I am so bummed. I had to quit WW because I just couldn't afford it right now. (and what's really funny is as I type, there is a commercial on television about being on a fixed income and not being able to afford things - that is totally where I am, and I'm not a senior citizen yet!)
I can't stop my gym membership, there would be a penalty for that. So I am still going to be doing that (although I haven't the past few weeks because I've been busy/out of town).
Not sure when I'll weigh in again. I don't trust my home scale very much so I am not sure I want to trust it with my weigh-ins. We'll see, I suppose.
Going to weigh in after sleeping (and before eating) as opposed to at the end of my day definitely makes a huge difference.
Today I was down 2.75 pounds from Saturday. So in just 4 days I lost nearly 3 pounds! The biggest difference is that I weighed in first thing in my "morning" instead of late in my "evening". I prefer it that way anyway, but the last couple of weeks I've had trouble making it to the Thursday evening meeting so have been stopping by to weigh in on Saturday mornings after work. I stopped going to those Saturday meetings because I wanted to have that first thing in the morning before food "bonus" loss.
It's definitely worth it, too. The difference between Saturday and today proves it. :) I wasn't able to go to the meeting today since DH was with me, but I'm looking forward to my next meeting. At my next meeting I will get my next 5 pound star!
I was down 1/2 pound this week! Yay!! That negates the past two weeks when I gained a quarter pound each. So now I'm back to where I was three weeks ago - wanting to lose 1.5 pounds so that I can be down 10 since starting WW.
I still really stink at journaling my food. I just can't seem to get into that habit.
I am starting to get better at going to work out though - this week I actually went twice! If the gym was open later on Saturdays, I'd be able to go again today, but they're only open until noon and I'm still asleep at noon. I should try going right after work sometime to see if the combination of working out & showering right before going to bed will help me to get to sleep sooner. It would definitely be better for my sleep pattern than coming home and losing track of time on the computer!
I had a rough week. What with being off work an extra day and doctor's appointments and such, I did not eat very well, nor did I exercise. BAD ME! You'd think that being off work an extra day would help, but oh no, not me. It throws off my routine and messes with my sleep cycle a bit, and just in general goofs me up. I do worse when I'm off work than when I'm working.
However, at weigh-in I was only up one quarter of a pound. When I was told I was up a quarter, I said, "Well, I had a really crummy week so if I'm only up a quarter, that's pretty good." The girl who logged me in said that was a good way to look at it! Another factor affecting my weigh-in weight - I went Saturday morning after work (my old meeting time) instead of Thursday afternoon right after waking up (because I woke up way early - around 1pm, instead of my normal 4pm wakeup time). So I had the entire "day" worth of eating and drinking in me when I weighed in, plus I was wearing work clothes instead of regular clothes.
All in all, I'm looking forward to having a loss this week. I'm sure I can do it!!
I'm not sure why last week's blog entry did not post - I'm sure I blogged it. Last week, I had a 1.25 lb loss. I also lamented the fact that even though this site keeps records to two places past the decimal, I can't enter more than one place past the decimal, which frustrates me since I do know my weight to the quarter pound.
This week I discovered the difference between my doctor's scale and the WW scale, and I much prefer the doctor's office!! When I went to the doctor's office on Monday, it showed that I had a 3 pound loss. Then when I went to WW on Thursday (after being fairly good the rest of the week to keep that perceived "loss") I was up a quarter of a pound.
So now, instead of meeting my goal to lose 1.5 pounds last week, I now have added a quarter pound to it, so I want to lose 1.75 pounds by my next weigh-in on Thursday. It was a day that I was actually glad to be broke, because I was so disappointed that I really wanted to just drown myself in some ice cream. I had to settle for going home and fixing supper - no more or less than I would have eaten anyway.
I decided to go to the Thursday evening meeting this week, because evenings are my mornings and I wanted to be able to go first thing before I ate anything. It must have helped a little because I'm down 2 pounds since Saturday!! Yay! I'm also less restricted on what I wear if I am not going right after work - you wouldn't think clothes would matter so much but what I have to wear to work (nice shirt, khakis, socks and closed shoes) weighs more than what I wear when I'm not at work (today: tank top, shorts, flip-flops). I still need to get better about journaling what I eat. I'm doing well with paying more attention to my choices, but not being so good about writing it all down to make sure that I am staying within my points range. I just hope I can keep it up! I know I won't reach my first goal by the time I wanted to (June 16 is just way too close) but it's okay, since I already had my bridesmaid dress fitted and I don't want to have to worry about having it not fit me when I need it!! Much as needing things taken in is a good thing, it's not cheap when it comes to a fancy dress!
This week I actually gained a little - 3/4 of a pound to be exact. I'm still 1/4 pound under 5 pounds lost since starting WW, so it's okay. I know I did not have the best week, eating-wise, and I didn't manage to go work out even once. I think I'm going to switch which day I go to a meeting on. I really don't like that I am going after my day is over, right before I go home and go to bed. I would much prefer to go shortly after I wake up for the day, before I eat anything. This week will be better. I'm determined to make it so.
I can't believe it, but I lost 6 pounds already in my first week of WW!! I know that a good portion of that is related to the fact that I cut my soda consumption by at least half, if not more. So naturally it won't always go that fast. If it were really going to be that easy, I would have lost the weight long ago.
I joined Weight Watchers on Saturday. I know that it works for some people, and it doesn't work for others. I pray that I am one of the ones it works for. I hope that by combining WW with Contours, I will be able to see some real weight loss. And, if both combined does not help me to lose any weight, that is something that the doctor needs to know. Lucky me, I have a doctor's appointment in about 4 weeks, so I will have had a month of doing both to be able to show Doc how things have changed (or not) in this month of doing both. My goal is to go to Contours at least twice a week - Monday afternoons if I get a nap in, Tuesdays if I don't go on Monday, Wednesday or Thursday afternoon after I get up, and Friday afternoon if I have not gone for the second time that week. Contours is not open on Sundays, and their Saturday hours just do not work for me. We'll see how it goes. The WW meeting I have chosen to go to is Saturday mornings at 8:30 am. I wish it were earlier, but 8:30 isn't too bad. I'll be using my WW weight for tracking purposes. It's the same scale under the same circumstances each time - same time of day, more or less the same clothing (whatever I wear to work the night before) and the same or lighter shoes (I wore my Croc knock-offs the first time, I'm hoping to get some real Crocs soon - between them and flip-flops I will always have on fairly lightweight shoes).
(and what's really funny is as I type, there is a commercial on television about being on a fixed income and not being able to afford things - that is totally where I am, and I'm not a senior citizen yet!)
