Yoga....OMG that was intense

I went to yoga this morning since I am looking for replacement classes for my ones that got cancelled.  I arrived at the studio 5 minutes before class and there was an empty parking lot..I walked in and there stood a very handsome, shirtless guy gleaming with a sheen of sweat.  I went into the studio set up my map and started stretching and in walks the guy and introduces himself and tells me that he is teaching the course.  We wait around for others to show but no one does.  He then procedes to tell me that he is a triathlete, and I totally believe it with his body and that since I was the only person he was going to give me a one on one class.  Great, I think and then he began and even though I had told him my story he did not take it easy on me. This guys was like a trainer on the biggest loser making sure that I did every move and not letting me rest at all.  I did a lot of plan moves today and he made me hold them and then when I felt like I could not hold it anymore I had to slowly lower myself down to the floor.  No dropping from exhaustion!  He also had me get in full lotus postion and do some extraordinary stretches.  He also made sure that when I exhaled that I was tightening my abdominal muscles.  At the end of the class as I laid there breathing and trying to relax all of those muscles that I stressed and stretched.  He came over and lifted each of my limbs and stretched and lightly massage them and pressed on pressure points to further the relaxing aspects.  That part was great....  I left the class feeling good, but well worked out!!

I had avacodo and grapes for lunch.  I had some low calorie sweet and sour chicken for lunch and then headed to music festival with F to enjoy some music and lots of walking.  I enjoyed all the music and the walking was hard with my muscles feeling sore from yoga. Besides being out in the heat made me slightly dehydrated which led to a migraine.  I had a Kashi bar at the festival, but I think with all the walking and yoga this morning had depleted me further.  I had some more sweet and sour chicken when I got home to help with the headache. I also made sure that I hydrated myself once home. 

Take care!!!

Talk to you later!!!

A slow week for weight loss

Today was weigh in day and I only lost a pound...am I upset...NO WAY!! I ate healthy so I know that I did what I needed to do and I am retaining water from flying and not sleeping last night.  So I am taking this with a grain of salt and seeing what it brings...besides I have lost 116 pounds so far. 

I have a busy day today, C is getting dance pictures taken, which means getting her hair done.  So we are spending the day with J and her daughter H which both C and I are looking forward too.

Take care..

Talk to you later...

My favorite lunch in LA and the after effects

There is this little place near my work and they have the best salmon filets (4oz) and grilled veggies..I love this dish because I can have it for lunch and then have some oatmeal for dinner and feel like I ate really healthy.  The only problem is that the having so many grilled veggies for lunch leads to my stomach hurting by the time I get to the hotel.  

I avoided the cake that was inhabiting the break room all day....It looked really good, but I was not going down that road. 

I fly home tomorrow and then I will have to face the scale.  Hopefully my salmon and veggies, do not come back to haunt me...

Talk to you later.

Take care..

Svelte is the word...

I am wearing my clothes that are my new size and several people have commented saying that I look very svelte!!!  I am loving this word!  I would never think of myself as svelte but heck I am going to enjoy the description.  I even had a person say that they had to do a double take when they saw me this week because I looked so much skinnier.  I had a person that I used to work with in VA say that some of my former co-workers saw my new picture and were amazed how different I am looking.  

Breakfast was some oatmeal, lunch I had a small piece of salmon and grilled veggies.  I think too many veggies because my stomach is still full and actually hurting a little.  My plan for dinner since I had my larger meal for lunch is to have some oatmeal later.

It feels good to get compliments, but when I catch my reflection in the glass or a mirror I still see the extremely over weight girl.  I am hoping that as I continue to lose that my preception of myself will change as well. 


Meanwhile I am amazed at myself, because back in October I set a goal for myself that I wanted to lose 130 pounds in a year.  I am 6 months into my journey and I only have 15 more pounds to go meet that goal.  WOW!!!  When I meet that goal...I will be celebrating big time and I might have to set a new goal!!  

Okay everyone, my stomach is hurting and I just want to chill so I am going to relax and wait for my family to call me....

Talk to you later!!!!

Take care!!

Who knew shopping could be fun!!!

I went shopping today because all of my tops make me look like I am swimming in material and no wonder because I have lost another 2 sizes on top and I am down another pants size as well!!!  I bought a couple of of jackets that I can wear over tank tops and a bunch of different colored tanks.  That shoudl get me through the summer! 

I am was having fun trying on clothes and then it hit me.  I have 2 pants sizes away from no longer needing to shop in the Plus size womans store!!  My top size is such that I can could at a regular store for my tops, the only issue on top is my upper arms which has a good amount of loose skin!! Not the most attractive thing but I can live with it and will work on getting it slimmed down.

I then headed to my yoga class, but it was not happening because the instructor was sick!!  It has not been a good week for me to do my yoga!! POUT!!


Talk to you later!!!

Another week and more weight lost....

I am going to start with the weigh in results for this week.  Another 3 pounds lost...brings the total to 115 pounds off my body and I feel fabulous.  It is amazing to me that if you told me today that I had to wear a vest that had 115 pounds in it and do everything I usually do that I would probably last 15 minutes before I would be unable to move anymore, but I carried that weight around on a daily basis and never said a word.  No wonder I was tired and whined every time F said lets walk downtown.  It makes me so sad to think about all the time that I have wasted not getting this weight off.

I was so frustrated yesterday after my OB/GYN appointment because one of the reasons that motivated em to start this journey was that I have been trying to get pregnant for awhile now (awhile being 3 years)  and while no one said anything I know being obese makes getting pregnant harder.  I really want to have one more child (a little boy if I got my choice in the matter but I would be happy with either). So here I was in the doctor's office, and I have taken active steps towards getting healthy.  I am doing things the right way.  I feeding my body and exercising.  I mentioned that I am still concerned that I have not gotten pregnant and her response was "keep trying" as she headed out the door.....ARGH!!  I wanted more than that!  I wanted a plan, like get your BMI to this level and if you are still having difficulty we will do A to find out why you are not pregnant!!  Anyway that is why I left frustrated. In addition when I mentioned an article that I had read recently that said that the risk for Ovarian Cancer increases every 2 inches over 5'0" your risk for ovarian cancer increases by 7% and for every 2 1/2% your BMI is over 20% that your risk increases by 10%.  This scared me because I am 6'0" tall and can not do anything about that!!!  I mentioned this to her, because I wanted to see if she could do a screening test of any kind.  Her response...I have not heard that..  Case closed she has not read it so it must not be true.   I have the added issues that since my mom died in her 40's that I have not alot to base my maternal history on as far as these type of things go.  My Maternal Grandmother is still living but she has a totally different body type, she is very petite and short.  I just felt like she was rushing and did not want to have any conversations.  As CH said last night, she was probably having a bad day considering that she was running really behind on appointments. 


So now that I have mentioned my mom let me share another motivation to get healthy.  My mom died in her 40's due to misdiagnosed pneumonia.  It was a week from the time, she was admitted to the hospital until she passed away.   It was a very hard time in my life as you can imagine.  She was overweight, but she seemed "overall healthy".   Her sudden death, left me feeling like I am this ticking time bomb that is going to go off some time in my 40's.   I can tell myself that what happened to her was a series of medical errors that all came together, but it is hard to turn off that voice in my head that my mom never made it passed 45. So I am trying to get as healthy as possible before I hit my 40's so that I can know in my heart that I am doing everything possible to be here on this earth for as long as possible!!!

Alright enough depressing stuff!!!  I HAVE LOST 115 POUNDS!!! 

I need to spend time with my wonderful family...including going to see the Chimpanzee Movie this weekend and maybe getting a few tops that fit me...all my shirts are too big, except a couple of tank tops that I bought for yoga. 

Talk to you later!!!

NOOOOOO!!!! Not my Yoga class!!!!

Today was one of those days when you wish you could hit the rewind button and start it over with a different outcome.  I had a GYN appt. today and no she had no clue I lost weight...not that she was in the room for more than 5 minutes to discuss any concerns that I may have had...

Then I got home and started working, when I got the e-mail!!!  My Yoga class has been cancelled and rescheduled for tuesdays and thursdays at 10:00 am.....This sucks because when I am home that is when my work day begins!!!  I have to find another class!!  YUCK!!!!

My bright spot today was going out with my husband and some friends.  It was so nice to talk to CH.  We get along really well.  I was disappointed in I at the get together though.  He is a super nice guy, but he has not seen me in months and did not even seem to notice that I have lost over 100 pounds!!! 

Food was boring today.  I had a Kashi bar on the way to the MD's office this morning and a Smoothie for lunch.  I had the teriakyi chicken for dinner.

Talk to you later!!!!