Breaking the rules...

So, the weightloss seems to be drawing a lot of attention at work these days and I've been sick and tired of being asked "what have you been doing" "what diet are you on?" So, this is my reply:

"I had lap-band"
Yep, thats right ladies, no other explanation. :) Breaking all sorts of rules. I live life on the edge.

Emergency

After a pretty epic day with the scale on Friday.. this is what Saturday turned into.

Breakfast 1 Large banana- 120 calories
Breakfast still? 2 servings of crunchy cheeto's- 320 calories.

Lunch: 2 Chicken strips 400 calories
White Gravy- 200 calories
Hot Chocolate- 112 Calories

Snack? (Who knows) 2 cups fruit loops- 220 calories
Finished the cheeto's 2 servings- 320 calories

Dinner: 3 (YES 3 FREAKING SLICES) pizza - 840 HUGE calories

2 brownies- 200

For a total of 2,733 calories.

Can you imagine? What go into me? The scale said 195.5 this morning. I'm going to have to do some major, major damage control in the next couple of days.

I thought I was so in control of the food I was consuming, guess old habits die hard.

Recovering (hopefully) food addict.

Friday.... scale love!

Today is "official scale day" and the results are in 192 for a loss of 2 pounds (3 if you read an earlier post where I state I'd gained a pound right after my last Friday weigh.) 

Nothing like a loss on the scale to start the year off right.

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10 things Thursday

Who started this? I feel like I'm stealing something that doesn't belong to me, but I'm going to do it anyway.

1. My body has been rebelling against me tonight. I think I may be pushing the running a little too much. (I just want it documented here, because one day it will be easy, and I don't want to forget how far I've came. Running 3 miles @ 5 mph is really hard for me right now. I just want to remember that one day something will be easy that used to be REALLY FREAKING HARD!)  I'm thinking I may need to up my calories a little. Which my fat mind is rebelling against. (Last night I ran so hard that I couldn't eat dinner, every single thing I thought of made me want to hurl.)

2. I'm thankful my parents have a treadmill, so I can think about hurling at home. (Some people hate the treadmill, I like it. To me, hell would be doing 15 laps on the tiny track at our local rec center for 1 MILE! I'd lose track before I got to 45.)

3. I think I may be slightly addicted to my phone. No good.

4. I got new glasses... and I love them.

5. I'm going to post on what a typical "day of eating" for me  is like ... sometime.

6. Running is my favorite form of torture. Just always feels like the best work out for me.

7. I struggle getting 5 days a week of exercise in. I'm really good at 4, maybe 3. 5 I have to work at. Especially if they are going to be meaningful.

8.  The bike tonight made my woman "bits" fall asleep. Thought I was going to fall over before I could get feeling back.

9.  I went shopping last Saturday (had to take money out of savings to pay my gas bill) but got new clothes and they have been fabulous.

10.  It must be the clothes that fit because the ladies at work have been going crazy this week. "Shrinking woman" has been tossed around. Someone today also commented on how much water I drink. I thought "you ought to see how often i have to run to the bathroom."

The secret to exercise..

It is 90% mental (at least for me)

The thing about exercise is that sometimes I just don't wanna... I mean seriously, I was a fat couch potato for 23 years, it doesn't just change. But, I have NEVER finished a workout and thought "Oh my heck, I wish I wouldn't have done that." (I have thought "I think I'm going to throw up" or "I'm pretty sure I am going to die.) 

Case in point the 3 mile run I just went on. I was committed to 3 miles when I got on the treadmill. .2 miles in, I thought, 1 mile will be enough... maybe even a 1/2 mile will be plenty. 

I just told myself "you said 3 miles, we are doing 3 miles." I kept pushing and I did 3 miles, no walking and it felt so good and I was proud of myself. Yes proud of myself. So here is my push:

If you are debating working out JUST DO IT! If you can't run, walk, if you don't wanna walk, bike, just do something. The couch will be there when you get done. 

Oh, and hook yourself up with some good tunes:) 

Lorie 

Back to real life...

Back to routine! And man am I ready!
I've had the last 12 days off and I have enjoyed them... maybe a little too much! hehe

Just like Athena Banded Warrior wrote HERE, i'm not the same person I was last year. I'm not going to climb in a hole and eat the rest of the year away. I'm getting back on track (which to the old me I hadn't even spent the last 12 days "off track").

Things I did right:
1. Drank water, and pretty much only water. I don't drink alcohol, and other beverages just don't seem to hold their appeal anymore.
2. Portion size pretty much under control (except going overboard with a little pizza one night).

Things I did wrong:
1. High calorie food choices/ meals that were not planned out.
2. Not moving enough.

I just got done running and i'm ready to finish out this week with a loss (which will mean I have to get the 1 pound gain, since las Friday, back off the scale and then some.)

Isn't it nice to not just be changing our bodies, but the way we look at life?

Love it! :)

my cup runneth over...

Or not. 

So here is the skinny, I have complained a few times about how the last 20 pounds must have come from my chest. Proof? I went to VS and decided I'd have the overbearing girl measure me. The results?
I was wearing a 42 DD and am now wearing a 36 C.

Her face was priceless! I'm excited about having a bra that fits. A little sad that weight has to come from my chest.