Becky Boo’s Weightloss for LIFE

Happy Friday, Buddies Well, I went back to the gym lastnight and got over 5 miles in! I felt so great while I was doing it, keeping my breathing right and REALLY working up a sweat and drinking my water all the while. I make sure that I dont HOLD ON to the machines and keep my arms pumping, except every so often checking my heart rate. Then I got home and showered and I was BEAT! It is amazing how it makes me feel. I can’t believe I waited so long to get physical. The important thing is I have done it now and I am NOT looking back. This is my second full week and I am going back tonight with Jeff I see people at the gym who are in a place similar to me a year ago. I have this overwhelming urge to go up to them, to reach out, to tell them what I found. But then I don’t. people may get offended or think I am a whackadoo or bragging rather than relating to them. I will NEVER do it but i get this feeling like I MUST but then I just swallow it. I think to myself, “Ooo, please don’t let them give up on themselves, let her keep coming and working on herself and her health, please.” what if I would have given up? What if I would have said this is too much work, I am not worth it? For the bajillionth time? Thank goodness I didn’t cause I am aCOMPLETELY different person now. I weighed in today at 182 with TOM in full force. I feel good about this considering the highest the scale showed me this week was 190… I mean, an 8 pound spread? Seriously? I am SOOO getting to my 3 pound loss goal of 178 by December 15 so I can say, on my 30th birthday, that I have LOST 100 pounds I WILL keep this running thing up and I WILL do IT ! ! ! I have this weekend off so it is a REAL Friday for me and this makes me sooo HAPPY. I am feeling almost all better, with just some coughing and nose blowing here and there, the sun is shining, it is in the 70s and will eb ALL weekend and I am LOVING life — and I hope u r all too! Enjoy your weekend and make good choices ~~~ XoXoXo

Hi Buddies I woke up today feeling sooo much better I am glad I didn’t gym it lastnight cause I was coughing and sneezing and it wouldn’t have been good But I am sooo going after work tonight. So, I was kinda blue earlier this week cause the scale showed a NASTY 190! I know with being sick and TOM coming it couldn’t be true but u know how we let the scale psych us out and all… Well it was back down to 184 this morning (YEA) and I imagine it will be down even further tomorrow morning for weigh in. I doubt it will be under 181 but I am okay with that. I just wanna be to 178 by December 15th… My 30th BIRTHDAY! I KNOW I can do IT! The 21 st of this month will be my one year anniversary here on BuddySlim. Finding it hard to believe. Where id dthis year go ??? I have lots of new memories, friends and and and CLOTHES HaHa~~~I hope u all find yourselves well and making good choices ooo, and THANK YOU all for the WELL wishes ~

Hi Buddies. I came home from work a few hours early today cause I have been sick since Monday when I woke up It started with Jeff not feeling well Saturday and then me Monday. He is feeling much better now and I am still feeling crappy—mainly when I am coughing and especially when laying down! I also had TOM show up yesterday so I feel yucky and bloated But I am not really as down in the dumps as my sick report and lead u to believe I am still thinking positively and  wanting to get to the gym. I did go Sat for 65 minutes and Monday for 38 minutes. I couldnt do anymore on Monday cause it was hard to breathe since I don’t feel good. I sure did try my best tho! I couldn’t get my heart rate up anywhere near I am able to wen REALLY working out. I plan to go today too even if I can’t make it the five miles I had been doing. I will take another 3 like I did on Monday. Something is better than nothing, right? Well, I hope u are all doing well and making good choices

Good morning, Buddies. Well, I have been utilizing my gym membership. I said I was going to go every other day but I went ahead and went again yesterday after work cause I was feeling guilty about eating some things at the Halloween party we had for the residents. Well, I went right after work and I did that cross climber like it was MY J O B! I felt like a million bucks, like I could have gone on FOREVER! I got my sweat on and I realized, I WAS in the ZONE! I havent felt this way or that way, I guess it is, in a LONG time It is so so so much easier to move this body at this weight than at 278 I can assure u of that! I am going back again tonight. Not sure if I will make it there tomorrow cause I work and then have a party but who know, I may squeeze it in I am loving it and I am going to get my dollars worth I weighed in today at 183. I am not stressing it cause I know I didnt gain and I know since I will be keeping up with this exericse regimen and only getting stringer and being able to go for longer, I will get down to my goal eventually. I am tired of counting and I really dont think I am going to do it anymore. We will see, I know I have said it before… I am getting my hair trimmed today and have some errands and chores to do around my house. I know we NEED rain but I am seriously going bonkers with it all and so r my doggies. It is getting out of control with like 15 days straight of rain, maybe more than that? Grrr. It is supposed to stop tonight. I am so glad I got a rain jacket last week! Ok, I need to read some blogs and get a move on.

XoXoXo

Good evening, Buddies I have been so hungry today. I know that trying to stop smoking can make one hungry but that is more like boredom hunger. I have been ravishing ALL day long! It didnt matter what I put in my mouth today, I needed more food. And since I believe in eating when hungry, I am eating. Right now it is low fat cottage cheese and reduced fat wheat thins. I have been doing well in keeping the cigarettes to a minimum. I hav had 5-6 today. So, I had 5 Monday, I think 7 yesterday and 5 or 6 today=17 max or so. Usually from Mon-Wednesday I woul dhave smoked closer to 60 cigarettes! So I say I am doing pretty well with it I am going to the gym when Jeff gets off work. I will do the climber cross climber thing again probably for the 33 minutes I did it last time then I will most likely do the treadmill the rest of the time. I am going to try for 6 miles total tonight but I don’t wanna push it. I am going to pace myself better this time. Well, I hope this CRAZY hunger goes away soon. At least I am counting calories this week so it is in some sort of check but I am DEF going over today. Have a good night!

Good day Buddies Well, I got the gym emmbership yesterday after work. I went straight there so I had NO more time to think about it… , I then went to Aldis and got some produce and tilapia and things and went home and made a side dish for after working out so Jeff and I xdidnt have to wait til 10 pm to eat… See, he doesnt get off til after six so I waited for him to go to the gym. I did the cross climber thing—eee for 33 minutes (said I burnt close to 300 calories and that I went almost 3 miles) and then I did the treadmill for 1 mile waiting for Jeff to get done. I don’t wanna over do it right away. I had a good sweat going so I am pleased with my first day there Then we had tilapia and noodles with tons of veggies for dinner. Sooo good. U never know what meat/fish will be like from Aldis so I was pleasantly PLEASED with it! I am proud to report that I only smoked 5 cigarettes all fo yesterday. My pack was obnly short 4 ciggs thismorning tho but I SWEAR I counted 5 times I smoked yesterday… I have only smoked 1.5 ciggs today so far and it is after noon. I have had a few more calories today tho than yesterday by this time. I woke up feeling really good this morning and even got to wrk 10-15 minutes early I went today and got more Kashi meals cause they are less than 300 calories and I add a little garlic and pepper, maybe a little salt sometimes too, and they are pretty tasty. I also got some more fruit leather and some crackers. blah blah blah… I hope u r all doing well and making EXCELLENT choices XoXoXo

Good afternoon, Buddies. Well, the closer that Jeff and I get and the further our relatinoship progresses, the more we talk about our overall health and the way we both live. It is no secret that I go out often and drink alot of beer. This leads to excessive cigarette smoking and has most definitely contributed to me being in the 180s for months. So my boyfriend, many of you know, has MS. He doesn’t take his medicine, eventho he lies and says he does. He smokes almost 2 packs of ciggs a day and often eats like SHIT. I try to be a good influence on him and in the summer we grilled alot and I snuck veggies into his diet. Since it has become colder, less grilling and we have been eating more takeout type foods. This STOPS now. also, we are both working on quitting smoking. It is almost 3 pm and I have had 3 ciggs. I am going to cut down more and more til I don’t smoke at all anymore. Just as in the weightloss, I am not going to put an unbearable pressure on myself because I want to be successful and I know I will. I want him to be as healthy as possible because I am pretty confident he is the one. I am also FINALLY joining a gym this afternoon. I am not going to class and I am going to stop after work and sign up at the gym that eh goes to. I need to tone up this body that has lost almost 100 punds and I want to encourage Jeff to go more. I am confident he will go more if I go with him. so it is a win win situation I am also trying new recipes for us so he will eat more like me. Last time I made grilled chicken and steak, cut up liek fajita meat, cut up avocados, tomato, green onion, bacon and served it all together. It was so delicious. Everything bad in it was in moderation, of course. He said it was the best food I had made for him yet. the recipe was on Rachel Ray’s foodnetwork page. I am back to counting calories today after a week off. I hope to see a loss this Friday or even just the 181 from two Fridays ago would be cool since I was up this past week. Holly and I have challenged eachother to get through these sticky patches and are motivating eachother to reach our goals! I am excited because I would love to see that 177 by december 15, my 30th birthday I hope u r all doing well and making GREAT choices. XoXoXo

Quick update: Even after a day full of eating and drinking coffee, water and diet soda, including Taco Bell for lunch, the scale is down TWO pounds just from this morning. That is how BLOATED I was this morning! YAY ! Thanks for all of your support ! XoXoXo

Good Morning, Buddies. I fell off the doing GREAT wagon Wednesday night… I got on the scale this morning: 186. No way. I did not POSSIBLY gain 5 pounds in one week. I know I am bloated and all but I DEF didn’t lose. So I will be back to another week of calorie counting Monday. One on, one off, one on, one off… I hope u all have a great day! Ooo, and Nancy, in regards to your comment on my last blog: can u believe it has almost been a year on Buddyslim for me? And no, I have not, nor has he, told the other that we LOVE them. Of course we already did as friends, but we are def getting there. It just gets better everyday XoXoXo

Hey Buddies! I am almost through a week of no counting of calories and I think I am doing really well with it. I got a ton of firewood yesterday from a co worker and Jeff let me borrow his truck and he helped me unload it which was a workout in and of itself He used my car yesterday and he took it to the carwash and washed it inside and out! How sweet, I think! I am thinking I will lose this week. Maybe just a pound but with the no counting thing, I will take it. Shoot, I will be cook with a maintain, for sure ! I am getting ready to hop in the bath and head out to do a little birthday celebrating with one of my bffs, Mandy. I am feeling really good this week and am finding myself in a truly GREAT place ~~~ XoXoXo