I've made it

...into the 180s!! 189 to be exact. Just barely, but there.

I'm hoping this weekend goes okay. I crave sweets on the weekends really badly and usually give in. So I'm hoping that I'll be strong this weekend and will have another new number to report next Friday!

Quick weigh in results

I weighed in this morning at 192.5!! Yay...that's 2.5 more pounds lost this week! I'm SOOOO excited.

I'm a little concerned about this weekend though. My eating routine will be way off course and I'll have to watch myself VERY carefully. I won't be able to weigh until Tuesday, so I hope it will be at least the same then.

I'll try to update my 'official' weight next Friday!

Just a few thoughts

J & I have been back on the 6WBMO for 2 weeks now. Last week I lost 5 lbs, but that just got me back to 195 since I had gained 5 lbs in the previous 2 weeks. (I dunno what happened.) Anyway, this week should show new weight loss. If I've lost some weight, it will put me in new territory. I'm excited and anxious at the same time. I'm excited to find out what the number is, but I'm also afraid that I'll be disappointed. I usually weigh at least every other day, but this week I've made myself refrain from weighing since Monday, so I have no idea how things might be.

That's all. I just wanted to throw that out there while I had a few minutes. I'll try to be back to update tomorrow...good or bad.

Got nothing to say

...so this will be short. Today's weigh in was 195. Still the same. I'm trying to get back in the groove. Mostly trying to my exercise worked out. I'm trying to jog/walk 3x a week and strength train 2-3x a week.

We have lots of things coming up. We'll be going out of town for the weekend in a couple of weeks, gotta get prepared for that. E's 2nd birthday is soon, so I'm in party planning mode. Then after that, it'll be time for 2nd grade!! Lots going on and I hope I can lose some more weight while it's happening!

Here Again

When I logged in to update today, there were options for changing the background on my blog, so I did. It looks pretty cool now.

Anyway, I know it's been a while since I've posted, but there's really been nothing of interest to post. I've maintained my weight of 195 since I was here last. I'm okay with that. I haven't eaten my LC way that I should have been, so maintaining is good. At least there hasn't been a gain.

This week I started the Couch to 5K program which takes you from doing nothing to running a 5K in nine weeks. I've done okay so far except for the fact that I didn't do it today (I plan to do it tomorrow instead). I've actually been able to finish the whole thing. So far I've done 5 minutes of walking followed by eight intervals of running 60 seconds and walking 90 seconds then a cool down. It takes 30 minutes and I've been moving kinda slow (more of a jog than a run), but I've covered a little over a mile in that time. I did well the other two days getting up early and getting straight on the treadmill. Today, there was nothing else going on so I slept in and decided not to run this morning after all. So, I'm exercising. Now, to get back to LC and I might actually be able to reach my goal this year!

My friend, L, is on LC and she is doing GREAT! She's lost 40 lbs. the last I heard, about a week ago. Granted, she has more weight to lose than I do, but I'm still so happy for her. I'm gonna do my best to get back to it this week. J is back to low fat, which involves carbs, so I really need to get strict with myself if I'm gonna do this. Hopefully, next week will be a better post, where I can say that I've actually lost some weight! Until that time.....

AGGGHHHH!

I am so freakin' frustrated! I feel very apathetic; I just don't care. I don't care if I diet; don't care if I exercise; don't care if all I do is sit and eat ALL DAY.

But I don't know how to get out of this funk. Last week, I was frustrated with myself for failing to stick to my plan. I still am, but don't know what to do. I tell myself every morning that I'm going to get back to it today, but then I'll have a moment of 'there's nothing to eat here' and it's off to the sweets or cereal for me. In the past, that hasn't been too much of a problem if I ate something non-LC once a day, but it has turned into several times a day or all day, and there's the problem.

J told me he's going back to low-fat, high fiber. For some reason that makes me feel like a failure too. I feel like I haven't supported him enough and he's given up on it. I really don't care what he does, he has done really well on Weight Watchers in the past, but I feel like I have to do what he's doing and I don't like WW. (Nothing wrong with the plan in general, just not for me.)

I'm also blaming TOM for the way I feel, because you know it's what's wrong with the world, right?

Anyway, maybe this ranting will make me feel a little better and I can move on with my day.

I gave in

because the scale hasn't budged. I think it's all a plot to make me change my ticker. I kid.

I have been stuck at 195 for about 3 weeks now. Which, in a way, is a good thing. It's like this, I haven't been on my LC plan for about 3-4 weeks, BUT my weight has stayed within 2 lbs. the whole time. It hasn't been higher than 196 the whole time. So, I'm actually pretty pleased with that. It shows me that I will be able to maintain my weight....whenever I finally reach that ultimate goal.

In that frame of mind, I'm thinking of doing the soup diet. If I decide to, I'd like to blog about it. But, we all know that I'm not a very faithful blogger. I've done this diet before and lost 6 lbs. in 4 days (because that's as long as I could stay on it). So, I'd like to do it again just for the fact of being able to drop 5 lbs. or so very quickly. Yes, I know it's mostly water weight. Yes, I know that it's not a sustainable eating plan, but I know that already. I'm not trying to eat this way for a long time; only 7 days. The bottom line: I want to lose the weight quickly because I really believe I can maintain.....once I get there.

Anyway, I'm please with how things have been going lately, despite the fact that the scale hasn't really moved any.

I refuse to change my ticker

Because I hate the thought of having to ADD to it! Because today I weighed in at 196. Which I'm pleasantly surprised by seeing how I did NOT eat LC at ALL this week. I ate a lot more candy that was necessary. I'm gonna get back on the wagon and if it's still up next Friday, then I'll change it. Hopefully, I'll be able to move it down some more next week!

On to more exciting news....we're getting a treadmill!!! I'm SO excited. I'm not sure when we'll actually get it into the house, but I'm super excited that hubs said yes! So, my plans for today include making a place for said treadmill and cleaning out E's closet. She's outgrown her 18 months clothes and I need some space in the closet! Guess I better get to it if I want to get it done today!

Yeah, I'm late

I realize that today is Saturday and I'm just getting around to an update. Yesterday, I went shopping with my sis, then we had supper, played outside until dark, watched a movie, then hit the sack. Today, we went to a birthday party that pretty much lasted all day with us playing outside!

Anyway, the official weigh in is......194! I'm SO excited I can't even explain it. I'm 9 pounds away from my mini goal!

I have weighed every day this week, just to keep up with it. But I'm sure after today, I'll be waiting a couple of days to get the sugar I've had today out of my system! It started with a very innocent piece of cake, that led to another piece of cake, that led to a LOT of candy. So, I'm gonna get back on plan tomorrow, and not weigh for a few days!

That's all I have to say about that. ☺

Look what I made!

I thought it was really neat. I like seeing the progress that I've made so far!


Edited to add: this will be updated as I weigh in and the pounds keep dropping!

Something worked

...because I weighed in at 197 this morning!

I'm keeping up with what I eat again today to see how things work out for me. I don't really know what did it. I stayed under 20g carbs yesterday, added more fats, and went back to eating the same things I ate last week.

Generally I have 1 egg and 1 slice of lunchmeat turkey cooked in 1 tbsp. butter for breakfast. Then, I ate a salad with lettuce, cheese, cucmbers, olives, bacon pieces and ranch dressing for lunch. Yesterday, my snack was a pepperoni stick and 2 oz. cheddar cheese. Then for supper I had 2 turkey burger patties with 1 oz. cheddar cheese on top, a serving of coleslaw, and some cucumbers with sour cream. That's mostly what I ate last week (though my snacks and suppers varied, but stayed LC), and I lost 3 lbs. After yesterday, I was down 3 lbs.

The worst part is I wanted to eat sooooo bad yesterday. It wasn't that I was hungry, I just wanted to eat. Anything. But I remained on plan and it paid off. So far today, I'm on plan and hoping to remain there and see some good results in the morning. I'm a little concerned about the weekend though since that is ALWAYS a weakness for me.

On another positive note, I've drank 100 oz. of water everyday this week! So, I'm looking to keep the momentum going and see another 3 lbs. gone next Friday! Until then......

So Frustrated

That describes how I've felt all week long.

Over this past weekend, I didn't do so good with LC. Sunday was the worst day when everything I had was high carb. I weighed on Monday morning just to 'see the damage'. I had gained 4 lbs; back to 200. I assumed it was water weight because I could tell my hands were a little swollen. So, I have drunk my 100 oz. of water every day this week and it hasn't budged the scale. I must be very sensitive to carbs for my weight to shoot up that much over the weekend and not be water weight.

So, today I'm trying to figure out what I've done wrong. I'm tracking everything I eat and how many carbs it is in hopes of finding the problem. I'll try to be back with a weigh in tomorrow, good or bad.

Regularly Scheduled Weigh In

I actually remembered to post here on a Friday! That's great!

Today, the scale was a friend, again. 196; that's 3 more lbs. this week with a total of 6 lbs. in 2 weeks!

Starting Monday, hubs is gonna go LC with me. I hope to start back with my exercising and maybe kick it up a notch also....we'll see about that. I'm trying to learn to take one day at a time and not worry about the big picture so much, but to think about what I need to do right now to help. Sometimes, for me, that might mean a a few chocolate chips just to help me feel better. Since I am an emotional eater, I try to put it off for as long as I can before I give in hoping that it will go away. Sometimes, I just gotta have it though.

Another thing that has helped (I think) is I've stopped drinking anything with caffeine after 4pm at the latest. I've been sleeping much better and I think that has helped with my eating habits. I've read lots of weight loss articles that talk about getting enough rest. But it wasn't until I went to the National Sleep Foundation website and read that it takes caffeine 6 hours to get out of your body that I knew why I couldn't fall asleep at night. So, I cut off my caffeine intake by 4 pm and I can usually fall asleep pretty well by 11pm, when I go to bed.

Wow. I didn't mean to do all that rambling. I guess that's it for now. I'm really jazzed about the progress I've seen and hope it continues. Have a great Easter weekend!

YAY!

I'm stopping by for an update just in case I don't get by here tomorrow (which is very likely, since I'm gonna be pretty busy).

Even though Friday is my official weigh in day, I got on the scale 'just to see' this morning. I was pleasantly surprised to see it was 196.5! YaY!!! That's 2.5 more pounds this week; and 5.5 in 2 weeks! Double YaY!! Hopefully, I can get that last .5 lb. gone for tomorrow.

I haven't exercised this week, because I've been babysitting and she gets here TOO early in the morning for me to get up, fix everybody breakfast and exercise before she gets here. So, I've forgone exercise this week. As for eating, I've had a few slips. I have eaten a couple bowls of cereal (and maybe a few M&Ms), but the majority of the time has been LC. I'm VERY happy about my results and hope I can keep up the momentum. At this rate I should be able to meet my goal of 15 lbs. in 5 weeks.

Hopefully, next week I will not be babysitting and will be able to get back to my exercising. I need to feel the burn! ☺

I am SO bad

about posting regularly here. Oh well. I'm here now.

I've started back on my low-carb (LC) diet because I think that's that I need right now. This week has been pretty good. There were a few small things that weren't exactly on plan; but the majority of the week was on plan LC. Along with that, I've exercised 4x this week (had some things come up on the other 2 days that prevented making it 6x this week, which is what I was aiming for).

That all resulted in a 3lb. weight loss; getting me back down to 199! I'm SO excited about that! I'm *hoping* to be down to 185 by my anniversary, which is about 5 weeks away. If I can do that, I'll be at the weight I was when we got married 8 years ago! That would be so exciting! Plus, I would be 35 pounds from my overall goal! So, there's my short term goal and my motivation.

I'm exercising with the first Biggest Loser Workout. (I had to quit with the 30 day Shred because it hurt my knees.) But, I like this workout. It's set up with cardio 3x a week and strength training 3x a week and you follow the program for 6 weeks. (I'm sure you can do it as long as you want, but that's how it's set up.) So, I'm one week into it; with 5 weeks left until my first goal. I'm hoping to keep up with it and then maybe switch to something else. I do have something positive to say about the 30 Day Shred: I'm stronger because of it. I had tried this BL Workout before and it was H.A.R.D.! Now, it's still hard, but I can keep up and usually don't have to stop.

And THAT is almost as good as losing 3lbs. this week! :)

I'm Baaaack

...again. I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted! I've been in kind of a funk lately. Apparently for the past month.

At the beginning of last week, I decided to eat as low carb as possible. I had already planned out our supper meals and they were not low carb, but I figured if I could eat low carb the other meals of the day, that's a beginning. So, I'm into week 2 of that and I've lost 3 lbs. Yay! That sounds really great until you know that that means I'm back to 200, which is what I weighed the last time I posted here. BUT, at least the scale is moving in the right direction: down!

I'll try to be back Friday with my weigh-in. We have a busy weekend here, so I hope I remember it!

Jealous

I just need to rant a little....bear with me.

A lady I know has been taking a supplement to lose weight and lost an incredible amount of weight in the same time period that I've been losing, gaining and relosing the same 10 pounds. Well, I saw pics tonight and she looks great. And that made me feel like a fat cow. Bleh.

I've been struggling anyway since it's just not coming off as fast as I want it to. But that put the icing on the cake and I just needed to get that off my chest anonymously before I said something to somebody that I might regret.

*grrrrrr* Maybe I'll be in a better mood next time I visit.

Halfway There

Today marks the halfway point for me and Jillian's 30-Day Shred. Day 15...I can't believe I've made it. I've done Level 2 for 5 days now and I've come to the conclusion that I hate plank position. It's hard enough to get in plank, then she wants to make you do other stuff! Whew! But I've stuck with it and I am going to finish the whole 30 days!

As for my weigh in, I had a maintain week...200 lbs. again. That's okay with me though. I'll take maintain over gain any week. Overall, I'm pleased with what I've done. I just keep kicking myself for gaining so much over the holidays. I could be in the 180s by now if I hadn't. But I did, so I just have to live with it.

I'll admit that this week I've gotten frustrated with my slow weight loss. I've contemplated changing up my diet to see if I could get faster results. But, I'm on a really good all-inclusive plan. So, I should just stick it out and I'll get there eventually.

Well, that's it for this update. Oh, it's snowing like crazy here! It started about 4.5 hours ago and we've already got about an inch. It's supposed to keep going all night long like this too!

My Day

I watched Julie & Julia tonight. It was such a good movie. Now, I was to read Julia Child's book and the one Julie Powell wrote. I've never been a fan of Julia Child, even though I love to watch cooking shows, but this movie presented her to me in a whole new light. Don't get me wrong, I'm not gonna start cooking French food, by no means...she uses too much butter!

As for the rest of the day, the birthday party went pretty well. There was pizza and bread sticks along with cake, but all I ate was one bread stick and the cake that my son didn't eat (he ate the frosting). So, I'm pretty pleased with that.

I DID exercise today. I didn't count points or get all my water in. Weekends tend to be like that though. I hope I do well tomorrow; we are supposed to eat at my step-mom's house after church. Sunday is considered my 'free day', but I think I've already had 2 this weekend, so I better watch myself.

Weigh-In

So, it's Friday again....that means weigh-in day. Today was 200!!! YAY! That means I've lost 3 lbs. this week.

It's been a good week. I got back to my exercise; I managed to get in 4 days with Jillian and plan to do it again tomorrow. (Friday's just don't work out well for me to get in a workout.) I stayed on plan with my points and drinking all my water, with the exception of today, but I did better than I could have.

I'm going to a birthday party tomorrow and I do plan to have a small piece of cake there. I've tried at parties before to NOT eat cake while everyone else was, and it just makes me miserable. So, I think it's better to have a small piece and enjoy it than to put SO much pressure on myself.

So, the plan for next week is to keep up what I've been doing: exercise at least 5x, hit my points target everyday, drink ALL my water everyday. I'll be moving up to Level 2 on Jillian's 30-Day Shred. That's what works, apparently.

That's it for now!

Weekly WI

Today was my WI: 203. Yep, that +2 lbs.

Here's what happened: last Saturday both of my kids (and me!) got sick. So since then, I haven't exercised or kept track of points or pretty much anything that I did last week!

Now, I'm feeling better and the kids are mostly better. So, I'll be back at it on Monday. I've got some stuff going on this weekend that I'm not going to try to count points for. So, Monday's the day.

And I'll probably be back next Friday, hopefully with smaller number.

Friday Weigh-In

Today was my official weigh-in (WI) day. The scale said 201 this morning. That's a loss of 2 pounds this week. Pretty good!

Also, I've accomplished exercising for 5 days this week. I hope to exercise tomorrow too.

Here's hoping for another 2 pounds next week and another 5 days of working out!

Happy Weekend!

Back to it

So yesterday, I started back again counting my points on Weight Watchers. Oh, and I exercised.

I stepped on the scale this morning, just to see (since my official weigh-in day is Friday) and I was down to 201! Yay! That's 2 more pounds gone since Thursday!

So far, so good. I've kept up with my points and exercised for 2 days in a row. I'm just taking it one day at a time. I did use some Flex points yesterday, but that's what they're for, right?

For my snack today, I found something that I like alot! I had half a cup of cottage cheese with 1 tbsp. of strawberry jelly for a 2 point snack! It was so yummy. Now, I'm looking forward to the Tater Tot Casserole we're going to have for supper tonight.

That's all for now.....