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!!!!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
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!!
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