MMEW 2012 Wrap-Up

I began 2012 with big intentions.

I joined Big Picture Classes and Cathy Zielske for a year-long class called "Move More, Eat Well".

My intentions were there to lose weight and get healthy.

I started the year out at 175 and my weight creeped up to the heaviest

 I have EVER weighed: 181.

I started by recording everything I ate and cutting out the pop I was drinking (I stopped buying it for the house too).

I joined LA Fitness (LAF) June 1st and re-started my workouts.

I think my favourite machine up at LAF is the Elliptical because I burn more calories while I am on it but also because I feel like I am working my entire body.
I did join at first because I wanted the group exercise classes and access to the cardio equipment.  STEP is MY THING and there is a guy there who can teach it the way it should be taught....UNTIL he started to do more interval work instead of choreography and I stopped going to his classes.  If I wanted P90X, I would buy the DVD's!  

From June 1st to October 31st, I went from 181 down to 165!!!  

My "GOAL" was to get down to 160-165.  Not bad!!!

I had a hysterectomy at the end of November, put my membership on hold until February 1st 2012.  I have since lost a couple more pounds, but I am sure will gain them back once I start working out again - afterall, muscle does weigh more than fat!  

I am kinda glad that I am missing the "NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS" people at the gym this month.  My post-opp appointment is on Friday and I should be cleared for everything after Dr. Wright examines me. 

My goal this year is to continue to watch my portion sizes, cook more at home instead of going out to eat, get down to 150 or less and STAY THERE!

Maybe I will try to run a 5K?  Who knows...it's a new year, who knows right???

Maybe I will even get re-certified this year and start teaching group exercise classes again!  

WHO KNOWS!!!!  But I am looking forward to getting back to the gym after all this surgery stuff!

Bring it!!!

Until Next Time,

SCRAP ON!

~Cyn~

Move More, Eat Well - iSuck!

I started this class at the beginning of the year over at Big Picture Classes.  It is a class led by, the awesome, Cathy Zielske.  Now, this year, was supposed to be a year of weight loss and getting in shape.  It was supposed to be the year that I re-certified and got back into teaching aerobics. 

Well, here is my wake-up call! (yes, another one)
We are already half way through the year.

In the month of January, I cut out all pop.  I didn't drink one can of pop and I started walking in the neighbourhood.  I lost 5 pounds that month and I was starting to see what I could really do when I watched the portion sizes and what I actually put in my body.  

Fast forward to now....

I came back from vacation with the 5 pounds I lost PLUS 3 more!
I have joined the gym and plan to work out on a regular basis and watch what I am eating, but the number on the scale won't budge!  I want a FAST solution.

Oh well, back to working out and not eating a lot of crap.  We will see where I am in a month's time.
  

Wish me luck!
Until next time,

SCRAP ON!
~Cyn~

MMEW 2012 - January 24 2012

I have come down with the flu.  Well, at least I think it is the flu...temp of 100, runny/stuffy nose, cough,  exhaustion and it came out of nowhere.  It MUST be the flu.  Lovely.  Just lovely.  
I weighed myself on Friday and I know I shouldn't do that, but I had to. The scale was taunting me!  I am now 5 pounds lighter!   Go me!  


Look at what a little effort produces....all I did was watch my caloric intake AND skip the pop.  Or should I say Soda (that's what they call it down here in GA).
I wore my jeans that were tight and the "muffin top" wasn't as big as it used to be over the Christmas break.  Gotta love those "Non-Scale" victories because they are better than the actual number on the scale.

Now, I just have to get through this flu and back to normal.  I have too much to do!  


~Cyn~

MMEW 2012 - Measurements, 1 Thing

My Measurements were rough, but the 1 thing to focus on was easy!  Write down everything that I eat, no matter what it is and how bad it is.....That is the 1 thing I will focus on for January 2012.

~Cyn~

MMEW 2012 - January, My Story

We had to take body measurements and I posted about that here and also take a full-body shot.  Taking a self portrait is hard but seeing this picture was even harder!  I.feel.fat!!! Anyway, we also had to tell our story. Below, you will see my story which is the journaling at the top of the page above.  


Journaling: 

I was underweight for most of my life up until I met Ben in college, who later became my husband.  On our wedding day, September 18, 1999, I weighed 125 pounds and was in the best shape of my life.  I had begun working for Exclusively Women’s Fitness Centre in February 1999 and started instructing people on how to use the machines and teaching classes a year later. I then started personal training. I loved it.  EVERY minute of it.  We moved to Georgia from Canada in September 2002 and I wasn’t allowed to work due to the type of Visa I had.  So, I joined the gym and continued taking classes.  The problem with the classes down here, was that they weren’t all that challenging compared to what I was used to in Canada.  So, once I was able to work, I started to work for the gym. Then I found out that I was pregnant with Nathan.  I taught and trained my entire pregnancy.  August 16th, 2004, I went in for my C-Section and was 161 pounds. The weight fell off after Nathan arrived. 

Fast forward to 2009... I was 138 pounds and teaching aerobics at a new gym.   I found out that I was pregnant with Sophie.  At 6 months, my heart rate while I was teaching was at 220.  Not good for me or the baby and I had to stop teaching and exercising.  October 9 2009, I went in for my second C-Section, I weighed 173 pounds.  Again, the weight fell off. 

I didn't end up going back to teaching (cert. lapsed) and my husband was laid off 6 weeks after Sophie was born.  Everything fell by the wayside and I went into “survival mode” for our family.  Ben ended up getting a new job and we moved in November 2010, I still couldn't teach and we couldn’t “splurge” to allow me to take the courses needed to re-certify.  Add to that the fact that gym memberships cost money and you know what happened next.  I did nothing.

2011 rolls around, literally rolls…..  

The pounds are slowly creeping up and I don’t notice it until my clothes are tighter, I feel tired and sluggish all the time, my moods are all over the place and my body has changed dramatically. 

Enter 2012….my weight is now at 175, clothes don’t fit and it is time for me to start taking care of ME!!  So, here I am!!!

MMEW 2012 - 5 THINGS....

This particular page is about the 5 Things that you are good at.  I had to ask Ben what I should write.  I guess we are all taught to think about things we need to improve and focus on those.  Not boast about what we ARE actually good at.  So, this was hard to do.  Some of the things Ben shared with me were not something I want written down!  ;)  Gotta love him though!  ;)

Here is what I came up with after reading over some posts on the Skyline Sisterhood Forum and thank you cards that I have received over the last couple of months:

1. Organizing

2. Planning and Coordinating Retreats, Get Togethers, Trips, etc.

3. Enthusiasm and Encouragement

4. Taking pictures and scrapbooking them

5. Technically Savvy

MMEW 2012 Statement of Intention:

I have several intentions for 2012…

·          Walk 3 times per week to start, join a gym in March                                          

·          No eating after 7pm

·          Drink lots of water

·          Eat well, break the sugar habit

·          Record caloric intake

·          Try to give up pop (A&W Rootbeer is my weakness)

·          No alcohol intake AT ALL

·          Cook and eat at home as much as possible

·          Get in better shape to be able to teach classes again

I want:

·          To feel better and sleep better

·          Be able to wear my wedding rings comfortably again

·          Shed body fat and get back down to 140 lbs

·          Be able to run a 5K under a half hour

·          Get my certifications current so that I can start teaching/training again