I couldn't face the scale

This weekend was awful. From Thursday night when I consumed an entire box of Famous Amos cookies through Sunday when I ate taco bell. Awful. 3 days and an extra few hours of ridiculous mindless eating. I feel guilty, disgusting, ashamed, and annoyed with myself!

BUT, today is a new day; a fresh start. I'm back on plan so far and determined to keep it up. I will be hitting the gym after work and eating a nice light and healthy dinner tonight.

Unfortunately I just couldn't face the scale yesterday. I should have gone to the meeting to get revamped for the new week, but I just wasn't feeling it. I was feeling...fat. So, I'm not so sure I'm going to make my birthday goal. I would have to have some serious weight loss this week to hit 168 by next Sunday. I doubt it's possible. I'm going to give it all I've got though, and take it all in stride.

10/24/10 Weigh In.

Blah. That's how I feel about yesterday's weigh in. I stayed exactly the same. I really don't know why but I've decided to just not worry about it too much and keep plugging on and hoping for a good loss next week. At least I didn't gain.

I did pretty good this week. Worked out 5 days and stayed within my points all but one day (which is good for me) so I feel like the maintenance of my weight was just one of those things that couldn't be helped this week. I weighed myself at home this morning and I was down about a pound but of course that could mean anything seeing as my weight particularly seems to jump all over the place from day to day. Anyway, like I said, I'm not worrying about it, just focusing on the new week ahead.

2 weeks to go and 3.6 pounds to lose by November 7th to meet my mini goal. I think I can do it.

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 171.6
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

10/24/10:
Weight: 171.6
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
21.8 down 36.6 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

10/17/10 weigh in

I'm making good progress toward my birthday goal. I lost 1.4 pounds this week! Woohoo! It feels soo good! I managed to work out 4 days through the week. 3 of which were early morning work outs (GO ME!). I also woke up early this morning and did 35 minutes on the elliptical to burn 300 calories and get my day/week off to a good start! Hoping for another great loss in the coming week. Wish me luck!

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 173.0
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

10/17/10:
Weight: 171.6
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
21.8 down 36.6 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

new adventures in cooking

I forgot to share that I've been cooking as of late. Here are a few pics of my food. Keep in mind, even if the picture doesnt look great, everything I've made has been great!

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hi...remember me??

yeah, well...I've been doing absolutely horrible on the Weight Watchers front. Until 3 weeks ago that is. I gained back roughly 6 pounds since the last time I blogged in May. So, at that weigh in 3 weeks ago I was up to 176.2. Since then I'm down to 173.0 and hanging on.

I feel really good having gone back. Technically I "quit" WW in July and returned in September so that's not too bad. There ahve been plenty of times when I took a year or two off and gained plenty of weight back before returning to face the music so this time I look at it as a 3 month hiatus during which I didn't really do all that awful!

So now, it is 3 weeks until my 27th birthday. My 26th birthday was the day that I decided to join weight watchers and so, with the coming bday, my weight watcher anniversary is also coming. So I've made some new short term goals.

The lowest weight I've been in the past year is 168. That was 25 pounds down from my starting weight a year ago and because of that, my goal for my birthday this year is to get back down to 168 pounds. 5 pounds to go from now.

I've also started working out. I'm going 3 days strong now. I'm extremely proud to say that I've gotten up by 6AM, 3 days in a row and worked out for 30-45 minutes before work. It feels great! I'm eating well too. My weigh in is on Sundays so since Sunday I have not gone over my daily points allotment once. I've not used a single weekly point or activity point that I've earned. I don't know if that's EVER happened before lol.

So anywho, sorry this was long winded but heck, it's been a while. I'm going to try to get back to writing regularly so I'll end with my old ways posting my previous and current weight:

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 176.2 (9/19), then 173.6 (9/26)
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

10/03/10:
Weight: 173.0
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
20.4 down 38 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

a little success

Well, getting back on track seems to be working. I lost .8 this week, which I'm happy with considering I really didn't seriously recommit until after a munchy weekend :). Anyway, I'm back in my groove now. I can happily report that I completed 12 miles this week. As promised, I rolled out of bed by 5AM and ran 3 miles Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and today (Friday). I'm enjoying it so much again. Depending on how the weekend goes I may even throw in an extra jog Saturday or Sunday. No promises there though :) Anyway, here's this week's numbers:

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 171.0
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

Week 26:
Weight: 170.2
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
23.2 down 35.2 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

hi, remember me??

Sorry I've been MIA! I'm so annoyed with myself...well, I have been up until the past couple of days. I fell off the wagon...way off! I had a bad week, skipped weigh in once and with that came another week of some seriously bad eating. Then, when I finally faced the scale I was up 3 pounds. Honestly, it's pretty much what I expected.

I'm not so excited to be back in the 170s but I'm realistic about it. I know I can get back down to the 160s and below. Yesterday I seriously recommitted. I mean seriously. I am freezing my 24 Hour Fitness membership for the time being and going back to road running. I love running on the streets of the city. It's peaceful but HARD. way harder than treadmill or elliptical exercise. I'll probably miss having the option of going to the gym for a class or just to vary my workout but I need to save money where I can and running outside seems to be more motivating for me.

My first wedding anniversary is fast approaching. July 4th. The hubs and I have begun making arrangements...hotel downtown, fancy shmancy dinner, and fireworks. Because of this I feel like I have another tangible goal date to work towards. Its 40 days from now and my goal is to lose 10 pounds and look fabulous when we get gussied up for dinner. I have committed to myself to run 3 miles 4 days/week until that fateful weekend and then feel confident with the work I put in. I think it's doable. 10 pounds is no small goal but, I've had my fun (3 pounds worth) and it's time to get back on track. Anywho....I'll try to get back in the habit of posting here regularly and keeping you up to date with my progress.

So far...I ran 3 miles both yesterday and today before work. My plan is to run Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri's with Wednesdays and weekends off to rest. Hopefully I can make this routine and habit by 7/4/10. Anywho, sorry to be so long winded, but hey, it's been a while! Here are my stats from the past week.

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 168.0 (5/6/10)
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

Week 26: (5/20/10)
Weight: 171
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
22.4 down 36 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

Leave a Legacy WALK for LIFE

Leave a Legacy WALK for LIFE

My friends and I will be doing this 5K to benefit the Arlington Pregnancy Centers this Saturday! If you'd like to make a donation visit this link! Here's a little info from their website:

"The Arlington Pregnancy Centers desire to reach women at their point of decision with information and referrals to make an informed choice they can live with for a life time.

"Our mission is to be an advocate for the unborn child while presenting women with the Gospel and encouraging them to adopt life-affirming choices.

"In 2009, the Arlington Pregnancy Centers saw 5,442 clients and equipped new mothers with training and material assistance from our store, Arlington ReSale. Arlington ReSale donated $124,242 in merchandise to help new parents in the greater Arlington community."

25 pounds in 25 weeks.

That's what I've lost. Today at weigh in I lost exactly 1 pound for a total lost of 25.0 pounds! Yippee! Now....just have to keep the momentum.

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 169.4
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

Week 25:
Weight: 168.4
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
25 down 32.2 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

In spite of not writing in a while, I don't have much to say today. Chalk it up to exhaustion. I'll try to write tomorrow or something when I'm more alert :) Enjoy the rest of your Thursday..>FRiday's almost here!

Boo.

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 168.8
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

Week 22:
Weight: 169.4
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
24 down 33.2 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

Typical. I gained .8

It's annoying, but it is what it is. I do get what I deserve I just miss the days where a little fudging didn't have quite the effect it does now. Back in the day I could cheat all weekend and as long as I was good through the week, I still had losses pretty regularly. Those days are gone though. Oh well, back on track.

remember that dress?

The one that was really tight but still looked good? I posted pictures a while back and well, today I'm wearing it. Comfortably (for the most part). And I took some new pictures to see if I could SEE any difference in how I look. So here they are:





I think there is definite progress there! It's not a huge difference but I'm happy to see that I do (at least to me) look slimmer! I'll post again later with my weigh in results from tonight. Have a great day everyone!

play that country music right boy!

Today my husband and I went with my brother's family to the Fort Worth Stockyards. I knew it would be a lot of walking and because of that convinced myself to skip the gym this morning. Now, laying in bed with twitching leg muscles, I'm glad I did.

Becuase of the amount of walking I expected to do (which really turned out to be less, but still plenty) I chose to wear my Reebok Easytones. Those are the tennis shoes designed to tighten and tone your leg and butt muscles. I haven't seen any major changes since I got them but I don't wear them very regularly, just weekends. Well, walking around the stockyards has definitely had an effect. My legs and butt are EXTREMELY tired. More than they would be after a regular day of walking. I noticed this last week when we went to six flags too (then, also wearing my easytones).

I've gotten to the point where regular activities have calorie burning potential. Grocery shopping --- park further out and take an extra lap around the outskirts of the store. Bored on a Friday night --- head out on the bicycles or take a walk with the hubs. And, on days like today, and last Sunday --- get out and enjoy the weather with something that is a blast but requires plenty of walking! You could say I've become obsessed.

Anyway, now I'm off to bed so I can get up and hit the gym before church tomorrow!

OH WAIT! I almost forgot the whole reason I was posting tonight. I had what in the weight watchers world is called an NSV (non-scale victory). After the stockyards I wanted cowgirl boots so on the way home my husband stopped at Cavenders and let me get some! And 2 pairs of genuine cowgirl jeans (this apparently means nothing more than just really tight jeans). Anyway, almost everything I tried on fit even though I would pick up a pair of jeans and think, these are small! They're not going to fit! Then, on they slid, without butter or vaseline or anything! And I must admit, I looked awesome!

I'll post pics if I can ever find a camera that works!

YES! YES!! YES!!!

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 170.8
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

Week 21:
Weight: 168.8
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
24.6 down 33.8 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

AHHH!!!! Can you believe it?! I lost 2 pounds this week! That's 3 weeks in a row with losses! And this one definitely feels the best. I stayed on plan all week, worked out 3 times (that's counting walking at Six Flags for 3 hours as a workout), and actually ended the week with 6 activity points LEFT OVER! What?! me??? Yes Sir!!!!!

Obviously I'm pretty excited about this loss. I am officially out of the 170s! Dang that 7 hung around for ever! I noticed this afternoon that I was in the 170s since January...and my weight loss had seriously slowed down. Well, not anymore! I'm pumped. Ready for another week of staying on plan and seeing it pay off!

Week 20

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 171
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

Week 20:
Weight: 170.8
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
22.6 down 35.8 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

WHEW! I pulled a loss. As miniscule as it is, I'm grateful it's negative. This does kind of confirm my idea that the scale is a little delayed in showing my efforts. Or I think so anyway. I did really well staying on plan this week so I would have thought I deserved more than .2 but again, I'm not too disappointed. I'm staying on track again this week, and continuing my new workout regimen (which worked perfectly by the way!) and hopefully next week I can lose 1 pound and hit the 160s! That would be awesome. These 170s have worn out their welcome!

but by the grace of God....

I somehow managed to pull a loss this week! A 1.6 pound loss!!! Now, how that happened I have no idea. I'm beginning to think my gains/losses are actually showing up on the scale a week after the actions that led to them. If that is the case, I can expect a gain next week regardless of what I do this week unfortunately. However, I will not let that deter me!

Today was day 1 of my new plan and I successfully got up early and spent 30 minutes on the beloved elliptical. I really do love that machine. It seems easier than other cardio machines and yet burns a great number of calories. This morning...300. I'm used to seeing 500-600 calorie burns per workout but I just need to reset my mind. Burning 300 calories each time will add up if I stick with it.

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 172.6
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

Week 19:
Weight: 171
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
22.4 down 36 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

due to my crummy attitude...

I've decided to commit to a few changes for the coming week. Keep me accountable please!

1. I will work out 30 minutes a day Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and do a 1 hr workout (most likely a group class at the gym) on Saturday instead of just going to the gym when I feel like it or absolutely force myself to. Up until now my former tactic was resulting in fewer and fewer workouts each week and it was becoming a drag.

2. I am replacing most desserts with fruit. I love an apple with cinnamin and its much more point-friendly than the hershey's miniatures that have been dragging me down lately. I've noticed I eat A LOT of ice cream, chocolate, and cookies/cake-type desserts. This is taking up a large quantity of my daily points and doing nothing for my health! So, no more. I will still occasionally have a WW ice cream bar or something similar but it will NOT be a daily occurrence.

3. I will stay within my points allowance (including daily points, weekly points, and activity points). I have also been bad the past few weeks with splurges and end up going over my points. Obviously this will lead to weight gain and thus...the buck stops here.

So, since tomorrow is weigh in, my new week starts there but I've already started trying to incorporate these changes. Wish me luck. I'll keep you updated.

Frustration with myself

I'm struggling this week. I stayed on plan yesterday (whoa, big accomplishment). This weekend was awful. I found myself frustrated that I had gained after such a perfect week. Even though I have several reasons why the scale may have gone up instead of down all of which are legitimate possibilities, when it came time to eat dinner with my husband, I threw in the towel.

I ate and ate this weekend and feel really crummy about it. At the time I said to myself, doesn't matter what I do, I gain if I'm perfect and lose when I'm not. I know that this is a horrible attitude and am trying really hard to get back on track and stay there, hence my almost perfect day yesterday.

I want to try cutting out sweets. Replace them with fruit. This is EXTREMELY hard for me and may be a bit much to commit to considering how I can't even seem to stay on track lately. I guess I should continue to focus on staying within points and continuing to lose.

I fear another gain this week and I am feel a little resentful of other people's weight loss journeys. It's a jealousy thing. They're losing and I'm not. It's my own fault, not theirs. I'm just frustrated.

Anyway I got back on track yesterday and plan to stay there through weigh in Thursday night, and then of course continue on plan next week. I just hope I can do enough damage control in the next couple of days to offset the weekend. I'll be heading to the gym tonight for a 2 hour Biggest Loser workout.

Sorry this post is kind of all over the place, just needed to get my frustrations out and commit to myself and you all that I will continue losing weight, even if this week doesn't show it.

Aw Bumsee

I gained this week. One pound. Bumsee. I can't even explain it which is strange for me. I normally can predict my gains b/c of poor eating and not working out. Well, this week I was really good! I ate my weekly points but didn't touch the Activity Points I earned. I hadn't worked out in 2 weeks and this week I finally got to the gym a whopping two times (hee hee). It's weird. The two weeks I didn't work out at all, I had losses. And last week when I had the flu I ate horribly and still lost 1.4. So, I don't know what happened this week. I'm thinking it may be that my poor eating from last week caught up with me, or that my sparatic working out made me retain water. I don't want to make excuses, but I think an explanation is not the same thing. Anyway, it's just 1 pound, just 1 week, so on to the next.

This week I'm determined to do everything I did last week (only adding more exercise) and hopefully the 2 weeks of good behavior will pay off on the scale next week.

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 171.6
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

Week 18:
Weight: 172.6
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
20.8 down 37.6 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

Saw this on yahoo.com this morning. Very interesting

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/would-you-volunteer-to-eat-school-lunch-every-day-to-prove-a-point-this-teacher-did-1157394/

And, here is the link to the blog:
http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com/

Thank you Flu.

I've been sick most of this week and so, in spite of eating comfort food my body allowed me to drop 1.4 pounds! woohoo. now, back on track and I'll get back to the gym when I'm 100% again. Or at least a good solid 85%.

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 173
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

Week 17:
Weight: 171.6
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
21.8 down 36.6 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

Week 16

I made it to another mini milestone. Week 16. WW celebrates the 16th week you attend meetings b/c it shows commitment. I feel good. In all the times I've done weight watchers I've only made it to week 16 one other time, and that was the first time I followed the program (consequently that was also the most successful attempt). In the past I may have been "on plan" longer than 16 weeks but I didn't commit to the meetings like I did my first go-round and like I have this time. And I thank my friend Kim for that. I think if I was doing this alone again I would have given up by now, or at least skipped a few meetings and maybe come to the decision I could do this on my own.

Having a partner encouraging me and keeping me accountable is working wonders! I still feel like I'm losing slowly but I am still losing. It's great b/c we carpool to work together so we constantly talk about our recent food finds, exercise struggles, temptations, etc. I've always talked way too much about these things to her but now that she's a weight watcher also I think it's less obnoxious :) lol - i hope so anyway.

The other mini milestone I met today was....ready?....TWENTY POUNDS off my body for good!!! WooohooO! This is what is keeping me going. I only lost .6 this week which was not what I had expected but having hit that 20 pound mark, I can't complain at all! And I'm reminding myself that at 16 weeks, having lost 20 pounds is great! Even though at times it seems like it's taking forever! I am still losing an average of over 1 pound per week, which is nothing to scoff at!

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 173.6
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

Week 15:
Weight: 173
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
20.4 down 38 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

10%

At weigh in tonight I hit my 10%!!! In weight watcher terms that's a pretty big deal. The first goal is to lose 5% of your starting weight. I did that a few weeks ago and tonight I hit the second goal of 10%! So now I've lost 19.8 pounds! I really wish I could have lost .2 more to hit 20 but oh well I'm definitely happy with what I got. And this week I WILL hit that 20 pound mark!

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 174.6
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

Week 15:
Weight: 173.6
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
19.8 down 38.6 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

my size 10s

This is the size 10-12 (Medium) dress I just bought. As you can see it goes on and looks pretty decent...Although I have to admit, it is kind of tight (you just can't tell by looking!)...I do love Avon's Slimwear clothing!




And these are the size 10 jeans I bought...obviously they don't fit...YET! they will one day though! I have them hanging on my door so I see them every time I leave my room! Talk about motivation!

my trip to target

i tried on a bikini tonight. All I can do is laugh. I am SO not bikini ready but I'm desperately hoping that on my first wedding anniversary (July 4) I can strut my stuff at the lake for my husband. I remember a year ago hoping to wear a bikini on our honeymoon. That didn't happen b/c a) I did not lose near enough weight before the wedding and b) we didn't get to go on our honeymoon anyway :(

So, yeah, I tried one on and though I would definitely NOT go out in public like that I was a little surprised that I didn't look AS bad as I expected. Tomorrow I'm heading to Old Navy to buy a pair of size 10 jeans I think. I don't expect 10s to fit now but they're having a pretty good sale and I have a gift card so I figured I'd buy just 1 pair and use them as further motivation.

finally...a fresh week :)

This past week dragged by. I'm glad it's over and my weekly points have reset and I have a fresh slate to start with. I think that is one major thing that helps me keep moving forward. If I had to continue to think about the mistakes I made last week (3 buffets in a row), I would probably just give up. And yet, today's a new day, a new week! and I feel good. I feel like I can do this again.

The past 2 weeks totalled a .2 pound loss. I was up .2 last week and then down .4 this week. I'm actually quite happy. Overall I'm still losing. And my average weight loss is still 1.3 pounds per week since I started. I can't complain about that!

Even better...I've lost an inch and a half off of my hippo hips! I've also lost 1" from my thigh, 1" from my waist, 1.5" from my bust (bummer), and according to the measurement I took last night, nothing off my arms. I don't think that's right though. This was the 3rd time I've taken measurements and the first 2 times my hubby helped. Last night I was attempting to do it myself and I failed on the arms. But, I am pretty sure I've probably lost about an inch there too! I'm most excited about my hips. They the most out of proportion area that need to get to steppin'!

OH! and I'm back in my size 12 jeans today! yahoo!

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 178.6
Previous BMI: 29 -- Overweight

Week 14:
Weight: 174.6
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
18.8 down 39.6 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

Oh, one more thing...I saw some progress pictures of another girl on weight watchers. She is currently at 144 pounds, 4 pounds from her personal goal and the same height as me. She looks incredible! So, I'm thinking I MAY be able to bring my goal weight up a bit. Having never been lower than 155, I don't even know what I'll look like when I get there but if I look even close to as good as she does I may just say...yeah, I'm good here :) Only time shall tell :)

some time has passed....

and although I've been MIA, you haven't missed anything. My weight watchers meeting was cancelled because of snow last week so I went to my fellow WWer/BFF's house and we had our "official" weigh in there. I must say...unimpressive on my part.

I was up .2 -- bummer. No big deal really but I was disappointed. Then, things just went spiraling out of control. Friday, due to lack of planning I ended up eating WAY more points than I realized and when I did become aware of it, I threw my hands in the air and said, oh well...might as well just keep eating cuz it feels goooooood. So...Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were absolutely no bueno in respect to weight loss.

Monday I pulled myself back on the wagon by my fingernails and have been securely on plan since. I'm not sure I've done enough to really do damage control but based on my home scale, I'm at least close to what I was last week again. I do, however, expect a gain at weigh in tomorrow. *sigh*

It's really discouraging. I get so close to a small goal and then I inevitably regain and get further from it. Oh well...I have a slew of cliches that I repeat to myself regularly on downer weeks like this and whether or not they work...
"it's a marathon not a race"
"i didn't gain the weight in a day, it won't come off in a day"
"one day at a time"
"slow and steady wins the race"
yada yada yada...

Oh well...thank goodness a new week starts tomorrow...I do love a fresh start! Be back after weigh in to admit my gain

OMG OMG OMG!!!!

I lost 3.8 pounds this week!! So much for my glum outlook yesterday on how slow weight loss is! lol...funny how things change over night :) So now I have been on Weight Watchers for 13 weeks and have averaged a 1.4 pound loss per week. I'm so excited about this! I am aiming to lose 1 more pound this coming week so that next Thursday I can hit 10% lost although 1.4 would be even better so I could pass 10% and also hit 20 pounds lost!

People at work have started noticing my loss also! It feels great. It's an amazing feeling to hear people talk about you as "healthy". My brother told me I was "so healthy" Sunday when we had lunch together and I chose veggies over rice, chicken over beef, and water over soda. The receptionist at work regularly makes comments about the choices I make and if I do happen to visit the office chocolate stash she makes comments that I must be having a rough day to go for the "hard stuff" lol. I like hearing these things. There have also been a couple ladies to specifically say they can tell I'm losing weight and that I look good! I hope these comments keep coming in because I can't notice a difference in myself yet.

I think I'm harder on myself because I don't compare my weight now to where it was in November when I started weight watchers again but rather to where it was in July before my wedding when I was awesomely thin! I like to just imagine those 30 pounds in between never happened and if I can ever get down to 155 again I imagine I will just pretend I never regained/relost it! Anyway, I'm proud of what I'm doing and if people notice, I hope they continue to mention it so that I know that it is noticeably making a difference.

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 178.6
Previous BMI: 29 -- Overweight

Week 13:
Weight: 174.8
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
18.6 down 39.8 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

HEY! look at that!!! I have less than 40 pounds to go to goal!!!! whoop whoop!

my pants are buttoned today!

Today I'm wearing the same pants that I wore the day I joined Weight Watchers. I'll admit these pants played a big role in getting my butt to a meeting that first day. They were SO tight! They literally dug into my stomach all day long and by the time I left work I had unbuttoned and UNZIPPED them half way just to have some relief. I sat through the entire WW meeting with my pants undone so I could breath. It was ridiculous.

Today, though, they fit perfectly! They are meant to be snug through the legs and they are but definitely not cutting off circulation! It's fabulous...I can button them without sucking in and when I take them down I don't have red indentions from the seams! Guess I need to retake my measurements soon!

Plugging along...

Why does weight loss have to take so long? I mean, really? I gained 30 pounds in about 2 months...why, in the past almost 3 months, have I only lost half of that?! I feel good about what I've done so far but honestly, I am annoyed with the time that it's taking.

This past week, if you couldn't guess I gained. Only .6 so I wasn't totally devastated but at the same time that put me back to just about the same weight I was the week before. It's aggravating...weeks pass and I seem to be stuck around 178.

I've switched my weigh in days to Thursday so I'm blaming that for last week's gain. My "week" was actually a week and a half and it honestly did cause me to think, oh I've got extra time to undo the damage I do the first few days. Umm...no. So here I am again...Fighting for a good loss this week...I need it b/c my parents will be in town this weekend and I'm sure I'll be struggling at every meal with them :) It's worth it though!

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 178.0
Previous BMI: 29 -- Overweight

Week 11:
Weight: 178.6
BMI: 29 -- Overweight
14.8 down 43.6 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

a new snack idea from the Biggest Loser

http://www.nbc.com/the-biggest-loser/video/clips/trainer-tips-12610/1196711/

I tried this tonight and as a fan of cinnamon/fried apples I really like it! And it gets me a serving of fruit in for the day too :)

Biggest Loser Last Chance Workout

If you've ever seen the Biggest Loser (my ALLTIME favorite show) then you know it can be a kick in the pants to get you going on your own weight loss. Its the only show on television that I will not miss an episode of. Each week, just before their weigh in the contestants are dragged through a "last chance workout" by the fabulous trainers....It's ridiculous!

Well I've been sick for the past week and hadn't been to the gym since Thursday and was feeling guilty even though in all honesty I did have a pretty good excuse. Anyway, I decided yesterday morning at 3AM that I would benefit from a couple hours of extra sleep and skip the gym yet again. Later in the day I decided I felt good enough to get my rear in gear once again. So at 6:45 PM last night without having had any dinner I headed to 24 Hour Fitness for a semi-last chance workout! I. Loved. It!

I got there just before the Biggest Loser started and grabbed an elliptical machine near a TV airing NBC and got to sweatin'. 1 hour later (and only half way through my beloved 2 hour Biggest Loser episode) I moved on to a stationary bicycle in front of the same said TV...then after 30 minutes of huffing and puffing on the bike, it was on to a treadmill (of course also in view of the tv)...I worked otu for 2 hours straight! It wasn't really even that hard! Granted my legs almost gave out when I stepped off the elliptical, then again stepping of the bike, and yes, yet again stepping of the treadmill but.....I burned 1277 calories! That's One THOUSAND two HUNDRED and Seventy Seven Calories!!! I'm flabbergasted! lol So now I have no more guilt about the past week of lazy sickness...I made up for it, in one night. And I had so much fun working out while watching my show that I may make it a habit...Tuesday night, hardcore butt kickin' workout :) Anyone care to join me???

i lost control last night...

last night i got home with 4 points remaining for dinner (it was a rough day) i headed to the fridge and grabbed a fried pie. then another. i stopped myself at the halfway mark of the second one...honestly, not b/c of the points value but b/c it just wasn't all that great. then i sat down to wait for the hubs to get home. about 30 seconds later, back at the fridge, i grab a cherry cream cheese danish and devour it. oops.

30 minutes later DH arrives and we head out to pick up dinner (like I really needed it)...Ended up at Taco Cabana with a Chicken Cabana Bowl, and some fried pickles from Chicken Express. I felt so sick halfway through the cabana bowl...thank goodness b/c this morning I decided to track it all and i used 43 points for that meal! the cabana bowl alone had 60 grams of fat in it! Thank the Lord for making me sick halfway through (only consumed 30 g fat!)

Anyway, all I can do is laugh. It's tracked, my weeklies are gone but I still amazingly have 9 activity points (earned by working out) left and plenty of time to earn more before my next weigh in.

Monday's weigh in went well. I went into it with zero expectations...I had been on plan but for some reason just wasn't feeling it. i was down .8 of a pound, i'll take it. I did hit 15 pounds lost so technically I owe myself a reward but I'm getting new glasses this weekend so I think I'll just let that be it. I can't convince myself to spend money on the shirt I had planned to reward myself with. I want to lose more weight before investing in clothes!

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 178.8
Previous BMI: 29 -- Overweight

Week 10:
Weight: 178.0
BMI: 29 -- Overweight
15.4 down 43 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

Week 10 - a new approach

This week I decided it was time to get back on track and refocus. I concluded I needed to try to get in all 8 GHG's (Good Healthy Guidelines). This includes eating at least 1 serving of lean protein, choosing whole grains when available, eating 2 tsp of a healthy oil (olive oil is my choice), 5 servings fruits/veg, 2 servings of milk, take a daily vitamin, drink 8 glasses of water (tea and most other drinks count also), and get 30 minutes of exercise each day. It was a struggle but I did actually get most of them in...for the first few days anyway. Then the dreaded weekend came and I kind of fell of the wagon! Surprise Surprise. But I worked hard to get back on track as quickly as possible and it paid off:

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 181.6
Previous BMI: 29 -- Overweight

Week 10:
Weight: 178.8
BMI: 29 -- Overweight
14.6 down 43.8 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)

So, I'm back under 180 (hopefully I'll stay there this time). I feel really good. I actually enjoyed the challenge of the GHGs and the only one I didn't get at all through the week was the exercise and this was solely due to the fact that I was sick and it was freezing cold outside. This week I'm trying the same technique - the 8 GHGs. I'm going to attempt once again for 7 straight days of all of them, including the activity/exercise.

I got a 7 day pass to Lifetime Fitness which is an enormous gym down the street from my home and went there at 4 AM this morning! I know it sounds crazy but my husband convinced me that since I get up with him at 3 or 3:30 anyway, I might as well take the opportunity to hit the gym while it's not crowded and before anything else gets in my way instead of going back to sleep. I figured with 7 free days I could test the waters a bit and see how getting up and staying up at around 3 works. Today, I loved it! It felt so good to be back in a gym, a nice gym, with LOTS of machines. *sigh* I really enjoyed it. I've been starving all morning in spite of eating plenty and am just now starting to get a little sleepy. But, I feel good and am so happy I went!

pictures

I decided to post a couple pictures for anyone out there who may not know me. As I said in one of my first posts, just after high school and my first year of college I was at my heaviest weight that I know of 215. That's the weight I joined weight watchers at the first time in 2002.

Then in July of this year I was at my lowest adult weight of right around 157. So the 2 pictures below are from close to those weights. I searched for a recent picture to show me now but they are all of me wearing my winter puffy coat so you can't tell my size really anyway...I'll post one soon. For now, here's where I've been, and where I'm going again.

week 9...bummer

well...i had my first significant gain. I knew it was coming and I can't say I'm all that disappointed. With the holidays almost over and having not yet really gotten the best of me I almost felt like I had to splurge and take advantage of the season or I would end up spiraling out of control for a while. So I ate. I started the week off good, over my daily points but tracking and taking responsibility for my choices and I had every intention of remaining within my weekly points. But after about 3 days...I let go.

I find it really hard to stay on plan when Robbie and I are both home. With New Years Eve I took 2 days of vacation so I had a 5 day weekend, 3 days of which the hubs was around too. That made things so hard! I had no routine and too many opportunities to make poor choices. And boy did I...but I enjoyed it. Went to my meeting Monday to face the music telling myself as long as I didn't gain more than 2 pounds I would be happy. Well, I gained 2.2 and I can't say I'm happy but I'm definitely not beating myself up over it. It is disappointing but it happened so time to move forward.

I am however a little further from my next mini goal of 15 pounds lost than I was a week ago :( Now instead of just 1 pound to go I have 3.2...Bummer.

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 179.4
Previous BMI: 29 -- Overweight

Week 9:
Weight: 181.6
BMI: 29 -- Overweight
11.8 down 46.6 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)