Allo.
Hey everyone :) I'm back and situated. Unbelievably tired this morning.
I've been eating healthily lately and drinking lots of water. Haven't been working out so to speak, but I have been "working". I bought a new futon while I was out of town because I thought "hey maybe if I sleep more comfy I will wake up easier and I will work out more". Plus its smaller and makes more room for me to actually workout. Wednesday I put the entire thing together by hand so I believe that counts as working out (not to mention lugging all the pieces up and down the stairs). Yesterday I spent most of the day taking apart my old futon and lugging it down the stairs. It's not much but hey, my body is sureelly feeling it today.
Monday before I left I found out that my mom's body has started the behaviors and symptoms of someone with diabetes. We're not entirely sure but we believe this means she doesn't have diabetes yet, but if she doesn't change her weight and eating habits she may get it very very soon. The same news about my closest cousin Mike (who is only 20 - 21 in June!). This was definitely a world-shaker.
My mom was extremely upset.. so we went over to visit her and we all went for a long walk. She told me she missed my e-mails and we need to start doing them again. I used to e-mail her at work every morning telling her what I was going to do that day healthwise and she would do the same. It helped her because she says it made her not want to let me down. So we're going to start e-mailing each other every single day. I'm going to try to e-mail her before or around 8am every morning in hopes that it will make me wake up and get started.
This morning we woke up and tried to do the same workout/yoga show on tv. It was hard because it was too much floor exercise (we didn't know what to expect) but it was still nice trying. I told her that we should just call or contact each other every day at a certain time to say "we're working out right now" then hang up and call back only after we work out.
I weighed myself Wednesday and I was back to my "average" weight (337) so I assume my weight gain mightve actually been due to bloating (I always forget) but I'm not sure. Either way I'm counting 342 as my "Starting Weight" for April 2005 and I hope to lose at the very least 5 pounds this month. This means being 335 on June 3rd. My *hopeful* goal is 328 (basically 10 pounds not counting water weight gain) - just to finally be out of the god damn "330's".
I think I'm ready to get back into action. I hope. God, I pray. I really do. I've been cleaning every single day so to me that is sort've a sign that I'm ready to get back on track and take care of myself. I just had some of my favorite oatmeal and I'm about to log it in Fitday. I'm ready to begin again.
I hope the rest of you are having a good start to April :)
I've been eating healthily lately and drinking lots of water. Haven't been working out so to speak, but I have been "working". I bought a new futon while I was out of town because I thought "hey maybe if I sleep more comfy I will wake up easier and I will work out more". Plus its smaller and makes more room for me to actually workout. Wednesday I put the entire thing together by hand so I believe that counts as working out (not to mention lugging all the pieces up and down the stairs). Yesterday I spent most of the day taking apart my old futon and lugging it down the stairs. It's not much but hey, my body is sureelly feeling it today.
Monday before I left I found out that my mom's body has started the behaviors and symptoms of someone with diabetes. We're not entirely sure but we believe this means she doesn't have diabetes yet, but if she doesn't change her weight and eating habits she may get it very very soon. The same news about my closest cousin Mike (who is only 20 - 21 in June!). This was definitely a world-shaker.
My mom was extremely upset.. so we went over to visit her and we all went for a long walk. She told me she missed my e-mails and we need to start doing them again. I used to e-mail her at work every morning telling her what I was going to do that day healthwise and she would do the same. It helped her because she says it made her not want to let me down. So we're going to start e-mailing each other every single day. I'm going to try to e-mail her before or around 8am every morning in hopes that it will make me wake up and get started.
This morning we woke up and tried to do the same workout/yoga show on tv. It was hard because it was too much floor exercise (we didn't know what to expect) but it was still nice trying. I told her that we should just call or contact each other every day at a certain time to say "we're working out right now" then hang up and call back only after we work out.
I weighed myself Wednesday and I was back to my "average" weight (337) so I assume my weight gain mightve actually been due to bloating (I always forget) but I'm not sure. Either way I'm counting 342 as my "Starting Weight" for April 2005 and I hope to lose at the very least 5 pounds this month. This means being 335 on June 3rd. My *hopeful* goal is 328 (basically 10 pounds not counting water weight gain) - just to finally be out of the god damn "330's".
I think I'm ready to get back into action. I hope. God, I pray. I really do. I've been cleaning every single day so to me that is sort've a sign that I'm ready to get back on track and take care of myself. I just had some of my favorite oatmeal and I'm about to log it in Fitday. I'm ready to begin again.
I hope the rest of you are having a good start to April :)