Its good to be back

Hello everyone Darlene here.  I want to apologize for my absence.  I have purposely not meant to stay away from here.  I have been a bit embarrassed to come back and admit my relapse.  But the only thing I can do is admit it and move on from it.  I was doing so well and then my 30th Birthday hit.  Everyone kept wanting to take me out to dinner and I was enjoying the food so much and losing my motivation to work out.  Then I hit the "end of deployment blues" I found no comfort in anything except food.  So needless to say I started gaining back the weight I had lost when I started this process with you all.  But then I finally snapped out of it and reality hit that hubby is coming home and soon.  I needed to get in gear if I wanted to be that hot wife I wanted him to come home to.  So now I am happy to say I am fully committed back on track and have RE-lost the weight I gained plus an extra pound for my official weigh in this morning.  I have also decided to change up my ticker and show my progress from when hubby left until I reach my goal.  Seeing the "whole" picture gives me the motivation I need to see I have already come a long way and almost to my goal.

Spring is right around the corner and I will be making my way back to Cali in just 3 short weeks.  I am bound and determined to not let this big change effect my weight loss goals.  I sadly only have 6 days left at the gym until my membership is up due to the impending move.  I will then switch it up to Jillian and Tae-Bo as I have been focused on lots of cardio at the gym while I still have the membership.  Once I get to Cali and get the little man enrolled in school I will head back to the gym (Camp Pendleton Facilities) while the little man is at school.  I should have a few weeks in Cali to work off those last pounds before the hubby comes home!! Which then we will most likely start working out together.  He has gone through a huge body formation himself being over there and he is determined to keep it up himself.

Well happy Friday everyone and I hope everyone is chugging along on their weight loss journey as well.

Facebook!

I just created a Facebook Page for the blog.  I am 110% serious about losing this weight and keeping motivated, so I think the Page will also help motivate me.  Feel free to become a "fan" and interact!! 

Zumba!

Staci here.  I tried posting this last night from my phone because I just updated the OS, and it acted like it was gonna let me, but it was a big ole FAIL!  So after I think 4 drafts it was nice enough to save for me, here I am on the computer! 

I wanted to post about Zumba.  I got the game for the Wii last weekend and tonight was my 3rd time of doing it.  It's pretty fun.  I've never done Zumba before so I'm trying to learn the steps but thankfully it has tutorials to help out and the Beginner part isn't TOO terribly difficult!  I'll say that this last time around I did a lot better at it than the previous 2 times. 

So just an update to what's been going on.  I'm not dead.  I'm finally over my cold, I HOPE!!  I'm still a little congested but not bad.  It had been depressing me that I was sick for a whole flippin' month and all I've been wanting to do is eat nasty gross fried junk food and chocolate to console myself!!  Oh yeah and how about McDonald's and the giant pizza I ordered from Pizza Hut last weekend all for myself?  I am NOT a chocolate/candy eater, so I don't know why I've been craving it.  I'm so mad at myself. 

Anywho, like I said, I started Zumba last Sunday.  I went to the gym on Saturday with a new friend I met on Facebook.  She's new to the base and super nice.  Since my knee is not stable all I could do was walk on the treadmill.  These treadmills are like state of the art year 3000 type models to me.  They have built-in TV's!  Stupid me didn't think to bring headphones so I had to watch "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" with no sound.  I felt bad because my friend was running on the treadmill beside me and here I am walking and all I could think was, "I'd give anything to be able to run".  It really makes me sad that I can't.  I hope we get to go the gym together again soon.  I refuse to go by myself.  It intimidates me. 

If anyone wants me to explain my thoughts on the Zumba for Wii game a little more, let me know and I will. 

So I weighed myself today and ready to face the music of having gained probably 5-7 lbs since the last time I weighed.  Much to my surprise, I had stayed exactly the same!!  Today is usually my "splurge" day and so I made Mac 'N Cheese for dinner for my son and decided I wanted some too, but I actually have stayed within my calories for the day.  Normally I don't track calories on Thursdays.  OR exercise!!  But I did Zumba. 

So I'm pretty happy.  Of course, I could've lost weight, but I'm just glad I didn't gain anything. 

I have an appointment for my knee on the 14th, and I'm sure I will get a referral to see a civilian doctor and another for Physical Therapy.  We'll see how that goes.  I'll keep everyone posted. 

Oh, before I go, another bloggy friend, Staci, has a weight loss blog also!  Hers is called "I Dream Of Size 3 Jeans".  Go check it out and leave her some encouraging thoughts!  

-Staci

Can't do it!

OK Darlene here and I am "supposed" to weigh in this morning.  However, I have chosen to skip it this week.  I know me and know what the scale reads effects my mood.  I have eaten more than usual this week due to various Birthday celebrations as today is my 30th.  So I didn't feel like getting on the scale and it read that I gained or stayed the same.  But the good news my weigh in last Friday put me at my "normal" weight.  The weight I have been to most of my life, the weight I was when I left for Basic Training and the weight that puts me JUST BELOW the national weight range without being over weight.  So turning 30 I am not feeling too blah that I am old, overweight and out of shape.  I am not out of shape and officially not overweight.  So after my amazing celebration today I am hitting the grind to get to my goal before comes home.

I hope everyone else's journey is going well.  Have an amazing weekend!

Blah

Staci here.  I'm calling this post "Blah", because that is exactly how I feel.  I've been sick since Dec. 27th, so almost a month.  I have barely left the house or felt like doing anything.  Right now the last thing on my mind is dieting. 

I've been counting my calories and doing really well up until my cold got worse this week.  I even broke down and went to the doctor and I never do that!  So I'm on some antibiotics and prescription cough syrup for now.  My knee is still acting squirrely.  It feels like my MCL is wiggling around in there.  Pretty gross, huh?

Up until my cold took a turn for the worse, I had recently discovered My Fitness Pal, which I think is a little bit better than Fat Secret.  So I switched over to that.  It "yelled" at me that I wasn't eating enough calories, but I didn't really have an appetite.  They don't have a BlackBerry app yet, but do for iPhone and Android.  You can also set it to post to Facebook and Twitter when you do certain things, like lose weight! 

Oh yeah, speaking of losing weight, I lost some.  I didn't weigh this week because, like I said, losing weight is the last thing on my mind right now.  But last week when I weighed, I was down!  So YAY!  Hopefully I shake this awful nasty cold and can get back on track! 

-Staci

2nd Weigh In

Darlene here checking in for my 2nd week.  And the scale says:

2.8 lbs lost

So I am being consistent I guess and lost another 2.8 lbs.  The frustrating part is that I sort of slack off on the weekends and end up gaining a few pounds back come Monday and have to work that much harder during the week.  If I don't really watch what I eat and skip working out I will easily gain weight.  I swear if I think about food I gain weight..ugh!  So my goal this week is to keep on the plan through the weekend as well so that maybe by next Friday (which will be my 30th bday..yikes) I will have really good results by not having to overcompensate and make up for the slacking over the weekend.  But good news is I have hit the gym everyday this week.

Keep up the hard work for everyone who is going through their own weightloss journey.

"Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality"

-Ralph Martson

My 1st Week

Hi Everyone its Jules and I survived my 1st week!  I ran 9 miles this week and tried to eat better but a mini vacation kinda destroyed that. I still lost 1pound so I'm on the track to my goal slowly but surely ha.I hope everyone has a good week and I hope to have better results for you next time!






<3 Jules