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April 25 Allergies... it wasn't? - crystalThanks for the get wells in my last post. Apparently though it wasn't necissarily my allergies. hmmmm. well a part of me says it was kicked off by my allergies. Turns out my asthma was NOT under control. I ended up going to the doc yesterday thanks to the chest aches being a pain & me losing my voice. After some very unnecessary tests the doctor concluded that my asthma was not controlled. So I'm now on another inhaler on top of my normal inhaler before the gym. I'm feeling better this afternoon & decided no gym til Sunday to try to keep the asthma on a better level. Asthma control is more important at this point. But really they did tests to make sure it wasnt the rarest of rare (really was an EKG or Ct Spiral Scan really needed??)... when i went in saying i think it may be my asthma. Oh well. At least I know whats bothering me and i'm taking the steps to help me out.
Hope everyone is feeling great & having a great day. :) April 23 allergies = hell! - crystalAnyone else having this huge issue? This huge issue of ALLERGIES??? I dunno what it's like in other states at the moment, but good lord here in CT the allergy thing is a killer, with only maybe an hour of rain tonight to subdue it a little. My chest has been killing for a couple of days, today i just... i couldnt force myself into that spin room. My chest is all congested & nasty even with inhaler & allergy meds being taken. It pisses me off that its keeping me from working out... but its hard to choose spinning over a possible asthma problem & no sleep tonight. My chest was a killer yesterday while with my trainer and lord knows how i pulled it off... i thought i'd pass out at times... but i did it i made it through. I have another session tomorrow, which was another reasoning as to why i stayed home instead of spun. Rather get myself better and do great with her. Now i'll just work out on my "day off" from the gym on friday. Stupid.
Okay so yeah just wondering if anyone else is having these stupid issues... what the heck man i just want to breathe. April 22 I am alive! - crystalSo i'm here... alive and kicking. Have yet to hit 50 pounds though... BOOO!!!! I'm working on it i swear... but why is it when you want something that badly it's even that much harder to hit? Let's just say eatting properly has not been my strong point the past couple of weeks.
... it all started when i went away for a wedding. That saturday night i did okay with eatting, and looking back it could have been worse... but the sunday of the wedding not too hot. Bagel sandwhiches from Dunkin Donuts not too healthy, but that was my breakfast, had a few munchkins after that, then went to the wedding of the century. I kid you not, not even Biggest Loser contestants would have made it out alive. The "cocktail hour" was about 3 rooms big with every type of food imaginable on tables, but on top of that they were walking around with more apps. While all this food is going around I had at least a glass of wine. after the hour of insane food, we head to the actual reception... with food... food.. and more food. But more than that... wine, wine, wine, wine, wine. And becuase i was nervous (first time meeting my boy's friends) i drank, but lord if i know how much since they just kept on refilling and refilling when you werent looking. So you'd think that be it for temptations right? oh nooooooo.... we did not have a desert tray... there was a DESERT ROOM!!! I kid you not, full with cotton candy machine, ice cream bars, belgin waffle maker, sundae bar, chocolate fountains, etc... yeah um HEAVEN! and well insanity... but great. So the next morning i headed back to DD for some breakfast (it was next to the hotel, and much cheaper than hotel food)... but breakfast was hangover breakfast so yet another breakfast sandwhich. Oy.
Food wise things didnt get much better last week... but I made my butt get to the gym at least 4 days. And well the stress kinda piled on. On top of my worring the effect of the wedding on my waistline, I bought my first car last week also. I've never had money, so to write out that bank check down payment, it was exciting yet painful at the same time. So there went any extra money I had, and now I'll have a car payment... After that and siging saying yeah its my car once it comes in (unless they f it up)... i get up the next morning computer is makin some funky noises, turn it off go to turn it on when it get home... poof computer wont turn on. My hard drive said buh-bye. what the! go figure. so i'm either gonna save & pay apple $300 to fix it... or do i take the other option, wait a bit (okay a long while) and save just to buy a new up to date computer. I have yet to figure that out, but am going to start saving anyways... insert some eatting there to cover my nerves. It was a pain! really all stress one week... on top of the fact that my womanly problems still have yet to go away I dreaded weigh in yesterday.
However... It didnt go to bad... I went down 0.2... so I'm still at 168.8 so maybe by mid May I'll actually hit my 50 pound mark... I have 2.2 left til I hit it, but with my period coming up I probably need an extra week for it.
One day at a time right?
oh but YAY FOR ALI WINNING!! okay i'm done... bed time.  April 21 I did it!!!!!!!!!! (Brittany) I hit the 75 pound mark!!! 77.6 actually, but who's counting? Oh wait...I am! Haha! :) I was starting to feel like there is no way I'll reach 100 pounds by July 30th. But now I feel that there's a little bit of hope. What, I have like, 23 pounds to go? I can do that. I have one more weigh-in in April. All of May. All of June. And then most of July. I can do this! 100 pounds here I come!  **Dancing around the room** April 14 AGHHHHHHHHH (Brittany) Yes. I am frustrated. I was just commenting on another blogger friend
of mine's blog about how whenever you're about to hit a major mile
stone like 25 pounds lost or 30 or 40 or 50, etc. you always are
0.something away. So you may know that I am almost at my 75 pound mark.
I had a nice gain last week, and was hoping to hit it this week. I
weighed in this morning. Down 74.8. 0.2 away from 75. Are you kidding
me?!!!! Next week though. Next week. Heather (my fabulous leader) is
going to help keep me in line this week and the 75 pound mark shall
officially be hit next week. And in the meantime, I am taking these
nasty cookies that are my office at work and throwing them out the
window. You know it's a good sign when Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
cookies are making you feel sick. 75 pounds here I come!!! :) April 09 I am alive, really! :) (Brittany) I've been such a slacker lately! I didn't even realize that I haven't updated in so long! Sorry guys! I'm here. I gained 2.6 this past week. Boo!! But I'm not surprised. I completely forgot about my uncle's retirement party on Saturday and didn't save any points to eat anything there. And I couldn't refuse a piece of his cake, so I kind of just said oh well. When I got home, I changed into my gym clothes and got on the treadmill. Until the dumb thing started screeching at me...again! So I hoped off and did Jillian's Cardio Kick-Boxing DVD. And yes, I was hurting the next day. Bad! :) But I managed to clean out our garage. Typically if I work out Saturday or Sunday before my Monday weigh-in, I go up on Monday. So I wasn't surprised to see a gain on the scale. But I'm over it! I know some of you guys wanted to keep in touch with me, so I'm going to give you my e-mail. I'll still post here, but my work has been nuts lately and I haven't had as much time to check the page as I would like, but I always have time to check my e-mail. So it's: lovejuliet8579@yahoo.com I've discussed some things with my WW leader lately, and I've come to a decision. I'm going to do my best to run at least some (if not all) of the 5k we're doing in September. And then next year, we're going to run the Flying Pig Marathon. I can do it! Gotta have faith! And this is me begging, pleading...is anyone from the Cincinnati area, that wants to climb some steps with me? Basically once a week, I was thinking about going somewhere where there is a ton of steps and just walking them. Maybe up and down twice or something. I'm trying to train for the 45 story climb in February and the best way to train is to take to the stairs. So is anyone up for it? I'm basically at work from 12:30-6:30. I would be more than willing to get up early and go somewhere. Let me know if anyone is up for it! I hope you all are doing well! April 08 well... i didnt do it - crystal As much as i would have loved to, and i only at 0.7 left.... I didnt hit my 50 pound mark. Instead i went up. However i'm not going to be mad about this. I really cannot be. I've had a rough couple of weeks. To explain without much detail... i've been having some "female problems" a good month ahead of when i should be having these issues. Needless to say it lead me to be extremely stressed out as I was assured it should be all good in a couple of days... well i was informed monday that while it still my be giving me problems i'm gonna just have to deal with it for the next 20 days. Woo f'ng woo. So yeah... not only that but i didnt get yet another job that i was qualified for. (shocking) so i turned to some wine and food to try to relieve the pain and frustration. I also couldnt work out 2 days last week. But again, I'm really not upset about this... I expected it, I knew it would happen and i really can't be angry... sometimes you need to just take care of yourself even if that means not follow my diet. I dont weigh in again, well with jenny for 2 weeks due to a wedding next week. I will be weighing in on Thursday with my trainer & next thursday again, so I'll have some update on that end. My plan? Well hey... try my best. the wedding will be difficult but its a time of celebration for me so whatever again i cant be angry if i drink a little... okay or a little more than a little (its for my boyfriend's best friend).. and eat off program. but here's the plan: Today: i stuck to jenny perfect & even had an extra bottle of water... and my trainer kicked my booty Wednesday: Spin we must spin & stick to program Thursday: Training session, eat well Friday: Cardio (this is a maybe day but i'm going to try to go) Saturday: Spin then head down to jersey... where we may have some fun training by my boyfriends other friend who is a trained mixed martial artist who also competes in cage fights. Sunday: try to get up early & head to hotel gym then wedding Monday: if i get home in time try Zomba Tuesday: off day for gym due to other things Wednesday: Spin Thursday: Trainer Friday: cardio ... you get the idea. Here's hoping that the week and my issues start to get better so that i feel better about diet, etc. and I'll hopefully hit 50 pounds lost in no time. Now its time to watch BL (after watching the sox ring ceremony... YAY SOX! hehehe)... i'm intrigued by this "twist" thrown in at the end. April 01 so close man... so close - crystal Last week I tried my hardest to keep up with the diet & exercise... determined to hit my 50 pound mark. I came so close ugghh. I lost 2.9 pounds to leave me 0.7 away from my 50 pound mark. Come on man! 0.7?! Alright fine, I will hit it this week... better yet I will try to break it. On a fun note, on sunday I got to wear my 1st ever size 12 jeans. SWEET! It was fun to wear them all day, made me feel good... then while wearing them I bought my first pair of work pants that are a size 12. The pants just make you feel a little better. I cant wait til I can overhaul the wardrobe to all 12s. that would be amazing.  At the gym today I got another compliment. One of the guys who works out a lot stopped me before my training session and told me "don't stop because it's working". It was cool to hear yet another compliment from a stranger... i had a tough day so to hear it made me smile. Then I got into a random convo about The Biggest Loser with the other guy next to me on the bike.... told him who i want to win and we were both obsessed with the show (something tells me that i'm more obsessed though  ) To say that my trainer kicked my bootay is like an understatement. I dont thing that I've sweated that much for a damn long time... I cant even explain how tired and sweaty i am. Hopefully it helps me on my way to getting above 50 man... and finally hitting 50!!So of course... my plan for the week!
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