Weigh In!

Just a quick post to follow up on this weekend's weigh in! It wasn't exactly where I wanted, but I will take it for sure! I had a night at work that I worked all night until about 5 in the morning, got an hour of sleep, then got up for the day. Those days... I don't eat so well. So last weigh in was 267, and this weekend I weighed in at 263.6! Woohoo! 39 lbs total! Here are a couple pics.

Hoping to get into the 250s this week! Wish me luck! We will be going camping on Thursday until Saturday morning, so I will probably do weigh in the following morning to be consistent with time, we will see how early we get back! :)

Biking!

As promised- biking today! I was so excited and nervous about the ride and if I would be able to complete the feat or if it would be something I would have to ask for help and couldn't do, I didn't get much sleep last night!

My friend Stacey picked me up about 8 this morning and we set out to the route we had been informed was the 10 mile route for the event Spinderella. Spinderella is a bike event held in June and I wanted to see if I should sign up for the 10 or 22 mile.

It started out HARD! I was SLOW and my thighs BURNED SO BAD from the beginning. I was wondering what I was getting myself into if I barely got a block and I was feeling it already. Stacey told me to pull over and let me know my rear tire was low. I wasn't so sure if it was low or I was just a bit chubby and it made it look low :). We took our before picture-

We kept going, but I was starting to hurt pretty bad and was sure we had MAYBE only done about a mile. Girl got my back and said we should pull into a gas station that was on the way. Lucky us- Free Air. I filled my tire and GOODNESS- WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!!! I felt so light and easier! 

We stopped a couple time for water and the view was wonderful. Here is our middle picture-

This is right before what I felt would be the hardest part of our journey. I had been warned about some specific hills and thought the last half would be a lot harder because of the hills. Can I tell you how exhilarating and great it feels when you push through something hard? I think every time I do a work out, there is the point I want to quit. This point I don't think I have anything left in me and I am DONE. Then if I just keep pushing, you get a RUSH of endorphins and it becomes easier and better and such a satisfying feel good feel!

The second half of our ride was my favorite by far. Speed, rush and yes... the hills weren't even bad! One point I got to the top of the hill and yelled up at Stacey- I DID IT! There was an older gentleman jogging and I was informed he chuckled at my excitement. Things are so much better when you have someone else to help push you through, and encourage, and share in your joy of getting your chubby but up a hill on a bike. :)

Excited to do it again soon! Here is our finished pic- 5 and 5 make ten today! Yup! We both did the ten miles and it felt GREAT!

So my FitBit doesn't track steps when I'm riding a bike and I was so lifted I decided to go for a walk/jog too! I got in another five miles and finished my steps. Nailing it today! I'm still under on my calories, and doing good! I took a little nap this afternoon and woke up a little stiff! Cross your fingers I can MOVE the next couple days! Hurts so good!

Are you all doing positive things for you??

Let's Play Catch!

So friends, I decided that this not in real time posting is not working for me! I've found that I am not caring as much and thinking my weigh ins don't matter right now! Darn it! In other words- I'm in a funk and it's time to mix it up! So that being said- This post is going to catch us up to current day. I will weigh in again in one week and kinda start over. I'll be honest- this funk has lasted at least a month! Yikes! So here you have it- all of my weigh ins with pics that I have up to current day! Hoping this real time will add some much needed pressure and once a week weigh ins so I can start making larger leaps again!

3rd Weigh In:
12/19/14 Weight: 283.8

This week was a MAJOR heart break. I actually cried after weighing in. It did not feel good. I stayed under calories by a LARGE amount and exercised MORE than committed and lost WAY LESS than expected. Just goes to show, sometimes over doing is harmful to your body. 

4th Weigh In:

1/2/15 Weight: 276

Notice my new bracelet? I got a fit bit for Christmas! It is great! Love it!

5th Weigh In:

Weight 272.4

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Seems like I have a good one then a not so good one, right? I have a hard time adjusting to not using food as a method of relieving stress, and I have a lot of stress at times! Darn it! Working on it! What do you do as a healthy way to relieve stress?

6th Weigh In:

Weight 265.8 

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Sometimes what seems slow is actually huge leaps! Can you believe I'm SO CLOSE to a 40lb loss!

7th Weigh In:

2/13/15

Weight 265

I feel like I'm starting to see some changes! This is really when the struggle started for me though. Notice it is not even a whole pound loss in the two weeks. Then my next one two weeks later was actually a two pound GAIN. That brings us up to date. I was due for a weigh in today and I don't feel like I've done great. I don't want to be putting myself in the dumps about bad decisions, but look forward to good ones- so I did not weigh today. I will next week and post then.

Back to the changes- I thought my back was quite a difference from the beginning to now. First pic is first day at 302 and second at 265. What do you think?

Little less of the flab and a little more definition on the back of my neck/shoulders, right? Or is this in my head?

I'm super excited to post things as I do them and share them when they happen and keep it fresh! I will add in a few things from the past I didn't get the chance to post that I wanted, but here's to keeping up to date!

Tomorrow I am going on a TEN MILE bike ride! This is my first long ride! Can't wait to share pictures and how THAT goes! Cross your fingers for me!