15 lbs and a lifetime to go...

Sep 24, 2010

15 lbs and i will be at my goal weight. Easy right? No. This is a lifelong journey. Ive got 15 lbs of fat to lose. Then i will start some very gradual weight lifting. i wanted to lose all of my weight first. I know that as I build muscles, I am going to put some weight back on. I am trying to prepare my brain for this possibility. Its really hard to see the scale go up right now... I cant imagine hitting my goal weight and then having it go back up. oh well, we will see how it goes. I mean, I could be wonderfully suprised. After all, when you have more muscle you burn more calories than when you dont have much muscle.

My weightloss has dramatically slowed in the last month and a half. It hasnt worried me terribly, but I have to admit that I really enjoyed losing a pound a day or every other day. In the last month and a half, Ive lost maybe 8 lbs....  I just keep trucking along. I will just keep doing what I am supposed to do.

Im running five days a week. Ive started some core strengthening exercises on an exercise ball. Forget crunches, that exercise ball kicks my ass... and abs.... and thighs. I started a couch to 5k program seven or so weeks ago. ive worked up from running 1 minute at a time and then walking for 1 1/2 minutes... alternating... for a half hour... to todays run of 25 minutes straight, no walking in the middle. Of course there is a walking warm up and cool down. I cannot tell you how crazy I am about running. Also,... I am so freaking suprised that I am running for 25 minutes straight. Now, Im not so fast yet.... 13 min miles.. .but for a short legged former fat girl, I think this is great. Over the next week the program ramps me up to running for 30 minutes. The idea is that I should be able to complete a 5 k by running the whole way... without walking.
We will see.

Today I feel like I have eatten all day. I havent, but Ive done alot of cooking.... so it feels that way. Following the days that I feel like Ive eatten all day,.... usually i have lost weight. I dont know why that is,...but I dont freaking care. I am just going to keep going, working my plan, doing what I can do.

Heres to 114 lbs gone forever..... and 15 to go. How incredible is that????

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