2010 ~ Week 1

I want to be able to cross my legs without pain and blocking the blood flow.


As I mentioned before, one of my "goals" for the new year is to lose some of the extra pounds I've packed on over the past few months, (actually the past couple of years, but who cares, the weight needs to beat it.) Earlier today, true to my word, I went to the gym and sped walked on the treadmill for 45 minutes. Readers, I've decided to take you along this journey. Have mercy on me, for I am very weak. My biggest obstacle is good food. This past weekend I pigged-out on pan dulce. Yummm!!! Mi favorito son las conchas de chocolate. *drools* Four of them were gulped over the course of a day. Hey, at least I didn't inhale them in one sitting.

Walking into the gym I went straight to the treadmill and remembered to weigh myself first. So I did what I've been avoiding to do for quite some time. As I moved the marker over to the appropriate spot my heart slowled to quiet thump in my throat. The darn marker was not doing its job!! I slid the larger marker to 150 lbs and knew that I would have to move the smaller marker over to the ten pound place. Ijole!! It was not enough!! Inching the smaller marker over by increments of 5 pounds I found the spot the leveled the darn weights!!! I'm a whopping 184 pounds!!! After regaing my balance, cause I nearly fell off the merciless machine, I tried to recall my intial weight before losing it more than two years ago.

During the spring of 2006 I had a health screen that included a cholesterol check. My overall cholesterol was good but my triglycerides were abnormally high. My weight was another issue which contributed to my poor health. I was practicing yoga semi-regularly at the time and had lost about ten pounds. My highest weight was 195 pounds which, by the way, was just under three pounds from when I was pregnant with baby number three just before I gave birth to him. *rolls eyes* Me gusta comer. Later in 2006 I decided to join the local gym to help with my health issues. You see, my mom and two of her siblings also had high triglycerides. One of my aunts needed surgery to help save her life. Fat is not our friend. For the most part I used to eat very healthy and never expected to have problems with my cholesterol. What was I thinking!!! I was very overweight. My body mass index, (BMI), was on the obese section!! All my life I had always been very thin. In high school I was border line anorexic. After baby number one, I was glad to see some meat on my bones for a change. Unfortunately, after meeting hubby I gained a considerable amount of weight which pushed me into the overweight catogory on the BMI chart. This I blame on Depoprovera, the birthcontrol injection that is given to impoverished young women. Later, I learned that Depoprovera is linked to adverse effects some of which are permanent. Rapid weight gain was the one that ruined my body. ((sigh)) *long saaad face* Okay, eating like a piglet certainly does not help the situation.

In November of 2006 I hired a trainer to help keep me focused and to teach me how to get the most out of my workout regime. Yoga became part of my daily routine. Food,,,ohhhh, food was my biggest obstacle. Each week I would eat a little less than the previous week. For the first two or so months, I was starving!! Queria comer todo lo que mirava! By Septmeber of 2007, I weighed 153 pounds and wore a size 10. I felt SUPER!! My energy level was incredible for the most part....there were still days where my enrgy was lost including my strength but that's a whole other story, {I'll share another time}.

That fall season I had registered for classes to finish my education, now that the kids were older and less dependent on me. Hubby gave me an ultimatum, I either keep my trainer or keep the new car we had purchased earlier that year. We needed the car, the kids no longer fitted in the back seat of our Altima. Regretfully, I gave up my fab trainer and re-directed my foccus to my education. Well, you know how that ended...{Earned my Associates in the Arts and Science as my eldest slipped passed me dropping out of high school.}

Walking on the treadmill struggling to breathe, I realized that I weighed more now then I did back in 2006. My new found motivation will help keep going to the gym and working off those unneeded pounds. Each week I will post my struggles and triumphs, sharing updated photos of my progress. Last time I lost weight by increments of three pounds per month. Yup, it was slow going but it only took a short four months to regain most of it back. Let's see how far I get and how long I keep it off this time around. Wish me luck blogger world!!