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25 April 2014

Well, started this journey three weeks ago. Yesterday was the first day that I actually came back down to 184. With all the exercising, and healthy eating, I had actually put on 5 pounds. I know that it is because I was starting to lose inches first. The muscle I have been gaining made it look like I hadn't lost any pounds yet, I just have to keep that in mind when I look at the scale. But yesterday I was back to 184. I am proud of myself because I have a tendency to lose faith that the weight will come off and I give up and start to gain even more. But I have a great co-worker who is helping me on this journey. She is on her own journey and it is amazing how much having her helps me. My diet has totaly changed and I never thought that I would ever eat this healthy. My friend took pictures of me 3 weeks ago and I'm gonna ask her if she can take a couple today. I know it hasn't been long, but I really feel that there is a difference. I need all the motivation I can get. I am going to also try the ADVOCARE 24 day challenge. I've been debating about it for a while and I have a friend that swears by it. So, it should be here in a few days and I'm very excited to try it. Anyway, I am excited to go to my first semi-personal training tonight. I say semi,but there will be 3 of us and the trainer. I have been to group sessions that him and his wife do, and they are awesome. He doesn't just preach it or semi look like a trainer, he has the body to prove he knows what he is doing, as does his wife, even though his wife hasn't been at it as long as him, you can even see the changes she has made in her pictures. She wasn't a big woman, but you can see how much toner she is and how much progress she has made in her yoga moves. I hope to one day be able to do the hand-stand that she can do as well as many other poses. There is a box, that we aim to be able to jump on from a standing position. I am 5 feet tall and the box come about 4 inches above my knees. I can't do it yet, but one day soon I will. Our trainer can jump over it without even touching it. And he isn't a tall man. He is only, at the most 5'8". So, it isn't like he has long legs. Anyway, I need to get going, gotta work. I tend to blab on too much. I pray for everyone, and hope that you reach all your goals. Have a great night.

16 April 2014

Well, my second day of my life change. I am going to really try to keep this journaling up. I have never been good at writing things down, but hopefully this will help me keep myself accountable.

Last night I went to my friend's house to exercise. Since it was pouring down cats and dogs, we exercised inside. She has been my best motivation. I also work with her. So, I am able to talk with her about the lifestyle changes I am making. She eats very healthy and exercises 4 to 6 times a week. She is a life saver! I am so blessed to have her by my side supporting me.

She started her lifestyle changes about a year ago, give or take. She has made drastic changes and I am blessed to have her helping me.

I know this is going to seem like a lot of work at first, but as I get used to it I'm hoping that it won't feel like work anymore. It has only been three days since I started eating healthier (2 days since I started tracking on here) and I think it is making a difference in how I feel already.

With my fibromyalgia, I am constantly fighting being tired and feeling like I can't function. It is depressing when you know it is a beautiful day outside, you can feel the sun shining on you through the window, but it is too much of an effort to get dressed so that you can walk out of the door to enjoy it. I don't want to be like this on the weekends and I'm gonna work hard to change my actions. Just like I force myself to get up and go to work everyday, I need to force myself to do something enjoyable.

Sorry, that my posts seem depressing, but it is how I feel right now. I am working on turning it around. I want to be true to myself as I journal, so that I know what my journey has really been like.

Arguing with family members is also a difficult thing. Especially when it is your mother that you love dearly. Hopefully our relationship will get better as I get better. :)

Anyway, I'm logging off for now.

15 April 2014

I really don't know what to say. I am feeling miserable and want to better myself. I no longer want to feel this way. I am now working in a new job with a wonderful co-worker who is working on her weight as well.

We get along great. I have started doing an excercise program with her called PIP (Pain in the Park). It is an intensive workout with a trainer, with several people every wednesday. Tomorrow will be my second Wednesday doing PIP.

I want to make this a life change and not call it a diet. I want to stay healthy for the rest of my life. I have fibromyalgia and am in a lot of pain most of the time. I take a few medications and would like to eventually go off of as many of them as I can if not all of them.

I'm so tired of being in pain! Some days, by the end of the day I can hardly walk. But I keep going because I have no choice.
I have trouble waking up when I need to. I sleep a lot and it bothers my boyfriend. He gets depressed because he thinks we don't do enough things together. But at the same time I have 2 teenage boys that need my attention, and anytime I am doing things with the boys and I invite my boyfriend, he finds a reason not to go.

So, my social life could probably be better, and at the same time he needs to lose a lot of weight also. I am hoping that by bettering my lifestyle that he will better his as well, especially since he has diabetes and an enlarged heart.

Anyway, I could probably write about a million things on here, like the TIA (mini stroke) I had in 2007, which is when I found out I have a hole in my heart, or the campylobacter infection I had in 2003 that lasted a month. There are so many things.

I just want to be healthy, so that I can spend more time with my boys and my boyfriend doing more active things. We live by the beach and I dread having to walk through the sand to get to a spot. I would love to go on bike rides, play soccer with my boys, and do other things.

Again, I am going to try to stop typing. Thank you Christy for your support, motivation and help with everything. It really means a lot.

Sam

15 April 2014

Weigh-in: 184.0 lb lost so far: 0 lb still to go: 24.0 lb Diet followed N/A

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