Jo110465’s BodyBlog

Well I finally hit my first goal. I’m just barely out of the 250’s but I’m there, lol. 249.8 is still out of the 250’s. My next goal is to stay out of the 250’s. I haven’t been down to this weight is almost 10 years. I think I could be at 240 by 1-1-8. That’s doable right? Right. We’ll see.

Well one more pound gone. Getting there at a snails pace but at least I’m still moving. 249 is my next goal because it’s been so many years since I’ve been in the 240’s. One more pound to get there so I plan to be there by my dads birthday which is Saturday December 1st. I think I will take pictures again soon. It’s wierd. I see the difference in my clothes and I had to buy a new belt but when I look in the mirror my body doesn’t really look that different. I think if I take new pics and side by side them then maybe I will notice the 20lb loss. Well see.

This is definately the hardest time of the year for me to control my eating habits so you can imagine my surprise to see my bf had dropped. Just a tiny bit but enough to motivate me to do even better for the holiday season. My bf has been over 50% since I started and it moves even slower than the scale. I am eagerly awaiting the day it finally goes under 50 % so you can imagine my bliss to see that it finally hit 50. 50.8 right now making me want to really step into high gear. I can’t wait to see it go under 50. LOL by the time I get to where I’m going I plan to have dropped one half of my starting weight which is right now, one half fat. I’ve never been an "average" size adult so it will be interesting to see the changes.  I’ll keep ya posted. Have an excellent week.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! I love birthdays. I’m still holding at 253 but I’m thankful for that because from October to the end of the year is the time I usually gain. 10-13 is my daughter Carolyn’s birthday, then Halloween, then my birthday, then Thanksgiving, then my dad’s birthday on 12-1, then my husbands birthday on 12-15, then Christmas and New Years finishing up with my brother’s birthday on 1-18. I usually gain from October to January so the fact that I’m holding and not gaining is very cool for me. Now if I can just get to where I can still loose through all this I will have really accomplished something.

I guess I’ve gotten out of my slump. 2 more lbs gone. Feels good. Total gone to date is 17 lbs. 4 more lbs to my next goal of 249. I know, an odd number but I had been in the 250’s recently but haven’t been in the 240’s in 10 years. I can’t wait until the weekend.

Well, one more pound gone. Slowly but surely. I do have a really cool praise report for today though. I am wearing pants that I have not worn in 10 years because they were too small. They fit pretty good. YAY!! The lowest weight that my husband has ever seen me at is 254 so I am also pretty excited, and optimistic, that I will be getting below that soon. More later. Gotta fly, bye.

I know I haven’t posted in a while. I’ve been working 6 days a week and lots of overtime because we’re short 2 people right now at work. Finally went to my doctor for my lower back pain. She said it was my sciatic nerve. Sucks big time and hurts a lot. Haven’t been working out. Haven’t really been losing either but I’m holding at 256 which is the lowest I’ve been in several months. At least I’ve mastered maintenance, lol. Just have to master losing.  I have to start exercising again because even though it hurts like hell to do it, she says it will help. Well, to anyone who reads my bable, have a great week.

Finally, one more lb down and 1.3% bf down. Total of 14 lbs gone and 3% bf. Oh man this is hard. Of course it is right or we wouldn’t have so many overweight people here now would we. I am finding though that eating smaller portions and less of the bad stuff is getting easier. Thank God. This has always been the hardest part of the year for me though so we’ll see. From October to 1-18 is the worst. Daughters birthday 10-13, Sweetest day, (for those of you not from Michigan, Ohio, or the parts of Illinois that celebrate it, Sweetest day is the 3rd Saturday in October and it’s kind of like a Valentines day in the fall. Early start on the candy I guess.), Halloween, My birthday 11-4, thanksgiving, dads birthday 12-1, husbands birthday 12-15, Christmas, New Years, brothers birthday 1-18. In the past I would just recover from one celebration, meaning drop the extra weight from the overeating, then another celebration would be right there. This year I plan on doing more than recovering. I plan on preparing and planning so that recovering will not be necessary. I plan on surviving without gaining. Wish me luck.

I haven’t taken time to post lately because I’ve picked up extra hours at work. I’m holding at 257 for two weeks now. Slowly but surely. Total loss 13 lbs. 100 or so to go. At first I was discouraged that I wasn’t doing better. Only because I know I can do better. Screw that. I’m just going to stay positive in that I’m progressively going downward and not worry about how long it’s taking me. I haven’t hit my goals at the times I want so I’m not giving myself deadlines anyore. Just the goal. I haven’t been lower that the 250’s in a while so my goal is to get down to 249 and then I’ll go from there. We’ll see. Have a great week to anyone that bothers to read my ramblings. Later Gator

I really could be doing a lot better. I had been weighing myself on Sundays. The last few weeks I didn’t lose or lost little. Turns out I need to pay more attention to what I’m doing and stop doing things out of habbit. My parents have been coming over on Sundays for dinner then staying and playing cards. My dinner choices have not been the best for me and then snacking while playing cards is double bad. Even though I was losing during the week, I’d be putting some of it back on when my parents were here. So I’d be gaining at the beginning of the week, losing that during the week, then be lucky if I can get ahead at the end of the week. Duh! How easy it is to do the same old things when you’re not really thinking about it.  For me to lose weight I have to constantly think about what I’m putting in my mouth. Too many times in my past where I hadn’t realized how much I’d eaten until I looked back. How ridiculous is that. OMG I could be doing so much better. The sick part is that I thought I was doing good. Sure I was, when I was thinking about it. I have to make a concious decision every time I open my mouth If I really want to get ahead. Maybe I’m talking from my butt I don’t know. But I do know that since I haven’t been working out with my back and knee problems I’ve had to totally rely on my diet. I guess that’s a good thing actually because it’s forced me to focus on it and made it possible to identify my problems. Well the ones I’ve found so far anyway. Am I rambling? BOTTOM LINE! I’m gonna make a conscious decision with EVERYTHING I eat. I’m gonna pay closer attention to when I’m eating too. I’m sick of yo-yo-ing. My friends call me Jo Jo, not yo yo. Hope everyone has a good weekend and an excellent up coming week.