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Losing It Week 16
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
A couple of days ago I put on my Facebook status that with my consistent exercise this week I would be ticked if I didn’t lose weight this week.
Well, I’m ticked.
Can you believe that after FOUR days of exercising I didn’t lose a thing? I maintained! And I can honestly say that I ate well this week. No overeating. Unless you count the two hot dogs I had at the block party last night. But still! It’s not like I walked around eating brownies and cookies. It was two hot dogs!
Anyway, I’m ticked and I can honestly say I don’t know what to do differently. Maybe my body is gearing up for a big loss next week?
Let’s hope!
Anyway, I’m more ticked than discouraged because I just knew I’d get on the scale this morning and at least see two pounds gone. But, I’m super proud of my exercise commitment this week. For the record, I haven’t measured myself in ages. I should probably do that, huh?
For more inspiring women and their weight loss journeys check out the Losing It weight loss challenge at House Of Hills.
I can honestly say being a part of this group has done wonders for my weight loss. The encouragement and accountability have been so good for me. If you’re on a weight loss journey please consider joining us. It’s fun. It’s easy. And it helps!
Losing It Week 15
Friday, July 16th, 2010
I lost 2.5 lbs since last week! Yeehaw!! Seeing those higher numbers was really discouraging me. I felt them, if you know what I mean. They were sitting in my midsection taunting me. I still have to lose another 2.5 pounds before I’m back to my 10 pound loss. I have to give kudos to my two cousins Lydia and Grace (who also happen to be sisters) who have recently lost twenty and thirty pounds respectively! They definitely motivate and inspire me. Way to go, ladies!!!
I was able to exercise three times again this week. I would really like to get at least four days in and in a perfect world, five. Of course, I’m also still trying to get pregnant so if that happens any time soon I won’t be trying to lose weight anymore. But, until then, cheers to losing me some poundage!
It really helped this past week that we had no food in the house! I literally had NO snacking or dessert options!! Of course I had to listen to everyone complaining but it was good for them. (*insert evil laugh*) I’m going to the grocery store today but I still want to keep our unhealthy options at minimum. I’m trying to instill a monthly bulk cooking day in this house and that hasn’t happened. On that day I want to cook large quantities of healthier, homemade snacks and breakfast foods. Granola, granola bars, oatmeal cookies, whole wheat waffles and pancakes and yogurt freezer pops are some of the things I want to make.
How was your week?
Run, walk, bicycle over (you know, for the exercise) to Kathy’s blog, House Of Hills, for her Losing It link up. There’s a great group of gals over there working hard to lose the weight and they are awesome.
Losing It Week 15
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
I was so excited to weigh this morning because I have exercised THREE times this week. I also controlled my eating pretty well, although I could have done better. I didn’t update last week because you-know-what was here and was adding several pounds to my weight. Well, the residual effects are still here from you-know-what since I weighed in FOUR pounds heavier that my last weight. It was quite discouraging to see that number but I feel confident I can lose those four pounds.
It’s been so hard to get back into the good groove I was in before. I’ve had to just set my mind and DO IT. I try not to over think the exercise thing. I grab my sneakers and water and set the elliptical for 30 minutes. I tell myself it’s just thirty minutes and that there’s nothing that can’t wait for thirty minutes while I exercise. The phone, the house, the kids, even potty training! And even though some days I get on kicking and screaming I feel SO GOOD afterward!
I definitely think I can stand to cut back even more with my eating. I don’t have any desserts in the house right now but I’m pretty sure my portions with everything else have been larger than they need to be.
What really got to me motivated me the other day was that while I was exercising I was watching VH1’s “40 Most Slimmed Down Celebrities”. The commentators would talk about how so and so had really let themselves go once they became a mom. Marie Osmond was one of them. {Insert sarcasm} Oh my GOODNESS…she got to 165 lb!!! She lost all that weight and went from a size 12 (yes TWELVE) to a size 2.
Yay for her. Geez.
It’s great that she lost weight and feels good about herself. But a size 12 wasn’t that huge to begin with! I could see it if she was an 18 and went to an 8. But getting to a size 2 is unrealistic for most women, in my opinion.
The other actress was Maureen McCormick (Marcia Brady) and she is 5′3 (two inches taller than me) and she got to the gross, disgusting weight of 156 pounds.
Wow.
I can’t wait to be 156 pounds again. I don’t want to stay there ,either, but that would be great progress for me.
By Hollywood standards I’m pretty disgusting.
But, what does Hollywood know, right??
So how was your week? Did you meet your weight loss and fitness goals this week? Do tell! And share it over at House Of Hills Losing It weight loss challenge.
The woman who are linking up each week are truly amazing and inspirational. Go check out these REAL women and how they’re slimming down.
Who needs Marie Osmond and Marcia Brady anyway?….grumble grumble ……
Losing It Week 14
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
I can already tell you this week was better for this reason alone—– I exercised! I exercised two days (not counting today). So, yes, it was only 2 days but it was better than the nothing I did last week. I’ll tell you the problem I’m having with exercising. I have two windows of opportunity during the day that I find the best to exercise. If I’m not home for most of the day and miss those two windows I feel like my day is shot for exercising. I’m usually too tired in the evenings but have made the effort before. I know I’m not quite “there” yet mentally when it comes to exercise. I have to get back to the fully committed place I was before.
Being on a strict food budget has really helped Mike and I both cut down on our eating. We’re eating smaller portions of our favorite foods to make them last longer! I’ve also been making more foods from scratch which in turn saves money and makes them healthier. (Well, for the most part. Cake is cake is cake, no matter if it came from a box or from scratch, right??)
Anyway, here are my “stats” this week:
- I ended up actually gaining a pound! I’m not worried since I know I can lose it by being consistent with my exercise and moderate eating.
- I ate pretty well again this week. I didn’t gorge myself but I didn’t deprive myself either. Apparently I need do need to do a little more depriving! I may have to go back to counting calories again.Not sure about that, though.
So, how did you do this week? I REALLY want to encourage my friends and family who are trying to lose weight and keeping track of their progress on blog already to join this accountability group (You know who you are!!) It really makes a difference. You get a whole cheering section for yourself!
Link up to Kathy’s Losing It weight loss accountability meme over at House Of Hills.
Losing It Week 13
Friday, June 11th, 2010
Let me get this out of the way before we move on with my weight loss recap this week.
I didn’t get on the elliptical this week. I could offer up a bunch of reasons why I didn’t but I won’t. *sheepish grin*
I did find the power cord to it (lost during renovations) and it’s ready to go. I just need to actually get on it.
I maintained for another week.
However, I promise I haven’t given up!
I ate pretty good this week and have found some healthier snacks that I enjoy. I have some cookouts and parties coming up and it’s going to be so hard to not overeat. But, I also have to wear a bathing suit this summer so that’s also a motivator.
Sorry for the boring post!
For more interesting and way more inspiring recaps head over to House Of Hill’s Losing It link up.
Losing It Update-Week 12
Friday, June 4th, 2010
Since I took a month long “hiatus” from Losing It this is technically week 12 for me. I didn’t want to start all over again!
Well, I did it. I weighed this morning!! I was afraid to, but I finally did it. And you know what? It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be! I didn’t gain back the ten pounds I lost. I maintained! Who’da thunk, right?
S0, that was a HUGE piece of encouragement right there. It felt like a huge burden was dropped off my shoulders when I saw that I’ve maintained. I didn’t realize how much this whole dread of weighing in and finding out I gained a bunch of weight back was, well, weighing on me!
How did I do this week?
-I didn’t exercise a lick. Not one bit! Unless you count strenuous lifting and moving of furniture, sanding my living room floor and very light swimming exercise. Which, I think I do! We finished the last of our floors this past week. Our living room. So out went all of our living room furniture (including my elliptical) and upside down went our daily routines for about 4 days.
- My eating went ok this week. With the Memorial Day weekend having been upon us I ate cook out food and dessert. A lot of it! So, now that our lives our lives are back to normal and my elliptical is back where it belongs I’m truly going to start exercising again. Most our commitments have finished which is going to give me a little more wiggle room in my week for exercise.
So my goals stay the same:
-eat smaller portions
-enjoy dessert in moderation
-eat mostly healthy and as “non processed” foods as possible
-Exercise at least 30 minutes four days a week.
How was your week? Link up at House Of Hills to share your weight loss journey with us and receive lots of encouragement!
Losing It-Back To Square One
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Kathy at House Of Hills has kindly offered to continue the accountability part to the Losing It challenge a bunch of us were participating in several weeks ago.
So, here I am trying to get back on the wagon, so to speak. It’s been a month since the miscarriage and I’m pretty sure I found most of the ten pounds I lost. Which is discouraging. However, I’m not quitting! I’ve lost and gained way too often. I really don’t want to let this drag me down. I’m going to continue my weight loss journey! (Hear me roar!)
I’ll admit to being too chicken to actually weight this morning. I was planning on it just to give you all an update but then I didn’t want to start out the weekend discouraged. I’m going to start out the new week exercising and then I’ll weigh next Friday Most of our commitments wrapped up this past week for the Summer so I’m going to have more time to exercise and get back on track.
So, I’m going to continue doing what I had been doing before. Eating smaller portions (sometimes half of what I was eating before), and doing 30-35 minutes on my elliptical as many days a week as possible. It doesn’t sound like a glamorous weight loss plan but it was working. I was even eating dessert! Just not a lot of it. I already drink a lot of water and we don’t drink soda anymore so I don’t list that as one of my goals.
Oh, did I mention my husband has “accidentally” lost forty pounds since last year? He went for his yearly visit to his sleep doctor (he has sleep apnea and uses a CPAP machine at night) and he weighed forty pounds less than when he went last year. His doctor told him to continue doing whatever he was doing to lose that weight! What’s unfair is that he’s only been eating a little less than he was before. He hasn’t even been exercising! Imagine if he had been exercising too. No fair! All kidding aside, I’m proud of him.
So, I’m slowly getting out of my funk and back into the real world. I was in a blog funk too so I wasn’t blogging nearly as much as I used to.
Hello Mr. Elliptical, I’ve missed you.
If you want to join in with a wonderful group of ladies and stay accountable each Friday link up at House Of Hills and tell us how you’re doing in your weight loss journey. I promise you’ll get lots of praise and encouragement!
Losing It Week 10
Friday, April 30th, 2010
Unfortunately this last Losing It post isn’t going to be filled with excitement like I was hoping. But since it was the last week I couldn’t NOT post. You ladies have been AWESOME to follow and watch progress in your weight loss and fitness goals.
Last week I blogged about how I had just found out I was pregnant. Well I lost the baby two days ago.
But, that’s not what I want to talk about here.
I really enjoyed this challenge and want to thank Mary, Jessie and Ashleigh for hosting it! It really helped me in having some accountability. Obviously, I didn’t weigh or do any form of exercise this week.
My final stats are 10 pounds down, several inches lost and 5% of my body weight lost. Energy gained, a new lifestyle started. Once things settle down I plan on getting right back on that elliptical and continuing in my weight loss goals. I’ll miss updating you each week!
I’ve been so inspired by the success and commitment I’ve read each week on each of your blogs and updates. You all should be very proud of yourselves.
You guys are awesome!
Losing It Week 9
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Or, otherwise known as Gaining It Week 1.
Yes, I lost a pound last week and I gained a pound this week. I exercised only once this week. I would usually be a tad discouraged about this since I was doing so well, but I’m not!
Wanna know why?
Because I have a good excuse for gaining one pound!
My girls would also like to say something:
So, see? I have a good reason to be gaining weight from now on. I just found out yesterday. If you’ve read my blog for any length of time you know we’ve been trying to conceive for almost 21 months. God answered our prayers in a big way yesterday. I’m just beyond joy and shock. I feel like this is truly a miracle. I’m the type of person that can’t keep being a pregnant a secret for longer than a couple of hours! I get twitchy! So, here I am sharing the news very early on. I trust God wholeheartedly and if anything were to happen I’d want my wonderful friends, family and readers to share in the joy AND the sorrow.
But enough of that morbid talk.
I’ve actually lost weight with my other two pregnancies. After I delivered, I weighed less than when I first started. Let’s hope that’s the case this time!
I do want to continue exercising. I was doing so good with it and getting really consistent. And I know it will be good for me. I’m not going to do any kind of strenuous exercise but I do want stick with this new lifestyle for myself. I want this to be my best pregnancy yet.
I also credit this Losing It challenge to helping me get pregnant! First of all I’ve lost weight and created a healthier lifestyle because of it. I think that may have contributed to better, overall conceiving conditions. All of you have kept me encouraged and accountable. It’s also kept my mind off trying to conceive and excited about weight loss.
THANK YOU!!
I plan to be back next week for the last week of Losing It. I’ll share with you guys on whether or not I’ve exercised and eaten right this coming week. I am truly going to be sad when this challenge is done. I’ve really enjoyed getting to you know ladies and cheering you on in your progress towards your weight loss goals.
So, how was your week??
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Head on over to Giving Up On Perfect to find out how all the other ladies in the Losing It challenge are doing.
Losing It Week 8
Friday, April 16th, 2010
Is it really week 8 already? I’m seriously going to miss these weekly recaps! I’ll continue to post updates on my weight loss journey for my readers but I’ll seriously miss all you lovely #LosingIt10 ladies.
Well, I was able to lose that “Easter pound” I gained. But that was it! I lost no more. I’m back to where I was two weeks ago. I was a tad disappointed since I’ve exercised on my elliptical 4 days this week already! That’s two more that I usually average by my Friday weigh-in each week. But I’m not losing heart and I’m not giving up. I am nearing ” that” time of the month so that could have something to do with my body holding on to some poundage.
I wanted to share two snacks that I’ve found curb my cravings for junk food and desserts.
One is Chocolate Cheerios. They are sooo good! There’s 100 calories for 3/4 of a cup. Not including the calories in whatever milk you choose to put in. But it’s been a great snack for me when I’m craving something sweet while catching up on season 4 of ” Lost” in the evenings with hubby. I feel better about that than grabbing a brownie or Oreos.
The second one is two chocolate graham cracker squares with peanut butter. Even my husband has gotten into that snack! 2 whole crackers are a serving (meaning 4 squares) . That’s 130 calories. But since I only have 2 squares it’s 65 calories. Then I add 1 tablespoon of all natural peanut butter to each square ( at 180 calories per 2 tablespoons) and that is a 245 calories. I know it’s not a 100 calorie snack or anything but it’s definitely satisfying and I feel like these snacks are a tad healthier that cookies or chips!
So, how did you guys do this week?
Check out Giving Up On Perfect to catch up on how all the other Losing It-Not Just My Sanity ladies are doing with their weight loss goals. You can also read about what this challenge is all about over there too.
