AUGUST GOALS

1. Organize closet. OH MY GOODNESS. I might get lost in there. But it needs to be done, I HATE clutter!

2. Date night with the hubby. Our date night usually consist of dinner and Wal-Mart. I actually would like to go on a REAL date, a movie, bowling, a concert something.

3. Zumba. My gym just got this class. I am super excited about trying it. The classes are flooded you actually have to sign up a month in advance to get in! I am signed up for two classes, going to try to go to both and hope that I love it!



Do you have any goals set for August? What are they?

July Goal Updates

Here were my goals for July. I was not able to complete all of them. BOO!

1. Have my weight down to 164. FAIL. I started out at 168.8 and made it up to 173.8 yes a 5lb gain.

2. Try Taerobics. COMPLETED! Wow! Definitely will be going back. This could become my new fave class!

3. To read the New Moon book & watch the movie. MAYBE. Kinda, sort of. I haven't done either, but it is still the last day of the month and I MIGHT watch New Moon. I need to get on it, I am so far behind! ugh!

4. Organize/Rearrange my bedroom. COMPLETED! Oh it feels and looks SO good, what a relief!

5. Relax. COMPLETED. I did a lot of relaxing on my vacation, I took a nap almost everyday. I spent a lot of time with my husband and daughter, it was perfect.

August Goals coming soon!

What were you goals for the month? Did you reach them?

TAEROBICS

WOWZA! I got my butt kicked! Actually the buns are a little sore today. What a workout. I don't know if my heart has ever beat that fast or hard before. I can run 3 miles and I don't feel like I burned as many calories as I did last night. The instructor was awesome. She noticed I was new and before class started she came over and told me about the class and gave me some pointers. There was a lot of stuff that I couldn't keep up with. I don't have much coordination, I wasn't familiar with the workouts and boy oh boy she was wearing me out!

The class lasted 45 minutes or so. We warmed up, then did the whole kicking and punching thing. I really learned a lot of self defense moves and I liked that A LOT. Then we moved to the ab ball. Ab ball how I hate you. This is where I really couldn't keep up. My Ab's were burning like they have never burned before. Then we did our cool down.

I felt a little out of place in the class. There were about 12 other very thin and very in shape girls in the class that made me feel a little self conscious, but that's OK I am going to use that as motivation to get myself in better shape. There was one guy in the class who was by me who comes with his wife who was kind of struggling too, so that made me feel a little better that I wasn't the only one who couldn't keep up with the pace.

Overall it was a great experience. It burned a lot of calories and made me feel great. (besides the one time I was pretty sure I was going to vomit lol) Definitely will be going back next week!


Oh and then I did body sculpting class. (and then treated myself to a McDonald's low fat ice cream cone!)

I did it.

I joined WW meetings again. I was a little unsure of myself. I kept asking myself "how is this going to help?" "you know the program, you just aren't following it." The leader is a new leader since the last time I went. She was amazing. She inspired me sooo much. I am looking forward to more meetings, and to reaching my goal finally. I feel like a newbie at this again, and you know what? It's kind of exciting.


AND.....In two weeks there is going to be one huge WW meeting where people can talk about there success stories with WW's! ( I am assuming this might be happening at all locations??) Anyways, I might get to share my story. I am pretty pumped about that. WW has changed my life. It has made me a better person physically & mentally. It has opened up doors for me that I never knew where there. It has pushed me to do things that I thought I NEVER could. It saved my life. It brought me out of a deep dark hole I was in, it gave me my life back.

Don't worry blog world I will share my story with you too! =)

I need help.

Sometimes you just got to know when to ask for help. I know the Weight Watchers plan inside out, upside down and every other way you can put it. But tomorrow.....I am going back to meetings. I need the accountability. I need to throw my 12 dollars a week at some one to weigh me. I need that motivation to get my butt in gear. I HAVE to lose these 20 pounds. Plus my Momma is going to be joining too, it is always easier when you have someone there.

The End. :)

Frustrated

Wow. I am frustrated with myself & with my weight loss. Since last August I have lost 15lbs. Yah 15 pounds right? I'm glad that it's gone, but frustrated I am not at goal yet. I swear 170 is like running in to a brick wall. I can't get over it. I will drop a few pounds under it, just to go right back to it the next week. I know a lot of it is my fault. I am use to being able to splurge a little and lose weight. But the closer I get to goal the more of that I can not do. I know that I do not look bad at the weight that I am at, but I feel like I do. I am not happy with the way my body is at this weight.

I know how to eat right, I love to exercise, so what in the hell is holding me back? I can't seem to put my finger on it. I am getting to the point where I feel like I will never make it to my goal weight. That I should just be happy where I am. But the only problem with that is I am not happy. Then I feel like a lot of my frustrations is because I can't run. That is the ONLY way I know how to get rid of stress, and I can't do it for another 3 weeks at least (and it has already been 4.5 weeks) and honestly I don't feel like my knee is getting any better, maybe a little. Part of me wants to just go for a run, and bare the pain, but my conscious tells me I am an idiot if I do that.

Sometimes I wonder if I just don't want it bad enough. I mean if I did, I would JUST DO IT, right? Thanks for letting me get this off my chest, I feel a little better. Any tips on how to get out and over this rut would be appreciated.

1st Session of Physical Therapy

When the world says, "Give up,"Hope whispers, 'Try it one more time.' "- Unknown


Last night I had my first visit with the Physical Therapist. She was very nice and very thorough(in my opinion I never have been to a therapist before so I have nothing to compare it to). The only thing that I did not like about the whole experience was she made the comment "some peoples bodies just aren't meant to run". She then followed that comment with "how important is running to you?".

I explained to her that running is very important to me, it is something that I enjoy, love and want to continue to do. She was a very very sweet lady, I just don't think she understands why someone would want to do something that causes so much pain. She said if I wanted to continue to run I would have to do these exercises on my own everyday for the rest of my life (or until I decide I do not want to run anymore).


I do NOT believe that some peoples bodies aren't meant to run. There are 80 year old people out there who run everyday. I am 26, I can handle running. I just think some peoples body do not take the impact of running as well as others. Therefore people like myself have to take other course of actions to make it possible to run. I think some people (probably my therapist) would just think it would be easier to just give up running. NOT. AN. OPTION. I guess that is how today's society is. If it hurts we quit. If it gets tough we quit. Sometimes we just have to work really hard for the things that we really want. I really want to run. So for the next 6 weeks I will faithfully do my exercises 1-2 times a day everyday and in 6 weeks I will try to run, and I hope with all my heart that I can do it pain free!

"Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles. Your decision to be, have and do something out of the ordinary entails facing difficulties and challenges that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else."- Brian Tracy

"Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts."- Unknown

10 things that make me happy

Writers Workshop courtesy of Kat.

Write a list of ten thing that are sure to put a smile on your face when you are not happy.

1. My daughter.
2. My husband.
3. The rest of my family not mentioned above.
4. Finishing a long run.
5. My best friend Crystal.
6. Looking at fat pics of myself.
7. Boating
8. The ocean
9. Snow
10. My dog London

People would be surprised to learn that....

1. 3 years ago I did C25K and never made it past day one.
2. I use to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day. (quit 4 years ago this July)
3. I am not a big drinker, maybe a few times a year.
4. I am afraid of the dark ( germs and tornado's too but most ppl know that lol)
5. I played the clarinet for 8 years, I still pick that bad boy up every once in a while.
6. I eat peanut butter on my pizza, I wouldn't have it any other way. ( you know you are going to try it now)
7. I knew I wanted to marry my DH about a week after I met him.