Week In Review

Wow what a week.  There has been "drama", joy, success and exhaustion.  These 2 weeks are just going to be a challenge, with admissions in high gear, needing to get the Farm Bureau stuff done to take next week off,   wedding prep, school starting, Kevin's Birthday and the first full week at the gym! 

This week I got to the gym 5 days in a row!!!  Yay, that makes me very happy.  Now the food front has been a bit disappointing, the afternoon eating gets me.  I am tired and eat, oh, not the healthy stuff, no the CRAP!!!!  Well, next week it is something to work on.

I am really going to log all my food in the Loseit! app... no matter the crap I eat, then I can see where I stumble and fall.  I already know where that is.  So with my (large) big girl panties on, I will be successful with food this next week!

This busy week coming does not mean that I should slack!  It means I need to FIGHT, and maybe take a nap or two!

On to start a action packed day!

Chubby Chick

Cute Clothes Here I Come!

There are always those people who look cute no matter the size of their bodies, they have STYLE!  My friend LeAnn is one of those.  And I love hanging out with her, cause she really rubs off.   She makes people want to be more stylish.  I am going to go get some cute work clothes for fall in the next month or so.  Whatever the size I can look put together and "age appropriate". 

 We used to work out every week day together.  Then our trainer quit (YES I still have abandonment issues!) and life took over.  She and another friend of ours is signing up for the Curves gym that I joined last week!  YAY  we will all get to do something healthy for ourselves, see each other and laugh.  THEN I can get smaller cute clothes! 

I miss the me time that I used to have a couple years ago.  Get up go workout, have fun, sip my protein latte and just get ready for the day.  Seems I have fallen back into the every one and everything is more important than my time alone.  I LOVE people and talking, but, I need time to just be with me.  I know it is selfish and I should not feel this way, however, I feel I am a better servant if I can get a good start to the day.

I am just feeling great about the choice to start at the new gym.  I want to start walking in the evening too.  Maybe it is the anticipation of Fall...my favorite season... I just am feeling Great.  Ok it is going to be 100 tomorrow, but, the mornings are cool and I know it is just around the corner!

Today is going to be a busy and very productive day.  I have 4 tours at school, clean up the school bathroom paint job, mow the lawn, weed the flower beds, baby sit Lexie, and then a skirt party.  Today IS going to be Great!

Off to enjoy the blessings God has for me

Chubby Chick

First Day Workout

The first day working out at the new gym went well.  I was the only one there at 6am.  The coach was very nice.  I think once I get the hang of the machines it will be as challenging as I can make it.   She will set me up on the computer in 2 weeks.  It tracks how hard I work and the red or green light comes on according to if I am working hard enough.  Can't just phone it in!

I am feeling really good about my commitment to getting myself back in shape and moving toward long term better health... OH Yeah, and CUTE CLOTHES!!!!   Ok it is mostly about cute clothes.  I have 5 adorable coats that are suffocating in one of those giant ziplock bags.  I WILL be wearing them by November!!!!    Free the coats! Free the coats!

This week is going to be busy, with school starting, Kevin's Birthday, and the wedding next week.  We had a nice day shopping with Gina yesterday at the Antique Mall.  My brain was a buzz with ideas...but, I have a lot of unfinished projects in the garage.  Must do those first, must do those first.  I will get past this next couple of weeks and then "Projectpalluza"  will begin.

Off to embrace or conquer the world...either way I win!!!

Chubby Chick  

Adventure

Feeling very "Fallish" today.  I am looking at the next 2 months and thinking...yes... thinking I need (want for mental security) a PLAN!


If I list all the things I have to and want to do then I can organize them, prioritize them and them get them done.  Well the theory is based on some fact. So here the list for the next 2.5 months (Aug 11- Oct 31).  Now for the color code- August, September, October

Liz Wedding
Liz & Lexi move
Paint the school bathrooms
help with the open house
pull all my weeds
pick the peaches and plums
freeze the peaches and plums
Flip Flops and Lemon Drops
school starts
swimming with Seth 
getting Sam in a homework routine
Camping & Sept
getting the trailer home
boating & Sept
taking down the pool
decorate for fall
cleaning up the yard
Christmas Shopping
bike rides/ walks everyday after school
cooking dinner...I do not cook much now but want to try harder
clean the garage
paint my table and chairs
paint Liz old room
move the treadmill
get Auction stuff going
open nights at school

So that is the start of the list.  I am sure that it will increase as time goes on.
Off to begin the Adventure!
Chubby Chick

Today is "The Day"

Getting my workout clothes on and getting ready to hit the new gym.  I am kinda excited! On Wednesday we did a weigh in and measured me,  I am eager to see progress.  I did start using my LoseIt! app on my phone, logging all my food and work outs.

I think my workout buddy LeAnn may be thinking about starting at Curves with me.  I hope so, she is a so much fun.  She has been under so much stress that I think it would be good for her to do something for herself.  That is how I am feeling about doing something for myself too!

I did get some good news, I took my BP at the store the other day it was 128/68 which it said was a bit on the borderline side.  When I went to the gym for my eval it was 113/60!  Whoo that makes me feel better.  Now to work on getting this tonnage under control.

Must get moving on this adventure!  According to the APP I should be at my goal weight by my birthday... that would be GREAT, a new year and a new me!  Me and my PLANS!  I will start to "run" on my birthday!  I will make a Running Plan closer to my birthday.  

Off to attack the day!  

Chubby Chick

Clothes Shopping

Well I felt yesterday was a good day.  I worked, ate well there, got home to mow the lawn that is where some trouble started.
I ate a Fat Boy ice cream sandwich... crap, crap, crap, then I ate a doughnut that was left on the counter (in the box... I am not an animal!).  Why did I not just take a 10 minute nap and skip the sugar??  Why??

Then I decided I was not "in the mood" to mow the lawn... ok it was 95 degrees and I did not feel the need to take a shower at 3:00 when I would be done.  Really the shower was not the issue it was the getting redressed part...bra and all!

So Plan "B" struck me... yes, we just discussed at length my planning problem yesterday!  I went to the mall in search of the FitBit arm band (yes new gadget).  It could not be found...  :(   So I started looking for a dress for Liz's wedding coming up in 2.5 weeks.  I am not going to lose enough weight in that time to effect the size or fit of a dress.

Found some cute cowboy boots, and 2 dresses.  Then I realized I like to look at clothes... really how does one forget that!!!   I did not matter the size was not what it was 2 years ago, clothes are still cute.  YES, I want to be in smaller ones, but, decided I am going shopping once per week.  Not to buy anything just to look, feel and dream.  I usually buy my clothes at a thrift store when I am losing or gaining weight...  this time I am not.  I will shop at discount stores, and clearance wracks, but ONLY new is good enough for me.  Ok maybe a few used (super nice) pieces!  

Also came to the realization that I am not going to workout on my own. I knew this from the beginning,  however, I kept hoping that I could change myself.  That said I stopped at a women only workout place, Curves for Women on the way home, made an appointment to have an evaluation and talk to a lady today at 5!    I guess it was an impromptu PLAN!

Well, today will by busy, work at ZCS, paint the bathrooms @ ZCS and then the eval.  I had better get moving!

Chubby Chick 

Polly Planner

Well, I am defiantly a "Polly Planner" not "Eleanor Executor".  I seem to always be in the planning stage.  It is kinda sad to find a notebook that I started and made a detailed plan.  Then see how much time has passed and yet here I sit, SAD.  

Funny how the best plans come to me when I can not start them RIGHT NOW!  They always come to me as I am getting ready for bed, or sit at work, or worse during a super busy time.  There always seem to be reasons that "The Plan"  needs to wait.  Better weather, new piece of equipment, not so tired, my knee hurts, have a headache or the dreaded TOMORROW are all reasons that I use. 

Last night I made a (baby step) PLAN!  Do kick boxing 3 times per week, Wog 3 times per week,  3 veggies and 2 fruits per day, and not more than 1 hour of TV.  I got up at 6 to go for a walk.  It was still kinda dark...baby you should have gotten your butt out there!! Yet I got on the computer...  Very disappointed with myself.  I have no one and nothing to blame but myself for this problem.

Well, as I reread this I can defiantly see PMS at work here.  I need to stop beating myself up and just move and eat well.  Be NICE Chubby Chick... 

Today I will mow the lawn after work, meet a friend for dinner, and go for a walk before bed.  Oh Yeah talk nicely to myself!

On to be an Eleanor Executor 

CHUBBY CHICK