SharaLynn

So… I’m pregnant! Finally.
Since we had been trying for a year and a half before Jesse left on deployment with no luck (well.. Except for 1 early miscarriage) we figured that there is no point in getting on birth control for the transition to the real world when he got out of the military. Yeah, finances were going to be tight for a year or so, But we figured that if lightning struck and I DID get pregnant, that it’s a good thing regardless.
I found out 5 days after he got out of the military when we were on the trip driving our things to Texas. Perfect timing! lol! Insurance had JUST ended. Anyways, It’s got to be God’s timing, I’m happy. Baby is healthy so far, and I’m at 18 weeks.
But I’ve gained SOOO much weight! I was down to 145, but I’m already at 170. That’s a LOT of weight gain! Even being pregnant.
I guess since I lost weight right before getting pregnant, it might have made it pack on quicker.
I’m just hoping I don’t gain TOO much more. But I probably will. Just doing my best to eat healthy.
Once little one is here, I’m hoping to get back on track and start my old routine of 1 hour a day on the elliptical until I lose the weight, and then work on running to maintain the weight loss.
I love this site It’s been such a support and inspiration in my original weight loss, and heaven knows how much I’d weigh now if I hadn’t lost that weight to begin with. I’m hoping that it helped my little ones health a bit for me not to be AS overweight while pregnant.
Right now though, I’m just enjoying being prego and can’t wait to hold my precious baby in my arms for the first time!

And I couldn’t be happier
I’m averaging around 148, and I wouldn’t mention it… except I spent MUCH of the time that he was gone trying to lose weight.
I did.
I’m down from 178 to 145 (At my lowest)…
But overall, he was gone 6 months.. And I lost 30 lbs at least.

Now that he’s back, I’ve been so happy, but looking at (normal, not military) friends lives, and how they’ve turned out… I feel so behind…

I’d rather have 3 little’uns right now and be right back at 185 than be barren at 145 with no hope.

But… Whatever…

No regrets, right.

Because every time I do that, I tend to let my guard down. But I’m where I want to be… Finally.
I’m still working out, and trying not to eat bad food, But that’s more of a lifestyle instead of a “diet”.

I also figured out the running thing! I don’t know WHY it is, but I actually can run barefoot 5x better than with my running shoes on.
I ran across an arcticle on barefoot running, thought it looked FASCINATING… and figured what the heck, I suck at running.. It couldn’t make it worse.
But I can now run for 25 minutes non-stop (probably longer if my side wouldn’t start hurting) , where I could barely run 10 with my shoes on on the treadmill before.
I’m going to have to get some shoes that protect my feet from rocks and glass so I can start running outside when I move and have to leave my parents treadmill behind.

nike Makes a GREAT shoe called “free”… Or something like that.. BUt they’re a bit above my price range.
I might as well just buy a treadmill of my own
Ah well…. No complaints, Life is great!

k… So I’m in better shape than I’ve been in since I got married, only 7 lbs more than I weighed then, and LOTS more fit, but I still can’t run.

Well, maybe it’s all in my head. I dunno…

I joined a couch potato to 5 k thing at my local YMCA, and have been doing pretty good. Last week we had to run 3, walk 3 minutes 5 times… That was difficult, but I was able to accomplish it.
This week we had to run 5/walk 5 4x.
I ran for 5 minutes non-stop for the first time in my life (pathetic eh?), was wheezing by the time I was done, then only ran 4, 3, and 2 the next times…
I was the straggler and everyone else (who all happen to be older than me, or more overweight… but obviously more fit than me) passed me up. And the dude that leads the class had to slow down to keep with me
It was so embarrassing, and I feel like I really let myself down.
I do have flat feet… Maybe that makes it worse, but I have such a hard time running, and once I reach my stressing point, the only thing that I can think about is quitting and breathing right.
I’m going to load up all kinds of interesting pump-me-up music on my Zune tonight and give it my best shot tomorrow morning.
I have to be able to run 15 minutes next week, and ultimately a 5 k…
But I don’t want to be a quitter again.

This is officially the lowest weight I’ve been for two years. I haven’t lost or gained a pound though for a week and a half. At least I haven’t gained, but I’d at LEAST like to get to 140 lbs with muscles, which is still much better shape I was in when I got married three years ago (142, weakling).
Meh… I’ll get there. I still have to get the swimsuit model abs by March 30th. They’re there I think, but hiding under a layer of fat.
As far as weight goes… I’m at that awkward weight where if I set the scale to 150 and no lbs, It says I don’t weigh it, but if I set it to 100 lbs and 50, I’m a bit above it.
So… what is that? Hrmn…

Ah well. I am determined to shake it and lose at least two of the pounds this week… Just as soon as I’m done eating this pizza

I’m going to the gym in a minute. They are doing some program at the Y where they get you used to running. I’m more fit than I’ve been in a LONG time, but that doesn’t mean that I can run! Jesse says that I run like a wounded giraffe… Whatever that means.
He bought me some knockoff Nike’s (I think they’re knockoff anyways, there’s a rabbit on the inside of the left shoe??!!) from the souk at Bahrain… They’re size 11, and I wear 9 1/2 or 10. But hey, it’s the thought that counts. And actually, they don’t fit TOO bad, just a bit too big

Alright… better go or I’ll miss the start of the class.
Best of luck to everyone this week!

Do you HAVE to be at the gym ridiculous amounts of time to do it?
I’ve been wanting to tone up my abs and arms. Everywhere else is fine, as I am losing weight all over, and as far as muscle tone, staying on the elliptical for 1 hr, at least 5 days a week has drastically improved my legs.
But, as far as the arms and abs go… weights going, but I’d like some muscle tone.
I’ve been doing a bit of arms, and abs on 2-3 machines at the Y, and the first two or three times, I was sore, but not anymroe, even though I’ve increased the weight.
Does that mean that I should increase the weight even MORE?
I’m rather afraid to hurt my back on the ab’s workout, not that I’ve had serious problems with it, but when working most ab excercizes, my back tends to be more sore during the workouts rather than my abs.
Maybe that just means that I’m doing them wrong… gr…
On the plus side…
I just discovered that my parents have a bowflex in the junk room.
(they got it from a garage sale for only $200!) and the thing is AWESOME! So, starting today… I think I’m going to do my abs and arms there, so I don’t have to worry about taking too much time on the machines at the Y.

But yeah, should my abs and arms ALWAYS be sore the day after I work them, if toning is what I’m aiming for?
And should I really be worried about my back? Or should I learn some new ab excercises?

And… if anyone knows that program that JEssica Alba used to get her 6 pack back only 8 weeks after giving birth to her baby… I would totally LOVE to try it.

, facing reality… Or just giving yourself excuses to be a slacker… or What. Who knows.
K, so I MIGHT be one of those people that’s doomed to a life of yo-yo dieting.
Yeah… sucks eh?
Every year, about this time, I tend to gain weight, look at my graph here at buddyslim, slap myself on the wrist, think “What have I done”? And get mostly back in shape again, to where I’m up 4 pounds from my lowest weight the year before, and then when I gain it back, I’m 4 pounds heavier than my previous highest ever.

Ok. That was a puddleglum thing to think… But it seems to be reality, and I HAVE TO NIP IT IN THE BUD.

I’m doing good, but it seems like everytime I post here, or… start posting here, I end up jinxing myself and ignoring health and fitness eventually again.

I’m going to shoot for hitting 135. I haven’t weighed that since I was 17, but the crazy thing with weight is that you always seem to bounce back at LEAST a bit. SO, I figure if I make it to 135, I might not bounce past 145 too quickly.
Meh. Whatever.
I’m doing good…
My incredibly unrealistic mini-goal is to have swimsuit model abs by march, and my long term goal is to look TOTALLY awesome for our vacation/cruise/whatever we decide to do when Jesse gets back from Bahrain in June.

I guess right now I’m kind of feeling that anything is possible. I’ve gone from 174 to 155 since January. 1’st. I guess the lack of a husband could help…
I mean, it doesn’t help to have your husband making a meal out of a sack of Dorito’s when you’re eating your nicely cooked (and ignored by him) diet food.

Here at my parents (where I’m staying until he gets back) It’s easy to take my chicken breast and Frank’s hotsauce (which is AWESOME btw) to my computer room and stay AWAY from the cookies that my sister just made… (although they’re lurking downstairs and calling my name… Durned cookies…)

Alright, I’m not gonna pat myself on the back too hard until I lose another 10 lbs… Until then, I shall try to have to keep humble, and driven.

After all, “Pride goes before the fall and a haughty spirit before destruction.”

I got to noticing the other day that if I “wasted” as much time practicing and playing piano as I do goofing off on the computer, I would be a concert pianist by now!  I guess there is really no point in knowing how to play by note if you just quit learning.

So yeah. I’m getting off the computer and going over to the piano. Just you watch! One day, I will be a famous (and skinny) concert pianist!

“My husband is about to lose his reason. He has given up his art and carries on fruitless chemical experiments. At present he has the obsession to retain images fixed on metal plates. He has sold our possessions to buy chemicals and to build an apparatus”.
Madame Lousie Daguerre- Wife of Louis Daguerre, inventor of the first camera

I just ran across this quote, and I can’t help but laugh!
And here I thought that women being freaked out by their husbands “hair-brained” ideas was a new thing

I personally tend to get a little freaked out at times. My husband wants to start a hard wood floor business once he gets out of the military (which is scary enough in itself!!! It’s a loss of stability!!) Which I’m sure he can without us going bankrupt… Maybe??!! Ah, it’s all so scary!

We women need stability to feel secure!!!!

But…I guess if men didn’t have hair brained ideas and take risks, nothing would ever be invented. This is more than likely the reason that men are usually CEO’s Inventors and great musicians.

It’s also the reason that men tie balloons to their armchair and float away, so I guess that’s why God made females, to keep them grounded.

Just my thought for the day!

I want to post pictures as boosters and maybe add them to my blog, but what kind of code do I need? My options are Myspace comment code, Xanga comment code, Yahoo mash code, Myeeos comment code, BB forum image code and scrolling image code! Which actually works? I’m so confused!

Thanks!