Yaaay! I weighed 215.8lbs this morning. Exactly 2lbs gone. I am happy to see any weightloss at all this week. I figured whatever good I had done throughout the week was all lost yesterday because we had to go to a birthday party where the menu consisted of soft drinks, chips, hot dogs, cake, and ice cream. Not a single remotely healthy food. I just tried to keep myself in check as much as possible, ya know? Although it was really hard because birthday cake is one of my favorite foods. I just love buttercreme icing...cream cheese icing...any kind of icing really.

The rest of my week as been pretty on track. I have done some kind of exercise every day and I have been watching what I eat with just a couple mishaps. Just hope I can keep it up. It would be so nice if I could be back at 210 by the end of the month but I am not going to get my hopes up. I am just going to keep working at it and pray for the best.

Good luck to you all and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

Ok...so I wasn't perfect this weekend. I did dive into the Doritos and have a couple of cookies but, overall, I did better. For one, when we went out to dinner Saturday night I ordered grilled chicken with broccoli and carrots instead of getting the usual fried something or other. Also, I didn't drink at all. And no spaghettios and only one small slice of frozen pizza on Sunday. So...it was not perfect but it was better. I didn't really get any exercise in on Sunday. I tried to go walking but I only made it around the block because it was freezing (the early spring has gone and winter is back big time down here) and really windy so I gave it up. Can spending 2 hours grocery shopping and one hour folding laundry and cleaning count as exercise?

Today was better as far as eating goes. No Doritos and no cookies. Breakfast was a bowl of cereal, a tangelo, and coffee, lunch was a Smart Ones meal and some grapes, and dinner was tortilla stew which is basically like a taco soup with chicken. I went to Curves and then gym tonight where I basically walked on the treadmill at a constantly adjusting incline for 35 minutes. I did a little bit of jogging but not much. I wanted to get up to do Yoga this morning but didn't make it out of bed. I definitely will tomorrow.

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and happy Monday!

Feeling kind of bittersweet today. I weighed 217.8 this morning which I should be really happy about. I mean, I lost 3.2lbs in a week. That is the most weight I have lost in a week since July. But I am just mad at myself for letting myself gain all that weight over the holidays. I am not going to be happy with myself until I see 210.6 again or less on the scale. I have a long way to go just to get back to 210.6. Oh well.

Did my TBL yoga dvd again this morning and I have been cleaning up a good bit. So far, I haven't eaten anything too bad. Hopefully, I can make it the rest of the day without diving into the Doritos.

I got it together today. I didn't do my yoga dvd this morning but I did go to Curves and the gym tonight. I really did not want to but I made myself go. I am glad I did because I really need to keep it up.

Food was all good today. I had a banana and coffee for breakfast, a chicken caesar salad for lunch, and then beef stew with rice and carrots for dinner. For me, that is a good day. And I really, really resisted the urge to snack. I was starving by 4pm but I did not let myself snack at work or while I was cooking dinner.

So, now it is the weekend with a whole new set of challenges. I have already succeeded on Friday night by not eating out and drinking with friends so that is a start. Now, if I can just make it through tomorrow without snacking all day.....

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!

Exercise was really good today for me. I got up this morning and did my TBL yoga DVD again. Then tonight I went to Curves and to the gym! I walked/jogged on the treadmill for 32 minutes. So, all in all I got about an hour and 40 mins of exercise today. Oh, and DH went with me to the gym! He sat in the car and read a book while I was at Curves and then we went to the gym. It was great. He got ready on time and everything. Yaaay!

But...food did not work out as planned. I did really good all day until I got home and the realized I had forgot to turn the crockpot on this morning. We were suppose to have porkchops (boneless so they are leaner) but they were ruined. I didn't have much time to find something new if I was going to make it to Curves so I nuked so spaghettios and DH had a frozen pizza. I know...some rationalization there...it's okay if I eat crappy food...as long as I work out. At least, that was the last can of spaghettios in the house and no more is coming in any time soon. I just love them...I know I am so weird. See, I am usually good all week and then I let things slide on the weekend by eating crappy. It's like I have during the week food and weekend food. During the week, I take soup and lean cuisines, 100 calorie packs, etcs for lunch and eat cereal or yogurt and fruit for breakfast and have a pretty healthy lunch. On the weekend, it is nothing but junk food...cinnamon rolls & cheese grits for breakfast, spaghettios, Doritos, frozen pizzas, etc for lunch and then we usally grab dinner out somewhere. It is just not good. No telling how many pounds I have prevented myself from losing by not sticking with it on the weekends. NOT anymore! I am going to just quit buying that crap. I use DH as an excuse because he wants that stuff too but I eat just as much of it as he does. Geez...it is amazing what I ratonalize to myself.

Ok...enough rambling...Grey's Anatomy is on!

I know that is such a corny title but oh well. It is at least different...Sue me.

Anyway, so today was pretty good. I got up this morning and did the Week 1 workout on TBL yoga DVD. I really liked it and was pouring sweat. I am not a yoga enthusiast by any means...I took a yoga class in college as one of the required phys ed classes and enjoyed it but this is my first time doing it since then. I am going to try to keep it up at least 4 mornings a week. Since it is harder for me to get walks in because it is dark in the evening, I figure yoga will be a good replacement. I also finally went to Curves tonight. I am hoping to go the next 2 nights. I won't be able to go on Saturday because DH has to use my car that morning to go to work and won't be home until after Curves closes for the day. It will be a challenge because that means we will have to skip our usual Friday night out with friends. We need to anyway to save the money.

So today was a good exercise day but not perfect on food. I am doing better but just not perfect. I just need to rid the house of all the junk. It is difficult but I am just going to have to do it or just train myself to avoid it better.

Hope you all had a wonderful Wednesday!

Today was better as far as eating goes. I avoided snacking with the exception of a few Doritos. Ya'll know eating right is so hard for me.

Anyway, I am keeping a food journal. Made it a whole 3 days now. Woohoo! And I went to the gym last night where I walked/jogged on the treadmill for 40 minutes. Tonight I wogged for 45 minutes on the treadmill. And I actually got DH to go with me. He was kicking and screaming the whole way but he went. No Curves. That was partially his fault. I was ready to leave at 7:10 because I have to get there by 7:30 to make the last workout since they close at 8. Well, it took him until 7:30 to get out the door. I wanted to leave him so I could make it Curves and the gym but he needs this too and he promised me last night he would go with me tonight. I probably won't make him go anymore but I just worry about him. He is 28 and already has high blood pressure. He went to the Dr on Monday and they are checking him for high cholesterol and diabetes. I know it has to be a decision he makes on his own so I will have to let him. He did good though once he got to the gym. He walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes and then did weights for a little bit. Well, we'll see how it goes tomorrow night.

BL was great tonight. The opening segment was very motivational and a true reality check. I hate what they did to them at the end! Looking forward to seeing this play out.

Oh yeah, I bought the new Biggest Loser Weightloss Yoga DVD Monday night. I meant to get up this morning to give it a try but I slept right through the alarm. Hopefully, I will be able to drag by butt out of bed to try it tomorrow morning.

Thanks for all your supportive comments the other day. I really appreciate it! Ya'll always help me get my mojoe back!

Ok...so I ate really crappy today but I did exercise. I walked for 45 minutes which is usually around 2 miles for me. That was my first time getting out and walking since November. It felt great because it was a beautiful day here...it already feels like spring. My lilies are starting to bloom and everything. Anyway, I went to the grocery store tonight and kind of stocked up some healthier eating options...fruit, yogurt, bottled water, soup, etc....so I am hoping to get myself back into better eating this week. I only went to Curves once last week and they are starting a new weight management class where you are suppose to workout at Curves 3 times a week and keep a food journal every week. I am going to do my best to stick with it but it is kind of hard right now because DH's car is not working.

I really want to try something more hard core to kind of jumpstart getting the holiday weight I gained off more quickly. I am really disappointed in myself. I can't believe I gained 10lbs in one month. It took me 2 months to lose that 10lbs and only one to gain it back. Anyway...any suggestions on something to try?

to reign myself back in....

After a month of slacking on exercise and eating everything within reach, I am finally ready to get myself back in the game. I am going to be a resolutioner too. January 1st will be a new beginning for me. I think I did pretty good from July to November. It was just the whole month of December that threw me for a loop. I am pretty much going into 2009 weighing the same thing I went into 2008 weighing but I had gained up to 15lbs higher than what I am now so I am happy with that. It will be the first year that I have stayed relatively the same size since I started dating my DH. It ain't much but it is better than nothing.

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!!!

Ok...so I have been totally missing in action for the past few weeks and I have been completely off the wagon. I did go to Curves last night for the first time since the Saturday before Thanksgiving. There are a lot of reasons for my lack of focus. I have been really busy with all the holiday stuff. The week of Thanksgiving my sis & her DH & their 2 dogs were here from Wednesday through Sunday and I had to cook all or part of 3 different Thanksgiving meals. Plus we has one breakfast and 2 luncheons at work that week. Plus, Curves was closed Thursday-Saturday. Then last week, we had stuff going on every night it seems...Christmas shopping, guests at the house, grocery shopping, more Christmas shopping. Just one thing after another. This weekend we are going to Tennessee for a wedding. I am still going to try really hard to fit in 3 Curves sessions this week.

I can almost forgive myself for not exercising but my eating has been horrible and that is unexcuseable. I know I am the one letting myself get buried in these awful habits again. I have got to get myself back into the swing of things! Like, I said before, I am either all or nothing with things and since I got myself in trouble at work I have been steadily slacking off on the whole weightloss thing. I have got to find a way to keep myself focused but not obsessed with this thing. DH has been encouraging me to go to Curves and the gym but that only makes me feel like he is pushing me because he is tired of having a fat wife. I know he just doesn't want me to waste money paying for the membership and not using it (LIKE HE DID!!!!...hypocrite). Ok....enough ranting....