The number on the scale is going down!

Yeah, it only went down 0.8 pounds since my last weigh in on June 20, that's still a change in the right direction. Since I weighed in late last week I'll call that a pound down for the week! I am also calling thins a non scale victory since I went on a food tracking vacation and still was able to lose weight. Today I am back on track though and have logged breakfast and lunch for today. Now if only I can find my measuring tape so I can update my measurements this week; or at least by the next weigh in day. I am also considering adding in the Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred DVD in addition to what I have been doing. I know that sounds ambitious, but I have found that on the days I do have water aerobics that I am not as tired as I was when I first started. I am even pushing myself harder during the class to get the most out of it. I think I will start out tomorrow with 30 Day Shred and start by adding that in on the days that I do not have water aerobics, including on Saturday and Sunday. Lets kick this into high gear!

Staying on track when life happens!

I have been doing so well! I was doing so well! I will continue to do well! At least, that is the plan; although it seems like life has other options. I completed six days in a row at the gym two weeks ago and 4 days at the gym last week with a total of 5 days working out last week. My boyfriend and I went to the pool and spent a good 2-3 hours there so that counts as a workout day too even though it was not done at the gym. Also on Thursday I worked out at the gym and went with my boyfriend and his brother and did about 9 holes of Frisbee golf in about an hour and a half until the kids got disinterested and I took them to the park to play.

I had family come into town, and I love them, but I hate that it throws off my routine. That is just how life goes right? It's not my family's fault that I stopped tracking my food because we were so busy, or that I missed my Saturday workout to attend a family party and spend time with them all day. That is really no excuse to not track what I was eating, and that is certainly not the reason that I chose not to work out on Sunday when I had the chance to since my Mother had left to return home. It just seems like there is one tiny speed bump in the road and it ends up spiralling into a huge black hole and it is so hard to pull myself out of. Although the silver lining in this whole experience was that I did go to water aerobics on Monday. I had planned on going to the gym today in the afternoon while my boyfriend went to play Frisbee golf, unfortunately that did not happen that way. I don't want to beat myself up about it, but I have decided that if I don't plan to go to the gym in the morning, then that allows life to happen.

One thing though that has changed is that I really missed the gym today and that is definitely not me!! Or at least, that wasn't me, I guess that is me now. I am the big girl who experiences gym withdrawals! Hi, my name is Krystyn and I am an addict. I am newly addicted to going to the gym and the endorphin rush that follows a great workout! Yay! Go me! Weigh in day is tomorrow morning and so is water aerobics and I can not wait!

Going to the Gym. Six days a week!

After I discovered water aerobics I really started going back to the gym. Last week, I went 6 days!!! I go to the water aerobics class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. That really made me want to go more and take this weight loss journey to the next level. That is why I added in Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. On non water aerobics days, last week I just did about an hour of cardio. This week however I started adding in strength training and weights this week on my off days. I weighed in this week ans was down 1.4 pounds!!! That is super encouraging. I have also been much better at tracking what I eat, but it seems like it is easier to track all my food, when I get to eat back all my exercise calories. That puts me at 288.6! Yay! My weight may be going down slowly, but as long as it is going down then we are headed in the right direction! Now I can't wait to do all my measurements and weigh in next week to see how all this hard work and sore muscles is doing from a numbers standpoint. I already see that things are shrinking because of the way my clothes have been fitting; or the way that they aren't really fitting to be more precise. Oh and another thing, water is a miracle! I think I may be getting a water addiction and I am totally okay with that!