Time to kick it in high gear!!

Summer rolls around and I am not ready, my shorts are still to tight!! Time to get busy and get myself movin'. I went to the gym today with the intention of just running, however I saw the sign that said they were having body pump at 10:15. I ran for 2 miles straight with out stopping in 21 minutes!!! Then hit the studio. It was a good workout. I had not been to body pump in a very LONG time, so we will see what tomorrow brings. Sore body parts I am sure. I was suppose to go walking with the neighbor who is training for the Breast Cancer 3 Day, she said 5 or 5:30 and it is almost 7, so I think something might have come up for her. Next time!!! Jackie wants me to run a half marathon in Bismarck Sept 18th. If I start training now I would be able to do it, or at least the training plan says I should be able to it!!!!!! Still tossing the idea around. It is a huge commitment!! Plus you train 7 days a week, with summer here that could be a little hard. I will see what I can do!!!!!! Since the new Month is starting, I will shoot for a week of good eating and getting to the gym at least 5 times!!!!!

No gym, yet weight loss.

Ok I haven't been good about posting on here for the past 2 weeks. Along with that I have not been good at going to the gym. I went for the 1st time last week on Saturday and the first time this week was today. I somehow managed to lose 2 lbs!! Which brings me to a total of 7 I think. I will move my tape and find out! I have a dr appointment tomorrow and I am hoping that she has some in site as to why I am not losing more weight. I hardly eat anymore, usually one meal a day. It doesn't lead to weight loss but it does give me a horrible headache. I am just not hungry. I am interested to see tomorrow what the Cortisol (not sure if that is how you spell it) test results show. That is what causes you to gain weight in the stomach area. My luck it will be normal, which would be good but not explain things. I am hoping to get back into a gym routine next week starting Wednesday. I am off Monday but have to do 16 hours on Tuesday so the "good" routine will have to start Wednesday!!!

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!!!!

What to do?

I e-mailed my dr for some weight loss advice and all I get out of her is to try taking the over the counter diet pill Alli, this from a dr? Are you kidding me? I am going to pass on that, If I want a piece of pizza I don't want to have to know where the nearest bathrooms are on my 10 minute car ride home. Won't work for this girl, been there, done that, not to be repeated!!! I am going to look for a different dr and see what they have to say! Until then I will watch what I eat and exercise!! Gotta love it!!

On a positive note this weekend I made Turkey chili and froze it, and meatballs, which as I am posting I am making rice so that I can mix with the meatballs, and some salsa for a delectable lunch tomorrow!! I also cooked the chicken up for the enchiladas we had tonight!!! Sure made making supper a piece of cake. Oh I made Angel food cake this weekend as well. Along with all this I cleaned veggies, sweet peppers, pea pods and I have a jicima to cut up!!! I think I am really going to try and make things on the weekends so that they are all ready to go during the week!! Healthy and fast gotta love that!! The recipe for the Chicken Enchiladas is on the Skinnyweek.com site. I have also become a fan of the Yoplait smoothies. They are in the freezer section kind of spendy, $3 something but it will make 2 8oz glasses and all you have to do is add a cup of skim milk. I have been making them for breakfast and adding some protein powder!!! I also tried making "Skittles" you pour sugar free dry jello on top of red grapes and freeze!!! I think you have to "savor" them to get them to taste like a skittle!! Sydney and I like them. Skinnyweek.com once again! Last "goodie" for the weekend that I found was Skinny Cow Strawberry Cheesecake icecream in a single serve container. 150 calories and I think it is 2 ww points. They have different flavors as well, got them at Cub for $1.00!!!! It was a productive weekend!!!!

What option should I choose?

I am so fricking frustrated with my weight loss right now I could just scream. I put all this hard work in at the gym and do a pretty good job of monitoring what I eat and still no loss!!!! Here is a super big kicker. I finished the Get Fit program at the Y!! Here are the results!!!!!! Wait for it............... I GAINED 6LBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am not even kidding you. It was suppose to be lose 10lbs in 10 weeks, I guess I shot that theory right out of the water!!!! Oh it gets better. I LOST INCHES AND MY BODY FAT WENT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now normally that would be something to be thankful and grateful for, but how can I when my clothes don't fit any better and the number on the scale went up!!!!!!!!!!!!! If purging wasn't so bad for your teeth I think I would try it!! The coach is seriously at a loss with me, she is baffled. Welcome to the club!!!

Jackie signed up to run a 10k in May the half marathon was to much in to short of a time. Guess who needs to sign up next???????

I am going to take my short vacation have fun and try and decide what my next plan of attack is going to be!!!! What "new" diet thing will I spend my money on next LOL!!! I think I will come up with a "Shelia Harper plan that will work" "Lose 6 dress sizes in 6 weeks", " Go from a size 14 to a size 4 in just a few months" I might as well try and make some money off this deal, everyone else is!!!