Fitness Challenge 2007

By Trula • December 10th, 2007

I’m still creeping along towards my weight loss goal. Weighed in today 135. I feel like a turtle, LOL Today’s Goals:Walk 12,000 stepsDrink 120 oz waterOne serving meals, seconds declinedNo salt added to foodRaw veggies for snacks, raw fruit for dessertBrush & floss after every mealStart: 210 poundsToday’s weigh-in: 135 poundsGoal: 130 pounds Subscribe to [...]

I’m taking up belly dancing after being inspired by Back in Skinny Jeans, who I discovered on Twitter. She posted questions about belly dancing and it reminded me about my desire to take a belly dance class again. The classes were easy to find, I did a quick google search and several options for my [...]

A friend of mine suggested that for my last 10 pounds I try to cut out salt completely from my diet. I have drastically lowered my salt intake this year and I am convinced it does help, but it seems to me to eat a no-salt diet would be too much work. Initially not adding [...]

I walked to the post office and back, in total over a six mile walk! So I feel great because I got back-orders for my biz mailed out and exercise done at the same time, woooot! Today’s Goals:Walk 12,000 stepsDrink 120 oz waterOne serving meals, seconds declinedNo salt added to foodRaw veggies for snacks, raw [...]

Taking full-body pics like before this weekend but here’s a quick snap. Major difference from last round of pics is in my legs though. I’m 10 pounds from my goal, wooooooot! I am sure I will knock that off by the end of October. Mainly I’ve been walking, doing yoga, and chair exercises when I’m [...]

As I am now almost a mere ten pounds from my goal but struggling to get this last bit of weight off I decided to get back to basics with my fitness. That means more walking and going to the gym. I keep meaning to go but find myself only going once a week. My [...]

S-bop forgot Very Important Papers He Had To Turn In Today, so I had to go up to his school. It is 2.8 miles from my house. First I was gonna walk it, then I decided to bike. My bike has a flat inner tube in one of the tires and I didn’t feel like [...]

Yoga this morning took my usual half hour but for some reason it felt much longer. It was as if time slowed down and I was fully in the moment of each move. It was great because not only were my muscles really stretched but I felt amazingly relaxed as well. It was a great [...]

It’s been so hot lately I have had a hard time getting motivated. I keep putting off beginning training for a few fitness events I want to do. I have got to get into gear and at least begin running a few miles each day. Then not only will I have done my training, I [...]

It’s the first day of summer! and midweek through my last week of the fitness challenge. Weighed in this morning at 148! I finally cracked the 150 barrier last weekend, but forgot to post. I’m going to start posting in the morning because if I leave it until the end of the day, I either [...]

Weighed in this morning at 151 pounds. Why oh why is 150 so darn hard to reach?? LOL! I am doing good, I hope you are too. I did my yoga this morning and later going to spinning class. I haven’t done spinning in a few weeks so I hope it won’t be too hard. [...]

Oh boy! I can’t believe it’s been so long since I updated my progress! I apologize, I have been crazy busy. No excuse, I must make time for this blog because it is important to me. I think I just pushed posting my progress to the back of my mind because my weight loss slowed [...]

I was just reading over at Tim Ferris’ blog and saw this:Lose 20 pounds of fat 30 days, no exercise I really like #4, ha! I of course am going to keep my exercise up but I’m considering tweaking my eating to this (except vegetarian of course and including fruit on off days) for the [...]

Today was a walking day for me, unintentionally. My kids each forgot something at home so I ended up walking to their 3 different schools at various times throughout the day. I walked to my oldest son’s school twice. In all I walked 7.5 miles today including my walk to the library this afternoon. No [...]

I feel ultra-raggedy this morning, not sure why. Well, that’s not entirely true, I’m upset over stuff that’s happening with my extended family. I tried to put it put of my mind but just ended up repressing it, and now it’s surfacing on me physically. My legs and hips ache really bad, and there’s no [...]

I missed running again today! I mean it completely slipped my mind until now, how odd. Mercury Man wants to go to the Y tonight so I’ll run on the treadmill then. This is week 20 since the beginning of this challenge! I am close to the end and did not even realize it. I [...]

The weather where I live is slowly settling into spring. This past weekend was sometimes chilly, sometimes mild, and today it’s very warm out. I missed running early this morning! but had a nice walk after the kids got off to school. I have quite a bit of work to do in the garden later [...]

I went running this morning with a goal to beat my last time of 13 minutes 20 seconds for one mile. I far exceeded this goal, are ready? Drum roll please…..I ran a mile in 12 minutes 7 seconds!! I am so excited about this. My son Scott went out with me again and I [...]

This week has flown by, I’m so serious. 2 more days of work work work then on Mother’s Day I’m going to chill. Weighed in this morning 157 even. Today is Stir-Fry Friday at my house, so I’ll have a little relaxing at dinner. Then after that going to the Y and working it out [...]

I am not running today but man oh man is it a great day for running. Today I am going to the Y and hitting the elliptical. Weighed-in at 157.5 this morning, woooot! I thought my weight wasn’t going to budge for a minute. I was flipping through my yoga book and this caught my [...]

Next round of pics: Weight 158 My waist at 158 pounds. Not a big difference from the last round of pics at 170, but my back fast is almost all gone. My weight loss is slowing down, but I am confident I will get to my target weight of 130 pounds if I just keep [...]

Today is a walking day, and yoga in the early morn of course. I am getting much steadier on my feet with yoga, I have to smile when I recall how when I started I was so off balance I couldn’t even do the Mountain pose without wobbling, have mercy. Now not only has my [...]

Less than 30 pounds to go! I made my April goal, weighed in this morning at 159.5! I wanted to be under 160 going into May and I made it. Not by much, but this really helps me and motivates me. I will make 130 pounds by my goal date, I can just feel it. [...]

TMI alert: I am having a heavy flow this month and gained 6 pounds of water this week!! I generally gain just 3 pounds each period but can go as high as 7 pounds, but since I started the challenge I have lost weight during my period anyway. Not this month. I know it’s only [...]

Holding steady at 162. I haven’t lost anything in like 3 days but I havent gained anything either, so I guess I should consider that as being ok, if not actual progress. I’ve been so busy with work I’ve been slacking off in the exercise department, only doing stuff every other day. I renew my [...]

Not doing too much today, got a lot of work to do. Today is a walking day and I’m aiming for 12,000 steps, but truth be told I’ll be happy with 8,000. Currently at 3,543 and it’s quarter to one my time, so I’d better get a move on. Weighed-in today again at 162. Today’s [...]

Weighed in this morning at 162 even. Did my yoga and a walked a mile so far today, then going to the Y tonight to sit in the sauna and do the elliptical. I can’t wait to hit 160, I’m going to start running again! I feel I have to wait until I am minimum [...]

I now weigh 162.5 (down from 210 in January) and as most of the excess fat was in my back, belly, & thighs, I had a hard time ‘seeing’ it when clothed and in my face so much. But now I can definitely see the weight loss in my face, especially from certain angles like [...]

I forgot to tell ya’ll, I had to move my Spring Party to the 28th because it was cold here with the snow and all. I’m glad I did because we had rain and a light snow this past Saturday where I live. But – I tried on my size 8 outfit anyway and I [...]

It snowed here again really bad, so I am not sure I’m going to the Y as they have not salted yet. It looks a slippery mess out there. I may put on my snow suit and tramp around outside, do 12,000 steps today instead of the elliptical and stuff at the Y.Weighed in 166! [...]