Just lost our mojo

We lost our mojo but we perservered. Yesterday on our 6 year wedding anniversary, neither Shay or I really felt like working out. What did we do? We worked out. Neither one of us has been in the gym since last Monday and boy was it hard. This has been a tough time, we were eating what we wanted and when we wanted and now back to how we are supposed to be living! What a shocker. Oh well we will keep pushing on. Going to the gym today but I do feel better about it. I just can't wait until Friday, oh I mean Saturday morning. Working out and work will be over for a couple of days at least.

Until then!

Reality check

This weekend I had a reality check. I got on the scale after weigh in (offical weigh in that is) and the scale said 314. something. That really hit me hard. I am close to being under 300lbs for the first time in a very long while. Shay is clawing her way out of the 190's. I know and I have read her discouragement, it is a little hard to be happy and discouraged at the same time. The good thing is we are in this together. We are going to the gym for over 1 1/2 months now. Yippie!!! It is a part of our life now. Shay is doing a great job in cooking for us. SHe is really taking care of our family. I love you so much for that, babe.

We are close to getting into the next decade, lets keep keepin on!

A sad day

You ever had one of those days when you're sad and don't know why? That's today for me. I should be enjoying my day...it's Saturday...but instead I am sitting in my yellow room and blogging about how sad I am.

Today is official weigh in day for us...the scale didn't move for me. I'm 192.8 (very discouraging) and James is 315.6. Good job James! Perhaps my weight is playing some factor in my mood today. To want something bad and not be able to have it is disappointing. It seems like the more I more forward in the weight loss journey the more I get stuck at a plateau. Seems to be the story of my life right now. I know, a straight up pity party...lol

I went for a walk so that I would be doing something towards my goal...that didn't work. I tried to go skating last night with my son. Don't even get me started on that experience. What am I going to do to get the scale moving for me. I'm tired. I'm definitely not giving up but I am tired.

I hope my next post will go better.

We're doing this!

It seems unreal that James and I are really doing this...together. It's not even a question anymore whether we're headed to the gym after work, it's just becoming a way of life.

Sure, sometimes I wish I could just speed it up (actually all the time). I feel like I'm trapped in a body that doesn't belong to me. Inside I feel young and trendy. I want to go shopping. I want to look in my closet in the morning and pick an outfit based on how I feel today. I want to express myself through my clothing. I want to buy shoes and bags and accessories to match everything. I want to wear nice perfumes and style my hair to give myself "that look" for "that day"...and instead, I wait patiently, continue working out and continue doing what I'm doing and watch it happen slowly. It gets hard. Good news, though....James is weighing in at 317 lbs and I'm weighing in at 192 lbs (despite having my Aunt Flow in town...lol). The scale has even hoovered into the land of 191.4 for me so my time is finally coming to get out of the 190s.

It's so crazy that it's still such a lonnnnngggg road ahead of us. All we can focus on right now is "in the meantime".

Let's talk about the vacation...

Let's just say his wonderful wife, Shay (that's me), didn't help with making great eating decisions. We started out doing so well, we worked out two consecutive days, walked around Clearwater Beach all day (in the hooootttt sun) and hiked up the stairs of University of Florida's football stadium (all the way to the top people!)....so we did get exercise almost every day; however, we ate at Wing Zone, Burger King, Wendys, The Real Chow Baby, and every other joint we where we could wrap our lips around unhealthy food. I feel that we did well on our decisions at first but slowly we started going back to old behaviors.

The know what the positve thing was....the scale was very forgiving to us (more so me). I only gained 1.4 lbs and I am already back on track. James gained 3.8 lbs and he is already back on track. The point is, though, we shouldn't have gained! You don't SLOWLY take the weight off to put ANY of it back it during a vacation (or period).

We weren't getting on the scale every morning so we weren't keeping our weight in check like we do at home; therefore, we just figured once we messed up, we REALLY MESSED UP! But we didn't and if we had our scale, we would have seen that. But that's the mentality you want to avoid anyway...I messed up once so it's over and I should just totally blow it....WRONG! If you mess up, you get back on track immediately. Anyway, we will be taking our scale on future vacations!

Oh yeah...about the vacation! Things we did/places we went:

• Clearwater/Clearwater Beach, FL/Gulf of Mexico (took a boat ride out to the Gulf and watched the fireworks on the boat)
• Tampa/Tampa Bay, FL (stayed at the Westin with a bay view from our room. I'll post the pics...it was beautiful!)
• St. Petersburg, FL (downtown area mostly)
• Ocala, FL (where we stayed at grandma's house)
• Gainesville, FL (University of Florida, got to see Tim Tebow practicing)

Waking up in Florida

We are waking up in Floriday and it feels wonderful! We just got back from working out. I am so blessed to be able to wake up next to my beautiful wife and one of my wonderful kids. I am happy to be in Florida on vacation. I know Shay will assist us in making great eating decisions.

Pounds Lighter!!!

What will July bring?

Well, I am happy that June is over and we are able to say that we stuck to our plan. Like I just told James yesterday (and Dr. Phil stressed) "the time is going to pass by regardless". We can be proud of how we utilized that time.

I got on the scale today and it displayed 194 even (small change....yaaaay....I'll take it). I am so proud of my eating decisions yesterday. At a restaurant and faced many challenges, I went with the BLT sandwich and a side salad. I felt it wouldn't be too heavy and it worked! Just 5 lbs to get out of the 190s....still taking forever. That is my goal this month. I will be out of the 190s one way or another...lol

Oh yeah....today we're on our way to Florida. We're going to do our official weigh in next Tuesday. We have planned to continue to work out and eat healthy (even on vacation)

Here goes...