Okay, change of plans due to weather. I got home and it has been pouring ever since. I did Jilian's 30 day shred instead. That thing kicks my butt EVERY time and I was only doing level 1. I have 30 days until I go on a cruise...hmmm. I may decide to do 30 day shred since I have zero excuses to not do it since I do it in my house.
I'll have to think about it all. Either way, i'm happy to be moving and staying healthy. I really want to reach my goal of losing 40 pounds this year by Dec. 31st. I can DO it!!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Hello again!
Wow, it's been almost 5 months since I last posted! Weight loss wagon slowed down a bit but i'm still down 34 pounds total since 1/3/09 so at the present moment I haven't gained any weight!
Now i'm going in to the hardest part of the year where I typically gain weight because I become lazy and eat everything in sight! Not this year! I've learned so many great things about foods and what's good for my body and how to actually feed my body what it needs rather than just eat foods.
I've been inspired by a friend to start the C25k program. I've been running a little as part of my exercise routine but this "system" is supposed to help you be able to run 3 miles (a 5k) in a span of 9 weeks by running at intervals 3 times a week. The plan is to go home tonight and download the podcast to my ipod and start my journey. I'm pretty excited and my plan is to blog by successes and difficulties during the journey! I have never been a runner by nature but when I do run I feel empowered and just better about myself and life.
Wish me luck!!
Now i'm going in to the hardest part of the year where I typically gain weight because I become lazy and eat everything in sight! Not this year! I've learned so many great things about foods and what's good for my body and how to actually feed my body what it needs rather than just eat foods.
I've been inspired by a friend to start the C25k program. I've been running a little as part of my exercise routine but this "system" is supposed to help you be able to run 3 miles (a 5k) in a span of 9 weeks by running at intervals 3 times a week. The plan is to go home tonight and download the podcast to my ipod and start my journey. I'm pretty excited and my plan is to blog by successes and difficulties during the journey! I have never been a runner by nature but when I do run I feel empowered and just better about myself and life.
Wish me luck!!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Weigh in Day- 5/9/09
As of this morning I have lost a total of 25 pounds!! My current weight is 178.2! I've made my way out of the 180's forever! I'm a THRILLED about this.
My original goal was to have lost 25 pounds by the end of May and now that I've hit that already, i'll work on my June goal which was to lose 30 pounds by the end of June! I've got 18 more pounds to lose to hit my goal.
I am not complaining about my clothes not fitting, but I have no clothes. I hesitate to go buy clothes because I don't want to be this size forever and I don't want to spend the money on it to be honest! At this point, most of my shirts are too big for me, they just hang and make me look larger than I am. It's weird to me that I used to be able to fill them out. I need new bras, new panties, new workout clothes. My goodness, when I work out now, my pants fall off when I do knee lifts or lunges. I need new pants more than anything. I wish i made tons of money :)
My original goal was to have lost 25 pounds by the end of May and now that I've hit that already, i'll work on my June goal which was to lose 30 pounds by the end of June! I've got 18 more pounds to lose to hit my goal.
I am not complaining about my clothes not fitting, but I have no clothes. I hesitate to go buy clothes because I don't want to be this size forever and I don't want to spend the money on it to be honest! At this point, most of my shirts are too big for me, they just hang and make me look larger than I am. It's weird to me that I used to be able to fill them out. I need new bras, new panties, new workout clothes. My goodness, when I work out now, my pants fall off when I do knee lifts or lunges. I need new pants more than anything. I wish i made tons of money :)
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Peppiness
One of the questions I will ask God when I get to heaven is if he gave people with a lot of optimism terrible circumstances because he knew they would be the only types of people who could get through it because they saw the positive.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
I hit my 10%!
At weigh in yesterday I not only hit my 10% goal which was to have lost 20 pounds, but I exceeded it by 3 additional pounds for a grand total of 23 pounds lost so far! I was beyond thrilled and this number is particularly important because I want to lose 43 pounds total. Now that I've lost 23, that means I'm more than half way to my goal and it feels more attainable now than ever.
I've definitely changed sizes in clothes but I don't have any idea of what size I actually am. I can wear 12's and 10's, it all depends on the cuts. Some 12's are too big and some 10's are too small so who knows?! Also, I'm at 180.2 pounds which means I'm about to break out of the 180's and say hello to the 170's again! I'm VERY excited about that milestone and hope to be able to achieve that next week. I weighed around 176 when I got married in 2005 and I was very pleased with my body at that time. I had been doing pilates for several months prior to our wedding to help tone and look a little more sleek in my strapless gown.
My weight watcher goal when I started was to be at 160 and for now, I'm sticking with that. As I get close to the number, I will reasses and see how I feel. I would expect my body to be at a size where I'll be wearing an 8 consistently but since bodies are weird some times, who really knows. I truly can't imagine myself ever wearing an 8. It's like my hip bones won't allow anything that small to even consider going over my hips! I was wearing an 8/10 my senior year of highschool and while I thought I was a fat cow then, I look at pictures of me when I was 17 and graduating and I looked great. Healthy, I looked like I was in shape but I wouldn't have called myself a "thin" or "slender" person. I was just a normal sized person who should've been happier with her self image but I wasn't.
That is all changing and I'm excited!
I've definitely changed sizes in clothes but I don't have any idea of what size I actually am. I can wear 12's and 10's, it all depends on the cuts. Some 12's are too big and some 10's are too small so who knows?! Also, I'm at 180.2 pounds which means I'm about to break out of the 180's and say hello to the 170's again! I'm VERY excited about that milestone and hope to be able to achieve that next week. I weighed around 176 when I got married in 2005 and I was very pleased with my body at that time. I had been doing pilates for several months prior to our wedding to help tone and look a little more sleek in my strapless gown.
My weight watcher goal when I started was to be at 160 and for now, I'm sticking with that. As I get close to the number, I will reasses and see how I feel. I would expect my body to be at a size where I'll be wearing an 8 consistently but since bodies are weird some times, who really knows. I truly can't imagine myself ever wearing an 8. It's like my hip bones won't allow anything that small to even consider going over my hips! I was wearing an 8/10 my senior year of highschool and while I thought I was a fat cow then, I look at pictures of me when I was 17 and graduating and I looked great. Healthy, I looked like I was in shape but I wouldn't have called myself a "thin" or "slender" person. I was just a normal sized person who should've been happier with her self image but I wasn't.
That is all changing and I'm excited!
Friday, May 1, 2009
My Soapbox!
I just don't get why everyone is making such a big deal about the answer that Carrie Prejean (Miss California) gave at the pagenat in regards to homosexual marriage. They asked her what her opinion was, she gave it to them, and did it in a very tactful way. Now she is being torn down all over the media for having an opinion?! Nobody tears down the folks that have the opposite opinion of her? She stood up for what she believes and didn't do it with a "holier than thou" attitude in any way at all. She simply stated what she believed. I don't understand how people can be so cruel over her opinion and then not cruel at the people who have the opposite opinion and freely speak about it.
What I think it comes down to is that society has turned to this mentality that everything should be okay. Everything should be accepted regardless. I disagree with this. What this allows us as a society to do is to not have an opinion at all. If we continue this way of thinking, we are going to continue to spiral out of control. If we always say that this or that is okay and you can just do whatever it is that makes you happy, then we're not accountable for our actions and that's a very scary thing.
People always seem to look at the negative and they never want to be challenged about anything in their life. I just don't get it? I'm not saying you need to think positively all the time, but wouldn't want to at least some of the time? And challenges help you grow as a person. If you are just milling around with the same crowd of people forever who want to simply go along with whatever it is that you say or think and never challenge you on your opinions or the way you do things, you're going to be left with a false reality. Don't be afraid to tell a friend the truth when they ask you about something. If you just go along with everything without any thought or opinion, you're wasting your breathe. I know that I tend to tell the truth about what I feel or think about a particular subject more than most. I also know that when that truth helps the person, they thank me. I also know that when the truth goes against what they believe or what they feel or wanted to hear, it's suddenly a negative thing or makes them feel like i'm a bad person. It's just my opinion, doesn't mean i dislike you because you disagree with me. People, it's healthy to disagree and it's okay for each of us to have different opinions. It is NOT okay to trash people because they have an opinion and they mentioned it when asked a question.
I'm not condoning the times when people act as if their opinion is the only one that matters. That's rude, arrogant, and selfish. I do advocate people being able to give their opinion on an issue without fear of retaliation or judgement.
What I think it comes down to is that society has turned to this mentality that everything should be okay. Everything should be accepted regardless. I disagree with this. What this allows us as a society to do is to not have an opinion at all. If we continue this way of thinking, we are going to continue to spiral out of control. If we always say that this or that is okay and you can just do whatever it is that makes you happy, then we're not accountable for our actions and that's a very scary thing.
People always seem to look at the negative and they never want to be challenged about anything in their life. I just don't get it? I'm not saying you need to think positively all the time, but wouldn't want to at least some of the time? And challenges help you grow as a person. If you are just milling around with the same crowd of people forever who want to simply go along with whatever it is that you say or think and never challenge you on your opinions or the way you do things, you're going to be left with a false reality. Don't be afraid to tell a friend the truth when they ask you about something. If you just go along with everything without any thought or opinion, you're wasting your breathe. I know that I tend to tell the truth about what I feel or think about a particular subject more than most. I also know that when that truth helps the person, they thank me. I also know that when the truth goes against what they believe or what they feel or wanted to hear, it's suddenly a negative thing or makes them feel like i'm a bad person. It's just my opinion, doesn't mean i dislike you because you disagree with me. People, it's healthy to disagree and it's okay for each of us to have different opinions. It is NOT okay to trash people because they have an opinion and they mentioned it when asked a question.
I'm not condoning the times when people act as if their opinion is the only one that matters. That's rude, arrogant, and selfish. I do advocate people being able to give their opinion on an issue without fear of retaliation or judgement.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
ehhh-Weigh In Day
Well I had really psyched myself up to lose 1 measly little pound so that I could not only hit my 10% but hit my goal of losing 20 pounds by the end of April. I have a really reasonable goal of losing 5 pounds per month. I worked really hard at it this week and I get there this morning and I've lose .4. .4!!!!!! That's not even HALF a pound. I was pretty bummed and on the other hand I'm proud of myself for still losing weight consistently each week. I was disappointed that I didn't hit my goals but I fully intend to hit them next week!
So today i've lost 19.4 pounds which puts me at a weight of 183.8. I can't wait to get out of the 180's!!!!
So today i've lost 19.4 pounds which puts me at a weight of 183.8. I can't wait to get out of the 180's!!!!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Tuesday Shmoozday
So I bought a new "walking video" this weekend and I love it even more than my first one. It's also by Leslie Sansone and it's called 4 Mile Slim Walk or something like that. Basically it's interval training. You walk for 3 minutes and jog for 2 over and over until you're sweating so much you can hardly see because the salty sweat is dripping in your eyes. LOVE it! I'm hoping it will help boost my weight loss too! We shall see.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Goals
-This week I will work out 4 times, doing either a 4 mile walk with weights (video) or 2 miles and the 30 day shred video.
-I will stick to my daily menu and not veer off track
-I will work hard to lose at least 1 lb. so that I can hit my 20 lbs. this weekend! I'ld love to lose more!
-I'll enjoy life, love, and friends along the way
-I will focus on keeping the house clean
-I'll see the positive even when it feels as if the negative is staring at me!
-I will stick to my daily menu and not veer off track
-I will work hard to lose at least 1 lb. so that I can hit my 20 lbs. this weekend! I'ld love to lose more!
-I'll enjoy life, love, and friends along the way
-I will focus on keeping the house clean
-I'll see the positive even when it feels as if the negative is staring at me!
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Weigh in Day 4/21
Lost 1.8 for a total of 19 pounds! I'm VERY excited about this. I am still on target to hit my 10% goal of 20 pounds next week! I also can't wait to get out of the 180's! I'm at 184 right now so it will still be a few weeks but I'll be so excited!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
checking in
I've been kind of quiet the last couple of weeks. I NEED to be more committed to this. I'm still following my "points" allowance but I can feel myself slipping away from the good habits of measuring and telling myself, oh I know what the measurement is. I'm sure it's larger than I think. I followed the program last week even though I knew I wasn't going to be able to weigh in on Saturday and did really well with the exception of Tues. night and Friday night. I still did better than I used to in the past because I was able to control my portions, it's just the type of food I ate that wasn't good. At least I had fun though and felt confident in the fact that I was reasonable. Once night was actually alcohol and the next was pizza so really food wise, i was bad 1 night. I had a couple too many glasses of wine on Tues. night at an impromptu happy hour with friends.
Went to the Susan G. Komen walk on Saturday. My sister and I got there around 6:30 am which was WAY too early since the race started at 8:30. I'm not sure what we were thinking? Anyway, we hung out for a little bit but it was really windy and about 50 degrees so we were freezing. We were dressed for 80 degree weather. We ended up leaving around 7 well before the walk began. The good news is that I came home and did a 3 mile walk with Leslie Sansone. I actually burned a heck of a lot more calories doing that fast paced walk with weights than I would've at the walk because they move you along at a very slow pace similar to a herd of cattle :)
I've done great this week on the plan. I need to exercise more though and I know that. I'm having my "girly" time of the month so i haven't felt like it but I'm doing it anyway. I'm not sure what to expect on the scale this Saturday. At this point, i'm still pretty proud of myself. I've found something that I like and can do forever and as long as I stick with it, the weight WILL come off.
My mom started going to a Medifast center. This is the diet doctors put patients on when they need to lose weight quickly for surgery. She isn't having surgery and isn't large but wants to lose a little and it worked for her before. She has lost 10.5 lbs in 3 weeks!!! Go mom! That's awesome but i am kind of jealous. She is aware that after she stops going to this center and only eating 1 real meal a day that it's going to be harder to maintain the loss but she's prepping for that and working with the counselors there to get on a good maintenance program. I'm proud of her. My Granny started going to Jenny Craig about 3 weeks ago as well and has enjoyed following that program. It's all about your lifestyle. Some people would swear up and down that one weight loss program doesn't work for them and they're right. You have to find the one that fits your lifestyle. If you want to do weight watchers, you have to learn to plan ahead and strategize so that you can stay within your points. The same goes for other programs. You do what works for you!
Went to the Susan G. Komen walk on Saturday. My sister and I got there around 6:30 am which was WAY too early since the race started at 8:30. I'm not sure what we were thinking? Anyway, we hung out for a little bit but it was really windy and about 50 degrees so we were freezing. We were dressed for 80 degree weather. We ended up leaving around 7 well before the walk began. The good news is that I came home and did a 3 mile walk with Leslie Sansone. I actually burned a heck of a lot more calories doing that fast paced walk with weights than I would've at the walk because they move you along at a very slow pace similar to a herd of cattle :)
I've done great this week on the plan. I need to exercise more though and I know that. I'm having my "girly" time of the month so i haven't felt like it but I'm doing it anyway. I'm not sure what to expect on the scale this Saturday. At this point, i'm still pretty proud of myself. I've found something that I like and can do forever and as long as I stick with it, the weight WILL come off.
My mom started going to a Medifast center. This is the diet doctors put patients on when they need to lose weight quickly for surgery. She isn't having surgery and isn't large but wants to lose a little and it worked for her before. She has lost 10.5 lbs in 3 weeks!!! Go mom! That's awesome but i am kind of jealous. She is aware that after she stops going to this center and only eating 1 real meal a day that it's going to be harder to maintain the loss but she's prepping for that and working with the counselors there to get on a good maintenance program. I'm proud of her. My Granny started going to Jenny Craig about 3 weeks ago as well and has enjoyed following that program. It's all about your lifestyle. Some people would swear up and down that one weight loss program doesn't work for them and they're right. You have to find the one that fits your lifestyle. If you want to do weight watchers, you have to learn to plan ahead and strategize so that you can stay within your points. The same goes for other programs. You do what works for you!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Feeling kind of strong!
I can do 15 push ups in a row now! 15! When I started the 30 day shred I couldn't even do 1 full push up! After 15, my arms give out. I'm hoping to make it to 16 when I do the video tonight. We shall see!
It still kicks my butt every time. I should probably do it every day instead of rotating it in with my other work outs but i don't want to let my body get used to one thing. Pretty soon i'll move on to level 2 and that kind of terrifies me! I hope I can handle it!
It still kicks my butt every time. I should probably do it every day instead of rotating it in with my other work outs but i don't want to let my body get used to one thing. Pretty soon i'll move on to level 2 and that kind of terrifies me! I hope I can handle it!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Weigh in Day!
Well I made up every excuse I could think of to not go to weigh in this morning. I had to go in to work today so I was going to go to the 8 am meeting but around 7:30, I decided I didn't want to go. So I thought, okay, I won't go this week because I know I wasn't as careful as I have been and even though every day except for 1 I was on plan, I only got to exercise 3 times this week. I decided I needed to go because next week I KNOW i won't get to go because I'll be doing the Susan G Komen race with my sister (yay!!) If I didn't go this week, I wouldn't be weighed in until 4/18 and that seems like forever from now!
So I got up around 8:30 and went ahead and got ready for work and went to the 10 am meeting. I didn't get to stay for the meeting but I did weigh in and I had lost .6 pounds! That gives me a total of 17.2 lbs lost so far! I really want to hit 20 pounds by my last weigh in, in April and that will be April 25th. I've got 2.8 pounds to go to hit that and I definitely think I will!
More and more I realize this is a lifestyle and not a diet. I'll be honest, i don't even feel like i'm on a diet at this point because I've changed the way I eat, the frequency of when I eat, and how I eat and have been doing it for 14 weeks now that it's become a habit.
I had a difficult time this week because I just haven't been hungry. I refuse to eat high point/high calorie foods just because I'm not hungry because I know those foods are filled with the nutrients I need. I just sucked it up and ate my baby carrots and grapes even when I wasn't really hungry just so I could be sure to get in all my veggies/fruits for the day.
Looking forward to many more weeks of success!!
So I got up around 8:30 and went ahead and got ready for work and went to the 10 am meeting. I didn't get to stay for the meeting but I did weigh in and I had lost .6 pounds! That gives me a total of 17.2 lbs lost so far! I really want to hit 20 pounds by my last weigh in, in April and that will be April 25th. I've got 2.8 pounds to go to hit that and I definitely think I will!
More and more I realize this is a lifestyle and not a diet. I'll be honest, i don't even feel like i'm on a diet at this point because I've changed the way I eat, the frequency of when I eat, and how I eat and have been doing it for 14 weeks now that it's become a habit.
I had a difficult time this week because I just haven't been hungry. I refuse to eat high point/high calorie foods just because I'm not hungry because I know those foods are filled with the nutrients I need. I just sucked it up and ate my baby carrots and grapes even when I wasn't really hungry just so I could be sure to get in all my veggies/fruits for the day.
Looking forward to many more weeks of success!!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Confessions
ugh, i hate to write this but I know that writing it will help me move past it and not dwell. So, I have a cheat meal 1 time a week. I use a lot of my weeklies and then don't allow for any weeklies the rest of the week. I just stick to my daily points and get activity but don't eat those points. This works for me because I LOVE to go out and although I'm very mindful of what I eat, i get the chance to splurge.
Well this weekend we met up with some friends after a very sensible sushi dinner and I turned in to party girl. I was drinking low point alcoholic drinks but I definitely had TOO many of them. So many that if I wanted to attempt to count them, i would definitely lose count. So i'm pretty positive I used ALL of my weeklies and then some! That's it, it doesn't sound so bad when I type it out, I just felt really guilty on Sunday. I followed the plan Sunday and will continue you to this week as well. Maybe my gagillion gallons of water a day can flush out those toxins before weigh in on Saturday. And if not, at least I can pinpoint the day I screwed it up!
Well this weekend we met up with some friends after a very sensible sushi dinner and I turned in to party girl. I was drinking low point alcoholic drinks but I definitely had TOO many of them. So many that if I wanted to attempt to count them, i would definitely lose count. So i'm pretty positive I used ALL of my weeklies and then some! That's it, it doesn't sound so bad when I type it out, I just felt really guilty on Sunday. I followed the plan Sunday and will continue you to this week as well. Maybe my gagillion gallons of water a day can flush out those toxins before weigh in on Saturday. And if not, at least I can pinpoint the day I screwed it up!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Weigh in Day
Wohoo! I was down 1.4 today for a total of 16.6 pounds lost so far. I was expecting a slight gain because of the new work out I've been doing that includes more muscle building. Push ups and weight lifting mixed with cardio. At this rate, I will hit my goal of wanting to lose 20 pounds by the end of April. Now I hope to exceed that!!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
So far this week
So far this week I've stayed on point and exercised 3 times. Tonight will be my 4th and then I will let my muscles heal. I stepped on the scale this morning and it showed a gain. I sort of expected it because the 30 day shred is working my muscles out big time, but I'll be honest, i don't want to show a gain on Saturday at WI.
I know it's stupid, it WILL happen at some point. I think my biggest insecurity is that I have people that ask me how much I lost that weekend EVERY week and it would be embarassing to say I've gained. Only because they wouldn't understand why, they would just think, "oh" like I didn't do something correctly. I know all that matters is that I'm aware of what I'm doing and it's incredibly petty to even freakin care about what people will "think", but I do. So there, I said it, i'm insecure and care about what people think. I've really gotta get over that.
I'm feeling good this week. It's been rainy here the last couple of days and that makes me sleepy since I stare out a window all day but I haven't let that affect me.
By the way, this is totally off subject but I love my cat Alexa- we call her Lexi! She's just so cute! Here's a picture of her when she was a kitten!!!! She is a bundle of joy!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
30 day shred
So I bought this video after stalking the WW boards about the reviews. The stuff that I read said it was an awesome video and it seemed like most of the people got through level 1 just fine but found 2 and 3 to be hard. Maybe they were already hard core but I was sweating after minute 1!!! This work out is fantastic but it kicks your butt! After the warm up the whole first minute is push ups and I have zero upper body strength. I will keep doing it to see if I can eventually last the first full minute of push ups. My husband did it with me and while he did great at the pushups, he was definitely hurting in the cardio and ab phase.
Very intense but I could feel it working. I definitely feel it working today but it's not that I'm unable to move, it's a comfortable pain (if that makes any sense!). I'm excited to do the video again tonight. The video claims you can lose 20 lbs in 30 days. I seriously doubt that unless maybe you went from completely sedentary to level 3 immediately which again would be hard to believe. I'm just looking to tone and of course drop some weight but by no means do I expect 20 lbs from this. I'm also not doing it 30 days straight. I'll incorporate my other work outs and switch between them all.
Here's to working towards feeling good about wearing a bikini this summer! My hope is that by my birthday (6/30) I'll have lost 30 pounds since I started on 1/3. I'm half way there so I've got 3 1/2 months to pull it off!!!
Very intense but I could feel it working. I definitely feel it working today but it's not that I'm unable to move, it's a comfortable pain (if that makes any sense!). I'm excited to do the video again tonight. The video claims you can lose 20 lbs in 30 days. I seriously doubt that unless maybe you went from completely sedentary to level 3 immediately which again would be hard to believe. I'm just looking to tone and of course drop some weight but by no means do I expect 20 lbs from this. I'm also not doing it 30 days straight. I'll incorporate my other work outs and switch between them all.
Here's to working towards feeling good about wearing a bikini this summer! My hope is that by my birthday (6/30) I'll have lost 30 pounds since I started on 1/3. I'm half way there so I've got 3 1/2 months to pull it off!!!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
So I went shopping today...
In my own closet! I've continued to gain weight since I got married and have an array of sizes tucked away in there. While I can't fit in to all of them, i'm finding incredibly cute skirts and pants that I fit in to 3 summers ago and I'm loving it! I love wearing skirts and dresses in the spring/summer seasons.
I'm not obsessed with having children, in fact if you knew me in real life, you would be amazed that I've even mentioned them on my blog but I'm saving my larger clothes for when I do get pregnant. I'll still buy some cute maternity stuff but why spend all that money when I have clothes that will work for a while! I'm kind of annoyed that I've spent so much money on jeans these last couple of years and now those jeans not only don't fit, they're hanging off of me. WHY did I do that?! Oh well, can't go back. And, to be honest, it's not such a bad problem to have ;)
Overall, I can't say that I've dropped several sizes. When I started WW I was wearing a 14. I still wear some 14's although they are much looser but mostly wear 12's now. Pretty soon I'll be in 10's. I have an "athletic" type build so I've got broad shoulders and a bit of a larger bone structure. My body looks fantastic in an 8 and I hope that at 160 lbs, I will fit in to an 8. I can't imagine ever fitting in to a 6. My sister wears a 6 and she's like 3 inches shorter than I am! If that day ever comes, i will be like half of what I was when I started and that's weird to think about...
I'm not obsessed with having children, in fact if you knew me in real life, you would be amazed that I've even mentioned them on my blog but I'm saving my larger clothes for when I do get pregnant. I'll still buy some cute maternity stuff but why spend all that money when I have clothes that will work for a while! I'm kind of annoyed that I've spent so much money on jeans these last couple of years and now those jeans not only don't fit, they're hanging off of me. WHY did I do that?! Oh well, can't go back. And, to be honest, it's not such a bad problem to have ;)
Overall, I can't say that I've dropped several sizes. When I started WW I was wearing a 14. I still wear some 14's although they are much looser but mostly wear 12's now. Pretty soon I'll be in 10's. I have an "athletic" type build so I've got broad shoulders and a bit of a larger bone structure. My body looks fantastic in an 8 and I hope that at 160 lbs, I will fit in to an 8. I can't imagine ever fitting in to a 6. My sister wears a 6 and she's like 3 inches shorter than I am! If that day ever comes, i will be like half of what I was when I started and that's weird to think about...
Weigh in Day
I will preface this by saying that i've felt pretty cruddy most of the week finally went to the doctor yesterday. Just as I suspected, I have strep throat. I didn't feel like eating but knew that I needed to get my points in each day so I stuck with it. I only got the exercise 3 times and that was earlier in the week but when i did it, i gave 100%.
I'm down 2.4 this week for a total of 15.2 pounds lost after 12 full weeks on the program. I know that some of that weight is catch up weight from last week. I started last week so I was probably retaining a little bit of water. I'm excited about the results and this loss will help give me more momentum. I can do this, I WILL do this, and when I finally reach my goal weight it will be sweet, sweet victory!!!
So far, I've earned 3 stars and i finally broke out of the 190's! I need to lose 8 more pounds to get out of the 180's! My goal is to be out of the 180's by April 30th! I have 4.8 pounds to go to reach my 10%. I would like to do that by week 16 so I've got 4 weeks to pull that off.
Current mini goal: lose 4.8 in 4 weeks so that I'm at my 10% at the end of week 16.
Larger goal: lose 8 by April 30th. Total weight loss on that day should be 22.2 pounds
Super large goal: weigh 160. I haven't put a time frame on this as I know the more you've lost, the harder it is to keep losing but that's my goal weight!
I'm down 2.4 this week for a total of 15.2 pounds lost after 12 full weeks on the program. I know that some of that weight is catch up weight from last week. I started last week so I was probably retaining a little bit of water. I'm excited about the results and this loss will help give me more momentum. I can do this, I WILL do this, and when I finally reach my goal weight it will be sweet, sweet victory!!!
So far, I've earned 3 stars and i finally broke out of the 190's! I need to lose 8 more pounds to get out of the 180's! My goal is to be out of the 180's by April 30th! I have 4.8 pounds to go to reach my 10%. I would like to do that by week 16 so I've got 4 weeks to pull that off.
Current mini goal: lose 4.8 in 4 weeks so that I'm at my 10% at the end of week 16.
Larger goal: lose 8 by April 30th. Total weight loss on that day should be 22.2 pounds
Super large goal: weigh 160. I haven't put a time frame on this as I know the more you've lost, the harder it is to keep losing but that's my goal weight!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Why I'm Doing This
I think it's good to remind ourselves why it is that we do what we do. Below is my list.
1) I want better self confidence in how I look. I'm currently not thrilled with how I look. Not only am I overweight, I look overweight, and overall I don't look healthy.
2) I want to feel good with my own body
3) I don't want to be the heaviest in life in my 20's. If I don't do something about this now, it will be even harder when I get in to my 30's.
4) Someday I want to have babies. I don't want to be a high risk pregnancy just because I didn't take good care of myself when I could've.
5) I don't want to make it harder for me to lose the "baby" weight. If I don't have too much weight on me to begin with, I won't have as much to get rid of.
6) I want to be healthy
7) I want to run for long periods of time without heaving from being out of breath.
8) I want to look sexy!!
So today, when I have a pounding head ache and a sore throat, I will allow my body to rest instead of pushing it farther and farther. I want to go home and work out because I think it will help me show a loss this week and it very well could. But I'm not doing this for a short time to see a short result. I'm doing this for life, so if I don't feel good, I need to take it easy so that I can get better and so that I can give 100% during my workouts. I've worked out 3 times this week and stayed on point all week so I've done pretty darn good. I wish I could go home and go to sleep though. Still have another hour at work...
1) I want better self confidence in how I look. I'm currently not thrilled with how I look. Not only am I overweight, I look overweight, and overall I don't look healthy.
2) I want to feel good with my own body
3) I don't want to be the heaviest in life in my 20's. If I don't do something about this now, it will be even harder when I get in to my 30's.
4) Someday I want to have babies. I don't want to be a high risk pregnancy just because I didn't take good care of myself when I could've.
5) I don't want to make it harder for me to lose the "baby" weight. If I don't have too much weight on me to begin with, I won't have as much to get rid of.
6) I want to be healthy
7) I want to run for long periods of time without heaving from being out of breath.
8) I want to look sexy!!
So today, when I have a pounding head ache and a sore throat, I will allow my body to rest instead of pushing it farther and farther. I want to go home and work out because I think it will help me show a loss this week and it very well could. But I'm not doing this for a short time to see a short result. I'm doing this for life, so if I don't feel good, I need to take it easy so that I can get better and so that I can give 100% during my workouts. I've worked out 3 times this week and stayed on point all week so I've done pretty darn good. I wish I could go home and go to sleep though. Still have another hour at work...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
So far today...
I've stayed on point! Kind of a weird day because we are going to happy hour, i've alotted myself 6 points for alcohol which will be chardonnay. Also, I got up at 6 and worked out this morning with Leslie Sansome so that I would get some good activity in. I got in 30 minutes of brisk walking mixed with some strength training!
Here's what my food day looks like:
Breakfast:
WW yogurt with 1/4 cup of blueberries
Midmorning snack:
WW yogurt
Lunch:
Smart Ones 3 cheese ziti
1 cup of green beans
sugar free jello
afternoon snacks:
10 baby carrots
1 cup of fruit mixture that equals 2 points
Dinner:
salad I make at home with ff cheese, onion, lettuce, and honey mustard viniagarette (sp?)
pizza made with 1 flat out light, 1/4 cup of pizza sauce, 1/4 cup of ff moz. cheese, and onions
YUM!!! And then the wine :)
Here's what my food day looks like:
Breakfast:
WW yogurt with 1/4 cup of blueberries
Midmorning snack:
WW yogurt
Lunch:
Smart Ones 3 cheese ziti
1 cup of green beans
sugar free jello
afternoon snacks:
10 baby carrots
1 cup of fruit mixture that equals 2 points
Dinner:
salad I make at home with ff cheese, onion, lettuce, and honey mustard viniagarette (sp?)
pizza made with 1 flat out light, 1/4 cup of pizza sauce, 1/4 cup of ff moz. cheese, and onions
YUM!!! And then the wine :)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Wacky News
I've underlined the key phrase in this one.
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) -- Police used DNA to identify a man whose head was found three years ago in the back of a city garbage truck. The remainder of Kevin Thomas Walsh's body still hasn't been found but police hope that knowing more about his background may provide clues about his death. Walsh's family provided DNA samples for matching. Police continue to investigate Walsh's death as suspicious. In late March 2006, a city worker saw a head in the back of a garbage truck and called police. Walsh, 39, was homeless when he was arrested March 9, 2006, for shoplifting. He was released from jail seven days later.
My comments:So you think that his death "might" be suspicious? As if the man has cut his own head off and placed it in a random trash bin? OBVIOUSLY someone else has done this and this shouldn't be considered suspicious, it's homicide!!!
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) -- Police used DNA to identify a man whose head was found three years ago in the back of a city garbage truck. The remainder of Kevin Thomas Walsh's body still hasn't been found but police hope that knowing more about his background may provide clues about his death. Walsh's family provided DNA samples for matching. Police continue to investigate Walsh's death as suspicious. In late March 2006, a city worker saw a head in the back of a garbage truck and called police. Walsh, 39, was homeless when he was arrested March 9, 2006, for shoplifting. He was released from jail seven days later.
My comments:So you think that his death "might" be suspicious? As if the man has cut his own head off and placed it in a random trash bin? OBVIOUSLY someone else has done this and this shouldn't be considered suspicious, it's homicide!!!
Lunch was good
My lunch was awesome! This if the first week I've seen Flat Outs at my local store so I definitely took the opportunity to buy them. They taste great, are only 1 point (Flat Outs Light), and you can fill it with so many great things. Today I filled mine with:
2 tbsp of honey dijon
2 oz of turkey deli meat
1 cup of lettuce mixed with carrots and radishes
1/4 cup of red onion
1/4 cup of fat free shredded cheese
I cut it in half and it was delicious! I also had a cup of reduced sodium chicken and noodle soup as well as 2 tbsp of roasted red pepper hummus with 13 fiber wheat thins. I am now enjoying 1 cup of green grapes. The total points including the grapes is 7 points. 7 points for good food that I enjoy! Great meal that will help sustain me through the day! I highly recommend it!
2 tbsp of honey dijon
2 oz of turkey deli meat
1 cup of lettuce mixed with carrots and radishes
1/4 cup of red onion
1/4 cup of fat free shredded cheese
I cut it in half and it was delicious! I also had a cup of reduced sodium chicken and noodle soup as well as 2 tbsp of roasted red pepper hummus with 13 fiber wheat thins. I am now enjoying 1 cup of green grapes. The total points including the grapes is 7 points. 7 points for good food that I enjoy! Great meal that will help sustain me through the day! I highly recommend it!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Change of plans
Okay, so life is about making changes when necessary but still making good decisions. I had my dinner planned out tonight but when I got home from work, the steaks still hadn't thawed out. I could've easily made something else, but Brandon and I decided to go out instead. We went to a little restaurant called Taco Diner and I stayed within my points. I had a very simple dinner which consisted of 4 corn tortillas (very small, medallion sized) approximately 3 oz of tilapia and 3 oz. of pork mixed with raw onions, cilantro, and lime juice from 1 lime wedge. They were simple, yet delicious. I also had about 8 tortilla chips. I felt very satisfied and got to eat out on the patio on this beautiful day!
So tomorrow night is the steak dinner. Here's how the rest of my day tomorrow looks:
Breakfast:
ww vanilla yogurt with 1/4 cup of blueberries
1 banana
mid morning snack:
Plain Oatmeal with 1/4 cup of blueberries
Lunch:
wrap made with a flat out, turkey breast, fat free cheese, honey mustard, lettuce, and onions
campbells soup at hand chicken and noodles
1 cup of grapes
mid afternoon snack:
10 baby carrots
Dinner:
4 oz new york strip steak
1 baked potato with ff sour cream and ff cheese
1 cup of steamed asparagus
after dinner:
8 oz. glass of fat free milk and 1 WW cookie
Sounds pretty good to me! Wednesday will be a more challenging day. We're having a happy hour/going away party for 2 ladies at work, after work so i'll save some points for a couple of glasses of wine.
So tomorrow night is the steak dinner. Here's how the rest of my day tomorrow looks:
Breakfast:
ww vanilla yogurt with 1/4 cup of blueberries
1 banana
mid morning snack:
Plain Oatmeal with 1/4 cup of blueberries
Lunch:
wrap made with a flat out, turkey breast, fat free cheese, honey mustard, lettuce, and onions
campbells soup at hand chicken and noodles
1 cup of grapes
mid afternoon snack:
10 baby carrots
Dinner:
4 oz new york strip steak
1 baked potato with ff sour cream and ff cheese
1 cup of steamed asparagus
after dinner:
8 oz. glass of fat free milk and 1 WW cookie
Sounds pretty good to me! Wednesday will be a more challenging day. We're having a happy hour/going away party for 2 ladies at work, after work so i'll save some points for a couple of glasses of wine.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Mondays Menu
So i've found that when I plan my food a day ahead, I make sure to have the foods with me that I need to stay on point. Here is my menu for tomorrow:
Breakfast:
WW vanilla yogurt with 1/4 cup of blueberries
1 cup of fat free milk
Mid morning snack:
plain oatmeal with 1/4 cup of blueberries and 1 packet of splenda
Lunch:
Lean Cuisine parmesan crusted fish
1 cup of grapes
Snacks:
10 baby carrots
sugar free jello
Dinner:
4 oz. of new york strip steak- grilled
baked potato w/ fat free sour cream and fat free cheese
1 cup of asparagus
Dessert:
either a WW ice cream cup, 1 WW cookie with 1/2 a cup of fat free milk, or pear halves with fat free cool whip. I'll decide that one based on how I feel.
I will also be sure to drink a minimum of 80 ounces of water and I plan to get 2 activity points after work tomorrow. Should be a pretty good day!
Breakfast:
WW vanilla yogurt with 1/4 cup of blueberries
1 cup of fat free milk
Mid morning snack:
plain oatmeal with 1/4 cup of blueberries and 1 packet of splenda
Lunch:
Lean Cuisine parmesan crusted fish
1 cup of grapes
Snacks:
10 baby carrots
sugar free jello
Dinner:
4 oz. of new york strip steak- grilled
baked potato w/ fat free sour cream and fat free cheese
1 cup of asparagus
Dessert:
either a WW ice cream cup, 1 WW cookie with 1/2 a cup of fat free milk, or pear halves with fat free cool whip. I'll decide that one based on how I feel.
I will also be sure to drink a minimum of 80 ounces of water and I plan to get 2 activity points after work tomorrow. Should be a pretty good day!
Rants and Raves!
-Today I was the 20th caller on Kiss FM and won tickets to The Britney Spears concert in Dallas! Wohoo!
-I've stayed on point today and am making a delicious low fat pizza for my hubby and I for dinner. YUM!
-I didn't exercise today, I decided to let my body rest.
-Last night at Pete's Piano Bar I got made fun of for drinking wine by a random stranger. She was very drunk and I was very not, staying on point but still having a blast. I'm aware wine isn't a typical bar drink but i'm glad it was an option for me. She was RUDE!
-I was putting away coats today in the closet since it's warm here now and my cat, Lexi, apparently jumped in there. An hour and a half later I couldn't find her anywhere, turns out she was trapped inside. Poor thing!
-I've stayed on point today and am making a delicious low fat pizza for my hubby and I for dinner. YUM!
-I didn't exercise today, I decided to let my body rest.
-Last night at Pete's Piano Bar I got made fun of for drinking wine by a random stranger. She was very drunk and I was very not, staying on point but still having a blast. I'm aware wine isn't a typical bar drink but i'm glad it was an option for me. She was RUDE!
-I was putting away coats today in the closet since it's warm here now and my cat, Lexi, apparently jumped in there. An hour and a half later I couldn't find her anywhere, turns out she was trapped inside. Poor thing!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Weigh in Day- ick
SO after 2 full weeks, and a total of 11 weeks on the program, I got on the scale this morning. It said -.8. I was looking for a bigger number than that. I was hoping for a bigger number than that. I worked out hard core to get a bigger number than that. BUT, that was the number. And I'm okay with it. I took a moment to be angry (very brief) and then realized, I'm still losing weight. I've consistently lost weight since I started in January. I'm now down 12.8 pounds.
That number will grow! Since I didn't weigh in last week, I have no idea what the number would've been so I can't keep dwelling on that. All I know is that this last week I've followed the plan to a T, I've worked out harder than I have since I started, and I feel great! I may have gained some muscle when doing my jogging sprints. Who knows?! -.8 is a good reminder that what I'm doing is working and even though I want it to move along faster, it's going to do it's own thing. I've just got to be sure to be true to myself and to this program to see the results.
Go me!!
That number will grow! Since I didn't weigh in last week, I have no idea what the number would've been so I can't keep dwelling on that. All I know is that this last week I've followed the plan to a T, I've worked out harder than I have since I started, and I feel great! I may have gained some muscle when doing my jogging sprints. Who knows?! -.8 is a good reminder that what I'm doing is working and even though I want it to move along faster, it's going to do it's own thing. I've just got to be sure to be true to myself and to this program to see the results.
Go me!!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Motivation
I will not drink today! I know it's Friday and we have Margaritas at work almost every Friday, but today I will not drink them. This will be my 4th week in a row not to drink them. And my boss makes them so tasty! I love them. But I weigh in tomorrow and I will not compromise my progress for a margarita no matter how delicious and fun it is. I may have a diet coke though instead ;-)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Making it through the week
I've done incredibly well this week with tracking and exercising. I am mad at myself for not going to weigh last Saturday. I should've just gone and faced the music. Now I have no idea if I will show a gain or a loss this week. Either way, whatever it shows, I'm going to keep going. I will lose this weight, I will be healthier, and I will feel better. I've just got to do it!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Cold and dreary
It's cold and dreary today. My sister just asked me an interesting question about marriage and if I've ever thought "what did I get myself in to" I have no idea if she'll read this or not but yes, i've thought along those lines before but they were times when I was angry and didn't want to listen to the wisdom Brandon was providing. (i was being stubborn) I know that love doesn't cure all things. I know that love doesn't make whatever it was he said to me that I took the wrong way and hurt my feelings okay. But I do know, that because I know that I'm loved and cherished by him, it really helps me get over it.
I don't have to worry about waking up and wondering how Brandon will act today. He's a constant, loving, compassionate, understanding, and incredibly talented man that I love to love! So no, love isn't the answer but in my opinion, love is one of the driving forces of marriage. It's hard to want to do the "gross" stuff for someone when you don't love them. And lets be honest, men are gross some times. Please, just pee IN the toilet only. If your chicken breast fell on the floor, don't eat it. I will make you a new one!! And the list goes on and on. It would be hard to do his dirty, stinky laundry if I didn't love him. I'm not saying it's my favorite thing to do, but I do it because I love him and those are things he needs done.
I don't have to worry about waking up and wondering how Brandon will act today. He's a constant, loving, compassionate, understanding, and incredibly talented man that I love to love! So no, love isn't the answer but in my opinion, love is one of the driving forces of marriage. It's hard to want to do the "gross" stuff for someone when you don't love them. And lets be honest, men are gross some times. Please, just pee IN the toilet only. If your chicken breast fell on the floor, don't eat it. I will make you a new one!! And the list goes on and on. It would be hard to do his dirty, stinky laundry if I didn't love him. I'm not saying it's my favorite thing to do, but I do it because I love him and those are things he needs done.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The Meaning
To Revel In the Revelation:
For me, this means to find joy in a time of surprising news. This could mean to look for the joy in bad news, or to truly enjoy the good news. For today, it means to attempt to look for joy or something good and positive to come out of surprising news or surprising circumstances.
This blog is going to be a way for me to vent my frustrations, share my successes, and hopefully meet some new friends along the way! I had a blog where I was tracking my Weight Watchers successes and will now be doing that on here. With weight loss comes a renewed confidence and also brings about several emotions.
I started on 1/3/09 and as of 2/28/09, I am down 12 pounds. I weigh in on Saturday mornings and get excited about being able to post my new loss for the week! I didn't weigh in last Saturday for the first time since I started so I am nervous about this Saturday. I want to see a big number but I may see a small one.
Either way, my goal is to hit 160 lbs and maintain it. I have 31 pounds to go! I haven't given myself a time limit because I am not aware of what my body is capable of. Ideally though, I would like to be 160 lbs by the time 1/3/10 rolls around!
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