Go ahead and save the “you should wear sunscreen all year round” lecture for someone else that might actually listen and take it to heart. Because I, my friend, am not one of them. I just can not see myself lathering up with sunscreen in the middle of winter whilst wearing long sleeves and a jacket. Well take the photo below as prime example of why you might want to get your “idea” out of your head of why you should wear sunscreen no matter what time of year it is.
I thought my husband was joking that I was burnt. But nope, I now feel it as I sit here and type this to you tonight. One thing I hate about being so pale is how easily I burn.
We were only outside an hour that is the bad part. I stayed in the shade the majority of the time, as well. The sun and my skin just do not mix. I am forever doomed to be pasty white.
But you know, as I get older I have started to embrace my pasty white skin. In this day and age it is all about the “healthy glow”. Well all that tanning in a tanning bed or laying out in the sun just isn’t going to do anybody any good twenty years down the road when they have more wrinkles than they really should and their skin appears to be rubber. Nope me and Snow White will stick together with our pasty selves. Thank you very much.
As many of you all know that I started a competition at the end of October with Mrs. Flinger called Weightloss Wars. We all put $10 in the pot for the cash prize. There is a total of 24 participants and a pot the size of $120. At the beginning of the competition, I was in the lead. I fell to spot 3 yesterday but with this mornings weigh-in I am up to spot #2!!! I am kicking ass and taking names on my excersise bike and am determined to make that cash prize, mine all mine! The contest ends on November 21st, so I need to put my squishy butt into high gear if I plan on winning this thing. I definitely know that with the whole husband losing his job thing we could definitely use the money, forget about a new outfit, Mama has to pay the light bill….Ha Ha. Wish me luck!
On the workout front. I am doing great. First day I did 10 minutes on the bike resulting in 100 calories burned. Second day, I did 20 minutes of yoga focusing on my abs as well as a 10 minute ab pilates workout. Third day, which is today, I did 20 minutes on the bike resulting in 200 calories burned. Woo-hoo! Sexy is so close I can almost smell it….LOL.
I know I’ve been working out the muscles in my abs because today I was super sore and I loved it. I love being sore because that way I know I did something. Is anyone else like that?
Also, why does working out make me so hungry? If I don’t work out I typically don’t eat anything, I might eat supper but that is it. But when you add a daily workout routine, I’m like munching all day long. What the f*ks up with that?
I will get my old body back if it is the last thing that I do.
I have been slacking off the past four months since my second son was born. I will not slack off any more and I am leaning on you, dear internet, to make sure I reach my goal. I want you to pester me, bug me, constantly ask me if I have worked out for the day. I started bringing sexy back yesterday when I worked out on my new workout bike machine. I have fudged up my knee from working out yesterday but I will not that get me down. Days that my knee is swollen just means that I will have to do yoga instead. So my workout will include either 30 minutes to 1 hour on the bike or 30 minutes of yoga for my off/recovering days.
I want to stick to this. I am so miserable in this body. This is not my body this is a body created by having two children. Pregnancy is hell on my body and I will not let it defeat me. I will not be one of those women that just let themselves go after getting married and having children. I will get my sexy back!
During my pregnancy with the bean, I gained roughly 67 lbs. or so. I’ve lost a total of 30 lbs. in the first month alone but now I’m at the point of were I need to start excersising. I’ve been trying to find a diet that I actually liked and today my mother and I think we found the perfect thing. It is called the fruit diet. You basically eat a variety of fruits ever two hours and then have a normal meal at night. I love fruit and would much rather eat something that is natural versus all of that over-processed, preservative filled crap that they sell at the supermarket. I’m hoping that the fruit diet paired with my new obsession of Yoga Booty Ballet will get me whipped back into shape before the fall.
As I look at the photo to the left, I’m so disgusted by my legs. Whenever I gain weight it is always in my legs. This is mainly due to the fact that I did gymnastics for almost 10 years. I have very muscular legs and fat just migrates there. But in yoga booty ballet they really work out your lower half so I know I’ll get my legs slimmed back down to hopefully a two [pre-baby]. Although fruit can be pretty expensive at times, my plan is to attempt to stick to it and workout at least 3 times a week for 45 minutes at a time if not more.
I will not get upset with myself when I attempt to lose the 60 something lbs. I’ve gained during my pregnancy. I will embrace my ever changed body and rejoice that I just gave life to a healthy baby boy. I will not unrealisticly attempt to go back to my pre-baby weight immediately after giving birth as if I were paid like a celebrity. I will show off my “road map” [my stomach] in a bikini this summer and not be ashamed of my pregnancy service stripes [stretch marks] or my not so toned deflated flab. Be not a size zero is beautiful, being a mother is even more beautiful. Don’t be ashamed ladies. Let’s stand up and be proud in the skin that we are in!
thanks domestic chicky for sharing this video with us.
If you ever thought about doing yoga whilst your little one is awake, you just might want to rethink that. I popped in my yoga tape and was all ready to relax and find peace, when p-nut starts climbing all over me whenever I started doing certain moves. He goes underneath me when I do “down-dog”, climbs on top of me when I do “cobra” and hugs me when I do “warrior”. It was a pretty funny workout. Because of p-nut I was falling all over the place. P-nut even did “down-dog” with me. It was the cutest thing. Now we are both “inept yogis”. hee hee
It is now an hour later and my abs are still feeling the burn. What a great workout! I really wanted to do another tape but the p-nut was upset with me because I was using the vcr for something other than turning on elmo tapes…LOL.
[edit] Total workout today: 10 mins treadmill speed 4; 20 mins weightloss yoga. [/edit]
Excersise is definately what I’ve been missing out of my everyday routine. Last night I slept like a rock and woke up refreshed and energized for the first time in a month. Even though I was only on the treadmill yesterday for 10 minutes, I woke up today with sore legs and ass. I definately got a good workout in even if it was kinda short. I forgot how good it was to feel sore. I love the feeling of accomplishment. I’m definately going to jump back on the excersise wagon and hopefully I won’t “let myself go” this time.
I’m also back taking my green tea and chromium supplements which help curb my appetite. Well since I just woke up not too long ago, I’m off to go workout and take a shower.
Uuugghh! I’ve been feeling unusually heavy for about a week now. I know I have been slacking in the diet department. I haven’t workout on the treadmill or done yoga in about a month or so. I’ve been eating nothing but fatty foods, fast foods, and sugary sodas/juices. I can tell that it has taken a toll on my body because I’ve been feeling sluggish/lazy, tired/exhausted, and unmotivated. I think the fatigue is from not drinking enough water or decaf tea that I normally drink. The headaches are from the awful sleeps I’ve been getting and the lack of excersise. All of this will change tomorrow. Tonight I will be eating my last big ass bowl of cookies and cream ice cream and tomorrow it is time to buckle down on what I put into my body. I’m going to start taking my Green Tea supplements and get my ass off of the computer and actually use the treadmill instead of just storing unfolded laundry on it. I might even do a yoga tape if I’m extra motivated in the morning. I know I’ll be spending some time outside with my son so that will be a little bit of excersise or I might just get started on creating my vegetable garden since my veggie plants have outgrown the pots that they are currently in. I was thinking of calling up one of the mommies that I met at one of the previous play groups to see if they would want to meet up with me later on in the week or next week even. I need to be motivated!
I’m hoping that typing this out will be a form of motivation for me. Knowing that my avid readers will want to know that I haven’t gone back to the “fat” me, that I’ve kept the baby weight off. So let me spell it out for ya’ll and please feel free to ask me how I’m doing so that I can get back to where I need to be [110]. As most of you know I had lost 67 lbs. My highest weight was 187 lbs. My lowest was 120 lbs. My goal is 110 lbs. But because of my slack month last month, I gained 5 lbs. So this means I need to bust my ass till I lose that 5 lbs. again. Then I need to stay motivated so I can lose the last 10 lbs of my post-pregnancy weight.
Everyone always says how hard it is to lose weight. If you have never had to do this you won’t understand how much I’m beating myself up over it. I’ve never been heavy my whole entire life until I became pregnant with my son. This is a whole new thing to me trying to lose weight and I definately don’t want to fail at it and be heavy for the rest of my life. We all know the health risks that come with being obese. I know for a fact that I will not be one of those moms that just let themselves go after having kids.
I’ve been at 122 lbs. for a while now, but I don’t recall posting about it. Anywho, I have not gone past 122 lbs, for some reason I’m just stuck here. “They” say that the last 10 lbs. is the hardest, I’m definately starting to believe “them” whoever “they” are. Well since I’m stuck and don’t have alot more to finish my goal, I went ahead and took some more “not as fat as I used to be” pictures. I’m using them as a little motivational tool for myself to get off of the computer and get on the treadmill.
So for the count:
start weight: 187 lbs.
current weight: 122 lbs.
total weight loss to date: 65 LBS.!
