The Balance Game??

I weighed myself today and I LOST 1.2 pounds (.54 KG). I cannot lie and say I was not disappointed.  I added an ADDITIONAL workout this week and I really wanted to lose 2.5 pounds this week :( However, I realize that a loss is a loss and I am overall happy that the scale continues to move in the right direction.  I did have a 3 pound loss last week and it amazes me that the human body always tries to balance itself after a big loss...During spin this week, one of the attendees stopped me to say that I look FABULOUS! This is not a member of my core group, rather someone who had not seen me in a few months and she was amazed when she saw me! That was nice...I also attended a friends wedding this weekend and I was bum rushed at the door by some people who have not seen me for a few years and, they too, were amazed at my transformation. That was also nice! SO come to think of it, perhaps the change of food at the wedding had a higher salt content than the food I normally eat and that's why my loss was not that high this week? Who knows, but I will take it and be happy! Thanks for reading, off to work!

Let's keep this up!

I weighed myself today and I lost 3 pounds (1.36 kg). I am within arms reach of my July goal. I am sooooooo excited and I am also super anxious to meet with the tweo plastic surgeons during spring break.  I am PRAYING that the total estimate will be something that is feasible for me so that I do not have to go Venezuela for the summer. I dont think it is a good idea to be away from the hubs for soooo long and I would have to travel back and forth several times which could possibly accrue past the total savings amount.  So we shall see! Anyway thanks for reading!

Accountability

I weighed myself today and lost 3 pounds (1.37 Kg). This is a Net loss of 1 since the red menace of last week! I am really exhausted at the moment so I have nothing else to say on that.

 I tuned on the news and was glad to hear that Hugo Chavez has passed on and I am hoping that the country of my beloved family will transition to better times.

And it continues

So I weighed myself today and I have to admit I was a bit disappointed! I lost .8 pounds (.37 KG) and that is really not a lot and I felt that I was going to have a bigger loss since I amped up my workouts this week.  Well it didn't happen for me this week but I am pressing on and moving forward and hopefully it will happen next week.  I had another consult with a plastic surgeon this week who operates out of the Dominican Republic, and he wants to charge me $7600 for everything that I need done, so that price is very very intriguing.  I am still waiting on a quote from my uncle in Venezuela and then I have one more doctor in the states that I want to see before I make my decision. I will keep you all in the loop.  Someone at the gym today tapped me on the shoulder and said I look absolutely beautiful! She said I am half my size and she literally did a double take when I walked into the room, now that made my day! Well nothing much else to declare...Thanks for reading!

RED WHORE!!!!

Well it is unfortunately that time of the month for me...you know the time when the red menace comes to visit and makes me irritable and GAIN WEIGHT!!! I weighed myself this week and gained 1.8 pounds (.82 KG)...I am really pissed because even though I can most likely attribute this gain to my period, it still takes 1 week away from me! I have to reach my goal in 17 weeks!!!! The last few weeks have been tough for me and I am trying to figure out exactly what the reason is...So this week I am going back to basics..high protein, and exercise! Beyond that I do not know what else to do!I do have a huge success to report..I did my boot camp class last night and I was able to do 16 incline push ups WITHOUT STOPPING!!!! Granted, i was on my knees, but still, that is HUGE for me!!! I was super excited...One of my goals is to do a regular push up some day, not on my knees and preferably on an incline..I am still running, although I am still at 11 minutes straight..I do not feel ready to add time yet as I am virtually dead by 11 minutes! Anyway, got to get to work, thanks for reading..

And Back Again..

I weighed myself today and I lost a pound (.45 kg) and I learned ONCE AGAIN that this JOURNEY is really a long windy road of decisions, consequences, realities, Life, sweat, tears, and hormones! The weeks that I think I did great, I don't and vice versa...At each weigh in, I am reminded to just KEEP GOING! If I continue on, I will get there..."Carry on my wayward son, they'll be peace when you are done!!!" I am sooooo close to where I want to be that I just get very frustrated when there is a bump in the road, because I am just sooo done, and I want to be THERE already! I know it will happen and I just have to buckle down and never ever give up! I had great workouts this week and I even shocked myself by being at the gym on my day off at 9am! Yep me! I really want to run a 5K this spring and am hoping that will happen soon, currently I am running 11 minutes without stopping...when I started, I could only run for 30 seconds! So that is HUGE  for me....Anyway, thanks for reading, until next time...

UGHHHHHH

I weighed myself today and unfortunately, I had a GAIN! I gained 2 pounds, (.91 kg) I was very upset and annoyed but after much self reflection, I think it might have something to do with the sex I had with all that chocolate I ate this week! I tell you, chocolate is definitely my WEAKNESS! I seriously cannot resist that ooey gooey delicious chocolate..doesn't matter if its milk, dark, with peanuts, coconut, almonds, caramel, cookie...ALL OF IT!!! I LOVE IT!!! It is sad but most definitely explainable...So I have to just dust myself off and keep taking those steps towards my goal...after all it would not be my life journey without an occasional bump in the road...I am back on track as of now and I will be tying to step it up in the gym this week to regain some footing...Hopefully next week the scale will be in my favor! Well thanks for reading!