Bored!

The past couple days have been hard. Not only is my monthly friend in town but my husband is gone. All of the fun, tasty snack food that my husband has in the kitchen is very tempting but I must admit I have stayed strong. I did have a couple spoons of vanilla bean ice cream (my down fall) and it was good. But it was only three small bites which was good enough for me. I am bored and frustrated. I can't go to the gym after work cause I have to let the dogs out and once I am home I am staying. I do love doing Jillian Michaels "30 day shred" video. It kicks my butt every time but man it feels good. I now realize that I eat when I am bored or lonely so I have challanged myself to do other things like clean or read a good book. The weather has been really crappy so not much time is spent outside (another reason I feel bad for my dogs).

Alyssah and I have another fun fundraising walk this weekend. We are raising money for Chrohns research. Two of our friends struggle with Chrohns disease so we are excited to help. It will be a fun evening at Sugarhouse park.

Lost a pound today. Ok, I lost the pound that I gained last weekend but still I lost it.

Couch to 5K

So on top of losing weight I want to be able to run a half marathon with my dad next year. My dad doesn't know this yet but yes dad we are running a half marathon next year. Of course I am starting slow by training for a 5K then working my way up. There is a great program here in Salt Lake called Team in Training http://www.teamintraining.org/. We can create a team if anyone wants to join and we are raising money for Leukemia & Lymphoma research.
They provide a hands on training regimen, nutrition and injury prevention. The also hold weekely team workouts to help keep everyone on track. You can challange yourself to complete a marathon, half marathon, triathlon, hiking, or 100 mile bike ride. Yes, I am scared to death but everyone in my family have always been active in running and I want to join them. I may need a breast reduction so I don't hurt myself :) but hopefully the weight loss will help with that. Josh thinks I am crazy about this whole weight loss and work out deal. I am a little obsessed right now. I am scared to death of gaining back what I have already lost but I feel good. I started running yesterday and it wasn't to bad. I workout at the gym in the hospital (thank you IHC for saving me $40 a month on a gym membership). The guy on the tread mill next to me helped keep me motivated even though he didn't know it. Its harded to give up when someone is watching you.

Weight loss journal

At first I started a little writing journal and found that it just takes to long. I get tired of writing before I get done writing what I want to remember. So why not start another blog. Besides it will keep me honest. The more people in this world who know about my weight loss plans the less likely I am to fail. Right?!!

So I originally started this adventure taking HCG drops. The way it works is it targets your hypothalimus. Most women lose about 20 lbs in a 30-40 day time period. It is a strict diet and it was hard but so worth it. For someone like me I need a jump start. It also helped me learn portion control and a healthy way of eating. I lost 25 pounds using HCG and am very, very glad I did so.

Now I am continuing my weight loss doing weight watchers and working out. I have started this phase at 237 pounds. I have a lot to go but I can do it and am excited about living this new life style. It is funny to me how I no longer crave sweets. Birthday parties and chocolate factory trips don't bother me. Ya, would it taste good. For sure! But is it worth it? No! Don't get me wrong. I will certainly enjoy pure sugar fix every now an then but not very often.