Finish strong

I am trying my best to finish this contest strong. Monday, Tuesday and Today I have worked out at least 2 hours each day burning at least 1400 cals each day. That is the most I have burned ever. I am happy the nice weather is back and I can ride my bike again. I am going to miss weighing in each week. It will be very interesting to find out how everyone does once the contest is over. Without the pressure of everyone knowing how much you lose each week.

Worry

Weigh in tonight. I really wanted 4-5 lbs this week but, I do not think I reached it. Very frustrating.

Wooo Hooo!!

I lost 3.8 lbs at the last weigh in. That is the highest amount I have posted in one week and it gets me over the 10 lbs lost hump. Not many weeks left but, hopefully I will keep up the great weigh ins. I would still love to lose over 20 lbs during this competition.

Ouch!!!!

Saturday morning I was in group power class. We were working on our back and legs. I had about 70 lbs on the bar, I went down for my first squat and OUCH!! I did something to my lower back. This morning it was really stiff and sore. I am hoping it gets better soon so I can get back info my strenght training.

Bike Ride

Tonight I went for a bike ride. It has been 18 years since I rode a petal bike for any significant amount of time. My trip lasted for 30 minutes and I went 4 miles. I hope to get up to doing 1 hour rides.

MMA fighters

Tonight I had the honor of working out with some of the best MMA fighters in the state of Wisconsin. They were very supportive and gave us lots of fun tips on nutrition. I loved tonight's workout so much that I am going again tomorrow.

sick

I am sick with a nasty cold. I have not been able to go to the gym but, I also have no appitite. Hopefully the two will even out and I will not gain weight this week. I just want to be better and get back to my regular routine. I have to be at 100% for March 10th. I am super pumped for the workout on Wednesday.

New jeans

I have come to the conclusion that it is time to buy new and smaller jeans. Either that or get a belt. I am loving it!

What to give up

Happy Ash Wednesday everyone. I am not Catholic but, I have decided to give up something for lent. I am giving up cheese. This is going to be super hard for me because I am a cheese-a-holic. It is my goal to not consume any slices of cheese, chesse curds, string cheese, shreaded cheese--NO CHEESE. I do have string cheese as a snack this afternoon....grrr I will have to gift it to a coworker. This is going to be even harder then group kick class.

Group Fitness

I was afraid of group classes at first but, now I am loving them. I could possibly go down 5lbs this week!

A new type of reward system

I have the issue of using food as a reward. When I was growing up our family did not have a lot of money so, going out to eat was always a huge treat and done to celebrate some type of event ( ex. birthdays, their anniversary, Mothers Day). Calories were also never thought about. I feel this is a huge reason I see rich, fatty, delicious foods as a reward. I am also an emotional eater. When I am sad or angry I reach for the dessert. Now I am trying to change my mindset. I need to realize when I am angry that reaching for that dessert does not hurt anyone but me. Also when a am celebrating an accomplishment I need to see that the rich food I may want will set me back in the long run. This is easy to realize now but, I can only pray to will remember this when the next "reward/emotional" situation arises.

2nd weigh in

Tonight is the 2nd weigh in and I am feeling good about it. Even if it is one pound again this week, it will be a pound in the right direction.

Ggggrrrrr

Ok so before this competition I lost 30 lbs over a four month period. Now that someone is waving money in my face my weight loss seems to be at a stand still. At the last weigh in I lost 1 pound. Then Doug asked me what I thought. I put on my happy face and acted excited. What I wanted to do was curl up in a ball and cry. What am I doing wrong! I went to the gym every night and burned at least 700 cals on the eliptical. Three out of the four days I also worked out with one of my Jillian Micheal workouts. I limited my food intake to 1200 cals a day. All of this hard work gets me 1 pound. Are you kidding me? If I am being punked now tell Ashton Kutcher to come on out before I drive myself crazy.

1st weigh in

So, I cannot hide my dissapointment in only losing 1 pound this week. Everyone who has talked to me is super supportive about it. They are here to remind me that I have been on the road to weight loss for 5 months now so, I am not going to be losing huge amounts this week. Slow and steady wins the race.

Four days down

Four days into the competition and everything is going good. I have been to the gym every day so far and have thrown in a couple of extra workouts at home with a video that really makes me work. I am hoping to be down at least 5 lbs this week and losing a total of at least 50lbs during the competition.