WonderWoman

I stepped on the scale this morning and it said 148.5!  I’m in the 140’s officially!

I’m so close to my goal weight. There is no way I was feeling this good at this time last year.  Let me think back…………(thinking)………..No, I feel way better this year!

Have a great day everyone and stay on track the best you can!

I was watching a re-run of “Oprah, After the Show” today and caught a little piece of her talking about her biggest regret in life.  Someone asked her what it was and she said it was that she wasted most of her 30’s worrying about her weight.  She said her 30’s were a big blur to her.  She worried about food and diet and her size and all that during her 30’s.  She said so much time was wasted during that time.  She said if she had just tackled her weight once and for all she could have had her mind clear to do other good things in life.   And now that she has gotten a hold of that problem is the reason why she can now build the school in Africa and do other things that are important to her. 

I guess regardless of how much weight she has gained and lost over the years nothing could have stopped her from doing good and building schools and helping others.  But, even Oprah is human and weight can consume her life and hold her back just like the rest of us.   And because she tackled her weight issues was she able to clear her mind of that problem and focus on others and now alot of people can benefit from it. 

 I don’t want to waste the rest of my 30’s worrying about weight either.  Feeling down about it and not being able to do the things I want.  I hope to keep losing weight and then maintain it for the rest of my 30’s and beyond. 

I want to make this clear.  When I say I don’t want to worry about it anymore, I don’t mean quit working out and eating right.  Far from it.  I mean I don’t want to gain weight back and have to start all over again with the depressed moods, the over eating the constant struggles and all that because too many people close to me will feel the effects of that.  We can do lots of good no matter what size we are but Oprah showed me that someome with her money and power can still be stopped because of her weight.  As for me at least, being overweight and eating the wrong things affected my mood.  And not looking good made me not want to go places either.  I know that people say you have to love yourself no matter what but for me that wasn’t easy.  Sure I could buy new clothes and all that when I was bigger but I still saw the big person in the mirror wearing the big new clothes and how drepressed I would feel seeing the size of the clothes.   But,  now, I can say I really am loving me again.  I look at myself and see a healthier person and not a lazy person.  I look at myself and see a strong person and not someone who gives up.  When I started this weight loss stuff I didn’t really love myself but I was going to work on that by getting “right” with myself. 

Just wanted to share these thoughts.  Have a great day!

I had make-up on and was dressed to go out so I thought I would take a new picture.  I’m happy. 

   207 lbs    Jan 2007     

152 lbs  July 2007

The other day I went to the site www.realage.com and took the test to see what my “real age” was.  My actual age is 37 this month but the test told me I was 39.4.  This was somewhat good news because in January when I was at my heaviest  my “real age” was closer to 43-44.  I don’t mind being 40 when that time comes but I don’t want to be that now.  When the site finally gives you your results, it also gives you a plan you can follow or recommendations on what to do to make it lower.  And one of the big things I’m lacking is strength training.  I started messing with the site and found that if I just added weight training 5 days a week for 15 minutes a day, I would be my current age again.  The interesting part to me was that when I was fooling with the numbers, I noticed that even if I lost 8 more pounds to make my goal weight, it barely made a dent in my “real age” number.  I guess being thinner is great but not everything.  But, weight training would make a huge dent.  Plus, not to mention all the other recommendations it gave me like adding a multi-vitamin and cutting out more red meats and adding fish, etc.

So I’m setting some new goals for myself.  I went out and bought a vitamin pack and will start those on Saturday.  I will be starting a weight training session come Monday.  I am going to follow all the recommendations that site gave me.  It said to do it for 90 days and then re-take the test then and that’s what I intend to do.  Now I know that the site is just a site and it’s not completely accurate and it asks you questions about your social life and personal life and all that.  But, it does ask alot about medical, health and food too and it’s true there are things that I am lacking. 

Since I won’t be leading a team anymore, starting Monday I’m doing my own fitness challenge.  A personal challenge for 90 days.  I want to implement these new recommendations, log the things I’m doing and see what kind of changes happen to me and to my “real age” number.  I’m going to give it my best effort.  Whether the site is accurate or not, I can’t lose by making these changes anyway. 

Hope you all have a great weekend!

.

The results are in!   I took the “Real Age Test”.  Boy that was alot of questions.  Anyway, I took it at my current status and it said my real age is 39.7 but my actual age is 37 this month.  So, it was kinda high to me.  But, then I went back and made some changes to the test to see what I was back in January when I was 207 pounds.  And my results showed me at 43.7.

So.

Back in January I was 207 lbs.  Actual age was 36.   ”Real Age” was 43.5 for about 7 year  difference.

Now 5 months later I weigh 153lbs and my actual age is 37 but my “Real Age” is 39.7.  So almost but not quite 3 year difference.  

I think that’s not too shabby.  And I’m still losing weight so maybe I can make even better.  Anyway, just wanted to share that.

I went to my husband’s family cook out and I hadn’t seen the majority of them since I threw a party last New Years Eve.  So, now I’m 52 pounds thinner and I kept hearing how great and thinner I was looking.  They told it directly at me and they said it behind my back too because I could hear the comments.  I was happy.  My mother in law rarely comments on my weight (although she is very nice) and all she could muster was “You are still going to lose more?”  She said it in a way that meant like I should stop now.  Which I take as a compliment because I think she secretly doesn’t want me to keep losing (for whatever reason).  I felt great!  I kept it healthy all day.  Was there temptations?  You bet!  But, I am almost at my goal and no fatty brisket  was going to stop me from getting there.  I saw an Oprah show on Tuesday and Bob Greene was on and he said something that I totally believe in with all my heart.  “If you want to lose weight, you’ll do the work.”  And, it’s so true.  It’s not “If you want to lose weight, you’ll do everything but workout” or “If you want to lose weight, you’ll do the work except for holidays and most weekends and when I’m having an awful week.”  It should be you’ll do the work the majority of the time and that includes workouts and eating right.  At least, that’s why I believe because I have found success with  that belief.  Oprah also agreed with Bob Greene.  She said she used to say “I’ll do anything to lose weight” but she said at that time it wasn’t true because she wasn’t willing to workout consistently or make it a priority.  And then when she did, her weight began to drop.  I am so proud of myself that I started back in January and that I made it my priority.  The hard work is paying off.   This ex-couch potato is now running 4 miles!  I really owe it to God for making things right for me to start moving.  He put certain things in place, and it was up to me to take advantage of those things and get my act together.  I now hope He continues to let me get to my goal and beyond and that He helps me to maintain. 

 I hope you all had a great 4th of July!

.