Week 6 Weigh In

Well, well, well....
254 this morning. I am VERY happy about this, since I ate about 6 large pizzas a week ago. Okay, not 6, but I ate too much! However, I picked myself up and got right on the dieting bandwagon again. Pretty much unheard of for me to do that.

Yeah me! This means I have lost 19.5 pounds! Double Yippee!

This weight is significant since it is my lowest weight in all of 2009 and it is lower than my weight ever was in 2008! My lowest 2008 weight was 256. My new BMI is 40.99.

I am definitely seeing change in my food choices and my will power. I bought my family donuts on Saturday morning because my daughter was begging for them and they haven't had them in a while. I got 2 extra and I ate 0! Side note: I am the only overweight member of the family, and my children eat very healthfully, so things like this are truly a once or twice a year treat.

Also - when I am out and starving, I am making much better food choices. After church we realized we needed to run my child to the doctor. After all that was over it was 3 and I hadn't eaten lunch. He had at least had some raisins and pretzels, but we were both starving. I got a grilled chicken sandwich. From one of my favorite burger places, too.

My next goal is to get below 250. I'll just concentrate on that for now!

Week 5 Weigh In

Since this is the holiday weekend, I thought I'd weigh in a day early. I am down 2 pounds to 257. Honestly, I am stunned, because I had wine many nights this week and I wasn't stellar with my following the WW points. However, I was nowhere near as bad as was my norm prior to starting this diet. Plus I had three great elliptical workouts.

Preschool is officially over, and I need to get into my groove for summer. Not just a schedule for us to kind of follow, but when I will schedule in my workouts. I am more determined than ever. The next two days will be bad, but I am going to make the best choices I have available.

Week 4 Weigh In

Weekly weigh in (drum roll please)

259, for a weekly loss of 1.5 and a total loss of 14.5. I am trying REALLY hard to be happy about this. I really wanted to have a bigger week, however, I am really happy to see 25 as the first two digits of my weight.

Highlights of this week:

• I started physical therapy this week for my back/hip. It is going well! I am not in any pain, and am able to do the strengthening and stretches without any problem.
• I had several great sessions on my elliptical. I also went on a few walks, so the exercise is starting to get there.

The worst part of the week would have been the cookies I made as a gift. A nice idea, except the container wasn't big enough for all of them and I had some extra. Now, I didn't binge like I normally would, but I ate more than I would have liked to.

SO, I need to move on and get over it. I would really like to try to lose at least 2 pounds every week. I know I am going to be having wine this week at least twice, so I need to be extra good with the food.

PLUS, I am currently at my lowest weight for 2009, but to get to pass my lowest weight for 2008 I need to be LOWER than 256. SO, in three more pounds I will be at my lowest 2008 weight. I think that would be pretty cool!

SO, my new goal is to lose 3.5 pounds to be at my lowest weight for 2008 AND 2009!

Week 3 Weigh In

Let's get straight to business. This morning my weight was 260.5, down 2.5 since last week. I am very happy with this. VERY HAPPY! Especially since yesterday morning I "snuck" a peek and was at 262.5. HOWEVER, I just went along with my day (which was Mother's Day) and did as normal with a few exceptions.

I was careful all last week with food. I counted points, used my flex points as needed and I needed to use them all! Saturday was a huge challenge because we had two parties to go to, one over lunch and one over dinner. Luckily the lunch party was more like a circus and my kids were going crazy and I didn't have a chance to eat. I ended up getting Wendys.chili afterward. The dinner party was more subdued and they served fajitas. I had one steak fajita and it was delicious. I had no alcohol because I knew weigh in was pending.

Yesterday was Mother's Day and it was pretty nice. My husband made me my favorite dinner that he makes and even got me a king sized rice crispy bar, which is my favorite "cheat" when I am watching my calories. See, the whole big bar is a little over 300 calories and I love it. Much better than a pint of ice cream or a king sized serving of peanut butter cups!

SO, I am pleased with my weekly weigh in of 2.5 down and very pleased with my total progress of 13 pounds down. This week will probably be tough, so I need to stay focused. I'd love to break into the 250's. I think that is feasible, as long as my body doesn't turn into a water-bloated sponge!

Week 2 Weigh In

Bright and early Monday morning and the scale is 263. This means I have lost 3.5 since last week and 10.5 since I started two weeks ago. YIPPEE! My BMI is 42.4, which means I am still morbid obese. I am very happy with my progress this week. I only exercised one day last week and although I did use all of my flex points, I used most of them in one day, so I wasn't sure if that would hurt me at all.

I feel in control and excited about things now! I definitely need to do a better job at eating vegetables, limiting my caffeine and making exercise a priority. However, I got fat after years and years of trying really hard, so I assume it will take a while to lose it, even if I try really hard!

Week 1 - Weigh In!

I survived week 1!

Weight this morning: 266.5
Weight last week: 275.5
Weight Loss: 9.0
New BMI: 43 (Still Morbidly Obese)

Other Achievements this week

• I journaled EVERY bite I took
• I exercised four days!
• I made fish one day - this is big for me, because I have never liked it and never made it
• I did not use all of my flex points for the week, but I used most of them. Most importantly I never went completely overboard!

So I am down 9, but really 7 from the first weigh in! This is definitely my lowest weight so far for 2009. I'd like to pass my lowest weight from 2008, which was 257, so that is my goal in the next few weeks!

The Beginning....

For every journey there has to be a beginning, or a starting place. That starting place for me is today.

Now, when you decide you need to go somewhere, there needs to be a reason.... The reason for my journal is that I need to get healthy. Somewhere in the last 30 some years I have managed to add approximately 266 pounds to my normal 7 pound birthweight. So, for the mathematically blessed that would mean that I weight around 273 pounds. 273.5 to be exact. Obviously I didn't gain over 100 pounds overnight, so the thought has occurred to me many times that I needed to get a handle on my weight.

A good friend of mine told me that I would receive a "wake up call" that would finally get me going. Well, I got a couple of calls. One was the result of my cholesterol test I just had taken which came up with a result of 272. Yes, my cholesterol is just slightly less than what I weigh. And it's a lot! Secondly, I hurt my back. Bad. If had a little bit of core muscle strength, it wouldn't have happened. I've been laid up for several weeks now and am not feeling very positive.

Luckily I have my faith and I am determined to do something. I may not be able to move much, but I can still control what I put in my mouth. Hopefully, this blog will track my recovery from my back injury and weight loss.

Today is the start and I am planning on weighing in every Monday and to chart my progress from the prior week. My first goal that I am counting down to is my cholesterol retest in six months. My goal is to have my retest in the middle of October, so let's say October 15th. That is 185 days from today. I would like to lose 60 pounds by then. I don't know if it is realistic given the fact that my back is messed up, but I hope that it will be better soon so I can start exercising.......