+ for yesterday and + for today I hope

I am going to give myself a + for yesterday even though I didn't workout. I did keep track of my points and I did stay within them so i think it was a positive day for losing weight. With some help from my friends I have decided to try to go lift or at least take a walk when I'm sick and at least see how that goes. Changing behavior is the only way to break a pattern, so it might now work, but at least I am failing at a different action! I am eating well today and I am about to go lift at the gym and will skip the cardio cuz of my cough. So far so good. Also, I am going to the allergy doctor tomorrow to see if there is something he can do. I think allergies are a big cause of my getting sick ever since I've been living here among the farmlands the last couple of years. So we will see what happens with that.

Breaking patterns

I’m running into a bad pattern right now. Many times when I begin to workout after not working out in a while, I get sick. I never know how much to do when I get sick and I usually don’t do anything except try to get better. I get behind in work and things in that time and then it is a while before I get back in the gym again. This kind of thing happens quite a bit. So my question to all of you is: Should you work out when you are getting sick or are sick? Does it make it harder to get better, or does it speed the recovery process by getting your body going? When I don’t feel well, it is easier than ever to make excuses why I shouldn’t work out. I really want to do what will work the best so if any of you have any advice, I’d love to hear it!

+ and -

So I'm going to try to post every day for a while till i get back on track. Every day i am going to give myself a + if I

1. Keep track of what I eat

2. Eat healthy

3. Work out

If I don't... I will give myself a - for the day

Today is a + I hope I get get a streak going! That seems to be the way i work the best!

I caved in

so... obviously I have done a terrible job at keeping up with the whole weight loss thing. I suck so bad at this! If I didn't... I wouldn't be in this situation I guess. I am going to keep trying and trying and since I am so bad... I caved in. I joined Weight Watchers with my girlfriend who only needs to lost like 10 pounds ( I think she's trying to support me more than anything, but she always talks about how she has to lose weight.) So at the first meeting... I hadn't gained as much back as I had thought... 10 pounds... but in the fist week I lost 3.5 so it's not too bad of a backslide. I am hoping that going to these meetings and paying every week and counting points like a little idiot, will help me in my miserable failure of weight loss. I'm just going to post last weeks weight and we will go from there... the last two meetings I have stayed at the same weight. I'm hoping for a loss this week. I went to the gym a couple of times and have been counting points a little better. I'm so bad at this! I hate keeping track of stuff but that's what I get for my unhealthy habits. More next week. I'll do better at the blogging I promise!

Back in the game!

Well, i've been out of town a lot lately and we all knows what that does to the idea of losing weight. I am finally getting back on track and started using Herbalife products again. I have lost weight many times in my life, but got tired of the soy taste of the shakes. They have improved the formula in a major way and I think it is working well. I finally got under 250 and then I messed it all up. I am afraid of what the scale is going to say, but I think I will get over it and just weigh myself today and see where I'm at.

a good week

well... I lost a couple of the pounds that I gained a couple of weeks ago. I'm pleased and working hard to break that darn 250 mark that I seem a bit stuck at! I'm down to 253.2 and I'm working for good news next week! I'm doing well on my couch to 5k program and did the week 3 plan twice now. I had such a hard time at first with it, I'm glad to finish it up this week and move on to week 4. That's gonna be tough, but I've made it this far!

bad bad bad bad week!

well, after my week out of town... I sucked on my diet and didn't exercise at all except walking around town! It was an awesome week, but today the scale told me the bad news of the story! I gained back 4.2 pounds, but i was back at the gym today and getting back after my diet. I went to a wine festival on Monday too and ate fast food. I really should feel lucky that I only gained 4 pounds. I'm back on track now!