Refocusing (Day 648)

Hi all!

Happy Monday and Happy July 1st! Can you believe it's July? June flew by and so many changes happened for me. All very positive, except the job not working out... but oh well, it's all part of the adventure. How are you all doing today? It's finally a little cooler here today, thankfully and won't be getting all that warm again for a little bit. I'll take all the cool weather I can get during the summer.

Last night I went to the young adult group at my new church here in CO, I was crazy nervous about it before I got there. In fact, I almost talked myself out of going, but I was insanely blessed by going to it. I met some absolutely amazing people, they were so welcoming and I feel like they could become great friends.

As some of you know, I have been extremely stressed out lately with the whole job situation especially, and that was making me stress eat and made me feel quite alone. So I was feeling pretty down on myself because of that and the scale wasn't the happiest with me either. But I have randomly taking pictures of myself and I took this one... needless to say, I didn't not look like this when I started my new lifestyle. Plus when my friend saw this picture she told me how different I looked then from now. It was very encouraging. But after hearing that, I know that I don't want to start gaining weight again. So I need to refocus: eating within my calorie range and more exercise.

Today marks a month and new day, so my goals start today. Things will be different. I'm starting a challenge with a group on SP that I'm a part of and hopefully that will be the kick in the butt that I need.

Time to get going on homework for the week... Hopefully I'll get a great head start on my finals. Have a wonderful day everyone! So until next time.

~Sara~

Weigh-In and Recommitting (Day 605)

Hi all!

Happy Sunday! How are you all doing today? It's a beautiful day here in Wisconsin, the sun is shining with a few clouds and it's warmer. How is the weather by all of you today? 

I'm thankful to have a more relaxing day planned because yesterday was crazy busy. We had our rummage sale yesterday from 8am-4pm, and I was outside for most of that time (I was able to work on my tan a little too :) ). It wasn't that it was extremely crazy or anything but we had the kids over so we were trying to keep them under control too. Even though I was sitting a lot of the day, my hip is killing me... thankfully I get to see my chiropractor tomorrow. 

Since it is Sunday, that makes it weigh-in day. After my nutrition this week, I am not surprised by the result but I am surprised that I didn't gain more. Thankfully I only gained a pound because with my nutrition last week, I should have gained a lot more. Honestly, I probably didn't gain more because my fitness was decent last week. I only had 88 fitness minutes but my workouts were a little more intense most days. But my goal for this week is to have at least 100 fitness minutes, hopefully closer to 150 though. 150 fitness minutes is only 30 minutes for 5 days, that's easy. So no excuses, I will get those 150 fitness minutes this week. 

Starting Weight: 315

Last Weigh-In: 270.4

Current Weight: 271.4

Total Lost: 43.6

It is time to refocus and recommit because I do not want to keep gaining this weight back. I've fought really hard to lose these 43 pounds and I will not gain them back. So as I said, my fitness will be increasing this week and my nutrition will be on track this week. I need to really focus on eating healthier calories again because I have gotten away from that. Less sweets, pizza  and unhealthy night time snacking, more vegetables and healthier calories. 

Today will be busy, church this morning, homework this afternoon/evening, dinner with my SIL, brother and the kids, hopefully getting a workout in, and of course the baseball game. I hope that you all have an amazing day! So until next time!

~Sara~