getting in shape for disney and me

[minnieandmickeymouse]

I really didn't want to start a journal, but figured what the heck! I am at my highest weight non pregnant!! I hate it! I am short 4'11" and 5 lbs can look like 20, it's awful. I am disappointed in myself. I eat way too much. I made my DH dig out the tredmill from way back in the storage (we are trying to sell our house so we rented one, and packed away all the extras we didn't need in the house, well I need that tredmill!) It's been well over a year since it's been packed away and not in use, and it shows. I was worried it wasn't going to work, thank god it did!

It's been 7 days today that I have been walking on that tredmill. Last friday I could barely do 1 mile, the last 3 days I am up to 3 miles a day. 2 days ago, I also started recording my food on my program balance log. It tells me how many calories a day I can eat to loose 1 lb a week. I can only eat 1290. Well, I lost 1 lb and now can only eat 1280! Each 1lb you loose, you have to eat less calories, boy do that suck!!!!

My real goal is to loose 2 lbs a week. I am hoping that I am AT LEAST 10lbs lighter by Sept. 7th, the day I leave for disney. More would be great, though, I won't lie.

I am drinking water only, except I allow myself 1 diet sprite at night.

Well, I need to eat some breakfast, then get on the tredmill.

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

I did it, 4 miles today!! The last 1/2 of mile was tourture!! But I made myself do it. 93 minutes total on the tredmill.

Now I need to eat lunch, and drink more water, I already took my shower after all that sweating. I wish I was able to stay on the tredmill for 2 hours, but not that in shape at all. But, hey, last week I could only do 1 mile, so I have come along way.

I really want to be able to jog or run it, but it's HARD. I do walk and jog during my time on the tredmill, more walking ofcourse then anything. I don't see how I could ever be able to even jog just 1 mile!!

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

Yesterday I didn't get to do my tredmill, but we cleaned the house, so that is exersice enough

Today, I did 4.25 miles on the tredmill, and I can almost jog a 1/4 of mile at one time! I'm getting there! I was on for a total of 95 minutes.

I really didn't want to get on the tredmill this morning, but I told myself how I would feel disappointed if I don't get on. Plus I know how good I feel about myself after it's over, and I watch what I eat more, knowing how hard I am working to loose what I have gained!!

I've been doing good watching how many calories I eat a day. Trying to stay in between 1200-1500. I haven't weighed myself in the past 2 days, I will wait until tuesday. Hopefully I am another 1lb lighter! I hope it's not unreasonable to loose 2lbs a week?? I guess even 1 1/2 a week would be good, but I am TRYING not to expect too much. 1 lb a week is my REAL goal, and anything over that is bonus.

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

Did my 90 minutes on the tredmill, wanted to do 2 hours, but just couldn't do it. I was feeling very defeated this morning. Looking in the mirror, I just wonder if this is going to work. I made a big mistake, steping on the scale this morning. I hate that scale, it never reads the same thing. I can step on it 3 times in a row and get different readings. My old scale wasn't like that. Today, it said I GAINED 1lbs, not the one lb I lost either, so that would mean I gained 2lbs After seeing that I didn't even WANT to get on the tredmill, I'm feeling like all this work just isn't doing a darn thing I'm not even eating nearly as much as I was before either. I think I'll get a new scale today. What I don't get is my shorts don't feel tight like they had, so how can I weigh more then when I started? I hate myself. I should never have steped on that dumb scale.

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

I did 80 minutes today, for some reason, it was just killing my legs. It's hotter out today then it normally has been so I don't know if that had anything to do with it being so hard today. I will do another 40 minutes of walking after supper. I think I need to cut my calories down allot more then I'm doing now. It's just not coming off as much as I had hoped. For the first time since I have planned my trip, I am wishing it was further away, so I have more time to loose weight!! This friday will be 6 weeks til my trip, how can I loose 10 lbs in 6 weeks, when I can't even loose 1 stinking lb!

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

did another 40 minutes tonight so that makes 2 hours total

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

Did my 90 minutes this morning, will do at least 30 more tonight if not more. Kept my calories to 1200 yesterday and will do the same today.

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

did another 35 minutes, and so far have only eaten about 800 cal. One of these mornings I hope to weight at least 1 lb lighter. If by friday I haven't lost 1 lb, I will have to lower another 100 cal. I will have to wonder what the heck is going on if I can't loose any weight. Hopefully it's just because I'm building up some muscles, since I am lifting some weights with my arms, and I have ankel weights that I use every day to build strenth. Because my shorts do not feel as tight as they did a week ago.

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

did my 90 minutes of the tredmill. It's getting very boring too. I don't know how I will be able to keep this up, esp. when the scale isn't moving!!!!

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

43 minutes tonight! It was tough, my legs are killing me.

I adjusted my balance log program for me to loose a little more weight, so now I am trying to keep my calories under 1100. It's hard to, but if I just eat something simple for dinner like a bowl of cereal, or fruit, I should have no problem keeping my numbers low. I think I must eat the most amount of fat at dinner, then any other times, so it's best for me just not to eat it.

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

Ok, I'm giving up!



At least for the next 2 days. No exercise.. I'm sick of it. still haven't lost 1 lb. I knew I should never have stepped on that dumb scale. I've been at it for 2 whole weeks and nothing.