Weekly weigh-in

Had a great week this week. I was home most days (which helped) and unfortunately didn't get any gym-time in, but did shovel 3 times! I lost 5.2 pounds! Of course, the majority of what I lost is water weight. My body is known for swollen ankles and holding on to whatever it can. But, still, this week was a good start. I'm still taking it day by day.

1. Make sure I drink ALL my water. Every single day. At least 6 cups.
2. Stick to my points.
3. I'm splurging tonight. Its a high point day for me today. Although considering we don't have much food in the house, I might make it tomorrow. (Or get pizza tonight!)
4. Yuck, according to the WW plan and what I weight, I'm now down to 22 pts a day. I'm already feeling deprived!
5. Keep up my daily salads. Salads so huge they need to be put in a mixing bowl instead of a regular bowl. A salad a day is basically fulfilling my fruits and veggies allowance.
6. This week I'm back to the gym routine. At least 3 days. Kinda worries me, because my gym days are the days I have a problem sticking to my daily pts.


It amazes me really that I still am having a hard time with this. I mean, no one ever said it was easy, but it should be more routine by now. I'm still having my good and bad weeks. Still having weeks where I gain. Still struggling to stay away from the high-fat foods. But, I'm still sticking to it. That's gotta count for something. Almost 13 months now. They even brought up to me at WW today the fact that I'm close to my weight range. Soon I need to pick a goal weight! Exciting yet scary at the same time. I still feel that I need to lose another 30 pounds or so.

And grand total lost......75 POUNDS! And still chugging along!

Off to a good start

My week is off to a good start! After thinking I wasn't going to get in any exercise this week, I spent the last hour and a half outside shoveling. And we're not talking the fluffy-piece-of-cake-to-move-snow. We're talking the heavy, wet, stuff. I definitely burned some calories. Lots of sweating, lots of heavy breathing. It may not have been high intensity, but it works for me!

I have possible plans this week for exercise. It depends on the weather really. The middleschool has a track and playground attached to it. So the kids could play while I walk. But, I hate walking by myself! Its one thing walking on the treadmill and being able to stop whenever you want, but walking on a track gets boring fast. So depending on the weather, I'll be meeting with my future SIL, Mercy to walk while the kids play. Of course, with the snow today, and cold temps the rest of the week, its not looking likely, but maybe we'll have a heat wave and the snow will melt and temps will soar.

Otherwise, I'm doing the Wendy Plan this week. Figure I'll mix up my food intake a bit. Jen did it last week and had a good loss, so I'm hoping it'll help jumpstart my weightloss again. Its just getting much harder to lose the closer I get to goal. The fat just doesn't want to let go! Plus it doesn't help that my food intake has to be alot lower to lose now then 73 pounds ago. Anyway, hope everyone has a great week!

Not much to add

Did a great workout this past Monday, but that was it for this week. I'm only able to go to the gym on Mon, Wed, and Friday. Wednesday I went invitation shopping with Jen, and Friday had to attend a funeral. Then to add to all that, I hadn't weighed in for 2 weeks because Molly was sick with the 24 hr bug last Saturday. Ate Chinese last night, which isn't good due to the sodium factor. Weighed in this morning exactly the same I weighed 2 weeks ago. But... at least I didn't gain!

Gotta do better this coming week but the kids and I are on winter vacation and Chris will be in Vegas for the majority of the week. So.... unless the weather gets a bit warmer, I won't be doing any exercise at all! Maybe I can get the gumption to do a dvd or something. lol

Day 2 workout

Did 35 min elliptical today....390 calories burned! Better than last time. I even did the 5 lb weights ON MY OWN! Normally I don't have the guts to do the routine by myself, but I pushed myself today, even with still being sore from Monday, and it felt great.

I'm having inner turmoil about working out though. I want to, and have to make time for myself, and the time I make for myself is the gym. I do it for myself. But my house is suffering, my mood is suffering. I need to find a way to get it all done in the 24 hrs a day I have. I can't and won't stop exercising, but the way things are going right now are making me downright miserable.

Anyways..... eating was better today. Got in all my veggies, and only had 1 piece of chocolate. Hey, if this is going to be a lifestyle change, I'm gonna eat chocolate!

And isn't chocolate supposed to make everything better?

Well deserved day off

Only taking a break on the exercise. And I needed it. Did a bit of walking today, but nothing heart-pumping. I'm (again) very sore after my workout yesterday. I've even considered just doing the treadmill tomorrow because I'm so sore. I was reminded by Jen that within a few minutes on the elliptical, I'll be stretched out and I'll do okay. I'm hoping so! For shits and giggles, I'll show you what I ate today (and it isn't pretty)

chocolate chip cookie (@5:30am!) 3 pts
Coffee w/ff creamer and 1 sweet 'n low- 1pt
Coffee (DD milk,2 sweet 'n lows) 1 pt
3 munchkins- 3 pts
banana- 1pt
Lunch- 10 melba toast rounds w/lf cheese spread- 4 pts
cheese curls-2 pts
cookie dough-1pt
Chocolate covered cherry-1pt
WW Lasagna-6 pts

Anyway, this is my example of a bad day! Left for work @ 6:45 and wasn't home till 1:30. Had a quick bite to eat, and grazed on the cheese curls and cookie dough. Went to work. Stopped for gas, where I got the choc-covered cherry, before heading to my Mom's to drop off the 3 younger kids and then to Ryan's counseling appt. Didn't get home till 7pm. Made the kids mac and cheese and made myself the lasagna. I have 1 pt left for the day. I'm not going to eat it either. Maybe it'll balance out all the crap I ate (even though I ate it within pts)

Tomorrow I better make up for all the fruits and veggies I missed today! LOL

Crossing my fingers

A kick-ass day at the gym today! 30 min. elliptical, and 1 1/2 hrs on the weights. Jen met me there and after cardio did all sorts of interesting moves with 5lb and 8lb-ers. First tossed a 12 lb medicine ball back and forth, to the point my arms were shaking. When I wanted to give up, I'd could be seen grunting "10 wks till the wedding!" That has got to keep me motivated. We moved on and did upper body weights sitting atop a exercise ball...that wasn't too bad. Did our lovely lunges....4 sets I might add. Its great stuff, this weightlifting.

I have a love/hate relationship with exercise. On one hand, I like it. Heck, I love it! On the other hand, I dread it. I walk into the Y not wanting to walk downstairs, but figure, I might as well, since I'm already there. I get my workout clothes on, which motivates me to step on the scale, and since the scale shows a favorable weight, I need to work to get it lower. Today I burned a measly 360 calories on the elliptical in 30 min. Lol, I wasn't going fast enough.. but hey, it was at least something.

I've stocked my house this week with tons of healthy foods. I've made my own croutons for the week with light wheat bread and as a matter of fact, just ate a nice salad with tons of veggies, croutons, and crabmeat. This morning at 5:30 a.m. I had a minor scuffle with pillsbury cookie dough. Ya know, those pre-measured circles you just pop in the oven? Yeah, sooo yummy! Totally not worth it at 3 pts a piece! But... I did write it down and count the points! LOL I'm staying away from those babies.

Anyway, now that I don't want to lift anything, and not have to walk, because I'm so sore, I must forge ahead and stop whimping out and acting like a baby. Cause I like the hurt. Really, I do!

Weekly weigh-in

I was so worried that I screwed up again this week. Ever since the oreo mud episode I've been trying to stay on track but knew I went over my points for the week. I was hoping for no more than a 1 pound gain. I only gained .4! Less than half a pound! I'm happy. All is not lost! Now, I'm back (once again) on the weightloss bandwagon. I'm going to try for a bit more cardio this week than I normally do, and try to do a bit better on the fruits and veggies.

And we'll see what happens!

First post

Okay, I figured since I ramble sooo much on my main blog about losing weight, I'd start a new blog for my weightloss to have its own home. My plan is to eventually get some "before" and "during" pictures up, and someday even have the guts to post my starting weight!

Currently I've lost 69.2 pounds, and have spent the last month re-losing the weight I gained over Christmas eating tons of cookies, fudge, and fat-filled foods. And I've learned something about this time.... I should be able to splurge during the holidays, because seriously, is it realistic to NOT eat cookies, etc? My problem was though, is that I overindulged. Surprising, huh? My goal is to moderately indulge, instead of stuffing myself. But old habits die hard!

I've been on Weight Watchers for almost a year now, and I'm happy to say, that its been life-changing for me so far. I still tend to stay away from restaurants, bars, and stuff like that, because I'm still not confident that I'd be able to "control" myself in those situations. But slowly my lifestyle is changing.

I currently have 38 more pounds to go till my goal weight, although I may change that. I've had several people tell me that would be too much! Considering that I can't remember the last time I was at a "normal" weight, thats just going to be something that I'll have to wait and see on.

Finally, to finish this post up, I weigh-in on Saturdays, and will be posting the results weekly. I have a goal to lose an additional 15 pounds by the end of April... my sister's wedding!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!