It's been a while since I last blogged. I'm still doing well with my exercise and the diet. The diet could be better but I'm doing much better on portion control and now to work on the "making good choices while eating out" part! I'm exercising religously and now a T-Tapp trainer has given me a new schedule so I'm starting that next week. It sounds pretty tough so I hope I don't poop out but I'll give a fair shake and see.

Todays deep thought:

"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people."

Happy day to all you blog readin' folks!

Finished up the workout last night and was so extremely tired. What was left (20 minutes) took around 30 to finish because I kept taking breaks! Some people are concerned that with exercising and walking that I'm not taking in enough calories to keep the body out of "starvation" mode. What do you all think? I think ~ 1200 to 1500 is plenty but I'd be interested in hearing others' thoughts as well.

I'll do some cardio tonight--I'll make it interesting by starting a new book I have. It's easy to read while doing the recumbent bike.

I'm still doing well with this diet and exercise thing.

yesterday I had 1,130 calories total and did 20 minutes on the bike and 10 on the elliptical for some cardio. I've already done 1/2 of my workout for today and will finish it this evening after dinner. I'm looking to be in the 1,500 calorie range for today too and doggone it, I'm having my reduced-fat ice cream sammich for dessert. :)

Hope you all have a good day!

Day 1

I worked out last night! It felt so good and I was really proud of myself for doing it. Especially since I really, really don't like to exercise.

I almost blew the eating part though. I had already decided that I was going to eat spaghetti and garlic bread to get it out of the house. I measured out the spaghetti so that I'd have 2 portions (which isn't much--I bet you get 3 or 4 servings at a restaurant!) for 420 calories. The spaghetti sauce adds another 390 calories (OUCH!) and the garlic bread was around 250 calories. Good grief--I had underestimated the calorie count but luckily I had enough calories left over and ended the day with 1,461 calories. I really wanted my reduced ice cream sandwich but at 130 calories--it would have put me over. Now, that's a good thing. Before I would have said "it's only 130 calories--it's just BARELY over" but no more. I don't need ice cream everyday and I'll keep reminding myself of that through this weight loss journey. My small goal is to lose 10 pounds before the Martinsville race which is Oct. 21 so that's equivalent to around 3 pounds lost per week. I can do it.

I love this deep thought--

"Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny."

cracks me up everytime.

So today is Oct. 2 and I'm starting my newest walk down the weight loss journey brick road (again). From last September 9 to now I've lost around 40 pounds, although I haven't really lost any for several months so today I'm vowing to jumpstart the weight loss again.

What is my plan?

T-Tapp I'll do a full workout every other day if it kills me. For all the readers- a full T-Tapp workout works all muscle groups and typically lasts around 45 minutes. I've used T-Tapp for nearly 3 years and lost 4 dress sizes doing it all the while eating junk. This program works!

Low carb and low fat diet. While I'm not eliminating carbs, I am going to go by these limits: Fat = <40 grams per day. Carbs = < 100 grams per day. Protein = >90 per day. Calorie count in the 1200 to 1500 range daily.

I'm hoping that my husband recovers soon enough so that he can join me and we can make this a family goal since we both need to lose weight and get healthy.

Wish me well on this journey but just in case I don't succeed--

"Broken promises don't upset me. I just think, why did they believe me?"