Weekly Weigh In and update

LOST: 5.6 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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HAZAA!!!!! 


I am sooo excited! I am really getting closer and closer to my goal!

My counseling is really helping. I am learning to change my behaviors and because I have to be accountable to my counselor, i take responsibility for everything I eat! My counselor totally agreed with my idea from last week, its OK to have a funnel cake once a year especially if i take ownership over the calories and burning them off! I was at 712 calories by Saturday, i took a forty minute bike ride with Alistair last night, and while I'm didn't look it up, i bet it was pretty close to the last 188 that I needed to make up for my fair food!


I had some other good stats yesterday too. in the past 4 weeks, I've take 2.5 inches from my waist,1.5 inches from my right thigh, and .25 inches each from my bust and hip....slam slam does not approve of the loss in the bust category! LOL!!!

I really feel like I am going to make it this time!!!

Weekly Update

GAINED 2 LBS!!!!  :(

So this update is a little behind, I weighed in on last Tuesday (the 16th) and I had gained two pounds! We were visiting my mamaw in Kentucky and I had a totally meltdown. I'd love to blame her good southern cooking, but I can't. I actually started out really well, using the right portions and everything. but then, I had forgotten my plate, and my "eyeing" of portions got a little out of whack. I ate a piece of cheesecake for my uncle's bday, which I thought would be ok because we played a rousing game of kickball afterwards for about an hour!

Sunday is when I really fell apart, pizza, ice cream, and goulash. it was bad news. We didn't do enough exercise to burn off all that bad. so.... there you go!

My counselor told me that if I had just splurged once over the weekend it would have been fine, but since I am still trying to lose, it was just too much!  I hope I can do better this week.

So far I have been to Zumba twice, done my stretching routine twice, and gone to water aerobics. Now before I seem all saintly, you should now, the main factor in my decision to go to water aerobics, was the fact that I ate 2/3s of a funnel cake  and a corn dog at the fair! IT WAS DELICIOUS.

This was not a moment of weakness. I looked up what the average funnel cake is in calories (none of you want to know this but I am telling you anyway, 760 calories, not sure how to estimate the corndog, as it had a TON of breading on it...so yummy.  Anyway, I only get state fair style corn dogs once a year at the fair, same for the funnel cake so I decided to plan for it. I figure if I can stick to the plan the rest of the time, and exercise EXTRA this weekend, I can make up for it.

I really want this to be a lifestyle change, I do not intend to go the rest of my life and never have another funnel cake! But I do intend to be mindful of what the calories are and take responsibility for burning them off.   My goal for the weekend is to burn 900 calories in order to make up for the Funnel Cake and Corn Dog! I'm doing ok so far.

I walked about 4,000 steps at the fair = approx 240 calories
Water Aerobics =472

That equals 712, only 188 calories to go!!!  I totally think I can accomplish this goal! I plan to do an aerobic video at home tonight, and perhaps tomorrow too.

I weigh in on Tuesday at 7pm, so I'll probably take a "last chance" bike ride with the Dude Monkey on the back on Monday evening, just to seal the deal!

I don't want to start believing its ok to eat whatever I want, but I also don't want to feel like I can never have certain things again. I really believe if you plan for it and take responsibility for making it up, then you can do it! I guess we will see if I am right on Tuesday! I'll let you all know what happens!

Weekly Update

Don't have time for a full post right now..... but the program I am on is AMAZING! and it is really getting results!

Weekly Weight Loss: 4.2 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!! 


HOORAY!!! 

Goals for next week:
1. One strength training work out
2. Two ZUMBAs!
and
3. LOSE AT LEAST ANOTHER TWO POUNDS!!!!

WE CAN DO IT!

Wednesday Weigh-In and Weekly Wrap-Up

WEIGHT LOSS: ONE POUND!!!

It feels so good to be posting again after just a week! I hope I'll be back in the blogging swing of things!  That may not seem like much weight loss, but the scale hasn't really gone down since February, and any time since then that it did go down was because it had gone UP the week before, so no net weight loss there. The sure sign of the negative effect all this yo-yoing has had on me is that my body fat percentage is up nearly 2 percentage point. BUT, Seeing the scale move in the right direction feels really good! so i know i can gain that ground back.

Tonight I go back to my nutritional counselor for a check-in/weigh-in. For the purposes of the blog I am going to use the same weigh-in procedure that I have been doing, on my scale, first thing on Wednesday mornings. Here's why, last week I weighed in the morning on my scale in the am, and weighed X lbs, at 7 pm that night I weighed in on their scale and weighed X+5 lbs. I know that weight can fluctuate dramatically throughout the day, and every scale is different. So for the purposes of this blog and being consistent with it I am going to do what I have always been doing.  I haven't decided how I am going to track what the weigh-ins from my nutritional counseling are, or how i should report them here. wouldn't it be weird if my AM weight says I lost just one pound tonight, and when I go to them tonight it says I have lost more?!?!?

Anyway, this is all i have time for today. I'll go into how my eating is going another time, but SOON!

STILL NEED IDEAS FOR CHALLENGES AND ADVENTURES!!! PLEASE!!!

My Magic Plate- Filled with Healthy Stuff! 

Getting Back on Track!

I have been a terrible blogger and have not been so great at losing weight lately. I have been having a terrible time getting and staying motivated. I also haven't been able to think of anything to write. and to be honest I really couldn't fess up to the fact that I wasn't losing weight and what's worse, that I didn't really feel like doing anything about losing weight.

Over the last couple weeks I have been feeling more motivated. I've been getting up a couple days a week to work out in the morning, and have been tracking what i eat (a little more at least). and I am decently pleased that after all this time and lack of effort, I have only gained back .8 lbs. BUT I also have made NO REAL PROGRESS.... really since like March!

Well Friday, totally by chance something happened that I hope will get my back on track. I got my daily deal from living social deals... and it was an opportunity I couldn't pass up! More than 80% off of 12 weeks of one-on-one Nutritional counseling and customized nutrition program. The average weight loss after the 12 weeks is 30 lbs. I know I have a lot more weight than that to lose, but 30 lbs is better than ZERO pounds and hopefully this experience will give me the tools I need to lose all the weight that I want to lose!

I really want to lose 35 more lbs before I see my endocrinologist in Mid-November. I think that is do able. It is about 2 lbs a week, starting next week.  I hope I can reach that goal!

I am also going to continue with my at-home morning workouts. I am going to aim for 3 times a week. Then I also want go to at least ONE class per week at the gym and twice to the gym for NON-class workouts.  I know that sounds like a lot, but I can't expect to lose 78 lbs by sitting around.

My first appointment with the nutritional counselor is this WEDNESDAY! I really hope this will be what I need to kick-start my weight loss.

I plan to post again later this week to report on my first counseling session.

Weekly Update

This first week of June did not quite go as planned. But I did make progress from the weeks before, when I was not working out, and was not tracking.

I only tracked 2 days this week. Not great, but better than zero. I am still trying to figure out why my google calendar is not reminding me when i have it set too! not sure whats wrong there.

I did ONE "2-a-day".... and that was the only day I did really workouts....

I was active on some of the other days... but did not do an actually workout. So far, June is not going well!
I don't know what I need to do to get my motivation back.... but I need to do something!

Thanks to Kim for the canoe-trip idea... it is a great idea, but i have to admit, I am a little nervous about doing that, I have never done it! But I'm going to take it under advisement!

No one else has given me any ideas..... COME ON PEOPLE!! I need more ideas!!! I have a long time and a LOT of pounds to go and I need your help!!!

Next week I am hoping to meet my "2-a-day" goal! and track more!!!

I am also going to do some "office" exercises... i'll let you know how those go!

Long Overdue Update

I have been a completely delinquent blogger. Not only that, I have been pretty delinquent on my weight loss journey.

I have not been working out as much as I should have been and I have not been doing daily challenges. I have done a few things that are adventure worthy, a three mile charity walk for suicide prevention, the "Mutt Strutt" which is a 2.5 mile walk for the local Humane Society,  and just this weekend I went on a walk at Fort Harrison and did some geocaching with Cloud Dancing's Heartsong, her sister, and the Dude Monkey! It was great fun!

I also have not been keeping track of food very well. I have to get back on track with that. I had set up reminders on my phone for each meal... but for some reason I turned them off. Maybe turning them back on will help. Although half of the time, I just ignored them. Any ideas for keeping me on track with my food tracking... PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS!!!

I have still have not weighed in, but i did check my measurements. Since the last time I measured, I lost a half inch on my thighs, and gained .25 of an inch on my arm (which isn't necessarily a bad thing) and my waist and bust stayed the same.  So overall, I think things are going ok in the weight department. My clothes are still fitting the same.

I am probably not gaining weight, but I don't think I am really losing any weight. I am going to weigh in this week, and take note of how I am doing.  Hopefully I haven't slid backward too much. I think this "no scale" plan backfired a little, because I took a little more license to cheat than I would have without it.

I feel I need to energize my work out a little. My "daily" challenge for June is going to be to workout BEFORE work FOUR days a week and on two of those days, I do a "2 a day" where I work out in the evening as well as in the morning.

I have not decided on a monthly adventure for June. I am thinking about making it water aerobics... but I am open to suggestions.

I am going to really try to update more. It is hard now that the weather is nice I am spending a lot of time outside with the Dude Monkey!

I look forward to your advice on the food tracking and the monthly adventure!