Weight Loss Wednesday “I meant to do it Sunday” by Mama Sue

Hello Blogaroos!  Today is the day that I share weight loss tips! 

And for the time being this is in the form of posts written by the talented Mama Sue.  She is on a tough journey to lose 50 pounds in 50 weeks.  This is week three and she has made progress!!

I am adding in some pics she took of herself as well (all camera phone so bear with us!) so we can do before and after shots because I believe that she will succeed!  Love my Mama Sue!

I meant to do it Sunday. I really did. But I chickened out.

Then Monday…well, I was a little out of sorts and just didn’t have the strength to do it.

But today…today I knew it had to be done.

I pulled out the ancient relic that spent many years at my mother’s house, until she upgraded to the new electronic model. Heh. Not for me! This will work just fine. And having worked up my resolve, I stepped on it. And the numbers twirled around and I felt a wee bit nauseous until I saw the numbers through the rusty little window: 201. I lost four pounds!

You know how you have to go to the doctor and they are going to weigh you and you *dread* it because you are sure you’ve gained a few pounds and you decide on the drive there which flavor of Ben and Jerry’s you will pig out on to console yourself with afterwards? No? Just me? *sigh*

Well, today was nothing like that at all. Sure, I toyed with the thought that I may have gained a couple of pounds, just to prepare myself, but I could tell by the way my jeans fit that I hadn’t gained, surely I have lost weight. What if it’s only 2 pounds? What if it’s 10? While my mind buzzed with myriad ideas of what might happen, my body took control and just did it. I was on the scale before I could even decide how to celebrate/reprimand myself.

But four pounds lost is just where I thought I’d be at this time, which is just fine. Even if it had only been two, I would have been OK because really, I haven’t done much outside my regular routine besides eating a little healthier. I did start walking to school with my daughter a few times a week, but she’s 11 and a little wishy-washy about being seen walking with me. Walking the dogs to pick her up from school is great exercise, since Duke (a German short-hair/lab mix) is not trained yet and he pulls so much at the leash that even a walk around the block becomes a full-on cardio workout. Badger is a little rat terrier (sometimes known as a BRAT terrier) and the only real workout he gives me is with my patience. He’s very barky.

Today I took a brief nap because I work tonight, and when I got up I decided that the weather is perfect (temp in the 70s!) to walk the dogs. I let the dogs out of their kennels, Duke first for once, then Badger. But I noticed…hey…something’s missing! Badger is NAKED! Where’s his collar? I rummaged through his bedding and found the remains of his collar with the dog tags still attached. He had eaten about one-half to three-fourths of his collar. “Take that!” I can almost hear him say. (Can’t wait to tell my daughter because it was *her* idea to put the funnel on the dog in the first place. Badger licks his paws, a nervous habit he has, so she put one of those funnel-shaped things on him, which attaches to the collar. And once Duke had pulled it off of him once, Badger realized he could probably do it himself and did so. He’s a little slow figuring out things for himself.)

So I took the tags off the collar remnants, put them on Badger’s harness, and harnessed up the dogs. We walked for about 1o minutes before I realized I’d forgotten their water. We stopped once in the shade and Duke just threw himself down on the grass, panting. Point taken. We only walked 28 minutes, but it’s better than not walking at all!

Also did yard work over the weekend. Scheduling and the heat index have kept me out of the yard for a couple of weeks and the grass is, well, let’s just say it hasn’t quite gone to seed yet. I spent two hours mowing and moving bricks around and generally cleaning up. And it was a pretty good workout.

It seems I am feeling more energetic lately’ maybe just because I have been moving around a little more than usual? The summer was blazing hot and maybe that was a good excuse to be lazy. I don’t know. But with cooler weather making an appearance, I am MOTIVATED to get out there and walk! How about you!?}

These little things added up to four pounds lost in two weeks!  That puts her ahead of the weight loss schedule!

2.  She feels more energized.  Daily activity gives us energy!  It helps to speed up our metabolism.  This means that when we do physical activity regularly, we will most likely be more productive throughout the day.