Cam's New Lease on Life Journal (comments welcome!)

[toystoryduo]

Hi Cam,

I understand how frustrating it can be when you're eating healthy, working out like crazy, and the scale isn't always cooperating. I really admire you for all the hard work that you have put into your healthy living journey. You have made so much progress over the past few years that a scale just can't measure. You are eating healthier, working out a lot more, and just look at how many races you have completed..... You are an inspiration, my friend!

We'll be in WDW next weekend too! We arrive at POP on Sunday! We're scheduled to have dinner with family from Tampa that evening, but Ike may change their plans.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend, WISH sis! I am so super proud of you!

 

[keenercam]

Thank you so much for your support, Tracy! It means so much to me. You have been with me on this journey from the beginning and your kind words have always made me feel better and encouraged.

 

[keenercam]

Well, Howard went to get a haircut before the storm hits and then we are going to try to get to the Y for some strength training and treadmill time. He doesn't usually go on Saturdays but I asked him to come and spot me on some weight training stuff I want to do and he was generous enough to put off what he has to do to help me.

Food today:
B: kashi autumn harvest cereal with skim milk & strawberries (5); coffee (0)
S: lite roll w/2 slices turkey & 1 sl FF cheese (2)
L: green salad w/craisins, slivered almonds & sunflower seeds (4); mini scone (2)
S: lite popcorn (2)
D: shake & bake chicken (8); brown rice (3); broccoli (0)
Dessert: no pudge brownie (3); vitamuffin (1)


Activity -- 30 minutes strength training (including 100 weighted crunches -- ow!); 15 minutes running (1.2 miles, including slow warm-up for 2 mins-- pace sub-13:00); 100 crunches; 100 pushups (APs=7)

 

[keenercam]

Sunday's food & activity:
B: 3 slices center cut bacon (2); 2 lite EMs (3); lite mayo (1); lettuce & tomato
S: lite popcorn (2)
L: salad w/craisins, almonds & sunflower seeds (4); veggie soup (0)
S: grapes (1)
D: sm pc chicken (3); shredded chicken, corn & kidney beans w/salsa (5)
dessert: no pudge brownie (2)

Activity: 100 crunches & 100 pushups

 

[keenercam]

B: watermelon; coffee with skim milk (1.5)
L: green salad (0); veggie soup (1); flatroll (1); turkey & ff cheese (2)
S: lite popcorn (2)
D: LC panini (6); LC enchilada suiza on bed of lettuce (5); WW cheddar twists(2)
dessert: no pudge brownie (2); pringles sticks (2); grapes (.5)

Activity (4APs): run 2 miles; 100 crunches & 100 pushups

 

[toystoryduo]

You're doing a great job with your food and exercise, Cam! Keep up the good work!

Have a great Tuesday!

 

[keenercam]

B: cottage cheese & strawberries (2); coffee w/skim milk (.5)
S: vitamuffin (1)
L: arnold flat roll (1): lite turkey & 1 slice FF cheese (1.5)

Activity: 35 mins strength training; 30 minutes bike (5.94 miles)

 

[traceycooper]

Hi Cam
Maybe your not eating enough!!??? just a thought or maybe its *** your so busy with VR stuff your body cant keep up!
Any how try not to let it get you down - your the fittest most active woman i know!!!

 

[keenercam]

Geez, I've been such a terrible WISHer and really horrible at keeping up my journal here. Life has been so busy with work and DS15's marching band & school schedule.

I have not been good about tracking my food but I have been exercising 5-7 days/week. I am still really enjoying my personal training sessions and I LOVE running 2 weekday mornings a week for 2-3 miles and then longer runs on Saturday mornings.

I went to the bridal salon Saturday to see my wedding gown. I had been dreading it and was driving myself to a nervous breakdown because when I ordered it in May, they recommended 2 sizes larger than I ordered. They even made me sign a contract saying that was the size I was supposed to order and that I insisted on 2 sizes smaller and that they would not make any guarantees about the gown and custom made bolero, that I was assuming all responsibility for fit (other than the length, which I'd paid to have custom designed and cut).

So, the scale hasn't moved in forever and I've had so many sleepless nights about having spent money on a gown that wouldn't fit. Finally, I decided to have a corset back put in it to make up the several inches I knew it would need in the back. Once I'd made the decision and found the seamstress to do it, the nightmares lessened, though I still obsessed about it many times a day.

Saturday was the big day. I couldn't believe I was finally going to see the gown that I'd found in early March and had absolutely fallen in love with. It had been so hard to wait for it to come in but the whole time I was waiting, I was also dreading the day that I had to face the reality of it not fitting. The gown is so gorgeous and I was hoping that modifying the back to add the corset would not change it too much. But, wonder of wonders, when I put it on, the manager hooked the little hook & eye at the top and zipped it right up. And it wasn't even tight! No bulge at the top in the back! And the bodice is actually too big. And the sweet, gorgeous little bolero jacket is much too big. It has to be taken in significantly across the shoulders. I just can't believe I am going to have alterations to make the gown and jacket SMALLER, rather than adding about 4 inches of width to the back of the gown!

I keep looking at the pictures of the gown fitting in absolute shock. I just cannot that is me. I cannot believe I have a shape. I cannot believe that exquisite dress is mine!

So, even though I haven't been here, I have to thank WISH for helping me stay on track with the workouts and being ever cognizant of every bite (even the "bad" bites!). It worked! In just 3 months and 2 weeks, I will wear my dream gown and will marry my prince charming all over again at Disney. Life is really good.

 

[postesf]

CAM!!!! I am absolutely thrilled for you!!!

What a wonderful non-scale victory for you. I know this has been stressing you out and I am so happy for your accomplishment. Sounds like you should have ordered 3-4 sizes smaller. I know you will be getting smaller w/ all the training coming up for the Half Marathon!

Yay!!! There's nothing left to say but...

Stacie

 

[goldcupmom]

Cam, that is SO INCREDIBLE!!!! I about cried when I read it as I know how you've been worried over the fit!!! YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

Have a great rest of the week!! (how could you not??) I can't believe how soon VR will be here!!

 

[keenercam]

CAM!!!! I am absolutely thrilled for you!!!

What a wonderful non-scale victory for you. I know this has been stressing you out and I am so happy for your accomplishment. Sounds like you should have ordered 3-4 sizes smaller. I know you will be getting smaller w/ all the training coming up for the Half Marathon!

Yay!!! There's nothing left to say but...

Stacie

Thank you so much, Stacie! And thank you for having faith in me and being so supportive!

Cam, that is SO INCREDIBLE!!!! I about cried when I read it as I know how you've been worried over the fit!!! YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

Have a great rest of the week!! (how could you not??) I can't believe how soon VR will be here!!

Thank you, Julie! I just don't know how I would have stayed on track without my WISH friends cheering me on.
I guess I'm a poster child for how your weight can stay exactly the same and you can lose 2 dress sizes. LOL!

If anyone wants to see pix, just PM me. I can't post them here or in my planning journal, because Howard doesn't want to see the gown until our "wedding" day. But the gown is so incredibly gorgeous that I feel like I should send it to every prospective bride as a suggested dream gown.

 

[traceycooper]

oh oh i have to see pics Cam
i've been lurking on your VR thread - & loved the make-up & hair pics too
please please send me pics

 

[keenercam]

Thank you, Tracey!! PM sent!

 

[traceycooper]

wow wow & more wow
i wont re-type what i said in my pm - but wow!!!

 

[keenercam]

Tracey, thank you, sweetie!

 

[toystoryduo]

Cam,

THAT IS WONDERFUL, WISH SIS!!!!!!!!

I am so happy for you and your DH! Your vow renewal is going to be such a special day for your whole family!!!

And yes.....Please PM pictures!!!!

 

[keenercam]

Thank you, Tracy!!

 

[keenercam]

My own little miracle!!!

I had an insurance physical this morning. I know that doesn't sound like a big deal, but it is. We have used the same financial advisor for 19 years and she has coordinated our life insurance program the entire time. When she saw me recently, she practically begged me to have a new life insurance physical. In her words, I look great and am obviously so fit and perfectly healthy and she was sure that a new physical would yield a much, much better life insurance rating and therefore, lower premiums. How cool is that? Well, at my physical this morning, my BP was 112/74 and my pulse was 68. The nurse who did it said she was really, really impressed. It made my day!

What she doesn't know is that as recently as January 4, 2005, she wouldn't have been able to take my pulse or BP -- my heart was so out of control that it shut down EKG machines and any type of heart monitoring device because the machines perceived a heart rate of over 200 bpm as a machine malfunction. And that out of control heart rate caused my BP to jump between too high to register and lower than a breathing human body should be able to survive. I thank God for my healthy, strong body. And once again, I am saying a prayer of thanksgiving for that "cowboy" heart doctor who did a surgery that had never been done, without any known protocol, took all kinds of chances, and literally gave my life back to me on that fateful day in January 2005.

 

[postesf]

Aw Cam. We are thankful for that cowboy doctor too.

Isn't it great to be able to get things like your HR and BP done and see that you've gotten healthier on the inside. We can see the physical changes, but we can't see good and bad the changes on the inside. I was really shocked when I watched the Biggest Loser and they showed the folks what age their body was and how the fat cover their heart and lungs. We never really think about that. You not only have proof of your health through your drop in 2 dress sized but also now by your insurance physical. You are really to be commended for sticking with this and making a difference in your health!

I'm so proud of you.

Stacie

Oh, and I want pics too!