New toy

Last week, I noticed a post on my local Buy, Sell, Trade board for a gazelle for $40. That was such a great deal, so I decided to go for it. I picked it up Thursday, and got it all set up. I did 15 minutes on it Thursday. It felt great to finally have a piece of equipment at my house that I can just move onto the floor and work out on. I can chose the shows I watch while working out, I can chose my music. I think this is a great start to a wonderful weight loss.

So I got on my Gazelle today, and decided to watch The Biggest Loser. We had it recorded, so I set my timer for 30 minutes. Well, my timer went off and my husband said "Oh just keep going to the end of the show." I was like, ok it's only 10 more minutes, since I don't watch the commercials. I kept going, starting to think, ok, shouldn't this be getting over soon. I had forgotten that it was an hour and half long show. So a half hour longer than I had planned to be on the gazelle, I finally get off the machine.

So I got 60 minutes of cardio in today. Which feels good, because I stepped on the scale this morning and it was up. That depressed me a little (especially after the big 3 lb loss I had last week), but I decided to work harder rather than give up. That right there is a big accomplishment for me!!! Normally I would lose a few, then gain a few back, then give up and resort back to my old habits. Or I would lose a few, think it was because I just needed to eat more, so I would continue these habits and end up gaining weight back. This week I think I am going to end up gaining a little back, but if I keep up the work that I started this week, I will end up achieving my goal for my honeymoon. I wish I could watch the biggest loser where they went to Jamaica right before I head on my honeymoon. I think that would help a lot when I go. Wish me well.

Time to Celebrate!!

Well, maybe not have a party for me yet, but I have made a lot of progress in the past week. I have tracked my calories everyday this week (since Tuesday) and have been under my calories every day!!!! I have even had Chick-fil-a, Wendy's, KFC and chinese. Not that these will become a normal diet for me, but I have proven to myself that I can have what I want eat, I just need to watch my portion sizes and when I have them. Obviously, I can't have them all in one day, and I can't have most of the fried stuff I normal would get. But it is nice knowing that I can eat what I want as long as I make good choices about what that is. We will see how this all factors into my weight in on Monday. Well, it's time for me to go work in the yard or start dancing. I think I will try for 30 mins of dancing, in 15 minutes chunks of course. I can do anything in 15 mins.

Ok, so I started the Biggest Loser through Spark People. I have lost 3 lbs in the last 2 weeks. I have about 6 more lbs to go before I go on my honeymoon in 30 days. Just think a month from today I will be sitting on the beach relaxing. I need to really kick my butt in gear and get moving. I did start sweating at work this week because I was walking back and forth from the back room to the floor. I hope to be under the 200 mark by my honeymoon. I would be ecstatic if I could get under obese level BMI before my honeymoon. Anyways, enough of me blabbing on.