JaffaCakeMeg's Weight Loss Blog

11th Weekly Weigh-In

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 22:06:07

**This was supposed to be posted on the 23rd...but again, extrapounds isn't working.**

I've been mediocre about tracking this last week, but still fairly accurate. The problem is, I've been far under my points on a daily basis and I knew what it would lead to...a gain or maintaining my weight from the week before. Luckily for me, it was the latter.

Considering circumstances...that I am about to be married in just less than a week, I'm really okay with the results. It wasn't a gain...so that's good. And it wasn't a loss, which isn't great, but that may be acceptable for this and my next weigh-in before the wedding.

I'm also trying to prepare for the week of the wedding. My weigh-ins are on Thursdays, so that is when my tracking re-starts for the week. I'm planning on staying on the low end of my points (trying to bank what I can) on Thursday and Friday, then I can peek at menu options in advance so I know what I am eating on Saturday. I won't restrict myself to my points for that day, but I would still like to calculate the points and track it. I don't honestly see myself going so crazy, but I'm going to have a nice meal and a nice desert, and LOTS and LOTS of drink.

Let's see how it goes. But yeah, maintaining isn't always that bad.

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10th Weekly Weigh-In

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 23:06:06

I have officially reached my first "silver seven" loss!!

They do things a bit differently in England compared to WW in the US. In the US you celebrate 5lb. losses and here you celebrate 7 lb. losses since they measure in stones (7 lbs. is 1/2 stone) and two "silver sevens" is one stone. So yay! My first milestone since I have been here (11 weeks tomorrow).

Stats are now at 12 st. 11 lbs. (which makes another 1.5 lb. loss) and I'm finally out of the 180s!! My weight now is 179 lbs. Counting what I lost in the states, I'm down a total of 34.2 lbs. and I'm so anxious to reach 40. I have even set up a mini-tracker on here to make my UK 10% (11 st. 13 lb.) by Christmas. That's 12 lbs. in just 10 weeks and I think if I focus, I will be able to do it.

I've been SOOO good about tracking my food every night and FH has been a great help when I can't remember. Plus, now he tries his best to guess how many points will be in a serving of something for me when we go grocery shopping. He never hesitates to tell me how proud he is of me and that makes it so much better because I feel like we're a team. He doesn't have weight to lose, in fact, he could stand to gain some...and food doesn't affect him the same (fast metabolism -- so unfair), but he doesn't miss a beat when it comes to helping me reach my goals. In fact, with us finally living together now, he sees how successful I am when I track and how unsuccessful I am when I don't or when I cheat.

Anyway, the wedding is now 16 days away and I'm so excited. Although I am happy about 3 lbs. loss in just 2 weeks, I do need to be careful as I want my dress to still fit and not hang off me. Wish I could say the same for my jeans, hehe.

At the end of the day, nothing can taste as good as "thin" will feel.
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9th Weekly Weigh-In

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 00:09:06

So, now for the good, bad, and the even better...

Good news...I LOST this week.

Bad news...they miscalculated my loss.

Even better news...they miscalculated that I only lost 0.5 lb....when I REALLY lost 1.5!! This means I have finally broken my plateau at 12 st 13 lbs. (181 lbs) and I'm now 12 st. 12.5 lbs. (180.5 lbs) -- even though this site is still having difficulty displaying my correct weight. It keeps wanting to say I lost 2 lbs because it won't calculate the 0.5.

Oh well, I'm over the hump and completely satisfied with the loss this week. I'm also excited that since my last post, SO many wonderful things have happened. Matt got a new job...sort of (he's going back to the place he worked when we first started dating because they asked him to return and made an offer he couldn't refuse). Also, we finally set a date for the wedding, gave our notice for said wedding, and booked it at the local register office...AND I have an appointment set up for the Monday following for my FLR(M) -- which means, as soon as I have the permission, I can start working!!!

Things are looking up and this is definitely some motivation!

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8th Weekly Weigh-In

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 00:02:15

I managed another Thursday morning weigh-in and attained a 1 lb. loss this week. Granted, it's not the entire 2 lbs. I gained from the week before, but I can't complain if it is a loss.

I've been religious about journaling and making sure I don't eat over my points. I've also been eating more veggies than usual.

This next week I want to really crack down on drinking water (so far I'm not doing to hot on the water intake). I also want to eat more fiberous foods and start up my daily walks. If I could figure out how to burn the podcast onto a CD for my discman (no iPod yet), I'd like to get into the Couch 2 5K program.

Eager to see the progress this next week!!

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7th Weekly Weigh-In

Saturday, December 8, 2007 22:05:06

Not a good result this week (gained 2 lbs) and I did SO many things poorly that I could just kick myself for. One in particular was purchasing the little WW snack cakes. I thought they would be individually wrapped so I could keep my points in check...but no. They are in a single / divided plastic container within ONE plastic wrap. So, of course, when I go to carefully open the plastic, it tears farther than it should, so I talk myself into eating MORE than just one cake because no sense in the rest "going to waste" by getting stale because the packaging ripped.

I'm also a bit stressed because the day after my meeting last week, FH came home from work early because they laid off the entire night shift due to the current economic climate -- and we were due to be married NEXT MONTH...so THAT has been pushed back.

*sigh*

I'm still also very frustrated that extrapounds is not calculating my weight loss correctly and I have even sent a message but yet I have received NO response.

I digress.

Today is a new day and starts a new week for me. I think I will start going to Thursday morning meetings so I won't feel the need to "starve" all day before a meeting. It would be a bit different if I were working and busy until 5pm on a Wednesday, but 8:45-10:15am is a much better time for me to weigh-in.

Let's see if I can't budge the scales a bit more the next few weeks. I'd like to lose 10lbs to 1 stone before the wedding.

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6th Weekly Weigh-In

Saturday, December 8, 2007 22:01:16

This should have been posted on 17 Sept., however, I can't change the default date on the post itself. Speaking of not being able to change things...

I lost 0.5 (1/2 lb) this week. Not a big loss, but a loss so I'm not complaining as it's not a gain, which means I just need to take a closer look at what I am doing. Now what does what I just said have to do with not being able to change things? Well, my weight is 12 st. 13 lbs. yet the weightlog keeps inputting it as 13 st. 13 lbs. I noticed that last week when I was 12 st. 13.5 lbs. the ticker didn't want to display the .5 and it defaulted my stones to 13 when I'm down to 12 now. This is extremely frustrating -- moreso than not losing more than 1/2 lb. because I'm proud to show what I've lost and the site has a glitch apparently which is not allowing me to do that. I've messaged now so we'll see if I get things worked out.

Otherwise, a super late post to a mediocre week. I've given myself to switch plans (from points to core) if I start to plateau for 2-3 weeks at a time. In fact, I may switch to a Thursday morning meeting instead so I can weigh-in fresh on a morning and not feel scared to eat all day before a meeting.

One thing in particular I am noticing is that although it is only 1 point different from my allowance of 21 before...20 points is so hard for me to stick to. I've gone over twice this week so far by 1/2 point. I'm going to strictly watch the next couple days and see if I can't stick to maybe 19.5 points or so and see if I can make up for it.

We'll see how it all turns out after weigh-in on Wednesday.

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5th Weekly Weigh-In

Saturday, December 8, 2007 23:00:23

I just have to say I am so pleased with the last two weeks. Wednesday night's weigh-in was 1.5 lbs lighter than the week before! That means I have lost 3.5 in the past two weeks, which is fantastic, in my opinion. I've gone down to 12 st. 13.5 lbs., which also means my daily points allowance for Weight Watchers goes down to 20 from 21.

I've been so strict on my points the past couple of weeks -- calculating and pointing anything and everything I have eaten. I keep telling people that the program works if you just follow it and it does. It's so easy to lose motivation when you gain weight back or maintain on a week instead of losing, but I cannot repeat enough how important it is to stick with it and keep going to the meetings.

For the time being, I found found something that works for me. I plan to stick with the points and try better this week to get in my 5 servings of fruits and vegetables and drink my water. I've also found a program to get people in shape for running called Couch to 5K. Maybe I'll check that out as well.

Until next week. x

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4th Weekly Weigh-In

Sunday, December 9, 2007 00:03:18

Meeting 4 was much more successful, I'm pleased to say. I stepped onto the scales tonight 2 pounds lighter. Woo hoo!

To be honest, I've done less exercising and more strict "weight watching" than anything. I've literally been bringing food packages into the front room to the computer to type the calories and saturated fat straight from the label, hehe. Clearly close monitoring of calories and portion sizes is the way to go!

Let's see how the next 7 days go!!

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3rd Weekly Weigh-in

Friday, December 7, 2007 22:09:19

I weighed on Wednesday but wasn't motivated enough to post. I didn't gain...but I also didn't lose. Seem stuck in a rut again and I was surprised because I have been doing so much extra walking. I nearly had a meltdown Wednesday night but a friend helped me through it.

I figured the problem area was calculating my extra activity into points and then SPENDING those points. I nearly switched to core but then thought that maybe I'll give it another go and see if I can't get a better handle on things. Plus, I think we might get some scales to actually weigh stuff out so I don't mis-calculate portion sizes.

Anyway, not much else to say. I've had a sluggish start to the week regarding exercise. Hoping it will pick up over the weekend.

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Mid-Week Slump

Friday, December 7, 2007 22:03:21

I was doing so well this week on getting out and walking. Even Friday, when I didn't really feel like it, I pushed myself to get out and walk a new 3-mile circuit my FH planned out for me. He then headed off to visit with a friend and I sat around procrastinating instead of walking. When I finally got up and off my duff, I felt ten times better to be breathing fresh air. It's also helping a bit with me getting better acclimated to my surroundings having just moved to the UK three weeks ago.

Now, today was a different story. I was THE LAZIEST SO-AND-SO on the PLANET! It didn't help I had cramps that had me nearly immobilized for the greater part of the morning / early afternoon. I took 3 Nurofen Plus tablets (with codeine) and within 30 minutes I couldn't feel my arms or legs and I was very drowsy and light-headed. I had a rest for a bit and then by the time I felt good enough for a walk the rain came -- good timing. The rain and I are not friends, BTW.

I'm fully confident that Sunday will be better, however. I always walk to Mass and the weather is supposed to be mostly sunny. Plus, I'll get some cereal and a banana when I come back and then hopefully head out for a good jaunt through town before any serious clouds head in. Best to get in a good amount of walking when I know a Sunday Roast is forthcoming -- and a mighty TASTY one at that...mmm.

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