GreenKelleen's Journal

Okay, I really need to get the ball rolling again.  I have only done my walk as exercise ever since I returned from Oklahoma, and I have NOT counted calories.  I am in the danger zone -- when I lose my grip on the motivation that got me losing weight in the first place.  I have 45 more lbs to go, and cannot stop here!!!  I haven't been LAZY, been keeping very busy, not watching television, not spending lots of time on the computer or reading or napping.  I've been focused on a couple of major projects -- getting my livingroom redecorated/remodeled, and working on the little outdoor seating area behind my house.  But those activities, while time consuming, are not really very "active" -- don't require heavy lifting, or increased heart rate, or sweat.  And the walk is not at a fast speed or anything -- it's really for fresh air, exercise for the crazy dog, and time spent w/ my mom.  So it's not burning a lot of calories or anything.

As far as the food thing goes, I have not been BAD (OK, except for one night when I ate 3/4 of a box of ice cream -- an obvious stress-eating response to a misunderstanding w/ the woman I do transcription for) -- but I have not kept good track of my calories, and probably have eaten around 1500 - 1600 per day, which is maintenance for me, NOT weight-loss.  I only weighed in once in the past week (176.6).Tomorrow is the "greatest loser" weigh-in final, and I don't even wanna go down there to do it, because it will piss me off to see how little I have accomplished in those 2 months.  Oh, well.  My goal was a much larger one than just to win that thing,

Today I go to the gym (yes, I've said that for the past 5 days, I know).  It looks as though I won't be doing transcription anymore for a while, so perhaps that will free up some time.  I really need to condition myself to get up early in the morning for gym time, so that it is out of the way, and I don't have to try to fit it into my day later, when things always seem to come up, or I get too involved in a project or something until it is too late.  Especially since on the 13th I start teaching summer school, and will have less free time -- morning workouts would definitely work best while I'm doing that!