Why wait till Monday?

I was going to start Monday, kicking up my workouts now that my ankle is doing better... so that I can be ready for the good 'ol Dirty Girl in August.  I woke up this morning and said - Why wait?  I have spent over half of my life waiting.... waiting for a quick fix to loose weight, waiting for money for a personal trainer, waiting for Fat to be the new "thin" - Clearly I have waited long enough!!

I got up got the kids settled, hubby went out to tackle the grass, and I had a small breakfast and a large side of vitamins/supplements and 2 Rx meds... and downed some water and I went off to the Y!  I got 7.5 miles in on the bike, and 1.5 on the elliptical - considering I could only do 5 minutes last time I was quite happy.  My next goal is to get on the rowing machine!  Man - I remember when my sister kicked ass on that thing in college - she was on a crew team and they had to do them for work outs - she was the leanest I had ever seen her!  I am hoping to lean down without too much bulk up - although muscles are welcome as fat is falling off! 

Don't wait until Monday - it comes and goes and so does  your motivation, get out there and just do it!  You will be happy with yourself that you did it!

Also, I am starting a week of NO BEEF for me, this may be hard... I have RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) and that is a listed trigger food - and as I am newly diagnosed - and have a mother whom has issues with food triggers I thought hey, if it's that easy I can do it!  The tough part, is cooking 2 meals - but I am willing to try that out for a week and see how I feel.  My hubby is allergic to any poultry: turkey, chicken, duck... if it has feathers - the meat makes him really ill.  I have armed the pantry with Chicken, Cod, Veggies, Fruit, Shrimp, and meatless burgers... I'll let you know how I do!

Happy Friday - Loosing and Loving it!

Yup!  Today I went to WW and weighed in, I was thrilled to have a -3.8 loss!  That brings me to a total of -8.1 in the last 4 weeks.  I am lower than my starting weight, so thrilled about that, (having gained during my recent ankle break).  I am pushing a head full force to reach my 10% 

What are you doing this weekend?  Me, hopefully not too much!  (Other than working in the garden, Zumba, and playing with the kids).  We will be grilling all weekend - and eating lots of fruits and veggies! 

Hope you have a great weekend!!

Crazy June is almost over!

For someone who has been on "light duty" for the last 12 weeks, returning to regularly scheduled programming at work was difficult.  I did manage to survive my 12 hour night shifts - barely!

Good news, I am released from the ORTHO MD - which means a little more PT and my ankle is near good as it was before.  I am starting to kick it into high gear with training - moving up to 3 classes of Zumba/week and starting kettlebells after the 4th of July week holiday at the "Y".  I am excited to push myself, I know that I can do it!!!

I have been back at WW for 3 weeks now - doing great with logging food, and actually GOING!  I am down a total of -4.8lbs - with my next weigh in tomorrow - I hope to post some great results! 

My oldest had her tonsils out on Tuesday this week - and is healing up quite nicely, some pain and general uncomfortableness - but handling it like a trooper!!

Looking forward to posting more, whining less, and enjoying what life has in store for me!

Adventures of a non-blogger trying to blog..

Yes, that's me, I want to think of myself as a blogger, then I read great blogs like : Skinny Emmie or Roni.  They are so talented in their writing, and photos... who am I?

But, then I think, they had to start somewhere right?  They had a goal/purpose for writing, and so do I.  I want to write about my journey, to loose weight, and become a runner.  Not just say "YEAH! I Did It!", but the real struggles.

Right now I am still struggling with not being able to do weight bearing exercises.  The ankle and the boot are getting in my way.  I broke it nearly 8 weeks ago, and although I can walk on it... it's not ready for exercise.  This starts a cycle of pity party mode - which leads to binge eating - which when I see the scale makes me cringe.

I am committed to doing this, getting healthy, and hopefully loosing weight along the way.  I have been lucky not to have health issues related to my weight, but I want to make sure that continues and the numbers go down.

I will post at minimum 3 times per week, about my thoughts, going's on, health, success and failures... for who ever to read... if you are out there! :)

The time starts NOW!

Hot days of May!

It's Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, we slept in a bit, then headed out to FLEET, (Fleet Farm - local Farm supplier/multipurpose store) and we picked up things for our garden.  I have always wanted a garden and last year we (by that I mean my husband) built a raised bed and we had a very successful planting of tomatoes, cucumbers, jalapenos, banana peppers, and mini-pepers (they didn't get much sun)

This year we are planting less, and hoping for better results, 2 types of tomatoes, 1 cucumber, baby carrots, green onions, jalapeno, habenaro peppers, butternut squash, green beans.  YEAH!!!

Before

Me getting dirty - wearing my new Bondo-Band - I bought for exercising:

 

And finally....  

 I also took a pic of our landscaping in the backyard, put in 1 1/2 years ago.. finally looking good!!

Happy Saturday, off to party!

Oh it's been a long 8 weeks!

Nearly 8 weeks ago I broke my left ankle.  I know, really?  That was my thought exactly when it happened.  It wasn't a fabulous feat, I just stepped on something, my ankle/foot turned, and down I went.  I am accident prone, or klutzy, I get it!  But it took 35 years to have a real break (I don't count breaking my right pinky finger when my Mom accidentally closed the car door on it in 1986).

It takes a woman of 35 years to realize how much you miss when you are not able to do a darn thing.  I spent 6 weeks not putting weight on my foot, (I cheated a little, but was mostly compliant).  I felt helpless, useless, and broken.  Now that I am on the mend, I have this hunger to get out and exercise. 

Last weekend I was supposed to participate in my 2nd 5k - but well... you can't do that with a broken ankle.

I have 86 days until I do the Dirty Girl with a bunch of other crazy Mamma's, I want to be healthy enough, and strong enough to do it! 

My "woe is me" attitude has allowed me to gain 6lbs in the last 7.5 weeks.  Really???

I started tonight with a WW meeting, and am rejuvenated and connected with my goal, mission, and I am so ready for this journey! 

Join me!

I need to post this everywhere!

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