20 lbs in 20 wks

Some of you may see the 20 lbs in 20 weeks icon to the right. See it, right over ........ there ---->>>>>>.

I follow Ash's blog. She has an inspiring tale and only has a few more pounds to lose before hitting triple digit weight loss. I decided to start with her on her challenge. So far, there are 141 of us that signed up. Want to loose some weight? Come on, join us!

Today, due to little ol Aunt Flo being here, I am up to 189. YUCK! Yesterday on the first official weigh in day it was 191. EVEN sadder. Why? Because at my doctors office, the gym and even home earlier this week it was 186. The whole losing weight thing will also help as we continue on our journey to get a healthy pregnancy. More updates on that to come!

One of the things that Ash wants us to do is to calculate your BMR. That is what you burn just sitting on your butt. Well, I burn 1623 just to keep this mass here. on. earth. I am eating about 1250 a day so, that means, that I am not even eating/exercising enough to loose 1 measly pound a week. I would ideally like to loose 2 pounds a week. So, that means that I have to burn an additional 620 ish calories every.single.day. I have started on that. I truly have.

See, for Lent this year, I was banned from giving up Fast Food by my son. He seems to have this fancy idea that Lent is an individual thing and that one should only give up something that will impact them and not others. He says that if I give up Fast Food then that precludes him from getting it since I wont even stop during Lent. Instead I gave up, being lazy. Lazy. Yes, you heard me. I went to the gym for 3 days the first week, 4 days the second and well, I am at 4 days this week although I need to get up to 5 days a week.

The hubby has been walking with me as well as the dogs. It is amazing how well the 4 legged children sleep at night/day when they have walked. This morning we did 5 miles. Wow. 5 miles!
The dogs they did 3. 1.5 miles to the track. Rest while Mom and Dad walked another 2 miles and then we all walked back home. Now, everyone but me is sleeping. Well, Tyler isn't sleeping because he is cleaning up his bathroom. Shudder. Boys.bathroom.shudder.

I double, dog, dare you to come on over and join Ash's is Fit 20 in 20 weeks.

The week in review

During the past week, I have

• Walked 6 out of 7 days
• Written down everything I have consumed good or bad
• Picked Ace up from the vet - he has a blood vessel ruptured in his ear
• Rode the bus 3 days
• Worked out at the Gym 1 day

It felt really good to be getting fresh air and working out. Ace as usual is my problem 4 legged child. He is doing good but is on a no exercise profile. Have you ever tried to tell a dog he couldn't play and run and go for a walk with his sister? He is not a happy camper when we leave for our 2 mile walk.

I told J last night that I am sure my enthusiasm for this whole working out thing will wane. When it does, I need him to be very supportive so that it becomes a habit. He agreed. I am sure he will make a great coach!

Now, the whole bus thing. Did you know it costs me $11.45 to drive to work each day? I am sure that we are all aware of the cost of gas but that is just outrageous! So, I took the bus 3 days which next week will help me get to the gym. So, I will ride the bus in, work out, go to work, ride home, go walking with T and then to bed.

Speaking of T, we went for a walk last night. He wants to be my trainer :) I said Sure! It was nice to walk with him last night, he talked about stuff that is going on at school and despite his belief that walks are boring without the dog, this stepmom enjoyed the time.

Now, I am off for my Sunday walk!

One item at a time .... Ace

Since I haven't posted an update in a bit, I am going to try my best to post on a topic of interest for the last couple of weeks.

The first thing that has happened in the last two weeks is that my oldest boxer, Ace - had to have a keratotomy since he had a corneal abrasion. Poor thing has to wear his helmet aka the e-collar for the next 3 weeks. He has to be supervised when he eats and drinks because he cant dislodge his contact. yes, Ace has a contact! Now, my 15 year old finds this very unfair. He doesnt understand how a dog who cant be responsible for himself can have contacts but he cant.

Well, my reasoning was that my 15 cant remember to do what he needs to do, so how would he remember to take care of his contacts?!

Hopefully this will fix Ace's issues. He has had one tough life but he has been very loved and we hope he sticks around to enjoy it some more.