitchen with no problem! I tried them outside and promply fell on my butt… got up, looked around and dusted my self off. wtf? hahaha. Trying to skate down my driveway reminded me of Bambi learning to walk.

If you don’t do what’s best for your body, you’re the one who comes up on the short end.~~Julius Erving.

When I read this quote yesterday my first thought was.. wow that completely makes sense to me. Today I read it and figure I’m short enough… time to step up and get out.

I can totally write about goals that will never be kept, pounds I want to lose, but I won’t. What I will write about is the fact that over the past 2 days I have worked out twice each day, totalling 1.5 hrs per day. I’m quite embarrased to say that this accomplishment surpasses last months excersises combined.

That is why I’m starting over. That was my old life. My new life is day to day. No “Tomorrows”. I will not start my diet tomorrow, I will not work out tomorrow. I don’t have a tomorrow, all I have is today. Today, I ate well, worked out, and today, I feel great!

On New Year’s Eve, I weighed 196 lbs.  I’m tellin you, it scared the crap out of me!!  I vowed never to be at that weight again.  So far things have been ok, but not great.  I’m down to 182, which was my first mini goal!  Today, I’m reflecting on why it took so long….

I know I’m supposed to stay hydrated, yet I don’t.  I know that a bag of chips has 450 calories, I eat them anyway.  Chocolate? don’t even get me started!  I am a junk food junkie.  Seriously. 

I’m clearly sabatoging my efforts by eating this crap!!  I’ve also found that when I don’t log in here everyday, my motivation is almost non-existent.  I have big grandiose plans with zero execution.  At least now I realize it.

My first week “back” was rough!  There were days when I literally thought that I wouldn’t be able to climb the stairs to my bedroom.  All the pain was well worth it!  I lost 2 pounds last week.  I had a mantra running through my head during my workouts, “you’ll feel better when you’re done”.  I didn’t feel better, I felt amazing!

After a not so brief abscence, I am back!  Wish me luck!

I’m having a crappy couple of weeks, upon returning from vacation I found out that one of my uncles passed away, my fiance’s mother is on her death bed, and yesterday another one of my uncles passed away.  Before when I experienced loss, or any other stress, I would eat. To top things of it’s my TOM so I want to eat anyway.  I hung up on Domino’s earlier.  I’m glad I have no junk food in the house or I’m sure I’d gain back all the weight I lost!  Any tips to avoid emotional eating?

The last time I was measured was on Dec 11/08.  Those measurements are as follows

Bust 40.25 , Waist 36.25, Abdomen 42.5, Hips 45.5, Thigh 27.5 Arm 14.5

My measurements now are

Bust 39.0, Waist 33.5 Abdomen 39.0, Hips 43.25, Thigh 25.0, Arm 12.0

I was a little concerned because I haven’t lost that much weight, I wasn’t realizing that I was losing an insane amount of inches until I tried on clothes I hadn’t worn for so long!!

I will always appreciate the little things in life, sometimes they give me the greatest feeling!  Today, I wore a pair of jeans that I hadn’t worn in awhile.  I thought I would have to go through the usual process of lying down on my bed to do them up.  Well not today my friends!!!  I managed to get myself in and buttoned with NO struggle at all! and guess what?? I did it standing up, like a normal person!!  So I thought “wow this is great” and couldnt wait to try on more stuff.  Each article of my clothing that I hadn’t worn in months, went on so easy it almost made me cry!