I wonder if I can keep this up?

So it has been a week since my last post, I think I said something about how I wasn't going to weigh myself on the scale until a week goes by or something like that....that thought didn't last very long! I'm pretty sure I stepped on that thing right after I got done talking about it on here. To my surprise, it revealed that I had lost another pound, well, now, today I'm down to 174 Lbs!!! Hooray!
I also decided to measure myself with a tape measure and it showed that I have lost 2 inches in my waist and chest area bringing these measurements down to 41 inches in my waist and also my chest area (hee hee, I'm kind of well endowed in that department if you know what I mean). I realize that I have a long way to go to reach my goal but I think I'm well on my way.

How I acheived it:

• I haven't stuck to working out on the elliptical everyday like I had planned, I probably got in less than 2 hours last week.
• I've been walking to work almost everyday. There are days when I really don't feel like walking; it's stinking hot and humid here. I'd rather not show up to work and need an immediate shower upon my arrival, you know? But somehow, it hasn't been too bad. On the days that I really feel like not walking, 'Thanel tells me in his loving and sweet way, "I will not sin against you by getting in your way to your goal by driving you to and from work". OH PLEASE! give me a break... It's a big joke between us.
• I've pretty much eliminated fast food from my diet this week. I've incorporated yogurt and a peice of fruit each day at work.
• I still drink Diet Coke, I'm afraid to say that it will be EXTREMELY hard for me to ween myself off that stuff. I've got to have my caffeine.
• I've tried to drink more water but that's not going so well, I need to try to do better
• I use a site called Every Day Health, it's free to join and it has a lot of good articles, helpful tips, recipes, and my most favorite tool; a calorie counter that you enter your food items that you eat and it breaks it down to how many calories are in the foods plus all the other nutritional stats. It also has a tool where you can monitor your caloric needs based on your current weight and how many calories you need to lose a pound a week. It even breaks down how many calories you burn doing every day things ~ I was pleased to learn that I can burn 20 calories taking a 15 minute long shower ~ Sweet!

I'm sure you want pics, one day when I'm feeling brave, I'll post some of my progress. I know how motivating it can be when I see before and after pics. Please bare with me until then. Thank you so much for your support!

Woo hoo! Down 4 Lbs.

Bless me, Readers, It's been over a week since my last post! Ha, tongue in cheek! Let's see, my last weigh-in from then was 182 Lbs. This morning I weighed in at 178 Lbs. Don't cheer just yet, I'm still not quite sure that is anything substantial, it's prolly just water weight (?) It seems like a lot for just 10 days. I'm not sure why I'm having a hard time congratulating myself. Maybe it's because I'm feelling guilty about not doing what I planned to do. In my previous post I had an action plan that I intended to do. Hmmm, but then again; the scale dosent lie. What I have been doing seems to be working, and so that makes me happy. I'm not content with what I've been doing though. I can do better.

For instance, I haven't been doing my cardio every day like I planned. It's been a total of only 2 hours spread over 3 days. But hey, at least I've done some work outs right? I also cut the grass this last week, walked to work a handful of times and laid off the sweets (sort of.)

Enough about that...How was your 4th of July celebrations? mine was nice. It didn't start until 9 pm Sunday evening. In fact, my husband and I had napped almost the entire day. After the am church services and mulling around at home cooking lunch, trying to stay awake while watching Catch me if you can, we, with Marcello; our Italian Greyhound puppy had a lovely, long nap. 9 pm rolled around and we set out to enjoy whatever fireworks we could see along with our newly installed tradition of going to Andy's Frozen Custard (divinity!) ((Bad Liz.))

Marcello, aka The Marsh, was too distracted and distressed to enjoy his mini cone whilst we oohed and aahed at the fireworks. He mostly hid under 'Thanel's (Nathanael's) lawn chair. All in all it was a nice, simple, lazy day. When we got home, we pretty much crashed again and promptly went to bed.

I know, I know...
I know what you're thinking. Oh good grief, not another blog about someones journey of weight loss... Well, folks, this is something I've got to do.

But hey, I'll try to keep it interesting. I have high hopes for this journey I'm about to take, and this blog. I hope to encourage, motivate and gain some confidence, and make some new friends along the way!

There has never been any better time than now to start this. Now is the time to start gaining control of my life. Are you with me? I know I can acheive this; God is on my side, what more could I need? well, my family, friends and you, readers!

Let's take this journey together...