Allright...so what happend on my 3 weeks with Core? I gained like 4 pounds! CRAZY!
So, needless to say, I'm back on Flex. And I'm confused as heck! I just don't know what to do! When I first switched to 20 pts a day back when I first got under 150, I started gaining. My leader said maybe I needed to eat more. She said "I would go to 24 pts a day, and just see what happens." Well, ever since then, we've upped my points, lowered my points, etc, to the point where I have no idea how many points to eat anymore. Am I eating enough Am I eating too much? All I know is my weight is holding steady, which is good, not gaining now, but I want to lose more. I'm not at a comfortable spot yet. So, right now, i'm trying to watch calories moreso than points. I'm focusing on about 1200-1500 per day. I'm doing pretty good so far. I have been doing 24-26 pts on normal days, and about 30 pts on days I have a hard workout, and not eating "flex points" or "activity points". I looked and it's pretty equivalent right now to eating 24 pts/day and the 35 flex. So, really I'm kinda doing my own version of the Wendie plan. But so far, no movement in the scale.
My last attempt will be to lower points again. Maybe if I shock my body with 20 pts per day again, I'll lose. WHO KNOWS! Even my leader said "My, you are a mystery, aren't you?" HAH!
2 weeks of Core are under my belt, and the scale has successfully crept right back up to 146. It's just so darn frustrating I tell yah! It's like my body has the magical ability to just adjust to anything I try to do to shake things up!
Today's play:
10/35 WPA's remaining:
Breakfast:
WW smoothie made with FF milk and 1 tsp oil added
light english muffin (1)
Snack:
banana
Lunch:
baked potato with FF cheese, Ff sour cream, salsa, and canadian bacon
Ok, so I'm on my second week of Core now! It may or may not have gotten me somewhat over the plateau. I'll give it a few more weeks before I make any decisions. Although, at last week's monthly WI, I was down .6 which brought me to my lowest weight yet on WW.
I have been blaming my thyroid issues, because my TSH levels were all wacky, but they are near normal now, and my endocrinologist was such a jerk last time, telling me that he seriously believes weight is all about calories in-vs-calories out, and that my thyroid probably has nothing to do with it. Which I think is CRAP cause I've been sticking to the program non-stop, and right now only weigh .6 less than my weight at the beginning of January! But oh well! I'm going to start keeping my Core menus here too I think to help me keep track!
TODAY: Wed. June 7:
11/35 WPAs remaining:
Breakfast:
farina made with vanilla soy milk and unsweetened applesauce, and berries
Snack:
banana
Lunch:
leftovers: cous cous, grilled chicken, and grilled veggies (eggplant, zucchini, oinions, and olive oil)
FF plain yogurt with berries
pineapple
Snacks:
apple
maybe my Uncle Wally's muffins, if I need them (2)
Oops....just realized it's been a while since I updated my log here...
Nothing new going on. Still in my weight loss slump. The scale just does not want to budge. I made Lifetime, so I haven't had to weigh in at meetings for the last week or so. But I will weigh in the first week in March, and was hoping to at least see a pound come off, but so far, my home scale is saying otherwise.
I really hope this slump is just because of the health issue, and hopefully after my doc appointment on March 23 I can see some results again. If not, I guess I will just have to accept that this is where my body wants to be, and just go on maintenance. It's too discouraging to be trying to lose, and not see results from it. Not only that, but I actually saw an increase in inches this month. What's up with that? My waist of all places, where I have been feeling the slimest lately. *grumble grumble*
But I keep trucking....keep on keeping on....this may just be where my body wants to stay....I may just have to accept that. I guess it's not so bad...could be worse.
So, here I am. I'm glad this site was recommended to me. I tried starting a different blog somewhere else, but it limited your number of posts, and well...that's just no good. :)
So, here's the story. I have been overweight my entire life. I was a chunky kid, a chubby teen, and overweight adult. I lost about 25 pound my Freshman year of college, and actually got into a size 11 shorts that summer. For me, that was small. But then I got married, and my husband and I gained 30 lbs within 6 months. We both decided enough was enough, and we crash dieted. We did Slim Fast, and worked out constantly. yeah, it worked, but as soon as I went off Slim Fast, I gained it all back, and a little more. I slowly got a little bigger, till at my first pre-natal appointment when I was pregnant with my daughter, I was shocked to see the scale at 198....ACK! I only gained about 25 pounds with her, and lost most of it quickly, but I tried Jenny Craig after that, and saw that the scale was 205....er.....yeah....I was DEPRESSED!! I lost about 15 pounds with Jenny Craig, and realized I just couldn't afford it anymore. Not with a newborn at home. So, I slipped into a little world of "I can't lose weight...blah...blah" excuses excuses.
A good friend of mine started Weight Watchers, and there was a while where I didn't see her. I started my new job at the company she worked for, and I was shocked when I did see her. She looked like a totally different person! I saw that she had lost 50 lbs. I was jealous, I was envious...I wanted to be her. So, I joined our Weight Watchers at Work program. I was addicted when I saw the pounds coming off.
I've been on Weight Watchers since April of 2004, and have lost over 40 pounds. I made my goal weight Dec. 29, 2005, and will make Lifetime this week at weigh in. I am not quite where I want to be yet, but I'm not really sure where that is. I'm so used to seeing me as "fat", and it's been a real struggle to get rid of that mental image. I'm working on it though.
My weight loss has come to a screeching hault since I made goal though. I'm really glad I set my goal weight high. I have the autoimmune type of hypothyroidism, and after my test results last week, it shows that my levels are low again, so that would explain my slump I've been in. I am getting them checked again in 6 weeks, then my doc will probably adjust my meds, and hopefully I can start seeing results on the scale again. I think I would like to get to 140, but hey, if I can get into the 130's, that would just be awesome!
I feel wonderful! I can wear a size 8!!! I can buy medium shirts! I'm addicted to shopping. I can't stop. My hubby is getting concerned that I have a shopping problem. :) I seriously buly some article of clothing everytime I'm at a store. hehehehe!
