Weight: 165.0
BMI: 27.5
Yahoo!!!! I'm so happy :-) Unlike my last Horrid Halloween Post, this holiday centered around candy and food actually was a wild success for me! I didn't deprive myself and I did indeed eat a few treats, but I didn't go crazy overkill either. What an awesome feeling to know that I can have my cake and eat it too... but I'll just eat a slice instead of the whole darn pan!
In my head, everything is so logical and easy - eating healthy, exercising, being a perfect mother, organizing and keeping a lovely home, being a spiritual giant... But in real life, things don't go quite as smoothly as I think they should and I often am way too hard on myself. I need to celebrate the small success in life and when I look for them, I realize they are very, very abundant. I am so blessed and thankful to be a happy, healthy daughter of God. Today I'm going to go exercise with a friend and we're going to try to get a regular thing going. That will help me quite a bit, because so far I've just been watching my diet (which actually is the more important part of diet and exercise) but I know if combine the two, I'll see amazing results!
Ya know, it's just funny - I've lost weight before. Several times, in fact! I know what it takes. I know how to get it done. It's just so hard to do it sometimes. It makes me think of the gospel and our lives here on earth. I know what Heavenly Father expects of me. I know what is required of me to gain salvation and eternal life. So why is it so hard to do those things sometimes? Especially when I have a clear understanding of the magnificent reward in store. But alas, that is the plan... to see if I can do hard things. My dear friend Camie gave me a necklace for Christmas that says "I was born to do this." I wear it constantly to remind me that, YES!!! I WAS born to do this - to be a mother, to live the gospel, to do hard things. And I can and will! By celebrating the small successes and taking small steps toward my goals. That was a Happy Valentine's Day indeed! :-)
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Stats
Weight: 166.2
BMI: 27.7
I've done pretty good at recording what I've been eating for the last week or so and I am feeling a little better about myself. I am ready to try hard, and I hope I can stick with it!
BMI: 27.7
I've done pretty good at recording what I've been eating for the last week or so and I am feeling a little better about myself. I am ready to try hard, and I hope I can stick with it!
Monday, November 21, 2011
One of these days
I'm actually going to care. I hope today is the day. But probably not. I'll be back though. I can promise you that.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Dang Halloween
Why is it that I always have a place to lay blame for my love affair with junk food??? It's my own fault that I can't control myself. What am I going to do? I lost 5 lbs but I'm sure I've put it back on. I don't even dare to step on the scale. Ugh. What's it going to take?
I was thinking today about how much weight I've lost in my life. I probably weighed around 125-130 when I got pregnant with my first baby. I remember saying that I would never get over 160 with any pregnancy or otherwise. That lasted for a few kids, then it went to 165. Then 175... You get the picture. So now here I am, seven months out from kid #7 and I'm almost 15 lbs heavier than my original "never gonna go over this" weight!! AGH!
Lets do some math: say I weighed 140 when I got pregnant with Jace. (That's actually now a happy & healthy place for me to be...) so if I averaged a 30 lb weight gain and loss on every kid - maybe I hovered right around 130 -140 for the first few then 140 -145 for the more recent years - that means SEVEN times I've gained 30 lbs and SIX times I've lost it again... adding up to a total of 180 lbs that I have lost and now another 30 to go! Holy Crap that's a LOT of weight!!! No wonder I feel like a freaking yo-yo. Up and down and all over the stinking scale. Losing the weight in between babies is getting HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So is it Halloween's fault? No. I guess not. and it's not the babies' fault. It's just my own. But still...
I was thinking today about how much weight I've lost in my life. I probably weighed around 125-130 when I got pregnant with my first baby. I remember saying that I would never get over 160 with any pregnancy or otherwise. That lasted for a few kids, then it went to 165. Then 175... You get the picture. So now here I am, seven months out from kid #7 and I'm almost 15 lbs heavier than my original "never gonna go over this" weight!! AGH!
Lets do some math: say I weighed 140 when I got pregnant with Jace. (That's actually now a happy & healthy place for me to be...) so if I averaged a 30 lb weight gain and loss on every kid - maybe I hovered right around 130 -140 for the first few then 140 -145 for the more recent years - that means SEVEN times I've gained 30 lbs and SIX times I've lost it again... adding up to a total of 180 lbs that I have lost and now another 30 to go! Holy Crap that's a LOT of weight!!! No wonder I feel like a freaking yo-yo. Up and down and all over the stinking scale. Losing the weight in between babies is getting HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So is it Halloween's fault? No. I guess not. and it's not the babies' fault. It's just my own. But still...
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Stats
Weight: 170.6
BMI: 28.4
Well, it seems like longer than a week has passed since I last checked in. I am doing terrible. I mean, I'm fine and all, but my goals taking me towards "healthy and happy" aren't being met because of my ... what, I don't know... lack of willpower, laziness, obsession with ice cream... AGH! It's a miracle that my wight has remained steady because my eating and sleeping habits the past 2 weeks have been HORRIBLE! What am I going to do? How am I going to stay on this train????
BMI: 28.4
Well, it seems like longer than a week has passed since I last checked in. I am doing terrible. I mean, I'm fine and all, but my goals taking me towards "healthy and happy" aren't being met because of my ... what, I don't know... lack of willpower, laziness, obsession with ice cream... AGH! It's a miracle that my wight has remained steady because my eating and sleeping habits the past 2 weeks have been HORRIBLE! What am I going to do? How am I going to stay on this train????
Friday, October 14, 2011
Stats
Weight: 170.2
BMI: 28.4
Haven't been keeping track of what I eat so falling back into old habits. Need to do better. Trying to find willpower to do so. Shouldn't looking in the mirror be enough?
BMI: 28.4
Haven't been keeping track of what I eat so falling back into old habits. Need to do better. Trying to find willpower to do so. Shouldn't looking in the mirror be enough?
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Stats
Weight: 170.4
BMI: 27.6
The past week has been a wreck. I'm not exercising like I want to, not getting enough sleep or water and not eating all that great. I'm not doing too whipy at tracking my food intake either, and hadn't stepped on the scale in a few days so this morning I was expecting the worse when I weighed myself. I was very surprised and happy to see that I had dropped below 171 and my goal for the week is to do better and try to get into the 160's! Here goes nothing!!!
BMI: 27.6
The past week has been a wreck. I'm not exercising like I want to, not getting enough sleep or water and not eating all that great. I'm not doing too whipy at tracking my food intake either, and hadn't stepped on the scale in a few days so this morning I was expecting the worse when I weighed myself. I was very surprised and happy to see that I had dropped below 171 and my goal for the week is to do better and try to get into the 160's! Here goes nothing!!!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Chocolate chips
Darn them. They are too good. But I'm definitely eating way fewer calories than I was even a week ago, so I'm not doing too bad. And I'm waking up earlier, which is one goal that is working out for me. I haven't been for a walk yet this week, but I did play volleyball for mutual tonight, so I'll have to count that as a little exercise. It may have canceled out about three of those chocolate chips. I saw Bro. Goody at church tonight. Can't believe that guys has lost over 130 lbs. Totally inspiring! I will stick with it and drop my 40 if it kills me!!!
Monday, October 3, 2011
Well, dang
Not the best day ever. Didn't get out to exercise and I really wanted to go for a walk tonight. It was raining earlier and SO fantastic outside! The temps are just right and I'm sad I didn't get out the door... but mommy duty called and I had to be with my babies... and my laundry. Plus it was conference dinner. How do you even keep track of what you eat at conference dinner, let alone count calories!?!? I tried really hard not to go overboard, and I think I was fairly successful. If only Halee wouldn't have brought doughnuts. I'm a sucker for those bad boys. So, yeah, not the best day ever. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I'll let ya know.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
I'm back!
Well, it was a rough, but wonderful weekend. Even though it's no excuse, having my computer down was extra hard on my efforts to eat well... I didn't have DietPower or my blog to help me out. Darn. Plus it was conference weekend, which means treats, etc. Mark was in town for the BYU vs. USU football game, which meant lots of food. And Bill was out of town running the St. George marathon, so I didn't' get any exercise time in. Double Darn. Yeah, so it wasn't the greatest.
But I've had a few little miracles (like getting the computer running again and seeing Mark down 45 lbs!!!) that leave me ready to get some good sleep tonight and jump back on the bandwagon tomorrow. I have a feeling that weekends are going to continue to be rough, but let me just say that I am SOOOOOOO grateful that my computer is working again. I know it shouldn't make that big of a difference, but it does.
So until tomorrow.... current stats and maybe and exercise report. I'm considering starting P90x already. Do you think I'm ready???
But I've had a few little miracles (like getting the computer running again and seeing Mark down 45 lbs!!!) that leave me ready to get some good sleep tonight and jump back on the bandwagon tomorrow. I have a feeling that weekends are going to continue to be rough, but let me just say that I am SOOOOOOO grateful that my computer is working again. I know it shouldn't make that big of a difference, but it does.
So until tomorrow.... current stats and maybe and exercise report. I'm considering starting P90x already. Do you think I'm ready???
Friday, September 30, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Empowering
Today was great! Even though I have written a million posts and it's only day 1, I really feel great about how things are going. It felt really good to get all of my thoughts unleashed onto paper (print!) and I think that writing everything down really made my day go better.
I went over my calorie allotment by a couple hundred calories, but I also passed up chocolate cake for peaches and ate a much smaller portion for dinner than I normally would. I'm obviously up past my "curfew" but I'm planning on getting up early anyway. So I am happy with how the day ended. I hadn't planned on getting any exercise in, but after YW I actually was able to go for a 2 mile walk/jog/waddle! It was wonderful. I love feeling like I can make a difference in my own health and am excited to give this gift to myself. Here's to tomorrow!
I went over my calorie allotment by a couple hundred calories, but I also passed up chocolate cake for peaches and ate a much smaller portion for dinner than I normally would. I'm obviously up past my "curfew" but I'm planning on getting up early anyway. So I am happy with how the day ended. I hadn't planned on getting any exercise in, but after YW I actually was able to go for a 2 mile walk/jog/waddle! It was wonderful. I love feeling like I can make a difference in my own health and am excited to give this gift to myself. Here's to tomorrow!
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