dawnr1101’s BodyBlog

I feel awful! Last year for Thanksgiving my daughter threw a fit because she wanted to spend Thanksgiving with her father. There is a lot of drama there and I do not let her see him. If you really want to know the nasty details you can PM me and I will explain further….trust me though…I have never had anyone tell me that she should see him so I do not feel bad about that!

Anyways, she started to give me a bunch of crap starting Friday because she is trying to make me mad so I will send her to her grandmothers or anywhere so that she is not here. There is no reason for all this dram except that she wants to get her way. I’m really upset. I mean, would it kill her to be with ME..her mother on Thanksgiving? She is only 11.…I would understand if she was older…but she’s not!

I was so mad at her last night I just went to bed so that I would not let the stress get to me. I don’t understand why she hates me so much that she can not stand to be around me on the holidays. Every other day is fine but if she does not get her way around the holidays she will make my life a living hell this week. Oh…happy holidays to me. I’m in for a treat when she hit’s the teen years hu?

I lost a little weight this week..1lbs to be exact and I also lost some inches…so all of that is good news. I have a lot of things to get done this weekend to get ready for Thanksgiving so I will be stuck home most of the weekend working.

I went to the gym this morning and took a cardio dance class and when I walked to the basement of the gym I realized that I had a hop in my step and that I felt good and there was no need for a short rest when I go to the bottom of the staris and going back up was the same thing. That felt great! I also notices that my shirt was not pulling on my like it normally does. It was not tight everywhere and pulling from every direction. Maybe this can work after all. It’s slow progress but little things like this even without a weightloss is a reminder why I need to keep up with what I am doing. I am making good changes and I am proud of what I have done so far.

I hope that everyone is having a great weekend!

Ok, so I can’t lift heavy…does that mean that I should be punished? When I tried to use the leg press early this morning I had to remove weights…that was a workout by itself! The leg press machine without added weights is 125lbs. I have to remove 2 weights that weighed 50lbs each and then I had to remove 2 100lbs each weights. I was not happy…and they were heavy for a weakling like me

I had a good workout after that but it was the first thing that I had to deal with at 6am. So, that’s it…nothing else happened and now I going to get a good nights sleep and do some reading on here and just relax.

I just got done eating dinner and I am getting ready to go to the gym. I am happy so far this week with my progress. Hubby decided to make brownies last night and I did not even look in the direction of the kitchen. We also had our potluck at work today and once again I did not have a single bite of anything from there. I was really good and it feels great to know that I stuck with what I have set out to do.

My weight keeps going down and I have made sure that my meals are ready and I have healthy items on hand if I do get hungry so I don’t make any "i’m hungry" bad decisions. I have to make sure I have enough food in my cooler for tomorrow because I will have a long day strating at 4:30am so I can get to the gym and at work by 7am. I will have a short day at work but then I have to head to DC for something important so I will not have time to eat a good sit down meal…but I will not let the hurt my progress for the week.

Ok, I’m gonna head out for the night and I will try to catch up some tonight with everyone! Have a good night!

I had a pretty good day today. i got up and went to the gym to get my workout out of the way. I did weights today and I felt so good this morning. I love working out in the morning…sometimes its just really hard to get out of bed. I hate getting up early when its so cold outside.

Tomorrow should be interesting…it’s our first annual harvest potluck at work. All I have to remember the hair that was in the food last time….ewwwww!

I have to get ready to make my foods for tomorrow and get my gym bag ready for cardio tomorrow.

I updated my stats and I was happy about the amount of inches that I have lost so far since I started to keep track (almost 2 months) the first month was not so great but anyways…here is the update since I started.

My weight was 183lbs and I am down to 170lbs

neck ~ lost .75 inches

bicep ~ lost 1 inches

forearm ~ lost 1.2 inches

chest ~ increase .1 inches

waist ~ lost .5 inches

hips ~ increase .25 inches

thigh ~ lost 5.75 inches

calf ~ lost 0 inches

Wow, I had no idea that I have lost so much in my thighs….does that seem strange? and for everything else to almost  be the same?!?!

I went to the gym tonight and I did 45 minutes of cardio….15 on the bike, 15 on the treadmill and 15 on the elliptical. I felt good after my workout and it was reallu quite at the gym tonight. I have to get ready to make my food for tomorrow so I will end this here.

So, I started this new program for my blackberry from http://www.gymtechnik.com/default.aspx it works with the iPhone also. It seems like it will be pretty good for what I need. If you have a blackberry or an iPhone you should check it out if you have not already. They are adding features to it all the time because it’s still a work in progress.

This week has been a pretty good week. I lost weight this week and I have been eating pretty good. I am learning to cook and how to eat healthier and I even have my daughter on board for it also. I have to go grocery shopping and make my meals for the week tonght but I have to get ready to head out to the gym before I do anything. It’s almost noon and I have not done much today.

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful weekend.

I went to the gym tonight and I did a 30 min cardio dance class and I did my weights. My question is….Is it ok to do weights 5 days a week or is that to much? I posted my weight workout a few post down..please take a look and offer suggestions.

Today is not one of the best days for me. I had a good workout and I ate a very good dinner that even my daughter loved but I am just having a "feel sorry for me…I’m fat day" and it sucks. At least I did not stay in and cry about it…I got out of the house and went to the gym…now I have to get ready for bed so that I can get up bright and early to make my lunch and get to the gym for another workout.

Have a good night!

On friday we had a pot luck/going away party for a fellow co-worker. I really don’t care for pot lucks but I decided to get a plate and take it to my desk to throw away. I decided that throwing away a plate would be better than not taking a plate. The whole reason for that is because of the election last week and because my views are different from 98% of the place that I work there are rumors that I just did not care to partake in so I just thought that it would e easier than explaining that I am working on a healthy body and lifestyle…anyways, there was hair in the food…yuck! I was soooo sick to my stomach and I felt better about the choices that I have made….I only want food that I cook…that was gross. Oh well, I was happy when I threw it away and everyone thought I as hapy…really I am just there to do a job…nothing more……..

So, there is a reason not to touch that nasty pot luck food..just take a pointer from me and throw it in the trash or if you can say "no"…just say no!

the weekend felt like it was never going to her here fast enough. I plan on cleaning out the kitchen today and making foods for the week. I have also brought out the "Lean Bodies" cookbook so I can find something in there to make. I love that cookbook and was surprised when I found things in there I eally like to eat.

I’m going to take control over what is going on with my body becasue I am now in my 30’s and I know that I can do it and I want to look the best ever now. Even when I was thin I was still "fat" so now it’s time to do this right and look good and be healthy! There is so much information on here and such wonderful people who are willing to offer advice and I never thought that I would feel that way because I felt like the outcast…but it’s really not like that and I just want to say thank you!