A little bit of motivation

Okay.....Biggest Loser finale....was awesome! I've been a fan of this show from day 1. Even though they're on a ranch, isolated from the general population, with a potential prize hanging over their head, with personal trainers. They're still real people with the same exact goal that I have. That every other person on a "diet" has.

The difference was AMAZING. Most of them didn't even look like the same person. And was it me, or did they all look so much younger than they did when overweight?

Talk about motivation. For me anyway. I actually picked up my 5 pound weights and did reps while watching. Because, hello.....if they can do it, so can I!!

I had a conversation during one of the commercial breaks with my husband. About how much of a difference even 20,30,40 pounds makes. I told him that for me, my perception is different. I can see the changes in my own body while looking in a mirror, or looking at a past picture of myself, when I was almost 70 pounds heavier. But at the same time, I can't. Its hard to explain, but at least 50% of the time, I see the "old me" when I look in the mirror. Like I said, I can see the difference, but not an almost 70 pound difference. And I'm as unhappy at my current weight, as I was at 247 pounds.

Which obviously, is why I'm still doing something about it. Even though I had a dentist appt this morning, I still came home, changed into my workout clothes and went to the gym. I did my longest stretch on the elliptical ever......45 minutes, and burned 530 calories. Then did a short 20 minute walk on the treadmill, burning another 150 calories. The motivation from that show, I tell ya. If they can be that overweight and push themselves that hard, then I can too.

I did have a run-in with the cookie dough though. I baked them tonight to keep myself from indulging anymore. Strange though.... I have no desire to eat the baked product. Only the dough for me please!

Thursday's almost here. I still haven't used all my flexpoints and I think I'm doing okay. The scale will be the indicator in the morning. Normally I won't see a loss until Thursday or Friday, so if I'm going to lose anything this week, I'll know in the morning.

Thats all for me tonight.... I'm doing really well with posting this week, and I think its helping me stay on track. Hope everyone has a great Thursday!

Contemplating a devil dog

Today....... 20 min. elliptical, 213 calories burned
42 min. treadmill, 250 calories burned

I've only used 22 points today out of my 24 points. I really want a devil dog. Not really craving it, but a kinda..."eh, I have the points, I'd only have to use 2 flexpoints" kinda thinking. I've been going strong. Feeling strong. Since I'm so close to dropping down to 22 points a day, I've been trying not to eat my activity points, but making it a point to eat all my flexpoints.

And really.....looking at my calories burned today... thats 9 points! If I were eating activity points, it would only be 4 points, but since I'm not eating those, I consider it the 9 points. Make sense?

So, since my weigh-in is on Saturday's, I'm on day 3 of eating well and sticking with the plan. Tomorrow I'll be over halfway through the week, and I can make it.

I'm a bit worried about the cookie dough in the fridge though. I keep meaning to make the cookies and send them to work with my husband and to school with the kids, but haven't gotten around to making them yet. Which means, I could potentially open the package and eat a cookie dough round. Which leads to more and more and more. But, as long as that package stays sealed (which means I can't have "just one") I'm in the clear!

Going to the gym again tomorrow. I have plans to go every day this week except for Friday. Because no matter how hard I try, even with wearing workout clothes to the babysitting room, I'm too pooped to walk the treadmill after dealing with drooling, crying babies, and energetic toddlers.

K, on to day 4! Hope everyone's week is going well!

Thanksgiving and stuff

Another long stretch since my last post. I apologize to anyone that may come around occassionally. I'm to the point where I should shut this little spot down, mostly because I just don't have the time to post that often. But on the other hand, I want to keep it going and get another regular site up. I want to write more about my family and kids, but try for the most part to keep this one about my weightloss or lack thereof.

I've been doing okay. Maintaining mostly. Which is not my goal, but its better than gaining. I'll lose for a week or two, but then slip up and gain. Rinse and repeat.

Thanksgiving was fine, eating wise. I really didn't put much on my plate. Meaning that when all the food was set nicely on my plate, I could actually still see my plate! Had one piece of my homemade apple pie and was stuffed and done for the night.

Yesterday I went shopping....the 4 am wake up time was hard, but well worth it. Didn't get home till 4 pm, but in between all the shopping we ate a few times. Breakfast of an asiago cheese bagel and vanilla chai latte. Lunch at Olive Garden....breadsticks, salad, and a lowfat pasta dish.

Weigh-in this morning showed a .4 gain. As in 4/10ths of a pound. Not bad at all. I know I'm still carrying water weight since we didn't drink much while shopping.

So now that we're almost into December, and Christmas is looming in the distance, I'm coming up with a "plan". Some people choose to aim for maintaining through the holidays. My aim is to lose weight for at least the next 3 weeks. I know with Christmas and cookies and parties that the week of Christmas won't be a good one. My aim is to hit the gym 3-4 days a week. Every week. Including the week of Christmas. And..... 2006 will be the year I make it to goal!

In February I'll be at WW for 2 years. I'm maintaining a loss of over 60 pounds, but if I had stayed serious about this weightloss for the entire 2 years, I'd be at goal already. In the meantime,I'm still paying each week. Which adds up to some serious cash.

Anyway, I'm going to try to post a bit more. If I can't manage to, I'll probably close down. But for right now, I'll keep it up, because I really can't fathom not blogging.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Only 2 more holidays to go

Somehow, some way, I made it through Halloween! I kinda lost it a little bit on Friday, but managed to still end up with a 3 pound loss! Brings me to 181.4, which is still 10 pounds more than my lowest weight but I'll get there eventually.

Looking at my weigh-in book has me realizing, with the exception of last weeks .2 gain, than I've have 3 weeks of losses for the last 4 weeks! Doesn't sound like I'm doing too bad after all.

Another week on the books. I've been incorporating 3-4 days a week of cardio/gym time and as long as I can keep my eating under control, I may be able to get down to my lowest by Christmas. And the holidays are hard. I know I'm not the only one that has problems with the holiday food but I'm going to stay positive.

Thanksgiving shouldn't be too bad. It falls on a Thursday (of course) and my weigh-in is on Saturdays. So, if by some chance I get off track, it'll only be for one day.

And I'm not even going to discuss Christmas and cookies and stuff.

Hope everyone is doing well and have a great week!

Still moving

First things first.... I've noticed the spam I've been getting lately, and while initially thought I'd close down comments, I've just switched it so that anyone commenting must have a blogger username, k ? That should fix the problem, I think.

Its been awhile again since I've posted, so I apologize. Adding another 12 hours a day should do it. There's just not enough hours in the day!

Things are going okay on the weightloss front. Last Saturday I gained .2, which really, is nothing. Its a "pee", so to speak...lol Not bad though. I exercised last week but didn't really count points. I ate generally what I normally eat but probably a bit more than I should have. This week is going surprisingly well! I get very worried around holidays, Halloween being no exception. Especially with 4 big bags of candy hanging around the house. But its weird. I don't really want the candy. I don't know what's different this week compared to a few weeks ago, but I'm able to control myself around the sweets. I've stayed within my points all week so far, and haven't stepped on the scale once! I'm trying to stay off of it all week, because if I don't, I might binge towards the end of the week if the scale hasn't shown a loss. Make sense?

I went to the gym today, and plan on going tomorrow and Thursday. Jen just signed up today so I'll have another person to work out with. My SIL Cherie just found out she is expecting, so even though she'll still be meeting up with my at the gym, I doubt her workout will be as intense as its been the last few weeks. I need to exercise more than just a 20 minute stint on the treadmill!

Things have been busy around here as usual, with soccer/exercise/work/homework
housework/cooking/etc.... I'm sure you get the picture!

Oh, and by the way?! Tried chicken sausage for the first time on Sunday...added it to my homemade spaghetti sauce, and it was awesome! I would definitely recommend it. It even has fewer calories than turkey sausage, and it actually tastes like sausage.

K, thats all for now. I must get to bed and try to get more than 6 hours sleep! Hope everyone is having a great week!