I kind of lost track of this blog. It's been a crazy, but wonderful year and I've had great weight loss success since I last posted. I'm now at 38lbs down and my waist is at 41". The lbs lost aren't my main focus anymore. After 2 months of bootcamp, I realize the importance of strength training because in those 2 months, I lost 3 1/2" off my waist and 2 1/2" off my hips. I'm wearing a size 16 pant easy now and am in some size 14 dresses. I attribute my weight loss to consistent tracking of what I'm eating, weight lifting, push ups, sit ups, Zumba, a new love of hiking and my new job. I have the freedom with my new job to work at 7:30am - 4:00pm shift, therefore I can get off work and go workout, or workout at 5:15am like I was doing with bootcamp. My husband and I have started backpacking when we can. These are usually 5-10mile hikes with my 25lb pack. This burns over 1,000 calories per hike and helps to build muscle in my legs.
I also like to keep things new and fresh. I try to vary my workouts so they aren't the same. The other day, I tried TRX for the first time. It was challenging and the next day I was VERY sore, but I've gotten this mentality that if it was hard the first time, maybe I'll get better and it will be easier the next. That's whats kept me going is my competitive nature with myself.
The big thing is that I do not kill myself. I was doing workouts 5+ days a week, but now I think I'm going back to 3x because I was exhausted! When you are that tired, it's hard to focus on things like work, laundry, cleaning the house, etc...
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| This is me now. July 4, 2011 | | | | | | | | |  | | |
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Me trying on wedding dresses over 3 years ago. I didn't buy this dress, but you can see in my expression how miserable the process was for me. I was a size 20 in this photo. I never want to be there again!
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| Here I am on my wedding day July 31, 2008. It was the perfect wedding, except I really wish I would have tried harder to lose this weight, because I didn't feel my prettiest like a girl should on their wedding day. I hated my dress! I told my husband that I want to renew our vows someday so that I can have the dress I want. | | |
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Anyways, this has been my journey thus far and it's nowhere near over. I don't think it will ever be! |
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