Saturday, May 16, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Weigh in Day- 5/9/09
As of this morning I have lost a total of 25 pounds!! My current weight is 178.2! I've made my way out of the 180's forever! I'm a THRILLED about this.
My original goal was to have lost 25 pounds by the end of May and now that I've hit that already, i'll work on my June goal which was to lose 30 pounds by the end of June! I've got 18 more pounds to lose to hit my goal.
I am not complaining about my clothes not fitting, but I have no clothes. I hesitate to go buy clothes because I don't want to be this size forever and I don't want to spend the money on it to be honest! At this point, most of my shirts are too big for me, they just hang and make me look larger than I am. It's weird to me that I used to be able to fill them out. I need new bras, new panties, new workout clothes. My goodness, when I work out now, my pants fall off when I do knee lifts or lunges. I need new pants more than anything. I wish i made tons of money :)
My original goal was to have lost 25 pounds by the end of May and now that I've hit that already, i'll work on my June goal which was to lose 30 pounds by the end of June! I've got 18 more pounds to lose to hit my goal.
I am not complaining about my clothes not fitting, but I have no clothes. I hesitate to go buy clothes because I don't want to be this size forever and I don't want to spend the money on it to be honest! At this point, most of my shirts are too big for me, they just hang and make me look larger than I am. It's weird to me that I used to be able to fill them out. I need new bras, new panties, new workout clothes. My goodness, when I work out now, my pants fall off when I do knee lifts or lunges. I need new pants more than anything. I wish i made tons of money :)
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Peppiness
One of the questions I will ask God when I get to heaven is if he gave people with a lot of optimism terrible circumstances because he knew they would be the only types of people who could get through it because they saw the positive.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
I hit my 10%!
At weigh in yesterday I not only hit my 10% goal which was to have lost 20 pounds, but I exceeded it by 3 additional pounds for a grand total of 23 pounds lost so far! I was beyond thrilled and this number is particularly important because I want to lose 43 pounds total. Now that I've lost 23, that means I'm more than half way to my goal and it feels more attainable now than ever.
I've definitely changed sizes in clothes but I don't have any idea of what size I actually am. I can wear 12's and 10's, it all depends on the cuts. Some 12's are too big and some 10's are too small so who knows?! Also, I'm at 180.2 pounds which means I'm about to break out of the 180's and say hello to the 170's again! I'm VERY excited about that milestone and hope to be able to achieve that next week. I weighed around 176 when I got married in 2005 and I was very pleased with my body at that time. I had been doing pilates for several months prior to our wedding to help tone and look a little more sleek in my strapless gown.
My weight watcher goal when I started was to be at 160 and for now, I'm sticking with that. As I get close to the number, I will reasses and see how I feel. I would expect my body to be at a size where I'll be wearing an 8 consistently but since bodies are weird some times, who really knows. I truly can't imagine myself ever wearing an 8. It's like my hip bones won't allow anything that small to even consider going over my hips! I was wearing an 8/10 my senior year of highschool and while I thought I was a fat cow then, I look at pictures of me when I was 17 and graduating and I looked great. Healthy, I looked like I was in shape but I wouldn't have called myself a "thin" or "slender" person. I was just a normal sized person who should've been happier with her self image but I wasn't.
That is all changing and I'm excited!
I've definitely changed sizes in clothes but I don't have any idea of what size I actually am. I can wear 12's and 10's, it all depends on the cuts. Some 12's are too big and some 10's are too small so who knows?! Also, I'm at 180.2 pounds which means I'm about to break out of the 180's and say hello to the 170's again! I'm VERY excited about that milestone and hope to be able to achieve that next week. I weighed around 176 when I got married in 2005 and I was very pleased with my body at that time. I had been doing pilates for several months prior to our wedding to help tone and look a little more sleek in my strapless gown.
My weight watcher goal when I started was to be at 160 and for now, I'm sticking with that. As I get close to the number, I will reasses and see how I feel. I would expect my body to be at a size where I'll be wearing an 8 consistently but since bodies are weird some times, who really knows. I truly can't imagine myself ever wearing an 8. It's like my hip bones won't allow anything that small to even consider going over my hips! I was wearing an 8/10 my senior year of highschool and while I thought I was a fat cow then, I look at pictures of me when I was 17 and graduating and I looked great. Healthy, I looked like I was in shape but I wouldn't have called myself a "thin" or "slender" person. I was just a normal sized person who should've been happier with her self image but I wasn't.
That is all changing and I'm excited!
Friday, May 1, 2009
My Soapbox!
I just don't get why everyone is making such a big deal about the answer that Carrie Prejean (Miss California) gave at the pagenat in regards to homosexual marriage. They asked her what her opinion was, she gave it to them, and did it in a very tactful way. Now she is being torn down all over the media for having an opinion?! Nobody tears down the folks that have the opposite opinion of her? She stood up for what she believes and didn't do it with a "holier than thou" attitude in any way at all. She simply stated what she believed. I don't understand how people can be so cruel over her opinion and then not cruel at the people who have the opposite opinion and freely speak about it.
What I think it comes down to is that society has turned to this mentality that everything should be okay. Everything should be accepted regardless. I disagree with this. What this allows us as a society to do is to not have an opinion at all. If we continue this way of thinking, we are going to continue to spiral out of control. If we always say that this or that is okay and you can just do whatever it is that makes you happy, then we're not accountable for our actions and that's a very scary thing.
People always seem to look at the negative and they never want to be challenged about anything in their life. I just don't get it? I'm not saying you need to think positively all the time, but wouldn't want to at least some of the time? And challenges help you grow as a person. If you are just milling around with the same crowd of people forever who want to simply go along with whatever it is that you say or think and never challenge you on your opinions or the way you do things, you're going to be left with a false reality. Don't be afraid to tell a friend the truth when they ask you about something. If you just go along with everything without any thought or opinion, you're wasting your breathe. I know that I tend to tell the truth about what I feel or think about a particular subject more than most. I also know that when that truth helps the person, they thank me. I also know that when the truth goes against what they believe or what they feel or wanted to hear, it's suddenly a negative thing or makes them feel like i'm a bad person. It's just my opinion, doesn't mean i dislike you because you disagree with me. People, it's healthy to disagree and it's okay for each of us to have different opinions. It is NOT okay to trash people because they have an opinion and they mentioned it when asked a question.
I'm not condoning the times when people act as if their opinion is the only one that matters. That's rude, arrogant, and selfish. I do advocate people being able to give their opinion on an issue without fear of retaliation or judgement.
What I think it comes down to is that society has turned to this mentality that everything should be okay. Everything should be accepted regardless. I disagree with this. What this allows us as a society to do is to not have an opinion at all. If we continue this way of thinking, we are going to continue to spiral out of control. If we always say that this or that is okay and you can just do whatever it is that makes you happy, then we're not accountable for our actions and that's a very scary thing.
People always seem to look at the negative and they never want to be challenged about anything in their life. I just don't get it? I'm not saying you need to think positively all the time, but wouldn't want to at least some of the time? And challenges help you grow as a person. If you are just milling around with the same crowd of people forever who want to simply go along with whatever it is that you say or think and never challenge you on your opinions or the way you do things, you're going to be left with a false reality. Don't be afraid to tell a friend the truth when they ask you about something. If you just go along with everything without any thought or opinion, you're wasting your breathe. I know that I tend to tell the truth about what I feel or think about a particular subject more than most. I also know that when that truth helps the person, they thank me. I also know that when the truth goes against what they believe or what they feel or wanted to hear, it's suddenly a negative thing or makes them feel like i'm a bad person. It's just my opinion, doesn't mean i dislike you because you disagree with me. People, it's healthy to disagree and it's okay for each of us to have different opinions. It is NOT okay to trash people because they have an opinion and they mentioned it when asked a question.
I'm not condoning the times when people act as if their opinion is the only one that matters. That's rude, arrogant, and selfish. I do advocate people being able to give their opinion on an issue without fear of retaliation or judgement.
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