Bicycling To The Edge of The Universe

Ok, I am so proud of today. Gordon's car broke down and he took mine to work. I decided that I wasn't going to miss my work out, I wouldn't be able to do another one with my trainer till next week. So I decided to bike to the YMCA. I map quested it and it was 3.75 miles but I had to take the long way to stay off the main road so I figured it was about 4 miles one way. Then when I went to leave I found a flat tire! I have never changed one but decided to try. Then I found out the tube could not be fixed and I searched through boxes till I found a new one and put it in the tire. I was so proud. Then I started out. About a mile in I realized that I had not put the tire on right so I stopped at someones house and deflated the tire and fixed it and then pumped it up again with a hand pump. (Thanks Sister Johnston for the tools) Then I went on to the Y. I got my work out in and then biked about 2 miles back to the car place and Gordon's car was fixed so I brought it home. I was excited to get it all done. I don't know how my weight loss is going but I feel great!

255!!!!

This is my best week to date. I lost 5 pounds! Wow, I was not expecting it. I thought maybe 2 or 3. You could have blown me away with 5. I am excited and feel great. I am not just in the 50s by a bit, I am in the middle. I can see the 40s around the corner! I was so pumped up I got on the treadmill and actually walked at 3.2. Then I ran 2 times for a minute just to get the feel of it. I went up to 3.7 to do that. I shaved about 1 minute off my mile and had fun doing it.

Great News

I am so excited! When I started this diet I was wearing a size 28 and last night I had to buy jeans cause mine were falling off. I GOT SIZE 22! I didn't even weigh in today. I was so happy I didn't even care! I am working hard and it was great to feel so good. I will weigh in next week, but I will keep working. The work with a trainer is so great. It is not just weigh loss but also toning. I love the way I feel.

Boy Am I Confused!

Ok, try to follow this. 2 weeks ago I worked out 3 times with my trainer and was very good on my diet. I lost a crappy 2 pounds (don't tell me that is good the effort was worth more!) The next week I stuck to my diet but only did cardio 1 time for 30 minutes. I gained the 2 pounds back. Ok, so I should not have lost maybe but to gain? So, I decided to take the weekend off and eat what I wanted. I did not pig out but did have ranch on my salad and bacon, and for Sunday dinner I had potatoes with a little butter. (ok, I had seconds on the pork with gravy too) Well I figured with that bad behavior I would have gained more - can you believe it - I lost a pound between Friday and today! So today I started fresh and worked out and stuck to my diet and everything. I will just keep going and my goal this week is to get to the 50s! The 60s have been hard and can not wait to see them go!!!

Worries and Weight

Well, I am not sure if this post belongs here or on one of my other blogs. I have not been to the gym since last Thursday to work out. I have been eating too much but not enough to cause a gain. If I lose one pound this week it will be a miracle. The reason that I am struggling (besides being wickedly over scheduled) is that I am stressed out. Joshua has been slurring his speech. I thought it was a hearing problem but we took him to the speech pathologist at MD Anderson and she thinks it is a brain problem. Radiation damage (we are 2 years out from radiation so I do not get that) or new tumor. We are not worried but of course I am. I did some more research and found out it could also very likely be a stroke. I can't believe I am hoping to hear stroke. People do not understand that we are never going to be free of this horrible monster. I guess I can't change what is. We have an MRI tomorrow and Friday and then we will hear those results. We may also have an MRA to see the status of the blood vessels in his brain if we do not see anything on the MRI. I really want to get to the gym, I enjoy it so much but don't know when I will. I am just hoping that tomorrow goes well and then I will regroup and try again. I also need to get more sleep but that is the first thing to go when I am upset like this. I will keep trying, I refuse to give up. I keep thinking that it will make a difference to the kids if they see that I do not give up. Tomorrow is another day.