I Love Water Weight!

Hello everyone! Went to WI and I am back on track. I knew that alot of the weight that I gained over vacation was water weight! Thank God!! I lost 4.2 from last week and am down to 190.8lbs. I am hoping that I FINALLY get to the 180's at the next WI. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

I really need to get on the exercise bandwagon! I know I am saying this constantly, but I just don't seem to do it! I wish I had a personal motivator that would get me on the street and start running. I feel so good after doing exercise, and I know that the weight would just melt away, but still I don't do it! What is wrong with me?

I hope everyone is doing well this week. We are almost done with February, which means Spring is right around the corner! All of your hard work will pay off, but we really gotta keep at it! I am determined to wear shorts and a bathing suit without shame this year!

Ughh! Scales Are Not Fun!

So, I actually got on the scale before breakfast. The damage is a 4.6lb gain. These past few days that I have been home were not good ones. I have been chomping down on tortilla chips and other crap that is not good for me.

But, today is a new day. I go back to work today and am looking forward to getting my butt back on plan. It is so much easier to follow JC at work. I am usually very busy doing patrol so I don't have time to think about food. Sometimes I need to eat on the run just to get the fuel in!

I am going to set a goal to exercise 3 times this week. I already walk my dog 3 times a day, but as I have posted before, Leo is a mini dachshund so his short little legs do not lend to a brisk walk. In addition to his walks I am shooting to do either my BL or WATP dvd 3 times. I also need to up the water!

I have WI on Wed, so I am hoping to at least get my weight down to under 195. I think this may be possible since I think I am also retaining water due to my high sodium intake over the past week. We shall see... Wish me luck guys! I gotta get remotivated!

Celebrations Abound!

Hey everyone!  BF and I drove back to NY from Georgia on Valentine's Day. It was a long 15 hour trip. We did share a bottle of wine and some snugglin' before we went to bed.

Then it was up early Thursday morning since my parents and aunt were coming over to our place. At 12:30pm I was sworn in as an attorney and counselor at law to the NYS Bar. My family and I then went out to lunch at a great cafe in Brooklyn. It was a great day.

I had hopped on the scale Thursday morning after having eaten breakfast and it showed about a 4 pound gain. I am going to weigh in again tomorrow morning before I eat and take it from there. I am going to skip JC WI this week and just go on my normal WI day next Wednesday.

I enjoyed my mom's yummy cooking while we were away and also at my celebration lunch too. I haven't gone out of my way to eat badly, but I have been eating what I wanted regardless if it was dietarily sound or not.  It will take me a couple of weeks to be back at my weight before I started vacation last week!

Hope that this week was a good one for everyone. I have not been back on the wagon yet. I will definitely be totally on plan as of Sunday since that is when I go back to work. It is so much easier to do JC when I am at work!

So, for any of you who have been posting to this board for over a month, you know that I took an exam for promotion to Sergeant on 1/21. I am happy to report that I found out that I passed today. Yippee! One more thing I don't have to worry about. I am not sure when I will be promoted- it depends how the other Police Officers faired and what my position on the Promotional List is. I am just so relieved that I am done with that.

Now I have no excuse not to totally focus on myself and what needs to be done to lead a healthy life. Gotta get back on the bandwagon. I must do some damn exercise at least 3 times per week!

Hope all is well with everyone. Thank you all for the good wishes and help, talking me off of the ledge last week!! Hope everyone is easily sticking to whatever plan they are following!!

I can hear Spring coming...

Have an awesome weekend you guys! I hope all of you are doing well.

Annoyance Personified

Hey everyone. I need to vent right now. I just got back from WI and I only lost 0.2. Needless to say, I am thoroughly annoyed. I did not lose at all last week and I was perfectly on plan this week!

On Super Bowl Sunday I stuck to JC like glue except for 2 pieces of yellow cake with some chocolate frosting, but I did not eat my JC dinner so the cals and fat were comparable. This is not enough to keep me from losing after I was doing great all week!!

I know I need to up my exercise, since I am only walking my dog 3 times a day and I do the BL DVD here and there- nothing consistent.

My real gripe is this: I still have a lot to lose- 55 lbs. I am on 1200 calories a day and I gotta tell ya, I've been hungry lately. I cannot go lower than 1200 or then I'd be starving myself. So, what is going on? Technically at 1200 cals, I should be losing regardless of whether I do exercise or not!!

I need someone to calm me down. I am pissed off and ready to jump the JC ship! I am tired of the food and to be honest, I could be saving more money and eating more variety with WW.

I am sooo annoyed right now.

What is even worse is that I know that I will not have a loss next week. TOM is coming on Sunday. Also, I am going with my BF to Georgia to visit my Mom for a few days. She is an awesome cook and I am going to eat here food. I bought JC lunches to take with me [we are driving down] and I'll have oatmeal for breakfast and dinner will be whatever my Mom makes.

I know that I am babbling right now, but I am soo frustrated!

Exercise Escapes Me

Good afternoon everyone! Happy Saturday. I hope everyone had a great week! I finally did the Biggest Loser DVD. I thought it was pretty good. I liked the fact that some of the cast of the BL show was part of it but it was a little annoying that they didn't always stay together. Then Bob would do mostly talking and everyone would be off count. That annoyed me. Other than that, I liked the routine that I did- #1. I need to do the next one and see if I like that one too!

As far as eating goes, everything has been going well with me. I did have dinner at my friend's house last night- she made whole wheat pasta with lentil sauce. Delicious!! Not sure about the calories on that, but I ate it happily!

Super Bowl is tomorrow and I am not sure if I am off yet. I go back to work today and will find out. Part of me wants to be off to hang out and watch the game, but another part of me wants to not be off so that I am not tempted by food that will be calling out my name! Well, this is real life and things come up! So, I need to get over myself and have a great time if I am not working. I'll keep ya all posted...

Well, I'm going to try and go to in the living room and do the BL DVD. I gotta get some exercise in. I peeked at the scale this morning and did not like what I saw. It's time that I really start putting more effort forth. If I don't, I won't be wearing shorts this summer! Have a great weekend everyone!! Drink that water!!

No Sweat!

Hello everyone. I had WI today and I stayed exactly the same. I figured something like this would happen, especially since my last WI showed a 2.8lb loss after only 5 days. My body had to catch up I guess. No big deal. I know that I ate really well this week. Next week I should be able to get into the 180's. Keep on truckin!! Hope everyone has a great day. Drink that water!

Feeling Good

Well, today is Sunday and I am feeling good. I went out to dinner with my BF and some friends- made some really good choices. I also received my letter in the mail notifying me that I will be getting sworn in as an attorney to the NYS Bar on Wed. Feb. 15th. It has been a very long road for me, going to law school part time, working full time, battling my weight the whole time! I am so relieved  and proud of myself that I have reached such a monumental goal!!

I was thinking about how far I've come over the past 3 months on JC. I have been such a bad eater all my life. I never learned how to cook- other than box macaroni and cheese, and lived on fast food. I rarely ate 3 meals a day and only ate fruit when there was nothing else to eat! And now, in 3 short months I have totally turned my eating habits around!

Don't get me wrong... I would love to chomp on a McD's quarter pounder with cheese, large fries and a coke, but you know what? I would probably puke if I did that. My body would reject all of that fat. I am happy about that fact. It keeps me honest, just to think that it would happen!   

Now, I eat 3 squares and 2 fruits a day. I am on 1200 cals per day, and it isn't that bad [once you get used to it]. I am excited for myself. For once, I am losing weight healthfully! I am not wrecking my blood sugar by doing Atkins [did that already] nor am I starving myself [did that too]. I am taking control and actually sticking to it!! What an accomplishment!

I cannot wait to wear shorts this summer and NOT worry about starting a campfire with my thighs rubbing together! I want to actually feel sexy in my own skin, rather than just hear that I am from my BF [gotta love him]. I want to be a butterfly emerging from its cocoon. What about you?  

3 Months Down!

Well, I am offically done with 3 months on JC. I had a FABULOUS WI today. After only 5 days since my last WI, I dropped 2.8 lbs!! Yahoo! It is a Christmas Miracle. All of my study stress is gone, no reason for superfluous snacking. I am so thrilled. I did have TOM last week, so I know that is the reason why the scale went down so much this time, but that is fine with me.

Anyway, this loss was a great way to cap off my first 3 months on the JC program. I think I am gonna tell myself that I am starting from scratch. Like this is the beginning again. Maybe this will get me revved up for the next 3 months!

I finally bought the Biggest Loser exercise DVD today. I'm gonna do it tomorrow. Thank you all for your support since I started blogging this month. I really appreciate all of the tips, encouraging talks and inspiration that you all give me on a daily basis. I really look forward to losing all of my excess weight with you guys! Thanks!!   

What A Relief!

Hello everyone! Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend. I peeked at the scale this morning and it said 192, so I am pretty happy myself. This is a short week for me since I will be doing my usual WI on Wednesday and had my last one on Friday. I am hoping for a loss anyway. So far, so good.

This is a new week and probably the first time in 5 years that I do not have to study something! You see, I started law school part time back in 2000 and ended up taking a year leave of absence in between to teach law at the Police Academy. Then I went back, finished law school this past May and then studied for and passed the NYS Bar Exam in July. Then I started studying for the Sgt. Exam, which I took on Sat. The answer key comes out on Feb. 20, so I will have to wait 5 weeks to find out the damage! Thanks for all of the good wishes and prayers that were sent my way. I really appreciate it all!  

Now, it is all over! No more nervous and stress eating while studying! I can finally focus on me and my goal to lose weight. I am so relieved!   

My WI on Wed will be exactly 3 months for me on the JC plan [I started 10/25/05]. I am hoping for a great loss. I really want to kick it up a notch and start shedding those pounds. Good luck to everyone this week. Let's get moving and start melting away the fat!! Drink your water, ladies!

I Am A Loser!

Hello ladies! I am happy to report that I lost 2lbs today at WI! I am very happy about that since this week was better than last but not perfect. Also, since TOM is over, I can actually see a loss! This downward movement of the scale came at the perfect time- just when I am totally back on plan 100%. I needed some more motivation and here it is!

Time to get things started back up again. Time to focus on me and my weight loss journey. It is time to kick it up into high gear and start burning that fat off. Spring and summer is just right around the corner, and I wanna wear shorts damnit! I don't want to look at my thighs and cringe! I want to be proud of my body and feel sexy in it! I swear, if it kills me, I will follow the damn plan!! No more excuses.

Well people... this is it! Today is my last day of studying for the dreaded Sergeant's Exam. If you pray, please say a prayer or two for me. My exam is 10am-6pm on Sat. 1/21. I am nervous about it and hope that I have done enough studying to pass. These exams are notoriously difficult and tricky. My friends and family all tell me that if I can pass the NYS Bar Exam, then I can pass the NYPD Sgt. Exam. In theory that sounds true, but I am not the best test taker in the world and tend to rush and read into the questions. Tomorrow, I will do my best to slow down, take my time and focus on what they are asking me.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. I will be thinking about you guys when I go out to the bar tomorrow after the test and have a Capt. Morgan and Ginger Ale with lime!! Wish me luck!! I need it!!