What the WHAT???

So,

I don't know if my scale is broken,

or the scale I was using before was broken,

or the weight loss Gods have finally decided to send me a little love...

But I have somehow magically lost 20 pounds.

I don't know if I believe it, but I am going with it for now.

Wouldn't you :)

I think it is time for a new, digital scale.

I don't feel as if I have lost any weight at all, 

(which only confirms that this is all some kind of cruel prank).

I was hoping 20 pounds would at least make my clothes a little looser. 

We'll see...

Weekly Weigh-In

Today I weighed-in at 197lbs.  I gained a little from last week.  I am such a yo-yo, up and down, up and down.  

To be fair (or unfair to me) I have not been sticking to my rules.  I have no will power. :(

SO, this week I am gonna start over (yet again).  Hopefully with a renewed focus, I really am so tired of being plumpy.  

I am going to track my running, by minutes and miles, and try to add a little bit on every week. This week my goal is to get up to 2 miles fast paced walking, and 1 mile jogging.

Rules for this week:

*No eating past 8pm.

*Sticking to my Medi-Fast and Detox Diet

*Some type of workout everyday

*No soda... I will be forever working on this, forever.  But I think for now I really need to get off it.

*Drinking more water

Here I go, again... Meh.

Weekly Weigh-In

193LBS!!!

Finally losing some weight again.  Someone at church even told me today that I looked like I was losing weight, it is so nice to feel validated... and just what I needed to hear before I start again this next week.  I am liking this Medi-Fast diet a lot.  It is much easier to stay on top of my calories and food intake when the meals are already planned out and prepared.  I wish I could get another months worth, but it is kinda expensive... so maybe later on down the road.

I haven't been doing well with my exercising at all.  Nothing this last week.  It is so hard to be motivated to work out, when I am concentrating so hard to not cheat... and add in all the other things I have to do, I am already tired before I even walk out the door.  

This next week I am gonna work really hard on not cheating and sticking to my Medi-Fast plan, and adding in 4-5 days of working out.

Weekly Weigh-In

Weekly Weigh-In

200lbs.

At least I am maintaining my weight.  I was expecting to have gained a lot, it being Thanksgiving and all.

I did much better working out this week.  Lots of walking.  I even pushed the boys (70 lbs!) to the park and back, 3 MILES!  I plan on doing that a couple times again this next week.  It is such a good work out, up hills, pushing my fatty babies.  I only have a couple more months until The Great Aloha Run, and I need to up my miles for distance.  I am going to work on 2-4 miles walking/jogging this week.

Weekly Weigh-In

195!

Oh no! I gained two pounds.  I don't know if it was the extra fruit, or the day I cheated...but I gained two pounds and it feels like TEN :(  Such a crappy way to start the week.  And let me just say that starting over on the "diet" when I cheated for two days is SO hard...add gaining two pounds, and I am just sad and defeated.  BUT I am not giving up.  I am really going to re-focus my energy to staying on track, well until Halloween (this Saturday) when we are going for Mexican food!  

My working out this last week was so much better:

I did 3 days (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) jogging for 20-25 minutes.  It averages out to only a mile, cause I am so slow.  This week I am going to work adding miles, I want to work up to 4 miles.  I will feel like I need to workout more, especially if I want success.

Weekly Weigh-In

193 lbs.

Woot! I lost six more pounds...which brings my grand total (since I have started this blog) to 13 pounds.  I don't think I have ever lost that much weight before...except after my babies were born.  It still seems a little unbelievable to me. I can't really see it yet either.  There are a couple outfits that are fitting better, and my shorts are baggier, and my boobs are definitely smaller, but most of my clothes still fit the same.  

We need to get a newer scale. I feel like the one we have is so old fashioned.  I would like something a lot more accurate.  Sooner or later my weight loss is going to slow way down, and those one or two pounds I lose (if I am lucky) are going to be the only thing getting me through the week.  

Weekly Weigh-In

199 lbs.

I LOST 7 lbs! I can hardly believe it! 

I made Jason double check it, I got on and off the scale at least six times, and I even weighed the boys to make sure the scale was working right.  I really lost 7 pounds!  I am sure most of it was water weight, I was kinda bloated last week, but I think it still counts.  I say week one of new diet...sorry life style change, was a total success.  This was exactly what I needed to keep me focused this next week.

I am finding it easier to stay on the diet, even though I spend most of the day planning seven course meals that I wish I was cooking.  I am not as hungry anymore...before I started this change I was hungry ALL the time, eating almost every three hours (and not healthy things or small portions).  Now, I am eating about two normal size meals and two small snacks...and I am rarely hungry in between.

Our house was struck with a plague of fevers, runny noses, and coughs all week long...so my workout report is not as good.  After being up with both boys most of the night I could hardly manage to get out of bed at the normal time, not to mention trying to get up a hour early to workout.  I did manage to jog on the treadmill Tuesday night for 20 minutes, but that was it (I got the plague the next day).  We are on the mend, and I think this next week I can fit in a couple workout days without totally exhausting myself.

I am proud of myself...am I allowed to say that.  I have a long road ahead of me, but for the first time in a long time I KNOW I can do it.

Weigh In

202.4 lbs.

I decided to weigh myself last night, so I gained a pound...no big deal.  I am sure I would've gained more if I was still drinking soda.  We have not been eating real healthy lately, so it could have been a lot worst.  It is still down from my starting weight and that is all I care about.

TIME TO GET OFF MY BUTT!

Whoo-hoo!

I LOST 3 POUNDS!

After all my hard work and perseverance I finally was able to lose a few pounds! 

Okay, so maybe it was not so much hard work, but more like the stomach flu I got last week, but still yay!

I know, I know...it is only 3 pounds but it is better than nothing.  I just got to keep going, and hopefully not gain it all back.

Before...

My before pictures.

July 19, 2009

204 lbs.  (Yikes!)

I wanted a side view picture too.

I finally weighed myself today, after putting it off for almost two weeks.  Two weeks of cheating and convincing myself not to work out.  I am finally back on track!  (Not even a little tempted to eat that delicious chocolate cake in the fridge, ok ok a little tempted to have it for breakfast tomorrow, but I am going to hold fast.)  Jay and I cleaned out our bedroom and made room for our treadmill, which has been living in the boys' closet for the past 1 1/2 years, so now I have NO excuse not to work out every single day.  

Back to the weigh in, my grand total is...204 pounds, the absolute heaviest I have ever been.  Even when I was pregnant with both my babies, I never got above 200.  I thought it would be harder for me...to see those numbers on the scale, I never wanted to be above 200, EVER, it was like one of those milestones I hoped I would NEVER reach.  But for some reason I am fine with it.  I got myself here, ALL by myself...and I know I am on the right track to get it off...slowly but surely.  

I am hoping by next year, on my birthday to be down 50 lbs.  I know that is a huge amount to try for, and not even my goal weight...but if I am going to do it, I want to do it right.