I haven't given much thought to what I want as a reward for attaining my goal maintenance weight in June. After giving it some thought, I'm back to an original goal I had when I was at maintenance before. I don't like how my thighs carry extra fat. Before I had to try to keep my weight at 102 to get my legs the way I wanted them. The weight was way to difficult to keep and I got a lot of comments about looking too thin. I don't want that gaunt look.
I want to have lipo done after I stablize at my weight. Dick and I talked about it again today. As I already know, I need to be at my goal weight for 6 months before I can consider it. I've known since the day I met Dr. Gelman that he would be my surgeon. I told Robert today. He seemed a little quiet about it. I think he thought he'd be looking at surgery himself and his weight isn't down. And now I'm talking about it.
Reaching my goal weight by June and staying there for 6 months, would put me at December for surgery. But I think I would want to wait until after the holidays. Dick mentioned $5,000 as a cost, that freaks me out a bit. I don't know where we'll get that kind of money. However, I don't want to let that keep me from focusing and aiming for my goals.
After seeing what Kathi is going through right now, makes me a little nervous about what I might really be signing up for with lipo. I just can't think about that right now. I just need to focus on getting to my goal weight.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
A New Decade
I weighed in at 119 lbs this morning. It's been a long time since I've been at this place. Now I'm going to focus on 114 lbs. I'm doing cardio everyday, getting my butterfly stickers on my calendar. I'll post a new photo when I'm at 114.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
My Countdown Chart
I liked Kathi's countdown for her surgery. So, with a few tips from her, I was able to get the countdown set up for my weight loss goal. I was at my lowest today, 119 1/2 lbs. Also a new decade for me. Then I went off my food plan at lunch. I'm pressing the "restart" button and moving forward. I hope the cheat doesn't affect my weigh in tomorrow to start off Week 14.
Friday, February 20, 2009
The Countdown Begins!
I've discovered Facebook for myself yesterday. Very addictive! I have hooked up with Julie again, which is really nice. It should be interesting to see where this goes!
I posted my weigh loss goals on my Facebook wall. I have 15 pounds to lose. I'm at 120 1/4 lbs. right now and my goal weight is 105 lbs. at home. I'm currently in week 15 on my time line. Monday will start week 14. My goal date is June 1. I am doing cardio for 20 minutes 7 days a week. My food plan and work outs are right on target, but the weight just wasn't coming off. So hopefully adding the cardio will give it the push it needs to start coming off again. I feel confident that I can do everything that is required to get this weight off. This time when I get to maintenance I will need to be much more vigilant at holding my line.
Dick is going to step up the game in my work outs. He's increasing the weight and we'll be adding squats. I'm excited about it (that's almost scary to hear myself say! Lol!). I feel like I have Dick's attention now that I'm back on track. I'm looking forward to taking the next 5 lbs. off. I'm hoping I'll be able to actually see and feel it in my clothes.
I posted my weigh loss goals on my Facebook wall. I have 15 pounds to lose. I'm at 120 1/4 lbs. right now and my goal weight is 105 lbs. at home. I'm currently in week 15 on my time line. Monday will start week 14. My goal date is June 1. I am doing cardio for 20 minutes 7 days a week. My food plan and work outs are right on target, but the weight just wasn't coming off. So hopefully adding the cardio will give it the push it needs to start coming off again. I feel confident that I can do everything that is required to get this weight off. This time when I get to maintenance I will need to be much more vigilant at holding my line.
Dick is going to step up the game in my work outs. He's increasing the weight and we'll be adding squats. I'm excited about it (that's almost scary to hear myself say! Lol!). I feel like I have Dick's attention now that I'm back on track. I'm looking forward to taking the next 5 lbs. off. I'm hoping I'll be able to actually see and feel it in my clothes.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Upping The Ante
I have finally moved out of the 121s, after 9 frustrating days. I did go out for a reward lunch for staying on the food plan (though not perfectly) since Dec. 31, 2008. I don't usually let myself actually have the rewards I say I'm going to give myself for attaining certain goals. It was important to me to follow through with this reward and not let myself down.
My trainer rated my food plan & work outs highly. So, the only place left to make changes is to up the cardio. I had started doing 2 days a week for 20 mins. That got upped to 7 days a week. I was disappointed when the gym closed before I got there last night. I thought it would be open until 6 or 7 pm on Saturdays. It closed early at 5 pm. I found out today that the gym is usually open until 6 pm on Saturday. It is important for me to get the exact hours the gym is open for later reference. Live and learn. I did get in there today and got my 20 mins. in. That felt really good and I made sure to acknowledge myself for it. Since the cardio was upped, my weight has already come down into the 120s. I'm thrilled.
Since about the time I started doing the daily cardio, I decided to allow myself one Monster energy drink a day. So, I've done this for about 3 or 4 days now. Of course, this is totally off of my program right now. Somehow I justified to myself that the extra cardio would fix everything and would give me more freedom to eat or drink what I wanted. Well, I'm back on track and tomorrow is a fresh start.
So, here's to a losing weight this coming week!
My trainer rated my food plan & work outs highly. So, the only place left to make changes is to up the cardio. I had started doing 2 days a week for 20 mins. That got upped to 7 days a week. I was disappointed when the gym closed before I got there last night. I thought it would be open until 6 or 7 pm on Saturdays. It closed early at 5 pm. I found out today that the gym is usually open until 6 pm on Saturday. It is important for me to get the exact hours the gym is open for later reference. Live and learn. I did get in there today and got my 20 mins. in. That felt really good and I made sure to acknowledge myself for it. Since the cardio was upped, my weight has already come down into the 120s. I'm thrilled.
Since about the time I started doing the daily cardio, I decided to allow myself one Monster energy drink a day. So, I've done this for about 3 or 4 days now. Of course, this is totally off of my program right now. Somehow I justified to myself that the extra cardio would fix everything and would give me more freedom to eat or drink what I wanted. Well, I'm back on track and tomorrow is a fresh start.
So, here's to a losing weight this coming week!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Poised For Success
What a lot of meaning that title has for me. I believe I'm poised for my own success while looking at an organization by the same name. Poised For Success is an organization that helps women on welfare find business clothing that will allow them to go on interviews and work at a job dressed appropriately. The business clothing are all donations.
The orientation was very interesting last night and I realized on the way home that I was excited about working with them. Their facility is set up like a small boutique. Very orderly and had a bit of a sophisticated feel for a place that's non profit. There were different rooms for different purposes, all very clearly laid out by size and color. The first room was where the interviewing business suits are picked out. They receive one or two suits. There is a room for selecting an additional three outfits after they've gotten the job. A room with blouses and accessories, like handbags, belts, jewelry, scarves displayed beautifully. Then a room with shoes.
I was particularly drawn towards inventory management and client services, although I have to admit I was a bit nervous because I don't have retail experience. Inventory management takes place every Wed. from 10am - 6pm. This is when the clothes are at their second check point. They are checked for quality, the shape they're in and whether they're business appropriate. They're sorted, tagged and put away. The women sit at a table in the back of the building and sort. I thought this would be a good opportunity to meet other women and touch & be around clothes.
Client services involves meeting one on one with the client. The client's ages usually range from late 20s to early 30s. This is where the outfits are selected and coordinated with accessories. The important part here is how the women are treated, they are usually broken at this point. It's important to talk with them about their children, what kind of job they're looking for and what they're interested in. Looking to build them up. Being new to this, they would have me shadow someone until I'm comfortable.
Gail Fisher, from Poised For Success, already called and left me a message thanking me for coming to the orientation and letting me know she'd email about setting up times to come in. I am really excited to see how this plays out in my life. I feel I would love being a part of this. I also like that you can do as little or as much as you want. A perfect starting place!
The orientation was very interesting last night and I realized on the way home that I was excited about working with them. Their facility is set up like a small boutique. Very orderly and had a bit of a sophisticated feel for a place that's non profit. There were different rooms for different purposes, all very clearly laid out by size and color. The first room was where the interviewing business suits are picked out. They receive one or two suits. There is a room for selecting an additional three outfits after they've gotten the job. A room with blouses and accessories, like handbags, belts, jewelry, scarves displayed beautifully. Then a room with shoes.
I was particularly drawn towards inventory management and client services, although I have to admit I was a bit nervous because I don't have retail experience. Inventory management takes place every Wed. from 10am - 6pm. This is when the clothes are at their second check point. They are checked for quality, the shape they're in and whether they're business appropriate. They're sorted, tagged and put away. The women sit at a table in the back of the building and sort. I thought this would be a good opportunity to meet other women and touch & be around clothes.
Client services involves meeting one on one with the client. The client's ages usually range from late 20s to early 30s. This is where the outfits are selected and coordinated with accessories. The important part here is how the women are treated, they are usually broken at this point. It's important to talk with them about their children, what kind of job they're looking for and what they're interested in. Looking to build them up. Being new to this, they would have me shadow someone until I'm comfortable.
Gail Fisher, from Poised For Success, already called and left me a message thanking me for coming to the orientation and letting me know she'd email about setting up times to come in. I am really excited to see how this plays out in my life. I feel I would love being a part of this. I also like that you can do as little or as much as you want. A perfect starting place!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
In Retrospect
I feel fortunate to have a day to myself, no specific plans and nowhere I have to be. I'm not exactly sure what I'll do with the day. I've been especially tired lately, taking naps in the afternoon. I don't particularly like that.
Last week was good, but also quite tough. On Monday, the CYL group focused on intuition, the voice of God, which was probably my favorite chapter so far in the book.
Thursday I had a very blunt conversation with Robert about whether he was interested in being in the marriage anymore. Cried my way through dinner, at a restaurant. Based on how unhappy I am, he wasn't sure about what he wanted to do and wanted time to think about it. After getting through a silent, uncomfortable dinner, he still drove to Hobo's where we had originally agreed to go after dinner. During the drive and time at Hobo's we started to find a common ground we could start to move forward from. I was exhausted from this for the rest of the week.
Saturday we went out to have dinner with Derek. We went to Red Lobster because I wanted to stay with fish or seafood to keep on my food plan as much as possible. We had a nice visit and I split a grilled shrimp, scallop and chicken sampler with Robert which worked out well
Sunday evening was the Super Bowl at Kathy's. I brought tuna salad and croissants, so I'd have something to eat. It was a hit. There were potato chips, Rice Krispies treats and freshly made brownies. Man, sometimes staying on this food plan can be a struggle.
I put on only 1 pound after the weekend was over. I've been working this week to get it back off. I know it put me behind in my weight loss for February, but things are going to come up that will require making the best choices possible in the situation.
Last week was good, but also quite tough. On Monday, the CYL group focused on intuition, the voice of God, which was probably my favorite chapter so far in the book.
Thursday I had a very blunt conversation with Robert about whether he was interested in being in the marriage anymore. Cried my way through dinner, at a restaurant. Based on how unhappy I am, he wasn't sure about what he wanted to do and wanted time to think about it. After getting through a silent, uncomfortable dinner, he still drove to Hobo's where we had originally agreed to go after dinner. During the drive and time at Hobo's we started to find a common ground we could start to move forward from. I was exhausted from this for the rest of the week.
Saturday we went out to have dinner with Derek. We went to Red Lobster because I wanted to stay with fish or seafood to keep on my food plan as much as possible. We had a nice visit and I split a grilled shrimp, scallop and chicken sampler with Robert which worked out well
Sunday evening was the Super Bowl at Kathy's. I brought tuna salad and croissants, so I'd have something to eat. It was a hit. There were potato chips, Rice Krispies treats and freshly made brownies. Man, sometimes staying on this food plan can be a struggle.
I put on only 1 pound after the weekend was over. I've been working this week to get it back off. I know it put me behind in my weight loss for February, but things are going to come up that will require making the best choices possible in the situation.
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