THERESA AND STEPHEN - IN SHAPE IN 2008

What a struggle!  I have been fighting depression all week. My daughter has been in the wrong place at the wrong time; she got bullied bad at school in which my husband and I had to have a teachers (4), principle and dean conference. Someone broke her glasses beyond repair when she left them in the after school care and I believe it was the teachers own son who did it, I had heated words with her that actually made me physically ill. I have only had that happen one other time in my life and that was when I was layed off from a 7 year job being in shock.  My husband and I have agreed to separate.  I now have the worries of emotionally stress and financial stress but I am trying really hard to focus on me which I can't do that because of my responsibilities to my daugther (which that I don't mind of course). My eating has been like: One night I had 2 plates of spegetti and meatballs with two slices of garlic bread and one chocolate chip cookie. Last night I had an ice cream waffle cone.  Other than that I have stayed focused and gone to the gym.  It's really hard when I am not at work. Today I am off and I would be going to the gym on my lunch hour and here it is almost lunch and I am still in my p.j.'s.  I will really have to force myself to go just to stay on track.  I hope this blog finds all of you doing well and staying focused.  Drop me an email or answer to this blog if you wish.  I look forward to hearing from any of you.

Hi everyone - another week down and 2 more pounds gone for good. I have lost only 5 pounds in two weeks but have changed some things in my life. I started going to the gym at least three times a week during my lunch hour. I strickly do circuit weight training because I don't like to sweat terribly and then go back into the office and work for the rest of the day feeling smelly & yucky. I will start this week going after work also doing the eliptical machine to get my cardio in because I know that will burn more calories than just the weight training.  I weigh myself in after watching the biggest loser and I weigh more at night than in the morning but I started this weighing in after the biggest loser and I now vow to do that every week. I started drinking more water and less diet coke and also eating healthier foods, grapes, cottage cheese and fruit and more veggies. I will also measure my body because I know I will loose inches quicker than weight. I hope this blog finds everyone doing well and having much success. Bye ya'll for now!  It's past my bedtime.

Well, not bad for the first I suppose, I went from 216.6 to 213. I have to stop weighing myself everday because it can be very depressing. I weighed in this morning at 211...grrr. I have now vowed that my weigh in is right after the biggest loser show on Tuesday nights.  I have watched what I am eating but still have to conquer the eating healthy. I also have to go to the gym more often, 3 times a week for 20-25 minutes is not good enough.  I went out to lunch on Sunday after church and had a big salad and black bean chicken chili. I went to Sub-way on Monday night and had my usual 6" on honey oat Italian BMT but this time only with a diet coke; no frozen coke and chips. I have not had ice cream at all this week. I had to explain to my husband that I am not ready to have just a little; I have to have NONE right now. When I feel strong enough to limit the intake of ice cream then and only then will I have it.  I was thinking about setting a short term goal and rewarding myself. I can't make up my mind what reward I would give myself because it always comes back to food. If I'm good then I can have something bad but that is not what will get me to my ultimate goal. I work for the County Commission and today I was on T.V. and boy oh boy what a wake up call.  I looked horrible and grotesque, I was repulsed by my own appearance. I never see myself that way in the mirror, I may feel it some days but really never see it until a picture of me is in front of my face. I hope all of you have done well this first week but if you had a bad week no worries just start fresh right now. My daughter's phrase is "You try you fail, you try you fail but the only time you fail is when you stop trying." Also, practice makes better NOT perfect. Great wisdom from an 11 year old little girl. My husband went from 178 to 175. I wil post new pictures next Tuesday night. Best wishes to ALL! 

Hello eveyone or should I say anyone who is reading my blog entries. Still working on my website and struggling. I'm going to bed soon because it is 1:30 in the morning and I have been working on the site for hours now but wanted to give an update of my journey. I worked out on 1/4/08 for 20 minutes on the stationary bike again but this time I burned 131 calories and rode 3 3/4 miles and got my heart rate up to 180; YES! We celebrated two birthdays at work and ther was cinnimon buns, pigs in a blanket, the most outragious chocolate cake with great icing, as well as, fruit and veggies. Guess what I ate, NO, I did not eat the buns, pigs in a blanket or the cake, I ate the fruit and veggies; that's right! I was extremely proud of myself.

 

I didn't do anything physical on 1/5/08 but I did say no to bad addicting foods. I went to Wendy's and had chili which was a big deal and a hurtle I hopped over. I can really thank my daughter because she has been so supportive. She tells me "mommy, put down that cookie, don't eat the ice cream, no offence mom but you don't need it." Wow, this from an eleven year old little girl...what wisdom.

 

Since I can't seem to get my statement of 300 words or less onto my website, I will place it here:

 STATEMENT IN 300 WORDS OR LESS

My husband and I have teamed up together on this journey to fight the emotional addiction to food and non-addiction to activity and to start enjoying our life with our 11 year old daughter. She worries mostly about me being only 5’2” and weighing a horrible 216lbs., the heaviest ever in my life. We, as a family, watch the Biggest Loser every week. I personally could do without T.V. but the Biggest Loser is life changing and this show and the people on it help change lives for the better and this Country needs it, we (The Transplants from New York) need it. We now live in Alabama which is second on the list for the most obesity state in the Country. Why would we want to continue to add to that list? We Don’t! We want to win this competition and show America that Alabama can be lighter and lower on the list for obesity. My husband weighs 178lbs and I weigh 216lbs. He wants to loose 20lbs and I need to loose 90lbs. Totaling an astounding 110lbs equaling the weight of a young teenager, we need to do this for ourselves, our daughter and our Country. We plan to achieve this goal by working out differently everyday; racquet ball, stationary bicycling, weight training and home workout videos (Jillian Michaels, Billy Blanks and Core Secrets). Swimming will take place after a 50lbs weight loss. Also, watching and reading about what we eat and drinking lots of water (we have a contest at work on who drinks the most water in each day). LESS TALK MORE ACTION!!!!!!!

If someone could tell me how to put this onto my website, I would be completely grateful. I hope everyone is being strong and making strides toward their goals. Word has it that this Country is the fattest (in people) in the WORLD; LET'S SHOW THE WORLD THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!! Fight the addiction to food and get addicted to healthier living, it will change all aspects of our lives!

Well, yesterday was ok because I was ready to go; I even worked out a little.  I had knee surgery right before Thanksgiving this year and have been very reluctant to push myself physically.  Before the surgery I had a hard time going down the stairs and could not bicycle at all.  Yesterday I did 3 miles, burned off 107 calories in 20 minutes on a standing bike and all that with no pain but the good pain (muscle pain).  As you could suspect, I was really excited about it.  I said to myself, "self, you could do this everyday during your lunch hour."  Great, I was full steam ahead.  Night time came and I had a piece of cheese cake that was left over from New Years Eve...450 calories for one slice...WOW   I did not eat well at all because I really did not eat enough that day; I had horrible pains in my stomach that night.  I started the day with a cinn. raisin bagel with cream cheese, then a Fiber One snack bar, then a 280 calorie Smart One frozen lunch, then 1/2 can of peaches in light syrup, then chicken and noodles in a cheese sauce with steamed broccoli and then the 450 calorie slice of cheese cake.  Ok, so that was day one for me.   

 

Today I did better with the food intake, not great but better.  I had one egg, cheese on toast, 300 calories smart one, 3 choco. covered pecans, a fiber one snack bar, dirty rice and peas for dinner.  I was hungry at 9 p.m. and decided NO WAY for any more food.  No exercise because of course, no one to go with, too busy at work and way too cold to go outside to get to the gym.  My husband has not been a great partner for me but I may have someone from work if she wants to do this with me.  I feel so lost because I feel alone, no one really understands.  It's like an alcoholic, they just can't quick drinking and then go to a party where everyone is drinking.  It's like dangling a piece of candy in front of a four year old and not giving it to them.  See, here in Alabama there is a buffet on every corner and not much to do other than socialized eating.  Anyway, I am getting pretty depressed right now so I will say good night to all who is reading/watching/searching Windows Live.  I'm still not sure if what I am doing in Windows Live Spaces is the right thing for the Million Pound Match-Up.  I never had a web-site before and have no one to guide me through it and teach me what to do but I want to be a part of history for America!  The State of Alabama has the 2nd highest obesity rate in America.  I want to help change that, so here I am!!!!  We were number one in the country and surely being number one in this category is nothing to be proud of and now we are number two, so I am going to help make it lower on the list.  Good Night for now!