New Walking Shoes......

I made a big plunge today. I walked all by myself. My earlier posts indicated my walking partner has gotten a new job so this will be my last week with her walking with me. She has something going on this morning. It felt so good to walk this morning. The choice of music was Josh Turner "Haywire" CD. I am pretty sure the neighbors thought I was crazy talking to myself. I had to really bundle up this morning so my ears were covered and you could not see the ipod. Oh I got me some new walking shoes yesterday and they worked pretty good. I have to learn to walk again though. It is weird walking in regular shoes after walking with the Skechers Shape Up shoes. Hope everyone has a great week....until we talk again.

Sunday Weigh In

Well this morning proved to not be so good on the scales. I really went overboard on my birthday. I figured one day a year I can eat whatever I want. I only lost .2 pounds this week so that's a grand total of 3 pounds. We will be heading to the grocery store today to ensure I have the right food to eat and I am going to shoot for walking 5 days this week. Tomorrow will be my first day walking by myself. I got me an armband for my ipod to wear so I can listen to some music. Need to find some good walking music today, some that will keep me walking fast. The countdown is on for the cruise. We have 39 more days before we set sail....I have a lot to do to get ready.

Have a good day!

Alicia

Happy Birthday to me.....

Good Morning everyone. It has been a couple of days since I have posted. My computer needs a new power supply and so I have just been lazy this week. I just finished my morning walk. We were able to walk 3 times this week. Walking in the morning sure does seem to get my day started off on the right foot. As we walked this morning I was thinking of how blessed I am to be able to get up and walk everyone morning. Sometimes we do not stop and realize how lucky we are to have the freedom to walk every morning. My walking partner will be starting a new job so we have to figure out if we can still walk in the mornings together. If not I will be walking solo I am going to need lots of encouragement to get up every morning and walk.

Today is my birthday so I am going to have a great day. My team gave me my present yesterday and it all kinds of stuff I can use on the cruise. I love it all and its pink. We are going to go out with friends tonight for my birthday as well. Today is also my two cats birthday, they are 8 years old today. Their day will consist of sleeping I am sure.

I hope everyone has a great day and I will see you on the flipside.

Alicia

Weekly Weigh In

Today is the day to step on the scales. I was a little apprehensive about it because I felt I did not do that well this week. However much to my surprise I lost 2.4 pounds this week. That's a start for me and I will take it anyday. I will be back to walking tomorrow so that will be good. Today will be spent working on homework and watching the race today. I hope everyone has a great day.


There is a correction to this post. I have lost 2.8 pounds when I put my weight in on the weight watchers site it corrected me :)

Fabolus Friday

This morning I decided to change it up and do the step class on my Wii. I believe this worked me out harder than walking I walked right at 1000 steps up and down this morning. I did cheat a little though and checked my weight after I said I wouldn't. Not impressed at all which means I will be hardcore for the next couple of days. Official weigh in is Sunday morning. I will be drinking one diet Dr. Pepper this morning then it will be water for the rest of the day. I don't drink a lot so that is a problem too. I have to push myself to drink more. Do you think I can drink a gallon of water today?????

Have a great day.

First Week of My Journey

This journey began for several reasons. My blog is going to the journal of all my experiences as I work on getting off my daily medicines. If you know me you know I do not like taking pills daily. Also this is going to be a journey to lose weight as well. I have began walking each morning with a friend of mine. We walk around our complex for about 25 minutes. I have found it has made me feel so much better and have more energy during the day. I did zumba one night but realized I need to get in a little better shape before I do that every night and more coordinated. My main goal is to get off my blood pressure and thyroid medicine. I hope you enjoy the ride as we go on this journey together.