Shawna

So today starts off the 3rd Survivor challange! And I think I’m more excited for this to start than I have the previous ones! Our team is going to be awesome! And now that I’m feeling better than I have been in the past couple of weeks, I’m ready to kick some butt!

I got on the treadmill today for the first time all week, and got in 40 minutes! I took it pretty slow,  I was afraid that if I started breathing too hard that it would make me start coughing and wheezing. I did pretty well, it’s amazing what a week of being a lazy bum will do to you though. It made it seem alot harder than it should have. Tomorrow I’m going to aim for an hour!

 My personal goal this week is to log all my calories for the week, make sure I get in all my water and then some extra, and to work out at least 5 days from today until next Saturday. I really want to lose the one pound I’ve gained this past week, and then another on top of that. I’m also going to try to stay away from all processed foods, and force my self to cook my own dinner every night (I really need to stop relying on smartones and lean cusines!) I know I can do it… it’s just a matter of not being lazy and just doing it. I’ve been drinking alot of tea these past couple weeks being sick, and it’s great. I’m going to try to use that as a subsitite for my coffee and hopefully it will help me cut back to the one cup a day I’d like to be able to have. I hate getting a headache if I don’t have my coffee, and I need to not be so dependante on caffine! (haha the tea I drink is caffine free herbal tea) I think the tea should help (plus I’ve learned that it’s great when I’m feeling kinda hungry, but I’m not really hungry enough to eat… so hopefully it it will help cut back on snacking) I’m totally addicted to the sleepytime tea…. it’s amazing!

Hey Buddies!! Sorry I seem to not be around as much lately (don’t worry… I haven’t went anywhere!!! and as soon as I get better I plan on kicking some butt at full force!) As some of you guys know, I’ve been really sick. The never ending headache is getting under control (at least I hope….) dr says it’s migraines and I’m on a new med for that. Then about 2 weeks ago I started coming down with something, and I thought it was just a cold (I already had my flu shot for the year) but it just kept getting worse and worse (to the point where I couldn’t breathe… ended up at the hospital twice for that!) and I had bronchitis which has turned into pneumonia (:( enter all the sympathy you want here!) It’s making me miserable, but I’m hoping I’m going to be getting better soon. I’m on all sorts of medications, nebulizer treaments, an inhaler, steriods and antibotics and this super awesome cough syrup that knocks me off my butt (but works amazing!)

Because of all this, my working out/eating has sucked!!! I haven’t done any form of exercise (which to be honest, I’m kinda missing it, although still enjoying the break) and my eating hasn’t been horrible, but I don’t really have much of an appitete at all, even though the dr said the steriods should make me really hungry. I have lost about 2lbs so far, but I’m not sure if I should even count that being sick and all, it’s not like it’s real weight loss so I’m still debating on updating my ticker. At least it’s making it easy for me to say no to all the goodies!!! <— trying to look at the postives!

Well there is some good news…. my Dr was very impressed with my weight loss (even the nurse was asking for tips on what I’m doing) which made me feel really great!

I hope all you guys are having an awesome week!!! It’s the last week of the survivor #2, but this Saturday a new one will start (if your intrested check it out!!! http://www.weight-loss-forums.buddyslim.com/fitness-challenge/4385-fitness-survivor-3-a.html It’s a great challange!!! and DEFIENTLY keeps you on your toes and holds you accountable!!! Oh and I’m one of the team leaders so it makes it that much cooler! hahaha LMAO!!!)