Archive for April, 2009

On Saturday I participated in the Road Ends 5 Mile Run with my mom for the second year in a row.  Last year I was 11 weeks pregnant and this year I had just come down with a cold, like that night I started to feel really bad.  So this year I didn’t do as good last year finishing at 1hr 30min but I was 5th in my age group so I win an award!!!

Next year I am going to do this race in one hour flat, that’s my goal!

Also watch out on Friday for my posting about the Body After Baby challenge!

So yesterday after D came home from work we went up to the YMCA and joined up!

I am so excited, now I just need to go.  I think I might try to get out and go today, they have a child watch where I can drop Xander off at for up to two hours althought that seems like a long time.

So now I need to set up a workout schedule, that way I will know when to go and just do it.  I am thinking that I want to go Thursday (classes), Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.  I can swim at least one of those days and work on cardio/weights the others.  Hopefully this will be the push I need to start to see my numbers drop!

Weight this morning 183.8, weight last week 183.6.  So really I’m just maintaining my weight.

So as the title says and as always is with me the half ass attempt I am making at losing weight are not working.  I am going down to the YMCA on Friday and joining up, hopefully going to the gym four times a week will help put a little juice into my efforts.  But as always it really comes down to the food, I need to scale way back on portions and stop snacking at night.  I wish there was some way I could just change my head, just change how I think about food and how I consume it.  I have had this blog open since 2005 trying to lose the same weight all to no avail here I am four years later and I’m 40lbs over were I started!!!

When am I going to get it in my head the idea that I just can’t eat that much food, why is this stuggle still happening with me?  Will there ever be a point where I am just done with the food issue?  Can I even lose the weight?

This week I am up half a pound to 184, that is not what I was hoping.

I didn’t eat out but two times this week so that is a plus, however I did have a party for my parents 30th wedding anniversary so this lead to an over indulgence of many cabbage rolls and much cake.  All of which I am still eating, just finished two cabbage rolls.  This week I’m going to stick to it again and see how I come out on the other end, I can’t drop my calories too much because of my breastfeeding.  But I will make a consious effort to consume less and write down more, even if it’s not fully accurate.

On a side note I am thinking about moving my weigh in day back to Friday from Wednesday to keep me on the straight and narrow for recording food the three days a week I’m in front of a computer.  Once I weight in I often get the urge to not follow my diet plan for a few days thinking I can make up for it the other days.

I just need to stay focused that every day I need to eat well, every day!

For your enjoyment these beautiful pictures were snapped at the party by my wonderful Mother in Law!

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