Weird weight loss this week

This is really weird, but I am down to 133.6 lbs!? How did this happen? I haven't even been trying to loose weight, Yet I am weighing less and less when I get on the scale. This is what I've been doing different this week... I am eating dark chocolate at night, I read that it is good for your health in numerous ways, oh yeah, and it's my favorite! I've been doing toning exercises from time to time, but that's about it for workouts. We also ran out of a lot of groceries at home so I had the 100 calorie Progresso soups for lunch a few times this week that were stuffed in the back of the cupboard. All in all I guess it was just this random combination that contributed to this crazy weight loss, I'll take it!

Monday again!

I didn't loose any weight this week, but I think I'm just going to concentrate on "shape" instead of weight. I'm going to do toning and weight lifting now. I am really happy with 136 lbs! I haven't been there since I was in highschool. If I loose more, great, but I going to just concentrate on healthy eating and maintaining. Thanks for everyones support in my goal!!!!

almost there...

135.8 lbs for this week! 132 is in site :)

Yo yo weight losses and gains (with the picture that shocked me into loosing weight)

I weigh in at 136.6 lbs and 19.0% body fat! I didn't do the chicken, fruit and veggie diet, if I did I'm sure I would have lost more. (it's just too hard!) In a later post I want to write down what I based my diet on when I lost a bunch of weight a few years ago. I when from 178 lbs (the first picture) to 155lbs ...then I got pregnant with Weston, lost even more and went from about 165 to 138lbs (second picture)...then got pregnant with Wyatt. This is actually a big deal to me to get thin. I have always been a thin person growing up and I gained a lot after I got married and could buy any groceries I wanted (junk food) so things got out of hand. So I am glad to be back to the weight that is healthy and normal for me! I haven't been at 136 lbs since I was 17 years old!!

A new scale & new weight

Ok, so I bought a new scale today. I hated the one we had, it was a tad disfuntional, it would vary your weight by as much 2-3 lbs. I will re-weigh myself tommorow morning!

***So it is Tuesday morning, and my weight is 138.2 and 19.7% Body Fat***

(in January I was 27.4% Body fat!) hooray for progress!

Monday weigh in

I lost 1/2 pound this week. I was hoping for more, but it's still a half pound. I'm going to be trying a chicken, fruit and veggie diet this week, wish me luck!

8 lb Club anyone?

HERE WE GO AGAIN... I lost my excess weight from having Wyatt a few months ago. My stubborn 20 lbs... This morning I weighed 140.5, and I would like to shoot for 132. It's mostly because everybody is going all out with their weight loss goals and doing great! I'm so happy to see the people I care about dedicating themselves to health. Even Matt wants to change his eating habits and eat better, so I'm just going to eat healthy and exercise regularly, nothing to major, just be more conscience about food choices and activity level. So Monday's I will post weight and progress and so forth...Any one else just want to loose a few and be part of the "8 lb Club?"

"Whoo Hoo!"

I DID IT! I weighed in at 140 lbs this morning! 20 pounds ago I was just not cute! (to me anyways) It's about what's inside, honey! Can you tell I'm a little happy about this final pound dropping of...cause I AM! Can I get a "Whoo Hoo!" for sexy jeans and another "Whoo Hoo!" for meeting goals, no matter what they may be!

one pound closer....

i'm at 144.5 and counting. I'm trying so hard, what's the deal? I now the more you are to your ideal weight, the more your body wants to hold on to the extra fat, but let it go already-I don't want it!... Now i need a tan!

I also wanted to share this bit of info....The Unhealthiest Drink in America Baskin Robbin’s Large Heath Bar Shake (32 oz) 2,310 calories 266 g sugar 108 g fat (64 g saturated)

Let's look at America's Worst Drink in numbers:

73: The number of ingredients that go into this milkshake.
66: The number of teaspoons of sugar this drink contains.
11: The number of Heath Bars you would have to eat to equal the number of calories found in one Baskin Robbins Large Heath Bar Shake.
8-12: The average number of minutes it takes to consume this drink.
240: The number of minutes you’d need to spend on a treadmill burning it off, running at a moderate pace.

5.5 lbs to go!

Today I'm at 145.5! I resisted a huge peice of chocolate cake this afternoon at a mother's day party. Not Easy. But worth it, I hope!

update since Monday

I just wanted to update-- I'm at 146 lbs as of this morning, and since my last post I have been on the tredmill (in the garage) every other day and eating really well. Hooray for weight loss! 6 more to go and I'm there!!!

In a rut

I haven't lost any more weight since my last post. i am not happy about that at all. I 'm not being careful about what I eat, and I'm not exersicing hardly at all. What's going on? I have been so stressed out lately about opening the hair shop, it's sooo much work, when I'm not at the shop, I'm still at home stressing about it. Stress is killing my weight loss goal, along with me saying"i just need to eat something that tastes good right now" I'm feeling like really stuck. It seems like if you eat one thing unhealthy than more you want to keep eating bad food. I need to get back on track and stop making excuses. So next post will be awesome, I promise!

147.5 lbs

I haven't weighed in for a while because all of the craiziness going on! I am at 147.5, only 7.5 to go!

Counting down from 9..8..7..6..5..4..3..2..1!

I am at 149 lbs! Only nine more to go! Someone, who shall remain nameless, wanted me to share what I a m doing to loose weight-so here it is. Know what's healthy and what's not! Wheat bread vs. white, 100 calories in a doughnut is not the same as 100 calories in fruit. I try to a keep low fat version of everything in the house. I try to never get HUNGRY. Always eat snacks between meals, even if your not really hungry. It will definitly keep you from pigging out at dinner, or making a bad food choice. Know your nutrition labels and what they mean. You meals shouldn't really go over about 300 calories and snacks over 150. That's about 1,200 calories per day. Allow one day a week to eat a sinful meal. It's actually good for you because it shocks your metabolism and gives you the chance to get it out of your system. It also let's me resist something I really want to eat, because I know I have to save it for that day. Soon you will find yourself loosing a pound here or a pound there and guess what, it adds up! The most important thing? Determination! You CAN loose weight if you want to. Don't give up when you feel let down by the scale or your favorite food has caught you eye... again.

Tuesday weigh in

Tuesday is scale day now so here it goes.....150.5! yah! I am only 10.5 pounds away from my goal, and I fit in all my size eight pants that were in my closet, it's a St. Partrick's day miricle :)

Yahoo!

I fit in all my pants! Size 8!!!!!!!! This is the best day ever.

Biggest weight loss yet :)

I cheated and weighed myself this morning, and I'm glad I did! I'm at 152.5!!!! I'm so happy about that number. I am going to make Tuesday my new weigh in day because that's Biggest Loser day, and it's only fair that I should get to weigh myself too. I haven't been exercising that much, just really watching what I eat- not as much sugar- it's working so far! As a side note, I really want something super motivating for me to get me to my goal of 140lbs, any ideas? I was thinking, mabye getting our family portraits done, and getting a desingner pair of jeans. What do you think?

Update

uh....I haven't lost any weight since the last blog, I was on vaccation for a few days and left my diet in Anderson :) I'm tring to be very healthy now, I promise :)

I'm back on track!

I lost another pound this week dispite the amazingly yummy dessert on Bunco night (and yes Jen, I ate more when I got home!!) and the three slices of veggie pizza last night :) I chalk it up to nursing, it burns about 500 calories a day, hooray for Wyatt and his hungry belly!! Today is my hubby's birthday, so we're going out to eat, I'll try to behave (no promises!!)

154.5 lbs

Not such a good week for the scale :(

A little set back happened this week. I ate poorly and put my exersice on the back burner, so I didn't loose any weight this week! Yikes! I need to get it together! OK, no more slacking off, I'm back on my Vanishing 20 quest as of right now!

It's Friday!

I am making this entry breif because I have to get ready for work: it's Friday and that means I have to face the scale....155.5! I am steadily loosing one pound a week, but what's even better is I am loosing body fat. I was 27.4% body fat on Jan 16th and now I am 26.5% today.

Friday weigh in

156.5 lbs, yah! Working out has been the biggest challenge for sure, but I did it 4 days this week. Let's see if next week's workouts do the same...

Wednesday thoughts

Biggest Loser? No, but I'm trying. Working out is exhausting, but it's true what they say about the endorphins you get from it. It's great to have that extra boost of energy with my boys. I just have to keep it up, I really want to reach my goal by May at least. Eating has been getting easier and easier for me. It is so hard to break those old habits, like desserts and eating because your board or have had a bad day. I was talking to my sister on the phone this morning about all of this, and everybody has struggles. It's not just the number on the scale, it's about health. What I'm trying to retrain myself to think, is mindful eating, not just what tastes good. So I advise not going by In and Out because if you smell that delicious smell, it's all over. Those grilled onion and fry aromas get me every time :)

On the right track...

Why is it that it is humanly impossible to resist a piece of cake at a birthday party?! Except for the piece of cake at my nephew's birthday party, I am doing really good on eating healthy. I am even really liking working out, who knew?! I ordered a couple of workout videos on Amazon.com and I bought one of those steppers. I have always been so lazy about working out, but once I do it, I'm so much happier. Hopefully I will make the scale happier too :)

Friday again...

Friday weigh in day... I am at 157.5. One pound loss is better than nothing I guess. It's going to take until the middle of May at this pace. I'm hoping things will start to speed up here soon. I want to wear my 15 pairs of pants that are just sitting in my closet, they are so lonely... New gaols for this week-acually do last weeks goals! I exercised only three times and I know I don't drink enough water, which is bad because I'm nursing too. On another note, I have been super good about taking my pills.

Monday Morning Kick-off

I started my day with a workout! Yeah! Denise Austin has a daily workout show on Lifetime @ 7 am. Yes, it is early, but I won't have to think about it the rest of the day. I ate really good all day yesterday except for dinner. We went to Olive Garden for our date night and had the best meal ever with a glass of wine. Sunday is my "eat whatever day" so I don't feel too bad.

Cupcake and brownie trouble

Today I did pretty good but I had a cupcake at Julie's baby shower, it was so good though. It was pink champagne flavor. Then I had some of the thin crust chicken and artichoke pizza, which was not worth it because I immediatly got an upset stomach- too much oil in the cheese My stomach always does this when I diet, it freaks out if I eat something even slightly greasy. Oh, and I had a big fat brownie last night. I am not going to be able to eat what I want tommorow because of my darn sweet tooth getting me in trouble with that cupcake and brownie. Oh well...

Friday weigh in

Well, it's Friday which means I weighed my self this morning and I am at 158.5. Which is OK I guess, I was at 159.5 last Friday. I hope by next Friday to be at 157 at least. I am going to set my goals a little higher for this week-



exercise 4x a week and drink at least 8 cups of water a day

wish me luck!

A new goal

A new goal for me: take my thyroid pill every day. I'm horrible about it. I didn't take it the last part of December and the beginning of January. I have an under active thyroid ( hypothyroidism) so when I stopped taking it, out of pure laziness, I stopped loosing weight right away and I felt really tired. I started taking it again three days ago, so I'll be back to normal soon. Matt gets so annoyed when I don't take my pills so this one's for you babe...

On another note, I exercised again last night for 20 minutes, after I felt guilty for eating popcorn :)

Kill the Motor

How I kill my sweet tooth without breaking my diet...

Yoplait Whip Yougart- especially the Lemon Merengue and Chocolate Mint

One peice of Dove dark chocolate

Hershey Sticks- Carmel or Chocolate Mint (only 60 calories) you can find these in the candy isle

Sugar-free Apple Cider

100 calorie pack of Sandy cookies or the fudge strips shortbread

The only fat free Ice Cream I like- is Breyers Double Churn Fat Free Creamy Vanilla Ice Cream, which is really really good- only 100 calories in a half cup

*put ice cream in a cup or mug so it seems like more than a half cup :)

Some good advice...

Some of the skills that will help you live your way to a thinner, healthier body, says Rankin, are:
Patience. Take things one step at a time. Give up one of your "downfall" foods at a time, for example, not all of them at once.

Visualization. Think about a specific situation you're going to encounter and how you will deal with it. "See" yourself going out to dinner and eating a healthy meal.

Accountability. Rely on a support group, friends, or even a therapist to whom you have to report.

Self-control. Realize that every time you resist successfully, you're developing self-control. Congratulate yourself each time you do this.

Goal-setting. Think in terms of small goals. You don't need to lose 60 pounds; all you need to lose is one pound next week. Each small goal you achieve will reinforce your motivation and set you up for success.

Journaling. Keep a written account of your actions, your thoughts, and your feelings, as well as what you eat. This not only increases your self-awareness, but also helps you let out feelings you may try to "stuff" back in with food.

Assertiveness. Learn to say no. Ask yourself, "Is this going to get me closer to my goal or further away?"

A great start

I had a great first day! I exercised for 20 min, and eat really healthy, AND resisted snacking just because I was watching TV. That's the hardest thing for me, especially since Weston still doesn't have his energy back from being sick so he's wacthcing TV and movies a lot right now. My experience is take it one day at a time and one pound at a time. Did anyone watch Oprah yesterday? It was about people who lost a ton of weight, like hundereds of pounds. If they can loose that much weight and change their lifestyle that much, so can I.

Vanishing 20 lbs

This is my first post of my new blog, my sister-in-law Kari had a brilliant idea...Public dieting basically. To post and keep track of your weight loss goals- for support and accountability. That's what we all need, I think. It's hard to loose weight by yourself, now we don't have to! So here it goes... I weighted 160 on the 4th of this month, then 159 one week later on a Friday. My plan is to weigh 140 before my 5 year wedding anniversary (May 31st)

My goals are: drop 2 lbs a week, weighing in on Fridays. Eat very healthy the whole week ( low fat diet, no red meat of course, balanced meals with lots of nutrition and plenty of water) and have a "free eating day" on Sunday. Eating what sounds good, within reason :)
Don't get on the scale at all except for Fridays, I tend to be obsessive about it. And EXERCISE! I'm the worst at getting off my butt and working out. At lease 20 minutes 3xs a week- which doesn't sound like much, but it will be a challenge.