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So I have this new phone and I can blog from it! Yay!

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It got bad before it got better...

I have a LOT to update on here! So for starters, I'm going to post some pictures. Be patient, I need to get used to the blog business again, so this'll take a while to get fully updated.

Here is me at Christmas 2009...

 

And here I am in February 2010...



That is correct. I weighed 186.2 pounds on March 19, 2010. On that day, something in me clicked in my brain and I changed my lifestyle. And I will be blogging again, because I think it's important for me to record my progress. I've thought about re-blogging for a while, but a lot has been happening and it just got pushed to the back burner. But I'm back now! Keep checking for more updates and pictures!

Week 8

177.1, so I only gained .5 pounds this week. I'm really surprised, because I have been absolutely eating whatever i feel like, and i haven't been exercising. Plus it's that fun time of month. So yay for me! I will be better this week...

Pound Plunge, Week 7

Hi! I've been loosely keeping track of this on my other blog, but I think I'll start doing it here again because it will be easier for me to find my previous weights. So for my ease:
I started at 179.4 lbs.
Last week I was 176.1 lbs.
This week I am 174.6 lbs.

So it's coming off, very slowly, but it is coming off. And since I don't think I'm trying very hard, I'm fine with that!

I'm at work, so I must go. I will post more as we go along!

July 28, 2007

Yes, I'm back!!! I've finally gotten back on the wagon. So here we go!

I weighed in this morning on my scale: 173.4 pounds. We're going to forget about all the old weigh-ins, because I really am not sure where I stand against those scales. I know I said at one time that my scale matched the Pound Plunge scales, but that was before I found out that scales don't work in my old apartment. So 173.4 will be my starting off point!

Tyler and I have gone for walks the past three days, and we went a couple of other times last week. It was supposed to be nasty nasty hot out today, but it didn't happen. The temps never made it out of the mid-80's, and the wind was blowing. Thank you to the thunderstorms that loomed all day!

So my shoulder is really hurting. I got a cortisone shot a couple of weeks ago, but it did nothing. I had an MRI before that, and it showed tendonitis and extreme inflammation, and an "impingement" of my muscle in there. That means the blood flow was restricted or something like that. So now I go to Physical Therapy next week. I'm looking forward to it. Today it hurt to even walk. Makes it hard to be active.

I have a random goal. It's a way long range goal. Like, I may achieve it when I'm old. Well, I won't be in good enough shape when I'm old, but when I'm in my 40's maybe. Every summer there's an annual bike ride across Iowa (to find out more about it, I'll be writing about it in my other blog sometime this week. I've gotta find an article or something to add with it). I want to participate in it. I don't own a bike. I haven't been on a real bike since Jr. High. But that's OK. Eventually, when I'm in fairly good shape, I'll get myself a bike and start training. Not now though. I'll stick with stationary bikes in the Fitness Center :)

That's all for now. I'll be updating this every week!

May 25, 2008

I can feel the dust from the wagon wheels! 

I moved to a new apartment and I have a nice, level, solid floor for my "broken" scales that Target wouldn't take back. And they totally work now! So we are starting the Plunge all over again. Forget where I started before and where I ended up. 

175.0 lbs. The real problem is going to be stress. I kind of have a lot of it right now. Which makes me want to eat bad things and not move much. Besides the fact that the cortisol factor turns my calories into belly fat.

Which I also have found out is also an effect of Fibromyalgia. What a crappy thing. 

It was nasty hot and humid today, and Tyler and I went for a walk!!! Yay us!

May 5, 2008

I finally stopped by the Health Center today and got on the scales. 176 on the nose. Looking back on the blogs, it seems like the last time I weighed in the Health Center I was at 174.5, so I've only gained 1.5 pounds. That's pretty exciting, actually. You have no idea how far off the wagon I have fallen. Like, I fell off, and the wagon is now about a mile ahead of me. But I've gotten up and have started walking toward the wagon again. I'm not sure how long it'll take me to actually catch up to the wagon and hop on, but I'd venture to guess it'll be at least three weeks. We're closing the halls this week, and over the next two and a half weeks I have four campus interviews scheduled. Stress and more stress, and travel never equals good eating.

I didn't tell you either that I couldn't take my stupid scales back. I lost the receipt and I paid cash for it, and Target won't take stuff back without a receipt if it's over $20. I think I paid $29. Grr. But maybe once I get someplace with a hard level floor it'll work. If not, it'll be a good yard sale item for Dad.