Please step away from the Pepsi....
My name is Laura, and I live in Texas. I am 44, have been married for 23 years, and have a 20 year old son and a 17 year old daughter. We also have a zoo. We have 2 labradoodles (Moose is 6 yrs old and over 100 lbs and Maddie is 3 yrs old and about 50 pounds), a cat named Olivia, and frequent visits from Rigby, my son's 1 year old Boston Terrier/Australian Shepherd mix. In the past year I lost 60 pounds, and then somehow lost all my motivation.
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So, I'm not a very good blogger. First of all, I'm not interesting or funny and no one would want to read it. Secondly, I'm too self-conscious to pretty much let anyone read it anyway. Third, I have no "follow through" so it never lasts long. I decided maybe starting a blog to talk through some stuff would be good, and was going to create a new one, and somehow remembered this old one. Wow. I decided to leave the few posts that were there for some background, and my entertainment value. In January 2013 I had surgery that required I not drink any Pepsi (or which I am a TOTAL ADDICT) for about a week. At the end of the week, I thought, well, I'm past the worst of it. Let's keep going. After losing a little weight, I decided to try and start eating better, too. Around May, I even ventured into a gym and joined, and hired a personal trainer. Things went really well for a few months, and I ended up losing almost 70 pounds. Then the wheels came off. My first trainer quit. My second trainer got fired. I tried doing it on my own, and then I tried working out with my 2nd trainer just at a gym, but that ended up being more his workouts than mine. I got discouraged and tired and various things, and gained a few pounds back. I'm now down about 60 pounds. For cardio I mostly rode the bike, but eventually tried walking in the park, and some jogging. I've done two 5K races. The first one I totally walked, and the second one I walked with intermittent jogging. I'm not a fan of jogging, and my knees are REALLY not a fan of it. I'll do good cardio for 3 or 4 days in a row, then do none while eating everything in sight for 3 or 4 days in a row. So, I just gain and lose the same 5 pounds over and over. I'm really wanting to get past this hump, and get to -75 pounds. I think that would really motivate me. My "big" goal is to get to 199 (which would be a loss of 87 pounds.) Everything from there would just be gravy. I'm a member of 24 Hour Fitness, use MyFitnessPal to track my calories, and have discovered River Legacy Park, where I really enjoy getting in my cardio. My friend Angie tries to motivate me, but even she must be thinking I'm hopeless at this point. LOL I've all but stopped seeing Spencer, my trainer, due to time/money/motivation issues. But I know I can do this. I need to take my meds (anti-depressants) and get back in the habit of exercising almost daily, and I know it will make a huge difference on my outlook. So, no promises, but I'll try! (great attitude, huh?? LOL)
posted by Laura at
10:02 AM |
