Back to my Commitment of being healthy.

I have been bad about excercising for over a year and to my delight I was able to stay close to my goal weight for a good while. This summer I was put on some medicine and my luck ran out. When school started back I started stress eating and drinking way too many Dr. Peppers. I am now 19 pounds above my goal weight. I had lost 4 more than my goal so I have gained 23 pounds :-( Dressing is back to being a pain because I do not like how anything looks on me and am limited on what fits and am refusing to get out my fat pants. I am having more back pain now and am always tired and stressed. I felt so much better when I was exercising! So no more excuses, I am getting back to exercising, drinking water, and watching what I eat!!!! My goal is to do a 5k every other month to help me stay motivated. I am hoping Layna will do some of them with me so that she can help pressure me to train and I won't have as much Mommy guilt when I take time to run. I am going to update this blog weekly to keep me accountable. I have set my first goal to loose 5 pounds in the next 2 weeks.

New Hair Cut

I had my hair cut for the first time since I have lost weight today. I like it a lot better short now that I do not have the extra weight in my face. Layna was a flower girl today and this is a picture of all of us from the wedding. I have been off of my medicine for a couple of months now but am maintaining my weight. I am plus or minus 2 pounds from my goal on a daily basis which makes me happy. I really need to tone up still but have not been very commited to working out this summer :-( The lack of structure is not good for me and getting things accomplished but I have enjoyed a lot of quality time with my girls and husband! I have a race in about 6 weeks so I really need to get on the ball with my running. I go back to work on Monday so I should get back into a normal routine soon. Food wise I am not limiting myself too much. I still stick to water the majority of the time for drinks and try to limit my intake of sweets but do allow myself to have them at events. I also enjoy a hot chocolate at times.

Be the Match 5k

The next 5k I am signed up for is for the charity Be the Match. This charity is important to me because they help match up donors with people who need bone marrow. Since my Aunt Jean survived leukemia due to a donation like this I know that they can make the difference between life and death for people. I am not on the registry and would love to be matched so that I can help someone live a longer life! If you are looking for a 5k to do in September, please consider this one.

http://www.bethematchfoundation.org/site/TR/BeTheOneRun/BetheOneRun?pg=informational&fr_id=1601&type=fr_informational&sid=1860#run

Made my goal at Synergy

I reached my goal around 6 weeks ago according to my scale(in the morning nude) but today the scale at the doctor(in the afternoon clothed) said I have met my goal. I am so thankful to have met my goal.

I lost 39 pounds to get to 120pounds. I am now in a size 2 or 4 in pants although I still wear some of my 6 and 8s. My shirts are either small or medium.

I went from 33% body fat to 19% body fat.

My goals for now:
- Tone up
- Beat my previous times(39 minutes) at the Be the Match 5K in September
- Train for and enter a 10k within a year. I would love to do the Peachtree.
- Keep my weight below 123.
- Weigh in and get a B12 shot once a month.

Bikini

I know thay I shouldn't wear a bikini because I still need to tone up and I have ugly stretch marks and scars but I have been wearing them this year. I know my body isn't perfect but it feels so good to be 40 pounds lighter! I have been off my appetite suppresent for a month now and am maintaining my weight. It changes daily within 3 pounds of my goal weight both under and over. I go for weight checks and b12 shots monthly now. My appetite has stayed the same but I miss all my extra energy and focus! I took my health assessment online for insurance today and went from"good" to "excellent" health. I have also noticed men being more helpful now with holding doors open and such. While it feels nice to be treated nicely I find it sad that I didn't get as much niceness when I was fat and toting an infant carseat. My theory on this was really shown the other day when dealing with a specific worker. I am pretty independent but was struggling one day when switching 2 children from a loaner car to my van. He had me go search for the van instead of pulling it around to us and all our stuff. When I went recently he went out of his way to hold the door open for me.

Breast Cancer 5K

I ran in the breast cancer 5K last Saturday and had a blast! Doug and Layna went and bought me an outfit for the run as an early Mother's Day present. Ashley connected us to a company sponsor who paid our registration and gave us an advertisement shirt to wear during the race. I was unable to run much between my first race and this race due to having Aliya's name tattooed on my foot. I did go out a couple times the week before the race. Amazingly I beat our last time by 15 seconds (39minutes 40seconds). Due to 17,000 people being in the race you had to start off walking and spent a lot of time weaving so they said you could take 3 minutes away from your time.

I have not officially weighed in in two weeks. I have gone down to 1/2 a pill a day and plan to be totally off the appetite suppressants within a month. I am only getting B12 shots once a month now and that is the only time I will go to Synergy now. I want to always go once a month for accountability and a B12 shot for energy. According to my scale I have lost a few more pounds since my last weigh in so hopefully I will meet my goal officially at my next weigh in. I have exceeded my goal according to my scale :-)

So Close...

According to my scale I am 1/2 pound past my goal. Synergy does not want me there at 5:30am in the nude to weigh in though so according to them I have 2 pounds more to go to get to my goal. I am really happy where I am at, I just really need to tone it up! The number in the tens place has changed for my weight though and I kind of like it and would like to keep the tens place the same so I would like to loose a few more to keep it from going back to the other number. I also tried on a size 0 this weekend and amazingly got them zipped and buttoned. It didn't look good but I got them on. So now of course I would love to be able to fit in them good enough to actually wear.