That's FAT
Ok, so in the winter/spring I managed to drop a ton of weight- like 10-20 lbs. I don't know how it happened, and I don't know why- I guess it could have been my uptake in my thyroid meds and the start of my anti-depressants, but whatever it was- it worked. And so I took full advantage of it and ate like a pig. Boy oh boy did I yo-yo. Now I weigh the most I ever have in a non pregnant state. FAT. I went from, ok that's what I'm used to being at (not skinny but just regular), to whew, I'm at the bigger side of normal, to damn I'm getting thick, to don't want to acknowledge but probably true: FAT. Now it's not like I have low self esteem, or bad body image. No no no. I know I look a lot more trim them people who have the inability to stay in the normal clothing size range, or for medical or innate reasons just can't ever get below a certain weight/body type or figure. I'm ok where I am, if it wasn't my largest. And I don't mind curves at all, nor do I mind skinny, I just don't like the extreme side of extra weight. When I pass a size 12. Right now, I am probably a size 12- especially for comfort. I usually squeeze myself into size 10's because I have a lot of them, and I like size 10. If I'm comfortable in them- not squeezed. I was even into a 8 squeezing into a 6 half a year ago. 8 or 10 is fine by me. So you see, up to 12 some of the time isn't that big of a deal- it's just a personal goal that I want to slim down a bit more to something I'm more comfortable in and have more clothing options with (cause I don't want to have to buy the fat-me clothes!)
So needless to say- I'm in school right now. Found out that in order to graduate I needed 11 extra random electives. Anything counts. CPR at CSUS counts. Swimming at SCC counts. So I am taking these classes. Right now, at this moment until July 16th, I am taking Swimming and Non Aerobic Trim & Tone classes at Sac City. This is every MTWTH for an hour and half. It's kicking my ass. Now with swim, there is the option to lap swim, follow along with the teacher and beginning class, or work on an advanced or intermediate workout on the board. Well, the first day I thought what the hell- I'll work on the advanced. And I did. And I do so most of the time (ok yesterday I did the intermediate- but I was sore and tired- still 1800 meters). Most of the time the advanced workouts are from 2600 m to 3100 today. That means that I am swimming over 1.5 miles everyday M-TH. This is my aerobic calorie burning workout. And because I can't sustain this much activity eating crappily- I've been eating pretty healthy- lots of protein and better carbs, fruit to snack on and TONS of water. So in the last two weeks, according to my very cheap and possibly inaccurate scale (which I hardly ever use), I've lost maybe 4 pounds. So now I'm back to the biggest weight I've ever been at before the current one (haha). If I continue this way till August 2nd, I might actually be back in the range of weight that I want to be in, but in freakin shape. Like in swimming class, we've been doing workouts that work on improving the oxygen efficiency of the body. And I'm building endurance too- something that I was always weak on in high school swim. And I've been pretty darn disciplined- my other weakness. I don't cheat myself out of a full workout even if I'm freakin sore or exhausted. So I'm pretty proud of how well I've been doing in these classes even if it's only been two weeks now, and the side benefit, hopefully I'll be able to fit comfortably into my full wardrobe soon. :D
Ahh, peace and quiet- Morgan was dropped off at a friends house after camp and BOTH boys are sleeping. And so I've blogged more then I have in a while and chowed down on a special treat for myself- a pizzacookie w/ice-cream from BJ's. Yum and Yeah!
So needless to say- I'm in school right now. Found out that in order to graduate I needed 11 extra random electives. Anything counts. CPR at CSUS counts. Swimming at SCC counts. So I am taking these classes. Right now, at this moment until July 16th, I am taking Swimming and Non Aerobic Trim & Tone classes at Sac City. This is every MTWTH for an hour and half. It's kicking my ass. Now with swim, there is the option to lap swim, follow along with the teacher and beginning class, or work on an advanced or intermediate workout on the board. Well, the first day I thought what the hell- I'll work on the advanced. And I did. And I do so most of the time (ok yesterday I did the intermediate- but I was sore and tired- still 1800 meters). Most of the time the advanced workouts are from 2600 m to 3100 today. That means that I am swimming over 1.5 miles everyday M-TH. This is my aerobic calorie burning workout. And because I can't sustain this much activity eating crappily- I've been eating pretty healthy- lots of protein and better carbs, fruit to snack on and TONS of water. So in the last two weeks, according to my very cheap and possibly inaccurate scale (which I hardly ever use), I've lost maybe 4 pounds. So now I'm back to the biggest weight I've ever been at before the current one (haha). If I continue this way till August 2nd, I might actually be back in the range of weight that I want to be in, but in freakin shape. Like in swimming class, we've been doing workouts that work on improving the oxygen efficiency of the body. And I'm building endurance too- something that I was always weak on in high school swim. And I've been pretty darn disciplined- my other weakness. I don't cheat myself out of a full workout even if I'm freakin sore or exhausted. So I'm pretty proud of how well I've been doing in these classes even if it's only been two weeks now, and the side benefit, hopefully I'll be able to fit comfortably into my full wardrobe soon. :D
Ahh, peace and quiet- Morgan was dropped off at a friends house after camp and BOTH boys are sleeping. And so I've blogged more then I have in a while and chowed down on a special treat for myself- a pizzacookie w/ice-cream from BJ's. Yum and Yeah!
posted by Karen at 3:16 PM
