Make Believe.

Im officially erasing the month of April from my memory. Pretend it never even happened this year. So that means Im not counting it as a wasted month on my get fit plan. It just was never there to begin with which means as far as my weight loss is concerned, yesterday was March 31st. And Im moving on from there!

I did a kickboxing class yesterday although the only thing that was kicked was my rear end! Wow. I love kickboxing but it nearly killed me.....a few more of those classes and I will be running full marathons by the end of the summer!

Starting Over.....

So, I guess Im starting over again. Thankfully I only let a couple of weeks go by before I got back on the wagon....or off the wagon....however that goes. Of course Vegas threw me off a little but I still went to the gym right away. The problem came that first weekend that I went back to work. I came home....tired of course, and slept so deeply that I didnt realize my shoulder had popped out of joint. I have a trick shoulder that kindof pops out if I raise my hand above my head. Apparently I had my arm up over my head while I was sleeping and unfortunately I slept on it that way for quite some time because when I woke up, I could hardly move my arm. It hurt sooooooo bad for days. It felt like bursitis or tennis elbow only in my shoulder. Well, I decided I could still work out, I would just be careful so Monday morning I went to the gym as usual and made it worse. Dumb. Anyway, I had to take a week off from the gym to let it heal and in the meantime I had 2 birthday parties for my children.....needless to say I have eaten too much of the wrong thing and no gym all week long. I feel so gross.....bloated.....UGH!~ So, this morning I dragged myself out of bed and went back to the gym. I think Im going to just do slim fast twice a day with a meal at night for at least a week to try and shock my body back into eating less..... We go to Kentucky in a month and I would like to lose another 7 or 8 pounds. We'll see!

Back to the Routine....

Well, I took last week off from the gym due to sick kids and other excuses I wont list. But, I went back yesterday and will start hitting it really hard. We are going on a trip in the end of May and I would like to lose another 10 pounds by then. I cant say that Im doing so great food wise....it is birthday week for 2 of my kids and Im doing my best not inhale the remaining cookies upstairs. Ive already eaten 3 (I know.....glutten) So, not much to report. Same old stuff......same struggles.....same weight......same same same.

Im Home....

So, I went on vacation this weekend to Las Vegas. Met some friends of mine from the the military that I havent seen in 11 years. It was a blast! I did pretty good. By that I mean I didnt gorge myself on too much food and I hardly ate any sweets. I had a pretty decadent Filet Mignon one night though and that was definitely my splurge! So good. Anyway, I havent made it back to the gym this week due to many excuses that I wont bother listing...... I decided to start my program again on Monday and take the rest of this week to get my house back in order again.

Stats.....

Okay, so I know that I never did post my original measurements. Somehow between the gym and home I lost them. But, today I had my measurements done again. Exactly one month from the first time. And here it is in a nutshell. Some measurements went down....arms, neck, back. Some stayed the same....legs, waist. My weight went from 244.7 to 239.2....almost 6 pounds lost. The best part though is that my body fat percentage went from a horrid 40% to a 37%! Im very happy about that because it means that I am not working in vain. All in all I lost 11 pounds of actual body fat and gained 5 pounds in lean muscle which balanced out to 6 pounds of weight loss. Yay. Although I am getting weighed at the gym, it is usually around 6:00 in the evening so I am using my morning weight that I take to gage my overall weight loss.

Im off to Vegas in the morning. Im going to enjoy myself but try to use some restraint in the eating department. Wish me luck!