we've set a small but reasonable goal for weight loss by the end of July :) for me, we'll say 10-15lbs and to fit into this beautiful dress i bought forever ago that i WILL wear to the Craigan wedding July 28th! i've been doing 2 mile walks at lunch with a colleague, we've been doing at least that at night with the boys, we're doing more beach crusing and will most likely graduate to our big kid bikes again soon, i'm going running on Wed, and we're going to a boxing or kickboxing class this week! the goal IS attainable and i WILL meet it!
we'll just have to ensure that we don't go too crazy over the 4th of July weekend up in Paso and set ourselves back a notch or three as we tend to do on vacations. i think we can get by with a little help from our friends (Benjamin?!?!)!!
hope you are all well out there!
~danban
6/26/12
6/13/12
with all the big stuff out of the way
it's time to really get down to focusing on exercise! we've now got "The Dress" and the photographer all wrapped up which means fittings and engagement photos..........which means motivation to kick exercise up another notch! don't want to look like a beached whale in the engagement pics or eventual wedding day pics!
so, we're going to go to bare minimum one boxing or kickboxing class a week, do at least two 2 mile evening walk with the dogs, attempt to get back on our bikes and if not we'll beach cruise, go hiking or walking on a trail on the weekends, play kinect until we're sweaty, and lots of other options we've got schemed up to get our butts back into shape! And as an added bonus, a friend has been and will continue to do walks with me during lunch so that if nothing else, I get in a half hour up and down a hill during the day!
we've gotten better about bringing lunches instead of buying them and having some sort of breakfast whether it's a bar or a shake or something we've prepared for the week. we're doing way better on dinners and starting to reign back the booze again. overall, we're exercising more and going in a good direction with food so i'm optimistic that by the time we're supposed to go to DR for our friend's wedding, we'll be in the kind of shape where we won't mind being pictured!
all kinds of good stuffs going on :)
more soon!
~danban
so, we're going to go to bare minimum one boxing or kickboxing class a week, do at least two 2 mile evening walk with the dogs, attempt to get back on our bikes and if not we'll beach cruise, go hiking or walking on a trail on the weekends, play kinect until we're sweaty, and lots of other options we've got schemed up to get our butts back into shape! And as an added bonus, a friend has been and will continue to do walks with me during lunch so that if nothing else, I get in a half hour up and down a hill during the day!
we've gotten better about bringing lunches instead of buying them and having some sort of breakfast whether it's a bar or a shake or something we've prepared for the week. we're doing way better on dinners and starting to reign back the booze again. overall, we're exercising more and going in a good direction with food so i'm optimistic that by the time we're supposed to go to DR for our friend's wedding, we'll be in the kind of shape where we won't mind being pictured!
all kinds of good stuffs going on :)
more soon!
~danban
4/6/12
well, that seems counter intuitive
i've been in PT for just over a month now and am frankly disappointed. i'm doing the same stretches every day (no, not exercises but stretches). i am willing to put in the time and do what i'm told; however, i'm not thrilled with the results or the re-eval i had on wednesday. i was told that since they don't know what is causing my flare ups that i should stop exercising at all. no long dog walks (if dog walks at all), no boxing, no hiking, no nothing. ummmmmm, excuse me?? how am i supposed to get and stay healthy if i am not allowed to do any exercise at all?? plus you people told me that i would see improvements within the first three weeks and i'm still not seeing much of anything and you know that yet still put me in phase 2 with NO EXERCISE!! WTF PEOPLE?!?!?!
to say i'm frustrated is an understatement to say the least! we've been better and better on the paleo diet and are even going to make our own coconut flower tortillas this weekend and yet the one thing i'm lacking at the moment is the very thing that i'm not supposed to do at all. are you kidding me?! how the hell am i supposed to get fit and trim for my wedding gown if i have to sit at home and try not to move. this seems ridiculous to me. up til now i've been willing to do the whole process just as they recommend but this seems out of logical explanation other than they can't figure out how to fix it so it must somehow be something i'm doing. hey guess what people, maybe the results from the ER were actually not BS! how bout that??
i won't lie, a hike is going to happen with the boys this weekend. i need the fresh air and i need the exercise to not become a completely depressed disaster of a woman. there are things i'm willing to change and accommodate but to tell me that i can't even walk the dogs is ludicrous.
thanks for listning to the rant and know that it's just frustration at the situation. obviously i have no control over when my back is going to freak the hell out and that definitely contributes. i wish there was a magic fix it but unfortunately there isn't. at least the diet is going well and ryan got great news that his cholesterol and blood pressure are down :) in other great news, i bought "the shoes" so the wedding stuff is still moving along! there are obviously going to be good days and bad and the frustration just stems from more bad than good on the fitness front. the rest of life keeps lifing and we're still relatively healthy and very happy people. it will be a good weekend and i'm excited for the sunshine to share with my boys.
hope you have a good weekend too!
~danban
to say i'm frustrated is an understatement to say the least! we've been better and better on the paleo diet and are even going to make our own coconut flower tortillas this weekend and yet the one thing i'm lacking at the moment is the very thing that i'm not supposed to do at all. are you kidding me?! how the hell am i supposed to get fit and trim for my wedding gown if i have to sit at home and try not to move. this seems ridiculous to me. up til now i've been willing to do the whole process just as they recommend but this seems out of logical explanation other than they can't figure out how to fix it so it must somehow be something i'm doing. hey guess what people, maybe the results from the ER were actually not BS! how bout that??
i won't lie, a hike is going to happen with the boys this weekend. i need the fresh air and i need the exercise to not become a completely depressed disaster of a woman. there are things i'm willing to change and accommodate but to tell me that i can't even walk the dogs is ludicrous.
thanks for listning to the rant and know that it's just frustration at the situation. obviously i have no control over when my back is going to freak the hell out and that definitely contributes. i wish there was a magic fix it but unfortunately there isn't. at least the diet is going well and ryan got great news that his cholesterol and blood pressure are down :) in other great news, i bought "the shoes" so the wedding stuff is still moving along! there are obviously going to be good days and bad and the frustration just stems from more bad than good on the fitness front. the rest of life keeps lifing and we're still relatively healthy and very happy people. it will be a good weekend and i'm excited for the sunshine to share with my boys.
hope you have a good weekend too!
~danban
3/29/12
very blah actually
i don't really have much to share these days. i'm not seeing much in terms of weight loss with the diet and exercise. that's hot helped by the fact that the exercise is minimal based off what i was told during PT = bummer. back is still what it was from what i can tell so i just have to trust the professionals that are telling me what i'm doing is going to fix it. it's frustrating quite frankly. i wanted to be a few sizes smaller for when i try on wedding dresses cause i have a little less than a year and want to lose weight before the wedding but not at the last minute otherwise, the bill to have the dress taken in will be pricy. i was planning on having some of that weight already off. GRRRRR!!!!!!!!! i'm still doing what i can when i can to get in some exercises like boxing and long walks with the dogs but that with the kale salads just isn't cutting it. i think i need more options or medical opinions or motivation or something.
work still isn't helping the equation as it's super stressful with all the additional responsibilities and clients at the moment. something has to change on that soon or i am seriously going to burn the hell out. and the sitting all day at a computer for sure doesn't help.
anyway, enough ranting and venting. know that i am still working on it even if the work is tough and the rewards are minimal at the moment. guessing that really working more on the types of exercise will help. more to come sooner rather than later.
~danban
work still isn't helping the equation as it's super stressful with all the additional responsibilities and clients at the moment. something has to change on that soon or i am seriously going to burn the hell out. and the sitting all day at a computer for sure doesn't help.
anyway, enough ranting and venting. know that i am still working on it even if the work is tough and the rewards are minimal at the moment. guessing that really working more on the types of exercise will help. more to come sooner rather than later.
~danban
3/9/12
the challenge
we finally booked a venue and that makes this whole wedding thing that much more real and in my face! it's super exciting and i'm thrilled we got the venue we wanted!! it means that we can finally get the planning going in full swing :)
it does make me think is that we only have a little over a year left to look absolutely phenomenal for the big day. thus the challenge begins......must set small goals for each month so that we hit the target for next year. the diet change is helping but we really do have to incorporate exercise into the mix. we have a great gym that we just literally haven't gone to in two months so it's time to get off our asses.
it may be a lofty goal but i think we can hit a 5 lb mark a month which would get us down by 60 lbs. yes, i know that not all months we'll hit that and some we'll exceed that though it's a good average to hit considering we've got lots we can shed. we started on wed. with a boxing class and are going to another tone tomorrow :)
more details to come soon!
~danban
it does make me think is that we only have a little over a year left to look absolutely phenomenal for the big day. thus the challenge begins......must set small goals for each month so that we hit the target for next year. the diet change is helping but we really do have to incorporate exercise into the mix. we have a great gym that we just literally haven't gone to in two months so it's time to get off our asses.
it may be a lofty goal but i think we can hit a 5 lb mark a month which would get us down by 60 lbs. yes, i know that not all months we'll hit that and some we'll exceed that though it's a good average to hit considering we've got lots we can shed. we started on wed. with a boxing class and are going to another tone tomorrow :)
more details to come soon!
~danban
3/1/12
back to basics
so we strayed a little far from normalcy for a few weeks and learned a valuable lesson. one i said i learned already but i do tend to take the most difficult road to really let those lessons sink in!
i worked 89 hours in two weeks which wouldn't normally be that big a deal except that i worked over the weekend and got those 89 hours in by half day Wed on week two. it was a rough time and we neeeeeeeded the vacation though we really didn't need to pay for it! we headed to Vegas, had wonderful time, and the clothes are a little tight.
so, it's back to the diet for us this week which is going well so far despite the fact that i needed to teach a class on Wed and they brought in food! it is nice to be back into a bit of normalcy food-wise anyway as it really does make me feel better overall. next week we'll incorporate some exercise in as we're getting back and used to the lack of carbs :)
exercise this week has consisted on wrangling the three dogs as we're dog sitting for Jan this week which has been interesting..... i feel like i look similar to an Alaskan dog sledder with the three of them pulling me along! and i do yell MUSH from time to time :) overall, a hilarious scene!
this weekend i think we're going to head up north to see some friends though try to work in checking out some venues in SD. we're a little later than originally planned to have a venue settled though we'll have it settled before we hit the 1 year mark! i'm excited to get the rest of the planning in the works and the crafty stuffs started :)
hope you are all well out there! more soon.....
~danban
i worked 89 hours in two weeks which wouldn't normally be that big a deal except that i worked over the weekend and got those 89 hours in by half day Wed on week two. it was a rough time and we neeeeeeeded the vacation though we really didn't need to pay for it! we headed to Vegas, had wonderful time, and the clothes are a little tight.
so, it's back to the diet for us this week which is going well so far despite the fact that i needed to teach a class on Wed and they brought in food! it is nice to be back into a bit of normalcy food-wise anyway as it really does make me feel better overall. next week we'll incorporate some exercise in as we're getting back and used to the lack of carbs :)
exercise this week has consisted on wrangling the three dogs as we're dog sitting for Jan this week which has been interesting..... i feel like i look similar to an Alaskan dog sledder with the three of them pulling me along! and i do yell MUSH from time to time :) overall, a hilarious scene!
this weekend i think we're going to head up north to see some friends though try to work in checking out some venues in SD. we're a little later than originally planned to have a venue settled though we'll have it settled before we hit the 1 year mark! i'm excited to get the rest of the planning in the works and the crafty stuffs started :)
hope you are all well out there! more soon.....
~danban
1/25/12
easy lesson learned
well, we went out and a little too much fun this weekend and saw the results right away. it was a good and easy lesson to learn as most of it was water retention and we dropped back down by tuesday morning. it's crazy to see how quickly that yo yo can happen when you fall off the good food/no booze wagon. it was an important fact to re-acquaint myself with and i'm glad that's over and done with. moving on!
i'm actually really impressed by some of the recipes we've been trying out lately from the Primal diet. i really thought i'd be hungrier and that they would be more bland and blah than they are! so far this eating habit changing thing has worked out smoothly and i really appreciate that katie helped steer us in the right direction! we'll be hitting up annie and katie for more recipes soon :)
we got some seriously good progress made on wedding stuffs this past week and i'm getting more and more excited to check out the first venues in Tahoe. i think next weekend will really help us define if we're going to attempt to put on this shin-dig here or there! we found some very picturesque places and i really hope they live up to the pictures and expectation. of course, there will also be snowboarding while there :)
more soon!
~danban
i'm actually really impressed by some of the recipes we've been trying out lately from the Primal diet. i really thought i'd be hungrier and that they would be more bland and blah than they are! so far this eating habit changing thing has worked out smoothly and i really appreciate that katie helped steer us in the right direction! we'll be hitting up annie and katie for more recipes soon :)
we got some seriously good progress made on wedding stuffs this past week and i'm getting more and more excited to check out the first venues in Tahoe. i think next weekend will really help us define if we're going to attempt to put on this shin-dig here or there! we found some very picturesque places and i really hope they live up to the pictures and expectation. of course, there will also be snowboarding while there :)
more soon!
~danban
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