So, almost one month and no post. Sheesh!! I'm down to 140 now, almost two weeks into maintenance with WW. Hooray!! I still have 5 pounds to go with me, but at least now I can go at my own pace instead of trying to race down to free weight watchers meetings.
I have been having a hard time lately...I'm maintaining just fine but losing those last 5 pounds is proving to be harder than I thought!
Just got back from the polls and I'm waiting around on CNN to see how things shape up. Hope you all voted today as it is very important!! I'm sure you've heard enough of that preaching though.
I'm going to update my weight and put up a new picture just taken tonight, the fiance and I had our engagement photos taken, and little man took some amateur photos too. Have a great night everyone!
So, I obviously was too bloated from a rough night out last week, because this week I was down 4.8 pounds!! That is my second highest loss since I started Weight Watchers. I am only 7.4 pounds away from my personal goal, so I am totally stoked. I definitely needed a good weight loss week to point me back to the right path. I set my WW goal at 140 so that I can work on my maintenance (and free lifetime membership) with them, but I'd love to be comfortably below that weight.
I have not weighed this little since high school. Holy shit. Sorry for cussing, but its just amazing to me. I bought dress pants that were a SIZE SIX! I don't fit in some of my old clothes because they are TOO BIG! I love this and I'm so proud of myself, and I just know all of you can be successful too. The hardest part for me will be the maintaining. Gotta be sure I don't slip into those old habits, eating two double cheeseburgers and a McChicken from McDonalds all in one sitting? It makes me sick to think of right now, because when I add those points up in my head, oh man............that's a lot of work to mitigate.
Anyway, I think I've bragged myself up a bit. Yvonne, hope you're still going strong on the South Beach!! Have a great night everyone.
Why do I only write when I feel like I did something good?
So I'm at the gym and I'm on the elliptical and I am thinking, "I can't wait to write about this on Extrapounds, I feel so good about myself!"
Why am I only motivated to write when I did something good? If I would go ahead and write ALL the time, like when I'm naughty (all weekend) then maybe I wouldn't be so naughty all the time. Pizza, pizza and more pizza this weekend....plus chicken wings. AUGH! I'm not 13 anymore!! I can't eat this crap and get away with it!! And if I am paying money to be a weight watchers member, WHY am I trying to gain weight?? :) I know how to gain weight really, really well. If I am paying for people to help me lose weight, why why why would I go against all that I have learned?
Wow, what a questioning post. Time to be done with questions. Chuck and Heroes are on tonight, both wonderful shows, so I need to get some dishes done so I feel worthy of sitting on my butt. An hour and 20 minutes makes me feel good too, but lets get something cleaned.
...I am going to stand strong and be prepared for a Monday weigh in. I was bad some weeknights this week so I have to make up for it on the weekend.
Good news is I was down 2.6 last week, making my total weight loss up to 33 pounds! I am at the top of my range for my height, so next WW meeting I get to select my goal weight. It was really excited to be in the 140's, but it is even more exciting to be almost done with the losses!! I think I'll be able to maintain pretty well, but some of the bird eating just doesn't cut it.
Tomorrow I have a 5K with the future step-son, I think he is actually going to do it with me this time!! My goal is under 35 minutes. I don't know how realistic that is, but its sure worth a shot.
I haven't been on here much lately because between class, walking and work, I've just been exhausted lately. I promise to get back soon!!
But I did it....I made it all 4 laps. We had our final two softball games on Thursday night and I'm more sore today than I was yesterday....so I had half a mind to just give up after one lap. But, I was encouraged by my mom to keep going and I did. While I feel better I did it, I know I didn't try as hard as possible, that's for sure!!
I don't think this will be much of a great weight loss week but at least I'm still getting my walking in. We'll see come Tuesday!~!
Take that, TOM! Its nuts how much A. a scale can vary from another B. your period can affect your weight.
Yesterday I weighed in at work at 153 and I was NOT happy about it. But today I weighed in at WW at 148.6, ROCK ON! I'm so happy to see the 140's, it has been YEARS. So, I'm very happy with myself and how things are going.
I really think the biggest difference has been the walking. 1 hour a day, three days a week, and we are talking SPEED walking and I feel so much better for it. My mom saw major results today when she gave blood. Her cholesterol and blood pressure have gone down significantly since the start, so I'm really happy that she's turning her health around. She also hit her weight goal today, so 6 more weeks and she won't have to pay for WW anymore!! I have about 5 pounds before my WW goal, and 13 before my personal, so I'm hitting the home stretch. Hopefully I hit the WW goal in two weeks, but I never know what challenges lie ahead.
I have homework to do tonight but the computer wasn't cooperating so this was my break. I'm going to head back and see if the online course will let me back in.
Hope you are all having fantastic weeks as well, have a great night!
So, due to the fact that its been 4 days since I've blogged, I'm totally taken aback by this new extrapounds layout!! This will take a few days to get used to....but its about time!
So, I'm a bit mad. I made that declaration of how good I'm going to be, and how I'm going to lose some weight this week. Then, I got my period. I was good up until Friday, and only slightly feel off the wagon this week. I walked 3 times (the 3.5 miles) and went to the gym once too (my last post). As of Friday, it looked as though I might lose two pounds. Then today, I weigh myself on the same scale at work and I'm up 3 from Friday!! There is NO WAY I ate three pounds of food this weekend. Damn period.
However, the period is also a good thing. I had noticed on Friday that it had been awhile since I had it. So, I started combing through all my posts to see if I had complained about it yet....nothing in the past month. So then I started to psyche myself out thinking I might be prego, but I took a test and hooray-I'm not. I can't wait to be pregnant, don't get me wrong. However, I'd prefer to be married. And, since that is one year away, I'll just wait until then!!
Anyway, I was very good with eating today and we walked the park tonight, so I'm hoping that tomorrow shows something better....along with rounds of Midol to ease the bloat. I'll let you know tomorrow night, have a great evening everyone!!
So, tonight we were supposed to play our semi-final game for softball...its an hour long game, so it isn't the MOST exercise I could get, but hey, its still something, right? So, I drive the 25 minutes to get there and left quite a bit early so I didn't have to battle the 5:00 bridge traffic, only to find out the other team forfeit and our coach knew ahead of time but wanted everyone to go just in case.
So....that was irritating. So, I'm on my way home, stewing a bit, and I decide not to waste my night on brooding. So, I skipped my exit and went to the gym!! I'm so proud :) And you know what else? I stepped on the scale in the locker room today and you know how it goes 50, 100, 150, etc for the manual scales? Yeah, I got to the 150 and it pretty much balanced itself out. Soon, I won't even have to slide it that far!! So that was major motivation at the gym tonight. I did the 45 min on the elliptical (wanted to stop at 15, then 23, then 27, etc....) and did some ab work and arms...
I'm glad that somewhere this week I got my motivation back. I can't wait for weigh in on Tuesday!!
Just finished our hour walk around the park (4 laps) in under an hour!! We are starting to really keep our pace, so now when we get to the 5K, I think my mom and aunt will survive much better. My friend told me today about the Governor's Run, a 2 mile run through Scott County Park that goes through creeks and over hills and you use ropes to cross certain obstacles....she said it is FREEZING because it's wet and November 2nd, but its more fun that the cold makes it bad. So, I'm very excited to do that one coming soon!!
Weighed myself in the nurses office today as I have been EACH day this week and I'm down just a bit....so good news there. I shouldn't be surprised though, because amazingly enough, when I exercise and eat well, I LOSE WEIGHT! I think its just been a few weeks since good results so I'm happy to see some loss again.
Congrats to all my pals losing weight this week, I'm happy and proud for you! Have a good Wednesday.
