Goal Update & Modification

I just posted the other day that I wanted to lose at least 3lbs by Christmas putting me at 165. I'm not sure how it happened but I hit 165 yesterday blowing the 3 lbs out of the water. Therefore I am re-evaluating my goal and shooting for 160 by Christmas, which is the 5 lbs I wanted to lose.

Always nice when you can hit a goal way quicker than expected and it's such a burst of confidence. I pulled my tote of "skinny clothes" (size 10's) out of the basement the other day to find that every single pair fit me, and some even a bit loose! That puts me down 2 clothing sizes since June and that means I am wearing clothes I haven't worn since having my daughter 4 years ago! I don't think it's realistic to be a size 5 again, like I was before having kids, but at this point everything seems likely!

BRING IT ON!

(total weight loss since April 2010: 35lbs)

Goal & 30 Day Shred

I've decided that I'd like to lose another 5 pounds by Christmas. I see this as not very likely but it averages out to about 1.25 lbs a week. I'd really be happy with losing just 3 pounds by then which would put me at 165. However, I feel like I am going to aim for the 5 pounds, I think it will be a better push than the 3 I would easily lose.

So today I have a boy with "tummy sickies." Being that I just got over a week of being sedentary while my daughter had this a few weeks ago I decided that in trying to make this goal I should get up and do something. I broke out the 30 Day Shred for the first time in probably 10 months. I grabbed my 5 pound hand weights and went at it. Now, lets go back to April 2010 when I first started this long journey. I was dying by the end of the jumping jacks at the warm up, let alone the 18 minutes to follow. I remember sweat pouring off me and thinking my legs were just going to give out if I had to do one more lunge. I did this for 30 days and lost 16 pounds. Even at the end of the 30 days I struggled with this.

It was such a wake up call as I was doing this when I realized how out of shape and miserable I used to be. Now I could do this is in my sleep! How far I have come! It was so empowering. I even followed up with a 5k walk around my subdivision while pushing the kids in the stroller.

So answer me this: in one word how does exercise make you feel?

Me? Capable. I realize that I am much more capable than I thought I was. Capable of doing more and capable of reaching my goal.