ugh..bummer

I'm up 0.2 pounds this week! Not the right direction. And even though I can't say that I am surprised (hello pizza, cake and cupcake on Wed!), that doesn't mean that I'm not disappointed.

In other news. I have been able to make it to the gym twice this week, and will go again today on my way home from work, so I am pleased with that. Additionally, I have done a quick ab routine every night plus walks when this nasty weather has allowed. So it's not all bad news. At least I did some good things exercise wise even if the scale didn't reflect that.

As far as continuing with weight watchers... I'm going to give it one more month. I honestly think I've gotten what I can out of it right now, and just need motivation to get me through, which apparently needs to come from somewhere else. Therefore, I've decided that since I am so close to my 30 lb goal that the new "deadline" is going to be right around my birthday (which is Nov 14th). This change comes mostly b/c I want new clothes!!! I know my mom is going to give me some $$ for my birthday and I am just sooo ready to spend it on a new wardrobe, that I don't want to be in a situation where I have that few extra pounds to lose before I get to go shopping!

weigh-in nerves!

Leaving in about 10 min for WW meeting and weigh-in. I feel like last week I was spoiled with such a good weight loss that I am going to be really down-heartened this week and it makes me nervous to go! Esp being soooo close to my goal!
Stay tuned...

Biting the bullet

I enrolled at Planet Fitness last week! It is only $10 a month, but not really what I am used to in a gym. I enjoy attending the group fitness classes, but this is just your basic gym with weights/machines and cardio equipment. But I have decided to stick with WW for a while longer, so I can't justify paying more to get more.

There is a section there called "30 min express" that has a selection of weight machines designed for a full body workout. They have a stop light that lets you know to switch between the machines and a cardio interval (they have a stair step) to finish a good workout in.... 30 minutes! It will probably get boring pretty quickly, but it's a good place to start and if I am able to get this done about 3 times a week, I hope to see some toning and definition in a few weeks!

Weight-loss is still going pretty well, even though I am still a tracking loser! I did gain 0.8 lbs a couple of weeks ago (too much celebration for Michaels birthday!) but overall I am down about 27.5 lbs. I'll have to check my weigh-in book later to make an official update.

Unfortunately I got stupid and instead of setting my WW goal at a loss of 30 lbs, I set it for 150 since it would have been sooo close. So instead of having about 3 lbs to lose I still have about 5..... Hopefully they will go by quickly :)

To quit or not to quit

Weight Watchers that is.

It's not as if I don't like the plan any more, I'll try my best to continue it no matter what my decision, I'm just getting tired of paying for it :-p The stupidest part is, that since I am kind of blah about the program right now, I haven't been following like I should, which is just wasting more money. I figure if I had actually been doing well the past three weeks, I could conceivably be about 3 pounds away from my goal weight and that much closer to achieving lifetime (ie free) membership.

I need to get SERIOUS about re-committing, at least for the next month, which I think I have already paid for anyway. After every meeting lately I say I'm going to start counting points tomorrow, so this time I'm going to have to beat myself over the head with it. TRACK TRACK TRACK COUNT COUNT COUNT!

Oh and I'm probably just getting my hopes up, but I may have even another reason to lose my 30 by the end of this year. Michael's mom thinks she might finally get a contract on the house they are selling, and if the offer is acceptable she is taking us all to the Bahamas for Christmas! I'll be pasty white, but hopefully I'll at least look better in a bathing suit :)

A whole lotta nothing

I didn't update last week, but it was pretty uneventful. I did no food/point tracking (which I haven't done this week either- oops!!) and not surprisingly I didn't lose any weight. However, I didn't gain any either, so that's good. It is crazy to think that I was exactly the same weight to a 10th of a pound. Hopefully this is a sign that once I get to a goal weight, I can do a decent job of maintaining it. Though one week is hardly a trend.

This week, even though I haven't tracked, I feel better about my food choices and quantities (barring that trip to the cupcake shoppe on Saturday...yum)

I have done a few more toning sessions this week via exercise on demand- mostly abs. My belly and thighs are where all my weight is, so I need to help them along! I HATE squats though, so I'm afraid my thighs will always be flab-alicious.

Feeling ggggreat!

I think it's the weather, but I have been feeling pretty awesome this week. I have been going on several (short) walks a day and every time I go outside it makes me all happy and de-stressed. I was even thinking yesterday, that if the weigh-in wasn't good today, that it probably wouldn't negatively affect my mood. Luckily I didn't have to worry about that though, b/c I had another loss this week, so yay!

I am also feeling a little less frantic about someone buying our house. I just need to chill and let things run their course. I'm sure I will go through periods where I will get really impatient again, but hopefully not stress out about it as much as I was. Stress is bad people!!

So the good news is the lower number on the scale, the bad news is that Michael made gooey butter cake again... Thanks a lot! And of course not bad news, but challenging, we are going to another birthday party tomorrow. So it's time to ratchet up my self control a little more and make it through this holiday weekend without a gain!

Ugh- Disgusting

That is how I was feeling both physically and emotionally last night.

We went to eat at IHOP since someone was (finally) doing a walk-through of our house last night, and they have free kids meals there. I ended up getting an omelet, made with egg whites for $1.30 extra of course, which also came with 3 pancakes. The meals all came out and they were huge!

Even though it was an egg white omelet, it was still almost dripping in the butter sauce that they fry it in. Luckily I was able to control myself from eating the whole thing, but I did eat Emily's strawberries with whipped cream that she didn't want for some reason...

So anyway, the grease started giving me a stomach ache before we even left the restuarant. And then I was feeling down about how I thought I would doing will with my choice of meal, but I just felt FAT after eating it.

So yesterday just wasn't a great day.

I did have an early weigh-in today though, since I am going to a co-worker's farewell lunch during my regular meeting time tomorrow. I was down 0.8 lbs from last week- which just makes up for the gain that I had recorded.

There is definitely more work to be done, but hopefully I am back in the right direction.

Oh and I'll mention the Black Bean Brownies I made this week. You pick the brownie mix of your choice and instead of adding the eggs and oil that it calls for, all you do is add one can of black beans. Make sure to rinse the beans, then pour them back in the can and fill it with water. Then puree the HECK out of the black beans/water and add in the brownie mix. I think they may have a shorter cooking time when you use this method. They probably could have come out of the oven a little sooner, and I even used the shortest estimated time. Enjoy :)