Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 42

Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 42

Such a beautiful day today.  Got up and went for a walk with Ariel today.  We had done that walk many times before but today it was so much easier.  I could have actually done the whole thing over again this time, where as in the past I couldn't wait till it was over.  I have not felt like that for a long time.  It now feels so good to push myself.  My muscles are still sore and yet I look forward to my Monday night group workout at Team Fitness.  This feeling in my muscles is kind of addictive.  You have to keep pushing yourself just a bit harder each time to feel the same effect.

Ariel is thinking about joining one of our group workouts, maybe Thursday nights.  It would be awesome to have you there my friend!  

I was having my lunch today and I got to add bread.  I had a very fresh slice of pumpernickel bread.  Not something I would have chosen before but it felt like I was eating cake.  I really enjoyed eating it.  Oh bread how I missed you!  Another funny thing happened though.  I ate my chicken but couldn't finish my salad.  I was just too full.  I need to start listening to my full button and not just keep eating because it tastes good.  I quit eating.  Felt good about that too.    

I thought I would have to freeze the pumpernickel bread so it would not go stale.  Much to my surprise both of my sons love it.  The younger one declared that PB&J on Pumpernickel is now his favorite sandwich. They never fail to amaze me!

Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 41

Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 41

Well it's been a busy day today. Did my morning check in with Leanne.  Down another pound for a total of 16.5 lbs in 6 weeks.  I was hoping for 2 but I am actually pretty pleased after eating out for 4 days on Victoria.  Got up rushed my son to his Food Safe course then rushed home to have some food before my Team Fitness Trio workout.  I think Saturday is my favorite workout.  The three of us working out with a trainer.  I was sore when I got there.  The weight lifting on Thursday night with Wes followed by my run on the treadmill Friday night I was feeling the muscle strain.  There was no mercy by Sarah today.  A couple of the stations were difficult but doable.  I loved it, I love the progression into more challenging workouts.  I really feel like I had a workout when we were done.  I love that my muscles are sore on the days in between workouts, it makes me feel like I am doing the work necessary to see an awesome change.

After the workout I got cleaned up and headed out the Richmond to get new tires on my truck.  It is so nice to have grippy safe tires on my truck.  Less than 3 km from the tire place I had a woman in an SUV pull out of a side street right in my path.  I had to quickly swerve hard around her to avoid running right into her.  I am not a road rager but I certainly could have popped her upside the head.  On a good note the new tires performed very well.

Tomorrow I have a big walk with my girlfriend planned. Its a "High" food day tomorrow too, my first with bread and maybe a glass of wine.  Looking forward to that!

Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 40

Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 40

Wow 40 days has gone by already!  It has gone by so fast.  I know I can do this now.  I've been kind of grumpy the last few days and consequently not too chatty on my blog.  I was trying to keep it positive even though I was not feeling that way.  It was nothing to do with the Fitness Plan, in fact the plan was one of the positive things that kept me going.  I got the opportunity to give a plug to Team Fitness today at Acklands Grainger in North Van.  I went there for their safety open house and they were all trying to feed me pizza.  I over and over again told them my story.  It's amazing that everyone has a story and opens up to you when you tell yours.  It's really inspiring.  This challenge has enriched my life in many more ways then just the weight loss.  I've made a connection with a lot of different people that I may not have otherwise.

This morning my boss walked into my office right in the middle of my yogurt cottage cheese mixture and greeted me with "good morning healthy girl".  It's those kind of comments that don't seem like much but mean a lot.  People are noticing and I have only just begun.

I got home from work after being tempted at lunch with pizza and my Dad made curried beef and rice for my sister.  This is one of my favorite meals.  It was sitting there bubbling on the stove while I made my salad and 4 oz of chicken.  The old me would have pinched several pieces of beef from that pot while I was preparing my dinner, even if I was on a diet.  Those licks, bites and tastes will make or keep you fat every time.  The new me just said thanks for the challenge dad!  And stayed right on track.  It smelled good though.

After I had my salad and chicken I was sitting on the couch talking with my Dad and Sister when I thought I really should go to the gym.  I didn't feel like it, I didn't really want to get off the couch but some how I got up went up 2 flights of stairs to my room, got changed and then walked to the rec center.  I got on the treadmill and as it started going I thought "how am I ever going to get through 30 minutes"  Then I switched to " how bad do I want this?  Answer: Bad"  I did the 30 minutes at a pretty good speed.  Felt good too.  The down side was that a lot of my muscles were already sore from my Thursday night workout at Team Fitness.  Wesley managed to find a few muscles that hadn't been woken up and woke them up.  On the way home from the gym tonight I could hardly walk.  LOL  It's all the great, you know you did something good kind of muscle pain.  I am now looking forward to our Trio workout tomorrow.

Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 39

Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 39

Another crazy day in the life of my fitness challenge.  I was fortunate enough to go to the NAOSH luncheon.  I wasn't sure what I would find there to eat but much to my surprise there was poached salmon and lots of fresh veggies and salad.  It was great to be with a bunch of friends and colleagues that had not seen me for a while.  Call me crazy but it feels good when people notice that I am shrinking.  

I went straight from the lunch event in Langley to Team Fitness and the Thursday night workout with my team. I missed Monday night, it seemed like forever since I've been with my team.  Tonight felt good, I am totally enjoying the more challenging workouts.  Thanks Wes!  Now looking forward to Saturday!

Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 38

Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 38

 

 

Well it was a relief to be home.  Much easier to control your food intake when you can weight and measure, season and cook it all yourself.  I was very happy this morning when I weighed in the same as my Saturday morning weigh in.  That does not mean I will not lose weight this week as it is very typical that I hover around the same mid week and start to see a drop somewhere near Friday.

 

Not much to blog about today, except hearing my boss on several occasions how impressed he was with me and how I did while in Victoria.  It was a challenge seeing them eat and drink whatever they wanted.  Unlike Vegas, everything that happens in Victoria does not necessarily stay in Victoria.  I got my eye on the prize.

 

Looking forward to my group workout tomorrow.  See you tomorrow workout buddies!

Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 37 (Home at Last)

Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 37 (Home at Last)

 

Don't get me wrong, I had an excellent time in Victoria but it will be so nice to sleep in my own bed tonight, in a few minutes in fact!  I had fun trying to figure out ways to stay on plan while away but it is so much easier when at home so in that sense I am relieved.  I walked a lot in Victoria and went to the gym but it's not the same as the Team Workout.  Looking forward to getting back to that too.  I agree with Katherine.  There is something about working out with a bunch of great people with the same goal in mind.  See you guys on Thursday!

 

Last night in Victoria there was lots of partying and I would have been right in there with them if I was not on plan.  Turns out there were a few hang overs this morning.  I am thankful to miss out on that.  Just got home at 7:40 pm this evening.  I have not weighed myself in 5 days so I have no idea how my efforts to stay on plan went weight wise.  I guess I will find out tomorrow morning.

 

I do know that I had to keep pulling my pants up today.  Not used to them being so loose.  Its a great feeling!  I feel really good doing this program with Team Fitness.  Taking a whole year to loose all the weight seems like a long time, but it's already been almost 6 weeks so a year will be here before I know it.  When we first started the plan we were asked to set some goals.  I am now thinking about setting up some rewards too.   Little mini milestone rewards that feel easier to achieve than the whole amount of weight.  Break it into chunks. I will keep you posted.  Now it's time to sleep.  Good Night!!

Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 36 (Day 3 from Victoria)

Welcome to My Personal Fitness Challenge Day 36 (Day 3 from Victoria)

Well another interesting day in Victoria. I woke up this morning and had my 1/2 cup cottage cheese 1/2 cup yogurt with protein powder for breakfast.  Then headed down to the safety conference.  Of course there were lots of tasty treats around but I was not even tempted.  I just can't help but think that is what contributed to be wearing this fat suit.  I happily stay away from that.  I enjoyed my black coffee as I walked around the trade show.  Lunch was provided to day and I thought for sure I would be eating apple and almonds for lunch but much to my delight the hotel staff were only too happy to make me a custom lunch and when they brought out desert they brought nanaimo bars for the table and me a martini glass full of fruit.  I think there were a few at my table who were envious of my fruit cup.

After the last session of Day 1 a whole bunch of us headed out to a pub for a social.  I enjoyed my diet coke while everyone else had a few beers.  I keep getting complimented on my will power, after that we headed to Earls for dinner.  I ordered the same thing I had Saturday night, grilled chicken breast and grilled carrots and beets.  I enjoyed it again. After dinner the crew went to another pub.  I decided to go on the Victoria Ghost walk.  A 90 minute walking tour of the haunted buildings of downtown Victoria was a great way to get a little exercise at the end of the night.  Some interesting history here.  I went on my own and there were 4 young girls from Washington State there.  Three of them were fit, and one was quite a bit over weight.  Funny how this whole process has really started to change the way I think about food and exercise.  I wanted to shake her, volcan mind meld with her something!  Do something now, don't wait you have your whole life a head of you.  Do it, if I can do it you can do it!!  I am also so enlightened by all the servers where ever I go.  They have all been so willing to accommodate my special food requests.  It does not feel like a hassle, its been more like a challenge.

Looking forward to going the Day 2 of the conference tomorrow and then heading home.  Its been a nice visit but I look forward to sleeping in my own bed.  Good Night!!