This weekend Chris and I decided to check out our local farmers markets for some local produce. We decided that we'd walk there and the one we decided to go to was about 4 miles away.
So all in all we were able to get healthy, locally grown organic veggies but we were able to get an 8 mile walk in as well.
Hurray
Monday, January 21, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
FINALLY
I've finally broken 157, I'm at 156.6. The lowest I was at before was 158.3. I didn't realize just how long I'd been hovering between 158 and 165.I realized that it's been since thanksgiving that I've actually lost weight, rather than gain and lose the same 7 pounds over and over again. The holidays didn't treat me well. Oh well, things are looking up.
I'm really, really pleased
I'm really, really pleased
Thursday, January 17, 2008
so
I went to the gym and I'm wiped, but at least I'm not all sad and down. I walked to and from the gym (about 40 minutes round trip) 40 minutes of weight training, 15 minutes of high intensity of training on the elliptical (12 resistance and 20 ramp, about 160-170 paces per minutes).
My stomach flab is shrinking. my stomach has always been a trouble spot...well, my lower body in general, but I've always looked a little preggers. I've lost another inch off my waist...I'm hoping to lose another 8 inches. I want a nice hourglass figure...we'll see how it goes because my bust is, well, less than ample. I would love to have larger bazongas (yes, I said bazongas) but am not sure if I'm willing to get surgery to get them. That's pretty hardcore and risky, not to mention expensive.
My stomach flab is shrinking. my stomach has always been a trouble spot...well, my lower body in general, but I've always looked a little preggers. I've lost another inch off my waist...I'm hoping to lose another 8 inches. I want a nice hourglass figure...we'll see how it goes because my bust is, well, less than ample. I would love to have larger bazongas (yes, I said bazongas) but am not sure if I'm willing to get surgery to get them. That's pretty hardcore and risky, not to mention expensive.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
rawr
Silly title for a blog...but I canna think of anything else right now.
Went to the dentist today. Got half my mouth cleaned and I have to go back for another cleaning in a few weeks. I guess being phobic of the dentist isn't a good thing. Hopefully, after my mouth is all sparkly clean, I can look into getting my teeth whitened and *hopefully* get the gap in my top two front teeth fixed. I want to have a purdy smile :)
Other than that, life is pretty uneventful. Classes start next week and that should be fun.
The dishwasher died and that is not good, not good at all.
I really need to hit the gym....Why am I here writing this instead of going to the gym? I'm fat and lazy? Oh...and depressed. Exercise is said to help minor depression though, so if I had any sense, I'd get my rear our and moving. However, it's been established on several occasions that I have no sense
Went to the dentist today. Got half my mouth cleaned and I have to go back for another cleaning in a few weeks. I guess being phobic of the dentist isn't a good thing. Hopefully, after my mouth is all sparkly clean, I can look into getting my teeth whitened and *hopefully* get the gap in my top two front teeth fixed. I want to have a purdy smile :)
Other than that, life is pretty uneventful. Classes start next week and that should be fun.
The dishwasher died and that is not good, not good at all.
I really need to hit the gym....Why am I here writing this instead of going to the gym? I'm fat and lazy? Oh...and depressed. Exercise is said to help minor depression though, so if I had any sense, I'd get my rear our and moving. However, it's been established on several occasions that I have no sense
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Oatmeal...eat more of it...yo
Well, it turns out that the food that the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oatmeal#Scotland">Scots love ever so much"> is good for you. So'>http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?artid=3023">So eat your oatmeal folks!
(yes, I know this is just one study...but really, whole grains are good for you, and oatmeal is yummy, no?)
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Week one
Well, the first week of the New Year is done. 51 more to go. I've been working out regularly and I've lost 2 pounds. whohoo. Hurray for healthy, maintainable weight loss. I've cut a few minutes of my mile. I now walk 4.5 MPH. I'm entertaining the idea of training for a 10k, or if I'm really ambitious a half-marathon. Though to do so, I'll really need to start running regularly. I don't really care how fast I run/walk just so long as I complete it. Really what I want to do is train for the 60 breast cancer walk that happens every year. For some reason long distance walking really appeals to me. It seems like a very natural exercise and was something that our ancestors likely did all the time, because they had to...but that's neither here nor there.
School starts in a few weeks and I'm really looking forward to starting back up with that. Go Brain Go!
I was watching reruns of The Biggest Loser and I was reminded of the statistic that says that today's children have a shorter life expectancy than the previous generation due to obesity. I'm not sure how it should be fixed. If I were in charge of things though, I'd make sure that nutrition, PE (fitness, not competitive sports should be the focus) and cooking were a mandatory subjects for every student. Cooking is something that is frequently ignored, but I think the know-how is so important. Someone can know what to eat, but without knowing how to prepare it, he/she is up the creek without a paddle.
It has come to my attention though, that there are parents out there that WANT their children to eat unhealthy and fattening food. They don't want the school to educate their children about nutrition and diet Why? Beats the hell out of me. There's the argument that it should be the job of the parents. Ideally, I'd agree, but parents are dropping the freaking ball. If they weren't, I wouldn't even be writing this because it would be a non-issue. Parents are dropping the ball and sooner or later SOMETHING will have to change.
It makes me really sad that there are kids that don't really have a chance. Obese kids often end up as obese adults :(Oh well, I'll just have to consider it "future job security" because again, something has to change.
Well, that's about time for me to go to bed.
Night!
School starts in a few weeks and I'm really looking forward to starting back up with that. Go Brain Go!
I was watching reruns of The Biggest Loser and I was reminded of the statistic that says that today's children have a shorter life expectancy than the previous generation due to obesity. I'm not sure how it should be fixed. If I were in charge of things though, I'd make sure that nutrition, PE (fitness, not competitive sports should be the focus) and cooking were a mandatory subjects for every student. Cooking is something that is frequently ignored, but I think the know-how is so important. Someone can know what to eat, but without knowing how to prepare it, he/she is up the creek without a paddle.
It has come to my attention though, that there are parents out there that WANT their children to eat unhealthy and fattening food. They don't want the school to educate their children about nutrition and diet Why? Beats the hell out of me. There's the argument that it should be the job of the parents. Ideally, I'd agree, but parents are dropping the freaking ball. If they weren't, I wouldn't even be writing this because it would be a non-issue. Parents are dropping the ball and sooner or later SOMETHING will have to change.
It makes me really sad that there are kids that don't really have a chance. Obese kids often end up as obese adults :(Oh well, I'll just have to consider it "future job security" because again, something has to change.
Well, that's about time for me to go to bed.
Night!
Monday, January 7, 2008
changing habits
Today I found out that a friend of mine from college had passed away. He was very young and of course I'm very sad. I won't go into too much more detail about that here though except to say that I truly feel for his widow.
Anyway, in the past when I felt down or depressed I'd either eat or more likely drink heavily. Tonight, instead, I went to the gym and lifted and ran on the treadmill for a bit. I completed my planned workout and I'm glad for that. It helped a bit and it's certainly healthier than eating or drinking my feeling away (which never works btw).
So, I'll leave it at that.
Anyway, in the past when I felt down or depressed I'd either eat or more likely drink heavily. Tonight, instead, I went to the gym and lifted and ran on the treadmill for a bit. I completed my planned workout and I'm glad for that. It helped a bit and it's certainly healthier than eating or drinking my feeling away (which never works btw).
So, I'll leave it at that.
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