what should i be for halloween?

a peace corps volunteer is the best idea i have thus far.
when i goggled that trying to come up with ideas the image on the left popped up.
what??!?


ps. we have been walking at work everyday for about 3/4 of a mild
but today it is raining
so i am going to the gym
first time in a week
i am badddddddd

how far can i walk?

So my podimeter and me....
first day- dropped it in the toliet. opps
second day- 1,702 steps (lazy!)
third day- 6,789 steps (over 4 miles)
so i am pretty impressed
if i just focus i can force myself to walk further.
so today we are trying for 8,000
and i already have 1,000 steps at 9:30.
just walking back and forth at work.


in other workout news
we went to the gym for the first time in a week
it's been a busy week
and i am not used to getting my heart rate up there
so we are going today again
and then bodypump on Wednesday

back on track....

stepping it up

i got a pedometer and i have a goal
walk 10,000 steps at the end of a month
this is the what steps mean....

Classification of pedometer-determined physical activity in healthy adults:
1) Under 5000 steps/day may be used as a "sedentary lifestyle index"
2) 5,000-7,499 steps/day is typical of daily activity excluding sports/exercise and might be considered "low active."
3) 7,500-9,999 likely includes some exercise or walking (and/or a job that requires more walking) and might be considered "somewhat active."
4) 10,000 steps/day indicates the point that should be used to classify individuals as "active".
5) Individuals who take more than 12,500 steps/day are likely to be classified as "highly active".

so i want to stop being sedentary and start lossing
so
Sedentary people in the USA generally move only 2000-3000 steps a day. Previous studies have shown that moving 6000 steps a day significantly reduces risk of death, and 8000-10,000 a day promotes weight loss.
i need 8000 to 10,000 steps a day
so one month
and i am going to track every day
and see how i do.

tommorow i will let you know about my steps for today...
that will be the normal bottom no effort stepage
:)

new pants and more muscles

body pump and i have become friends

yaoow

i have noticed a slight shift to more muscules less fat
which is nice

i am still refusing to get on a scale
and travis and i have been going 3 times a week to the gym
so goals are being completed

i finally gave in and bought new pants
and it's nice
they are nice and loose and comfy
and i am okay as long as i am healthy and comfortable in my own skin
so if it's size 16 for me then so be it
it's so nice to be able to breathe

ps. i dont want to be back from vacation either

idaho

just got back from idaho!
UDAHO!

did some serious exercising while there
don't see that many fat people up there
people have to work

travis and i went on a 3 mile horse ride and had a blast
pics to come
and then a couple of days we did various hikes
the last one was into a valley at 6,500 feet that was 6.4 miles
whoa

i feel great
just a little tired

but i feel lighter
and trimmer

linkage

Interesting Stuff

Coffee and every other day!

ps. i am obese. ep. but just by like 3 lbs

my mom

two recent inspirations for my continued struggle to exercise and eat healthy

1. friday i went to a seminar held by our dietain her at work. She is an amazing teacher and this seminar was about Diabetes. We learned all about sugar, Type 2 Diabetes and carbs. And I dont want to wear out my pancreases and have to shot up every day, let alone poke my finger a couple of times a day.

I went home this weekend and saw my mom

She recently had gastic bypass and is now between a size 18 and 20.
she went from over 300 lbs to almost my size
and it's great
she is an inspiration
also she is real low key about it
she talks about changing her life
but it doesnt feel like she is judging me
she just wants me to be happy
and healthy
and that's what i want
i honestly don't care how much i weigh
i just want to be happy

right now i am not too happy
fights with travis
but i am still eating healthy
you can give that a lame yay

i haven't met my goal this week
my pants dont wanna fit anymore
and i dont know what to do
:(

maybe i will work out in corpus

monday night first workout of the week

400 calories in 30 minutes on the eliptical

and monday is too crazy at the gym.

softball

It was a hot game
but we kicked butt
17-0
we had to stop the game they were losing so bad
then we had to go out to trudy's and celebrate!

stupid car, and stupid budget
they are the only things standing in my way.

BAD DAY WEDNESDAY!

DeDe

Last night Travis and I went to the gym- high
I was excited to see the other instructor of Body Pump:
"The fastest way in the universe to get in shape. A non-aerobic, easy-to-follow workout utilizing a barbell with adjustable weights to work every muscle group."
DeDe turned out to be this spunky black British woman who stated that after living the states for 30 years she has finally figured out Football (not futball, but NFL football)
DeDe told all of the packed room at the beginning that she is not warm and fuzzy. She is tough.
Tough and funny. I liked it. It made me work harder. And my triceps, abs, and glut are hurting this morning.
I think i found the teacher for me. She called travis out "Hey, Dr. Pepper shirt, come on!" and she told me " I know you know better, bend those elbows."
She had her eyes on all of us. and she made us bust our asses.

The conclusion is I like to be pushed. She wasn't a drill sergant; I just felt like I didn't want to dissapoint her.

I ♥ DeDe and my workout last night

new day!

Since being back I went from 199 lbs to 214ish.
It's very disappointing.
It's not as bad as it could have been because i joined a gym
and am trying to eat healthy
i didn't do that well this weekend
hamburgers on sunday
and
lots of fatty meat on saturday
but
every day is a new day!

fattie

THIS IS WHY I AM FAT
arg. i hate the person at work for bringing them!

If you like it then you should have put a ring on it!

My pants are fitting again.
It was an on and off again relationship there for awhile
but they are back to fitting
Now i am going to conquer my jeans.

tonight is softball game which always makes me sweat

I like looking at my body in the mirror
I just want to keep this up

Healthy lunches all week, salad yesterday, tuna salad the day Tuesday and Monday
I have a whole big HEB bag of snacks- grapes, oranges, mandarians, a low fat yogurt.
Switched from drinking coffee to tea
i have never been a big coffee drinker and i drink tea without sugar
It's my new water


Friday and Saturday workouts in the works!
Body Combat early Saturday morning
and i will have met my goal of 4 workouts this week.

Tuesday- I was a wreck. period starting bitch. and then i got on the elipticle for 45 minutes and walked off feeling lighter and less mean. I was happy like only a work out could make me.

My new secret goal is too be too skinny to be on "More to Love"
cus those bitches wack!

...

i freaked out last night
and cried a lot
i blame my period

san marcos

Travis and i made a voyage to san marcos on Saturday afternoon.
We got drunk
ate healthy vegetable kabobs (mmmm made me miss Turkey)
and leg wrested
the worst part of the evening was kim getting ridick and saying really silly things
why does it always have to be a competition between us
she can't really make me feel stupid
i don't regret anything i have ever done

sometimes i regret things i don't do

but it blew over and she started an even bigger fight with her other friends
travis and i played guitar hero and i am a rocking singer

the dogs were good
and i had a good time despite drunken meanness

I am better than all that


Rabbit didn't sleep in her crate for the first time and decided she wanted to wedge herself under the bed with only her tail exposed. she is getting better and better.
she didn't eat beasley which he deserved.

did a little cheap shopping.

drove home through crazy traffic and came home exhausted.

travis suggested a date since we had had a busy weekend.
we did vietnamese food. pho is healthy right?
and 50 days of summer

i feel like i was pretty good all weekend
except for the beer/whiskey bindge on saturday night
i didn't really eat unhealthy

i had some pizza at girl's movie night on friday
but i also had salad and said no to icecream
and i worked out for an hour in my bodypump class at the gym that same night
and it was a hard class
i almost punched the instructer in the face when she kept screaming "what is your inspiration???"
my inspiration is to fit in my clothes, be healthy and happy
i dont have to have cancer to be inspired, crazy bitch!

overall i am happy with myself
and tonight is gym night
hopefully not with the same instructor

yippy!

temptations

FIGHT THE AFTERNOON SNACK ATTACK

tonight is pizza night with the girls
eppp

Face

Face has inspired me to write about my battle to lose weight
i came back from peace corps at 180 lbs and am now at 210
ewwwwwww

Back in May we joined the gym.
Fitter but not skinnier the diet begins

I am uping the weight lose battle by starting exercise classes
today at 5:30 I go to my 2nd Gold's Gym Body Pump class
for 55 minutes I pump every inch of my body to the beat.
afterwards I ache for days

there you have it...
this is the goal- 180 by the end of the year
160 by april
then i am done...
i did it before. exercise and diet together.

LET IT BEGIN!