Run Fatty Run!

The inspiration for the title of today's blog is the way I felt today at the gym. Yes, I went to the gym. Horray, one day down. A lifetime to go!

Seriously though, it felt good to get some blood running through my veins. What didn't feel good was getting on the scale to see what my "starting weight" it for this whole weight loss thing. I stared at the scale in disbelief. I did the typical, "Well, the scale must be off". But ohhh no. No, it wasn't. I thought I was probably overshooting it when I guessed my weight in the last blog at 180 lbs. No...it said...186 lbs!! WHAT?! A million things ran through my head. Like, it must be because I drank so much water today, or maybe the sweat is adding weight. 6+ lbs of weight though?! No...I didn't drink enough water to add 6 lbs today.

Well, I guess that is the sad reality of being suseptible to gaining weight. It creeps up on you and before you know it, you've gained a million pounds without even trying (I wish I needed to try).

So, when I got home, I had Tim take a few "BEFORE" pictures of me so I can try to have some inspiration. Wow...talk about inspiration! My husband IS a good man if he can think this big ass is sexy! lol. So here they are...

Mmmm...cute huh?

Ok, so I set a goal. My goal is to be down to 165 lbs by Halloween. Thats roughly 20 lbs. I'm not sure if thats healthy or realistic or not. I mean 10 lbs a month is a lot I think. But if I shoot high, hopefully I land somewhere around there. I have about 2 months to get there.

So at the gym today I got on the boring elliptical for 20 minutes and the treadmill for 20 minutes. Then I lifted 10 lb weights 20 times on each arm, did 20 lunges on each leg, and did 40 crunches. I was there roughly 45 minutes so I consider it a good workout. My eating today was ok. Here is what I had:

Breakfast:

-banana

-1 cup Honey Bunches of Oats with 1 cup milk

-coffee with powdered creamer and 1 Sweet & lo

Lunch:

-2 small tacos with only a little sour cream (and I LOVE sour cream) with a few tortilla chips with salsa
-water

Dinner:

-small piece of chicken lasagna

-dinner roll (I could have done without it)

-green beans (no butter)

-about 3 spoons of mashed potatoes

-orange juice

Snack:

-fruit smoothie (no sugar)

-3 crackers and tuna

Ok, so thats all for now! Good luck to me for tomorrow. I'm gonna go work out in the morning around 9. Horray!