Hello Old Friend... Its been Awhile...

Well I fell off the blogging wagon. So many things have happen since my last post. I am now 4 months pregnant. Its pretty hard to believe. All this time I was worried about not being able to get pregnant because of my weight and it just happened. Everything happens for a reason.

Its been a struggle because I have to stop thinking about losing weight. That is something that has always been on my mind and something I am always trying to do. The doctor said I just need to stay at my weight. That I am not allowed to gain any. Fine with me lol.  But I still wanna loss a little weight if I can. I would like to be around 350 so I can step on the scale at the doctors office. I hate when I have a different nurse and I have to tell her I cant get on there. Oh get this the doctors office called and left me a message about where am I getting my weight from. Hmmmm I just make it up for the fun of it. WTF So I had to call back and tell another person that I weigh at home and tell them when I come in. Oy!!

I know that when I have the baby I will loss weight right off the bat. So that will be very interesting.

I have been a slacker in my walking lately. Just been so tired. So I am now going to walk home from work 2-3x a week. Try to be as healthy as I can be. Also, get some pool time in too when the weather gets better.

This coming Saturday I have to take the test for gestational diabetes. They are having me so it now than to wait until I am 28 weeks. Its a good thing but a little scary. Not looking forward to drinking that crap but I have to. Maybe all the sugar will get the baby moving like crazy and I will feel it.

I promise to blog more... Gotta keep up with Katie :)

Maybe call the blog... Day in the life of a fat preggie lady lol jk.

I will come back at the end of the week and let you all know how my walking went. So far one day down :)

New Motivation

So I was starting to feel myself falling off the wagon a little. So I nipped it in the bud. I started a 6 week challenge with my online group. It will lead up to our trip to FL in May. I'm so grateful they are all willing to do the challenge with me. I think because I am the one keep track of everything will help me stay on track as well. I am going to make a spa basket for the winner and I am hoping it is going to be me!! haha!!

Gotta keep it fresh and new to keep going sometimes.

Lent

So far so good with not eating candy! Its really hard at work because there is candy everywhere!! In my desk, the bowl in the lobby, in the kitchen and at other peoples desk around the office. I am staying strong and not giving in! Boy am I hungry right now and until is still 1.5hrs away! eeek :)

Walking...

I forgot how much I really enjoy just plain ol walking.

Saturday was a beautiful day outside. Took a nice 2mile walk on the trail behind my house. Then did some laps in the pool when I got back. Sunday was cloudy but I walked 1mile to the farmers market and then played 2 rounds of Frisbee golf. I got a lot of steps in over the weekend! Felt great! I think I wanna keep up just walking for awhile and see how that works for me.

I didn't track my food as well as I would have liked to this weekend but I am on it today!

Tracking...

So far so good this week. I have found the App for Sparkpeople.com very helpful. Everything right @ my finger tips. I find it a lot more user friendly than the Weight Watchers one. Plus its free.

My calorie goal is 1500. Sunday and Monday I went a little more but yesterday I was right on track. It was a good feeling and hopping I can keep it going today. We may be eating over @ a friends house tonight after church but with my app I can figure it out without freaking out like I used to. I feel like I have more control than I used it or its just being more normal to me now.

I did go to the gym on Sunday and walked home on Tuesday. I looked it up online and its a mile from my house to bart. Thats a good walk. I think I may walk home again tomorrow too.

Lent Started Today...

So its that time a year again. I have chosen to give up CANDY for 40 days. I think this was the best thing I could pick. There is soooo much candy in my office and not to mention all the candy in my bottom draw so I can refill the candy in the reception area. I do find myself dipping in there more than I would like to. So a little detox wouldn't hurt for the next 40days.

Blog Make-over...

Well since the whole 100 days things didnt really work. I changed the name of my blog. I am just going to talk about my ups and downs with weight loss. Post good food finds and what not. Just have fun with it. Not let weight loss stress me out and let it happen!! Life is to short to be stressed out. Just gonna have fun and see where it takes me. Hope everyone will keep reading :) Thanks for all of the support!!

A New Month....

Its March. I have set up something simple goals for myself for the month. No candy at work and drink my water.
I have being doing better with tracking my food this week. So that is a great start in the right direction and now I just need to get back to moving more. Yesterday I walked from from BART. I think I need to start doing that more like I used to. Its a good 25min walk home. I forget to fast how much I enjoy walking when I am watching TV. So glad the weather is starting to get better and then I can start walking more again. That is the goal.

Just have to get back to the basics and I will be on my way!! Ya thats the ticket haha

Oh Crap....

I think I over did it in the beginning. I am trying to figure out what works best for me in the long run. Going to the gym everyday isn't going to work long term. I have gone once this week and gonna try to get acouple more days in for the week.
Due to some money tightening I had to stop my Weight Watchers. I'm okay with it. I know what to do. Track and Move! Those are the only things you really need to do but I just have to do them. I downloaded an app from SparkPeople.com to track my food.
One thing I have learned about myself is that the scale has a lot more power over me than I thought. That 1 lb loss really messed with me. All that work for just that one little pound! So I am going to only weigh in once a month. I will see how that works for me.

One way or another this weight is going to come off. Its only the end of Feb! Got lots of time left to get to my goal before the new year!!

Day 17 - 21...

I lost my way but I am going to find it again.

Day 17 - The gym was closed. Forreal! Walked all the way over there and a sign on the door about some water main break. Its kinda funny because I totally had to drag myself out of the house that night.

Day 18 - Did a bunch of running around after work and didnt make it home in time.

Day 19 - Played frisbee golf with some friends and got in a lot of walking. Even though I didnt make it to the gym I was still pretty active.

Day 20 - Another day of frisbee golf and didnt make it to the gym do to getting sick from overeating :( That was not fun! Its been a long time since that has happen and I dont want it to happen again!

Day 21 - Since the weekend was pretty busy we didnt get all the stuff done that we needed to. So we finished it last night. Yet again no gym!

I can tell I am starting to feel crappy again like I did before I started this. I will make it to the gym tonight. I have nothing to do afterwork and no reason not to!! 2 weeks straight is nothing to be mad about. I think I lasted a lot longer than I thought I would. Maybe I can go a little longer this time. I kinda knew I wouldnt be able to go all 100 days but it was something to really push myself to try harder.

Day 15 & 16....

I made it to the gym on day 15. Did my normal 30mins of cardio but skipped the weights. One of the reasons is that it was all smelly on that side of the gym and it was making me sick.

Yesterday (day 16) after work I had to do some running around and what not. By the time we finally got home I was pooped. I didn't sleep well the night before and it was getting to me. My brain was just going and going. I just showered and went to bed.

I will get there today! But Friday-Sunday are going to be interesting. Friday I have some running around to do again. Then I am going to be active on Sat and Sun but not sure how I am going to fit the gym in. I know I need to but hard when you already know you are getting some cardio it too. I am playing Frisbee golf both days but also doing other things as well. I guess I will just have to get up earlier or something. I will figure it out.

I guess what made the first 2 weeks easy was that there really was nothing going on around me. I was able to go to the gym when I wanted to without thinking twice. But this weekend will be a real test to all the hard work I have been doing and going to be doing. I wonder it it will get easier when I get closer to goal or not. I guess we will all have to wait and see.

It's All True...

So I have basically been working out for 2 weeks now. I cant believe how much more energy I have and what a good night sleep I am getting as well. In the past I have always been a light sleeper and started taking a sleeping aid to get good sleep. Since I started working out I don't need my sleep aid. I fall sleep quickly and stay asleep until I need to get up in the morning. This just another great reason I need to keep going.

Day 14....

One day off from the gym almost messed me up. I was watching a Hallmark movie and almost said nah I will go tomoroow. I have to snap myself out of that thinking  I will do it tomorrow because tomorrow may never come. I have been like that for most of my life and hasnt done me any good in the past. So I got up changed my clothes and headed out to the gym.

I am starting to see that I can workout harder longer now than when I started 2 weeks ago. It was a really good feeling. Cant wait to see how I am doing in another 2 weeks.

There was a guy at the gym tonight walking around after he finished on the ellipitcal. I thought it was a little strange but didnt think much of it. So when I was done with my workout he came up to me and wanted to talk to me about his workout program. I told him that I am doing Weight Watchers but I would take a look at the site. I took a lookie and its not for me. I just need to keep doing what I am doing. It may take me longer but thats okay with me.

Slow and steady wins the race. Its all about the bigger picture and the journey getting there.

Well I am off to watch Heavy. I always feel better about myself if I get a workout in before watching the show. This show for some reason hits home much more than when I watch Biggest Loser. Weird but glad it does.

Day 11-13 ...

Well this weekend went pretty good. Getting to the gym on Friday night was pretty easy. Did a pretty good last chance workout. Felt pretty good about the week until I got to Weight Watchers on Saturday. I only lost .8. I know that is better than gaining but kinda hurt since I workout everyday. It is what it is and I cant change it. After my meeting we went and got something to eat then off to Mt Dibalo to walk the 5k.

Now I didnt die walking it or anything but I did have to stop acouple times because of the hill. I dont see myself running this just yet but I am still going to do it. Its a great goal to work on.

I almost didnt go to the gym because of time and felt bad about leaving Jason to put together the desk we got. But I needed to go and put myself first. My legs were feeling a little tired since we did the walk in the morning but I got in my full 30mins.

Sunday I woke up with a bad sore throat. It started on Friday but by Sunday it was pretty bad. I went to the Drs Office and they ruled out strep so that was good. Due to my health not being 100% I did not go to the gym. I wanted to but Jason didnt think it was wise.

Things I need to work on this week is eating better after workout snacks. I think that was one of my down falls this past week. Oh and drink more water. Kinda slacked on that as well.

Weigh-in 2

Previous Loss: -5.2
Current Loss:  -.8
Total Loss:  -6

It hurt to see the low numer but I have to keep going. In the past this would totally mess with my mind but I am not going to let it this time. I am looking at the bigger picture now. I'm greatful that its not a gain!! :)

My Little Gym

I took this video for my online group but thought I would put it here too :)

Tomorrow Starts Something New...

I am going to start training for my first 5k run. I downloaded an App for it. Its a 9 week training but my first 5k is in 8weeks. I see some good ol fashion power walking but its the start of something great.

This 5k is for saving a park and then the plan is to get 1 or 2 more in before the big one in Oct for Colon Cancer. Once all the information is out of that one we are going to try and raise a good amount of money for the walk/run.

I think I am most excited about wearing one of those numbers on my shirt! lol

I will keep you posted on my training as the weeks go on. :)

Day 11... It wasn't pretty!!

Well I thought day 10 was hard but I was wrong. Day 11 seem much harder. Totally didn't want to go at all. I just wanted to do nothing. It took me forever to get out the door. I almost threw a big fit like a 2 y/o but Jason just looked at me and was like really??? You started this and your going to finish it. My body felt tired but then I thought about the people on Heavy or Biggest Loser. They go to the gym for like 6-8hrs a day and I am whining?? I watch the shows and be like "Ya I could do that" but I think I would be one of those girls that cry when have to do the hard stuff. I dont want to be THAT girl but I think I might be a little.

I finally got my butt to the gym at about 845pm. Did my 30mins of cardio and weights. There were acouple times I wanted to stop early and I even shedded acouple tears when I pushed threw and kept going to my 30min mark. I never thought this was going to be easy. It looks easy. Oh go to the gym for an hour everyday piece of cake. Hmmm not when your body is tired. I guess it is mind over matter or something like that.

I felt a little better after we left. I just need to push past this and keep going. Maybe tonight will be better???? I hope so.

I have to be honest I dont think that if I didnt start this blog that I wouldn't have ended up at the gym last night. I think last night was yet another test to myself that I am worth all this pain to get where I want to me.

Day 10....

Wow day 10 was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. My knees are starting to hurt. One more than the other. But I took it as a test to myself and passed with flying colors. I did a light workout but I made it there. A little something is better than nothing. I took a walk on my lunch break so that made me feel better about my light workout.

For some stupid reason I jumped on the scale when I got home just to take a peak at my progress. Well it didnt give me anything to be happy about. Its my own fault for looking when it wasn't time yet. I just have to shake it off and know what I am doing is working. Gotta keep looking at the big picture.

1st Weigh-in (last Sat)

Previous Loss: 0
Current Loss:  -5.2
Total Loss:  -5.2

Days 1 - 9 done! 91 days to go...

My goal for this is to go to the gym for 100 days straight. I use the gym where I live so there is no reason why I cant get there. Just a short walk and I am there. The start to all this was to just go to the gym and see how many days I could go without stopping. I didnt put an end date on it but after thinking about it I came up with 100 days.

As of last night I finished day 9. I almost forgot to go. I was watching TV looked at the time and it was 815pm. I was late!! I go from 8pm to 9pm every night. I am free to change the time on the weekend but so far I havent had too. Even if I did some form of workout outside the gym I still goto the gym. That is just an extra bonus.

Our minds can play tricks on us. So in order to side step my brain telling me I dont have to go when I need to I am treating my gym time like a 2nd job. I go from 8-9pm everyday and I get paid every Sat. when I weigh-in @ Weight Watchers. So far this has been working for me and we will see if it keeps.

I'm not going to lie there have been days that I really had to push myself to get to the gym. Also days where I couldn't wait to get there. I wonder if it will be like that as I keep going.

Since I cannot afford a personal trainer I am turning my husband into mine. When I met my husband he had a personal trainer. Since he did it for awhile he knows what to do or he can look it up. Everything if on the web now.

When I go to the gym I do 30mins of cardio and then weights. Thats enough for right now but in acouple weeks I am going to bump it up. Not sure yet but I will let you know.

The Start of a Lifestyle Change...

So I have heard that it takes 30 days to change an habit. What if I did something for 100 days?? Would it take it from a habit to a lifestyle??

So a little bit about me. I'm Clarissa but my friends call me Rita. I have been overweight for most my life. When I think back to my "skinny" days I think of middle school. Being 28 now that was a long time ago. There was a brief period back in 2004 when I lost a good amount of weight but sadly i gained it back and then some.

Right now I am doing Weight Watchers. Going to the weekly meeting and tracking all my food. I also wear the BodyMedia arm band like they wear on the Biggest Loser.

I'm not totally sure how I am going to use this blog just yet. Like if I am going to list what i eat, workout, or weigh-ins. I think it will take on a life of its own once I get started. :)