6 weeks and Goals

So, yesterday was the 6 week mark. It also marked 20.4 pounds lost! I am so excited! I also started lvl 2 of the 30 day shred. It has some harder moves it in, I'm not gonna lie. BUT, I am really liking it. I am almost half way through the 30 days. I am so surprised that I have stuck to it so well and haven't skipped even one day. I have been tempted because I do it at night and have been tired and just wanted to go to bed. Instead, I have taken a little nap then gotten up and done it or just did it before I went to sleep.

I have been thinking about my goals lately and decided I want to be at my goal weight by March. Here is the schedule I want to go by...

Starting Weight 274

Goal 1:   -5 pounds (269) reached 8/7/11 263.4 lbs
Goal 2: -15 pounds (259) reached 8/21/2011 259.0 pounds
Goal 3: -30 pounds (244) by Nov 6th
Goal 4: -50 pounds (224) by January 15th
Goal 5: -75 pounds (199...1derland!) by March 4th

Total goal weight to lose 75 pounds! After I reach my current goal weight, I will see if I want to go down even more or if I am happy with where I am. Last time I dieted, it took me 6-7 months to lose 35 pounds. Losing that, I didn't notice a huge difference in inches though. Already with the exercising I have been doing for a month and a half I have lost 20 pounds and quite a few inches. Inches have come off my waist, hips, legs, arms, and neck! I expect quite a few more to come off during the next two lvl's of the 30 day shred as well. :o)

My mom's van stopped working so she was going to have to come get her truck from me. I really wanted her to come because we have been missing her like crazy but at the same time, I didn't want her to come yet because I wanted there to be an even bigger difference in my weight loss so she can notice even better. Well, they found out what was wrong (an unplugged wire of all things!) so she doesn't have to come after all. I get another month and a half before she comes so plenty of time to lose more weight! I want to be at least 6-10 pounds lighter by the time she gets here. I do believe I can do it!

I have been thinking of starting Yoga to see how that is. One place has a $10 for 10 classes. If I were to go Thursdays and Fridays, that would be a month of yoga in addition to my regular exercising that I have been doing. Christina (Kyles friends mom) said she started doing it as well and is really liking it. I can afford the $10 to check it out :o) There is a gym super close to my house. Walking distance actually. That charges 35 a month. I was thinking of checking if it includes classes such as yoga and stuff like that and possibly doing it. They do have child care at this place as well as children's classes. 35 a month for them as well. Their classes are Mondays-Thursdays. If you just pay for childcare, it's like 2.50 an hour. If I were to do that while I exercised, it would end up costing more and he wouldn't have the benefit of doing the fun stuff from the classes. I could take him to his class and exercise myself for the 45 mins-1 hour. We will have to wait and see how things go after I do the yoga.

Some people say they have "cheat days" I guess today would be considered one of those for me today. I had a little bit of ice cream in a waffle bowl. :-/ I think I shouldn't have had it because now I'm not feeling the greatest!

I had been having headaches for a while and came to the conclusion that it was from my allergies because Taz had been staying with us for a little bit. This last week, I have been having them more often again. I hadn't been taking my allergy meds. So I started taking them up again and yesterday and until this point, I hadn't had a headache..but I feel one coming on. Maybe if I take a nap it will go away. Then I can get up and do my exercises. Sounds like a plan to me! Now to see if it's going to work :o)