100 Mile Fitness Challenge

Starting yesterday, I am joining on online fitness challenge. 100 miles in 100 days. The challenge began April 1, 2010, so I have a lot of make up miles to run, but I know that I can do it. Wish me luck ( actually motivation is more appropriate than luck!)

Workout Updates: Week 1

Monday: Yoga 45 minutes 3 miles
Walk 1 mile

Tuesday: Yoga 45 minutes 3 miles

Wednesday: Walk 1 mile

Thursday: Yoga 45 minutes 3 miles

Friday: Walk 4 miles

Total Miles: 15

Water Update.

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I love this picture. Love.it. Not doing that great with drinking the amount of water that I need to be. I am a soda and coffee addict. However, I think that my baby L is getting an upset tummy from my soda consumption so I am going to give it up this week. Wish me luck. This getting healthy thing is not so fun. I know I will get to the point where I don't want soda, but right now, that is all I can think about. I don't want to give it up. I love my Dr. Pepper at lunch.

Losing it...

Okay, I am going on a limb here and posting some pictures of my "before". I am not sure what kind of weight loss regimen I am going to be doing, but I need to do something. I am going to be brutally honest.

Right now, I am 5'8" and I weigh 196. Wowza!!! Not what I thought I would ever be. I am totally embarrassed, but I know that I need to lose weight. Not only for vanity reasons (although it is playing a major roll), but for health reasons as well. I have a family history of heart disease, and diabetes. Both things I do NOT want to end up with.

I have 2 beautiful children and want another. I do not want to go down this path of gluttony anymore. I want to be around when they are married with their own children.

My goal is to lose 1-2 pounds a week until I reach 150. That is 46 pounds. At 2 pounds a week, that is 23 weeks. For easability lets just say by Thanksgiving, I will be at my target weight.

I will be doing a lot of research on diet and exercise that will work best for me. I majored in nutrition in college, so it should be fairly simple, but I just need some refreshers on things.

My first nutrition goal: Drink 90 oz. of water a day. More on water later...

Feeling like a change is near....

Well maybe not near, but somewhere along the horizon. As I sit here like a bump on a log, I am feeling like a big L.O.S.E.R. It seems as though everyone else is doing something, anything. Me? Nothing. Well something; sitting here, dreaming about being someone that is totally awesome. But that is as far as I get. Just thinking about all these grandiose ideas about being someone, something that I can be excited about. But then I continue to just lurk around the blogosphere and gain more weight.

I would like to start running. I hate running. It hurts my boobs ( I am well endowed and breastfeeding... you do the math). Why then would I choose running? A couple of reasons.

1. It makes you lose weight the quickest
2. Rumors of it changing your mind in a fabulous way
3. I don't need a gym membership to go for a jog.
4. That is all I have for right now.

I would like to change up my style. I don't have a style. I have the style of a stay at home mommy. Some days, I don't ever get out of my jammies. What a way to feel great about yourself... On the days I do manage to get out of a funk and actually get dressed, I am at a loss as to what to wear. I gained too much weight being preggers to fit into pre pregnancy clothes, and so I am now still in maternity wear. Sexy right? I go shopping for new clothes and I just feel like a fat blob and then get depressed. I am stuck in a rut.

And p.s. trying to diet? I eat my feelings. Need I say more?

I am going to the dr on Wednesday to maybe discuss the possibility of postpartum depression. Hopefully something will change soon. I need to get out of this funk.

Maybe one day soon...

The Start of Something New

i am starting this blog as a way to sort through my thoughts and feelings anonymously. I am in search of who I am and what I really love. I just had a baby about 2 months ago. She is my second. I also have a 2 year old. I feel lost and not as happy as I feel I should.

i am about 50 pounds overweight, I get no sleep, I eat my feelings, I get no extra help. Basically I would like to take a day, no week, and just be lazy and do NOTHING! I am not sure if what I am feeling is postpartum depression or just feeling sorry for myself. This is why I am starting the blog. To help me sort out just what is going on in my brain and heart, and to feel happy again....

P.S. I am eating PEEPS and LOVE THEM~~