Been busy

Well the last couple of weeks have been busy exercising. Last week I started going back to school to get my room ready (early). Tomorrow I will go back "officially" for the workshops.

I have been exercising like I have wanted to but again my eating habits have not been the best. I think that this is what keeps me from getting under 180 but once school starts this may change when I get into my regular schedule.

My money goals have really sucked and I will be stretched very thin this month. I know this will make me stressed out worrying about making the money stretch far enough. I have no one to blame but myself and I am making a strong effort the next couple of months to tighten up the spending. Most of it was spent on books, movies, and eating out because I was so bored. I am also going to look into getting a part time job on the weekends. I have been saying this all summer but I have yet to do it. Sigh.

talk to ya later!

Last week

Well I continued the 2 workouts a day trend and exercised off over 3300 calories!!! However I had several days of bad eating so I kind of sabotaged myself LOL. I did my Monday weigh in at 188 which is up 3 calories but I weighed in today at 182.5 so I am going to say the lower amount is more accurate due to the bad eating on Friday and Saturday.

I must say I like going to the gym to exercise better than going to the apartment gym. I get to see other people and I get to watch my own tv w/o other people's music disrupting me. It's cool that the elipticals and treads have their own tv's attached with cable. Yesterday I watched Underworld while walking. TOO COOL!!

I found a new website having to do with healthy eating with tons of cool stuff to learn and an email weekly. It is called Hungry Girl. Check it out for some cool stuff!

Hey!

Well I have been working out like crazy this past week. I burned at total of 3000+ calories for the week! I did 2 workouts a day like I had planned and I even attended some kickboxing classes at the gym and burned about 600 calories at each! I guess I need to work harder when I do it at home. LOL. My weight this week is 185.5 and I am sooooo excited!!!!


I had to attend a funeral for a custodian that passed away last week. I was so sorry to hear he had lost his fight against cancer. While there I did get a couple of complements from several coworkers about how thin I looked. I was so proud of myself and told them I would hopefully lose more by the time we started up at the end of August.

I also saw the latest Harry Potter movie. I liked it but not as much as the Goblet of Fire. I really liked how Rowling really started giving Harry some really depth and he seemed like a real teenager. I also got the scoop on the last book from a coworker who is a Harry Potter addict and read every book unlike me who stopped on the third and just watches the movies LOL. From what she told me it really sounded like Rowling wrapped everything up pretty good and left herself some room to start a new series if she wanted.

Well that's it for now!

Movies

Well I recently went to see Transformers and BOY it was great!!! If you haven't seen it yet I would strongely recommend it even though there is some highly suggestive stuff for the younger crowd. I can't believe that they did this to a movie that is geared to kids.


Some other movies I rented:

Shooter-(Mark Walhburg) LOVED it. I am an action movie nut and he is just sooo cute!
Black Snake Moan- Hmmm not sure if I liked it. It was really STRANGE. Kind of a redemption type movie. Christina Ricci is a major slut but by the end you understand why and see how such different people can help each other. Justin Timberlake was WHOA in this movie. First scene is of him and Ricci going at it and boy it was smoking hot! He plays a really out of character person to me.

Sweet Land- This movie I really liked but most people I think will think it was boring and their is not naked parts for a romance. This was a movie based on a short story (which I put on my tbr list). It is an historical piece and the romance is very slow but I liked it because it seemed to go with the time period and the two people who where falling in love. I just wished they showed more of the romance because there really was a spark between the two main characters.

Well that's it for now!

Disappointing Week

Well it has been my TOM and I really blew it food and exercise wise. First time since January that I haven't exercised for 5 days. I also went out to eat too much this week which i attribut to my TOM since I get a lot of cravings during this time. However I am proud of myself for not eating like I use to for the cravings. I did splurge but it was with healthier foods and then I stopped when I was full.

I have been doing the eliptical and treadmill at the gym at apartment/Spectrum. I must say I am really liking it to be able to get in and out quickly while being able to relax and listen to my music. I have found I like the eliptical better than the treadmill for my feet and for calorie burning.

I have bought the biggest loser book and am going to try and do the cardio/strength training they suggest. It is a 12 week program so I kind of am my own little challenge LOL.

I plan to go see Harry Potter tonight with my nephew who is celebrating his birthday. I will comment on whether I like it or not.

Busy weekend

Ok I again have had some slip ups this week. Not bad but I have to buckle down on the eating. I always have severe cravings around that time of the month and boy I am not showing much willpower.

I was suppose to start the Beck diet thingy Monday but.....I procrastinated and didn't do it. I will start tomorrow and stick with it. I did read the first chapters leading up to the start and the first 3 days. It did say I can go slower but I think this is giving myself an excuse to procrastinate which I am veeerrryyy good at. I was also suppose to start the Ab challenge but put it off. I felt yucky on Monday and had to go to the doctor for a check up for my meds. I had planned on getting up at 8:00 am to exercise but forgot they closed the apartment gym to remodel for Monday and Tuesday. My plan is to do treadmill/eliptical in morning and DVD in afternoon.

Hmmm I keep saying that but again no go. I have been exercising but not to what I want. I also had some issues with numb feet which only started up again since the treadmill/eliptical. I talked w/the Doc about this and some other things I have been putting off (colonostophy) due to fear of what I am not exactly sure but I have to do this to make sure I don't get the colon cancer my mom and brother both had.

Anyway back to what Doc said. She said that it could be water retention but thinks it is only that I am not stretching enough. I agree with her since I don't have this problem doing Turbo Jam or other exercise DVD's (except the Leslie Sansone walking ones). When I do the Leslie ones I am standing in place alot as I am on the treadmill and eliptical so I think the repeated pressure on my feet without the moving around is bothering them too. The Doc said that the muscles in my quads are too tight and even though higher than my feet that is were I would feel it the most. Sounds good to me. Stretch more easy solution if I can follow it which I think I can.

I am really missing the Biggest Loser Challenge and the daily repoire (sp?) I had with some of my team mates/competitors. I don't want to continue that regime but I still need that checking in with someone to make sure there is some one there who is working with me. I am going to keep at it on my own and not be too upset and think positive (my motto this year). I know I can do this and it may take me longer but I am at least doing more than I was a year ago and maybe even 6 months ago.

Which Star Wars Character are You?

Ok saw this on a site and here is what I am...
Your results:
You are Luke Skywalker

Luke Skywalker 75% Yoda 74% Obi-Wan Kenobi 70% R2-D2 70% C-3PO 66% Princess Leia 64% Han Solo 63% An Ewok 60% Qui-Gon Jinn 59% Chewbacca 57%

You value your friends and loved ones, but can sometimes act recklessly because of your emotions. Occasionally you resort to whining. You look ahead to great things for yourself.

(This list displays the top 10 results out of a possible 21 characters)

Click here to take the "Which Star Wars character are you?" quiz...

Starting the Beck Diet book

Ok here is my day one assignment of creating my list of reasons why I want to lose weight. I am to look at this 2 times a day or more to help me with motivation.
Well my weigh in today wasn't good but it was better than I thought it would be. I really think I was being very lazy the last week and I am determined to step it up since I will be on my own.




Credits:
green paper by ksharonk
flowers by Misty Cato
quote is by Mandabean which I modified
paint splotches by Megan Leeson
Notebook paper by Lewanda Desjardin

Sigh

I can feel the end of the BL challenge weighing on me. The last 2 days I have eaten horrible LOL. One day is fine since I have a day off but the other one was just like off the scale munching. Since I have been back on my meds I have noticed a slow increase in weight and cravings. It could be due to my TOM coming soon. I hope it is the second. I also have been kind of slack in the exercise department this week. Last week I exercised in the morning and afternoon 3 times and this week I didn't exercise twice at all. So the exercise amount may not be enough and that is why I lost so much last week.

Right now I weighed in this morning at 191 which is a gain of 3.5 pounds since last week. I was hoping to maintain at least for the last weigh in but doesn't look like it.

Since my goal is to be positive I am going to keep trying to improve and begin again the rest of the day and tomorrow.

~see ya

Blah!

Well I finally worked out my medication situation but it is still effecting (or affecting? I always get confused.) me. My goal was to exercise 2 times a day 5 days a week. For this week I have barely been able to do the 1 exercise a day. It is pretty light going too. I feel good that I was able to just get up and get going rather than just sit on the couch.

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My favorite tv reality show is going on right now: So You thing you can dance! My one wish is that I could learn to ballroom dance or modern dance. They have classes you can take through the district but they require a partner. Sigh. Maybe if I get a boyfriend I could drag him to this??

Anyway back to SYTYCD. My favorite dancer was kicked off the show (BIG controversy on the SYTYCD boards.) due to Cedric. Well last week they kicked off another contemporary dancer that was superb, Jimmy, for again Cedric. What the real kicker was that after him and his partner Faina danced for their life (and Jimmy's partner Shawna too) they kicked Faina off and kept Cedric!!!! This was a problem because it was a superb performance by Faina but it was Cedric who put them in the bottom causing them to DFTL. Then the stupid Nigel said he would take a chance on Cedric and hope not to regret it!!! Well last night he said he thinks he made a mistake. YA THINK!!!!! Now Shawna will be pulled down again due to being paired with Cedric. Arg!

My favorite pair right now is Dominic (D-trix) and Sabra with Jesse and Jaime behind them. A far third would be Danny and Anya. I am not liking Lacey and Cameron but they dance good but no fire for me. So I would put them in 4th.

Golden Compass a MOVIE!!

I went to see Fantastic 4 Rise of Silver Surfer on Saturday (pretty good movie, much better than the first) and I saw a trailer for the Golden Compass!!!! I can hardly wait for this to come out, such a good series by Phillip Pullman.

Here is the trailer.


~later

Weight Loss Success

Ok I haven't updated in a while LOL. I will from now on since my Biggest Loser Digistyle Challenge is ending. I hope to use this blog more often to keep myself accountable since I won't have my team with me!

I plan to post pics of my progress as well. I have added a lot of links to my fav blogs I read. Most are scrapbook related but as the year progresses I hope to add other blogs or links for teaching.


Weight Loss:

Well after about 2 years of being over 200 lbs I made it below that about 3 months ago. I am know at 187lbs!!! The lowest I have been since I think college. I am so excited that I am getting close to my 2nd goal weight of 180 lbs. My 3rd goal weight is 175. From there I will decide what my next goal will be.

Here are some links of places I have used to help me lose weight.

Spark People
Beachbody/Turbo Jam Boards
3 Fat Chicks
and of course
Biggest Loser Digistyle which you can't view so I won't put up the link