My Week one of the Detox

I had a pretty good week, I am down 3.5lbs, I will take that number, anything that goes down is now a very good friend of mine. I ate regular food this weekend because Skyler and Mona were here. I did try to limit the carbs and control the portions. I was doing well until today when my friends told me at the last minute that we were going to go to Applebee's to meet up with one of our co-workers who is out sick, with Lupus and possible cancer. How can I pass up seeing her. I can't however I could have passed up the two beers and chicken wings that I had. Honestly I didn't really want the wings but hey they were half price so why not. Turns out mine were not half price. 17.02 for 2 beers and wings!!! Bet that 3.5lbs finds it's way back!! It is my own fault I do stupid shit like that. I will get back on track tomorrow and not dwell on it. I had a really good first week. Now if I can just remember how to move my ticker!!!!

Starting off good!!

I like Gym Girl am trying to follow the 4 week detox plan. I did really well the first day and only added 3 wasa crackers, a piece of sting cheese and a laughing cow wedge. I did have a small and I am talking small piece of Sydney's birthday cake as well. Yesterday I deviated from the plan, I ended up working 16 hours so I was not prepared for the night meal. I had a very little bit of Spanish rice with a very small amount of refried beans mixed in. All together it probably wasn't even a cup. I have weighed myself daily as that is what I have always done, I will post my total results for the week on Monday. Along with this detox plan, now known to be as healthy choices I am taking a prescription weight loss med called phentrimine, I think that is how you spell it. It seems to help and I am not hungry so that it good. Unfortunately for me I started the pill on Sunday and the detox on Monday so not sure how I will gauge which one made me lose the weight. Hey, wait a minute I don't give a crap which one did it I am just glad it is starting to come off!!!!! I worked out today. I had to have a blood draw for the Cushing's Disease at 9am, I took my pill in the car on the way to the gym. I knew I needed to eat something before I worked out so I had a 50 calorie piece of string cheese. I did 65 minutes on the elliptical, which was 5.45 miles and 715 calories!! I have a hot stone massage at 5:30 today, time to relax from all that hard work!!! Actually I am a little nervous about the hot stone as to how it will feel. I have heard that they can hurt from the heat. It is also 90 minutes!!! I really need to get back on track with this blog!!! Sorry!!

Tough times!

After reading Gym Girls post I better kick my workouts in gear. I may never move up to dancing however!!! I have an appointment next week (Tuesday, get to use a sick day for work, yes) with an Endocrinologist!! Let's see if my hormones are my problem!! We are also going to Gold's Gym on Friday for a tour, I was there today to check it out and liked what I saw. We will go on Friday for Pat to check it out. It has some advantages over the Y. NO KIDS!! They do have a kids center but it isn't "family orientated" like the Y. They also have an all women's weight room, the Les Mills classes, which is what Body Pump is and they have a boxing one! They also have better hours!! Of course they try to sell you on personal training, so I might have myself a new trainer for a month or so!! Maybe changing gyms and getting a trainer is just the change I need. Oh and at Gold's Sydney would be able to use the equipment. At the Y you have to be 15 to use the treadmills and elliptical. For the grand finale it is CHEAPER!!! So we will see. I also talked to Joy today she is the body pump instructor at the Y, one of them anyway. She is also the coach of the Momsontherun.com for Woodbury. She was super excited that I was interested in it and after talking to her I would really like to do it!! She said that everyone starts out walking and you work your way up to running by interval training!!! She did confirm to me that running on the treadmill is nothing like running outside!! Glad to hear as I thought I was crazy because I could do one and not the other!! I am looking forward to Saturday when I along with Gym Girl and my friend Bea attend the weight lifting class at one of the other gyms here in Woodbury!!! Where can you get and hour and a half of information for 15 bucks!!! I am sure we will be able to take some sort of information away from there!!!
Ok I said I learned my lesson on weight loss supplements (being sick and throwing up the whole day) but of course today when I took the dreaded DREN back I found something else I wanted to try. It is a natural appetite suppressant!! There is only like 3 ingredients in it if I remember correctly, one is pine nuts!! They had to order it but the guy seemed to think that it would be a good one!!! Honestly I think he was being serious and not just trying to sell me something!! I will defiantly try it on my day off when I get it. It was only $21 something. (I know I am a sucker). I really need these things to be the changes that shake things up for me and put me on the path to weight loss. I unlike Gym girl, almost cry every time I have to look in my closet and find something to wear!! ( This includes my work uniform) As an inspiration for myself I did buy a couple of new workout shirts today!!!! I wanted some capri workout pants for the class on Saturday but I am to short for those, they look DUMB!!! Be looking for big changes to come from this girl!!!!