One Step At A Time...

Well, these are my latest purchases. A brand spanking new pair of Adidas "SuperNova" cross trainers.. they're so pretty! And a Nike + .. the disk like thing goes into the shoe (either a Nike shoe, or any shoe compatible with the "Mi Coach" feature.. I lucked out!). Once you put the "bug" into your shoe, you slip the white thingy into your ipod, and it tracks your progress. It even tells you when you need to go faster, or slow down!

The shoes retail in Canada for $140 + taxes. And the Nike + for $40.

This was my latest "this will so make me want to work out" purchase... and it worked!

I bought the shoes today with my friend Nancy, and as soon as I dropped her off I headed right to the gym (yay for having my gym bag in my car from a week of neglecting to go to the gym...). I was so excited to use the bug, that I didn't read how to do so properly, and after my 5k, I rushed home to see how I did, and VOILA.. I didn't have the damn thing turned on! hahaha...

so tomorrow I'll have a full report, I'm pretty stoked about it though.

When I thought that the bug was tracking my work out, I busted my ass... I'm all about the visual success.. so I'm very excited about it! I can't wait to work out tomorrow.... this may have been the added motivation I needed right now!

Hope everyone is doing well!

xoxo

The Good, The Bad, and The Very Very Ugly..

HaHa,

That's SOOOOOOooooOOOO not my bathroom, that is one of the NICER bathrooms I encountered in Egypt! LOL

It was just one of those weeks. I am feeling so much stress from work (yick) and from trying to lose weight (double yick) and I ended up just being worn out by Wednesday. So I left work at lunch, and took Thursday off too. Let's hear it for "Mental Health Days"! WOOHOO

I can honestly say I feel So much better!

I lost 1.2 this week, and I feel okay with that, not great, not bad, just okay.

I have to focus this week, I have to track, go to the gym consistently, and really really give it 100%!

It's fairly funny. Today at Weight Watchers a lady said how hard it is for her, she has about 80 pounds to lose... she's where I was when I started at WW. She said it seems like so much that she sees it as unattainable, and if she only had 30 to lose she'd be laughing. Meanwhile, when I had 80 to go I found it so easy, and now that I'm at just under 30 to go, I'm lost, I feel daunted, like it's just too far away now.

It also doesn't help when my family and some friends keep telling me I've lost enough, and I should be happy where I'm at.

WTF?

If you want to get to Italy, would you take a plane to England and say, well that's close enough, so I'm good here ?

Okay perhaps that's not the best example, but C'mon people! A little encouragement! LOL

So we'll see how this week goes.. hoping to get back into the 170's.... I think I can!

Hope you all have had a fabulous losing week!

xoxo

Another Week Lost...

Grrr.. This past week was such a waste. I was SICK all freaking week, and had ZERO energy. So I didn't go to the gym once. I just SLEPT the week away, when I wasn't working, I was sleeping.. I was a total Slug.. yikes!

I have no idea if I lost or gained this week... I had to work yesterday and totally missed my meeting.... maybe it's a good thing... in my head I lost......

So I have 25 weeks until I turn 30. So what am I going to do?

I'm gonna kick ass. I feel good about myself right now. I just need to get my motivation back.

I know I'm fabulous (lol) I just wish I looked it to!

I'm going to go to bed... still beat... and the plan is to kick ass this week!

xoxo

Power of Positivity!

Hello again!

So I'm somewhat back on track. Went to the gym 3 times in the last 2 weeks.. yikes! But I did track everyday this past week. In 2 weeks I lost 3.6 lbs, so that's a step in the right direction, I just gotta keep going!

I can't believe how far off course I got.

I had a rough.. ROUGH winter, and I turned to food. Not what I wanted to do!

But alas, I'm a big girl and I'll get myself back on track. I have 30 pounds to go.. I totally think I can achieve that before my 30th! Oh God I hope I do! lol..

I realized that I turned my back on all the things that made me feel SOOOOooooOOOOO good.. like blogging, going to the gym, and eating healthy.

Last year I was very happy. I didn't cry over stupid shit, I was a tough cookie, a funny cookie. This year I feel like I complain Waaayyy too much, and I'm very emotional.. WTF? I need a good slap in the face, and to get my ass back on track.

So what am I gonna do about it?

Work out 4 days this week (mon - thurs I hope!), track daily, eat my daily points (all of them.... I find I sometimes under eat.. not good!) and get loads of sleep (sleep is so important on this journey!)..

So that's the obvious stuff..

BUT I'm also going to do something else.. Power of Positive Thinking.. I'm gonna have a NO COMPLAINT week.... I am NOT allowed to verbally complain to anyone. It's gonna help me become a much more positive person! The person I used to be, the girl everyone loved!

Don't get me wrong, I'm not Eeyore, but I feel like I've had the weight of the world on my shoulders; and with living alone, I have NO ONE to talk to ... to vent to... so I find myself at work just letting it all out.. oopsy! Not good for this girl!

SO I'm getting back on it.. I'm getting back to being the girl we all love!

If anyone has any tips or helpful motivators please please PLEASE pass them this way!

until next time..

xoxo

Well, I'm Back...

Okay, it's 4:48am... and I just wanted to type out a little note....

Last year I hit my 50 pound mark by my 29th birthday. I was So proud of myself. .......

WAS....

So as you can tell I've fallen off the horse, and gained 13 pounds back..... sooo not happy with myself, so this is me getting back on the horse..

I promise you'll hear more from me!

I'll be bugging the heck out of all of you super soon!

Here's to a great day to all of us!

Forget Greece, say Hello to Egypt!

So from the header of this blog entry I'm sure you can guess my newest news.. I'm no longer going to Greece... Spur of the moment I changed my mind to an adventure/explorer trip of Egypt!!

8 busy days of exploration in Egypt, going through pyramids, tombs, valley of the kings... it's going to be AMAZING!!! I'm going to FREAKING AFRICA folks!!! Yowza~!!!

Now although I was all gung ho a couple weeks ago about losing weight again, I had a terrible week of gaining 1.6, then losing only 0.2,.... but finally this week it all came together.. I lost 4 FREAKING POUNDS!!!

It seems like everything in my life is coming together.. 

I started seeing a new guy, we'll call him Zoo boy (he took me to the Toronto Zoo our first date.. sweet isn't it?)... he's sweet, fun, kind, and makes me laugh.. only one problem.. I'm not attracted to him.. He's a good looking guy, but he just doesn't do that thing to me.. you know, where you get the butterflies.... *sigh*... 

But never fear.. I've still been seeing my Cowboy, however after 8 months there was still no kissy kissy... *sigh* that sucks !!!>>>> Until last week.....

I got slightly trashed, invited him over, and then confronted him like mad... so I think he's finally hooked into me.. I hope he is.. oh my!

I'm so confident in every other aspect of my life except men and weight.. ..... why on earth can't I read him properly??  Soo frustrating.. 

I was sooo embarrassed the next day, about how drunk I had allowed myself to get, but he came over on Tuesday and we had coffee, and we were good.. we talked about it a bit, and he said not to worry I wasn't that bad.. *sigh*.. I still feel like a total ass!!! Oh well... I shall see how it goes!... 

Anyway my lovey's .. I'm going to head back to season 2 of Gossip Girl (sooo excited haven't seen any yet.. and they are my guilty pleasure.. don't judge me!)... and my wine.. 

I'll not be gone for as long again.. My apologies kids.. 

xoxo

Planning, Dreaming, Hoping...

Hello gang... 

It's been almost a month since my week of holidays, and I'm ALMOST at my pre-vacation weight.. yikes!

I can't believe how un-motivated I've been this month, but I'm still going down, so clearly I'm doing something right.. 

However I have New motivation.... I'm currently planning a trip...  I have decided that until I have kids and get married, I'm going to take care of myself, and go on trips to the exotic places that I've dreamed about.. so last year I did my dream vacation of New York City.. this year.. it's going to be Greece!

I've been planning it for the last year, but put the plans on the back burner because things slowed down at work.. however now I've decided to say "F*&K it, I'm going!"... 

I was planning on going on my own, on a tour.. however.. no tours are available for the week I have holidays... and it's also very hard to get a trip to Greece into a 1 week vacation... but I'm going to do it.. and I may even take my Mum along, she's 63 , how much longer will she be able to do all the walking required on a trip to Greece? Plus she's never been.... and she suggested I take her along.. lol!

I am sooooooo damn excited about Greece! And so I am on a mission.. 2 months until I leave.. and I want to hit the 55 pound mark... 11 pounds in 2 months.. yikes.. I can so do it.. and if I'm my ever popular over achiever self.. maybe I'll have lost more by then!

I bought some new clothes for the trip, a couple skirts, sexy shirts, and am planning on buying a dress or two.. all either tight on me or a little small.. MOTIVATION BABY!

Can you tell how excited I am??? 

God help me if my mother and I argue on the trip.. that's just a Greek Tragedy waiting to happen! LOL.... boy the Greeks know how to treat their family! LOL

Anyway because I always do better when I blog, I think you will be seeing more of me this week than you've seen in some time!

Take care, and until next time.. 

happy eating! :)

xoxo