My Name is Mommy

Back in the saddle… June 22, 2009

Filed under: Weightloss, What Challenges Me — mnim @ 6:23 pm
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Alright.  Last time I saw you, I was whining and crying about having been all motivated to work out and get myself in shape, only to take a spill and sprain an ankle.

Fast forward 5 weeks, and I’m more motivated than ever before, and am about caught up to my earlier workout status, or maybe a little further along.  So excited.  Trying to be careful with the ankle (it still twinges occasionally to remind me of its pathetic self), but I feel stronger than ever.

I’ve made that switch in my head.  Any of you who has ever successfully lost weight, lots of weight, knows what I mean, yeah?  I’m no longer hoping, dreaming, wishing that I could get this off.  I’m just doing it.  It’s not a matter of if, just of when.  It’s many more good choices than bad.  It’s getting up with the alarm at 5:40, and being excited about getting out and getting this body moving and strong.  (Okay, the alarm goes off at 5:40, it’s probably 6:05 before I’m actually excited about being out. :P ).

Before the sprain, I’d lost 7 pounds.  I regained about 5 nursing the ankle.  Have now lost those 5 again, and a few more.  But still a ton (not literally, just a half maybe) left to go.  But it will.  I know it now.

I’m not gonna blog too regularly about it because, quite frankly, it makes for some pretty boring writing on my part and reading on yours (assuming there are a few of you still out there).  But I will post the big milestones.

In the meantime, I hope to do a little more creative writing out here, and am thinking of starting a photoblog soon.  Remind me if you hear nothing of it and are interested.

 

Biggest Loser Update May 4, 2009

Filed under: Weightloss, What Challenges Me, What's going on... — mnim @ 8:55 pm
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Okay, so, I mentioned awhile back that I was committing to losing weight to be able to submit that lost weight to the Biggest Loser Pound for Pound Challenge.  For every pound you lost, you let them know and they donate 10 cents (which they say is equal to one pound of food) to a local food pantry.

So, let’s be honest.  As of about 2 weeks ago, I’d lost nothing.  (Well, not entirely true.  I’d lost several pounds, then gained them back, then gained a few more.  For awhile there, I thought I was gonna have to go swipe a few pounds of food from the pantry in order to fulfill my pledge.)

Anyway, two weeks ago, my friend and I started getting up at the (if I used the terms ungodly or unholy, I would use one here) hour of 6 a.m. to walk around the ‘hood.  We started with 2 miles, and are now up to 3 miles in the morning.  (We’re limited by time, so the only way to get more milage in is to step up the pace.   That’s why we’ve added some jogging.  I don’t like jogging.  But my friend is mean and makes me do it anyway.  It’s probably a good thing I have her around. :) )

So, I’ve been getting up at 5:40 a.m.  And, for those of you who know me, you know that, for most of my adulthood, that’s been closer to my bedtime than to my wake-up time.  It’s quite a change.  But I’m actually enjoying it.  Don’t tell, k?

And a week ago, I started on the whole calorie counting thing again.  And so?  Instead of planning my next few meals from the local food pantry, I was able to tell them to send 6 pounds worth of food to that same pantry.

So, 6 pounds, instead of the 32 I had pledged.  Still, at least I’m headed in the right direction again, and I think I’m headed down for good this time.

 

Biggest Loser February 1, 2009

Filed under: Life, Weightloss — mnim @ 10:30 am

Do you watch the show?  I do.  Not every season, but I’ve been pretty good at keeping up this season.  It’s pretty inspiring, especially if, like  me, you have more than a few pounds to lose.

You can see over there on the right that I’m doing the pound-for-pound challenge.  Within certain dates, you can pledge to lose a certain number of pounds.  Then you submit your results.  For every pound lost, Biggest Loser contributes a pound of food to a food bank (up to a certain number of pounds).  See how I’m not much of a details person? ;)   You wanna know more, go check it out.

So, anyway, I’ve resolved to lose the weight this year.  My cholesterol is high, my weight is high, my knees and ankles aren’t happy with me, and I have no excuses.  Well, it’s hard, that’s an excuse, but no longer one that I’m going to let stop me.  This year, I have to do it this year.  It’s my own marathon of weight loss.  That’s what I remind myself each day, this is a marathon and not a sprint.  This is a life change, not a fad.  This is a minute by minute choice, not a sudden transformation.

My goal is to lose 8 pounds a month, working out 4-5 times a week, eating healthy food in reasonable portions.  A few weeks I did great on all fronts.  Last week, I only worked out twice and had more than my share of Nutter Butters.  But today is a new day at the start of a new week filled with opportunities to make new and good decisions.  Wish me right decisions.

 

So sorry to bore you…. September 19, 2007

Filed under: Weightloss, What's going on... — mnim @ 1:00 am

So, bloggers should blog then, yeah?

One or two of you said you were sick of the ice cube post, and that I needed to get something else out here. Here it is. As I’m not really in the mood, though, here’s my life in bullet points:

  • Homeschooling is going well. Not great, not horrible, but well.
  • Insomnia is back. Not sure why.
  • Been playing piano and guitar a bit lately. Played the piano today for someone besides family for the first time since I quit lessons about 20 years ago (yikes! really? wow.)
  • That last one was long for a bullet point.
  • Trying to stay out of a funk.
  • Re-started the whole calorie counting/workout stuff 2 weeks ago. Doing well. Still hate it. A few pounds down, though.

    • More stuff going on, but will have to wait til I can give it proper attention. ;)

     

    Pass the cheesy poofs, please… April 13, 2007

    Filed under: Anti-weightloss, Weightloss — mnim @ 9:46 am

    I haven’t written about the weightloss stuff for a while. There’s good reason for that….as I’m finishing off a piece of German chocolate cake for breakfast (I told you guys to take that home with you!!!).

    Don’t worry, I was not irresponsibly modeling to my kids bad food habits. I had my backed turned to them so that they would not see me consuming dessert for breakfast while they sat munching on their PopTarts.

    Now I feel ill.

    I’ve been a bit stressed and a little depressed recently, but hadn’t really been able to pinpoint why. I’m just starting to figure out the reason. But, in the meantime, I’ve gone back to coping with food. Consuming, hating myself for it, hating to see the loss that I worked so hard for just start to dwindle away, or—more accurately—resume it’s natural place on various parts of my body.

    I’d love to say that it stops right now. That I’ll immediately jump back on Calorie King and get myself in order. I’d love to say it, and I’d love for it to be true. I don’t think it is, yet. Not giving up, though. I’ve had a few really good eating/exercising weeks recently. Just gotta get more of them strung together. :)

    I promise, I have more upbeat posts coming soon. One that cracks me up every time I start to read it, though it doesn’t always take that much to crack me up. :P

     

    Help a girl out, will ya? January 25, 2007

    Filed under: Lovin' Life, Weightloss, What Challenges Me — mnim @ 12:17 am

    Yeah, the networks were not helping me out last night at all.

    I’m back on the calorie counting, again. This time for real, hopefully, but, well, you know. Anyway, I was all motivated to get back on the step last night while preoccupying my mind with some mindless drivel on TV. And, what was on? Nothing but the State of the Union Address, which, I’m sure, some of you would count as mindless drivel. HOWEVER, it is not the type of mindless drivel that allows you to get caught up in a story or something and forget that you really don’t want to be doing what you’re doing and OH MY GOSH how LONG are these 30 minutes going to last? I know, I know, 30 minutes last approximately (or exactly) 30 minutes long no matter what you’re watching. But, trust me, 30 minutes of stair stepping to POTUS reading his speech lasts a lot longer than 30 minutes of, say, The New Adventures of Old Christine or American Idol or, well, almost anything else. And since you already know we don’t have cable, you know that my options were few.

    Yeah, I only lasted about 17 minutes. Tonight, however, I did make it the 30 minutes while watching American Idol. I’ve only ever watched a few episodes of it, but they caught me early in the evening this time, and so I was interested enough to keep with it while working out. Not sure why I’m telling you all of this…I’m starting to bore myself…..moving on….

    So, anyway, I think I’m gonna make it this time. I know that I have to get this weight off. I know that I have to exercise and watch my calories to do it. I know that I want to be able to buy a dress of the rack (from a regular store) for a wedding coming up this May, and I know that I’ll have only myself to be ticked at if I can’t. And I know that the change in behaviour has to start now, and not tomorrow.

    Here’s to today…

     

    Blogger’s butt… January 19, 2007

    Filed under: Life, Weightloss, What Challenges Me — mnim @ 11:35 pm

    So, I was thinking today (as I was stuffing just “one more” Tostitos Hint of Lime chip in my mouth) about my great motivation to lose weight at this time last year. It was the first time I was super motivated to get healthy, and I lost 30 pounds by May. 30 pounds!!! I’d never done anything like that before and was super proud.

    Last May was the last time I lost any appreciable amount of weight, and I’ve gained 15 of it back. Half of all that work for nothing! Nothing really lost since last May.

    Guess what else I started doing last May? Give up? Blogging!!!! Yep, this little blog here started having posts published last May. The last month I really started losing any weight. Coincidence? I think not. All the time I used to hang out in front of the TV doing aerobics, lifting weights and doing crunches, I now sit getting a face tan from the gleam of the laptop monitor.

    Blogger’s butt. That’s what I’m calling what I have now. I’ve got to find a way to balance this whole blogging thing with getting back to that healthy lifestyle. Otherwise, I’ll get to this May and will have gained back every one of those hard won poundage losses. And I’ll be ticked. And fat. And sad. And I don’t want to be.

     

    Blogger’s butt… January 19, 2007

    Filed under: Life, Weightloss, What Challenges Me — mnim @ 11:35 pm

    So, I was thinking today (as I was stuffing just “one more” Tostitos Hint of Lime chip in my mouth) about my great motivation to lose weight at this time last year. It was the first time I was super motivated to get healthy, and I lost 30 pounds by May. 30 pounds!!! I’d never done anything like that before and was super proud.

    Last May was the last time I lost any appreciable amount of weight, and I’ve gained 15 of it back. Half of all that work for nothing! Nothing really lost since last May.

    Guess what else I started doing last May? Give up? Blogging!!!! Yep, this little blog here started having posts published last May. The last month I really started losing any weight. Coincidence? I think not. All the time I used to hang out in front of the TV doing aerobics, lifting weights and doing crunches, I now sit getting a face tan from the gleam of the laptop monitor.

    Blogger’s butt. That’s what I’m calling what I have now. I’ve got to find a way to balance this whole blogging thing with getting back to that healthy lifestyle. Otherwise, I’ll get to this May and will have gained back every one of those hard won poundage losses. And I’ll be ticked. And fat. And sad. And I don’t want to be.

     

    Kate bought the farm… January 4, 2007

    Filed under: Good Friends, Lovin' Life, Weightloss, What Challenges Me — mnim @ 10:36 pm

    Okay, so not the whole farm, but she did buy a sheep!!! Remember that contest that she was running that I mentioned here? She didn’t actually hit the “sheep” mark, but she went and bought it anyway. Cool, right? I thought so. And that gift of hers will give a family the hope and ability to provide for their family and grow their dreams. What a fantastic gift. Well done, friend!

    Inspiration and Humor to Help You Over the Hump (Chicken Soup for the Soul)And, apparently, she also has a story featured in Chicken Soup for the Dieter’s Soul: Inspiration and Humor to Help You Over the Hump. I haven’t seen Kate’s submission yet, but I’m guessing that at least parts of it fall in the “humor” category. ;) I will definitely be getting this book! Partly because I think there will be lots of stories that I can relate to, and partly because it will be so fun to have a book with Kate’s writing in it! I wonder if I can get it autographed. ;)

     

    The Problem November 21, 2006

    Filed under: Life, Random Thoughts, Weightloss — mnim @ 1:59 pm

    The problem with being good when you’re at the grocery store and NOT buying all the yummy stuff that you know you’ll want when you’re feeling like you need a snack and a little food comfort is that WHEN you’re feeling like you need a snack and a little food comfort—THERE’S NOTHING THERE!

    Better for me, anyway, I know. But I have the munchies and am munchiless. Sooooo the end of the world, no doubt.