Healthy Start to the week!

Weekend over, and it wasn't too bad. I started the week out with a serious workout, about 30 minutes of weights and 35 minutes on the elliptical. This is shocking because the person I used to be would never be happy about spending time in the gym, but I actually enjoy it now. How did you all start your week?
Ali

Weekend= Killer?

Not too much weight change. :( I had been down to 20lbs lost two weeks ago, but put on 2 lbs, and I am now at 20.8 pounds lost!The weekends kill me on the weight gain. I had good success last weekend on only gaining a pound over the weekend, which was gone by Tuesday morning, phew. So 54.2 pounds to go, but I know with my drive(stubbornness) I will make it. I just have a problem with being patient. This will all be worth it though since I want to live the healthiest life possible, so that I can be around for my friends and family.

So wish me luck this weekend,
Ali

Grocery Shopping

Grocery shopping while trying to be healthy is not cheap. When I consider how much cheaper it is to buy a frozen pizza than a healthy dinner such as salmon and rice it makes me irritated. How can America and other countries fight obesity and other related problems if it easier to feed your family on unhealthy cheap food while in a recession? (By the way if we are truly out of the recession, pinch me so I can wake up now from this horrible nightmare). I know that I am lucky in that I do not have a large family to feed, unless you count my furkids, but even their food is expensive. A lot needs to change in our country, maybe instead of focusing on healthcare our government should focus on the health of its people first. Food for thought...(haha, don't worry not quitting my day job to be a comedian ;)
-Sorry for the rant
Ali

Food...

Why does food have to taste so good, but be bad for you? I thought I ate pretty healthy today, okay minus the coke icee, but I tried to get cherry I swear! If you look at my plate you will see I ate pretty well, but even with exercise I went over. I will not starve myself, so I need to find a way to achieve my calorie goals, but still have yummy foods. Any ideas?
Ali

Revelations...

It has certainly been a while since I have blogged, but here I am :) I've recently come to the realization that there are very few things we can control in our lives(i.e., not getting a teaching job!). There is one thing though that I can control, and that is my weight. Is it easy? Um heck no! But I am even more determined to lose my weight. I have decided that the one year anniversary of mother's death will be my deadline for my 75lbs weight loss. Wondering why? Well you will have to wait until 2.7.12 to find out ;)Hope you all are having a healthy day and are staying cool!
-Ali

PT Tuesday

I didn't work out today(I did track), shame! Well I did if you count cleaning and PT. After all the crud I go through with PT I know I burn at least 100 cals. Unfortunately today at PT I learned that Humana will likely only approve 2 or 3 more visits. So this means a trip to the Ortho doc, which I am going with a different one at Commonwealth. Appt is set for this Friday. I don't know what they are going to want to do, but my guess is a MRI(which I don't want). However, after over a month of PT and a minimal improvement something has to give. The irony of the fact that I want to work out to be healthy and my body is hindering me is hysterical...not.
-Enough whining, good luck in your health journey!
Ali

Workout Buddies :)

Hello all :) I haven't blogged because my laptop was a piece of crud and moved slower than I don't know what. From my FB posts you know I have been keeping up on the weight loss. Now, this weekend was DJ's birthday weekend and I was not as a good as I should be :( I did workout Saturday and late today.
Anyway... My point of this blog is that workout buddies are awesome. I am starting to collect more and more :) My husband comes when he can, I meet Rebecca as much as possible, and on the off chance I get to see Laura. Seeing familiar faces always helps. Remember though even if your buddy can't make it you should!
-12 lbs down, 8 to my mini goal
-63 pounds to go to final goal!

Good luck
-Ali