Day 16 - 100 Miles in August - WHAT?

That's right, I said it. 100 miles in August.

But what does it MEAN?

Oh...well, hang on, I'll tell you.

My new friend (let's call her Anna) has given us all a challenge for August. Walk 100 miles over the course of the entire month. She writes - in her nifty blog - that this challenge was inspired by another loser (and by that, I mean WINNER) and she thought, "hey, let's DO this". <-- paraphrasing there, but you get it, right?

ANYway...

You can read right here for all the "rules 'n' stuff and then hop back over so we can talk about this 100 miles thingy.

Because I'm totally doing it - and you should too.

100 miles in August. 100 miles in 31 days. That's (exactly) 3.2258065 miles per day. Exactly. You may  round up or down, you may do 4 miles one day and 3 miles the next...or 7 miles (like that AWESOME and glittery loser, Anna) at a time and get ahead of the game.

However you do it, you CAN do it.

Let's break it down:

100 Miles

31 days

4+ weeks

...hmmm...can you walk/jog/run/swim/bike/treadmill/elliptical 100 miles in August?

It's only 25 miles a week.

AND you have an extra 3 days (going by weeks, here) on top of that.

Easy Peasy!

One thing I do recommend is running (...er walking, jogging, swimming, biking...) out and getting yourself a nifty lil pedometer to keep track of your miles. I'm going to pick a new one up (the old one is toast = sad face) tomorrow and can't wait to begin stepping my way toward healthy with Anna's challenge.

Oh, I did start today. It's the FIRST, isn't it?

But unless I'm at the gym I can't track it ALL properly. And since today is my weights/circuit day - which includes moving boxes, flights of stairs, and furniture, I won't be able to know exactly how many miles to mark.

Unless, of course, I do make it to the gym later for a stroll (usually 3+ miles) on the treadmill. But I'm being honest, the above workout is going to take me 3-4 hours and will burn more than 1000 calories so I don't see gym time in my day, today.

OMG, I'm rambling.

Who knew NOT weighing in would have me going on and on and ON.

Hey, I heard that snicker - HA. HA. You already know this on and on and ON thing about me.

No apologies. It's what I do.

Now let's all get moving.

Till next time!

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100 Miles Challenge Update: 


Sandi: Today - 2 miles (guesstimating all the stairs etc.)


Anna: Today - 6.5 miles, Month - 11.7 miles


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(If you would like me to keep track of your miles here, let me know. I simply stole Anna's stats right from her blog - which, you will note, I linked three times here. GO READ IT, I said.)

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And here's some funky Punky, just because 

sharing a picture each day makes me happy!

Mah BB with her new blue cast!

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Week Two - Whew, What a WEEK!

Today marks the first day of week 3 and boy oh BOY am I glad to see week 2 outta here.

Let's Recap:

Day Eight: 292.6 - WOW, I was down 13.8 pounds and feelin' FINE

Day Nine:  291.6 - Another pound down, crimany, I'm on fire.

Day 10: 291.8 - Uh, oh, I gained; two WHOLE ounces

Day 11: 291.6 - Whew, I lost those pesky lil ounces

Day 12: 292.2 - WHAT?? Oh, yah, I slipped. My very costly drink.

Day 13: 293.4 - Hmmm, APPARENTLY I'm payin' interest on it.

Day 14: 293.4 - Whew, didn't gain. Could I be paid in full?

Day 15: 291.6 - Oh look, we've seen THIS number a time or three.

So Yah...

This WHOLE week I lost a total of one pound. I am down 14.8 pounds in 14 days. Pretty impressive numbers unless you actually look at the two weeks - together and separately.

First week?

ROCKED it. In fact, I went WAY beyond what I expected. Given my size, I wasn't too concerned about the large drop. When you factor in water weight and getting back into the gym, plus the diet (food) change, it was inevitable that I lose a large number.

Second week?

Oh, pfft. I thought it was going to be THAT (first week) easy ALWAYS? As if! I slipped (more than once), I lied to myself a couple times, and I generally wasn't holding myself accountable in the ways I did the first week.

And it showed.

Now, lest you think I'm bummed about one pound down? I'm not. Experts (crazy people we call "they") say 1-2 pounds lost per week is healthy and acceptable.

Okay, fine.

But I can't do to myself what I did this past week.

I NEED to stay focused as in week one! This, my friends, is my goal this week.

Remaining accountable, moment by moment, all through the week.

That said, I'm done weighing in daily. At least for this week. With my Magpie home, it's too much to try an weigh in, make a healthy breakfast, do gym time before anyone else is up, blah, blah, blah.

It's better in the head too (or so THEY say). We'll just see how the week progresses.

I will weigh in on Saturday for Barb's numbers. And again next Tuesday for my own lil sched. This actually will give me time to write about OTHER stuff daily. Tips, tricks, and whatever else is a'runnin' through this 'ol head.

And I've got LOTS to say.

Till next time!

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Starting Weight: 306.4

Goal Weight: 150

Today's Weight: 291.6

Total Lost to Date: 14.8

© 2012 Dear Diary, I'm Fat...Now What?

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Day 14 - OMG, I Didn't Gain - WooHOO!

Yes...

...er, it's more like YESSSSSSS!!!

I didn't gain.

And darn well I shouldn't. I was a very good girl yesterday. I believe the ONLY reason that I didn't lose anything was because we were up late picking my darling daughter up from the airport and I'm up early now, working on getting this day started.

The last day of my first two weeks of the rest of my life.

YAY!

I consider this a win and that said, it's going in (said) win column!

Let's go back to sleep...

ZZZZZZ zzzzz ZZZZZ...

Oooops, I mean, let's talk about it for a minute!

Sleep - getting enough of it - is so very important for your weight loss success. I even wrote about it once; let me dig that one out...

3 Best Tips (4 - 5 - 6) for Your Weight Loss Success

(as you can see, I've been to this rodeo more than once or twice)

Anyway, sleep is important. You know that. I know, too, that we can't always get as many zzz's as we'd like. Just try aiming for 6-8 hours of restful sleep per night and you will absolutely aid your weight loss process - as well as a whole bunch of other good things (go click that link, I said).

Ahhh, sleep.

Well, Punky IS home, so I will be missing sleep, haha...a tad bit. But since she is so very supportive of mommy, I'm sure she'll understand if I snooze a bit longer in the mornings.

Heck, that lil stinker is still passed out and here I thought she'd be UP and rarin' to go.

Darn jet-lag.

Either way, I'm up and must get moving on the day. Hope it's a GREAT one for everyone! Don't forget to make it count!

Till next time!

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Starting Weight: 306.4

Goal Weight: 150

Today's Weight: 293.4

Total Lost to Date: 13

© 2012 Dear Diary, I'm Fat...Now What?

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OMG (and by that, I mean Oh MY Goodness - yes, someone on YouTube accused me of taking the Lord's name in vain, once. Not that I haven't - forgive me - in other ways; just clarifying my OMG)...

ANYway, I almost forgot to SHOUT it OUT to all my lurky loos. My diary hit 300 views yesterday and HOW darn awesome is THAT? 

Nosy Nillys, reading my diary...what is WRONG with you? 

Thanks for the love. I do hope someone out there SOMEwhere is enjoying my crazy and getting some help along the way. Cheers!

Day 13 - It's All About Control

As I made my way through my routine(s) this morning, I couldn't help but think about control.

The lyrics to an old Janet Jackson song kept playing in my head...

Control
(Never going to stop)
Control
(To get what I want)

some old school Janet for ya...

...and I knew, as I hummed my way downstairs and toward the scale, that this past week has been all about me NOT having control.

Control of what I say but MORE SO control of what I do.

I still have 2 whole days before marking the end of week 2 and I have been completely out of control this week.

Looking back on it, I realize that for most, it might not seem SO bad...a slip up here, not weighing this there (on the food scale), etc., etc.

But for me (and with my track record) I know this has been, in the past, the beginning of the end.

Another fail.

Cheesits, People. We are ONLY (not even) 2 weeks IN.

I've got to get my C R A P together.

This was made ever more evident as I clicked my daily weigh in pic.

I had gained. Again.

293.4 this morning.

Now, LOGICALLY speaking, I am still 13 pounds down total. GREAT number, right?

Of course.

However, I know me. And I know my head (crazy 'ol noggin THAT is). I teetered this week and I need to put the brakes on the bus RIGHT freakin' now.

Because I will not go back down the path of least resistance. I will continue to step outside my comfort zone and I AM getting healthy.

Control
(Now I've got a lot)
Control
(To get what I want)

I know there are a plethora of things I cannot control.

I also know that my life, my actions, my head and heart, my body...I control.

I'm in control - Day 13 - Let the games begin...

Till next time!

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Starting Weight: 306.4

Goal Weight: 150

Today's Weight: 293.4

Total Lost to Date: 13

© 2012 Dear Diary, I'm Fat...Now What?

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Control (Janet Jackson) lyrics courtesy of MetroLyrics

Day 12 - Uh, Oh...the Scale is Moving the WRONG Way!

Yep, everyone was so EXCITED about my 15 pound weight loss last week.

Well, I was, certainly...can't speak for anyone else.

But this week is not going well in terms of which direction that darn ol' scale is moving.

Maybe it's (this inanimate object that operates only by my stepping upon it) MAD at me?

I was kind of mean in my (hate the scale) post yesterday...

Hmmm...

Or MAYBE my body is simply catching up to the large loss and repositioning itself accordingly.

Yep. We're going with that.

Either way, I'm at 292.2 this morning, which means a 14.2 pound loss in 11 days. I'm still way ahead of target for my goals so I really shouldn't be annoyed.

OF COURSE I'm annoyed. I don't want to move UP. I want to move DOWN.

I want...

I want...

I want...

...exactly what got me HERE in the first place.

I want another drink...

I want a candy bar...

I want pizza...

So, what DO we DO now?

Stay FOCUSED. Today's a new day and I'm going to LIVE it the way I've been the last 11 - with true intentions for my life-long weight loss success.

I didn't do a darn thing yesterday to derail, in fact I worked my butt off cleaning which should have...awww, heck...no sense whining about it and I will not hunch my shoulders to the past.

No time for worrying about what I could have done, I did my best and that's all I can do.

Today - I will keep on keepin' on...

Time for breakfast and then on to the day.

Till next time!

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Starting Weight: 306.4

Goal Weight: 150

Today's Weight: 292.2

Total Lost to Date: 14.2

© 2012 Dear Diary, I'm Fat...Now What?

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Day 11 - Two Things I H**e About My Scale

Okay, firstly, I do not like the word hate.

I even wrote something about it once...

5 Things I Hate about You (Baaahahahahaaa, sometimes I forget how much I love to write)

...of course then I had to counter that with...

5 Things I Love about You (which, AWEsomely enough, is still going strong today, YAY)

But today...

I have to talk about the two things that I so intensely dislike about my scale.

Drum roll, please...

#1? 

Why, no matter how many times I reconfigure you, do you insist on displaying the wrong day?!!! It's not tomorrow, it's today. And I just wish you'd not be so stubborn because it makes me feel like I'm tricking myself, or you (dear scale), or the people who see my daily weigh ins. At the least, it's confusing and I just plain don't like it - A LOT!

and...

#2?

You insist on being stubborn about the time too. It's not 5:08 a.m., its more like 6:30 a.m. - or whatever time it is that I deem you worthy to be stepped upon by me. The point is, your timing is off and that's an aggravation too.

Now...

Being the Type A (ish, hahahha) personality that I am...I KNOW that this has nothing to do with the scale and everything to do with the person attempting to reconfigure the scale.

However...

That never seems to matter when I step on (said) scale and the time and date are STILL wrong.

Ugh.

Please don't tell me that I can't control other people/places/things, only MY reaction to them/there/it. I KNOW that.

Hence this awesomely ridiculous and nonsensical post.

Oh, and about today's weigh in?

I did lose the .2 I gained yesterday.

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE my scale?

Till next time!

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Starting Weight: 306.4

Goal Weight: 150

Today's Weight: 291.6

Total Lost to Date: 14.8

© 2012 Dear Diary, I'm Fat...Now What?

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Day 10 - OMG, It Happened...One Little Drink!

Cue the scary music, hide the children, run for the hills.

Okay, geesh, it's not THAT scary.

But I gained.

Yep. I woke up this morning, nervous to hop on the scale, knowing that last night I had been a bit of a bad girl.

JUST a bit.

One more drink than I should have.

That's it. And that was all it took. I knew when I made that fateful decision that I was not making the best choice. And yet I did it anyway. I slipped.

It happens.

I'm here to tell you all that I am an addict.

Not exactly the kind of addict you would normally think of; but an addict nonetheless.

Addicted to food, addicted to bad habits, addicted to teetering on the edge and allowing myself to fall over.

And last night I fell over.

Oh, I didn't go CRAZY (as I already mentioned). But I did do something I shouldn't have.

And I'm not TRYING to make a big deal about this but it IS something of concern.

In order to make life changes, 

one must be dedicated to believing

 that change is GOOD. 

I've spent the last nine days believing that.

Now...

I could just shake it off and move on - in fact, I will MOST CERTAINLY do that.

But not without full disclosure; to myself and to anyone reading my diary.

In the past, when something like this (ridiculously small gain) has happened, it has derailed me in ways that have caused me to immediately consider failure - again - and gain back whatever I'd lost.

As this is my present, I am here to tell you that THAT is not going to happen.

Don't tell me it was one little drink or that it happens or that I'll do better next time. I know all that.

And I also know that going forward, I will not allow myself to be tempted again.

Yes, maybe it IS that serious. Now, you are going to look at this (ridiculously small gain) and quite possibly roll your eyes or shake your head.

But some of you, perhaps many of you, will understand that edge I'm talking about. And that as addicts (however that may be) we must stay away from the edge.

Knowing what I know about myself and all the times I've tried and failed before, I know the edge is the scariest place to be.

To that end, I've got my feet on solid ground and I AM moving forward. Not slipping, not giving in, not losing the motivation OR sight of what's important.

All THAT from one little drink.

Imagine that.

Till next time!

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Starting Weight: 306.4

Goal Weight: 150

Today's Weight: 291.8

Total Lost to Date: 14.6

© 2012 Dear Diary, I'm Fat...Now What?

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WAIT a minute, what the HECK? .2 gain and I'm getting all serious? Yep. Even though I stayed within my allotted calories for the day, it didn't matter, the combination of what I put in my mouth was wrong. And yes, that is most certainly SERIOUS! 

I am not just going to succeed this time; I am succeeding. One truthful moment at a time!