HBCOPELAND's SparkPeople Blog

Busy, Busy, Busy!!

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:47:04 EST

I decided that since my week has been so busy and I couldn't possibly fit it all in my statusso I thought that I would just post a blog about it!!!!

Wow this week has been busy. Our family has had a birthday everyday this week!!! Tuesday my mother-in-law Pam started off our week of birthdays. My Aunt Ellen was on Wednesday. My sister-in-law Heidi was yesterday. And Today is my little baby Morgan's first birthday. I can't believe that this year has flown by. She is such a blessing...

New shirts!!!

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:55:53 EST

I bought new t-shirts yesterday. I am happy to say I am into a Large and they are not tight!!!!! At one point I was into extra Large and they were tight. I probably could have been into a 2x. I am also fitting into a size 12 jean with room to spare. It is a beautiful thing!!! I just thought that I would share!!! Still working towards my 30, but I am so very close!!!! Hoping that I can get there soon. Cheers to new t-shirts and loose jeans!!!

20 lbs!!!

Tue, 8 Nov 2011 11:41:35 EST

I have to share that I am now down by 20 lbs!!! It is exciting for me to reach this point. A month and a half ago, I was stuck. It didn't seem like the scale was moving at all. But perserverence, good encouragement from my sparkfriends and hubby, and answered prayers have pushed me on. It is God's grace that helped me to keep moving on and it seems like I am moving in the right direction. 10 lbs until 30 and I want that off by Christmas!!! Keep praying me forward towards that 30 lbs. Thank yo...

15 lbs

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:56:06 EST

I have finally done it!!! I have finally lost my 15 lbs. I know that I have a lot more to go, but this morning when I needed a bit of motivation there it was on the scale staring straight back up at me!!! 15lbs are finally gone!!!! I am so glad!!! My next goal is 30lbs by Christmas (leaving for Disney World on the 27th and I would like new clothes and great pictures)!!! Please be praying for me about making this new goal. Thanks Sparkfriends for your constant encouragement!!!

Burn Baby Burn!!!

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:42:48 EST

Before when I went to the gym I relied on the machine to tell me how much I was burning. It did work, I did burn. But I recently bought a heart rate monitor watch that I wear when I workout. I also looked up the heart rate that I am supposed to be in and make sure that my heart rate is in that zone all of the time that I am exercising. My heart rate monitor tells me my heart rate and then at the end it tells me how many calories I have burned. I have been burning 400-550 calories every time I...

Bootcamp results!!!!!!

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 10:37:34 EST

So this morning I went in to have my measurements done for bootcamp and to see if I lost any inches at all. Drum roll please!!!!!!! I lost 16.5 inches!!!!! The big surprise was the 3 inches that I lost off of the circumference of my shoulders and the 2 inches off of my hips. Even my thigh lost an inch all the way down. It is excited to see the results even when you think that there is probably a chance that you didn't lose anything at all!!!! I have worked hard and am excited that I got the r...

Where am I today.

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:03:24 EST

Well here I am!! Here is an update as to where I am today. I was and am stuck at my present weight. I am hoping to get to 10lbs gone tomorrow, as it will be the start of October. I only have 1 lb to go and I have been really working hard lately to get rid of it. I have been eating right, drinking my water, exercising (doing bootcamp to kick myself into gear) and giving myself the daily pep talk. I even started a push-up and sit-up challenge. I am up to 8 push-ups and 3 sit-ups. I am doing gr...

Bootcamp-Day 3

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:16:26 EST

Here I am and it is Day 3 of bootcamp. No I am not in the army, but I decided that to help me be a bit more focused that I would join a Bootcamp exercise program. I have to say that Day 3 is hard. Day 1 and Day 2 were also hard. But this is what I wanted. Something to kick me into gear and to make me work hard!!! Something that would make me feel like I am actually doing something. Something to make all of those muscles hurt and make them feel jiggly after I was done working out. So I am not ...

Bitten by the sweet tooth

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 18:04:04 EST

I have a problem with sugar. For the past 2 weeks I have been craving sugar. I mean, anytime I think it is about sugar. I have decided that if I want to work on the weight then I am going to have to work on the sugar. So my goal in writing this blog is that it will make me accountable and not give in to the pressure of my mind. I don't want to completely give up sugar or change to another kind of sweetner, I just want to make sure that I am not having sugar so much. For the next 2 weeks, I am...

A push-up a day will keep the doctor away

Fri, 5 Aug 2011 12:06:56 EST

Yesterday I saw an article on Yahoo about getting rid of 500 calories a day, so I thought that I would read it to see what it said. It had things on there like drinking enough water and eating your veggies. In fact I found that I followed most of the habits or even knew about them. But it had two things that I thought were great ideas and I thought that I would share them here.

The first one is to fidget. They said that people who fidget throughout their day lose more weight. It ...

Aches and pains of added weight

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:16:15 EST

So I guess I didn't realize what I was doing to myself. By gaining back some of the weight and not being active, my body started to rebel. I as a 27 year old women should not have problems with my back, knee joints, shoulder joints, ect, but I did/do. How horrible to feel like a 100 year old lady while still in my 20's. Since starting back on the plan 3 days ago, I have felt so much better. I have been exercising everyday for at least 30 minutes and now I have pain, but it is the good kind of...

My little measuring cup!!! (Breaking the bad habits series)

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:51:10 EST

I have found that one of my healthy habits that has slipped in recent months is the use of my measuring cup. I am not talking about just measuring recipies, I am talking about measuring the food I put on my plate. When I measure I find out exactly how much I am eating and can enter it in to my nutrition tracker more easily than if I just guess. Plus I know that I am doing it accurately. So if you are like me and think that you know how much food is, try measuring your food for a few weeks and...

Baby and getting back on track.

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:01:57 EST

Baby Morgan was born on February 3, 2011 at 7lbs 14 oz. She was 10 days late and I can now have sympathy for those that were overdue. It is not fun. I did not enjoy the waiting process. But we are pretty excited that our little girl is here. She is now smiling and is a joy to us.

So where am I. I am 16 lbs heavier than what I was when I got pregnant and am hoping that I will see my weight go down. My doctor gave me the o.k to return to normal exercise again and am excited about th...

Oh so close to 50!!

Tue, 11 May 2010 14:58:43 EST

I am only 6 lbs away from losing a total of 50 lbs. It is pretty exciting. The only thing is that I have been stuck here for about a month and a half. I upped my exercise and I am trying to eat healthy, but lately I feel like I have been slipping nutritionally, because I have felt frustrated. So here I am ready to get back on track. I am ready for a new day and to keep myself accountable. So my goal is get to get those pesky 6 lbs off by the end of May. Hopefully I will be able to do. I need ...

Confessions of a sugar queen.

Tue, 4 May 2010 14:57:03 EST

Forgive me, it has been way too long since my last confession. I am here divulge that I am a sugar queen. For the past few weeks, I have craved and indulged in any and all forms of sugar. Brownies, cookies, candy, ice cream and cake. I am happy to say that I haven't gained any weight, but I haven't lost any either. I have hit a plateau and am pretty sure that the cause is my sugar intake. So I have come to this place to make confession and repent. I am turning from ways and cutting my sugar b...

I wish I liked the dentist.

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:38:39 EST

So I wish that I liked the dentist, because I am going to be going there a lot. Last week I went to the dentist and he gave me some very discouraging news. First is that I have TMJ, a clenching and grinding of the jaw and teeth that has worn down the cartilage in my jaw. He then told me that I would have to have 4 crowns, because I grind my teeth and have worn down the fillings that I have. Good news is that I have no new cavities. Bad news, have to go to orthodontist to probably get braces b...

Spin Class (After)

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:01:18 EST

Here are my after thoughts from my spin class. I got up at 5:00 in the morning to get ready and go to my first ever spin class. I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It was really hard. He told us that that day's workout was going to be the hardest one ever. One because it was a calorie burn day. One where you have to try to keep your watts and your cadence the same. He kept pushing us on, which I really liked. I like to be pushed to go the extra mile!!! I like to feel my muscles b...

Spin Class (before)

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:09:00 EST

So tomorrow I have decided that I am going to do my first ever spin class. I have to get up and be at the gym by 6 am tomorrow. I am not excited about that part, but I am excited about the spin class. I have watched this spin class every Monday, Wednesday and Friday since I have started going to they gym and have thought to myself, I bet that I can do that. I will have part 2 to this segment on my page tomorrow to tell you all how it went. If you have any pointers or things that I should know...

Riding the escalator down the BMI

Thu, 8 Apr 2010 16:48:39 EST

I finally admitted that I was obese when I joined Sparkpeople in August. I didn't do anything with it until October. When I stepped onto the scale this morning, my heart flipped. I was down 2 lbs and I had finally made it to the overweight point. I haven't been overweight in who knows how long, because I refused to step on the scale because I knew that it would confirm what I knew was true. I had let myself go. I had allowed myself to take the escalator to the top of the BMI chart, the dreade...

Easter

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 16:43:34 EST

As I was working out this morning, the song, "Take me in" by Kutless came on my IPod. If you have time, pull up the lyrics. It is a simple and short song, but it has so much meaning to it. I thought that it perfectly portrayed Easter for me. It is talking about being taken in to the Holy of Holies. If you don't know what that is, it is the inner sanctuary where only the priest was allowed to enter in the tabernacle and the temple and only one time during the year. He would take a sacrifice an...

Everybody's watching!

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:05:58 EST

I thought that I would share a story from my morning at the gym. This morning I got up and went to the gym. I did 30 minutes on the stairmaster and then went on to do 20 more minutes on the Treadmill. While I was walking, the lady next to me started talking to me. She told me that she had been watching me on the Stairmaster. We talked for awhile and I she told me that she had once tried the stairmaster but didn't last long, but that her husband took it as a personal challenge to do it, since...

Cold!!!

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:48:04 EST

It could be said that when I was 40 lbs heavier, I was comparatively a walrus with a fat layer that kept me warm all of the time. Now that I no longer have those 40 lbs to keep me warm, I am comparatively a seal. I am cold, not all of the time, but most of time. I have to say that this is a positive cold, I would rather go get a coat and my long johns and put them on then to have those 40 lbs back. I can say that I am excited about being cold and even more excited about being colder with th...

Just keep smiling!

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:41:13 EST

I went to the gym this morning and wondered why no body smiles when they work out? So I tried it. It is sort of hard to smile while you are working out. I don't know if it is because of the pain (which has gotten drastically better as I got more in shape) or if your blood has to go to other muscles to keep them working. Then I got to thinking about it and have issued a new challenge to myself. Try smiling as much as I can while I am working out. I think it would encourage others who have jus...

40 lbs!!!

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:48:54 EST

I am just so excited that today, I can say that I made it to 40 lbs in total weight loss, since I began my weight loss journey. If you had told me a few months ago that I would be able to lose 40 pounds I would have said no way. If you had told me 5 years ago that I would weigh 216 lbs at my heaviest weight, I would have said no way. But today, I can say yes way. I did weigh 216 and I did lose 40 lbs. I can say that I have the willpower to make it and I will lose it all. I am going to continu...

Just a hike in the woods

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:38:39 EST

Just another hike in the woods, is probably what I would have called it then. We had decided to go hiking with a group of friends while spending the weekend camping. Our group headed up the hill and about a 1/4 of the way up, I started to feel sick. So I decided that I had better stop and sit on a rock. My husband and 2 of my other guy friends decided to wait on me. They tried to encourage me by telling me that it was a really steap hill and that I would feel better in a minute. I told them ...

Breaking free!!

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:52:45 EST

I am breaking free from the old life of being fat, lazy, tired, obsessed with not caring about how I look or feel. I am breaking free!! Are you ready to break free?

On Thursday night's, I have been doing the Beth Moore Bible study, "Breaking Free" with some ladies at our church. I thought that this quote was particularly important to our weight loss journey and thought that maybe it might encourage some of you to Break Free, "As long as we still have a sympathy for it, God won't ...

I have made the choice.

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:18:26 EST

This morning is going to end my streak of tiredness and discouragement. Here is a little background on my week. For the last week, I have felt like I have been stuck in a rut. I get up and I work out every day, but haven't seen any kind of improvement on the scale. I know that I am not suppose to look at the scale for encouragement, but sometimes it is the things that keeps me going. I also have felt overly tired lately. I haven't been sleeping well at all and am dragging all day long. I have...

I think that my husband might almost be ready to turn over a new lead.

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:56:43 EST

So for the last week, I have noticed things in my husband that have me thinking that he might be ready to start his weight loss journey. We started this journey together to lose weight when my mother-in-law, husband and I decided that we would have a competition to see who could lose the most weight. Proud to say that I am the only one still competing.

But in the last week, my husband has logged on to sparkpeople and put in his calories, several times. He has also put low fat che...

I am in range!!!

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:32:26 EST

My daughter was born in October of 2008. At that time, I weighed in the 170's range. Then I allowed myself to make unhealthy choices and gained to my heaviest weight of 216. Yesterday morning and this morning when I weighed in on the scale, I realized that I am back to 179. I am back to that original baby weight stage. To think that if I would have made healthier choices I would have already been at my goal weight. But I am not going to worry about that, because I am going to lose the weight....

Birthday weekend

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:01:00 EST

Well I have to tell you all that I was not sure what to think as I stepped on the scale this morning. I spent the weekend in Estes Park for my birthday. I didn't track my calories, but did try to eat healthy and tried to be picky about how much I ate. We did go snowshoeing and that was fun. I enjoyed getting to spend the weekend with my family and getting to relax. So the results from my birthday weekend are a 2 lb loss!!! I was pretty excited. Also this puts me at total weight loss of 36 lbs...

Ode to the stairmaster

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:21:52 EST

If you haven't ever tried the stairmaster (the one that actually looks like a small escalator) then I have to recommend it. I was a bit intimidated by it at first. But there is this elderly man at the gym where I work out that does it every day. So I thought if he can do it, then I should at least give it a try. Plus it would help me to vary my routine a little bit more. So I started out with 10 minutes at a level 5. I have to say that it almost killed me. I think I sweated more on that, tha...

Could I outrun a Mountain Lion if I had to?

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:34:51 EST

I was thinking this morning as I was jogging on the treadmill, if it would be possible for me to outrun a bear. There is a possibility of this since I do live in Colorado. I came to the conclusion, that I think that I could outrun a bear, if I needed to. I have come a long way and know that I could outrun a bear. I ran 3.5 miles the other day with limited walking. But then another thought came into my head, "Could I outrun a Mountain Lion if I had to". You have to know that my biggest fear ...

Getting up is so hard to do!!

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:35:37 EST

Awhile back they had a poll on Sparkpeople that asked whether morning exercisers are born or if they are made. This morning, I could definently answer that poll with the " made" answer. I hate getting up in the morning, but I know that if I don't get up in the morning, then I will use every excuse to get out of excercising. This is one of my favorites, " I won't go to the gym because there won't be anyone to watch or baby during the day". Yes our gym has childcare, but I think that excuse wor...

I hope my clothes get so big that they just fall off!!

Tue, 2 Feb 2010 13:05:47 EST

Recently I have noticed a looseness in my clothes that wasn't there in the past. In fact over the past few days, I have noticed that my pants are really loose and my shirts have a certain bagginess to them. I think that I must have been totally unaware that my clothes are getting too big or maybe I just have been wearing overly tight clothes too long. My friend Elizabeth said to me the other day, "wow, we are going to have to go shopping for you soon". She isn't the only one that has noticed ...

I'm up to 30, 66 more to go.

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:27:17 EST

I stepped onto the scale this morning and what to wondering eye did appear but 3 little numbers that said I've lost 30 since I started my journey. I've struggled a little bit these last few weeks and was beginning to wonder if I would ever actually get the extra few pounds off. But some hard work over the last few days finally helped me to get over the hump. God had really helped me to get back into the right frame of mind and pushed me into persevering. I do have to thank my husband, spark...

Veggies goal

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:29:52 EST

Why is it so hard to eat vegetables???? I like most vegetables. I love salads, broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, corn, green beans, squash, spinach, tomatoes, just to name a few. My problem I think lies in that my husband doesn't like vegetables, so I am more inclined to cook what he does like. This week he is going on a business trip. So my goal is to up the veggies while he is gone and work myself into the habit of eating more vegetables. I am writing this goal down to put myself in the pos...

I can move again!!!!

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:51:53 EST

So I took a little vacation with my in-laws. We had a wonderful time. On this mini vacation we went to bishop's castle. This castle was built by a single man and all by hand. So my sister-in-laws and I decided that we should hike to the top of this castle which has many stairs that are very narrow and steep. So with my small child (she weighs 21lbs) on my back we proceeded to climb the 600+ stairs and did indeed make it to the top. I would have never been able to do this back in October. I co...

Social Eating

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:20:41 EST

I have found that I am a social eater and perhaps it could be said that I am a social dieter. This last week I was around my husband's family and I let myself be lured in the fact that one little thing won't hurt me. But that one little thing turned in one more thing and then it was several dozen things. Before I knew it I had let myself indulge. I was very thankful that I hadn't gained any weight after my slurging week. But I began to wonder just how many things I really do indulge in just b...

People and Things that inspire me!!!

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:54:08 EST

Here are my inspirations for losing weight and achieving a healthy lifestyle!!!

To my God- My number one inspiration. You have given me the conviction to start on this road to lose weight and have a healthy life style. I know that I will only succeed with you guiding me forward.

My husband and mother-in-law- You started this journey with me and you have continually cheered me on. You are ever faithful in being excited that I have lost the weight, even when things don't...

17 lbs

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:14:24 EST

I weighed in this morning and found that I am 199 and am down 17lbs. I am so excited that I have met my mini goal of getting below 200 lbs. I am hoping to meet my next goal of losing 20 lbs by Thanksgiving. I just thought that I would write this down and inspire myself to keep going. 64 lbs to go until I reach my goal of 135!!!!! Here I Go!!!!!!