I'm A Year Older Today!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Happy Birthday to Me!

I am making a promise to myself that I will set up a strategy to get healthy and fit once and for all!
I have 2 more years until I hit the BIG 4-0 and I want to feel good about myself darn it!
I will do this!

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Trying On Clothes ~ Specifically, Jeans!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

**This photo is NOT of me, but it very well could be!**

Yesterday my youngest daughter was at my Mom's house for the day and my oldest was in school. I had to get some birthday gifts because my youngest daughter will be 3 next week. So, I went to Toys R Us. After I was finished there I needed to find something for my 1st grader to wear for school photos this Friday. So I stopped into Sears with the hopes of finding something. Instead of finding clothes for her though, I found a lot of things on clearance for me! I went into the dressing room about 4 times trying different pairs of dress pants and jeans on. If I were thinner and taller (I'm only 5'1) I would have come out of there with a lot more than I did. I ended up with 2 pairs of dress pants and 1 pair of jeans. I really wanted to find more jeans because I barely have any. You see, I have come accustomed to wearing sweatpants most of the time in the Fall/Winter months. I'm a stay at home Mom and don't get the chance to dress up much; so I have become frumpy .

I then went to Burlington Coat Factory where I found a nice top for my daughter for school photos, as well as some tights for her. I then decided to look for pants for myself again, even though I was quite depressed from my dressing room try on's at Sears. I found some nice work out/sweat pants (dressier than what I have now) and a lot of them were too tight on me too! I ended up with 2 pairs of work out pants and a dress shirt.

I do not shop for myself often and it's because I hate the way things fit me. I also hate buying clothes for the size I am now, because I do not plan on staying here (I'm about a Size 14 right now, although it totally depends on the make of the pants/jeans/skirt; sometimes I can fit into a 12 if it's made bigger.) It disgusts me to try clothes on. I hate it immensely. I want to be able to love to buy new clothes because I look good in them, not loathe it because I have to worry if I can fit into them.

So maybe I will take a pair of jeans I have ( a small pair that I want to be able to fit into one day) and try them on once a week to remind me that I have got to eat properly and exercise in order to fit into them someday. What are your thoughts on this?

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Happy Summer!

Thursday, July 16, 2009

This photo & others like it may be found here www.flickr.com/photos/petervanallen/
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Hello All! Sorry I have been away from SP for sooooo long. My 2 & 6 year olds keep me entirely to busy. (and not in a way that I can lose weight mind you!) The weather here in Eastern PA has been lovely (read as: NO HUMIDITY----Yahoo!)....up until today that is! Oh, and we did have 2 weeks of horrible rain in the beginning of June. But today feels like it's July. We will be going swimming in a bit since I am sitting out here typing this while I am starting to perspire a little.

The main things I have been trying to concentrate on lately are de-cluttering and organization. Not just my house (which is a big job with all the kids toys!), but also on my computer and the paper trail that accumulates on my desk. And when I'm not trying to take care of that, I've been in the backyard with the kids for most afternoons. And when not outside, I try to fit in the normal cleaning & other errands that have to be done.

So where do I fit in Spark Groups and online socializing, food tracking, exercise, eating properly, etc? How do other busy Moms do it all AND exercise AND eat healthy? I want to be able to do it too! I just don't know how?

Disappointed In Myself

Monday, May 18, 2009

It's the middle of May and my weight is pretty much right back where I started at the beginning of 2009. If I had stuck with exercising and eating properly the past 2 1/2 months, I could have lost 15 lbs by now. But no. I fell into the same trap I seem to fall into every year. I get sick and then start eating crappy all over again. I have so much housework to catch up on and I tend to not eat properly. I stopped using my elliptical (which I do miss doing by the way). So yes, I am very disappointed in myself.

My first step back into trying to do SparkPeople again is to make sure I visit the site every day, track, blog, post. I need to keep myself accountable. It's almost like I need to keep reminding myself that I need/want to lose weight and the only way that can happen is by making a lot of changes in my eating & exercise habits. I hate so much that I know what I need to do to get the lbs off, but the matter of fact is old habits die hard. I have got to stop using that excuse though!

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Trying To Bounce Back

Thursday, March 26, 2009

The last blog entry I made was 3/11. That night I got a fever, chills, sore/swollen throat and was miserable for 3 days. My throat was so sore and swollen that I could not swallow. I seemed to be getting better and then my left ear and side of my neck (glands) hurt for a few days. I made an appointment with the Dr and they couldn't get me in until the next day.....and then of course it drained overnight and I could eat again....so I cancelled the appointment. Since then, I've just been trying to get rid of the stuffy nose. I think it is finally starting to give way and I may be able to start exercising again over this weekend.

I lost 6 lbs within 2 days of being sick and have pretty much kept that off, but I'm not sure what will happen when I start eating more again. My appetite still isn't back to normal.

I hope to make a Dr's appointment in the near future for a physical and to talk about possible testing. I've been so tired and drained this pas year and a friend thinks I should get a blood tests for mononucleosis. I've also had a lot of digestive/gas issues which make me feel horrible. I just want to feel good! So if I make the appointment I'm sure I'm in for a bunch of testing to find out what could be wrong with me, but I want answers!

Also, before I got sick I began Spring cleaning and of course I fell behind on that. So, over the next month I will be doing a lot of cleaning and was wondering how I incorporate that into accounting for exercise on SP? Thanks for any help you can give me on this :-)

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