CACruisin'
<font color=teal> If she can do this, so can I!<br
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2005
Ok, so I just signed up for the WISH challenge.
I am 42 years old, 5'6.5" and weigh 185 lbs (so scary to actually type that for the world to see!).
Ideally, I would like to lose 40 lbs, but I would be happy with 30. We are going on the May 2007 Transatlantic Disney Cruise, and I want to be able to comfortably wear a bikini by then!
My plan is to drink at least 64 oz of water EVERY day and exercise (walk, jog or swim) for 1 hour at least 5x/week. I already eat reasonably well with balanced meals and moderate portions. I know I don't drink enough water, and I need to exercise. Also, if I have a snack, it is not generally a healthy one so I need to make better choices for my snacks.
I have never done any sort of formalized weightloss program. I have always managed to take off excess weight by watcfhing what I eat and stepping up the exercise. When my 3rd child was about a year old, I stepped it up and was running 3-5 miles a day. A year ago, I fell and broke my foot in two places (not running, just walking down the stairs!). This brought everything to a grinding halt! The healing process was slow. It is only in the last few months that I have been completely pain free. I have not exercised at all for the past year. I now weigh more than I ever have except when I was pregnant. The pounds have got to go! I hope the wonderfully friendly people at the DIS will give the motivation to get started and stick with it!
Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!
So far today:
Food:
1/2 Grapefruit - 8:15
Carls Jr Santa Fe Chicken w/o the bun, no fries or soda (10:50 am - DD needed lunch after her ortho appt)
1 licorice jelly bean (easter!)
1/2 Grapefruit - 1 pm
3/4 cup chicken salad + 6 Rosemary & olive oil Triscuits- 5 pm
the last of the chicken salad (1/2 cup) + 6 more Triscuits, 5 cherry tomatoes - 8pm
small (1"x2") Tiriamasu - 9pm
Water:
96 oz
Exercise:
Walked Hills with jogger stroller 50 minutes, 2.8 miles (3.3 mph), then walked 32 minutes, 1.3 miles at a slower pace with DD's home from school. More hills.
I am 42 years old, 5'6.5" and weigh 185 lbs (so scary to actually type that for the world to see!).
Ideally, I would like to lose 40 lbs, but I would be happy with 30. We are going on the May 2007 Transatlantic Disney Cruise, and I want to be able to comfortably wear a bikini by then!
My plan is to drink at least 64 oz of water EVERY day and exercise (walk, jog or swim) for 1 hour at least 5x/week. I already eat reasonably well with balanced meals and moderate portions. I know I don't drink enough water, and I need to exercise. Also, if I have a snack, it is not generally a healthy one so I need to make better choices for my snacks.
I have never done any sort of formalized weightloss program. I have always managed to take off excess weight by watcfhing what I eat and stepping up the exercise. When my 3rd child was about a year old, I stepped it up and was running 3-5 miles a day. A year ago, I fell and broke my foot in two places (not running, just walking down the stairs!). This brought everything to a grinding halt! The healing process was slow. It is only in the last few months that I have been completely pain free. I have not exercised at all for the past year. I now weigh more than I ever have except when I was pregnant. The pounds have got to go! I hope the wonderfully friendly people at the DIS will give the motivation to get started and stick with it!
Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!
So far today:
Food:
1/2 Grapefruit - 8:15
Carls Jr Santa Fe Chicken w/o the bun, no fries or soda (10:50 am - DD needed lunch after her ortho appt)
1 licorice jelly bean (easter!)
1/2 Grapefruit - 1 pm
3/4 cup chicken salad + 6 Rosemary & olive oil Triscuits- 5 pm
the last of the chicken salad (1/2 cup) + 6 more Triscuits, 5 cherry tomatoes - 8pm
small (1"x2") Tiriamasu - 9pm
Water:
96 oz
Exercise:
Walked Hills with jogger stroller 50 minutes, 2.8 miles (3.3 mph), then walked 32 minutes, 1.3 miles at a slower pace with DD's home from school. More hills.