stephanie82

I am doing terrible at this weight loss thing.  I feel kinda like just giving up. I know that isn’t the answer but it seems like the easiest way.  I won’t quit I won’t!  My foot is starting to feel better so I can start working out again.   I am having terrible problems with food. I don’t eat good food at all.  It isn’t like I try to eat crappy food I just end up eating bad food. I try to still be conscious of my calorie intake. But I will be completely honest my fat intake is probably through the roof. I am not eating when I am bored, stressed, or anything else that is related to emotional eating. I got past that which was hard but I did it. No I just need to get past this eating terrible foods.

I have a friend doing a meal plan for me. I am excited about that and hopefully it will help me out.  I don’t really know what the heck my issue is…I feel like I am not good at being accountable for my actions.  Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

I am not even sure how long it has been since I wrote last I don’t think it was to long maybe a week.  I started my new summer term and things got crazy. I didn’t realize the amount of work I would be doing.  It will keep me very busy. I haven’t been working out and I haven’t been eating well. We went to the beach this past weekend. I made it a point not to over eat but at the same time I didn’t eat very healthy.

It is getting to the hot part of the summer where the house is like an oven. I hate it when it is that hot. It makes me not want to exercise or do anything. I might just have to go out when it gets close to being dark. I don’t really like going out walking when it gets close to dark but that is the only time it is cool.

This is one thing I am not sure of. How many calories I should be eating.  I have been directed to several different websites and they all tell me different amounts. I don’t want to eat to little when it comes to calories but obviously I don’t want to eat to many either. I would like to just find the right amount to lose weight. How did everyone else figure it out. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks

So yesterday I was sitting on the couch feeling a bit down because I am not seeing the results I had hoped for and I was thinking I have been working out for a while and not seeing results. But then I got to thinking that I JUST started this working out on a budget thing. It seems like I have been doing it for a while but in reality it was only 2 weeks.  I just wanted to smack myself and go reality check you are not going to see super awesome results in just 2 weeks. I know this I really do. Previously I was working out 3 days a week with water Aerobics and then 2 days with Gentle yoga. I didn’t lose a lot of weight doing that because I didn’t eat that great when I was doing it. I never gained just never lost.

I need to find a workout this week that I can do that won’t hurt my foot. I think I blogged about doing something to my heel. I am not sure if it is the actual heel itself or the tendon there or what. But it hurts when I walk and do any kind of motion. I keep walking because well what else am I gonna do.  I think I will try either some yoga or maybe ride the exercise bike.  I can’t go to the doctor..no insurance. I think the exercise bike should be fine and not hurt it.

I am starting classes again tomorrow.  I am excited I am looking forward to the things I will be learning. I wish I had found this career path when I was 18 instead of the age I am now but whatever I guess. I was seriously misguided by my high school career counselor. She basically told me I was stupid and would amount to nothing. Thanks! So after that I never applied myself to anything why bother. After having a crappy job with an insurance company I decided that I wasn’t going to settle for that my whole life and I made a change.  I am so happy with that aspect of my life. I want to add being proud of my health to that list as well.

I feel like such a clutz when this happens and it has happened twice. I was out for a walk been out walking for about 45 minutes or so and was working my way back home. I was thinking about doing my yoga when I get home for some stretching and cool down. I wasn’t really paying to much attention I mean I was watching where I was going but at  the same time thinking of other things. So I step on some uneven ground and DOWN I go.  I felt like such a loser there was a car that went past me as I was falling and then one coming toward me so I quickly got up checked out the damage, a sore ankle and a skinned up knee. I hobbled my way home and still managed to do my yoga. This time wasn’t to bad I was maybe a block from the house. Last time I was walking and stepped on a rock and twisted my ankle and fell down hard. No one was a round but I had to hop home and that was a good half mile or more. That time sucked.

I told my husband to night that means I get to get an elliptical machine or something cause I don’t wanna fall down anymore lol.

This week has been good so far.   I have been going on my 30 minute walks each day.  I have my heart rate monitor on and I set it for 15 minutes. I go 15 minutes away from the house and then  turn around and come back. The goal is to make it back to the house in exactly 15 minutes. No sooner, no later.  It seems to work because typically when I walk and I am on the way back I take longer..or run out of steam lol.  This way I make it hard both ways. And if I get to the house and still have time left I keep walking and come back. I am SURE the neighbors think I am nuts.  I keep my heart rate in the cardio zone on the low end.

Yesterday my father-in-law was talking to me telling me that his grandchildren would be very healthy. I of course asked why and he said because he doesn’t know anyone that works out and eats as well as I do. And that when I have kids they would learn all that. I suppose that is a big complement. I was thinking wow IF I am the only person you know that is this healthy you need new friends LMAO.  I am so not healthy. I try to make good decisions and workout but obviously at my current weight I would not say I am healthy. Funny stuff.

So I will start out with the weigh-in portion.

Previous(last sunday) 226

Current: 225

I lost one pound doing Core Secrets Accelerated Training Camp by Gunnar Peterson. I did it every other day with a bit of light walking and yoga on the days that I did not do this dvd.  Overall, I liked the workout and will be including it in the strength portion of my workouts.

——————–Week 2 Fitness on a Budget——————————–

This week I will be walking outside everday for 30 minutes.  I will also be including yoga with this as well.

Starting weight 225 for this week.

I have been attempting to lose weight for a long time. But steadily since September and I have been working consistently. I just can’t seem to get the results that I feel like I should be.  I just want to get under the 200 lb mark. If that is all I accomplish this year as far as weight loss goes then I would be happy. I have not been under 200lbs in probably 4 years.  That would mean I need to lose 27 lbs. It doesn’t seem like that much. But some days I just look at it and think will it ever happen!! I guess this is just a down day as far as this all goes. I have hurt my ankle/heel area it feels tight and stuff. I am still planning on going out for a walk to see if I can work it out.  I just feel kinda blah today.  I hate being a downer because that just is not me. Most people would be shocked to find out that I have down days.  I suppose that is normal.  Well here is to losing 27 lbs this year. Wish me luck

Last night was my last class for the term. It makes me sad because it was my gentle yoga class. I am going to try to keep up with the daily yoga so that I can keep the flexibility that I gained during the last 3 months. I have signed up for the class again for the fall. I might even drop by the teacher’s studio for a class. I can’t express how much I love yoga it makes me feel so centered and just balanced for the whole day. Okay so moving on.

I picked up my text books for the summer term and I am completely stoked to start the classes. I will be of course taking the CSS and HTML Dynamic class to finish up my Web Design degree. But I am taking some classes that really interested me this summer. Community and Public Health Issues, and Health, Food and the Environment. So the books for these classes are

Stuffed and Starved The Hidden Battle for the World Food System

Food Matters A Guide to Conscious Eating

The Ethics of What We Eat Why Our Food Choices Matter

Introduction to Public Health

I am really excited to be taking classes like this now. When I started school I kind of wrote off that I wasn’t going to get a bachelor’s degree because it took to long. So I picked a “semi” interesting degree to me. That was web design.  I don’t find myself interesting in that to much anymore. I picked it because it was easy. Well this year I have decided I am sick of taking the easy way. I am sick of taking the easy way with my health and life. So if it will be hard if I have to do without things until this is done so be it.

I could look you in the eye and tell you, I am so happy in my life right now. I look at how I was 2 years ago. I was beat down by the job world. Hated working where I did. And felt like wow if this is adult life I don’t want it.

Now I am SO excited for my future. I am finally Happy!!!

For the next however many weeks until September 18th I am going to do exercises on the cheap. Why you ask?? Because I can and because I don’t have any money for a gym membership and I am not taking any PE classes this summer so until September I will be on my own fitness wise. So I thought I would attempt to document my success or lack of.  We will see

So it is Sunday and I weigh 226 pounds currently.

I started doing the Core Secrets Accelerated Training Camp by Gunnar Peterson. This is mostly a strength training dvd but for the sake of my experiment I am going to just do this workout Dvd this week. Later on I will probably use a mainly cardio workout with this as a supplement.  I checked this out from the library why..because the library is free.  I have a large collection of workout dvd’s myself and I may use those although they don’t quiet fall into my budget fitness plan because I bought most of them at some point in time. But I never spent more than 15$ on any of them and most of them were under 10$.

Depending on the week I will either do DVD’s or just exercise such as walking, jogging, biking, swimming. Just depends one what I feel like. I will also be doing these workout’s no less than 3 times a week, probably closer to 5 times.

This workout kicked my butt. I haven’t really done a lot of strength training in the past year. The closest I have come was in the swimming class with the “weighted” exercise equiptment and resistance in the pool. So this workout was a sweat breaker.  It wasn’t so hard that I felt like I couldn’t do it.  In fact as what I call a beginner it was completley do-able. I am not a thin girl by any means but I didn’t feel like my size hindered my efforts in this dvd.  Overall this is a good dvd probably not for people that are really advanced unless you use heavier weights.