Lindsay

Weekend Motivation

by Lindsay, another priorfatgirl on October 10, 2011

“The impossible can always be broken down into possibilities.” ~ Author Unknown

I lost it. I lost something really big this weekend….

My motivation.

Seriously, does this happen to you ever? You’re so goooood during the week and it’s like as soon as 5:30pm on Friday evening comes around, it’s just….. gone. Without notice, without warning… your motivation is gone.

This happens to me, a LOT.

I can stay pretty much on track throughout the week. At work, I only eat the food I bring. I have a rule, that I read on another blog (s0rry, I cannot remember which blog!) – the rule is if I didn’t bring it to work, it’s not leaving work in my belly. So, basically, I don’t eat any junk at work from the candy bowls. Haha Especially with Halloween right around the corner, there have been TONS of candy bowls popping up and my rule helps me avoid them.

But as soon as Friday evening comes around, it’s like I’ve lost all motivation. I wouldn’t say it’s a “free for all” from Friday evening to Monday morning, but it’s definitely not as rigid and calculated as when I’m at work during the week.

I’ve even been bad about getting to the gym on the weekends – which was never a problem for me before. Granted, last weekend we were in Colorado, so the gym was out of the question, but this weekend, we were around – I had no excuses, but I still chose to sleep in and NOT go to the gym. Of course, the work week is back, so my gym schedule will be reliable again – but what about the weekends!?

Tell me, am I the only one who struggles 1000% more on the weekends? Do you too? How do you keep your goals in the forefront of your mind ALL THE TIME, not only M-F.

I realize this can’t work as a Monday-Friday gig… but I’m needing help with my weekend motivation. Can you help?

Regardless of my sloth-like weekend, I still enjoyed it – go figure. ;)

How was your weekend?

Here’s to a crazy week ahead for me – I work in higher education and this week is a start week… the first two weeks are always a bit nuts!

xo!

Twitter: @MNLinds


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Our CO Adventure

by Lindsay, another priorfatgirl on October 7, 2011

“Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.” ~ Jim Rohn

Hello, hello!  We are back from Colorado! It was an amazing trip. A close high school friend of mine got married and we were lucky enough to be there to watch them exchange their vows. It was a beautiful ceremony with a beaaaautiful back drop.

Breathtaking

It was a non-stop long weekend in Colorado. We flew in Thursday. Thursday night was the Bachelorette Party

The Ladies

Marisa, the Bride, although she grew up in the mid west is now a true country gal. We ate dinner at a quaint little Italian restaurant, then headed to The Grizzly Rose for some cocktails and dancing… specifically, line dancing! I wasn’t too good, some of them were way too hard for me to catch on to, but I did get a few of them down and it was a lot of fun… and I’m sure a lot of calories burned – I was sweating my tush off!
Marisa also partook in a little bull riding

Ride 'em, cowgirl!

It was rather entertaining to watch, but no way in heck was I participating in THAT. She did pretty good though! Our little cowgirl…

CowGIRL boots! :)

See…. told ya. Even rockin’ the red cowboy boots – which, by the way, she WORE for the wedding!  It was so her, I loved it!
Friday was spent driving from Denver, CO up to Winter Park, CO – about 1.5 hours NW (I think! Ha!). It was a beautiful drive… from what I remember. I slept a lot of the way, I guess the Bachelorette shenanigans wore me out.  :)
Once in Winter Park, we stayed at a beautiful condo tucked away in the mountains. Seriously, the view was breathtaking.
Friday evening, was the rehearsal dinner. Adam and I called it a pretty early night, traveling sure does wear you out! I swear, I always need a vacation after my vacation!
Saturday, of course, was the beautiful wedding. Scary skies threatened the bride and grooms outdoor wedding. But Mother Nature held off and we got to watch the beautiful couple exchange their vows with an incredibly beautiful backdrop

Bride and her Dad

They Do!

Me and the new Mrs. :)

Mr. & Mrs. - Check out the boots! :)

It was truly a beautiful wedding. Adam and I were so lucky to be there.

US :)

After the ceremony we spent hours boogy-ing down on the dance floor… and I caught the bouquet – so hopefully ADAM will make ME a MRS. sooner.. rather than later. (Adam, are you reading this!? ;) )

Overall, we had an absolutely amazing trip that ended way too quickly. Adam already wants to go back to Colorado – that was his first time there and we didn’t have nearly enough time to explore. I have a feeling another CO trip will be in our future.

Needless to say, with all the walking, dancing, and go-go-go that we did, I kept my activity pretty high the entire trip. I wish I would have brought my FitBit to see how many steps I tracked while we were gone, but I decided to leave it behind – didn’t want to risk losing it.

I’ll be honest and say that the morning after we returned home, I was UP about 3 lbs. But it didn’t last long… I’m not back to what I was before we left.

Last night, I went to my weekly Zumba class with my mom and had a blast – almost 800 calories burned! I seriously wish my gym offered more Zumba classes throughout the week – I actually enjoy and LOOK FORWARD to going to Zumba each week and that doesn’t happen with ANY other form of exercise.

Oh! And I suppose I haven’t told you guys yet that my thyroid test came back and I am officially “normal” – well, I’M not… my thyroid is! ;)

My doctor and I figured that would be the case, but it feels good to rule something out. Because of the CO trip, I haven’t even considered what to do with all of the information my doctor gave me at my appointment. I suppose that’s my next thing to tackle.

Anyways, that’s about all that’s new here. Living and learning. My weight has been IN MY FACE lately. I don’t know what’s changed, but I feel something in me, a stronger urge than ever to get myself healthy.

Here’s to turning that feeling into actions.

Thanks, as always, for your amazing support!

xo!

 

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Checkin’ in!

by Lindsay, another priorfatgirl on September 28, 2011

“Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

Howdy! I was hoping next time I came back I’d have updates from my doctor about the thyroid test… however, nope! Nothing yet. Like I said in my previous post, both my doctor and myself suspect that it will come back just fine, but it’s something to rule out.

Also, being that I have quite the busy weekend coming up, I have yet to contact these weight loss clinics to ask questions. I’m still unsure if that’s the route I want to go anyways. Depending on the cost… who knows if it’s even feasible. I was going to wait until after I spoke with my doctor to set up my appointment with the dietitian, but since I haven’t heard from her yet, I need to just bite the bullet and make that appointment, again, depending on the cost. I know money shouldn’t be the deciding factor, but truth is… it might be. I feel pretty good about my finances… but Adam and I have other things we want/need to pay for… so we shall see.

This week has been absolutely insane for Adam and I and I’m doing my best to continue to track my calories. I’m not even going to pretend I’ve been to the gym this week, I haven’t. I normally go on Monday and Wednesday, but this week – it’s not happening. And beginning on Thursday I’ll be out of town, so I don’t see much gym time happening this week. Such is life.

The good news is, my eating has been pretty on par this week. I did go over my calories slightly yesterday, by a little over 100 – but I’m not going to make excuses or whine about it, it happened and all I can do is move forward and make better choices today and going forward… and that’s what I fully intend to do.

I would like to apologize in advance, being that I will be out of town starting EARLY on Thursday morning and will have limited access to internet… it may be pretty sparse around here. But I’ll do my best to cook up some shenanigans while I’m away so I can report back. ;)

I hope you have a fun weekend – do you have anything exciting planned?

See you next week!

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What’s Up, Doc…?

by Lindsay, another priorfatgirl on September 21, 2011

“Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.” ~ Lowell Thomas

I think it’s pretty well known that when a blogger disappears, it’s because there is trouble in paradise. And so it goes for me, too.

I’ve been struggling, real bad. After having a conversation with Jen, she helped me realize that coming here, admitting flaws and struggles, isn’t a sign of weakness… it’s life. And there are other people who can relate to the struggles I’m going through.

Here’s the hard thing to admit, after FOREVER of maintaining, I’m now (dun, dun, dunnn) gaining. Since the 1st of August, I’m up about 4.6 pounds. I’m still tracking and working out and I honestly, truly don’t believe I’m doing something to warrant a almost 5 pound gain in the past month and a half.

Because of the struggles I’m having, I decided to finally go see a medical professional yesterday morning. I didn’t know where to start, so I just went to my family practice doctor.

If you know me, I can usually brush off my issues and struggles, laugh it off, so to speak… so I didn’t expect to get emotional at all when I went in to talk to my doctor… boy, was I wrong. As soon as she asked me what was up, the tears started. I guess I didn’t realize how much being overweight and unhealthy and struggling really is taking a toll on me emotionally, as well as physically. We talked for a while, about what I’ve been doing to try to lose the weight, etc.

By the end of the appointment, I had had my blood drawn, to test my thyroid – which we both expect to come back “normal” – but at least it’s something we can rule out. I have a follow up appointment in a month from now, to get my cholosterol and sugar-something-or-other tested. She couldn’t test me today since I had eaten breakfast and both of those tests require 6-8 hours of fasting before they are administered.

I also left with pamphlets for a couple weight management specific clinics that my doctors patients have had success with. I also left with a referral for a dietitian.

I have yet to call the dietitian or weight clinics to get more information, but I feel good that I have some place to start.

I didn’t go to the doctor in hopes she would give me THE answer, the end all, be all, or any sort of magic pill… But after two years of trying I obviously need some help so I can start doing.

Twitter: @MNLinds

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