Still hanging in there!

At my lowest weight (this time around) I was down 20.5 pounds. However, I ate everything I wanted and more over the Christmas weekend. I have not weighed in and I'm not going to until Friday. :-) Today, I am committed to no more sugar since that is my most difficult addiction. Today I will eat whatever I want as long as it is not a sweet.

Oops! Forgot to post it, but I broke 20!!!!

Friday, I finally broke through the 20 pound loss mark! I'm hoping I can stay over 20 pounds down throughout the next couple of weeks since there is lots of holiday stuff coming up. I'd love to be down 25 by January 1st, but as long as I'm still over 20, I'll be happy.

19.5

Woo-Hoo. I almost lied and said 20, but I decided I can wait until next week. :-) I'm very happy with my progress. I'm still walking 3 days each week and working out with Whit 2 times each week. I think I'm making new habits. I hope so. I'm afraid to say I've changed because I've changed back to a fat person so many times in my life. I'll just keep making new habits and see where I am in a few months. My goal now is to get over a 20 pound loss by next week and then just hang in there over Christmas. If I lose a little, that's fine, but if I stay the same until January, I'll not be disappointed.

Merry Christmas to all. I'm going to go decorate my house!

17.5

Hip Hip Hooray! I'm down another couple of pounds. My total is seventeen and one half. My goal is to try to be down 20 pounds by next Friday. I know that is a lot and I may not make it, but that would make me very happy. Then, I'd like to get down 5 more during the month of December. My goal for those weeks is a little smaller because I anticipate a LOT of Christmas stuff to deal with. I have kept my exercise pretty steady. I walk at least 3 times each week and train with Whitney once or twice each week. I know I could do more, but this is the longest that I have exercisee on a regular basis for YEARS. I am happy!

Fifteen and one-half!!!

Hooray! I weighed this morning and I've now lost 15.5 pounds. I have now lost over 25% of the weight I want to lose. I know it took me 2 weeks to lose the last 1.5 pounds, but I wasn't trying very hard until the past couple of days, so I'm thrilled. I'm still exercising! I'm walking 3 times each week for 45 minutes to an hour and I'm training with Whit 2 times each week. I am going to make a lifestyle change no matter how hard it is!!!!!

Don't Worry!

I'm still here! I didn't weigh after my 2 pound gain because I was so naughty. I did NOT want to see the results. Yesterday and today, I've eaten well again. I will continue to do so this week and hope that I will not be too far up when I weigh on Friday morning. I'm such a compulsive dork where food is concerned!

Up Two! Blech!

So, I played around a little over the weekend and I was up 2 pounds this morning. Dang it! They are well deserved, but it is no fun. I'm back to applying myself and hoping that I will still be down something when I weigh on Friday.

FOURTEEN POUNDS?????????

No Way!!! I got on the scale this morning and I am down a total of 14 pounds. I got on and off 2 oe 3 times because I was sure it was a mistake. But it wasn't!!!!! I guess it is my pay off for having the stupid sore tooth and not being able to eat a whole lot. :-)

I am so excited!!!!!

Now I feel like one of those people on the Biggest Loser who have a huge double digit week and then are afraid that they won't lose the next week. But, even if I weigh the same next friday, I'll be happy. My goal is to be 7 pounds less than what I weigh today by November 30. I think I can do that.

If you see me today, I'll be smiling.........

I feel skinny, oh so skinny!!!!!

I know I took a couple of days off for Halloween, but I am feeling really skinny today. I hope that translates into pounds lost when I weigh in tomorrow. Whitney came to train me today and she re-measured me. My original measurements were at her house, so I don't know how many inches I've lost, but I'm excited to find out.

Wish me luck when I weigh in tomorrow.........

Three Days Off

Well, I've had 3 days off. That means I have not really recorded what I've eaten and I've allowed myself to eat things that I usually would not touch. (Think pizza and candy.:-) I don't feel too badly though. I have not eaten huge amounts of anything. Today I've had a ham sandwich on an Orowheat sandwich thins bun, a small serving of lasagna, and 5 mini candy bars. I'm full and I don't think I did too much damage. We'll see. I did get up and walk on Saturday, so hopefully that helped.

Back to really watching what I eat and recording everything tomorrow.

Ten Pounds!!!!!

Woo Hoo! Today was weigh-in day. I was a little trepiditious because I have had a horribly infected tooth this week and I have not eaten as much fruit and veggies as I should. I ate LOTS and LOTS of yogurt. I couldn't eat anything that really required chewing. I also ate soup from the little store next to the office for lunch for a couple of days and it was WAY TOO DELISH. One of the soups had little chunks of cheese floating around in it. It was so rich that I could only eat about 2/3 of it, but I was still a little worried about how it would affect my weight.

And, not feeling well, my exercise was a little off. Not too badly, but a little. Here's what I did since last Friday:

Sat - Train with Whit
Sun - Rest
Mon - Walk in the morning and train with Whit in the evening
Tues - Rest
Wed - Rest (I missed my walk because I took Brenna to the Ortho.)
Thurs - Rest
Friday - Walk

I had 3 days in a row of no exercise and I really missed it. (I think that is a good sign.)

I'm excited to lose a couple more pounds this week.

Pumpkin Muffins

If you could see me, I'd be dancing. I'm now down 8.25 pounds. I still have many more to go, but I feel like I'm getting it. This week I had the toothache to end all toothaches. I had to go to the dentist 3 times and it still is not fixed. I've been on huge doses of antibiotics and I took extra strength vicodin for 3 days. (I didn't even know there was such a thing.) I am THANKFUL for drugs!

But! I did NOT medicate myself with food like I usually would. When I needed soft foods, I ate yogurt, not ice-cream. I am very proud of myself. And I ate! I tried to be careful to get all the nutrition I needed every day even though I didn't feel great. I skipped one day of walking, but other than that, I kept to my exercise schedule. I slacked off a bit when I trained with Whitney yesterday; I didn't have a lot of energy, but I still did it.

At next weeks weigh-in, I will be down ten pounds! 1/5 of the way to my goal. I'm not going to get over-confident, I know I am a food addict with the potential to go nuts at any minute, but for the moment, I am in control.

I am really loving weight watchers. Last night I made pumpkin muffins (2 points each). I ate one for breakfast and I may have one for dessert tonight after dinner. Life is good. :-)

Five (and a half) pounds!

I probably shouldn't be so excited since it has taken me about 6 weeks to actually get moving, but I am down 5.5 pounds. And, I THINK, I really lost five pounds. It's not just water, and I'm not going to gain it back tomorrow. I am trying so hard to really change. Sometimes the part of me that wants FAST weight loss becomes almost overwhelming. I almost didn't eat dinner last night because I didn't get home to eat until 9 p.m. and I knew I was weighing in this morning. But, the intelligent part of me took over and I ate. I didn't eat a LOT, but I ate. :-) I am going to stay positive and keep making life changes. This week, I've kept my exercise up. I walked for 45 minutes on Monday, rested on Tuesday, walked on Wednesday, trained with Whitney on Thursday, and walked this morning. Whitney is coming to train me tomorrow, so that will be five workouts this week. I feel good about that. I am establishing new habits and it makes me happy.

I haven't given up

I'm still here. Losing weight is harder this time. Probably because I usually starve myself, lose pretty fast, and then gain it all back as soon as I'm eating. This time, I'm trying to up my exercise and eat weight watcher's style so I can KEEP THE WEIGHT OFF!!!!!

I have really amped up my exercise. Here's what I did last week.

Monday - walked/ran (45 minutes)
Tuesday - rested
Wednesday - walked hills (60 minutes)
Thursday - personal training with Whit (45 minutes)
Friday - walked hills in the am (60 minutes) and went to spin class in the pm (45 minutes)
Sat - personal training with Whit (45 minutes)

Whew!

I'm proud of myself. I just want to be sure I can keep it up.

I'm still working on it....

I officially weigh in tomorrow morning. I cheated and weighed yesterday and I THINK I will be down about 5 pounds in the morning. That makes me happy. I am exercising more than I have for a LONG time. I want to keep it up and make a healthy life change. I'm eating healthy with help from WW on-line. I just want to be a "normal" person where food and exercise is concerned. I don't want to be obssessive about food in either direction. I don't know if that is possible for me, but that is my goal.

I'm feeling good. :-)

Quick update

I have not lost a pound! But, I am exercising more than I have for a long time. My amazing daughter in law, Whitney, comes over and puts Joe and I through our paces twice a week. (She is a personal trainer and she's fantastic!) Plus, 3 days a week, I am walking with my wonderful walking buddies. Finally, on Friday, I started WW. Somehow, I must re learn the way I eat and exercise. I must change! I must become a new creature where food and movement is concerned. I have decided that this much be not just a physical endeavor, but a spiritual endeavor. Obviously, I am unable to change without Jesus' help. (Been there, Done that!) With His assistance, I can become the new creature I desire to be. I can become converted to a new way of life. It is my righteous desire.

Starting All Over Again

How do the lyrics go? "Starting all over again is gonna be rough for us, but we gonna make it." I'm going to change them to "Starting all over again is gonna be rough for me, but I'm gonna make it." I can't believe I'm actually going to put myself out there again, but here I go.

I am again almost to the scary number. I am 5'8.5" tall. I have a medium frame. My skinny weight is 140 pounds. I have not weighed that since before I had Brenna (who is 12). I don't know if I can even envision myself that weight. I can wish for it though. I need to lose almost 60 pounds. That is an entire elementary school child! How did I ever let myself get this heavy. I HATE THIS!

I'm afraid to lose weight again because I have done it so many times. You know the definition of insanity - doing the same behavior over and over and expecting a new result. I have to do this differently than I have done it in the past or I will just gain it all back AGAIN.

I know that part of the change I need to make is to add exercise into my routine. Whitney came over a week ago and set up an exercise routine for me. I will get up every morning early enough to do a full thirty minutes of exercise at least 5 times a week. I'm sure that I need to do more than that, but that is all I can promise now.

I'm not going to make any other goals this week. That is my one goal to achieve. I am going to change my life one goal at a time.