Here it is the beginning of June and I wanted to update my blog! I am down 143 pounds and still working toward my goal of losing 181 pounds with Medifast! Only 38 more pounds to go! SO EXCITING! The weight loss for me has slowed down but I decided to join a gym (Genesis Health Club) and work with a trainer. I thought at first that I would see a huge loss after working out for 1 week, but my weight stayed the same and I was a bit discouraged. My trainer Michelle told me to just hang in there as my body is going to have to do a little adjusting to everything I am doing and then I should see a loss. Sure enough, the pounds are starting to come off of me a little bit better now that I have been working out about 6 weeks. So if you start a new exercise program, don't get discouraged if the weight doesn't just fall off of you at first. Hang in there...it will come! Currently I am working out 5-6 days a week. I have started doing an aerobic fit class on Monday and Friday mornings that combine cardio with strength training and stretching and then I do a Zumba class on Wednesday mornings. On Tuesday and Thursday mornings I work out with weights with my trainer and then on Saturday mornings I do weights on my own. I never (and I mean NEVER) thought I would ever set foot in a gym, let alone enjoy working out, but I do. It is such a fun time for me!
I have to say once again...don't ever give up. I have been overweight my entire adult life and believe me...even at 183 pounds I feel so much better than I have ever felt. I can't imagine weighing 326 pounds again. I was always in pain, always hurting. That was terrible. Then I found Medifast and still can't believe how fantastic this program is! To me, it is worth whatever money I have to spend on it to get healthy! I just wish I would have found it 30 years ago! When people ask me what the secret is to staying on Medifast as long as I have (23 months) I tell them that for me sticking with the 5 and 1 is the key. I know there are people out there that can plan to eat off plan for a day and then get right back on, but I don't want to chance it. I am afraid that I would just fall face first into something I shouldn't and never come back up. Food has that big of a hold on me. Do I worry that I won't be able to transition off of Medifast food when I get to goal? Sometimes. But you know what? I am just going to approach it with the same faith that has got me this far and I know I will be okay. This program works! Here's to the next 38 pounds!
June 12, 2011 ~ Sunday morning thoughts...
Good morning world, it is raining here in my part of Kansas and my tomato plants are smiling! I planted 5 tomato plants this year, as Ken and I love fresh tomatoes, and truth be told, I enjoy watching them grow! Not to the extent that I am going to plant a big garden...I'll leave that to my two older sisters, Peggy and Sherry, but just something for me to enjoy! The rain always gives me time for a little reflection, and as I think back over the past 23 months that I have been on my weight loss journey, there is a lot to reflect on. Ken and I went to a car show yesterday and even though it was a hot day, I was amazed at how much easier it was to walk around looking at the cars since I have lost weight! At 326 pounds I would have been doing 3 things: sweating, hurting, and thinking of a way to hurry Ken along so we could go home! Yesterday I held my husbands hand and actually enjoyed all the beautiful cars that were there for us to see! AND...as an added bonus, we were on the motorcycle, which is another thing that I wouldn't have been doing if I was that 326 pound woman. No way could I have ever gotten on the back of a motorcycle. Physically, I just wouldn't have been able to. So a lot of progress has been made in my life, and I am so excited by it! Before we went to the car show, Ken and I went to Genesis and worked out together! That was a first! LOVED that we were lifting weights and helping each other! Ken has been working out with my trainer Michelle, but she wanted him to start doing 3 days a week and so we will be working out on Saturdays together! Never thought I would see the day! Ken has had a shoulder injury, so that is why he has only been working out 2 times a week, but now he is starting to build on that!! YAY! We have decided that we want to build our strength so as we age, we will be more physically fit!
I didn't have a loss this past week when I stepped on the scales. My body has a way of losing every other week, which tells me that these fat cells are fighting to stay with me, but slowly I will win the battle. I really thought that I would be at goal weight on our 20th anniversary on June 21st, but have decided that as long as I am continueing on my journey, it doesn't really matter when I reach goal, as long as I am working toward it. I am so thankful that I found a program that works for me!
Speaking of our anniversary, we are trying to decide what we should do to celebrate. If you have any ideas, please leave them in the comments section! If we were rich....this would be easy! But on a limited budget, something local will probably have to do! As long as we get to spend the day together, we will be okay. I really lucked out when I found Ken. He is a great guy and I am so lucky that we have each other!! Here's to a great week! Get out and enjoy it!
I didn't have a loss this past week when I stepped on the scales. My body has a way of losing every other week, which tells me that these fat cells are fighting to stay with me, but slowly I will win the battle. I really thought that I would be at goal weight on our 20th anniversary on June 21st, but have decided that as long as I am continueing on my journey, it doesn't really matter when I reach goal, as long as I am working toward it. I am so thankful that I found a program that works for me!
Speaking of our anniversary, we are trying to decide what we should do to celebrate. If you have any ideas, please leave them in the comments section! If we were rich....this would be easy! But on a limited budget, something local will probably have to do! As long as we get to spend the day together, we will be okay. I really lucked out when I found Ken. He is a great guy and I am so lucky that we have each other!! Here's to a great week! Get out and enjoy it!
June 15, 2011 ~ Another week down...
This week actually saw me with a 1 pound gain! Back when I would weigh almost every day, I would see my weight fluctuate from day to day...sometimes up a little, sometimes down a little. I guess it is only natural that at some point my weight would be up a little on Wednesday when I weigh in! So I am not going to let it bother me! I know it is just a number...and not a reflection of me. One thing that I am trying not to do is to let the scale play ''head games'' with me. My first thought was to weigh tomorrow and see what the scale says...but then I might end up getting on the scale the day after tomorrow to see what it says...and then I would be back to jumping on the scale every time I walked past it. I just don't want to get back in the habit of weighing every day. I have friends that do that, and they seem to be able to handle the daily ups and downs of the scale...but not me. So I am just going to write the number down and move on!
I decided to try on my wedding dress to see if it was close to fitting me. With our 20th anniversary coming up, I was hoping that I could squeeze into it now that I have been losing weight. I remember it feeling a little ''snug'' when I got married and didn't have much hope of it fitting, but it slid on without any problem! AND...when I showed it to Ken, he said "That's too big on you!'' How fun is that? What a great guy I have!!
I decided to try on my wedding dress to see if it was close to fitting me. With our 20th anniversary coming up, I was hoping that I could squeeze into it now that I have been losing weight. I remember it feeling a little ''snug'' when I got married and didn't have much hope of it fitting, but it slid on without any problem! AND...when I showed it to Ken, he said "That's too big on you!'' How fun is that? What a great guy I have!!
