Food and water were excellent, and exercise continues to be a work in progress. I guess I sound like a broken record.
While walking continues to be my main activity, two days this week I also helped people we know pack/move. Both places were on the second floor so there were numerous trips up and down the stairs. And lots of trips to and from the truck.
Truth be told, this is my absolutely favorite kind of exercise. Doing something productive. Like riding our bikes to run an errand. Or walking to actually get somewhere.
Some day I may be able to get into the groove of some kind of exercise routine. I just haven't managed to pull that off yet, and I think it's because I really, really don't want to. At least I don't want to badly enough or else I'd be doing it.
The honest to God truth is that I'll probably never become a gym girl. I might as well admit it. But what I am doing is that I'm out there living life. I'm going and doing and keeping up. I totally held my own when we were moving our friends. A year ago even the thought of that would have been overwhelming. I wouldn't have been able to do even a small fraction of what I did this weekend.
So I'm going to celebrate that along with another 3 lb. loss. And I am currently very close to weight territory that I haven't seen since I was in my 20s!!
Weight Loss Update June 26th:
| This Week Loss: | 3 lbs. |
| Challenge Loss: | 9 lbs. |
| Total Loss: | 113 lbs. |
You can't beat that with a very large stick!!
Hope you all are getting closer to your goals, and that you're also out there living life!
Good night and God bless!
Great loss. It is also great that you recognize what does and doesn't work for you. There are other ways to get in a workout without going to the gym. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteJust wondering if this is a Challenge you should be in when the leader emails this.. ?
ReplyDeleteI am one of your haters, I have always been. I think it’s sad that you used your blog for so much tearing down rather than building up. You did help many people, including me. Yet, you only saw the failure in me, never the success and you were quick to tell others about my failures, and not of my success. I truly think that with your gift for telling it as it is, and not coddling, you could have had a highly inspirational blog that would have helped so many more. I thought with you starting these challenges, that was the intent but I see that never was your plan. I get that you never wanted to be a “cheerleader”, but to call someone a failure before they even have their foot in the door is just sad. I’m sad about the blog that “could have been” from you.
Please do not quote any of this if you choose to post again. ;-)
Thank you.
Debbi
A 3 pound loss is great, and overall for the challenge at 9 is super. Your overall overall loss - well that girl, is freakin... amazing! Find what works for you, keep it up and yes - live life!
ReplyDeleteAllan - just want you to know that I think it's pretty ridiculous that you want to use me to spread hate around. I am a firm believer in not censoring people so I'm leaving your above comment intact. Which is actually more than I can say for you, generally speaking. Most of my comments on your blog have never seen the light of day because they questioned you in some way. But a recent comment that I left was a heart-felt message wishing you the very best moving forward and I meant every word of it. You were very happy to feature that message on your next post because it was positive and complimentary of you.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe that the email you're attributing to Debbi above is an accurate representation of what she sent you, or what she believes. I'll leave it at that. I don't even know if you'll be back to read this, but if so, and if you continue to try and stir up controversy here, I may have to break my own censorship rule and delete anything ugly that shows up here.
I do wish you the best moving forward, and hope you get to where you want to be.
Hi, thank you for the comment on Allan's post, it is NOT an accurate email from me, it is made up. I don't know why he is spreading that hate about me but it certainly is hurting me which I guess it his goal. I did the same thing and left a heartfelt message to him wishing him the best as well. I have never spread any hate to anyone.
ReplyDeleteEnough of him, YOU Had a great loss! Exercise is a work in progress for me as well! Keep it up and thank you for your support!!
Figuring out the kind of exercise that does and does not work for you is a really good step I think. After all, you have to live with it. Well done on your loss!
ReplyDeleteConsistency. That is great. Better a constant downscale. Hooray. Keep it up! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteAwesome progress so far!!
ReplyDeleteExcellent!! Persistence - not perfection - will win the day!
ReplyDeleteAnother three pounds gone and you continue to inspire. Moving boxes up and down flights of stairs is not one of my favorite activities. Great work-out though, and walking is too.
ReplyDeleteGreat loss!! I am also not a gym girl. I, too, like to do something productive while I exercise, so I am with you on this one. I bike all the time to do errands. You burned a lot of calories by moving stuff up and down stairs. Have another great week!
ReplyDeleteI actually described myself as an athlete the other day.
ReplyDeleteI stopped and said - "Now, where did THAT come from?"
heehee
Looking good!
Hey, I hope you're doing okay, gymwise and otherwise. Update for us, come on! :)
ReplyDeleteWow, you were doing very well at the time of this post! How are you doing now? Its been a while since you posted! Now that Slimmer this Summer is drawing to a close, I am inviting fellow challengers to join a new challenge. Come and check it out! http://thriceblessed-lessofme.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-challenge.html
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