Shrinking

Its been eons since I last posted here.  I don't know why.  I don't what has gotten into me.  I used to be such a good blogger.  For a while I was posting nearly daily on my daughter's blog, a few times a week on this one and guest posting a few times a month on Our Bella Cucina.  Then it just stopped.

Oh well...maybe I can revive it!  We'll see!

Anyway...what have I been up to lately?

I have been shrinking!  :)  

Seriously though, I have been working my a$$ off...literally.  I am happy to report I am 2, almost 3 sizes smaller than I was at the beginning of the year.  As of Saturday, my scale was reading 23lbs lighter too!

It started slowly.  Around the middle of December I dusted off the elliptical in the basement and started using it every other night but didn't pay attention to what I was eating.  Then in January I was challenged to run a 10K.  I have never been a runner before but said what the heck!  I bought a used treadmill from a friend and started running 2 or 3 nights a week.  I still wasn't worried about my food.  Within a month, by Valentine's Day, I had dropped a pant size but the scale had not budged!

In March I started watching what I was eating and kept with the running.  By the middle of April I had lost 4lbs.  Not all that inspiring!  So we joined a fancy schmancy gym by our house.  

Has that ever paid off!  The gym has become our second home!  We spend hours upon hours there on the weekend at the pool.  We spend many nights there.  Morgan likes the kid area and begs to go, so I usually squeeze in an extra workout...in addition to my morning workout!  Yes thats right, I workout in the mornings.  Every morning!  I meet a few friends there around 5:15am.  We vary what we do.  Sometimes its a step class, other times its yoga or the elliptical.  This morning it was a class called Athletic Conditioning.  Except I am not athletic so I am not sure what I was thinking taking that class!  It was a killer!

On the weekends I usually hit the gym an hour before we hit the pool to get in some cardio and strength training.  Its hard to fit in a break day but I try to force myself to spend at least one weekday morning in the hot tub/sauna instead of upstairs in the cardio area!

Its clearly paying off.  Just over a month ago I went shopping with a friend and bought a bunch of new work clothes because I was tired of wearing pants 2 sizes too big!  I am happy to report...those pants are all getting a little bit too baggy.  I'm not quite ready to commit to the next size down...but I am very close!

I have about 10-15 more pounds to lose before I hit my goal.  After that I am going to focus on maintaining and firming up but not worrying about what the scale says anymore!