Ok guys, so here's a recap from the past month!
So the last weigh in that I blogged about was on February 11th.
weighed in at 170.2
Lost 2 lbs.
Total lost: 1.8lbs
Note: I had gained .2 in that first week of being on WW,so it evened out to 1.8 total lost.
February 17th: 167.8
Lost 2.4 lbs.
Total lost: 4.2 lbs.
February 24th: 166.4
Lost 1.4 lbs
Total lost: 5.6 lbs.
Note: Reached my 5 lbs LOST!! I was SOOOOO excited to reach a first goal!! What's working for me is grazing all day. I'm eating something every 2 hour or so. Eating A LOT more fruits and veggies, and avoiding 99% of refined sugars and flours. LOTS of protein and watching my portions. Salads with lunch and dinners. It's a lot easier than I thought it would be.
March 3rd: 163.6
Lost 2.8 lbs
Total lost 8.4 lbs
Note: Same as above. It's really working and It's baffling! I get nervous before each weigh in but people keep telling me they are seeing the results! HOLY COW it's working!!!
March 10th: 163.2
Lost 0.4 lbs
Total lost 8.8 lbs
Note: It was a very tough week with all of the traveling. We were getting our Lafayette house cleaned out and with how busy we were I found myself skipping meals. See what happens when you don't eat consistently? Your body thinks it's being starved and it stores fat! And then when I eat my metabolism is all bogged down. When I eat consistently my body is burning and working efficiently. It definitely showed with the weigh in, though I was still happy to see a loss. Also, all of the eating out. I made good choices but fast food is fast food. Talk about feeling YUCKY! I officially reached by 5% goal too!!! My first MAJOR goal for me!! The leader was bringing me my sticker and said "Look at you smiling -- How does it feel?!" I said,"GREAT!" She said,"I can tell!" I said,"I've done this program before and it didn't work for me. To see results so quickly this time, and to not be starving is AMAZING! I have incentives, and I'm reaching goals, and it feels WONDERFUL!!!"
March 17th: 161
Lost 2.2 lbs
Total lost 11 lbs.
Notes: WHAT??! 11 pounds???!!!! I reached another 5 lbs lost mark! Over 10 lbs!!! I don't think i've EVER lost this much at one point in dieting! HOLY COW AGAIN!!! I'm sticking to what's working for me. Now to add in more cardio and strength training to tone up what I have. I'm still a ways from my goal but strength training will make a huge difference. I may see a slow down in weight loss from adding in muscle but i'll see a huge loss in inches. And i'll take it :o)
March 24th: 160
Lost 1 lb
Total lost 12 lbs
Note: We went to LA for Justin's brothers wedding. 'Nuff said LOL! Despite those festivities I still lost a pound. I'd say that's quite an accomplishment. I let myself indulge on occasion and used my weekly allowance point which i NEVER dip into, so i was pleased.
March 31: 158.6
Lost 1.4
Total lost: 13.4
Note: The loss is slowing a bit and that's ok. I know that's to be expected after a while into it. I have to say I haven't been this weight since my wedding, so I'm excited about that. Still a ways to go but i'm VERY close to my 10% goal!!!
So there's the catch up! If I could reach 150 by Memorial Day I would be BEYOND thrilled!! My goal is to reach my goal by my birthday! A bit of a stretch but I really think I can do it :o)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
I'm lost and I can't find myself
OMG! It's almost been a MONTH since I last blogged?
Geez louise! My apologies. More to myself although I'm sure you guys are beyond devastated that I haven't checked in *winks*
Before I get caught up on this, I need to vent.
I don't know what's going on with me. This past week, since my last weigh in, I haven't had an appetite. I've felt very very down. I've had zero energy. NO i'm not pregnant, thank GOD! LOL! I have undeniable proof of that before ANYONE jumps to conclusions. Not quite sure what's up with all of that but it's making me nuts. I know i NEED to eat as I feel I'm destroying my metabolism by not eating, but DO I eat when I'm not hungry? I feel like i'm retaining water like crazy and therefore feel like a dang balloon!!! ARGH!
PLUS weigh in is tomorrow. ARGH! I can always skip a weigh in but i feel like that's cheating. An easy way (weigh) out. heh. And I don't want to do that. I'm on a 9 week losing streak so I'll be hella disappointed if I see a plus. I've been really good though, honestly. For the past week i've had like 5-8 points leftover at the end of the day. so i'm not sure if i should make myself eat even if i'm not hungry, or if i shouldn't. Oy.
Anyhoo, I'll get this caught up very soon. Definitely tomorrow. Things have been utterly, ridiculously busy which is good. But i'm having trouble keeping my head above water. That needs to change as well.
If you find me before I do, send me back to me :o)
Geez louise! My apologies. More to myself although I'm sure you guys are beyond devastated that I haven't checked in *winks*
Before I get caught up on this, I need to vent.
I don't know what's going on with me. This past week, since my last weigh in, I haven't had an appetite. I've felt very very down. I've had zero energy. NO i'm not pregnant, thank GOD! LOL! I have undeniable proof of that before ANYONE jumps to conclusions. Not quite sure what's up with all of that but it's making me nuts. I know i NEED to eat as I feel I'm destroying my metabolism by not eating, but DO I eat when I'm not hungry? I feel like i'm retaining water like crazy and therefore feel like a dang balloon!!! ARGH!
PLUS weigh in is tomorrow. ARGH! I can always skip a weigh in but i feel like that's cheating. An easy way (weigh) out. heh. And I don't want to do that. I'm on a 9 week losing streak so I'll be hella disappointed if I see a plus. I've been really good though, honestly. For the past week i've had like 5-8 points leftover at the end of the day. so i'm not sure if i should make myself eat even if i'm not hungry, or if i shouldn't. Oy.
Anyhoo, I'll get this caught up very soon. Definitely tomorrow. Things have been utterly, ridiculously busy which is good. But i'm having trouble keeping my head above water. That needs to change as well.
If you find me before I do, send me back to me :o)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
2 for 1 deal
Sorry I've been a stranger and haven't updated. It's been very hectic! Let's recap...
The week of February 17th we drove to Lafayette to clear our house out to put it up for rent, and so I could teach some mommy n me dance classes. I was VERY nervous about traveling and sticking to what has been working for me. It's easy to say, yes I'll go to the store and buy stuff that's working for me, but we've been SO busy it's easy to just stop and pick up something instead of MAKING time to prepare things. Well being that weigh in on February 17th was before all of the craziness, I wasn't TOO nervous. I had a loss of 2.4 pounds (equaling a total loss at that time of 4.2lbs) and weight of 167.8! I was VERY excited to see the most lost at one weigh in!!! It REALLY made my entire day!!
What I did learn during all of that was that what's working for me is eating consistently throughout the day. Eating things with more protein and better grains. Less sugar, and less of anything refined. More veggies and fruits for snacks. And PORTION control. Also logging what i'm eating is making me incredibly mindful of what i'm eating and of course of my portions! I'm finding that if i don't have my oatmeal for my morning snack, my appetite is all out of whack for the rest of the day. The past two weeks i haven't been consistent with it, and I feel like my blood sugar does crazy things through out the day if I don't have it.
We had a VERY Stressful trip with trying to get the house cleared out completely, but we did have someone sign a lease on our house to rent it. Regardless I am an emotional eater so it was very tough. We found ourselves eating out and I used my dining out guide but I never really realized how many points things have until I got back on this program. If we ate at McDonalds, even a grilled chx sandwich has a lot of points and it takes A LOT of hard work to make up for the loss of points and a LOT Of eating REALLY well the rest of the day! I don't exchange my activity points for food, so I have to really find low point foods to ensure I don't go over. I also try to not use my weekly allowance points often, as I allow that every couple of weeks, like this week when we had company from out of town. I like to see my activity points add up throughout the week and see if I can beat the last weeks total. What fun is it and what's the point if you swap the points out?! But that's just me! ;o)
Fast forward to the week of February 24th. A week of more traveling, stress from the house and trying to get back to Austin. I was fearful of a gain but decided to not beat myself up if I did in fact have a gain. I worked hard to make good choices when presented with not so great ones (the lesser of two evils) and hoped if I did in fact have a gain that it wouldn't be a big one. Weigh in comes, and I had a loss of 1.4, bringing my total to 5.6 lost in 4 weeks, which brought me to my first milestone of hitting the 5lbs lost goal!! The new weight is 166.4 lbs. I was VERY excited to have a loss, although it wasn't as much as I wanted, though I didn't expect it LOL!
This week has been my "hormonal" week which is ALWAYS tough for me, but i'm still working hard and making good choices. Physically I feel BLAH, but am keeping a positive attitude. Dax, pending his mood, and I, will go to the mommy and me meeting in Round Rock in the morning. If he's in a yucky mood, I will go to a regular meeting and have some ME time, as it's much needed.
I'm also finding myself getting a bit bored with some of my snacks, which is making me want to mindlessly snack, which is an old and bad habit, so any suggestions you might have are welcomed. I saw WW online posted some suggestions so I'm going to look those up and see what they suggest. I want to add some more power foods and hope I can find some zero point snacks I can add in too. It's exciting to see these losses and I want to continue it. I'm averaging 1.4 lbs lost per week, which i know is very healthy! I want to keep it up, b/c at the rate I will be exactly where i want to be at this time next year. I haven't had the energy to amp up my cardio and to add strength training. Thankfully the migraines have eased significantly t hanks to those meds so that is a huge help. i think once we get into our new apartment that has a great gym, I'll be more inspired, hopefully rested, to add that in. Speaking of, the migraine meds makes carbonated drinks taste HORRID to me, so i've been carbonated drink free for a month now! It's really quite liberating LOL!
So there we are! I'll be sure to update shortly after my weigh in tomorrow!
The week of February 17th we drove to Lafayette to clear our house out to put it up for rent, and so I could teach some mommy n me dance classes. I was VERY nervous about traveling and sticking to what has been working for me. It's easy to say, yes I'll go to the store and buy stuff that's working for me, but we've been SO busy it's easy to just stop and pick up something instead of MAKING time to prepare things. Well being that weigh in on February 17th was before all of the craziness, I wasn't TOO nervous. I had a loss of 2.4 pounds (equaling a total loss at that time of 4.2lbs) and weight of 167.8! I was VERY excited to see the most lost at one weigh in!!! It REALLY made my entire day!!
What I did learn during all of that was that what's working for me is eating consistently throughout the day. Eating things with more protein and better grains. Less sugar, and less of anything refined. More veggies and fruits for snacks. And PORTION control. Also logging what i'm eating is making me incredibly mindful of what i'm eating and of course of my portions! I'm finding that if i don't have my oatmeal for my morning snack, my appetite is all out of whack for the rest of the day. The past two weeks i haven't been consistent with it, and I feel like my blood sugar does crazy things through out the day if I don't have it.
We had a VERY Stressful trip with trying to get the house cleared out completely, but we did have someone sign a lease on our house to rent it. Regardless I am an emotional eater so it was very tough. We found ourselves eating out and I used my dining out guide but I never really realized how many points things have until I got back on this program. If we ate at McDonalds, even a grilled chx sandwich has a lot of points and it takes A LOT of hard work to make up for the loss of points and a LOT Of eating REALLY well the rest of the day! I don't exchange my activity points for food, so I have to really find low point foods to ensure I don't go over. I also try to not use my weekly allowance points often, as I allow that every couple of weeks, like this week when we had company from out of town. I like to see my activity points add up throughout the week and see if I can beat the last weeks total. What fun is it and what's the point if you swap the points out?! But that's just me! ;o)
Fast forward to the week of February 24th. A week of more traveling, stress from the house and trying to get back to Austin. I was fearful of a gain but decided to not beat myself up if I did in fact have a gain. I worked hard to make good choices when presented with not so great ones (the lesser of two evils) and hoped if I did in fact have a gain that it wouldn't be a big one. Weigh in comes, and I had a loss of 1.4, bringing my total to 5.6 lost in 4 weeks, which brought me to my first milestone of hitting the 5lbs lost goal!! The new weight is 166.4 lbs. I was VERY excited to have a loss, although it wasn't as much as I wanted, though I didn't expect it LOL!
This week has been my "hormonal" week which is ALWAYS tough for me, but i'm still working hard and making good choices. Physically I feel BLAH, but am keeping a positive attitude. Dax, pending his mood, and I, will go to the mommy and me meeting in Round Rock in the morning. If he's in a yucky mood, I will go to a regular meeting and have some ME time, as it's much needed.
I'm also finding myself getting a bit bored with some of my snacks, which is making me want to mindlessly snack, which is an old and bad habit, so any suggestions you might have are welcomed. I saw WW online posted some suggestions so I'm going to look those up and see what they suggest. I want to add some more power foods and hope I can find some zero point snacks I can add in too. It's exciting to see these losses and I want to continue it. I'm averaging 1.4 lbs lost per week, which i know is very healthy! I want to keep it up, b/c at the rate I will be exactly where i want to be at this time next year. I haven't had the energy to amp up my cardio and to add strength training. Thankfully the migraines have eased significantly t hanks to those meds so that is a huge help. i think once we get into our new apartment that has a great gym, I'll be more inspired, hopefully rested, to add that in. Speaking of, the migraine meds makes carbonated drinks taste HORRID to me, so i've been carbonated drink free for a month now! It's really quite liberating LOL!
So there we are! I'll be sure to update shortly after my weigh in tomorrow!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
How many days does it take to make a habit?
I'm very proud of myself.
Yesterday j saved me a slice of NY style pizza. Boy do I LOVE NY style pizza. But I had just come from my WW weigh in and was still on my high of losing two pounds. Instead of eating the entire piece, I just took a bite. He was like "pizza can't be THAT many points!" I was like "wanna bet??!" I didn't wanna blow all of my points, or even my "extra" points.
Today one of Dax's little buddies had a b'day party. The little guys had a BLAST! James (the b'day boy), Asher (one of his buds and one of the cutest little guys), and Dax were just SOOO much fun and really enjoyed each other. B'day cake was served. I got a small piece for Dax, but it was still a really big piece. I gave Dax a few bites and he had enough after a few surprisingly. I had one small bite just for a taste and that was it.
My treat to myself for reaching my first goal (which will be getting to 163 pounds) will be buying a few new pairs of jeans. And baby, mama wants a new pair! ;o)
Yesterday j saved me a slice of NY style pizza. Boy do I LOVE NY style pizza. But I had just come from my WW weigh in and was still on my high of losing two pounds. Instead of eating the entire piece, I just took a bite. He was like "pizza can't be THAT many points!" I was like "wanna bet??!" I didn't wanna blow all of my points, or even my "extra" points.
Today one of Dax's little buddies had a b'day party. The little guys had a BLAST! James (the b'day boy), Asher (one of his buds and one of the cutest little guys), and Dax were just SOOO much fun and really enjoyed each other. B'day cake was served. I got a small piece for Dax, but it was still a really big piece. I gave Dax a few bites and he had enough after a few surprisingly. I had one small bite just for a taste and that was it.
My treat to myself for reaching my first goal (which will be getting to 163 pounds) will be buying a few new pairs of jeans. And baby, mama wants a new pair! ;o)
Friday, February 11, 2011
I'm a loser
YESSS!!! Today we weighed in and I'm down 2 pounds!! -2.0!! I originally had put back to my starting weight, but i forgot i had only gained 0.2 last week so this is my first official loss! WOOOO!! So 2.11.11. I'm at 170.2 = -1.8lb.
I told J I was being really good all week. REALLY paying attention to what I ate, how often I ate, making better choices when I could. I felt like my metabolism was increasing as I was hungrier more often even though I was eating more often too. My clothes fit slightly different. I feel like I've lost more in inches (still need to measure myself), and even in dance class I wasn't mortified to look at myself in the mirror. I feel like my muscles are starting to wake back up.
this loss really made my day and week and is giving me the push to continue. I want to see two more pounds at next week's weigh in! (I'll be out of town so I'll need to see if I can weigh in at a different location in a different state lol) I still haven't done so great on my cardio due to my migraines but I am working on it. I found out today that something was found on my c5 & c6 vertebrate in my cervical spine. I don't think it's anything serious but more than likely it's the main cause of my migraines. Thankfully the meds I'm on have really helped keep them from getting to be too severe.
On that note, I really enjoy an ice cold coke. I've noticed that the meds make coke, or anything carbonated for that matter, taste HORRIFIC! Like liquid metal that burns my tongue lol Beer does the same thing, coke, sprite, 7up. SO i'm pleased to say I haven't had much of any carbonated drink in almost two weeks now. It's just been water and coffee mostly. And the occasional powerade, but I avoid that b/c of the sugar.
That's it for now. Thanks again for your help and suggestions. please keep them coming!
I told J I was being really good all week. REALLY paying attention to what I ate, how often I ate, making better choices when I could. I felt like my metabolism was increasing as I was hungrier more often even though I was eating more often too. My clothes fit slightly different. I feel like I've lost more in inches (still need to measure myself), and even in dance class I wasn't mortified to look at myself in the mirror. I feel like my muscles are starting to wake back up.
this loss really made my day and week and is giving me the push to continue. I want to see two more pounds at next week's weigh in! (I'll be out of town so I'll need to see if I can weigh in at a different location in a different state lol) I still haven't done so great on my cardio due to my migraines but I am working on it. I found out today that something was found on my c5 & c6 vertebrate in my cervical spine. I don't think it's anything serious but more than likely it's the main cause of my migraines. Thankfully the meds I'm on have really helped keep them from getting to be too severe.
On that note, I really enjoy an ice cold coke. I've noticed that the meds make coke, or anything carbonated for that matter, taste HORRIFIC! Like liquid metal that burns my tongue lol Beer does the same thing, coke, sprite, 7up. SO i'm pleased to say I haven't had much of any carbonated drink in almost two weeks now. It's just been water and coffee mostly. And the occasional powerade, but I avoid that b/c of the sugar.
That's it for now. Thanks again for your help and suggestions. please keep them coming!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Positive thinking begins NOW
Wow it was a bit of a rough week. Between it being "that time" for me which always has me eating like a crazed hormonal woman (well that's what i am right??!) plus the stress of numerous rehearsals, doctors appts and the crazy weather, I didn't do as well as I wanted this week.
Weigh in was on Saturday instead of Friday due to the snow and ice. I weighed in at 172.2, which has me +0.2lbs. BOOOOOO! Although I did expect it to be a bit worse. I didn't stay on top of my cardio due to these monster migraines and the weather, so I'm making that a priority this week. I'm REALLY working hard to see that number go down, even if it's a little bit.
the meeting I went to though was WONDERFUL! I thoroughly enjoyed the leader, and enjoyed the energy in the room. They were very kind to me, and gave me tips since I'm new to the area. The women (and men) were not afraid to admit their struggles but also triumph in their successes. The hardest part for me is to not beat myself up when I don't have a loss. I can be insanely hard on myself, especially in regards to my weight. But i'm trying really hard to not beat myself up, acknowledge and triumph in the few successes I have had, and just keep moving forward.
Surprisingly enough today I let myself use my extra points since it was super bowl and I cooked gumbo and we had a party to go to. I only went ONE point over!!! WHAT??!!! I ate really well early in the day, was satisfied, and somehow stayed within points range. Shocking to me lol
The migraine meds the dr has me on now also has weight loss benefits, so I'm hoping that will help me jumpstart this. Perhaps that's why today I didn't feel hungry. We shall see as the meds progress and as I progress!
;o) Thanks for following me on this blog. It's nice to know there are some rooting for me and keeping up with it. Not only do I not want to let myself down, but I want to have good news to report to you too!
Weigh in was on Saturday instead of Friday due to the snow and ice. I weighed in at 172.2, which has me +0.2lbs. BOOOOOO! Although I did expect it to be a bit worse. I didn't stay on top of my cardio due to these monster migraines and the weather, so I'm making that a priority this week. I'm REALLY working hard to see that number go down, even if it's a little bit.
the meeting I went to though was WONDERFUL! I thoroughly enjoyed the leader, and enjoyed the energy in the room. They were very kind to me, and gave me tips since I'm new to the area. The women (and men) were not afraid to admit their struggles but also triumph in their successes. The hardest part for me is to not beat myself up when I don't have a loss. I can be insanely hard on myself, especially in regards to my weight. But i'm trying really hard to not beat myself up, acknowledge and triumph in the few successes I have had, and just keep moving forward.
Surprisingly enough today I let myself use my extra points since it was super bowl and I cooked gumbo and we had a party to go to. I only went ONE point over!!! WHAT??!!! I ate really well early in the day, was satisfied, and somehow stayed within points range. Shocking to me lol
The migraine meds the dr has me on now also has weight loss benefits, so I'm hoping that will help me jumpstart this. Perhaps that's why today I didn't feel hungry. We shall see as the meds progress and as I progress!
;o) Thanks for following me on this blog. It's nice to know there are some rooting for me and keeping up with it. Not only do I not want to let myself down, but I want to have good news to report to you too!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Bad Day
Argh. Today was a bad day in regards to everything.
Dax was in a funky mood, I was feeling awful due to hormones and that oh so lovely monthly pal, J was in a weird mood and made me very mad, and it was just overall a stressful, hectic day for me. Money is stressing me out, not being able to rent or sell our house in Lafayette is a huge stressor right now, and i'm just downright worn out.
So my funky emotions had me making funky food choices. I'm going to get back on the wagon tomorrow, but I feel bad for messing up so badly today. I know I can't beat myself up, but ARGH! I hate that I can be an emotional eater.
I have a dr's appt the morning of my first meeting, so I'm trying to attend an alternative meeting this week, and most definitely will be weighing in. I'm putting too much pressure on myself though, hoping the scale will have moved down. I need to stop focusing on that and focus on how better I'm feeling already with eating better and being more aware of my choices (with today being the exception). In the past few years that I've had struggles with my weight, the number doesn't seem to go down. I lose inches, but the number won't budge. Have any of you had this happen? I know inches are more important, but dang it's SO rewarding to see that number go down lol
We'll see. Thanks for letting me vent!
Dax was in a funky mood, I was feeling awful due to hormones and that oh so lovely monthly pal, J was in a weird mood and made me very mad, and it was just overall a stressful, hectic day for me. Money is stressing me out, not being able to rent or sell our house in Lafayette is a huge stressor right now, and i'm just downright worn out.
So my funky emotions had me making funky food choices. I'm going to get back on the wagon tomorrow, but I feel bad for messing up so badly today. I know I can't beat myself up, but ARGH! I hate that I can be an emotional eater.
I have a dr's appt the morning of my first meeting, so I'm trying to attend an alternative meeting this week, and most definitely will be weighing in. I'm putting too much pressure on myself though, hoping the scale will have moved down. I need to stop focusing on that and focus on how better I'm feeling already with eating better and being more aware of my choices (with today being the exception). In the past few years that I've had struggles with my weight, the number doesn't seem to go down. I lose inches, but the number won't budge. Have any of you had this happen? I know inches are more important, but dang it's SO rewarding to see that number go down lol
We'll see. Thanks for letting me vent!
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