My private journey.

[itsjustme]

I hope your kids feel better soon. I'm feeling a lot better today...still have that nasty cough though.

I went to the gym today. Finally had enough energy to go. I can't go that long without working out again..4 days without going isn't good. I didn't have a lot of time so I did 30 minutes on the treadmill and 20 on the elliptical. I felt good when I was done though. Towards the end I started coughing a lot...I'm glad my workout was about done though. I would hate for someone to be coughing up a storm at the gym right beside me. Ha. I must go to the gym tomorrow...I must. Gotta get my minimum 3 days in. I gotta.

[constance]

Glad you're feeling better. I have 2 kidlettes home from school today. The other one is still good to go! lol
I am hoping I don't catch it...I am actually surprised with the restricting that I do how very rarely I get sick.

Keep working it girl!

[itsjustme]

I hope they feel better soon. A lot of people are getting sick here, it's crazy.

I went to the gym today. I did the elliptical for 45 minutes. It was soooo hard this time around. I soooo wanted to get off way sooner than that...it's like a mind game. I only did 1 mile on the treadmill..took about 14 minutes..I stayed on an extra minute. Maybe by tomorrow...I'll get back in my normal groove and be able to get a longer workout in. I hope so. Today and yesterday I was just there to say I was there...but it still helps. That's it for now.

[itsjustme]

Wow..I'm fixing to have to copy all of my journal entries so that I have them. It's the only way I know what progress has been made...when, what, how...all of that information. So..I must get to copying and pasting.

[itsjustme]

I ate like a pig this weekend. I didn't care. I have some serious money issues going on right now...serious. I'm blaming it on that. I ate whatever I wanted on Friday...loads of stuff. I don't know how many calories. Good thing there wasnt much junk in the house to eat, or it would have been worse. I ate a bunch of mini candy bars. I woke up Saturday and weighed..and it didnt affect my weight..so I did it again Saturday, ate whatever. I didn't have money to go out to eat..fast food or anything..just ate what was at the house. Had there been more to eat, I would have eaten it. I did manage to buy a bag of chips at the store. They weren't even that good..I just ate them. I ate more mini candy bars, mini corn dogs, tootsie rolls. Figured I'd just get it out of my system and start fresh Sunday. This week was not a good week all around. I wasn't all that motivated or anything. Anyhow..the good news is...I still lost weight. I'm down 1.2 lbs today. So..I now weigh 161.8. I didn't make my goal for the week, but oh well..I'll definitely take that..considering I screwed up. I have lost a total of 21 lbs in 7 weeks!! Today I feel a lot better...ready to do this week and get it over with. This will be the end of 8 weeks for me, so I want to go out with a bang. I just want to lose 2 lbs this week..that will get me out of the 60's. That will make me have lost 8 lbs for the month...23 lbs for 2 months. I'm motivated this week. It's spring break here and I should have plenty of time to exercise...I'm definitely not going anywhere..I'm broke. Won't be eating too much of anything either..not much food in the fridge to choose from. I tell ya what..I got plenty of 100 cal popcorn. I'll have to survive on that and tilapia this week..that's about all I have. I don't have any special k bars. I have a few veggies in the freezer..not my usual ones that I eat though. I have some big ole pickles..and thats about all that's at the house that I can eat. Well..gotta go for now.

[itsjustme]

So...I haven't really been to this site in a while to post. Didn't know the journals would still be up actually. Anyhow...I slacked big time this past week. The last weigh in I posted was 161.8. Well last week I sucked. I just didn't really care. Saturday I ate soooo much that it gave me a headache. Well..I hopped on the scale Sunday..and weighed 163. I was sooo thinking it'd be way more than that. It's crazy how much I ate that day. And there was another day that I pigged out..can't remember which one. Well..seeing 163 on the scale made me feel a bit better cause I was thinking it'd be more. Well..I decided I'd try and get in gear this week. I didn't eat anything at all Monday, just drank cappuchino. Tuesday, I ate nothing except a few big handfuls of popcorn. Wednesday I had lunch only..50 cals worth of veggies. .and my cappuchino..and a few pieces of hard candy...which I don't count. I don't count the cappuchino either. That's just me..my rules. Ha. So..today is Thursday. I got on the scale..but I've been getting on it daily since. Well..this morning I weigh 157.6. This is awesome. I went to the gym on Monday and Tuesday. Gonna try and go today. Oh..I did manage to hit the gym twice last week..or maybe 3 times..can't remember now.

Oh yeah...Sunday when I weighed in was the official end of 8 weeks. So..I measured. The difference within the last 4 weeks is this: Down 1 inch love handles, down 1 inch upper waist, down 1 inch hips, down 1/2 inch each thigh, who measures wrists...but it changed this time...down 1/2, who measures necks..but it's down this time, 1/2 inch. bust...down 3 inches this time...dang.

So in total..the last 8 weeks I have lost...love handles -3 1/2, upper waist -3 1/2, hips -3, bust -3, thighs - 1 1/2 each, neck -1/2, wrist -1/2. This was at my 163 weight on Sunday April 20th.

I am not changing my ticker back up to 163...not happening.

I don't know if I'll eat today or not. I just don't know. It's good to be out of the 60's. I hope I can stay out!!

[sailorv]

Congrats on the inch lossage! That's really great, and the amount of weight you have lost in the last couple of months is amazing, well done

[itsjustme]

Sailorv.....Thank you so much for the kind words.

Friday and Saturday I didn't not eat. But I didn't necessarily overeat. I kept it pretty normal....yet not my low cals. I'm late journaling so I can't remember exactly what all I ate. Anyhow..today is my official weigh in day. I'm 157.6!! That is 5.4 lbs. this week. I am sooo excited I get to finally change my ticker again. People have been commenting on my weight loss. It feels good...makes me just want to keep going. I told you way back in my journal that once I get to 155 people start commenting on my weight. I still have a good bit more to lose before I'm at my goal weight. But 9 weeks ago..I never thought I would be 25.2 lbs lighter. Wow! I never want to go back there again. So...it has been 9 full weeks since I started. I'm gonna try and do really well these next 3 weeks. I'm not in such a big hurry to shed the last pounds. I know they will be harder to lose. I'm going to try and hit the gym more this week. I sucked this week. I did 2 days I think. I really don't know what goal to set for this week. Mainly because I didn't eat for those few days..and am pretty sure a couple of pounds will try and sneak back up on me. So..I won't set a goal this week..I don't wanna be disappointed. My goal weight is 145..it's finally starting to seem possible.