Week 5: Struggling

I am still at a 10 pound loss....no more....maybe less, but I won't know for sure for another week.   I am so frustrated.   I am working HARD!!!   2-3 hours each day I workout.  Not some light workout....hard work!   I am running bleachers, walk/running on treadmill, increasing the intesity when walking on treadmill by moving the incline up every 3 minutes.   I am lifting weights, doing crunches, push ups and a whole bunch of other things.   I use the workout listed in the Biggest Loser book.   I am biking 9 miles in 30 minutes on my indoor bike, I am taking my kids (weight totals 200 pounds) for wagon rides where I tie a belt around my waist and attatch it to the wagon and I pull them for 2 miles.   I am sweating like crazy...dripping sweat!   I am watching what I eat.   I am FRUSTRATED!!!!   I am not losing and today when I got on the scale I was 2 pounds up.  

So these are the changes I am making....

1.   Way more water.  My goal is to drink four 62 ounces cups a day.

2.   Watch the calories in even more carefully.

3.   More sleep....I know I need more.

4.   Stick with my other goals.

If this doesn't work I am not sure what is left to try.  I know the weight loss hasn't stopped because of lack of exercise....I know I am doing enough and a high intensity.   I want to break out of the 220's so bad!!!!  

I am trying to hang on and not give up....but today I feel like I am waivering a little.   I have changed my weigh-in day to Friday's.    Hoping this will give me better motivation for the weekend.   Weekend is the hardest for me.

I know this blog is hardly read by anyone....but if you happen across it and have been through this please send me words of encouragement!   I feel like I am on the verge of giving up.

I an under some stress right now...not sure if that is what has made this difficult or not.   I have a friend who has been having some mental health issues and so I have been helping her with her daughter while she gets better.  I have had a few other things going on causing some stress and irritation.  I feel like I need a great big cry and I will feel better.  lol  :)   I am going to see the new batman movie this weekend...that should help.  ;)  

Passed Week 2 and I am still at it!

I am in the middle of my 3rd week of my latest attempt at my journey to health.

I have been extremely faithful to my 4 goals I posted last time.   Last week I ended up dropping a big fat ZERO.   This was extremely frustrating but it did teach me a couple of things.  1.   My body has to have a workout in the morning and then later in the day in order to drop weight.   2.   I have to be so much better about how much I eat when attending events.   I went to a Polo Match  last Saturday and the food was incredibly yummy (If you need a caterer go to Culinary Crafts....seriously the food was heavenly.  They made trout taste like protein candy!) so I just kept eating.   BIG MISTAKE!   I was so sick the rest of the day and into the next morning.   No wonder when I stepped on the scale a few days later, for my weekly weigh-in, I hadn't lost anything.   

This week I have added an additional workout later in my day.   So I do Cardio (mostly interval cardio) walk/aerobics dvd for 1/2 hour then I interval bike for 1/2 hour (I am up to 9 miles in 30 minutes....this may not be much but it is tons to me!).   Then around 3pm (sometimes later in the evening if I have alot going on) I do "Just Dance" high intensity songs for 45 mins to an hour or I go on a brisk walk for an 1/2 hour to an 1 hour.  Every other morning I add weight circuit to my routine and that lasts around 1/2 or a little more.  My goal this week with weigh loss is to drop another 5 pounds.   My daughters birthday was yesterday so I had a little cake and then today I was so hungry after church I ate lunch but then gave in and ate cake again so I am worried about that but I didn't lose control so I believe I still stayed in my calories.   I wish I wouldn't have eaten it though.

I weigh in on Tuesdays so we will see what the scale says.  

Hoping it is at least 5 down!

I have noticed two funny things....

1.  Watching reruns of "The Biggest Loser" helps me stay focused on my goal and helps with my motivation.

2.  The more I sweat the more I sweat.   I am working hard enough now that my clothes are really wet when I am done working out.   But I am also noticing I start sweating much easier when I am doing house chores or other things around the house.   Not sure what that means....weird.  lol  :)