Sunday, May 29, 2005
goal complete
I successfully completed this weeks goal of doing 3 miles of WATP. I think I'll stick with that for the next couple of weeks, don't want to overdo anything or rush in to anything to quickly and get burned out.
Thursday, May 26, 2005
New Goal
Well here I am again. Ha! I'm going start trying to lose weight again after I get back from vacation to New Mexico. Yeah I could probably start now seeing as how we aren't leaving for another week but I know that psychologically it'd just be better to start later than start, stop, start again.
I don't know my offical starting weight other than my highest 3 years ago. I know that I've gotten to at least 288 before surgery this past April but I don't know if I want to officially go with that since it has been over a month and a half. It could be more or it could be slightly less. I don't know. I might change my mind later.
I've joined Denise Austin's Fit Forever! program and that is going to start when I get back on the 13th of June as well. I'm looking forward to having something structured again.
My first goal is to just get through the first week drinking all the water I need to. I hardly ever drink water anymore. It's going to take some getting used to to incorporate that much again even with all the nifty tricks of getting more water in.
Here's hoping!
I don't know my offical starting weight other than my highest 3 years ago. I know that I've gotten to at least 288 before surgery this past April but I don't know if I want to officially go with that since it has been over a month and a half. It could be more or it could be slightly less. I don't know. I might change my mind later.
I've joined Denise Austin's Fit Forever! program and that is going to start when I get back on the 13th of June as well. I'm looking forward to having something structured again.
My first goal is to just get through the first week drinking all the water I need to. I hardly ever drink water anymore. It's going to take some getting used to to incorporate that much again even with all the nifty tricks of getting more water in.
Here's hoping!
Monday, May 23, 2005
This weeks goal
My goal this week is to complete 3 miles of WATP. I need to go slowly and make sure my body can handle it.
Tonight I did one whole mile :) I didn't do knee lifts though because when I did them during the warm out I knew they would bee too much right now. I also only did every other set of arm movements. Now we'll see what my body says about the workout tomorrow.
Tonight I did one whole mile :) I didn't do knee lifts though because when I did them during the warm out I knew they would bee too much right now. I also only did every other set of arm movements. Now we'll see what my body says about the workout tomorrow.
Friday, May 20, 2005
new starting weight
I had my 6 week postpartum appointment yesterday and I now have my new starting weight... 314. I've also been givin the okay to start exercising again, but to start small, build up slowly, which is always my plan. Slow and steady people, slow and steady.
Now to find the energy and motivation to start eating better and getting out there and walking with the kids. I had actually planned to walk today and wouldn't you know it, its raining.
Now to find the energy and motivation to start eating better and getting out there and walking with the kids. I had actually planned to walk today and wouldn't you know it, its raining.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Hiatus
The Original Skinny Bitches site is currently on hiatus due to Sarah's second pregnancy, c-section and birth of her daughter and Jennah's recent gall bladder and then hernia surgery.
Sunday, May 08, 2005
About Us
Skinny Bitches is a weight loss blog for Jennah and Sarah to document the ups and downs of their journey for better health. In an attempt to help motivate each other we have decided to participate in workout challenges together. This posses a slight problem since we live many states apart so having a place to share the experiences and emotions about certain aspects of a current challenge seemed like the best way to document our struggles and successes. This site will not only be limited to which ever challenge we are currently doing but will revolve around our weight loss efforts in general.
We formed a great friendship over the course of our recent pregnancies, finding common ground in being overweight and struggling with many of the same fears that entailed. We spent many late nights chatting about our pregnancies and everything else under the sun, including our weight. Once our boys (Sarah’s first, Jennah’s second) were born we began to talk of the challenges of trying to find the time and motivation to fit working out into our busy and often sleepless schedules. Not to mention Jennah dealt with Gestational Diabetes and Sarah dealt with a modified diet due to bedrest, so once our boys were born we found ourselves indulging a bit too much in the foods we weren’t “allowed” to have, so our eating habits needed working on too. We found comfort, support, understanding and friendship in each other during a very joyous and stressful time in our lives and that continues to grow as we move on to the next challenge in our lives, better health.
Like many woman (and men I’m sure) our sole purpose is not becoming thin for beauty, but becoming healthy to ensure a better quality of life and be the active mothers we need to be to raise our children. However, we’d be lying if we didn’t want to be like those “skinny bitches”, you know the ones… Skinny Bitches is a bit of an inside joke.
We are hoping the site will motivate us, keep us accountable, and provide us with a place to have some fun together… all in the name of losing weight and becoming healthy.
We formed a great friendship over the course of our recent pregnancies, finding common ground in being overweight and struggling with many of the same fears that entailed. We spent many late nights chatting about our pregnancies and everything else under the sun, including our weight. Once our boys (Sarah’s first, Jennah’s second) were born we began to talk of the challenges of trying to find the time and motivation to fit working out into our busy and often sleepless schedules. Not to mention Jennah dealt with Gestational Diabetes and Sarah dealt with a modified diet due to bedrest, so once our boys were born we found ourselves indulging a bit too much in the foods we weren’t “allowed” to have, so our eating habits needed working on too. We found comfort, support, understanding and friendship in each other during a very joyous and stressful time in our lives and that continues to grow as we move on to the next challenge in our lives, better health.
Like many woman (and men I’m sure) our sole purpose is not becoming thin for beauty, but becoming healthy to ensure a better quality of life and be the active mothers we need to be to raise our children. However, we’d be lying if we didn’t want to be like those “skinny bitches”, you know the ones… Skinny Bitches is a bit of an inside joke.
We are hoping the site will motivate us, keep us accountable, and provide us with a place to have some fun together… all in the name of losing weight and becoming healthy.
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