Mood:  silly
RANDOM DANCE IS FUN! Making faces in the mirror while lifting weights is wicked fun. I'm sorta crazy and need to spice things up in a weird way sometimes. I got my heart pumping and did like 20 mins of dancing! Crazy dancing with a little bit of air guitar and head banging :D I know you love it!

Mood:  hungry

My butt is sore again!!! It was raining two days ago and I decided to do some cardio at home. Geez I'm going to have buns of steel!! Anyways things have been going soso. It's hard to stay off of sugary sweets. Mostly just pop. I like it too darn much. I have, however, lost a teensy bit of weight. Ideally, I'd like to lose 2 lbs per week. Or at least be around 198 lbs by my birthday (Sept 18th). I still have to do my brisk walks. I don't want to overdo it though because my legs are still really sore from the exercise I did at home.

I still consider myself doing well because I haven't given up yet. It will be 2 weeks as of tuesday or wednesday coming up. I'm starting to think that the walks actually are working. Especially since I walk uphill for some of it and I push myself as hard as I can. It's totally tough. I want to give up halfway through but I keep thinking about how great I will feel once I drop a few sizes!! Oh all the clothes I will have! I love clothes!!!

 Well I'll try to keep things going well. Signing off, Chelsey (aka "Buns of Steel")

Mood:  chillin'

My butt is sore!!! I guess this is a good thing because it means I'm working those muscles. I'd like a smaller butt! Most of all I really want a smaller face and belly. So far I've been doing fine with the walks. I think I'm going to increase the time and frequency of the walks gradually. I think that would help a lot. Start small and work your way up. If I keep this up, I'm hoping to lose even a little bit of weight by my birthday (September 18th).

 For now, to keep me motivated, I have to write in this blog almost every day. This really does help me with motivation. It's really hard sometimes to stay motivated for more than a small period of time. I need to keep doing this!

Today I plan on doing a 30 minute brisk walk. That way I will have my 3 days of brisk walks done. Then, from May 27 to June 2nd, My goal is to go for brisk walks for 35 minutes, 3 times. I can do it!

Mood:  lazy
Hello! I've been doing pretty good as far as not eating any junk but it's really challenging. Every time that I have tried losing weight, I lose motivation at some point because I feel like what I'm doing won't help at all. Then I realize that I will never find out unless I try. I've been going for walks and being active. I've been eating less. I just don't feel as motivated today as I have been feeling for the last few days. I can do it though! It's a journey so there's supposed to be the ups and downs. I think just writing is making me feel better. I have to remember my goals. It's been less than a week that I started doing the brisk walks. I need to be patient.

Mood:  a-ok

My legs are sore!!! The good kind of sore! I guess today will be a break from walking. I've been doing well so I deserve it. I did have a little slip up at the theatre having popcorn and fruitopia, but I didn't finish either of them. I guess it's really hard to not eat junk if you eat it all the time. I never used to be like this. I was good for a long while without eating junk. I can do it again.

Today I'm going for a stress test at the cardiologists so I guess I'm forced to do some excercise, since I will have to run on a treadmill. I'm scared to see how long I last...errr should I say how "short" I will last. I don't run very often, so I know I don't have a lot of endurance. 

I feel really good today so let's see how the rest of the day goes!!!!

Mood:  happy

Hello friends! Today is officially my first day of not eating junk food. It will be hard ending this long relationship. I need to really practice self control. I'm not very good at that though. I will become good at it. I will let IT! I just keep on thinking positive thoughts. So far I haven't craved any junk either. I hope I can keep it up. Also, I went for a 30 minute brisk walk today. I'm almost there. I needed to do 3 walks by the 27th and I did 2 so far. My walk today was really hard! That steep hill really is hard but I DID IT! That's the important thing. I'm proud of myself that I came this far!

Ok so now it's later in the day and I went for a slower, more leisurely walk with my friend Janet. I still think it wasn't bad excercise considering it was about 40 minutes of walking. I haven't caved in yet either. No snack food yet. I'm going to the movie theatre later so we'll see how I do with that.

Mood:  smelly

 

Today is the first day of my weight loss jouney and I'm really excited! I will be doing weekly videos as well as my blog entries. The only way to see my videos for now is that you have a youtube account and add me as a friend. The video is private so I will have to allow you to see it. If you want to, just let me know.

Today I went for a 30 minute true brisk walk. I say "true" because usually when I go for walks, I don't go fast enough to get my heart rate up. Today was totally different. I was also totally tired. Now, getting back from my walk, I feel totally energized!! I feel like dancing and singing! At the beginning I didn't know how anything could make me feel good. Now I feel great.

 So, now comes the topic of goals. My goal weight is to reach a healthy weight. In numbers? It doesn't matter. It's not just about numbers on a scale. I do, however, have some old clothes I'd like to fit into. I am keeping them. If I'm going to lose weight, at least it saves me a little bit of money for when I have to buy new clothes.

 I'm going to be starting off with my brisk 30 minute or so walks at least 3 days a week and also cutting out all snack/junk foods. For now it's what's best.

Anyways, I'll keep in touch and I look forward to having at least 2 more brisk walks before my next video (May 27th or so). Farewell until then!