WonderWoman

Thanks to everyone who commented on my blog last night and this morning.  I did run last night and I got my 3 miles in.   It was hard but I pushed on through and did it.  Thank you thank you thank you.   There were lots of people who could relate or just tried to lift me up.  Thank you ladies!  I just think last night was kind of gloomy.  I noticed I wasn’t the only one struggling last night so maybe there was something in the weight loss air.   lol 

Thanks again ladies. 

Well here goes nothing.  I’m just going to write it out and hit publish and leave it at that.  About 2 months ago my husband lost his job.  We have savings and it’s been helping alot but I am so scared that he won’t find anything soon.  He’s been putting in applications and he has bites but no one has offered anything.  He’s made changes to his resume and all that.  It’s just getting really stressful.  I haven’t told people around me too much and that includes family because I cannot stand someone feeling sorry for me or the constant “has he found work yet?” being asked.  So I’m holding alot of things in until now.  I have really tried to stay upbeat and hopeful but there are times when I feel more depressed and uncertain of what’s going to happen. 

That brings me to now.  I had planned on going running today.  I’ve been drinking my water to get ready for it.  I’m still “hurting” from my b-day weekend but I really wanted to force myself to go and run today.  But then the hubby came home from two interviews and he said one told him he was overqualified and the other wanted someone who knew a certain kind of software (but they didn’t mention that in the ad) so both were a waste of time.  I was crushed.   I wanted to hear something positive but it wasn’t happening.  Now I just want to eat something major.  I don’t really consider myself an emotional eater but when something big happens I get this funny feeling to just chomp on something bad.  I don’t even want to go running now.  I’m like “why go running?  Why bother?  There are other things to worry about.  I’m just kidding myself that everything is fine when it’s not”.  I don’t know.  I’ll probably go but this is just weighing so heavy on my heart right now.  I feel like my spirit is breaking little by little.  I see it in my husband too.  We are still praying and I still have hope but today is just not my best day.  I just want to curl up and go to bed and hope everything is good when I wake up.  Thanks for listening.  Hey, at least I didn’t cry while I wrote this so that’s a good thing.

Hello buddies!  Good news for me today!  I lost 2 pounds and I have gotten my blue star back!  The one that means I have lost 50 pounds!  Ahhh, it feels good to be back.

So I did really well this week.  I worked out 6 days out of 7.  I did 3 days of running and 3 days of walking and all at 3 miles a piece.  I’m pretty stoked because I added in an extra day and usually Friday is the hardest. 

I’m feeling pretty good today.  I’m going to an outdoor concert tonight (celebrating my b-day).  So I’m going to get my hair done, put on my new outfit and it’s time to party!  I’m celebrating my b-day and my 50 pound mark!  Oh yeah, I’m bad, uh huh, i’m bad.  Oh yeah, oh yeah. (everyone raise arms and move them side to side with me!  Now say “She’s bad, she’s bad.  Oh yeah, oh yeah”)

Have a great day buddies!

It’s more of a statement to my TOM then it is a title. 

Yeah TOM, you didn’t hold me back this week.  I showed you whose boss on Monday, Tuesday and today.  So take off now.  Go on, git!

Fellow female Buddieslimmers, I don’t know about the rest of you but I get a sense of satisfaction when I complete a work out during my time of the month.  I feel heavier, slower and so moody during that time that I could easily skip my workouts.  But it feels so good to not let that part of me win.  Makes me feel strong.  Like my will is strong. 

Maybe I’m making too much of this feeling.  I don’t know.  It feels good anyway.  Just wanted to share.  Have a great evening!

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Hello Buddies!  Don’t let that last exclamation point you just saw fool you.  I’m a little slow moving today.  I think it’s because I feel a little bloated from it being that time of the month.  I’m on my third day so hopefully it’s on it’s way out soon.  This Saturday is my birthday and I’m turning 38 but I’m shooting on looking and feeling more like 34. 

This week has been good so far.  Walked 3 miles on Sun and Wed and ran 3 miles on Tuesday and I’ll run again tonight even though I feel like I’m one big water balloon.  I will do what I set out to do and that was to have a good week of doing all the right things.   Plain and simple.  If I’m lucky I’ll feel like 32 or 33 by Saturday.  And I just might drink like I’m 21! 

Have a great day all my buddies.  If any of you have already slipped up today, don’t throw in the towel.  Try and salvage the day and eat something a little healthy.  Don’t keep repeating the “I’ll start tomorrow”.  You are in it this very minute and you just slipped so there is no “starting over”.  When I was in my 20’s I used to that crap all the time and didn’t get anywhere.  Stay focused, stay on plan, be consistent and have faith in the process that doing all the right things will pay off. 

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Hello Buddies!  Well, last week went really well for me and I hope this week is a repeat.  It’s still more of the same of walking every other day and running on those other days.  Oh, and still log my food.  Hopefully I can make it through the week.  I say this because you know how it is when you start your plan and you might have all this spunk and you are ready to take on exercise and food and you are working out like you are trying out for Olympics or something?  But then the next week you get into another mood where you say to yourself “I don’t wanna do any of this sh-t.”  If any of you feel the same way as I do today then let’s just get through it.  It’s just Monday that’s all.   Let’s not read too much into negative feelings that we might have today and just chalk it up to Monday.  Tuesday is a different story but let’s discuss that when it gets here.

Have a great day today Buddies.  Try and do all the right things today.  Don’t put it off.  Just do it because you know it ususally works when you do all the right things.

Hello everyone out there in Buddyslim Land! 

Humor me for a minute and think of the American Express Commercial

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Walking 2 days this week at  3 miles per day = tired legs

Running 3 days this week at 3 miles per day = out of breath and tired legs

Hitting target calorie and fat gram goals 6 days this week = satisfaction

Scale showing a 7 pound loss this morning = PRICELESS

I know this number seems high but my first week on plan usually shows a good number.  Not to mention I hit my weight loss plan head on with the running and walking this week.

Have a great weekend Buddies!  Be loyal to your plan and it will pay you back!

Well, things are going good so far.  I ran 3 miles last night and ate really well.  I’m very happy with how I’m doing right now.  I’m logging in all my food and exercise still which I think is helping me big time and I recommend it to anyone.   But just like the music from the Jaws movie….Danna….danna…danta danta danta danta danna…..the weekend is around the corner.  Must stay focused.  Must be prepared.  I have goals and I worked hard all week so I can’t just throw it all away with junk.  It’s too early in the game to start making mistakes.

 The week is almost over ladies and gents!  Let’s show this fat whose boss!

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Hello everyone, I wanted to write a quick blog before I went off to a playdate.  My food since Sunday has been awesome.  It was a tad high on Monday for calories but most calories came from fruit so I’m ok with that.  Exercise has been great although my body doesn’t know it yet but we are running tonight.  I’ll break the news to it when we get to the track.

For those of us who weigh in on the weekends, let’s hold it together people.  We want to lose weight and we want it bad.  Put down the breakfast tacos that your eating while your reading this!  And you!  Stop!  Don’t open that third 100 calorie snack!  It defeats the purpose if you have more than one!  And you!  That’s right, you!  The nutritional value on that salad dressing is meant for a tablespoon and not half a bottle!  Let’s keep it  together people! 

Let’s all get in a huttle and put our hands in the middle and now follow my lead!  1,2,3 Buddyslim!  (raising hands high!)

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Hello everyone!  I hope all my buddies are doing fantastic!     So yesterday was my official start date for regular exercise and I ran three miles!  Yeah, I’m bad and I know it because I show it!  (flexing my muscles)  But the true story around that is it was long ass 3 miles.   And you know how when you are listening to your IPod and there is the silence between each song?  Well, I could here my breathing in between that and let me tell you, that breathing didn’t sound like a trained athlete that’s for sure.   I should have ran with an oxygen tank!  lol  Here I thought I was looking cool out there passing up people yet the sound of my breathing probably had the others cracking up!  

And the thing I hate about running outside this time of year is that there are always some kind of little bugs flying in the air.  Gnats maybe?  Whatever they are I think I accidentally ate 2 of them during my run and I can assure you they are not on my food plan.   Anyone know how many fat grams and calories in two pesky bugs?   I think one may be still in my throat.  (hack hack, cough, hack!)

Have a great day buddies and keep working hard.  We all deserve a hotter version of ourselves!  Oh yeah, and healthier one too! 

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Good Morning everyone!  Well, yesterday was a good start for me.  I’ve started to keep track of my food again to just see how I’m doing and yesterday went well.  My calorie total was 1331 and my fat frams were 29.4 which was right where I want to be.  But, I was a tad bit hungry last night which tells me I have been feeding my body so much junk lately that it really doesn’t care about minimum totals that I have set for it and wants way more than I gave it.  Which isn’t too good since I didn’t work out yesterday so I can’t blame it on the real need for energy or fuel but rather just the need for a big juicy hamburger. 

So real quick, last night I noticed my ankles  and calves area of my legs were kinda swollen.  Of course I notice now that whenever I find something wrong with me I automatically think it’s heart disease, cancer or some other kind of disease.  Cut on the finger?  Cancer.  Stiff joints?  Has to be heart disease.  Sore throat?  Malaria   And last night was no different.   So after looking up on the internet for what swollen legs could be I noticed that other symptoms like fatique, dizziness and headache meant all kinds of things too and I had some of that!   I think I even started making some symptoms up after awhile!   Well, my eye was twitching for a half a sec so it has to be Malaria.   It can’t possibly be I ate too much salt or anything.  Noooo.   Well, wish me luck kicking Malaria.  Maybe a little Aleve can cure it.  I have a bottle of that somewhere in a drawer.

Have a great week Buddyslimmers!

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Well, I got on the damn scale this morning and I saw the damage from all the months of neglecting my weight loss goals.  I knew what the number would be since it’s been holding pretty steady at 166 for some time.  Now I know there will be some people who might read this and say “166 isn’t so bad, quit your whining!”  Well, I used to be 207 and I don’t want to  go back to that number.  I was quite a lazy bone then and unhealthy one too.  That number didn’t have any flattering clothes for me either!  Too big for the cute things and not big enough for “Woman’s World” section.  I love that term “Woman World”  because when I was growing up that meant the bigger older lady section and my mom used to stay far far away from that section and squeezed herself into the misses sizes.  Sometimes the Juniors section too!  Yikes!  Ahhh, like mother like daughter.   And the “Woman’s World” section isn’t always the most flattering either.  I’ve always wondered why they had to make bigger women’s clothing so bright and gaudy.  I know if I shopped at the better stores they probably wouldn’t be so gaudy but I think for the most part stores have to make bigger women’s clothing very very bright or with lots and lots of patterns on it.  Like it’s a rule or something.  And then they have to add chains to the clothes too so it makes noise when you walk!    So at 207 I was in this clothing limbo.  Anyway, it looks like I got off subject a bit. 

Bottom line is the scale showed the number and I am none to happy.  At least when I joined Buddyslim at 207 it seemed somewhat bleak back then since I had a long long way to my goal weight.  This time around it’s not so bleak since I’m not that 207 anymore.  It’s more of putting the breaks on, hearing the screech and making a u-turn in the right direction.  Hopefully my GPS is working!  LOL to those of you who thought that was funny.  :)   Talk to the hand for those of you who didn’t. 

Have a great week buddies!  Stay the course!

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Well, it’s time to get serious again about my weight-loss.  Yes again.   I did so well losing 60 pounds last year at about this time that I celebrated and gained about 20 back!  lol   Well, at least I can be proud of the fact that I didn’t gain it all back and there were moments in between last year and this year that I would lose some weight and stay on track for periods of time so it’s not like I just stopped all together.  This year was supposed to be my year.  The Year of Jeanette!  And in a sense I did make that happen.  I put myself out there and met a whole bunch of new people and hosted some parties and started doing girlie things again and going out for girl nights.  But with that came drinking and eating.   I still kept some of my good habits like eating a healthy breakfast for instance.  But in the last couple of days I started screwing that little habit up.  Some stresses have come my way and real eggs and white bread with sausage were starting to sound oh so yummy!  White bread…..like eating a soft cloud…..ahhhh.  Anyway, I even joined a “Biggest Loser” contest in a mommies group I’m in and I’m not even doing that so well.  I lost my drive but I’m not out of the car yet. (I know, lame)

I turn 38 in another couple of weeks and I want to bring it in a little bit lighter. 

I do have some stresses in my life right now but I have come to the conclusion that I can either break down and shut down or I can handle them with grace.  Oh, it’s nothing that is going to destroy me and it’s nothing so awful that I can’t cope.  I am very blessed.  I just can’t let the stresses get in the way of taking care of me.   Heck, I have a daughter now and I have to be a good roll model in the way I take care of me and how I take care of business.

Sunday will be my start date.  I’ll change my weight ticker then.   I have to get the house cleaned and rid of all junk and bring in the good stuff.  Bring in the big guns of healthy living!  That’s the task at hand for the weekend.  

Thanks for reading!  Have a good one!

P.S.  Thanks to everyone who still sent me messages and booster notes while I was MIA on Buddyslim.  What a cool thing to see when you open up your account and still see people remembering you and thinking of you and let me tell you there was alot.  You made me feel awesome!