One week back at it...

It's been a week since I threw my hands in the air an said I'm done. It's been a really good week! I've stayed on track and got y 5 workouts in!!! Can't wait till the Allen Eagle Run March 2 to see how my time has improved. Looking to beat 38 minutes. Keeping the pedal to the medal and working for the prize!!!

Stop Challenge Choose

Here I am once again restarting things...I won't promise to get better at posting, but hope to try and stay accountable to myself. I'm tired of restarting things in life and just half trying to accomplish things I want. It's time...and it's time to quit having this conversation and post. Today is day 2 of being back on program. We have two fun trips planned in the next couple months and I have big expectations for myself. Both in loosing weight and sticking to the plan through those trips. It's time to focus on me...not to be selfish but to get health for the next stage in life. We are still trying and hoping to have children, but we have also felt led to do more for children in need...so we have decided to become foster parents.

One saying we have in our program is to Stop, Challenge, and Choose. This applies in more than being tempted by a food choice not on plan, but in all things.

We are excited and also nervous about this next stage in our lives. Here we go!!!

The Complex Simplicities of Life: Week 16--down another 1.4

The Complex Simplicities of Life: Week 16--down another 1.4: I have forgotten to update in a few weeks! It's been busy around here! School is in full session so I'm tired when I come home from work...a...

Week 16--down another 1.4

I have forgotten to update in a few weeks! It's been busy around here! School is in full session so I'm tired when I come home from work...and in a week I will be running a 5k so I've been trying to run as much as I can! Weight loss has slowed a little, but that is to be expected 16 weeks in and I added more exercise. I am loosing the inches (4 total this week--1 from my waist!), so the weight is just shifting from fat to muscle :). So the weigh in today...I was down 1.4 and broke the 180s! Back into the 170s...can't believe I'm only 10 away from the 160s which has been about 10 years since I was there. It's going to be a journey, but I'm going to get there! Still have my eye on the prize of a tattoo at 150 and many shopping sprees in between (my clothes aren't fitting!!)!

The big non-scale victory (we call it NSV alot) this week was fitting into a couple of my favorite jean skirts. I love the feeling of getting into clothes I once loves and them fitting (some are even a little big!). I can't believe I'm saying I love wearing skirts again...it's been a while!

Week 14 Weigh In

It's weigh in day!!! I am happy to report I am down 2.6 from last week!! That's a total of 24.4lbs since June 1. That puts me 11.8 away from my goal for the end of the month and 31.8 from my tattoo goal. I also calculated the inches lost in the last two weeks and that was 3.75 inches! Woot! It just shows if you make the decision to get healthy, follow our easy plan, and don't cheat (!) the pounds will just melt away. Attached is my beginning June picture and the now--after 3 months! Can't wait for the next picture (hopefully monthly now)!

Where has the time gone?

Wow...where has the time gone? My last post was almost two months ago! I totally got off track from posting on here weekly. Hopefully I can make the commitment to myself to come back weekly. So where am I...well I'm down 21.8 lbs since June 1st. I was hoping to be further along, but you can see I had some weeks where I didn't make the best decisions. I'm back on track and have a goal in sight. My friend and I decided to set a weight loss goal and go get the tattoos we have been thinking about getting! If I stay on track that will be right about the holidays!!! This coming new year I will have a brand new healthy ME!!!! So excited for the weeks to come. Lots of things on my plate and busy weekends, but I WILL prevail!!! Stay tuned for more update (if I remember to get back on here!).

Minus Monday---Week 5

I know what you are thinking..."It's Monday! You usually weigh in on Friday?!" Well I did weigh in on Friday, just forgot to post. I didn't have a very on track week, even though I prepared myself and ate healthy things I did have too much veggies...and did sneak a cookie or two at nanas :/. I weighed in at 0.8 up last week....that put my at 194.2. I was bummed at myself and realized getting below 190 for vacation was looking slim.....

Well, TJ left the scale out and I couldn't resist. I really wanted to get to 187 by the time we leave on Friday. In the last 3 days I have lost 3lbs! Luckily my body washed out the bad stuff I have eaten!!!! So here I sit at 191.2 now....thinking 187 might be realistic! I have stuck to plan, and low and behold IT WORKS! Duh Kendra!!!!!

I am also going to prove to myself this vacation that you can vacation and have fun and stick to your plan.....which means when I get home and weigh in I'm gunna loose weight on vacation! Who has heard of that?! HA!! This girl is gunna do it and conquer one of the times that usually gets me way of track. No excuses this time!

On a different note, I also finally conquered my fear for finishing week 5 of the couch to 5k running plan. Day 3 was a 20 minute straight run...no walks to break it up like every other day! I kept going back to week 4 telling myself I couldn't do it. Well Saturday I DID IT! I started a little slower but the last 5 minutes pushed it back up to where I had been running the 5 minute run! Woot! Starting week 6 today. Our first 5k will be at the end of September. I have 4 more training week so I think I will be ready to run the whole thing!

If you ever want to know more about my program shoot me an email or message me on facebook! :) The program is really easy, just like anything else in life you have to be ready to commit to yourself and follow through the plan. I would love to guide you along your weight loss journey as I travel through mine!