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.