Moving My Body Through Space

Ha ha ha...no, i'm not talking about going up in the space shuttle and landing on the moon.

I'm talking about EXERCISE. 

My lap band support group leader (Hi Mark!) says the phrase "Moving My Body Through Space" at least once during every monthly support group meeting.  What he means is get your body moving any which way you can.  Example: take extra trips to/from the car when unloading groceries to the house.  Got 10 bags of groceries? Then take 10 trips and lift those bags up and down while you're at it.  Find ways to be inefficient yet active.

Anyways, I have found a new way of "Moving My Body Through Space." 

Yep, I've been walk/running.  I noticed that I haven't been able to get my heart rate up or sweat enough (ewww) with just walking.  So, now I have been trying to run a block, then walk a block.  It is WAY EASIER to run with less weight to carry around (duh).  If someone had said to me a year ago that I would be running, I would have laughed at them and said "what are you smoking?"

Normal!

Yep, after 11 months of using the Wii Fit, it finally told me that my BMI is "normal"!

Weighing in on the Wii Fit board has always been a little depressing, it would always  go "wah-wah" (a rather sad noise) and then announce "that's obese" or "that's overweight."  Now it makes a little melody and my Mii claps and jumps up and down :)

I love my Wii - I still use it once or twice a week.

I have pre-ordered Zumba for the Wii on Amazon which is coming out this week, can't wait!  It should be delivered to my house in about a week.

Weigh-in Day...and the results are...

a loss of 1.7 lbs! yay!

Start Weight: 256 lbs
Current Weight: 147 lbs
Total Lost:  109 lbs

Less than two weeks to go to Thanksgiving (and ultimate) goal of 145lbs.  2 pounds to go.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

NOT Drinking with Meals

This has been something I had always struggled with since surgery. 

As most of you know, bandsters aren't supposed to drink with our meals...key phrase in that sentence is "supposed to".  There are a lot of "supposed to's" in my new lifestyle.  Like, "supposed to" exercise or "supposed to" take my vitamins...or my favorite: I'm "supposed to" stop eating when I feel full (that could be a whole other post in itself).

Anyways, I think I have finally made it a "way of life" for me and don't realize it much anymore.

Example: yesterday I was at a potluck and we were all sitting down to eat.  A friend said to me, "aren't you going to have something to drink, they're over there on the table."  I hadn't even looked for the drinks prior to sitting down, it is just second nature now not to seek out a drink when eating.  FINALLY!  Only took over a year to get to this point...!

PS: Weigh-in day is tomorrow.

Fun With Fat Photos...

From the last 10+ years...

Well, I Guess It's Official Now

Over the past few months, I have been getting interesting looks and comments from various retail people and especially the TSA at the airports....when I would show them my drivers license when paying with a credit card or going through security...

So, last week when I was having an especially good hair day, I decided it was time to get a replacement ID photo.

Here's the comparison for you.  Current ID on the top and old ID (from June 2007) on the bottom. 

Looks like I lied about my weight back then too.  More accurate would have been 260lbs.  I also had them put my goal weight on the new one....3 lbs to go!

PS: I was amazed at how congratulatory and happy the DMV folks were about this ID renewal.  I guess they really do know how to smile.

Cheering You All On!

I see the Holiday Challenge begins today for many of you.

Congrats on setting some great and attainable goals...I know you can do it!

I'll be here with my pom poms cheering you all on :)

Rant

Long, long ago...way before surgery I made a decision that I was never going to be the "food police" to anyone else.

What people eat is their business, their choice, etc.  I don't care what goes in your mouth.  I have never said "you shouldn't eat that" or "are you really going to eat that?"  or any other version of that....I do this mainly because I know I hate it when anyone plays "food police" with me.

I try to set a good example in my food choices and portions, but that's all that I do.

What I don't understand, is now when I go out to eat with people, sometimes they insist on making excuses of why they are ordering a certain menu item.  Recent examples include, "I haven't eaten much today, I'm going to get the cheeseburger, terrible I know." or  "I am so bad, but I'm getting that pie for dessert."

People never used to do this when I was heavy.

I want to shake them and say "I DO NOT CARE.  Eat what you want."

OK, my rant is over.

But wait, now I'm wondering, when I weighed 250+ lbs, did I used to say things like that to justify my food choices?

100lbs down - Reward

I am a big believer in rewarding one's self at large milestones in a weight loss journey.

It's important to realize all that hard work to achieving those goals.

I hit the 100 lbs lost mark a few weeks ago and have been debating whether I would do another spa day as I talked about in THIS POST.  But then I thought, why not something I can wear?

Well, my UGG boots (from 1997!) have always been a winter basic for me, especially since moving to the wilderness of Oregon.  I put them on the other day for the first time since February...and guess what - they were too big!  Size 9s...looked like floppy clown shoes on my feet.  So I passed them along to a coworker who will enjoy them.

So today I went to my local (and only) UGG seller.  I picked myself up a new pair in size 7!

Weigh-in Day...and the results are...

a loss of .6 lbs. 

Starting Weight: 256 lbs
Current Weight: 148.7 lbs
Total Lost: 107.3 lbs

3.7 lbs until GOAL!