~HELGA~'s SparkPeople Blog

I reached a mini goal

Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:06:30 EST

I didn't realize it until now but this morning I stepped on the scale and I am 175 lbs. That was the first mini goal I was looking to hit and ta da I did it!!! I feel so good right now because this week I have been trying to do so good with my working out and watching my calorie intake and making sure I get my 8 cups of water per day. I did a challenge with one of my teams where I had to work out atleast 300 minutes a week and right now I am at 310 minutes and I am not even done for the da...

Wednesday...day four!

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 08:37:41 EST

I have been doing so great on my working out and drinking water this week. I started the week exercising on Sunday and have done almost an hour a day since. I am up to 200 minutes and I haven't even worked out yet today :0) I have been counting my calories and trying to stay within my daily max and I have been doing good all week with that.

Last night my husband called on his way home from football practice and asked if I wanted anything from the store. I told him no thanks. ...

Half way to my goal

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:48:06 EST

I am doing a Halloween challenge where I have to bike 100 miles by Oct 31st. This challenge started August 29th and today I got to my half way point....I am at 52 miles and it is only Sept 28th. This week I am also doing a challenge where I have to work out for 300 minutes or one hour a day for 5 days and I want to do 30 minutes worth of cardio from an exercise show on tv and then I want to bike 8 miles a day. If I accomplish this goal I will bike 40 miles this week alone!!! That would be...

I'm doing it

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:58:33 EST

This week has been awesome for me...

On Monday I drank 10 cups of water, did 200 crunches, did a 24 minute cardio workout on TV and biked 8 miles. Burning a total of 729.4 calories for the day.

Yesterday I drank 8 cups of water, did 250 crunches, did a 24 minute workout with Bob from Biggest Looser (wow that had me sweating like crazy) and biked my 8 miles. Burning a total of 1197 calories for the day. Included in those calories is also 189 calories for ...

These are my confessions

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:55:54 EST

I said yesterday in my blog that I would write and let you know how yesterday went. Well I rode my bike 8 miles in 30 minutes (I pushed myself so hard), I drank 6 cups of water (better than I have been doing) and did my 200 crunches. So yeah I did it yesterday and I am going to do it again today!

On another note....My son Kobe turned 1 years old on September 6th and yesterday he took his first steps 30 11 days after his birthday he decided to finally walk!!! My big...

I'm a quitter...

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:15:17 EST

So I have completely given up on my eating healthy and drinking my 8 cups of water per day. I have not been exercising besides my bike ride on Sunday. Yesterday I ate a ton of cinnamon rolls and had grilled hot dogs for dinner..WTF??? I know how unhealthy this stuff is for me but I am getting frustrated at the scale...everytime I am doing good the scale does not move!!! I think if I would see more of a weight loss I would do better but damnit I am human and I am such a quitter right now!!...

The results

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:28:04 EST

I went to the Drs and she said that she does not think it is breast cancer. She wants to send me to have an ultrasound just to be on the safe side though. The Dr told me that she thinks I have Fibrocystic Disease of the Breast. What that means is basically I have soft to firm movable lumps in my breasts and they can cause the breasts to be tender or painful. So if it is that and not breast cancer then I am one happy camper. I am still very scared though and can't seem to shake that feeli...

Worrying

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:28:38 EST

This weekend I found a lump in my left breast and I am really worried. Breast cancer runs in my family, I have a cousin who lost her breast before her 30th birthday. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow morning at 7 and I have been trying to stay positive about this but damnit it's so hard. The what if's keep popping into my head and sometimes I feel like crying but I keep telling myself I need to stay positive. Last night I could not sleep because I had such weird dreams, the only one I...

Seems to be working....

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:29:32 EST

I woke up this morning and I could not wait to weigh myself and see if the fat burning soup is working....wouldn't you know I am at 178 lbs so I lost 2 lbs. I am sure it is all water weight because I peed atleast 2-3 times an hour if not more. I got into the bath tub last night and had been in the tub less than 20 min when I gave up and got out because I had to pee soooooo bad. I peed before I got into the tub??? I did really good with my eating yesterday...followed the diet to a T and I ...

Fat burning soup

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:22:56 EST

I started today on some kind of diet that has a fat burning soup. Basically I eat this soup for 7 days as well as other things and I can loose 15-17 lbs. I figured this is a good way to jump start my weight loss. I have done great today and I am really excited to see if this really works...it is supposedly a detox or cleans or something. I am up to 180 lbs after this weekend, we went away and I ate like I was crazy skinny which of course I am NOT!!! Well I will let everyone know how the ...

Monday

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:16:24 EST

I feel a little bit blah today because I stepped on the scale and it is exactly the same 177 lbs. It is my time of the month and I know that probably has something to do with it but I really wanted to see a loss. I have done 200 crunches between last night and now and I did not make it to the gym this morning due to lack of sleep. I am going to go after work tonight though and tonight I am going to sleep early and I am going to get up in the morning and go to the gym. I am going to eat ex...

Back on track

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:36:39 EST

I am now back on track with my eating right and working out. I have been riding my bike this weekend and all together I have ridden almost 4 miles in 24 hours....that's pretty damn good. This weeks challenge is to do 1000 crunches and work out atleast 5 times per week 30 min each time. I am going to try going to the gym every morning at 6 am and then I want to ride my bike every night atleast 1 3/8 mile and eventually get to 4 miles a night. The trail around my house is 1 3/8 miles long a...

Laziness

Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:54:24 EST

I have not written in over two weeks....not because I have been so busy working out and counting calories, because I have been to lazy to work out and count calories!!! I have been avoiding counting calories and sneaking in unhealthy crap (nobody sees it) so it doesn't count...right??? No it does count and eating unhealthy is not hurting anyone but myself!!! I joined a weight loss challenge on one of my teams and the challenge was to loose 20 lbs by labor day. I started about 2 weeks late...

Excercise

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:47:34 EST

Well today I worked out big time. At noon I took 6 children and an 11 year old and 14 year old for a mile walk. We walked 1 and 3/8 of mile. Then this evening I rode my bike without the baby for 1 and 1/5 miles at as fast of a speed as possible. I am super tired after the day especially since it was 97 degrees today and super humid. I didn't care what the weather was like I just wanted to work out and get rid of some more of this weight. I have been eating really healthy and drinking my...

I survived week one

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:23:56 EST

Amazing that one week of counting calories and watching everything I eat can actually amount to a 6 lb weight loss. I am so excited about SP and I tell everyone I can about it. I was in Wal-Mart the other night and I was telling the cashier about it and she was so excited and could not wait to get home and start her own page. I went to the movies last night with my husband (we saw Dark Night by the way....really good movie) and I did not get soda. That was a huge deal, I have never been t...

Day Six

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:56:03 EST

Today is day six and I am still going strong. I have lost a total of 6 lbs this week!!!! 224 I was shocked to tell the truth this morning when I stepped on the scale and it said 178 lbs!!!! 11 Wow I guess this thing really works. Man I am soooo gonna keep this up. Before long I will be at my goal weight and SKINNY 9 . Hehehe Ok well my husband has a football game today so I am going to go to the mall and then see my baby kick some ass 281

Day Five

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:29:24 EST

Well day five and I have lost 4.5 lbs. I am pretty darn happy with the results of that. Last night I was craving some junk food and candy BAD but....I was good and had some ritz crackers with laughing cow light cheese instead. It was really good and satisfied the craving. I have about a 7 hour drive ahead of me tonight so I am going to eat dinner before I leave and drink lots of water. The only thing I need to do is get something with caffeine in it so I can stay awake. I generally stay...

Day Four

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:28:30 EST

Ok so today is day four and I have not lost anymore weight than the original 4 lbs but I am trying to stay optimistic. I know the pounds won't melt off but I was kinda hoping they would 15 I know that is stupid but I really thought that giving up 6-8 sodas a day would be all I really needed to do and with me counting calories I thought it would just melt away. But I am still trying to stay positive and keep up the good work. I went out to eat yesterday with my husband and we wen...

Day Three

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:16:07 EST

194

So today is day three and I have not lost anymore weight since yesterday but hey I lost 4 lbs yesterday so I am not expecting more for a few days. I am doing really good with my water though, yesterday I drank 8 cups. I also went to the store and bought all kinds of fruit and vegetables to snack on in between as well as yogurt and greek yogurt. I have been browsing the recipes on here and I have been writing them down as I go so I can try them out. I bought my bi...

Day Two

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:31:09 EST

192

So this morning I woke up and stepped on the scale and guess what??? 4 lbs gone!!!! I could not believe it. I was very good at my diet yesterday and drank 4 cups of water....knowing I needed to drink more but just could not get anymore than that in my body...eeww. I really need to get used to the taste of water. Well I do have one trick that I am using...I put a lemon slice in my water to flavor it a little bit and my doctor suggested it because lemon is good fo...

Day One

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:54:25 EST

249

So today is the first day of my diet. I am 184 lbs as of right now :-( but that is ok because I will get to my goal because I am so determined. I started watching what I was eating yesterday and today I am starting BIG time. I am counting calories and stopping all soda drinking. I am going to drink 8 cups of water per day...I love that they have all kinds of things on sparkpeople to motivate me. Like the water counter is awesome!!! So my only problem is that my...