A new goal

I have been focusing on my walking more than losing weight and I need to get them aligned so that I am doing them together because that is the only way I am going to really reach my goal. 

I have been doing good with the walk in the mornings during the week, but am too tired after working 12 hr shifts to walk on the weekends. I talked to chad last week about a goal that I set to walk the almost 4 miles to the Climax Tunnels and back. It would be about 7.5 miles. 

I stuck to the trail today bad walked 2.5 miles one way and back. I would have to start my walk a little earlier and make sure to take water with me, but I am going to do it.

Walking, walking, just keep walking.

I am on my 5th day of walking and so far so good. I started out at 2.1 miles and increased that to 3.7 and I am hoping to get 4 miles in today, but we will see. I am going to buy new shoes so I am hoping that I will get even more walking in before my feet hate me. 

My first selfie!!!

14.7 pounds to go.....

Before I reach my first goal of 199 lbs. I am hoping that I will be able to reach that goal before we leave for Nashville on July 2nd. I know that 14 lbs doesn't seem like a lot, but the closer that you get to a major goal the slower the weight comes off. I added walking to my plan and try to get a 2 mile walk in every day. When the rain stops my walk I feel blah and so I eat less. I am really going to start pushing myself to get that 14 lbs off. Once I reach that first goal I am really going to have to step up my game to get that last 50 lbs off. I am hoping to have it all off by January of next year. 

My belt.......

A few years ago I had to get a belt because it was needed for a potential job. When I bought the belt it was the largest on that I could find and I was buckling it on the first and second hole.  I am still using this belt, but since January I have slowly been working my way down the notches. I am not on the 6th set of holes. There is an inch between each of the holes. Since January I have lost 6 inches! I keep using this belt because 1. I need a belt to hold up my pants because they are all too big, but I don't want to it buy any new ones until I get down to at least 200lbs, and 2. I like that it is a reminder of where peasants where I am going.

A never ending cycle.....

I was so excited last week when I saw 218 on the scale. We went away to a competition over the weekend and normally that would be a good thing for me and I would have lost at least a few pounds. Not this time.... I gained. We went with another DM (dance mom) and I didn't stick to my diet, at all. I ate pork casadillo and pizza. Now I am working the night shift and so I am sleeping half the day and working at night. I haven't been tracking my foods either. I am hoping that with my schedule this week, I will drop a few. My goal is to reach that 210 point in the next 2 weeks.

Trying to stay on track.....

Since I started my job. I am working 12 hr shifts on weekends. My shift is 7 pm to 7 am. It is extremely boring and I find myself fighting to stay awake as the night goes on. I finish my paperwork and get my cleaning done and then there is nothing to do. 

We aren't suppose to, but I bring myself a snack to munch on while I am doing my paperwork. I have been bringing either peppers or sugar snap peas with some hummus. I am also drinking my energy drink mix to try to keep me awake.  When I get home in the mornings I have been eating two eggs and sometimes I will eat bacon or sausage and then I go to bed until 3 or 4. If I am lucky I will have a salad before I leave for work. 

My last weigh-in showed 217.7. I am really hoping to drop at least 18 pounds in the next month to get below 200. If I can lose that 18 lbs, I will have lost over 50lbs in 5 months. 

If the weather gets nice and stays nice I am going to start walking. Hopefully walking during the week won't stall me out.