Tomorrow is not another day one

So my mother has started blogging (shout out to you mommsie). Maybe I should take my own advice and write a little myself?

Update on the weight loss process: since April 4, 2011 when I started this whole journey, I've lost 18 pounds. I don't know what my BMI or anything looks like now, but I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to figure out...

After looking at a chart that my wonderful trainer gave me in the beginning, it looks like my BMI should be 30, which is almost out of the "obese" category, and into just the "overweight" category. Let me just say 'WOOHOO!!" That's very exciting news for me. ~does a little happy dance~

And I have kept up my promise with my honey. I have been using my treadmill, not as a clothes rack, but as it was intended to be used. I read my Kindle (thanks again honey) while I put in my time on what I affectionally call the Dreadmill. Hopefully I'll have met my goal of 44 total pounds by the time I see Honey in March. I've got 6 months, and 26 more pounds to go. I can do this.

Dear Motivation, where are you? Love Me

I'm sick of sitting around, not doing anything. I'm sick of not working out (as backwards to my old life as that is.) But even with my accountability calls every morning ~wink you know who you are~ I can't find the motivation to get on my treadmill. I say, "Oh I'll do it after I've finished this cup of coffee." But then I need to wait after my coffee and by then I lose it. I need to start running towards my life again. I need to get my health and my weight in check now, before it becomes too big of a hurdle later in life. Why can't I do this on my own?

Mini-update

So today is the beginning of my 9th week. I feel AWESOME! I have so much more energy, and I'm generally a happier person. Things don't bother me as much. I enjoy each day more than I did before. I don't dread getting on my new (thanks honey!!) treadmill. I look forward to my workouts. And I don't feel like I'm on a diet. I feel like I'm eating healthier and I'm enjoying my food. And I have reached more milestones. I can lift more weight than I could at the beginning. I can run/jog half a mile without stopping. I don't feel like I'm dying with each breath I take. I've lost 7  1/2 pounds. I am in a size smaller jeans. I FEEL GREAT!!

Update

So I'm on my 29th official day out of 84. I'm feeling great. A whole lot better than my first week, thats for sure!! I'm able to complete more of the workouts, I feel better each day that I move. I've got some different shoes for non-cardio days. I've lost 5 pounds!!! I'm looking forward to Friday, when I find out how my BMI has changed. I'm excited!!

I'm Amazed

I got my cardio in today! I  got off my lazy butt and went to the gym to walk on the treadmill. I had pandora turned on with my iPhone and I just got into a groove. I almost didn't want to stop! (But again, with the lazy behind, I did.) And even though I'm sore from yesterday and today, and I have a huge blister on the bottom of my foot, I feel great. I really have energy, I just feel happier. I know that change takes work, and the soreness is proof of that work, but right now I'm just happy that I finally took this step. I'm finally Running Towards My Life, for real.

First day of Training!

So yesterday I went to meet my trainer at one of the gyms on post. I got there, walked in the door, and was looking around at everything. A lady comes up to me and asks me what I'm doing. I answer that I was meeting my personal trainer (who is an Army wife as well) and she starts yelling at me that I can't meet her there unless she's sponsored by the gym and I need to leave and all this stuff. I calmly explained to her that I didn't know, I just moved here, I'd never been there before, I didn't know the rules. Plus I told her that we were both ID card holders and we could both be there. Then she starts yelling at me that it's posted up that I can't meet with an outside trainer and blah blah blah. Jeez, lady, give me a break!!

On the plus side, we did get to work out on the track outside, so I got some good vitamin D in. We did cardio and abs, and I'm really feeling it this morning. I need to get out and do cardio again today. Even though I'm sore, I feel great. I know that progress has begun and I can't wait to see the results!!

It's worse than I thought...

So I had a goal in my head of what I would like to weigh. In order to get to that weight, I would need to lose 50 pounds. But I just got my BMI and BFA results back. And in order to be in the "healthy" BMI and BFA ranges, I need to lose 70-80 pounds. I just didn't think that I had let myself go that far off the deep end. I'm still completely motivated to stick to my program and lose this extra weight, but I have a lot farther to go than I originally thought.


And that sucks.