What a joke

So I don't even know the last time I posted.  I suck, in more ways than one.

I haven't been posting though because I haven't been doing anything consistently enough to even write about.

I bought and used a kettlebell a few times.  It is a three stage bell from Empower.  You have your main bell which is 5lbs then can add a 3lb to go to 8lbs, then a 4lb to go 12lbs.  It also came with a DVD to work along with. 

The few times I did it it definitely kicked my ass.  I enjoyed it too, as much as anyone can enjoy working out that is.  I just have to make myself get back into it.  I like the fact that the chick doing the video is an older lady, maybe in her 50's and isn't a skinny minny gorgeous chick.  Although, don't get me wrong, she's very fit.  She's just not a skinny minny chick I don't want to watch.

I've done the elliptical a few times as well but nowhere near as much as I should.

So yeah, I'm hovering around 195 again.  Or maybe still.  I didn't bother going back to my previous posts to find out what I was the last time I posted. 

I was really hoping that having a blog about it would help motivate me.  Ha, what a joke that turned out to be. 

But at least HDT and I have begun taking Poydras for a walk in the evenings.  We're trying to do it every day.  When we just do the circle around the neighborhood it's just slightly less than a mile.  When we take a detour and go around the park or back up one of the streets it'll reach or just go over a mile.  As we continue doing it we'll make more than one cycle around or branch out and go into another neighborhood. 

Yesterday when we were 3/4 of the way done it started to rain.  By the time we got home we were pretty well soaked but it was warm enough that it wasn't that bothersome.  We did make it in just in time though just a minute after being home it was pouring.

So yeah, I'm a joke when it comes to losing weight.  I want to, it's just hard to stay with it.  Once I can establish the habit I'll be much better.  Knowing I can do it helps, since I was able to a few years back and lost those 26lbs then.  So I know I can, I just have to make myself again.

Walks are nice, gotta keep 'em up

So, yeah, since the last post I still was doing a bunch of nothing for the most part.  But again, at least I'm not gaining.

But, a little over a week ago HDiTty and I started going for walks with Poydras in the evenings when we got home from work.  So we're at least doing that. 

And yesterday he figured out if we go up and down two of the streets that we used to just skip (we'd go in a big "circle" around the neighborhood) we'd go from .9 miles to 1.2 miles.  Or was that 1.4 miles, hmmm, now I'm not sure.  But anyway it made it over a mile and that's what counts. 

We'd also jog for a bit as well.  Usually from one street to the next (the short end of the block) or between light poles.  Poydras is a little guy so he can't handle a whole lot of running right now.  I mean he's not in the best of shape either. 

So we're all working up to longer walks and jogging more. 

Which is making me want to start counting calories again using my app.  So I guess I'll start that again.

Just a month and half before vacation so I gotta do something. 

The walking will help for when we're in Niagara Falls.  My understanding we should be able to do a lot of walking rather than having to drive to places we'd like to see.  Of course some will probably be done but not a lot it seems.  The place I've booked everyone that left a comment said it was one of the best things about it - that it's within 5 minutes walk of the falls - the attractions, shopping, etc.

It's a B&B.  I wasn't sure if I'd ever stay at one, I feel like I wouldn't be comfortable at one.  But out of all the places I looked at it had a far better ratio of positive reviews to negative.  And the negatives weren't all that negative.  So I think I'm good.  Plus the owner's speak German so I know that'll make HDT happy.  He took German in high school and still retains quite a bit of it.

I'm not sure what we'll be doing in Canada but one thing I'd like to do if possible is a corn maze.  We did that once years ago when we were there and had a blast.  This time around our friends have a 6 year old son that I believe would get a kick out of it as well.  So all this walking around the neighborhood will definitely help walking around a maze if we do that. 

I'd also like to do one of the cities walking ghost tours.  The one I'd like most to do is the bar tour.  At each stop we'd learn about the haunts and get a drink.  Sounds like a lot of fun.  And the walking will help burn off at least some of the calories from the drinks.  Heh

Peeing Day

So, yeah, I gained back a couple pounds.  Actually it had looked like I gained back all 3 that I had lost before but with my period in play I figured I'd reevaluate once that was all done.  And sure enough as usual I had my "peeing day" that I tend to do almost every month.  I noticed in the last year or so that within a day, sometimes two, of my period ending I have to pee just about every hour.  It's crazy really.  Anyway, I had that the other day and sure enough the next day I was over a pound lighter.  So I definitely retain water during my period which I never used to do.

So, yeah, only up 2 pounds really.  But still that's bad enough, I'm right back where I started.  Last weekend really was worse than I thought I guess. 

The last two nights we've taken Poydras for a walk but both times it was probably only for about a mile and we didn't do anything more when we got home.  So I certainly don't expect any good results this past week.

But, we now have an actual goal to aspire to and not just trying to get to a certain weight.  Not only do we each want to reach a certain weight (mines 135-140) but we want to go on vacation for our anniversary.  And we want it to be in Canada visiting friends.  If we kick it in high gear and actually lose the 2 pounds a week we want to do that's 58 pounds.  That's actually all I have to lose and that puts me at 136.  Yep, I'm 194 right now.  To be able to lose everything I want to by then would be wonderful.  Hell, I'd be happy to lose half of that even.  When I lost the 23 pounds I had a couple years ago and was still 162 I looked and felt soooo much better.  Yep, I was 185 before and since then I've gained all that 23 back and then some.  Sucks to be me.

But if I only lost 1 pound a week that's still 29 pounds which would put me at 165, so yep, still over weight but looking and feeling much better. 

And HDT being a guy and much heavier than me would be able to lose more than the 58 if he kicks it in.  He'd still be a big guy but I know he'd feel better about himself and he'd definitely look better than he does now.  I'm not going to put his weight on here since I've actually never spoken to him about this site so he doesn't even know it exists, so therefore no permission from him to speak about something as personal as the "number." 

While on the walk for Poydras last night HDT brought up riding bikes again.  I'm glad to hear it, hopefully we'll be doing that soon as well.  And I mentioned that we have to start lifting weights as well and he agreed.

His friend Pat whose had some health issues is overweight also.  The other night while visiting they discussed him coming over to use our treadmill.  If that happens that'll get HDT to work out more.  He's pretty much stopped again other than the last two days when I've gotten him to go for the walks with Poydras.  He'd feel a lot more guilty not doing something with Pat than he would/does when he doesn't do anything with me while I'm on one of the machines.

Wish us luck.