Club Hasay Update

I had to go out and buy clothes tonight because I have an interview tomorrow. Uuuughhh, I hate trying on pants, especially because I haven't lost as much as I would have liked. Stupid pants don't like to fit over my big hips. Ggggrrr. I have no really nice clothes that fit. They are all in smaller sizes from before I had my daughter almost 3 years ago. That's the only bad part about having babies so close together. You don't really have time to lose the weight you gained from the first one, before you start gaining for the next.

Last week I lost another pound and a half, to make my overall weight loss 7 pounds in 3 weeks. I have been doing well at the gym. I go 4-5 days a week and stay for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. This is my 'me' time, my escape. LOL. I think I need to start keeping better track of my food. I was very bad last night and made up a batch of chocolate chip cookies. Bad me!! But I had been so good, that I felt like we needed a treat. I didn't eat too many of them. But now we can be good again for a few more weeks!

Club Hasay Update

Well, the gym thing has been going well. I went at least 4 times last week (I should really be writing that down. lol). I have been working out for 1 1/2 to 2 hours each time I go. 20 minutes on treadmill, 20 minutes on elliptical, strength training (usually do about 5-6 different exercises plus abs) and then 20 minutes on the bike.

I have lost another 1 1/2 pounds, so I am happy about that. Even though I know that could have been better. I had a very bad food week. There was some hot dogs and even some ice cream. But all in all not too bad. I m now down almost 6 pounds in 2 weeks. YEAH. I have to say that reducing the cable so we could get a gym membership was the best thing we could have done. The gym is open 24 hours a day, so it is really easy for both me and hubby to get to the gym.

My finals are 1/3 of the way over and I only really have to study for the one tomorrow. The one on Thursday is for my spreadsheets class and that is easy peasy! So, after that I will be less stressed. Therefore, less likely to eat bad things! LOL. We are also going to be actually planting in our garden this week (we had to put up a fence first) and that will also give me a good workout.

So, hopefully next week I will see a few more pounds coming off (definitely feeling better and feeling more trim).

HASAY update 5/4

Man, my inside of my thighs still kill!!! I did the machine that works your inner thighs on Tuesday night and my inner thighs still hurt when I do certain things. WOW!!!

I went to the gym 4 times last week and worked my butt off (literally lol). I didn't get there this weekend but I did work on getting stones out of the garden for several hours on Saturday - believe me, that was a work out. I haven't gotten on the scale today, but I definitely lost at least 4 pounds, possibly more. Plus I have definitely been toning up those muscles. So, I am really happy with that.

I would like to get to the gym this evening, but we shall see. Hubby wants to go work on the fencing around the garden again tonight and I also have to work on a difficult homework assignment that is due on Thursday. I have been doing pretty good with portion control and even counted out the 24 mini wheats that are in a serving yesterday. I am just trying to be smarter about how much I eat. I have been craving chocolate chip cookies the last few days and I may just have to give in and make half a batch. I don't want to deprive myself of treats because I know that will lead to binging-like behavior.

I really think that going to a gym is what's really going to get me to lose this weight. With all the kids and hubby at home it is really hard to work out. Now I just use the gym as an excuse to get away from it all... LOL. It's my 'me' time. I am hoping to get to the gym at least 3 times this week (I have finals next week so I am not making my goal too high) and will continue to watch how much I eat. I am hoping to lose a few more pounds this week.

We Joined a Gym - Club Hasay Update

I know it's not the most frugal thing, but after a lot of thought and discussion, hubby and I have joined a gym. It is less than $50 a month and we can go anytime we want because they are open 24 hours a day. We decided that our health was just too important. Hubby's family has a lot of heart disease and he needs to be preventative. He would also like to lose about 20 pounds. I need to lose weight because I just feel crappy about myself a lot. I really want to fit back into the clothes I wore before I had the last two kids. I was about 165 when I got pregnant with dd three years ago and that is my first goal. Then I will work on making it to 145.

In order to pay for the gym, I told Ben we would have to get rid of the cable. I didn't think he would actually do it. God forbid he miss his Mets. But, two days later he said he would really like to sign up for the gym. He had gotten a free pass for the week so he knew he wanted to get a membership. He will now be watching his baseball games at the gym or listening to them on AM radio. I think we will all be healthier without cable. We will still have channels 2-13, so the little ones can still watch PBS and we can still watch the news. And we will also have Internet, so if we really want to watch something, we may be able to do it online.

My first workout was Saturday morning. There was only about 8 people in there when I went. It was nice too, because there were no really buff people in there. Most of the people were at least 10 or 20 pounds overweight, so that made me feel better. They had some really awesome machines, but some of them took me a little while to figure out because they were so new and different from what I used a few years ago at a different gym. I did 20 minutes on the treadmill, then 3 reps of 12 on an ab machine, a leg machine, and a shoulder press machine, then I did 20 more minutes on the bike. I felt really good afterwards.

I didn't get to go to the gym yesterday because we were working on the garden all day, but I still got a really good workout. I am hurting today that's for sure. LOL. But that means I did work, right? I figure maybe I will go to the gym after my class this afternoon, but I am not sure when hubby plans on going, so that may change. I need to do up a workout plan sometime in the next few days. I have always been knowledgeable about nutrition and fitness, just always lacked the motivation to move my butt. Hoping that will change now.