I am starting the "Biggest Loser" on February 18th at my gym and it will run through the first part of April. Monday and Wednesday's I will have a personal trainer and Tuesday and Thursday will be the "Biggest Loser Boot-camp". I can't go on Thursdays but I will go to the others plus I will go on Saturdays as well. They also do your meal planning for the 8 weeks and put it online and some other things.
The winner get's $500.00. That would definately be helpful but losing the weight will be better. One of my trainers at the gym wants has already asked me to be on her team. That was pretty cool.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
The First Milestone
Well, I weighed myself tonight and I have officially hit the 50 pound weight loss!!!! Pretty exciting!!! Just thought I would tell you.
God Bless,
Karen
God Bless,
Karen
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Cholesterol
Hey, did I mention that I had my Cholesterol checked a few weeks ago and it is 131 over all? They say the range is between 99-200. I was pretty excited about that. Still healthy except the bad knees (see post below)
Have a great day,
God bless,
Karen
Have a great day,
God bless,
Karen
Treadmills and Bad Knees
Okay, I went from work to home last night, ate a Lean Cuisine dinner (it was pretty good) and then headed over to the gym for a little cardio. I knew I didn't have enough time for a full workout but I wanted to get a little exercise in.
I have been using the Elliptical machine for a few weeks now and can only do about 6 minutes. I wanted to feel like I had accomplished something so I decided to do the treadmill. I am able to go for about 15 minutes (18 total with a cool down period).
Well, I hadn't realized how hard it was on bad knees. When I got home last night my knee was killing me. Plus, at 6 minutes on the Elliptical I go further than I go in 18 minutes on the treadmill.
The moral of the story is if you have bad knees, DO NOT USE THE TREADMILL.
God Bless,
Karen
I have been using the Elliptical machine for a few weeks now and can only do about 6 minutes. I wanted to feel like I had accomplished something so I decided to do the treadmill. I am able to go for about 15 minutes (18 total with a cool down period).
Well, I hadn't realized how hard it was on bad knees. When I got home last night my knee was killing me. Plus, at 6 minutes on the Elliptical I go further than I go in 18 minutes on the treadmill.
The moral of the story is if you have bad knees, DO NOT USE THE TREADMILL.
God Bless,
Karen
Friday, January 18, 2008
Control
I can't wait for a year from now to look back on these posts and see how far I have come. For those who are keeping up with my weightloss I am not doing great right now. There are a lot of factors creating this problem but the biggest is just my attitude. I had started so postive and was doing so well but as you can see by my last few entries, I have turned pretty negative. I am praying about this and ask that you might pray as well.
I had written a post called control a few days ago and it never seemed to show up on the blog. Maybe God was telling me that it was something that didn't need to be out there?
Well, I will just say that when your life feels out of control that you try to control anything that you feel "bigger" than. For example, children. I love children and for the most part I think they feel the same about me but I do feel sometimes that I am WAY TO HARD on them. This stems from the fact that to me, my life is out of control and since children are smaller and easier to work with I tend to expect them to adhere to my wishes.
This is another area that I pray about. Letting go of the "control" of my life so that God can be the one in control. Children are learning and they need to have an adult to direct them. You can't let them run wild but I also need to ease up on them sometimes too. I need to let them be children. I do pray that through this past 40 year journey that I will be able to help children not go through what I have gone through. I wish that I could help every child to not have to deal with growing up obese.
I watched a reality show the other day which I had taped from earlier in the week and got so mad because there was a 16 year old young lady that had to have weighed 350 pounds. She was saying that she was doing the audition for herself and her mom who was in very poor health and not doing well. They showed the mom who was in a wheelchair with fulltime oxygen and probably weighed 500 or 600 pounds. I got so frustrated because I see that, though they love each other so very much, the young lady was suffering from this situation. I can't judge the family because that mom may have legitimate reasons for being obese but my initial thought, being an obese person myself, is that they need to change their eating habits. I don't know. It just broke my heart to see this young lady sobbing because she didn't do well on the audition. These are the people I want to be able to help but I have got to learn how to communicate with children in a way that won't do more hurt then good.
We will see, the Lord knows what He has planned and obviously He has kept me around children for over 28 years so I must not be doing too bad?
God bless,
Karen
I had written a post called control a few days ago and it never seemed to show up on the blog. Maybe God was telling me that it was something that didn't need to be out there?
Well, I will just say that when your life feels out of control that you try to control anything that you feel "bigger" than. For example, children. I love children and for the most part I think they feel the same about me but I do feel sometimes that I am WAY TO HARD on them. This stems from the fact that to me, my life is out of control and since children are smaller and easier to work with I tend to expect them to adhere to my wishes.
This is another area that I pray about. Letting go of the "control" of my life so that God can be the one in control. Children are learning and they need to have an adult to direct them. You can't let them run wild but I also need to ease up on them sometimes too. I need to let them be children. I do pray that through this past 40 year journey that I will be able to help children not go through what I have gone through. I wish that I could help every child to not have to deal with growing up obese.
I watched a reality show the other day which I had taped from earlier in the week and got so mad because there was a 16 year old young lady that had to have weighed 350 pounds. She was saying that she was doing the audition for herself and her mom who was in very poor health and not doing well. They showed the mom who was in a wheelchair with fulltime oxygen and probably weighed 500 or 600 pounds. I got so frustrated because I see that, though they love each other so very much, the young lady was suffering from this situation. I can't judge the family because that mom may have legitimate reasons for being obese but my initial thought, being an obese person myself, is that they need to change their eating habits. I don't know. It just broke my heart to see this young lady sobbing because she didn't do well on the audition. These are the people I want to be able to help but I have got to learn how to communicate with children in a way that won't do more hurt then good.
We will see, the Lord knows what He has planned and obviously He has kept me around children for over 28 years so I must not be doing too bad?
God bless,
Karen
Putting your feelings out there
I have been "blogging" for a few months now and I really enjoy it. Recently people have actually started commenting on my posts. That is so encouraging yet scary too. That means that people are reading my entries.
There has been a really encouraging person commenting on my blog the last few entries and I have been scared to respond to her because, not only have I been a procrastinator and just trying to get by my entire life, but I am also VERY, VERY, VERY PARANOID. Anyone that knows me well will know that about me. I have a very hard time trusting people and not looking to see if there are alterior motives in someone. My first thoughts on this person commenting is that they could be some guy who is looking for people with low self-esteem's and who will try to win my trust and then come and hurt me. I know, but that is my paranoid nature. I have since decided that I have to learn to trust God and therefore, this person.
So, when I am putting my feelings out there I will probably be careful but will still post.
Okay, on to my next job!!!!!!!
God bless,
Karen
There has been a really encouraging person commenting on my blog the last few entries and I have been scared to respond to her because, not only have I been a procrastinator and just trying to get by my entire life, but I am also VERY, VERY, VERY PARANOID. Anyone that knows me well will know that about me. I have a very hard time trusting people and not looking to see if there are alterior motives in someone. My first thoughts on this person commenting is that they could be some guy who is looking for people with low self-esteem's and who will try to win my trust and then come and hurt me. I know, but that is my paranoid nature. I have since decided that I have to learn to trust God and therefore, this person.
So, when I am putting my feelings out there I will probably be careful but will still post.
Okay, on to my next job!!!!!!!
God bless,
Karen
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
God is good
Okay, so I am the first to admit that Thomas and I are a lot alike. We both doubt. I have not felt like I have been doing well the last few weeks but I weighed myself tonight and had actually lost 1 pound. Now, I can tell that I haven't done well because I should have lost more but to lose anything when I was convinced that I had gained is wonderful.
Just goes to show you that even when you don't believe God is still working!!
God Bless,
Karen
Just goes to show you that even when you don't believe God is still working!!
God Bless,
Karen
Monday, January 14, 2008
Leveling Off
Well, I have hit that "honeymoon is over" stage of the journey. I have not done bad but I keep finding myself saying, "well, I can just have one of those ________" But, I believe that I have not lost anything because I am giving myself that excuse too much.
In an earlier post I mentioned that I was afraid once the compliments and daily encouragment slowed down I was afraid of my reaction. People are still noticing my loss and commenting about it but not like it was at the beginning. I have a long way to go and if I am struggling right now I pray that it doesn't turn into a much deeper struggle later.
I started journaling my food on Sparkpeople again today. I am praying that it will keep me on track. The good news is that I don't believe I have gone completely off track. I just need to make some different changes and do some modifying both physically and emotionally. I know that God had given me the tools and the strength to accomplish this change.
Well, those are the thoughts for today. Off to drink my water.
God Bless,
Karen
In an earlier post I mentioned that I was afraid once the compliments and daily encouragment slowed down I was afraid of my reaction. People are still noticing my loss and commenting about it but not like it was at the beginning. I have a long way to go and if I am struggling right now I pray that it doesn't turn into a much deeper struggle later.
I started journaling my food on Sparkpeople again today. I am praying that it will keep me on track. The good news is that I don't believe I have gone completely off track. I just need to make some different changes and do some modifying both physically and emotionally. I know that God had given me the tools and the strength to accomplish this change.
Well, those are the thoughts for today. Off to drink my water.
God Bless,
Karen
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Sad day in Columbus
Well, the city is dressed in muted colors and the faces are long. Our beloved Buckeyes fell to the LSU Tigers last night in the National Championship college football game. If any of you watched this football game you know that the penalties really killed us. It was pretty frustrating and I stayed up way too late watching. Hoping in the back of my mind that we could come from behind and win. Oh well, as someone here said, "It was a great rebuilding year".
How crazy is it that our lives get so excited about a college football team and yet we don't get nearly as excited about God? One of my friends posted a comment on another post here the other day and gave me a bible verse to look at. In the middle of the game when I was so frustrated I decided that turning off the game and looking at the chapter was much more important. It was nice to keep remembering God's word even while watching a football game.
I pray that we all become more passionate about getting closer to God this year then even the Ohio State Buckeyes possible return to the National Championship game next year. I know that this is one of the things I plan to do.
By the way, I am really no closer to writing my goals or figuring out my dreams but I am not nearly as stressed about it because I know that with God helping me I will be able to come up with just the right ones.
On the weight loss front I am still losing (down 46 pounds). I tried to post a picture but my camera needs batteries so... Hopefully I will get some tonight and get a new picture posted.
God Bless,
Karen
How crazy is it that our lives get so excited about a college football team and yet we don't get nearly as excited about God? One of my friends posted a comment on another post here the other day and gave me a bible verse to look at. In the middle of the game when I was so frustrated I decided that turning off the game and looking at the chapter was much more important. It was nice to keep remembering God's word even while watching a football game.
I pray that we all become more passionate about getting closer to God this year then even the Ohio State Buckeyes possible return to the National Championship game next year. I know that this is one of the things I plan to do.
By the way, I am really no closer to writing my goals or figuring out my dreams but I am not nearly as stressed about it because I know that with God helping me I will be able to come up with just the right ones.
On the weight loss front I am still losing (down 46 pounds). I tried to post a picture but my camera needs batteries so... Hopefully I will get some tonight and get a new picture posted.
God Bless,
Karen
Friday, January 4, 2008
Goals
I had the dreaded evaluation today. Everything was pretty much the same as last time. Not a problem but one of the things I was asked to do was come up with some goals for this year in my job. Okay, to many that may not seem hard but to someone who has just "existed" for the last 40 years that is a difficult task.
My entire life all I have wanted or aspired to do is to make people like me but still do the minimum of what is needed. I have always thought that if I did more, then people would expect it and then if I failed they wouldn't like me anymore. So, do what I needed to just to get by and that was enough.
Losing weight has always been one of those things too. If I can lose weight then people are going to expect me to do other things like come up with some dreams and goals. That's where I am at right now. I'm losing the weight and I am SCARED TO DEATH!!!!! And now they want me to come up with some goals for my job. Where do I start? Okay, I know the answer to that. With Prayer. God is the beginning. I know He has the answer. I guess I am a little afraid of that too!!!
Well, I guess those are my thoughts for now. The good news, even though I am sad and scared, is that I didn't come home and binge eat. He is definately helping me with stress eating too.
God bless,
Karen
My entire life all I have wanted or aspired to do is to make people like me but still do the minimum of what is needed. I have always thought that if I did more, then people would expect it and then if I failed they wouldn't like me anymore. So, do what I needed to just to get by and that was enough.
Losing weight has always been one of those things too. If I can lose weight then people are going to expect me to do other things like come up with some dreams and goals. That's where I am at right now. I'm losing the weight and I am SCARED TO DEATH!!!!! And now they want me to come up with some goals for my job. Where do I start? Okay, I know the answer to that. With Prayer. God is the beginning. I know He has the answer. I guess I am a little afraid of that too!!!
Well, I guess those are my thoughts for now. The good news, even though I am sad and scared, is that I didn't come home and binge eat. He is definately helping me with stress eating too.
God bless,
Karen
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Happy New Year!!!
I just wanted to wish everyone a very happy and blessed New Year!!!! I am so thankful that I don't have to make a "resolution" to lose weight this year!!! I have started that journey and it will continue through this year and the rest of my life.
For those of you who have made decisions to make lifestyle changes MAKE THEM WORK. You can do it!!!!
God Bless,
Karen
For those of you who have made decisions to make lifestyle changes MAKE THEM WORK. You can do it!!!!
God Bless,
Karen
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