Looked in the mirror

I defintely did not like what I saw. I haven't been consistent with exercise lately so I feel huge. Amazing how you can "feel fat" not just be fat. Sometimes, the feeling can affect how you view your image, even when there's no weight difference.

I guess I am just so down on working so hard for weight loss and seeing poor results. I haven't found a program that works for me and one I want to stick to consistently. It's depressing to look back here at my posts from May. I was 221. Now I am 241. That's after working out for 6 days a week for 6 mos. Ugh.

Here's to a better day tomorrow.

waiting game

Okay. I have been waiting for a workout DVD set from my fave fitness guru since July. I found out yesterday that it shipped last night. Wahoo!!

I really want to get this right though. I want to hit it right. With the right attitude, the right approach and something I can stick to. In order to do this I MUST do my mental work. I must address the reasons why something that tastes good is more important that being healthy for may family, my boys. I need to really see where I want to be and I need to finish that vision board that I have been prepping for for a few months.

So, I probably have until next week this time to look at all of this I have been putting off for months.

Here's to the next week!

B

Wow, how did December happen?!?

Time flies.

I had every ambition to be under 200 lbs for my 40th birthday in January. Didn't happen. Well, I could have a leg removed and lose 75 lbs, but I like being able to get around, so there's that! So I had a goal. But I couldn't stay focused on it because I wasn't successful in my exercise & eating routines. I could not get the strength training plus minimal interval cardio to work for me. I actually gain weight on that kind of exercise. I lost fat, but who wants to gain when you are already over 230 lbs. Yeah. No.

So, I know I am going to turn 40 within just 20 lbs of my highest weight ever. Not where I wanted to be, but I don't have enough time to fix it. So picking myself and moving on.

What's next? Some serious vision work is in order. I really didn't apply what I know about motivational theory to my last drive for weight loss. This needs to change.

I need to take the steps to creating a vision and my plan is complete a vision board by mid February.

Would you like to join me?

Betsey

Where or where have I been?

I finished the CTF challenge. Did well. Dropped off at the end in the last three weeks.

Planning on starting again. I think I will especially hit the eating pretty hard. I think exercise is something I do well and don't have a huge problem making progress with. Of any system I have done CTF had the best results on fat loss and on my sugars.

Will have to re-orient myself on the CTF plan. If I remember correctly, the food ideas are pretty basic.

Betsey

Where or where have I been?

CTF Challenge 7w0d

Today was supposed to be my rest day, but because of a party yesterday, yesterday was my rest day. So, I did the cardio today that I was supposed to do yesterday: R24 to the video. Wow, I really didn't write good notes on this one. I see, after having done it to the video that my notes of even my favorite section, kicks, was wrong. Ah, well. I can correct it next week. I really think this round rocks and I am not sure why NONE of it appeared on BOV4?!?

So, I am not sure how I will get my workout on this week. We had a death in the family this week and I will be supporting my mom as she burries her mother. The next few days will be very tough to stay on program. I will absolutey do everything I can to eat my six meals, eat appropriate carbs and drink a ton of water.

Betsey

CTF Challenge 6w6d

Wow, a whole week, no post.

Here's my weigh/measure result for his week.

weight: 225.8 (+.2)
bodyfat% 28.8 (same, but caliper pinch was -1mm to 18mm)
waist: 39.2 (-.25)
chest: 48 (no change)
neck: 13.5 (-.5)
arms: 25 (no change)
calves: 32 (-1.25)
thighs: 44 (-.75)

I had some serious water issues this week. My unofficial weigh in on Friday was actually 229.6, and because it was hot, I decided to really push the fluids yesterday and that seemed to help with the water retention, as I dropped 4 lbs in a day. Now if I could just lose some scale weight. I was so hoping to be down to 212 by the end of the challenge, which now is only five weeks away!

On a phone call with Jeff Anderson, the creator of Combat the Fat, I found out that we could switch up the exercise a bit to encourage fat loss without muscle gain. I am all for that!! My body is currently 161 lbs of lean mass, up from 148 before the challenge. I don't think I need to gain more muscle at this point. I would like to see the scale go down without losing the muscle gain.

The suggestion was to change the strength pyramids to circuits, so that it's a switch off between circuits and cardio six days a week. Works for me! I will give it a try! As for diet, Jeff also suggested having a cheat day instead of a cheat meal to fool the metabolism. I think I will try the circuit switch next week and see what that does for me for a week or two.

Or maybe do circuits on day 1 & 5, do full body pyramids on day 3, with a rep count starting at 1-1-2-2-3-3. Hmmm, I still think I will try one week without pyramids to see how that goes. I do not want to lose muscle weight though. I am 3mm away from my goal and I don't want to backslide that.

B

CTF Challenge 5w6d

Today is cardio only day and I want to do HHH in the AM and maybe TK in the early evening.

Today is also measure day.

weight: 225.6 (-1.6)
bf: 28.8% (-1.4)
neck: 14.2 (no change
chest: 48.2 (-.5)
waist: 39.2 (+.2)
arms: 25 (no change)
thighs: 44.7 (+.5)
calves: 33.2 (+.2)

Betsey

CTF Challenge 5w4d

Today was cardio only. R27 was sweaty fun. It is definitely one of my favorite rounds. I guess R33 is coming out soon. I hope it's fun!!

I weighed in at 225.6 today & measured 19mm on the calipers. That means I have lost 8 lbs on the scale, 21 lbs of body fat & gained 14 lbs of muscle. Very cool.

Today was my cheat meal since I forgot yesterday. Chris & I went out to Buckhorn Grill. Yummy. I had a Big Buck 6 oz tri tip sandwich with au jus & fried onions.

Betsey

CTF Challenge 5w3d

Did Hip Hop Hustle with my circuits today. The place I usually do my chin ups & pull ups wasn't available today, so doing those exercises in the circuit was challenging. My heart just wasn't in it today.

I was supposed to do my cheat lunch today, but forgot and brought some on plan food. Will do it tomorrow.

Weight check: 226.4. Down from yesterday. Let's see what tomorrow holds.

B

CTF Challenge 5w2d

Ok. I ate well yesterday. I did my colon therapy. I exercised. I drank my water. I gained a lb. What's up with that? I am in a serious plateau on the scale. It's really starting to bug me to work this hard and not see results. I don't know what I am doing wrong.

Even my bodybugg is crapping out on me these days. I put in a battery & it dies within a few days. It used to last at least a week in there! Now, I have all these time periods without data. It really sucks not to know what I am really burning.

This is what I have/will eat today:

6:30 8 oz milk, apex mocha protein cookie
9:45 orange, cytosport protein shake (180 cals) with 1 tbsp psilium
12:50 2 cups mixture of spinach, mushroom, tomato chunks & ground turkey on whole wheat bread (sloppy joe) post exercise english toffee,no chocolate treat
3:30 orange, cytosport protein drink with 1tbsp psilium
7:00 4 oz salmon, 2 cups brocoli
9:00 Peanut Butter protein cookie (homemade) and 4 oz milk

It was a cardio day. R27 of TK. This will be my last week of R26 & R27. Can't say I will miss 26 much. I will miss 27, though. I love it! I have three faves now: 25, 27 & 32. Next week, I will do 24 & 28 as I have not really done them since I got them. That should be interesting! I did 50 minutes of cardio today.

Tomorrow is cirucuits with Hip Hop Hustle 2 mixed in. I need to remember to bring the DVD in since I don't know those by heart, nor do I have the coreo notes.

B

CTF Challenge 5w1d

Today was strength pyramids. I've stepped up to the next level on Beginner, now on 3. It was much harder than two. I might not be ready. Instead of an added exercise, it is an added step on the ladder. The "easy" exercise is done 15 times in the peak set. Wowza! It was tough. Supposed to do 15 mins of cardio, I knocked out 40. Wahoo.

Eating was great today. I had my usual breakfast (protein cookie & milk), am snack was protein shake and kiwi fruit, lunch was a rasberry chicken chipotle salad a Quiznos, PM snack also was my after workout meal (candy, protein shake & apple), dinner was turkey tomato mushroom mix up (which will be served on bread for lunch tomorrow) and desert was two homemade protein peanut butter cookies (Thanks for the recipe Sarah, if you are reading this!), 4 oz of milk and an apple. A workgroup sponsored lunch for my department. I went to the lunch, but did not eat the sandwich or even the cookies or brownies. Very proud of myself for passing up free social food...two big triggers for me. Well, three if you count the chocolate cookies & brownies!!

B

CTF Challenge 5w0d

I did cardio only yesterday. It was fun. I mixed it up with HHH2. Neve had done it before. It's well over an hour on the instruction video. Very fun, but tiring. I quit before it ended because I had already been at it over an hour. An hour of cardio is quite enough for me!

CTF Challenge 4w6d

Planning on doing R26 at some point today. I've got the kids by myself today and I have a big assignment due tomorrow. My MIL is taking the kids this afternoon to give me a chance to get it done. Tomorrow will be a big busy day with DH taking off to some photography and me taking the kids by myself to a kid's faire in San Francisco and a BBQ at a friend's house in South City. Fun and busy but not much of an opportunity to get schoolwork done.

So my measurements for this week are as follows.

weight: 227.2 (+.6)
body fat %: 30.2 (no change)
waist: 39 (-.8)
neck: 14.5 (no change)
chest: 47.75 (-.75)
arms: 25 (+.25)
thighs: 44.25 (+.25)
calves: 33 (-.25)

So, I broke my up and down pattern (weight down, BF% stable; next week weight up a hair and BF% down a lot). This week, my weight was up a hair and my BF% stayed stable. I think looking at the whys will help me jump over the hurdles next time.

Looking back at this week for the reasons why and where I didn't do what I was supposed to: I had two days away from the office. I didn't wing my regular meals, but on those days I did skip my snacks and did not have access to low sugar protein powder. I didn't have as much veggies either. No access to my psillium those days either.

I was horrible this week with water and psillium. I think I drank less than half a gallon of water this week and I didn't have my potassium bicarbonate for the last three days.

So, if I am looking for things to correct from here on out, I would include: make sure to have access to protein powder at home & work, drink my water with the added potassium bicarbonate and take my psilium everyday. I think I will try to concentrate on that.

B

CTF Challenge 4w5d

Today was Day 5 strength day. Instead of doing 15 mins of cardio, I was able to do about 40 minutes. Sweaty workout right before lunch.

Scale has been up all weak. Tomorrow is weigh/measure day. Should be interesting to see what it hold. I hope I am down some!

Betsey

CTF Challenge 4w4d

Today was LIIT straight up sweaty cardio. I did R26 from warm up through finale from 11:30 AM through 12:15 PM. It's gotten easier this week to do R26 & R27, so I think I will stick with those two through the end of next week. The plan is to go to Beginner Level 3 next week. Haven't decided what rounds I will work with after next week. So far, I've done R25, R26, R27, R32 & BOV4.

Tomorrow, it's strength day 5.

Hopefully, we will start the new buddy group for Beck's Diet Solution. It's cognitive therapy applied to eating.

CTF Challenge 4w3d

Today was circuit day and I did it at home. Challenging, but fun. I did R27 TK in the intervals between circuits. Very fun & sweaty. Weigh in today was 226.

CTF Challenge 4w2d

Today is day 2 on the exercise schedule and I was able to complete 50 full minutes of sweaty cardio. I did R26 of TK and it went much more smoothly than last week. It seems that I have to do a full run through of each 8 count in the 32 for each section just before I begin. I wonder if I could teach it without my cheat sheet notes on written on the dry erase board in the conference room. Probably not!!

Staying on program on eating today. Tummy feels worlds better than yesterday. Hopefully that trend will continue!!

I don't know why, but I just feel like I am making no progress this week. Each morning weigh in brings me no closer to the weight I was two weeks ago at weigh in. Very worrisome. Yesterday was 228 and the day before that was 226. What happened to 225?? Grrr...last weeks weigh in was 226 after the 225. Man the scale is so SLOW!! I've got so much to lose too! You'd think it'd be more. I was shooting for a scale loss of 1.5-2 lbs a week during the challenge and so far, after a month, I've lost a whopping 7 lbs on the scale. My bf measurements have been going way down, bu it makes me wonder, doesn't the caliper measure your sub-q fat and not include the visceral fat that lays below the muscle??

CTF Challenge 4w1d

Had to rush and do my workout today. I had a last minute all day meeting offsite and didn't get to my workout until 4:30 PM. I had a great sweat though! I was able to do strength plus 35 minutes of drenching cardio.

Haven't been feeling well in the tummy department all day. I've had nausea & the "d" word all day. Yuck. I don't know if it's a bug or something I ate. No one else seems to have it but me.

The offsite meeting provided what used to be a challenge for me: free food. No free food fest for me today. I even did not eat the entree provided by the company for our meal...just salad and my own lunch (spinach & salmon) and a few dinner rolls for my carb. No dessert, no cookies, no sugary coffee. I was a good girl! Proud of myself!!

Front View

This is a different suit, but it didn't really fit, well it still doesn't fit well yet, last picture time. I think I will have DH do a shot each month to see progression. I like this suit better because it's more form fitting under the breasts and shows where I am losing from my upper core. Well, I am losing from everywhere!!

Betsey

CTF Challenge 4w0d

Okay. One month in and I can see a difference in my body already. I had DH reshoot bathing suit pictures and I can for sure see a difference...

Today is my rest day, but running around Costco and chasing after the boys really isn't "rest" but it's not really exercise either!

Betsey

CTF Challenge 3w6d

Yesterday was strength day. First time on Beginner 2. I added cable rows with the bodylastics. I can feel it in my triceps and back. I used the 19 lb cable, whatever that means. I did R26 through punches & kicks on both sides. The strength work took about 13 minutes and I did about 50 minutes of R26 for cardio (planned is 15 minutes, but I figure I should just go until I get tired).

I measured today. Here are the results (I changed the measures on the arms, thighs & calves for both legs):

weight: 226.6 (+1.4)
body fat% 30.2 (-2.5)
neck: 14.25 (-.25)
chest: 48.5 (+.25)
waist: 40.25 (-.25)
arms: 24.7 (+.25)
thighs: 44 (-3)
calves: 33.2 (-.75)

With the jump in body fat down from 32.7 to 30.2, my fat loss jumped from 11.4 lbs last week to 16.6 lbs this week. My weight jumped up a bit, but according to my fat measurement, my lean mass jumped up from 6.6 lbs this week. Looking at my scale weight graph, I usually post a big loss, a small gain the next week and a bg loss the following week.

Betsey

CTF 3w4d

I had a great cheat day yesterday. Planned my cheat meal for a potluck. I usually can't help myself at potlucks. It was nice to be able to eat whatever and not feel guilty!! Yesterday was circuit day. I used Hip Hop Hustle as my cardio section of the circuit. HHH1, both hustles and part of "the show".

Have been sick most of this week. Headcold turning into chest cold. Should be getting better soon. No DL for me, though. Since I've not had a fever, I've stuck to my exercise everyday.

I decided after Monday's strength training that I needed to up it to the next level and plan on doing Beginner Level 2 through the end of the month. Will move to Beginner Level 3 starting in May. My assisted pull-ups, chin-ups & push-ups are getting easier, so I think it's time to step it up.

Hoping today brings some fun R27 TK for cardio session.

Betsey

CTF Challenge 2w6d

Ok, no cardio yet, but the boys aren't being agreeable on naps today.

But I did weigh in:

weight: 225.2 (5.2 lbs less than last week!)
fat % 32.7 (25mm)
neck 14.5 (no change last week)
Chest: 48.5 (-.25)
waist: 40.5 (-.25)
arm: 12.5 (no change)
thigh: 23.75 (+.75)
calf: 16.5 (-.25)

According to the database software, I am down 11.4 lbs of body fat, 8 scale lbs and a muscle gain of 3. I can feel my clothes getting baggier, so I know there's a difference. I am nearly complete with three weeks. Should be interesting so see how far I go and where I will be in mid-June, when the challenge is through.

On a happy note, my insulin usage was 23 units of long acting insulin each AM to control fasting number. My fasting numbers started to go down within the first week of being on program. I have dutifully checked my sugars each morning and have been noticing that I need less and less every other day. I am currently down to 10 units a day. I hope that by the end of the challenge, I could be insulin free!!

B

CTF Challenge 2w5d

Weigh in was 227.6, down 3 from yesterday. Calliper measure was a 22mm pinch, which puts me at 31.2% body fat. A-mazing!! That makes my fat loss 14 lbs and muscle gain 8! Way cool! Tomorrow is my official weigh/measure day, so I will do it all tomorrow.

Today was strength day and I can feel I am getting stronger with the assisted chin-ups and push-ups. I have never been super great with even assisted push-ups, I could get out maybe two or three. I was able to do my eight at the top of the pyramid, no problem. I did about 40 minutes of TK R32 today.

Here I had about a week of off and on BMs and the last two days have been every trip. Balance would be good!!

Hoping for an awesome weigh in tomorrow!!

CTF Challenge 2w4d

Did my circuit yesterday. I tried a tricep dip set instead of tricep pushups. I liked it. I had to split out my circuits. I can't remember what came up, but something. lunch or a meeting or something. Yeah, lunch. Anyway, it was my cheat meal day. I went to Chevy's with a friend and had jumbo shrimp fajitas. Yummy. I even had a flan dessert. Very yummy. Worth the week's wait!!

Did cardio today. R25 through recovery was about 45 minutes of pure sweat.

Trying to get more on plan on food. It's been challenging since there is so much info and I read it a month ago. Was going to try the cayenne pepper/oil/lemon trick. No cayenne, no lemon (DH insisted on limes...same acid).

Sample of eating day

breakfast: protein cookie & non-fat milk
snack: orange, protein drink (low carb) & psillium husk
lunch: pile of spinach, salmon, sweet potato
snack: apple, protein drink (if after workout, with sugar, of not, without)
dinner: chicken breast and a pile of broccoli
dessert: cottage cheese and fresh strawberries

Betsey

CTF Challenge 2w2d

Weight check: 229.2. 230 ish has been a sticky scale point for me before. If I remember correctly, so was 200 once I got down that far. Fat % is going down, so I will keep plugging along.

I did cardio LIIT today, altough I don't know how low I did it since I did not have my heart rate monitor on during exercise. I worked off some steam, for sure. It's een a stressful few days.

Tomorrow is circuit day. Also my scheduled cheat day.

Betsey

2w0d - Rest Day

100% on diet! Yeah. Even had some temptations from DH, smores baked on the BBQ and some apple drink. No to both. Proud of myself.

Daily AM weigh in was 229.0

Betsey

CTF Challenge 1w6d

It's measure day...I gained .08 lbs this week, but I did my measurements were improved, including my fat %. So, although I gained this week, it appears that I've gained muscle. Also, the scale was no helped by my inability to have a BM since Thursday. I know, gross, but important.

Two weeks in result:
Today's weigh in: 230.4
fat % was 30mm or 34.6%
Neck measure 14.5 (no change)
chest measure 48.5 (-.5)
waist measure 40.5 (-.5)
arm measure 12.5 (-.25)
thigh measure 23 (no change)
calf measure 16.25 (no change)

Did Turbo Sport today for the first time. Fun, but very plyo and energetic. This made it more difficult to stay in the fat burning zone. Worked out for 75 minutes and burned 512 calories. So far, as of 5PM, my calorie burn today is 2075. Way cool. Maybe I will take a walk with Ryan and Tucker in the stroller this evening. The weather has been very warm this week, already in the upper 80's. I hope we don't have a killer hot summer this year. I would much rather the temps stay in the upper 70's. The warm weather in the afternoon definitely added to the sweating during the workout!

1w4d CFT challenge

Today I did TK R25 for four sections: punches, kicks, punches & kicks and recovery. I was dreading it a bit for some reason.

I guess I am bummed that the scale is REFUSING to move this week! Last week was amazing...4 lbs lost and this week, it's 0.4. I've been pounding the exercising, doing better on food than last week and barely budging. I hope I can pinch a lower number on the calipers on Saturday.

I was weak today, though. Ryan had a potluck snack in his room today. Parents brought foods in for snack. I did very poorly at keeping myself away from the bad foods. I ate fruits, which was what I intended on doing, but the chocolate, whip cream in cakes beckoned. It was horribly yummy. Darn it, I should have kept to drinking my water this afternoon insteading of filling my body with absolute crap. Oh yeah, a mom brought chicken tenders from KFC. I ate some! Why do I do this crap to myself. Did I think for a second about my motivations as I filled my tummy with crap? Uh, nope! I need to change the way I think about food. Just because it's sitting there, I don't need to put it in my mouth.

Here's to a better eating day tomorrow.

B

1w3d

It was circuit day today. I did not look forward to circuit day, although once I got into it, it wasn't so bad. Last week, I was not able to complete the full circuit. I did today. I did a TK R32 warm up, followed by R lead punches, pull ups, L lead punches and so on to complete about 55 minutes of a work out. As of 9:49, I've burned 2870 cals...nice!

Tomorrow is all TK. Weight this AM was 229.4. No movement. Hopefully, I am gaining muscle and losing fat. Saturday will tell the tale. Clothes are feeling looser, including underwear, so I know that all this work is paying off in some way...onwards to tomorrow. Beddie bye bowskie for me...

B

1w2d on CTF Challenge

oday was LIIT cardio day. I did 3 full sections of R32 for about 40 minutes. Hit a high of 11.8 cals per minute doing it. Pretty cool to know that. Did a checklist log type of document to help me remember stuff like drinking my 128 oz, taking my vitamins and my dry carb meals.

Weigh in: 229.4

Lost .2 on my cheat day! Wahoo!!

Two day pH testing resulted in a composite score of 5.6875. Not good. Should be about 7.25-7.4. Will start taking potassium bicarbonate in water daily.

1w1d-First cheat meal...ugh

I went all out on my first cheat lunch. I was supposed to have my cheat meal on the weekend, but DH wasn't interested. Like he's following HIS diet plan. Anyway, I went to Buckhorn Grill in Embarcadero. It was an every so often haunt before dieting. I had a Big Buck (6 oz of tri-tip) a small bun, a mountain of tiny fried onion strings and a cookie. All after my 2 PM workout. I haven't been able to eat since. I am still full. Not digging the greasy burps either. Maybe next time I will focus less on bad fats as bad sugars.

This AM's WI was 229.6, same as last Saturday. I don't htink I'd expect a movement with no exercise. I wonder if it will go up tomorrow with the increased calories today. Not sure.

Back using the bodybugg. Since Tucker, now 14 mos, is self-weaning, my milk production is down and my calorie expenditure is going down too. To be expected. Should be interesting to see where it bottoms out at. Most exercise days, I burn between 2600-2900 cals and non-exercise days are about 2200-2400 cals. I exercise 6 days a week, so there are many of those, thankfully!

Exercise was strength day: I did assisted pull-ups, military presses with a green band and bodyweight squats. Squats didn't feel like enough of a workout, although it did get my heart rate up to nearly 125 at the peak of the pyramid. Must figure out a band way to do squats so I feel it more in my butt and quads. Also, I don't think I am doing the assisted pull-ups right because I didn't feel it in my lats. Of course, I am pretty strong in the lats. Last I was at the gym, I was at around 170 lbs on lats. Which reminds me of why the squats are doing, well, squat. I was pressing 225 lbs with my quads when last at the gym three months ago.

Wow, that was a lot!!

'til tomorrow!

Betsey

Challenge 1w0d

Today is my day off from exercise. I was planning on doing a cheat meal today, but I think I will do that for lunch tomorrow after my strength training.

Bets

Challenge 0w6d

Nearly the end of full on week one on the CTF. Doing pretty well so far. Very happy with results so far.

Today's weigh in: 229.6
fat % was 30mm or 35.6%
Neck measure 14.5 (-.5)
chest measure 49 (no change)
waist measure 41 (-2)
arm measure 12.75 (-.25)
thigh measure 23 (no change)
calf measure 16.25 (-.25)

Exercise today will be 30 mins of cardio, which will be turbo on an empty stomach.

Receved pH strips and tested right away. About 5.5. Not good. That was in the PM, when most alkaline, so I am sure my morning number is lower. Eegads! Test strips came with instructions on how to get a composite score for two days of testing. Will start with rising pH with both urine and saliva tomorrow.

Betsey

Today

So far, I've just weighed myself today. No exercise yet, but it's LIIT today, or low intensity fat burning cardio. Been better about daily weighing as I've done it two days in a row and I am down to 231.6, nearly 2 lbs down. BBL after my workout.

Betsey

Day 3 on challenge

Day one was a bust because we were travelling. Day 2, I was able to squeak out 30 minutes of cardio. Today I did most of the day 3 circuit. Wahoo! Weight remains the same as last week.

Betsey

Challenge starting stats

Here's my starting stats

weight 233
body fat% 36.4% (31.5mm)
lean weight 150.4
fat weight 83.2

Myotape measures
neck 15
chest 49
waist 43
arms 13
thighs 23
calves 16.5

Goals coming next...

Not just another rededication to fitness

I have done it so many times. Start. Stop. Only to start up again a few months later.

I am so unhappy with my body. I received an invitation to a contest for 12-week transformations and I went for it. Bought the e-book (still reading and digest all the info) and sent in my "before" picture.

I was surprised to see myself now on the challenge website. Talk about accountability!!

Here it is...

Click here

Scroll down to the bottom and I am the first one and certainly the fattest woman by far...

Having that horrid display of my body should keep me motivated to follow the eating and exercise plan. Hopefully, my feet will hold up.

Betsey

A new dedication

Ok, it's been nearly three months since my last blog. I am up to 230 and I hate it. I've hurt my feet with plantar fascitis and sometimes every step is like walking on bruises. So, I guess I overdid it. So now I have to rethink what I want to do about exercise. I guess I can't do cardio everyday at 230, it's too hard on my body at my current weight.

I am going to make myself accountable to do an hour of cardio three times a week. I think I can manage that. Strength every other day, maybe. Not sure.

I have a day of cardio for tomorrow. Hopefully my feet will survive two cardio classes in one day. Turbo R32 and HHH out in Stockton.

Tomorrow is going to be a rush. Up early to a pancake breakfast, parade, two cardio classes and home. One hour drive each way to and from the cardio class. Busy day! And it's supposed to rain.

Not real happy with the results from NS this go around. Food tastes better, but results have not been as good this time. I have maintained since I hurt my feet. Hoping that if I take it slow on exercise that I can increase my loss. It just sucks that I was 191 before Tuck was conceived and I can't seem to get anywhere close this time out.

So frustrating!

Betsey