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Weigh In: Such Is Life

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Ah, it’s weigh in time! I’m contemplating going back to bi-weekly weigh ins. I don’t know. Losing weight is still important and I’m still trying, but it’s not the center of my life right now. I don’t know. Progress is so slow that I feel like I bore you guys with my weekly check ins. I appreciate you for reading and supporting me, but I don’t want to be boring every week presenting miniscule changes in weight. I don’t know. We will see.

VIDEO CHECK IN!

WEIGH IN STATS

Current Weight: 213.0 lbs
Previous Weight: 212.6 lbs
Weight loss: + 0.4 lbs
Weight loss in April: +0.4 lbs
Weight loss Total: 38.0 lbs
Starting Weight: 251

WEEKLY WORKOUTS

This week I finally got back in the swing of things with my workouts. There weren’t super intense besides the workout pledge, and I didn’t get back to strength training, but I dominated the cardio and flexibility this week. I’m feeling a lot better after my week of nothingness.

Saturday 3/27: 30 minutes walking outside.

Monday 3/29: 30 minutes walking outside.

Wednesday 3/31: 90 minutes on the treadmill! Woohoo!

Friday 4/2: 30 minutes on the stationary bike.

Saturday 4/3: 30 minutes walking.

Cardio five times a week! Yeah! I’m doing good! I like weeks like this. I love the consistency of it. Plus add to that lots of stretching and flexibility stuff, and a little bit of abs each day. I miss doing abs/core work. For some reason it’s my favorite but I let it slide often. I’m hoping to build that back up in the next few weeks.

THOUGHTS

This was a really stressful week for me, mostly because of money and family stuff going on. I hate that these things are even an issue, but they are and they affect the rest of my life (especially trying to lose weight). My hospital bill arriving this week, and along with all the other financial stressors it was almost too much to handle. I know things will get better, but when they are first presented to you and things seem overwhelming it’s hard not to stress about them. It’s just hard.

But thank you to everyone who wished me good luck! And thanks even more to Lauren and Mandy who purchased ads here to help support me a little bit. They rock! And I love having ads on the blog for something I support: other bloggers! It’s a win/win situation. I’m still accepting ads to put in the rotation, in case you want to purchase one.

And even more good news: on Tuesday my ebook is finally coming out! It’s completely finished and ready to be launched onto the world. I’m still setting up the payment stuff, so that’s why it’s not coming until Tuesday. Plus, I just like Tuesdays. It’s going to be awesome. Finishing that this week eliminated another huge thing to think about from my list. I’m so happy it’s done. Hopefully a few of you still want to buy it. ;)

Overall, this week was another one full of highs and lows. Guess that’s how life always is? It’s not always rosy, things don’t always work out, but one thing that doesn’t change is your attitude. Mine is still the same happy outlook. I love life. I love everything about it – even the craptastic sucky days. I love the simple things like starting a new garden (hurray spring!) and finding a store with great produce. I love that no matter what I’ve got great friends and readers and loves. I love that I’m a lot healthier right now than I was a year ago. I love that I’m at least maintaining my current weight instead of regaining. I love that I have health insurance again (even if it doesn’t help with my bill I racked up two days too soon), thanks to Obama. There is a lot to love about life. I’m sure that you have a lot to love about your own life. Remember that and celebrate it. Life is bad, life is good, but it’s always worth it.

Comments

  1. Hey Mary – it is how life is sometimes, eh? But don’t think that you are boring or that no one wants to hear or read about your progress each week, because I know I can’t be the only one!

    Stress is one of those amazing things that always seem to get the best of people no matter how hard we try to beat it. Next week will be better though!! For you, for me and for anyone else that felt like that had a “such is life” week.

    Love your water bottle! Never saw anything that huge in my life! Pretty sure we can’t get anything like that here!
    .-= Renée´s last blog ..I’ll take a new attitude, for $100, Alex =-.

    • Aw, cool. It’s just when I’m bouncing around a number for a month or so, not making any progress, it seems boring. But I guess that shows everyone that this is a real journey and a struggle at that!

      Next week will be better. :)

      I’ve never seen a water bottle like that before I saw that one. I wasn’t looking for it or anything… I was walking through Big Lots looking for something else and saw it. It was only 1.50 so I had to buy it because it’s PERFECT. I never go to that store but I’m glad I did!

    • Haha. Stress messes with your body BIG TIME. I try to live as stress free as possible, but that’s mostly impossible!

      Thanks! I keep plugging along at everything. :)

  8. I know you do, that’s why I keep doing them!! :)

    Water jug with a sippy cap. Haha. True that. It’s massive. I love it. I got it yesterday when I saw it because I couldn’t NOT get it.

    It will be an awesome week!

  9. YAY! I think the ebook will be PERFECT for you. And I’ll be available for any questions or extra help you need. :) I’m so excited to have a guinea pig already lined up!! ;)

    It does. That’s a frame my mom had somewhere in hiding and brought out after spring cleaning. It will get filled soon. :)

    • Yeah. It’s a rough time for a lot of people. :(

      YES! YAY health insurance! I mean, our company is being a bitch about actually doing it, but by law they have to. So soon I’ll be good.

      I think direction matters more than current position.

    • .4 lbs isn’t a gain. That’s so small it could be the water I drank before weighing in, ya know? It’s not that critical. I’m not gonna sweat the stuff like that.

      Haha! In my next video I shall put the water bottle and the cat side by side.

    • I’m glad you are excited! Now that it’s TOMORROW, I’m nervous!

      But yeah, the medical bills are pure suckage. But they must be dealt with!

  14. Haha, I love your video. A chocolate bunny > 74 ounce water bottle. But yes, one is good for weight loss and kidneys and the other…not so much. Bummer! C’est la vie!

    Have a great week and glad you’ve got health care again! Woo!
    .-= Nicole, RD´s last blog ..Back from Sin City =-.

    • Thanks! Yeah.. the kidney stones are a bummer with chocolate being bad for them. I can give up the other stuff easily… but chocolate? Sad day!

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