Teaching again...

So we just started aerobics at the church this week.

Good Times!

I will be teaching every other week, at least for a while.

Maybe this will help me to FINALLY get my booty into gear and shed these last few pounds.

What do you think?

Still doing good, just nothing exciting. Hope you are all eating well, playing hard and feeling good!

I'm ready to be done with this...

I have gone off the deep end today. I hit a plateau a few (FIVE) days ago and just keep dropping .2 lbs a day or nothing at all. It's very frustrating on a diet where you don't eat anything. Not that I'm hungry, because I'm not, but I'd like the option of eating a cookie if I felt like it and not being paralyzed by the fear of weight gain in the morning. Sigh.

I think that part of the problem is my period. Hcg is a pregnancy hormone which means this diet essentially tricks your body into believing it's pregnant. Hard to do when you're on your period, so what's supposed to happen is you stop taking the drops for your couple heaviest days but keep eating the diet and just add the drops back in afterwards.

Fine, I can do that. But today...oh today I had a cupcake. And two mini snickers. And a handful of sugar cereal. And things for dinner that were NOT on my diet. And chips and salsa. And a plain cake donut to top it all off.

I have a feeling the scale is going to change tomorrow, just not in the direction I want it to go lol.

Hcg Update

I've been taking the hcg drops for 7 days...the first two days are supposed to be used to "load" by eating lots of high fat/high calorie foods. Yeah, i didn't do that very well because Joe left and I had a cold and my appetite was nil. At any rate I've only been on the 500 calorie diet for five days and I've lost....drumroll please....

8 pounds exactly.

Not too shabby...I'm just doing the short course which means that I'll be on the drops for 23 days...and off by the time Joe comes home. So wish me luck!

127 this morning!! We are eating so well. I am exercising at least 4 times a week. It's a lifestyle change and I can't believe we haven't done it sooner. We are loving it! Let's hope it stays this way!
Happy Easter weekend...don't overdo it :)

hcg again

Hello everybody...

Joe is leaving today and I am going back on the hcg drops again. I'm waiting until he wakes up to weigh myself but the other day I was at 152.4 so I'm hoping I'm not too far off that mark to start. I will try to keep you all updated as to my progress, since I'm sure you're dying to know how it goes. I haven't slept all night, which sucks but is pretty normal with Joe's impending departure...Anyhoo, have a great day :)

One hundred twenty nine.

YES. I finally broke the barrier of 130! I could not be happier!! :):):):):):)

Still closing in....

So this week has not been good so far (we are all pretty sick) but let me report on the past few weeks.

5-6 days of exercise....moderate eating....good results.

I actually saw 151 on the scale the other day.  SUCH GOOD NEWS!  It IS possible.  It did disappear, however, as I am now bloating and filling up for my monthly splurge known as "Aunt Flo". 

I'll wait out her visit and get back to the scale. 

I feel really good though.  I'm down to just one feeding a day with the baby and the boobs are almost obsolete.  But...there really are worse things in life. 

I have a healthy strong body and I'm thankful for it.

I HATE plataeus.

I didn't drop of the earth

I just don't have much to say on here lately. Mostly because I am not losing weight. I'm working out at least 3 times a week. This week I went to step class twice and did my own thing twice. Starting this week, I'm not eating sugar/treats with a couple of friends. We are trying to cleanse/purge/rehabilitate ourselves. So far so good. Although I did dream of cookies and Cadbury Mini-eggs. How could I start a sugar fast right before the ONLY time of year when they sell my FAVORITE candy?!
Also, I still owe Chari $10. I never remember to send it when I have $10. I only remember after I've paid my bills and feel like AAAHHHHH WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF MONEY BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF MONTH!!!! I hate student loans btw. Sorry Chari. Someday you will receive a mysterious $10 and wonder "WTH? Oh well, 10 bucks is 10 bucks." Maybe. Or maybe you will die loathing my lack of follow through on social committments.
So, that's where I've been. I tried to weigh myself today but the only scale at the gym I was out is by the trainer's desk. Uh, no thank you! I'll do it next week when I'm at my regular gym. That scale is in the locker room.

In conclusion I leave you with a blog post I came across a couple of days ago that spoke to me -- particularly the last big paragraph. Happy reading!