LOOK! Im JARED from SUBWAY!!!

 ONLY, I hate Subway!...lol.  The above photo is me in my old pants: SIZE 26. I can still remember these fitting TIGHT! I use to prefer to wear my dress pants, even to casual events on the weekend bc they had more give in them than jeans do. The jeans were so tight and uncomfortable! 

So, for the past, oh Idk, year, Ive been dressing myself everyday off a pile of clothes on my couch in my bedroom. I have had no closet space to use bc I have never taken the time to clean out all of my old clothes.  Partly bc Im lazy...Partly bc, ya just never know, in the past I have ALWAYS gained my weight bk. So, Im a bit anxious to get rid of all my old clothes. I would hate to have to re-buy clothes, especially szs I won't be happy about buying! BUT...I need this! It was long overdue..I finally cleaned my closet out this weekend. :)

I need to move on from thinking going back is an option. IT IS NOT! 

I just feel like I have been stuck in a phase for the last (way to many) months where I have become comfortable with where I am. & Although I kind of am...Im not holding steady...I feel myself slipping backwards!! And that..I am NOT comfortable with!

Please don't get me wrong...Yes, I am extremely happy and proud of how far Ive come. Its hard to even remember myself as the person I see in old pics.  I didn't feel then as big, bad, ugly, disgusting as the person I see in those pictures. I mean, I wasn't happy w myself/my pics then either but I walked around w my head up thinking I looked nice/presentable when I went places. Its not till you see pics of yourself, You shake your head and realize how you truly look to others. No one made me feel this way. This is how I felt/feel about myself! Everyone loves me the way I was then just like they love me now! Its about ME and how I felt/feel about myself. (If that makes sense to you at all.)

It helps ALOT for me to look at the old pics. Take new pics as I progress and be able to look at the change happening & to take pics in my old clothes and be able to laugh at how BIG they are on me now. That is a huge, AhhhhHhhaaa (proud of myself) moment! I need these constant reminders that I never want to let myself be that unhealthy again. It helps get me back in check, boost my moral, gives me the confidence I need to say...Yes Im proud of what Ive done but I need to work harder to stay here and not waste all the hard work Ive put in already. I am not done! This is not as far as I want to go.  

I am realizing that the next step is a big adjustment! The weight is not falling off anymore even though Im still working my butt off in the gym. Only 1 thing can make the lbs come off at this point in the game. I have known it for a while. I know exactly why Im seeing a gain on the scale, dispite the gym time Im puting in. Its all about my DIET at this point! I do great when it come to the gym time, exercise. I have learned to love it. I can't say I <3 to run yet..But I enjoy how I feel after running..That's a start! Its time I start making changes to actually be healthier. That change has to come w eating clean and making big changes to my diet! Will I realistically eat this was 100% of the time for the rest of my life, NO. I <3 to eat! I LIVE to eat! But if I can make healthier choices the majority of the time it will be OK to splurge every now and then and still see changes in my body. The time is NOW! 

(RANT OVER!)

 

Update, My goals for last week were...& This is how I did:

1)Beast Mode @ the gym=DOIN THE DAMN THANG!

2)Take official weight/measurements/pics for Jan 2013=DONE! 

*All posted at the bottom of my "Nicole" page! Need to do measurements!

3)Start Loose it app & Control the diet=Started/Workin on it!

4)Shop for bikini, for bikini pics=X (Added to this weeks goals)

Accountability:

Monday:Gym->AM:Chest/Bk/Bi/Tri/Abs 

       +PM:Walk@BT Track/2.32mi/34:11min/363cal  
Tuesday:Gym->Cardio:Treadmill/Run 1mi/9:59min/128cal 

       + Row/3,076m/15:44min/168cal  
Wednesday:Gym->Bi & Abs +StairMaster 13:24min/65fl/1.36mi
Thursday:Gym->Cardio: Treadmill 1mi/10min/100cal 
                                           +Bike 2.42mi/10min/103cals
Friday:Gym->LEG DAY! +Dancing & Bowling@RockNBowl  
Saturday & Sunday-No official wk outs

 

My goals for this week are: 

*Shop for bikini & Take bikini pics!

*Take measurements!

*Keep up 5/days wk @ Gym.

*Keep up "Loose it" app 

*Shop to EAT CLEAN! Make healthier eating choices, even on weekends.

*Get in this weeks "Training for RnR":5k (3.1mi)

Good Luck to everyone in meeting your personal goals! Have a great week! 

 

Shannon & I decided to be Swingers...

...in the sense that we traded days this week.  So, here I am again.

I did weigh and measure in this morning.  As I suspected, I did poorly.  I gained 1.2 pounds back.  I suppose it could have been worse.  But, it does make me feel terrible.

I start Couch 2 5k tomorrow.  I am excited.  It's only three days a week and only about 20-30 minutes a day - I think.

I am also going back to school.  Classes start tomorrow.  I must admit, I'm nervous.  I haven't actually been on a campus in quite some time.  In addition to working full time, I am taking 13 hours. 

I have been doing ok with my resolutions.  I could improve on my journaling, but everything else seems to be going pretty good.  I have more patience, I have been watching my mouth more, I even went and got my nails done tonight with Shannon.

Well, I suck at blogging lately.  I plan on busting ass and having something fantastic to report on next Thursday.  Until then...

-Courtney

Blah

Has it been a week already?!  It sure doesn't feel like it.
This past weekend was pretty fun.  I went and visited two friends who had babies the first week of December.  ADORABLE.  They were so, so tiny.  My friends are doing well and adjusting to motherhood.
I did pretty good on my dieting and water intake.  I didn't get in any exercise though.
This week I did eat out twice I think.  It's just so tempting!!  I also didn't do good with working out. Well, let me clarify.  I didn't do my lunch time walking like I should.  I did, however, take the stairs in the parking garage to and from work and to and from checking the mail.  It totals 2 flights each way.
I will not let it get me down.
I weigh in on Monday.  I hope to have at least maintained.
-Courtney

Now we’re getting somewhere!!!

So, I’ve broke the 170 mark! No, it’s not for the first time but it’ll sure be the last! Bye-bye 170’s!!! Hello “less than 50 lbs to goal”!!!!

I really need to do new measurements and REAL before pictures. My new bikini will be in tomorrow so I will do pictures and measurements then. Lol, I never thought “my” and “bikini” would be in the same sentence and be pertaining to ME! I’M SO EXCITED! I WANT THIS! This is the bikini…

I know that it will take me quite some time to look like THAT in it, but dang, I WILL!

My workouts weren’t abundant, but they were worth wile for sure! I know my pace went up a little but I was able to FINALLY break 2 miles in a session! =)

Workouts:

(1/5)   Week 6 Day 1, C25K – 2.16 miles 15:44 pace
          
            Stairmaster – 10 minutes

(1/6)   Gym – Cross Trainer – 15 minutes

            Walking – 4 mph (.5 mile) – 10 minutes

            Bicycling - 10.5 mph – 20 minutes

(1/7)    20 Squats

(1/8)    25 Squats

As for weigh-in’s:

12/12 – 172
12/19 – 171.2 (-.8)
12/26 – 170.0 (-2.0)
01/02 – 170.4 (-1.6)
01/09 – 169.6 (-2.4) BAZINGA!

That’s 49.6 lbs to goal!!! Here’s to finally getting 2013 in check!

Hit the ground running!!!

Well the new year is off to an ok start.  I started it off by getting sick 12/30 and suffered w it the whole week last week and still suffering w the aftermath; stuff nose, congestion, pressure, headaches, cough..UGG! But...I was determined to make my way bk into my workout routines. So even though I probably shouldn't have, I'm pretty proud I made it to the gym anyway. Here is the break down from last week:

Monday: New Years Eve-None
Tuesday:New Years Day-None
Wednesday:Gym->Bike:3.03miles/10mins/113 cals +Chest/Bk//Tri's
Thursday:Gym->Cardio:SM/Empire St Bldg/117 Floors/316cals/30mins
Friday:Gym->Treadmill Ran 1mi/9:50 + Leg Day!
Saturday:Family Day @ Aquarium & Sunday:Lazy Day

 

Rant for this week: I was pretty pissed that the Commitment Day race was canceled, still am. How the hell you gonna cancel a "Commitment Day" race? UGG! But like Shannon has said, Time to start fresh!

I want to map out a few of my next races.  Just so I have goals of things coming up and work towards (more to come on that). One BIG one that I am already registered for is the Rock-N-Roll 1/2 marathon in Feb! This is one of my favorites! I want to do every year now.  Im not sure yet how I want to do it exactly but it will be a run/walk combination of some sort.  Ive done (2) 1/2 marathons already but both I walked, no running at all. Goal for my 1st was just to finish, done! Goal for the 2nd was to beat previous time, which I did by over 10 mins. I was happy w that!! This time I will be doing some running (not sure how much yet).  Chad will also be doing it w me so I have no worries that I will surly beat my previous times, which is my only goal for this race.  

The RNR (2/24/13) is about 6 weeks away and I have come up with a training schedule so Im a little more prepared than I was for my first 2 (which was NO prep AT ALL!)  This is one I came up with. I will try to do a 5k/10k/practice 13.1, etc on the week listed below. (Its listed on Sunday's but I may do it in the gym during that week, cardio days) We'll see...

 

My goals for this week are: 

*Continue "Beast Mode" @ the gym.

*Take official weight/measurements/pics for Jan.

*Start using MFP or "Loose it" app & Get control of the diet.

*Shop for bikini, for bikini pics. 

Hope everyone has a fantastic week!

 

Accomplishments

What's going on everyone on this wonderfully BUSY Monday!  This post is coming mid-afternoon after a huge project just got completed here at work.  It's an awesome feeling when you complete something that has been looming over your head.  While it wasn't easy to get it done, it was worth it!  Sorta like weightloss huh?  Not easy, but worth it?

I accomplished a big project today that I started at 9 a.m.  I worked through my lunch hour, non-stop, and I just finished (3 p.m.).  I also accomplished a big project that I worked on all weekend.  I am doing the Do Life Challenge and everyone participating had to submit their weight on Friday.  The first weigh in was today, just 3 days later.  I wanted a good weigh in and I got it... 4 pounds down!

I got in 5 workouts last week...5 out of 7 ain't too shabby if I do say so myself!  Funny thing is that the two days I missed were during the week!  Ha!  Normally people skip out on weekends because they've got better things to do than hit the gym, but I hit it hard and got what I wanted...results. 

I'm looking at my calendar and I see that I have only 10 days left til my appointment for the Heads Up program.  I am excited, nervous, anxious and just ready to get it started already!  I've got a hotel room booked and I am ready to go!  It's a one and a half hour drive, if you don't hit traffic, to the facility in Baton Rouge.  My appointment is for 7:45 and everyone who is familiar with Baton Rouge area and the traffic says I need to leave by 5:30 to be sure I get there on time.  Not to mention I'm the kinda girl that likes a shower in the morning, so that has me up at 4:30 to shower, do my hair and makeup and get to Baton Rouge.  Did I mention it's a fasting appointment so I can't even have coffee on my road trip?  Yeah, no thanks!  Hotel room it is! 

So my goals for this week are simple...eat good, exercise, get plenty of sleep, and track my progress so come next Monday I can tell you what I did, when I did it, and how awesome I was at it!

No fun pictures for today, no awesome sayings...just a big smile to cap off this Monday post.

Have a great week ahead!

Gone for far to long...

Alright, I'm back. I've been a total and complete slacker for a month now. Sorry. I wasn't eating healthy, I wasn't exercising and I was just not motivated.

Now that I'm back I'm starting a couple new things to help motivate myself.

One:
I'm starting a weight loss vision board. My vision board will be here at work in my little cubicle and it contain pictures of outfits I have ALWAYS wanted to wear but have never been able to, hairstyles I LOVE but wouldn't look good on a fat face and finally a pair of long boots that have never fit around my huge calves. There will be other things on my vision board too but that's a start

Two:
My husband and I are doing this together. We each have to put up $15 a month and the person with the higher percentage of weight loss at the end of the month gets the money. I already do this with the girls I work with for $10 a month but now that I have to come up with even more money is an even bigger motivation.

Also, I canceled my membership to Anytime fitness and my husband and I are going to join a gym by our house where he gets a discount and they have a daycare so we can go in the evenings with the kids and workout together!! This is a HUGE motivation!! I finally get to workout with my honey! :)

I'm happy to be back and look forward to all of the positive changes this year is going to bring!! :)