Friend Makin' Mondays: Health and Body Image and Weigh In Update

First lets start with my weigh in update. I weight in Thursday night at my weekly TOPS meeting at 219.50 so I was down (.50), I'll take it. Thats 3 weeks in a row I've been down. I know I'll have to work extra hard this week to ensure another lose. I did my running training Thursday before the meeting and let me say, it was difficult, I could not keep with with my group, so I dropped back completely happy to do my on thing, but another more experienced runner joined me and she was a God send, I'm hoping she will be around this evening to run with me again.

And now onto Friend Makin' Monday Health and Body Image

Health and Body Image

1) If you could magically change one thing about your body, what would it be?
To lose my gut. I look like I'm like 6 months pregnant. It hurts when people ask when I'm I due, especially because we are having a hard time starting a family.

2) What is your best physical feature? I would have to say my blues eyes. Everyone always compliments me on them and its the one thing I love about myself and wouldn't change for the world.

3) Do you weigh yourself daily? Hourly? Weekly? Bi-weekly? Never? I weigh weekly at my TOPS meeting on Thursday nights and when I go to the doctor. I very very rarely step on a scale any other time. As a matter of fact I don't own a pair at my house.

4) Do you workout regularly? If so, how does if affect you from day to day? I try to work out regularly, at least 3 times a week. Its needs to be more and I"m working on that. When I do work out I feel energized and sleep better.

5) What is the healthiest thing you do for yourself on a regular basis? I drink my water.

6) If you could look like a celebrity, who would you choose to look like? Not sure I'm not big into celebrities. Don't get me wrong I watch tv and movies but just don't compare myself to them, because I know it aint never going to happen.

7) What do you do to make yourself feel pretty/handsome? I try doing my hair and make up. I've never been a girly girl, so I'm not good at things like that. But one of my goals for when I get below 200 is to do a mini make over. I want to have someone teach my how to do my make up and show my some different ways to style my hair.

8) What are you most attracted to in the opposite sex? Honesty, their eyes, and how he treats others. I'm not one who bases what I like strictly on looks, I want to be around be who has feelings and emotions and know how to express them.

9) Have you ever avoided situations because you didn't want people to see your body shape? Yes, in my family we have a saying that I'm a fish out of water. But over the years since I've gained a lot of weight and have become uncomfortable in my on skin, I don't go swimming like I used to. I went once this entire summer and that is so not like me.

10) How do you feel about your overall appearance? I"m not happy where I am, do I have a size or an exact weight in which I know I'll be happy no, but I know I'm working on my goals to become a more healthier, happier me. I'm working on accepting me for me. I know it will come in time.


Now it's your turn to tell us a little about how you view yourself. Don't forget to head over the All The Weigh and link up and share with us.

I plan on working on my workouts for the week and my eating plan and getting that posted sometime today.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Monday.

Pace for the Race

Monday started the annual Pace for the Race. Last year I lead the walking group and I've ran the walking group for Women Can Run the last two yrs as well, so I decided to step it up a notch or two. They have two 5k groups beginners and intermediate and then two 10k groups beginners and intermediate. I know I can walk and run a little and I knew I could do both distances, so I decided to go with the beginning 10k group with did 3min running/2 min walking for a total of 40 minutes. I did well, I survived I was slowly then the rest and the leader was concerned that I could not keep up when we step it up on Thursday. So I talked to the wonderful guy over the entire clinic and he going to get someone to run with me Thursday, he refuses to let me drop to the 5k because he believes I can do it. And you know what I believe in my most important. I'm looking forward to the next 13 weeks and seeing how far I can go.

Now for the blog award I received from Deb Will Be Thin.



I'm passing this award on to some of my favorite bloggers they are not all about weight loss.

Suzanne@Sugarloaf Cottage
Kelly@Kellys Korner
Loretta@Loretta's Journey from 460 to 199
Jen@ Suck It Up Buttercup
Jenna@Jenna's Journey
Laura@Running In the Delta
Scarlet@A 252 Journey to Being Free
Keelie@Real Fat
Jessica@See How She Runs
MB@ Why the Weight

Now 10 things that makes me happy.
1.Worshiping God
2.Family Time
3. Reading
4. Spending Time outside
5. Walking/Running
6. My TOPS group
7. Cooking
8.My dog Jackson and my cat Sassy
9. The dream of having children one day
10. Knowing I'm committed to losing this weight.

Have a wonderful night.

Weekly Weigh In

I had my weekly weigh in last night at my TOPS group. I was pleasantly surprised by the number that greeted me 220.00 I was down 1.5 from the week before. How was that possible, because to be perfectly honest my eating was horrible all week and my exercise while that consisted of moving things from my sister in laws house to in-laws house and moving things there to make room for her. I've been taking care of three household plus running my in laws business this week along with rearrange the offices and turning one office back into a bedroom. I have went home everyday not just physically tired, but emotional and mentally tired. I didn't to do as I said I would and take 20 to 30 minutes to exercise, but I will get back on track this week. I'm hoping things improve this week. I know I have to try hard next week in order to loss again, so I will be coming up with a plan this weekend.

When Life Hits Unexpectedly

My week was filled with unexpected issue one after another starting Friday. I was unable to do most of things I had planed for my weekend. But I could have found 15 to 30 minutes somehow each day to where I could have excised but did I, no I didn't. I need to make myself a priority. I need to stop thinking I have to help everyone else and take care of me, if I don't who will. Sometimes I have to pull myself back from the situation and ask if the shoe was on the other foot, would these people return the favor, to some extend yes. Yes I know that friends and family are there to support and help out where they can, but I feel like and they do to some degree expect me to handle a lot more of this situation than I should have/ and have too still. The only bright side I can see from this weekend problems is that I feel closer to my hubby and that this has made us realize somethings about ourselves and our commitment to each other.

I writing this here and now, I promise I will take 30 minutes out of everyday this week at least and do some form of exercise. No one or thing will take my commitment away from me, because I'm worth it.

Awesome Day and My First Blog Award

What can I say yesterday was a great day for me. I done a 5k walk/run and it felt awesome. Then I went to my weight loss meeting at TOPS and I was done 1.5lbs. One of the ladies there has had the lap band surgery and she was telling us some of the things that they are supposed to do in regards to their eating and one is not drink while you eat. You can drink up until you eat and then you should wait for an hour after you eat before drinking again. They say when you drink while you eat or immediately after wards you are washing the food away. So I tried doing that last week and I do believe it helped me.

And now onto my first blog award.

My very first award!!

Shrinking Blubeari gave me an award!! My very first one. :-) I feel like such a part of the blogging community now. :-D

Without further ado; the rules

1) Post who gave you the award.
I only recently started following Shrinking Blubeari. She sweet and funny. I do believe we have several things in common.
2) State ten things you like

1. Food. Cooking it and eating it.
   
2. Reading-- I can get lost in a book, once I start one I hate to put it down till its finished
   
3. Running. It truly gives me joy to be able to be working toward something I've never done much of.
   
4. Nature. I love being outdoors. I love to swim and love going camping
   
5. Spending time with my family
   
6. Reading blogs for inspiration and ideas
   
7. My TOPS meeting. Such wonderful support.
   
8. My dog- Jackson and my cat Sassy-- they are my children till we are able to have some.
9. My hubby been married almost 7 yrs. Love him to pieces
10. Friends- I have some of the best friends I could ever ask for
    

3) Give this award to three other bloggers and notify them with a comment

I love these ladies!!! Sorry if you've already gotten the award. You deserve it twice anyway. You guys are the best!!! :-D

Katie J@ Katie J is on her way
Jen@Suck It Up Buttercup
Shrinking Kenzie @ All The Weigh


These three are probably the first 3 blogs I started following on weight loss. They are inspirations to me. I love checking to see if they have update. Thanks you ladies

MIA for a month unacceptable

I'm can't believe I haven't blogged for a month that is just unacceptable to me. I get on the computer and read everyone blog, but just haven't felt like posting. I've have so many twist and turns and loop to loops on this journey of life this month. My weight loss has been nuts one week I loss next I gain. I don't understand whats holding me back, but I'm aware of it and will doing plenty of soul searching, praying and listening to figure out whats going on and how to move forward. I've also had lots of family issue, my moms dad who I call Papa has Parkinson disease and things have slowly went down hill this month. My mom and siblings have been taking turns staying with him and my granny to help out. It taking a toll on all of them but especially my mom. She does more than the others. She had a heart bypass in April of 09, and ever since her anxiety levels are off the charts. Her doctor still has not found the right medication for her yet. I keep telling her she needs to she someone besides her general doctor. My and my dad are afraid if somethings don't change she will end up having a nervous breakdown. So my stress from all the family issue is reacting havoc on my weight loss journey, am sure to some extend it is, buts I believe there is more to it.

I know I have PCOS. I have had blood pressure since I was 18 and high cholesterol since I was 23 or 24. I'm at an increased risk for heart disease, its on both sides of my family and an increased risk of diabetics that also runs on both sides of my family and along with being symptoms of PCOS. And one of my greatest desires is to have children. You would think I would be willing to do whatever I had to do to loss the weight so I could decrease my odds of getting one of the disease and to increase the odds of my being able to conceive. Yes it is a stated fact that it is harder to loss weight when you have PCOS, but I think I use that as an excuse sometimes when I don't try hard enough.

So I have decided to join up with Healthy Loser Gal September Success Challenge. My challenge to myself will be to exercise at least 5 days a week. I know I can do this, I've done it before. So I'm off to make me up a workout schedule.

P.S. If anyone knows how to make the tabs for the top of you blog where you can make multiple pages please let me know how. Thanks.

Freedom Challenge Week 4

1. Training for half-marathon in October. Yes I have started to train.
2. Save money for race in October. Need to pay
3. Declutter my home. Working on this. This will be a project that takes awhile.
4. Spend quality time with friends and family, especially hubby. Spent the weekend with my family will do a more in dept post on that later.

I have enjoyed this challenge and will keep working toward my freedom goals.