This has been a long and hard journey for me but I am so close to my goal I can taste it (pardon the cliche). I am 5'8 and in January 2011 I weighed in at 252lbs, today I am 182!!!!! That's down 70lbs…
Some may take this as a compliment and some may not...but I did. I had gotten up in the middle of the night to use the restroom and when I came back to bed my husband was hugging my pillows (yah I kno…
Today i took part in our local YMCA Fun Run/.Walk....I chose the to take part in the 5K portion and finnised it without stopping!!!!! For me this is a big deal since this is only the second one I have…
If I say it out loud the chances are better that I will do it! Monday will be a new day, a new week, a new start! I am commiting to start logging food and exercise again, EVERY DAY! It doesn't matter …
So, as a way to help keep me motivated I thought I would share what I have done so far. I started my journey in Jan. 2011 weighing in at 252lbs, my heaviest ever...in these pictures I am down about 50…
So, I naturally have a small bladder and find it very difficult to consume lots of water because it results in me visiting the bathroom way too often. I would like to make a concious effort to increas…
So, I naturally have a small bladder and find it very difficult to consume lots of water because it results in me visiting the bathroom way too often. I would like to make a concious effort to increas…
This next July I want to do a 2.5 open water swim for a local organiztion that helps raise money to send kids to diabetes camp... I need training tips since I have only swam indoor competativley! Plea…
Today I did something I would have never thought about a year ago...I did our local 5K Turkey Trott and finished it in 38.31 minutes! I did walk for about a minute of it, but otherwise, ran the whole …
It has taken me since January of this year to loose 61lbs (two lbs away from loosing "my daughter") and there is nothing like hearing my children tell me that they love that they can hug me and put th…
I am doing my first 5K on Thanksgiving Day and trying to gather some ideas for pre-race food! I am not much of a runner and am looking at this as a way to challenge myself. Any ideas would be helpful!
So, I have been eating pretty good and getting in my physical activity but can't get past these mid-day slumps I have been having....anyone have some good ideas to heed them off?!!!!
I got a HRM that was quite inexspensive but, I don't think it is very accurate. Does anyone have suggestions on what kind of HRM to get that works well yet isn't too pricey?
I keep seeing that I am not getting enough calories when I finish my journaling for the day. Yet, I feel satisfied with my food choices at the end of the day. As long as I am getting the right kinds o…
