Weekly Weigh In...

Sorry that I haven't been around much guys.  It's the end of my hardest semester & I have been super busy.  Thank God I only have ONE WEEK left of this semester!!  Woohoo!!  I'm very much looking forward to this summer.  I recently got a job working as a PCT (Patient Care Tech/CNA) at a hospital a town over so I am also looking forward to that.  I haven't started yet, I'm still waiting to hear about my final acceptance & then orientation & all that.  But, I have been trying really hard to watch my eating.  I haven't been counting my calories like I should & doing Insanity has made me realize that that is NOT for me. Even though, I'm still down a pound from my last weigh in.  This morning I got on the scale & was back at 267.  I can't complain too much, at least it was a loss right?  I've been reading my blogs & I have seen some really great recipes that I want to try.  And of course as soon as I do you know I'll share them with you.  But for now I am studying my big ol' booty off but I'll be back blogging regularly soon!

Hope you all are doing great!




Previous weight 268
Current weight 267
- 1 lb
Total weight loss to date
-16 lbs

Weekly Weigh In...

So my husband has caught the "Insanity" bug.  Like I said in the last post, he's in pretty good shape already & has decided that he's going to give these workouts a try and so far he's doing pretty good.  He found a girl on youtube that does them & records herself & while she's recording them you can see what the people in the videos are doing too.  He's been doing really great & he said that the workouts are REALLY hard.  By the time he's done he's dripping with sweat.  I'm really proud of him.  Have I started doing them too?  Uh no thanks.  BUT what I have started doing is some yoga.  Have you guys seen the video of the guy who lost 140 lbs doing yoga?  If not you should watch it, it's really inspiring if you haven't seen it I've posted it for you :D.  Even if you're not interested in yoga, he's still a great inspiration of what happens when you never give up. 

 

 

How many time have we started this weight loss thing & then given up?  How many times have we looked back six months later & thought "Man if I had only just stuck with it where would I be now?"  Well this guy stuck with it & what a difference it made. 

So, I decided that doing a little yoga might help me with my creaking bones give me a little flexibility.  I have to say though, it's a bit harder than I originally thought.  So far I've only done some starter workouts, they're about 20 minutes long but dang it takes some good balance to do those suckers!  You know what I would really love to do? The couples acroyoga.  Have you seen that?  It's FANTASTIC!  Of course you'd have to have a partner willing to do it.  I don't know though, once I lose a bit more weight, I bet I could talk my husband into it, lol.  If you haven't seen that then check out this video, it's so cool. 

 



 

Serously how cool is that?  But anyway, I guess my post for today is about finding something & just doing it.  Even if you change it up & do something else, just do SOMETHING.  Today was yoga, tomorrow may be something else, but at least I'm moving my body. 

 

And now to the weekly weigh in. This morning I was back down to 268, so that's a 2 lb loss from last week where I was up 2 pounds.  I'm tired of this stall & yo-yoing and I am hoping for a much better number next week.  How about you guys?  How are you doing?

 

 

Previous weight 270
Current weight 268
- 2 lb
Total weight loss to date
-15 lbs

Day 98 Insanity!! (& Weekly Weigh In)

Ok so my title isn't talking about me going insane (although with school I'm halfway there), I'm talking about the workout Insanity.  Have you seen this workout? It's the one that touts that you can lose a year's worth of weight in 2 months.  But seriously, have you SEEN this workout?  My husband & I were watching the infomercial yesterday & I was like "Ok, NO obese person can even DO this workout".  He said "Well you could do a version of it until you get better at it".  And I guess that's true, I guess you could work your way up to some of those exercises, but DANG they look soo hard.  I mean when you're using your body for resistance and you weigh 250 lbs or more, that's a LOT of resistance.  I mean I can't even do ONE regular push up so I know for sure I wouldn't be able to do half of those things in that video.  Still though, a year's worth of weight loss in 2 months sounds pretty good.  I would definitely say that workout video is NOT for me, although it would be great for my hubs who is already halfway to buff.  Speaking of my gorgeous hubs, we had a date night on Friday & I have some pics of the two of us :)  Wanna see? 



That's my hubs on the right, as you can see we I LOVE for us to match :)

This is my favorite pic, I wish I hadn't of cut half of my hubs' face off!

NOT my hubs ;)

 

 



This was such a fun night.  There is this band that comes every year and they play old school jams & we go & dance & just have such a great time.  I wish we had stuff like that more often. 

Anyhoo, time for my weekly weigh in.  I cannot believe it's been almost 100 days & yet I am still stuck around the same weight I've been.  This morning I was at 270.  It's that TOM so I expected to be up a little bit, plus of course I just haven't been as vigilant as I know I need to be, so this week was up some.  Looking at the fact that it's been almost 100 days really put into my mind how much time I've wasted these past few weeks.  100 days means I only have 265 days left of my self imposed 100 lb challenge!  I'm not going to beat myself up b/c that's not why I started this journey, but I am going to get back on my blogs & start reading more & getting some more inspiration. 

But for now this is where I am, 270 lbs. 

Hope everyone else is doing good!! 




Previous weight 268
Current weight 270
+ 2  lb
Total weight loss to date
-14 lbs

Weekly Weigh In...

A day late but not a dollar short.  This morning I got on the scale & I was down another pound.  This morning's reading was 267, so at least I'm going back in the right direction even though I'm still a pound UP from my lowest weight, but I'll get there.  I know I will!!

Sorry this post is so short.  School is back in full swing, but I will try to post a longer post on Wed. since I don't have school that day.  :)

Hope everyone has a great week!!





Previous weight 268
Current weight 267
-1  lb
Total weight loss to date
-16 lbs

Day 70 Weekly Weigh In...

Well after all of my lamenting, moaning & griping, I got on the scale this morning to 268.  So basically I'm up 2 lbs from my last weigh in.  Yuck, but not as bad as it could have been.  My weight has yo-yo'd this whole week (thanks to my erratic eating habits), but I am getting back on track.  I did pretty good yesterday if you don't count those FOUR Krispy Kreme donuts.  Hey, the hot sign was on!!  But really I didn't eat that much yesterday since I was at the ball field all day with my sister & nephew, so that's why the donuts didn't make a huge impact, thank God.  I started out the day with my usual egg tostada's & for lunch I had one ballfield hamburger, then the KK's & for dinner I made some kind of cheesy pasta thing, so all in all it wasn't too terribly bad, but I didn't track which is a problem.  I find that when I'm tracking my food I do SO much better.  Then yesterday when I got home I got on FB & several of my friends had posted either about their weight loss or about exercising so I felt like God was trying to tell me "Look, they're doing it & so can you!".  So, I'm getting back on track & I'm feeling better about where I am now, as opposed to where I was a week ago.  We'll see next week what the scale says about this.  I'm going to go make me some water now :)




Previous weight 266
Current weight 268
+2  lb
Total weight loss to date
-15 lbs

Day 63 March is here...(Weekly Weigh In, late)

So March is here & I know I've been MIA on my posts but school is a little hectic.  This is our last week before spring break & it's a doozy so I'll try to catch up today.

Weekly weigh in for Sunday - nothing new to report, holding steady at 266.  No gain, but no loss either & that's just become unacceptable, this "plateau" is going on way too long & I know that it's my fault. 

And it's the beginning of a new month so that means it's time to review my "goals" for February & set some new ones for March so here goes:

February's goals:

• I plan to continue with my fruits and vegetables. I'd like to try to get in at least 3 servings of fruit & 5 servings of vegetables each day. I'd say I met this one about half of the time & it's not really from a conscious effort, sometimes I get them in by what I eat for the day & sometimes I don't. 
• I want to incorporate exercise into my week. My goal for February is to exercise 3 times a week. No time limit, just three times a week for every week in February. Ugh big FAT fail on this one, unless of course I can count clinicals 2 days a week (definitely lots of walking that I'm not used to).  This semester kicked my butt as far as time was concerned so this one didn't happen.  Fortunately though it's about to slow down so I think I'll try this one again, plus the weather is getting warmer & that's always great.
• I'd like to plan some menu's so that I can get a better grip on my eating in the evenings since school has started back. Hmm, I didn't really use any new meals that I made up, but I did continue to use the great ones I got from Runs for Cookies, so maybe that's a half accomplished?
• And lastly I'd like to weigh 260 by the end of the month. Unfortunately that one did NOT happen.  I've been steady now at 266 for the past two weeks & I am over it.  This one has got to get kicked in the bootay! 

So on to my goals for March:

• Exercise!!! I know I've said it before, but this time I'm serious!!  Again, my goal is to exercise 3 times a week, minimum of 20 minutes each time. 
• Track/get in my water every day.  I have REALLY been slacking on my water. 
• Not eat out more than once a week.  This last week I have eaten out WAY too many times & now that my schedule should be easing up I want to go back to more healthy, home cooked meals.

So those are my goals for March.  I think I'm going to print these out & put them several different places around my house, say one of my bathroom mirror, one on the fridge, one in my car somewhere as a reminder of what I'm supposed to be doing. 

Now I'm off to do more paperwork for school.  How did everyone else do for February?  Did you meet your goals?  I hope so!!

Later gator!




Previous weight 266
Current weight 266
-0 lb
Total weight loss to date
-17 lbs

Weekly Weigh In...(Better late than never)

Hey guys! Sorry I was late this week posting my weekly weigh in. There wasn't really anything special to post anyway, I am still at 266 lbs. So no loss, but thankfully no gain for this week!



On a positive note, my FAVORITE weight loss blogger ever actually visited my blog today & left me a comment!! :) Tiffany rocks!! I was looking at her picture that she posted today & I was so impressed. She had on those skinny workout pants & a t-shirt that fit her like a t-shirt. Meaning, she didn't have to make sure it was long enough to cover her lower belly & her butt, b/c guess what?? She didn't need to!! She looks hot!!! She inspires me every day.

Ok, I know this was a super short post but I have got to get some sleep before 5 am clinicals tomorrow.

Talk to you guys soon!!




Previous weight 266
Current weight 266
-0  lb
Total weight loss to date
-17 lbs

Day 48 Weekly Weigh In...

Ok so on Wed. I was lamenting my lack of tracking my calories & how I didn't think February was going to be much of a stellar month, well that was BEFORE I stepped on the scale this morning & saw 266 lbs!!!!!  Yep, that's right, that's two pounds down for this week!!

 

I was so excited to see that loss, especially after last weeks plateau, which really wasn't so much a plateau as a binge the Friday before Sunday's weigh in.  Needless to say I was very excited to see a loss this morning AND guess what else?  That means that I am only THREE lbs away from my first "after" picture!  Like my weight loss idol Tiffany, I am going to post an after picture for every 20 lbs that I lose up until 200 lbs (after that I'll post one every 10 lbs). 

 

Since I am so close to that 20 lb picture I have decided that this week my goal is to lose those 3 lbs so that next Sunday I can post my first official "after" picture!!  I can do it, I mean 3 lbs is doable right? 

 

Today I also wanted to share one of my new lunch fav's.  It's a ham sandwich on a bolillo roll (roll from Walmart bakery section) and it is soo delish!  Here it is in all its glory:

 

 

 

Bolillo Roll 170 calories

Walmart Deli Sliced Cooked Ham (2 slices) 140 calories

Mustard & 1 tsp. of horseradish

Sliced onions & tomatoes (I don't count the calories when I use vegetables as a garnish, or if they are very low in calories, like the cucumbers)

So total calorie count for this lunch was only 310 (with the veggies it would be somewhere around 336 or so).  Also, I sprinkled on some Oregano & I think a little salt.  Of course if you're watching your salt intake you could totally skip that part.  It was very yummy & I had it for lunch on several days.  I'm pretty sure that they also had wheat bolillo rolls, but I usually prefer white, but I'm sure the wheat is pretty good too if  you prefer wheat.  

 

And lastly I will leave you with a picture of me & my beautiful baby girl.  This was the day she was presented an award from the mayor for writing a story about what she liked about the town we live in.  So proud of her. 

 

 

Hope everyone else had a great weekend & let's kick this week's BUTT!!!!!!!!

 



Previous weight 268
Current weight 266
-2  lb
Total weight loss to date
-17 lbs

Day 41 Weekly Weigh In...

First of all can I just say that I can hardly believe it's been FORTY ONE days since I've been blogging about this journey?  This in and of itself is an accomplishment! I started this journey on December 18, 2012.  Just a random day that I decided, "I'm going to lose weight starting today", and I did it.  I made the decision to start & I can hardly believe that here I am still going strong more than a month later!!  Not to toot my own horn, but I am really proud of myself!! 

On to today's weigh in.  I didn't expect anything really spectacular when I stepped on the scale this morning b/c Friday I had a little double Mexican fiesta.  After I left school on Friday afternoon some of my classmates & I decided to go to Chuy's for a Tres Leche cake.  Ok, first of all, have you ever had this?? If not, I HIGHLY recommend it.  It was SO delicious, and that sucker was HUGE!!! 

Seriously, even in this picture you can't tell how big it really is.





But, I didn't eat the whole thing, nope, I cut it in half & only ate half of that deliciousness.  The total calorie count that I found online was 460 calories, so basically I had 230 calories just in that cake alone.  Now that wasn't too bad, but then I also had some chips & salsa/guacamole & their creamy jalapeno dip.  Again, if you've never had the creamy jalapeno dip, highly recommend it. 

This is totally what I would have been doing had I been alone in that restaurant!



Ok I know you're thinking "Well that's not too bad Candi, don't worry about it."  Well, guess what?  Then about 2 hours later my husband comes home from work & he's like "What's for dinner? Why don't you call & order us some Mexican food?"  Welllllll, technically I didn't really have dinner the first time, we just had some snacks after class, right?  So, I proceeded to order two crunchy beef tacos & some cheese dip (of which I ate most of) & then ate again. Now I have to admit, 2 crunchy tacos still isn't that bad compared to what I would have eaten prior to starting this weight loss journey, so honestly I still didn't feel too bad.

Anyhoo, after Friday night I really tried to keep it under control yesterday & I did pretty good.  I'm pretty sure I stayed under my 1700 calorie allotment, and so I got on the scale this morning & voila still at 268 lbs, which I'm totally ok with.  Honestly I was happy not to see a gain. 

So, for this week I'm logging no loss/no gain, but I'm ok with that.  I'm living a normal life & sometimes that includes eating Mexican food twice in one day!!

How about everyone else? How did you do this week??



Previous weight 268
Current weight 268
-0  lb
Total weight loss to date
-15 lbs

Weekly Weigh In....and some measurements

Today is my weekly weigh in & although I didn't hit my end of the month goal of 269 by January 31st, today is even better! Today I am down 2 more lbs for a total loss, since December 18, 2012, of 15 lbs!!!! Woohoo!!  Very excited. 



Only 5 more lbs until an after picture!! I can't wait to see if I can tell the difference.  I know I can tell the difference in this one pair of jeans that I own.  I was wearing them yesterday & they were so super baggy.  Of course they've always been a little big, but yesterday was ridiculous, in a good way of course. 

I also took a few measurements to compare to last month, so here goes:

Neck 15 1/2 inches (previous 16 -1.5 inches)
Bust 49 3/4 inches (previous 50 1/2 inches -.75 inches)
Hips 57 inches (previous 58 inches -1 inch)
For a total of inches lost in those places of 3.25 inches. 

Yesterday was a great day for eating, as a matter of fact I'll go ahead & post it. I wish I had taken a picture of the chicken that I made, it was SO delicious!!  My family loved it.

Breakfast:
Nothing (I didn't feel too hungry for breakfast so I skipped it)

Lunch:
2 beef tacos from a mexican restaurant
1/2 serving of chips/salsa/cheese dip
Estimated 580 calories

Dinner:
Shredded chicken with fajita seasoning and green chiles
3 taco shells (I guess yesterday was mexican food day)
Calories 342 (3 taco shells only had 150 calories!!)

Snacks:
Noosa Honey flavored yogurt
2 c. Golden Puff cereal
1.5 c. 2% milk
Calories 753

I still love cereal at night.  It's my favorite nighttime snack/dessert.  Sooo, I guess today officially starts the beginning of the week & I am going to seriously try to get in my 3 work outs this week.  I would say that walking the halls in clinical should count, but the floor is soooo slow that I really can't even count that as exercise. 

Anyhoo, that's my weekly weigh in, super excited about it, I hope everyone else is doing well!!



Previous weight 270
Current weight 268
- 2  lb
Total weight loss to date
-15 lbs

Weekly Weigh In...

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been on much lately, but last week was my first week back in school full time & also I have been in bed sick since Thursday!  I definitely will do better I promise, I just hate being sick!! 

 

So, on to my weigh in.  As you know from last week I was up some since I had several functions that I went to & just over did it overall that week.  This week I was hoping to not only have lost last weeks gain but a little more, plus my end of the month goal was to weigh 269 lbs & being that it's the 27th already that's really what I was hoping for, but......I did ok :) 

Ok, I'll get on with it, today's weigh in was 270 lbs! :D  No, it wasn't the 269 that I was hoping for, BUT I still have 4 days for that to happen right?  Thankfully though, that does bring my loss for this week to 3 lbs!! Yay! I took off those extra lbs plus one more, so I am very happy about that!!

 

 

That brings my total weight loss since I started this weight loss journey on December 18, 2012 to 13 lbs!! Woohoo!  I can't wait to lose 7 more so I can post some "after" pictures, of course I'm sure they won't look very different, but still 20 lbs is 20 lbs!!

Some things I needed to work on this week were getting in my water and exercising.  I don't think that I did any exercising this week at all, and my water intake was pretty poor. As a matter of fact, I don't think I drank ANY water these last two days.  It's hard for me to drink water when I'm sick.  I usually just drink diet gingerale.  But, hopefully these antibiotics will kick in soon & I'll start to feel better asap & can get back with my water regime. 

So,  how did everyone else do this week??  Hopefully you all did great, I can't wait to see how everyone else did, and I promise I'll get back to blogging more frequently!

 

Oh yeah & I am posting this to Java Mama's Biggest Loser Challenge

 



Previous weight 273
Current weight 270
- 3  lb
Total weight loss to date
-13 lbs

Weekly Weigh in...stupid scale!!

Ok, so we know I was having anxiety about my weigh in today right?  Well, I was so happy to report that I had NOT gained any weight.  When I got on the scale this morning it said 271.6.  I usually don't record the .somethings (although I think I'm going to start now).  When I got off the scale I thought "Awesome! No gained weight!!", which is what I was at LEAST hoping for.  Then I went back a little later to weigh again, just to make sure.  I stepped on the scale this time & it read 271.4.  Ok, whatever, I'll take that.  I decided that I'd take a picture of it to post on my blog so I went & got my cell phone & went back to snap the picture & holy hell if the stupid thing didn't say 273!!  Seriously?  I think my scale is messing with me!! I mean I was literally gone from the scale for like 1 minute!! And yes I know I didn't gain two lbs in that minute, but for some reason my scale has now decided I weigh 273 lbs!  Grrrrr!!

With that said, I suppose my weight is 273 this week, which means a 2 lb gain.  Of course, I'm not surprised or anything, especially after the last 2 days, but still, I wish I could have stuck with that first number!!  I guess if I hadn't of gotten on the scale 5,000 more times after I first weighed I could have stuck with that number.  I suppose that's what I get. 

Anyhoo.  Today is back to the regularly scheduled program of tracking my calories.  I don't have any dinners planned for the near future & I'm going to bring my lunches to school, so this week should be good. 

Lastly, I thought I'd share with you how I track my water consumption. I know most people use those fancy water bottles that have the ounces on the side.  Something like this:

 

But not me.  This is what I track my water consumption in:

 

 

A 32 ounce pickle jar :) 

 

Alright, well a new week is upon us, and I will continue to do what I do & hope that next week shows not only the loss of the stupid 2 lbs, but even more.  I'd like to have at least a -4 lb week this week.  That's my goal for next weigh in, I'd like to be down to 269.  269 is actually my January goal, but it's getting close to the end of January anyway, so here's hoping to -4 lbs on next week's weigh in. 

 

Hope everyone had a great weekend, looking forward to seeing everyone else's losses on the Biggest Loser challenge.  :)

 

Previous weight 271
Current weight 273
+ 2 lb
Total weight loss to date
-10 lbs

Day 13 Weekly Weigh In

So today is the day & I am SOOO excited by what I saw when I stepped on the scale this morning.  I was down FIVE pounds!!!!!!!!!!  Five pounds in one week!! I am SOO stoked! 

 

 

 

My goal by the end of January was to weigh 269 & today's -5 lbs brought me to 271 so I'm preeeety sure that I will meet my goal for January, how exciting is that!!  I said if I got down to 269 by the end of January that that would be 10 lbs for the month & it looks like I may even go over that!!  Woohoo!

 

Ok, I'm calm now. 

 

So, on the way to church this morning I had several thoughts going through my mind.  One of the things I was thinking about was all the times that people (myself included) say "Oh I've tried EVERYTHING & nothing works, I just can't get this weight off."  But those of us that are bigger know the truth, we know that that is just a bunch of well, crap basically.  Yes, you may have tried everything, but the key here is HOW LONG did you try it for?  I mean if you're big then yeah, you probably HAVE tried every diet in the world, I know I have.  Heck, I even had weight loss surgery & still ended up back at 283 lbs!!  But the harsh reality is that NOTHING will work if you don't work it.  There is no magic pill, surgery, or diet, there's no magic at all, there's just HARD WORK, determination, and perseverance.  And believe me I'm am JUST as guilty as everyone else.  You won't believe how many times I've jumped on the "I've tried everything & nothing seems to work" bandwagon.  The whole time though, I knew the truth.  The truth was, I DIDN'T STICK TO IT!  Yeah, I may have done it for a day or two, but as soon as I didn't see the results on the scale then I was done.  My thinking was "Ugh, I've tortured myself for TWO WHOLE DAYS and this dang scale hasn't moved a pound, this doesn't work" and so I gave up, and here I am again, wearing a size 24/26 & wondering why I was such a quitter!!  I mean I have to say that this time has been SO GREAT!!  I have not been hungry one time (I mean I get hungry, but then I eat).  I have not been deprived, and I am so amazed at the fact that the weight is coming off.  Isn't that crazy?  I mean we've heard for years, calories in/calories out.  If you burn more calories than you consume you WILL lose weight.  But to actually see it working so well is just so mind blowing, and exciting, and the thing about this is that I KNOW that I can do this now.  I know that I can stick to it.  I KNOW that I CAN lose this weight!!!  I don't know why I all of a sudden got this bug up my butt to get started on this weight loss journey, but I sure am glad I did.  :)

 

Ok, so here is a picture of my lunch today.  It's a homemade pizza:

 



Ha! I started eating it before I realized that I hadn't taken a picture of it!! :)  Here's the breakdown as far as I could figure:

2 pieced of Mama Mary's crust (2/6 of the pizza) - 240 calories
1/4 of one 80/20 hamburger patty - 73 calories
1/8 c. of pizza sauce - 15 calories
1/4 c. Mozarella cheese - 40 calories
A tablespoon or so of sliced mushroomos - 4 calories (almost not worth counting)
2 1/2 black olives - 13 calories
And some sliced onions that I didn't count

Total calories 385 for my lunch.  I have decided from now on that I'm not going to count little things like onions or mushrooms if they're used sparingly.  I mean the caloric value is so low that I don't think 1 T. of onions is going to make that much of a difference.  Of course that's just me, you can do it however you want.  This pizza was very good.

Ok, well that's my weekly weigh in.  How is everyone else doing?  I hope you're doing great & now I am off to take my Sunday nap!!  Hope everyone has a great week planned!



Previous Weight 276
Current Weight 271
-5 pounds lost
-12 lbs lost total

Day 6 Weekly Weigh in & FAB new yogurt!!

So today is weekly weigh in day, and I have to admit that after my little binge last night I was kind of worried what the scale would say this morning, but lo & behold -3 lbs!!  Woohoo, down another three lbs this week.  Pretty good & on track with my goal of 2 lbs per week :)

 

 

 

So about my binge last night.  As I said in the title, I found THE most amazing yogurt at Kroger's last night.  It's called Noosa. (which then caused me the little binge I mentioned earlier) 

 

 

The version I bought came with fruit on the bottom & it contained 2 servings at 130 calories each.  Now I know that this is high for yogurt but truthfully this ain't your every day, eat for breakfast kind of yogurt.  This is a thick, creamy, delicious dream.  This is something I will buy as a treat.  Guys, it is SOO good.  Now let me interject here and say that I'm not really a yogurt fan.  I will eat it, but it's not something that I really want to eat.  But this is altogether something else.  I love the consistency and the taste is like a fresh cream dream, it's what I think all yogurt should taste like (but doesn't).  It's made in Colorado & is touted as being Australian-style & if that's the case then I want to try more food from Australia cause this is the BOMB!!  All that to say, it. is. delish!!  Seriously you should try it, just remember that it contains 2 servings per container.  And if that hasn't sold you on trying it then click here & read the rave reviews from others:

 

http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2012/09/noosa-yoghurt-awesome-new-aussie-style-yogurt-from-colorado.html

 

 

Wow, I should really get at least a free yogurt from the Noosa people for that endorsement ;)

 

So for this whole weekly weigh in thing I'd like to try & post what I've learned that week and since I just now came up with that as I type the words, I'm not really sure if I'm ready this week but let me sit here & rack my brain.....Ok here goes:

 

What I learned this week:

 

* Small choices equal big results - This week I have to say that I have done pretty amazing with my eating.  As I look back over the week I do see that there are days that I went over my 1800 calories, but there were also days that I stayed under (I'm kind of thinking about going down to 1700).  The main thing that stuck with me this week though was about choices.  We all have those days when we think "Oh this one candy bar today won't hurt me" or this one slice of pizza or whatever it may be and you know what? We're right, BUT therein lies the trap that we have been ensnared in that has caused us to be the weight we are now.  For instance, last night as I was checking out at the grocery store I was REALLY wanting something sweet.  I knew from my tracking that although I was done eating meals for the day that I still had 350 calories left. So I stood at the check out line for I KNOW a good two full minutes looking at every candy bar in the checkout aisle & comparing the calorie count to see which one I could have & just eat half & still be ok.  So here I am searching for that magic candy bar that had the fewest calories all the while telling myself that "just this once" would be ok.  But isn't it the "just this once's" (new word for ya!) that get us in trouble?  If I did "just this once" last night, then am I really taking a step forward or a step back?  And that's what this journey is about, it's about a million little tiny steps FORWARD.  I've done the whole stepping back thing & guess where it landed me?  At 283 lbs.  All those "just this once's" add up to extra pounds in the end.  Well, lo & behold my inner skinny girl spoke up & said "You can have a kiwi when you leave, that's sweet".  And by gosh my fat self listened!! I put the candy bars down & left the store and do you know what I ate when I got home?  The Noosa above.  AND guess what else?  That Noosa was SO good (which by now you already know) that I WANTED to eat the WHOLE container, which would have been 260 calories, but again my inner skinny spoke up & said "You have your weigh in in the morning,  you don't need to eat the whole thing tonight.  BUT if you wait, you can have it for breakfast in the morning, AFTER you weigh in".  Darn that skinny girl, where did she come from anyway?  But again, my fat self listened!  And after a few bites, which satisfried my sweet craving, I put that Noosa right in the refrigerator where it stayed until this morning after I weighed in, and then devoured it!  All in all I learned that little choices in both directions WILL add up.  Little choices in the wrong direction lead you toward 283 lbs & little choices in the RIGHT direction, leads you to a 3 lb loss in one week.  Pretty good if I do say so myself.  Yay for learning something & for being introduced to my inner skinny!!

 

What about you?  What did you learn this week? 

 

Previous weight 279
Today's weight 276
- 3 lbs
Total weight loss
-7 lbs
 

 

December 31, 2012 (Weekly weigh in #2)

So yesterday was my weekly weigh in. I weighed in at 279 lbs. So only one lb this week, but I guess one pound lost is better than one pound gained.



Since it was Christmas I didn't really track my food like I should have & got a bit off track, but still, one pound is one pound right? I have kind of made myself a loose goal of losing 2 lbs a week. I would love to be down 100 lbs by this time next year. As I was watching television yesterday I was looking at all the gorgeous clothes that were being worn & I was envisioning myself wearing those things next year. I don't know if it's just me, but when I'm this size I just don't really care as much about fashion. When I lost weight before that was one thing my sister really liked, she said I was much more fun to go shopping with & that I wore much cuter clothes, well duh. When you're this size, nothing looks good (at least I don't think it does). Another thing that I like about being smaller is wearing heels! I actually really love wearing heels, but trudging around almost 300 lbs on stilts is NOT my idea of a good time, but that is one thing I really look forward to, is wearing heels again.

I mean seriously, how cute are these!! Of course no matter what size I am I don't see myself wearing heels this size, but still, super cute.

Ok, well tomorrow I plan on posting my "goals" for 2013, as well as some reasons why I want to get this weight off.

I hope everyone has a safe & happy New Year's Eve!! Bring on 2013!!

Previous weight 280
Current weight 279
- 1 lb
Total weight loss to date
- 4 lbs

Weekly weigh in #1

Ok so techinically it hasn't been a week, but I've decided that Sunday is going to be my official weigh in day & on the scale I went this morning. Now mind you I wasn't expecting a whole lot b/c of my very random eating habits these last few days (including last night when hubs & I went to a Christmas party where A LOT of Crown was inhaled consumed). So when I got on the scale this morning & it said 280 I was ok with it.



Yes that's 3 lbs in 6 days, but honestly I was hoping for at least 5 lbs this week. Like I said, I can't blame anyone but myself, but hey 3 lbs is still a move in the right direction right?

I would list what I ate yesterday, but what's the point. After dinner my calories were shot to hades & back from the Crown & few little appetizers thingies I ate (ie. cheese/crackers, some deli meat, a meatball). Hey it could have been much worse, there were some pretty awesome chicken wings that I forced myself to forgo.

Here are some pictures from the party:



Previous weight 283
Today's weight 280
- 3 lbs