ACK!!!!

I must must must get back on track. I gained 2 lbs back. Holy crap. What the deuce?!?!?!?!


I know my eating habits have gone back downhill a bit. The last week was not good. I made chocolate cake cookies with peanut butter frosting on Saturday night. They were so good. K and I ate quite a few.

So I am starting out this week with a bang.

It's Friday

and that means it is my check-in day.

My weight today is 243 for a weekly loss of 2.4 lbs. I should not have lost weight this week. I only worked out once. The only reason that I can figure is because of the stress I have had this week and being sick the first 2 days of the week. When I get stressed I normally eat but this week I made a conscious effort not to while I was stressing. I still ate but I picked healthy things instead of junk food.

I am getting so close to a goal of 15 lbs lost. 1 more lb to go. 15 lbs since November 21st. I have lost an average of 1.5 lbs a week since starting. Wooo hooo!!!!

check in day

245.4 not bad for not really counting calories this week. I slacked off a bit in the exercise too.

I tried on some pants last night. Size 18 and 1 size 17 and they fit. I could get them on and buttoned. They were a little too tight yet for my taste but I could wear them. Yeah!!! The scale may not be reflecting much of a loss but I am definitly slimming down.

Check-in day

I am down 1 lb since Wednesday or 2 lbs for the week. I have lost an average of almost 1 1/2 lbs a week since starting my diet & exercise routine. That is a good steady weight loss. I am definitely past my first goal of breaking the 250 mark on my scale. Next mini goal is 10 lbs of total loss.

I tried on a pair of pants today that I have not been able to wear for awhile, size 18. They fit! I could get them on and button them without a struggle. They are a bit too tight to actually wear without looking like I am suffocating myself but they fit!!! I tried on a different pair of size 18 then. Different brand and they did not fit. I could not even get them over my belly. Why are jeans so different sized depending on the brand?

OMG so excited.

I FINALLY broke 250. I weighed 249.6 this morning. That makes me extremely happy. Now if I would only eat better, the weight would probably come off even better than it currently is.

BLAH!

I weighed myself this morning and I am up a pound. DANG!! I am going to get one of those scales that shows pounds and ounces. I am sure I am not up a whole pound. I have been working out and eat right. Maybe it is because I haven't pooped today. I know my weight varies but it is saddening to get on the scale and see the weight going up. UGH!!

AMAZING

Even with my crappy eating this week and not working out as much as I would have liked, I STILL lost 1 lb. I weighed myself 4 times just to be sure. 251. I should break the 250 mark by next weigh-in. 4 lbs to go to my first goal.

When I see that number drop and see that my clothes are fitting even the tiniest bit better it is good motivation for me. I would like to see myself back to my prepregnancy weight of 225 in 8 weeks. So by February 29th, I want to be at my pregnancy weight. O will be 5 months. I would like to be at 220 by the time she is 6 months. In order to reach my 2nd goal of 225, I need to lose 3 lbs a week.

Because I like to use measurements and how my clothes fit as an indicator of weight loss, I would like to be in my size 18s in 8 weeks and my size 16s in 16 weeks.

measurments update

I have lost 1 inch on my waist
3/4 of an inch on my neck
1/2 inch on my hips

That is since 11/21/07. Not too bad.

1st official check in and more thoughts

252 lbs. Down 5 lbs. I probably could have lost more but I only took Alli once a day, before dinner. I am still happy with losing that much. That is from starting Alli 9 days ago. I didn't work out alot, I went for a short walk and worked for 4-6 hours on my feet with lots of bending and arm motion. I didn't eat the healthiest since Monday.

I learned a few things though if I am going to work full-time:
Get a good nights rest.
Pack my lunch at night.
Get the clothes for the kids and myself ready before bed.
Make O's bottles before bed.
Pretty much do everything that I can before bed so that I am not rushed in the morning.

This week, although the days were shorter than would be if I worked full-time, was a good test to see if I am ready to work full-time. I am. Granted, some of the nights and days were tougher than others. The baby did not sleep well a couple nights and K didn't either, but I am glad for that. It gave me a truer sense of what it would be like to work full-time. I think I can handle it. Some days will be rough.

first check-in

255 lbs. I have finally broke the plateau. YEAH!! Obviously my weight flucuates by more than that in a single day but that is my weight before eating or drinking anything.

Next Friday will be my true indicator.

starting today

So I am starting today. I am no longer going to be the "fat mom","fat wife", etc. I am done. I am so tired of looking like crap in everything I wear. I want to be healthy for my kids and my husband. I want to be able to wear a size 12 again. Obviously I would like to wear an 8 or 10 but I am happy (and being realistic) with a 12. I have never posted my weight for the world to see before so here goes........

ya ready????......


257 lbs. Yeah that's right I said it 257 lbs on this 5 ft 9 inch 28 year old female. This is the most I have weighed my whole life. Even in high school I maxed out at 230. I can only remember one time since I understood about weight that I was under 200 and that was during my eating disorder days, after highschool. I was 180 and looked sickly. I dropped 50 lbs in 3 months. I am NOT going to do it that way this time. I am going to do this healthy and KEEP IT OFF!!

So today I start. I started taking Alli along with my diet and exercise plan. I am ready and I am motivated. I am going to do this for myself and my family.

As you following along with my journey, you will learn more about me, my family, and my life in general. Not every post will be about my weightloss (or lack thereof....c'mon people, I know that there will be times that I may not lose anything or I might even gain). So follow me...maybe I can inspire you, or at least make you laugh...

current stats:
weight 257
height 5'9"
jean size 20