Daily Maintenance Weigh In - Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Goooood morning, campers!

Question: What is the very best memory you have of your mother?

My best memory is a few years ago when we went to visit and we were up late talking. She said she was so incredibly proud of me and of my children, that Tom and I had raised some amazing kids who are sweet, loving and compassionate humans. She's a pretty awesome mom, so for her to think I was doing a good job meant a lot.

152.5 this morning. I realized yesterday that I think I'm done. I still want to SEE 150 on the scale, but I think between 145 and 155 will be my maintenance range at this point. I'm a size 8/10 still, but I'm pretty happy with that until after plastics. I may float down some more and if I do, that's perfectly fine, I'm always open to revising the plan (heck, that's what got me to near-goal! LOL). I figure I'll stay on this loosened plan for a few more weeks to drop these last pounds plus a little cushion hopefully. Then I'll add back calories and see where we go from there. This is the part that's always scared me the most - maintenance!

107.6 lbs. up a pound today, which may be due to my workout yesterday. My eating has been the same.

have a wonderful day.

176 today - up and over the top of my Mx range for the first time. Not sure why exactly...  I had a big workout on Sunday, so muscle repair, maybe- but I'm not very happy about it.  On Sunday I have to do 7,000 feet of climbing on the bike - every extra pound will be noticed.

On the plus side, I had a professional bicycle fitting last night.  Quite an experience. Two hours of analysis of my physique, and matching it to the bike - with tweaks and adjustments (to the bike and my shoes) to make everything align.  It was a  real pleasure to work with a knowledgeable craftsman who has been doing this for a living for 20+ years.

Easy workouts this week in prep for Sunday's big ride...

Morning all:

down another .3 pounds to 159.3.  Goal is 160.

Have a good one.

149.2.

Went on a 10 mile bike ride around the reservoir with hubby of awesomeness last night. He came home from work stressed and beat down. I suggested the ride. We weren't even a mile into it and he was all smiles and happy. Exercise is the best thing for him.

My angel of a mother died in 2004 of cervical cancer. She truly was an angel. Doing for everyone else. Never thinking of herself. We had homeless people live with us. She took in friends of my brothers that had been kicked out of their own homes. She fed everyone. Loved everyone. But living in a home like that, I struggled sometimes with feeling like she was doing so much for everyone else that she'd forgotten me.

I didn't realize until I was an adult, that my mom was a behind-the-scenes advocate for me. In high school one year, I had a student teacher in my Honors US Gov class. I walked into class one day and the young guy was spouting off about why he didn't say "Under God" when he said the Pledge of Allegiance. He explained that he was athiest. Went on to say that he got a hard sometimes for being atheist, but at least he wasn't some cult religion like...then he named my religion. Uh, no. It's as far from a cult as there it can be. So, me being me, I say to the ST "Really? It's accepted as an ordained church by the government." He says well it's still a cult because ... and he rattled off a bunch of uneducated reasons. I told him in front of the class that he was full of **** and until he had stepped a foot inside my church or cracked open a book, he could keep his opinions to himself."  I went home and told my mom. She wasn't happy, but that was the end of it. I prepared myself for a VERY long rest of the school year because I planned, at 17 yo, to make this poor **** of a teacher cry.

I walked into my first class and was immediately given a note to go to the office to see the Principal--not the VP--the head guy. ****ting in my pants was an understatement. I had a feeling I knew what was going to happen. I was getting in a ****load of trouble for telling a teacher to go **** himself. I was Freaking out. So, I'm sitting in that stupid plether waiting room chair and the VP comes out to get me. Oh goodie, I'm in so much effing trouble that I get to see BOTH. Yay me. They show me into the conference room and we all sit. **** **** ****

Principal looks at me and says "I don't know if we can ever say sorry enough for how you were treated.

Uh...what?

End of the story was that I got moved to a different class. Had to get my paper signed for the change and the US Gov teacher was in the class. He was almost blind, a smartass that hated the jocks who gave him lip. I had no idea if he liked or hated me. He signed my paper and said. "If you need a letter to get into college come and see me." Uh...K.

Apparently, my mom had been to the school early that morning. My mom did all of that and I didn't know until I was an adult. She did this kind of thing a lot in my life.

My heart still aches for her.

Sorry, this was kind of long. My mom has been on my mind a lot lately. I'll delete it if it bugs anyone.

I really enjoyed reading it.  Your mom was a tremendous woman.  Please don't delete it.

Fiona

99.8 lbs today.

Have a good one, all!

Fiona

132.

Killed myself with cardio yesterday. Loved it. I actually ran at 7 mph on the treadmill during my interval training. I know that doesn't sound very fast to a lot of people, but even playing sports all my life speed has never been my forte. So feeling pretty good about myself. Yay me. 

My Mom left my brothers and I when I was 7. We're in the process of building a stable relationship in my adulthood. 

Today's weight: 161.4 - down but still too high.

Went for a good 3.5 mile run with the hubby last night - why do men think they have to run in front of you, jeez!  It just frustrated me because I want to be able to run with someone but not if I am constantly trying to keep up and not run at the pace that I need to to complete the distance/time, besides it is kind of hard to see if you are at a conversational pace when you don't have someone beside you to converse with. I was almost at a point where I was going to suggest that I run alone again but knew that would not go over well, so I simply harangued him for running in front of me instead of beside me...just so much work!