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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Weekly Update - a few weeks late :)

Things here have been going well, I had the stomach flu last week which lead to a great weigh in and so far I have not gained any of that back, and I hope to keep it that way.  Honestly, being sick for 4 days was a good detox, I was able to keep up with minimal sugar and carbs and decreased caffeine intake.  I am getting the workouts ramped up, with Yoga this morning.  I bought a yoga mat, as doing yoga on a carpet at home gave me rug burn, what a difference!!  I can definitely tell a difference when I exercise, I feel better, and crave it more for sanity and strength!

Happy week!  Weigh in is on Friday Am - I will update then as to where I am at!!!

Happy Wednesday!

Oh my!  What did I sign myself up for!  I am excited about doing the Dirty Girl!  But I am scared!!!  I know that I can do it, I have time to do it and I have lots of support!  Why does it have to be soo hard?  I have been tracking food, exercising, and trying to stay "REAL". 

Dirty Girl here I come!

That's right, this girl is going to get down and dirty!  A friend of mine asked me on New Years Eve if I would do the Dirty Girl Mud Run with her in August, as we both need that time to get into shape... I looked it over and nonchalantly said sure!  Well in our corner of the world this has gone VIRAL!  We have 48 members on a private Facebook group - and it's going to be an amazing adventure.

I am working towards improvement of my health, fitness level, and overall attitude on life.  Those are my goals.  I am continuing with Weight Watchers, as it's working!  Having a large supportive group of women doing this race they are planning trainings... I have confidence that I will be ready!  Hell I pulled on a pair of XXL Old Navy Compression pants today - ME... from the STORE!  My pants have always been 3X or 4X - 26/28, I can even button the size 22 jeans I got for Christmas, and SIT in them, and... BREATH!!  Such great success, looking forward to more and sharing with you!