A picture is worth 17 pounds…

You can’t make anything more real than by taking a picture. The pants on the bottom are the one’s I was wearing when I went into Kohl’s yesterday. The middle pair is one of the pairs I bought (Size 20). They fit nicely. The one’s on the top are the size […]

Therapy and clothes shopping…

Therapy

First off life changes doesn’t just mean making better food choices and moving more…it’s about getting to the core of the issues. I’ve been back in therapy now for a few weeks. The past few times have just been about getting to know each other and establishing my relationship tree with the people in […]

144 Heartbeats per minute and perfecting my farmer’s blow.

I did two things this morning: c25k Week two day two and walked my dogs. I did not do these things together as I have since learned my lesson and am now making time to do them separately. Here’s my time line:

7:00a – alarm goes off

7:10a – dogs let out for bathroom […]

I made this salad…

On a whim I made the following salad to go with some root veggies and cod.

It served two people with some left over.

3 oz of grape tomatoes – 12 (25 cal)

1 avocado (289 cal)

1 pear (96 cal)

1/4 c chopped cashews (197 cal)

mango dressing to taste (30 cal/2 tbsp)

Cut […]

Weekend recap, library visits and hello there 246!

Hello there 246: That’s right the scale said 246 this morning. I’ve officially picked a weigh in date (Saturdays) but have a hard time not checking everyday. I know it’s not good for me to check everyday because it can lead to some serious heartache. Today was not that kind of day. When I got […]

Tomorrow’s anticipation and today’s revelation

TA: I’m excited to be moving on to the next phase of c25k. I’ve got Robert Ullrey’s week two podcast ready to go. I gave it a run through yesterday (listening only) while on the track at my local community college. I walked and listened to it to get a feel for the music. There […]

Today’s Weigh in…week #6

On December 29th 2009 I weighed 263lbs.

Six weeks later I weigh 247lbs.

It’s a little hard to read but trust me it says 247!!!!

I’ve lost 16 pounds so far.

Saturdays are my “days off” for working out but I’m taking my dogs on a long long walk and to know me and […]

c25k week one graduation!

I woke up before my alarm again today. Nervous like it was the first day of school. Butterflies in my stomach. Thoughts rushing through my head. I quietly get up and put on my sweats, my favorite hoodie and my tennis shoes. I kiss my husband and ask him to take care of the dogs […]

What CK had to say today…

CK = Calorie King.

This is an excerpt I read about self sabotage (interesting that read this today considering my last two days..cowinky dinky?)

Self-sabotage is when you think and act in ways that clearly stop you from achieving your goals. This often happens when you’ve already proved that you do have what it takes […]

!$%&@*!

This is just about the only way I can express my c25k attempt today. After yesterdays emotional whatever-you-want-to-call-it, I really wanted to get out there and show myself that today was going to be a different day…

Oh how wrong I was.

A little background story: I live in what could be considered a white […]