Gym Pinkie

I learned something new today. A baby mouse can have several names. They can be called pups, kittens, or pinkies. Seeing that we all know baby dogs as pups and baby cats as kittens, I like the term pinkies. I'm here to announce that I am a "gym pinkie". Give me a few months and I just might transform into a full fledged gym rat! I made 3 trips to the gym this week and on the days that I didn't go I was craving a go at the elliptical machine or the stair master! Last week I shared that I survived 30 minutes on the elliptical. The first time really wasn't that rough. I can't lie, this past Thursday morning I thought I wasn't going to make it the full 30 minutes! Thanks to Breaking Benjamin and the fact that I'm as stubborn as a bull and my own worst enemy, I made it! Strictly cardio workouts helped me drop the weight at the beginning of this journey, but I know that it's never too soon to start toning up my muscles. I know they're hiding somewhere under the mush and I can't wait to be able to see them again! I've been using the weight machines opposed to the free weights but I'm sure that I'll eventually mix them in to my workouts. I have to add that I ordered a few pieces of active wear from Old Navy last week and none of them are from the plus size department! Don't get me wrong, they're still big, but they came from the misses section! Less material = lower cost. Woot woot!

I can't believe how well I've stuck to my healthy eating habits. Last Saturday we had a pizza party at work. I always participate in our events, but I passed on this one! No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't convince myself that my turkey sandwich and apple tasted like Pizza Hut's pepperoni. A few days later we had a soup party. I did a have a small bowl of phenomenal chicken and dumplings and a smaller bowl of delicious broccoli and cheddar soup. My friend, Kim, made her tasty pumpkin cookies and I had one, just one! To make up for that indiscretion, I passed on my weekly Little Debbie last night. 

I managed to lose 1 lb this week, putting me at 245 lbs. That's down 23 lbs since I began and leaves me with 46 lbs to lose in order to reach my goal of 199 lbs by June 18th. I thought I would see better results after sticking to my diet and exercising more this past week. I just have to keep telling myself that baby steps have been working all along and that now is not the time to be expecting major leaps. Maybe next week! 

After taking my silly selfie, I realized that I may have cheated by wearing all black...but I'll be darned if it isn't slimming! 

Pardon my appearance...Today was cleaning/lay around and do a whole lotta nothing day...

Much love to all of you!