Weekly Weigh In #7

I'm going to jump straight to the good stuff, and then go back and talk a little ;) 

Last week I weighed:

190.4 pounds

This week I weigh:

  188.2pounds

For a weekly weight loss of:

  2.2 pounds

and an overall weight loss of:

8.02% 

The holidays are such a challenge! Especially for somebody who LOVES to bake! I baked about 14 dozen cookies this week... 14 DOZEN! I ate about a dozen of those throughout the week, and then had a cookie exchange yesterday... my weakness for peanut butter kiss cookies no doubt hindered my true potential for weight loss this week, but I busted my butt at the gym so I still lost 2.2, and that's nothing to scoff at! I know it's only going to get harder as we get closer to Christmas, but I know I can do this! This week's pictures...

 

Next week I will have an 8 week side by side as the weight loss challenge I joined with some friends wraps up... I can't wait to show you all the progress! I'm making an extra large goal to hit 20 pounds lost by next Sunday, which means I need to lose 3.6 pounds. Chad is home 4 days this week so I should be able to make a few extra gym trips! 

One last picture, and boy, I know I look ROUGH. I had JUST woken up, and as I was walking through the bathroom, I looked in the mirror, and I saw it! There it was! PROGRESS! It's very easy to be hard on yourself, people have been complimenting me on my changing figure since about week 3, but I couldn't see it... I couldn't see what they're all seeing. I'm finally starting to like what I see on the scale, in the mirror, and in the space appearing in the waistline of my clothes! (though, I hardly have anything that fits...) So, excuse my disheveled hair, tired eyes, and half smile because I didn't want to do the full on smile until I'd brushed my teeth, but I see it, progress, finally! I wish my body didn't react to pregnancy with  deflated baby flap... but what can I do? At least I have 3 cute babies, and the flap has shrunk a little... though I'm pretty sure without surgery it'll never really be gone.

 (Oh yeah, and I'm pretty much naked, but you all see that every week anyway right?!)

Weekly Weigh In #6

Well, you may have noticed that I didn't post last week. I gained 2 pounds over Thanksgiving. I'm not too upset about it, it's only 2 pounds and I don't have to regret ruining my Thanksgiving experience. So, this week's starting weight will be 2 pounds higher than it seems like it should :)

Last week I weighed:

194.8 pounds

This week I weigh:

190.4 pounds

For a weekly weight loss of:

  4.4 pounds

and an overall weight loss of:

6.94% 

 

 I struggled to find my groove again after taking basically a whole week off for Thanksgiving (literally the whole week of baking and yummy food lol, see why 2 pounds didn't upset me?!) but I've found it again and hit the gym 3 times this week, pushing myself harder than usual! Here's this week's pic! I made a side by side of my starting pic vs this week, and WOW if I can't see much of a difference weekly, it's there... but I'm making you all wait until week 8 ;) 2 more weeks! (I didn't take pictures last week, so the belly and scale are from week 4)

This week's only goal is to keep doing what I'm doing. I'm making decent choices and keeping up with my exercising!

Weekly Weigh-In #4

I really don't have much to say about this week. I did not meet my 15 mile goal :( I got to 11.11 miles. Which really is nothing to scoff at, but still, I had every opportunity to meet that goal and didn't. Anywho, this week's #'s... I have a hot date to get ready for!

Last week I weighed:

194.8 pounds

This week I weigh:

192.8 pounds

For a weekly weight loss of:

  2 pounds

and an overall weight loss of:

5.77%

Which means I met my 2 pound goal for this week! Woo! The only goal I'm setting for the next week is to not gain any weight. Any kind of loss will be welcomed! I REFUSE to give up any part of my holiday. I'm already 1000 miles from family and Thanksgiving tends to be a little depressing.... I WILL enjoy my comfort foods on Thursday.. and Thursday only! The rest of the week I'll be a good girl :)

This week's picture (which sucks. I think I look fatter. Oh well, it'll pay off in the end, I'm sure there's a big difference from my week 1 picture!)

 

I'm off for some amazing mommy time with one of my bestest friends. We get to go pick out FREE dresses from Old Navy! #loveoldnavydresses #crowdtaprocksmysocksoff

 I hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving! 

and get some walking in... if turkey found time to do it this week.. surely we all can ;)

Weekly Weigh-In #3

Eeek! What a week. I feel like I was SO good. I ate healthy, and I ate a LOT! You wouldn't believe the amount of food on my plate last night, and it all came in under 500 calories (kabobs with chicken, mushrooms, zucchini, onions... basted in homemade honey balsamic vinaigrette and grilled... with fresh broccoli sauteed (with no oil!) with some garlic and salt and pepper, and broccoli cheese rice... so so good.) Who ever said 'dieting' meant starving yourself!? Another night I had the most LOADED grilled chicken cobb salad... chicken, avocados, boiled egg (whites), bacon, onion, tomato, bleu cheese crumbles, cucumbers, spinach, arugula, lettuce, low fat balsamic dressing. I couldn't even finish it! You don't have to eat a tiny bit of yucky food to lose weight! I worked out like crazy this week too. I set a goal last week of 12 miles. I ended up doing 14.6. Some was walking around base housing, some was treadmill, and most of it was on the elliptical (much easier on my hip!) but I am happy that I not only met but surpassed my goal! I also started adding back in some strength exercises this week. Alternating machines, doing legs and back one day and arms and abs the next. (Well, I kind of did abs every day, a crunch routine!) I have felt so good this week. I even had a few treats along the way, and never went over my calories! That's part of my secret. If you really feel like you need something... let yourself have it. If you don't, you'll binge on it later. Skinny cow ice cream sandwiches are my GODSEND! Love them. Anyway, this has been a pretty unchallenging week as far as temptations, so I guess you all just want me to get to the good stuff right? I guess it's time to reveal that I exceeded not just my distance goal, but weight too! Hoody-Hooooo! 

Last week I weighed:

198.8 pounds

This week I weigh:

194.8 pounds

For a weekly weight loss of:

4 pounds

and an overall weight loss of:

4.79% 


I'm so excited! 4 pounds!! The normal way, the healthy way, by myself most of the time (I miss my gym bestie :( wahhhh Tara move back). I'm already almost 1/5 of the way to my 50 pound goal, and only 3 weeks in! I'm seeing definite differences in my body (though the pictures don't show as much, bad angle maybe? I see it, Chad's mentioned it... it's there!) On that note. Pics!

I really hate this week's pictures. Maybe it's a combination of lighting, distance to camera, etc. But I don't see my progress in these pictures like I do in the mirror. Except my back boobs, they're definitely shrinking ;)


This week's goals!
15 miles (whoa Nelly!)
192.8 pounds (for a 2 pound loss for the week, can't expect another 4 pound loss, though it would be awesome!)


Today is my cheat day... it gets me over my cravings for the rest of the week. We were at the bowling alley yesterday and my willpower was waning at the smell of curly fries!) back at it tomorrow, planning an extra long gym trip! Thanks for reading, and for your support :)

Weekly Weigh-In #2

Week 2! What a week... and not in a good way. I was tempted and gave in way too much :( First, there was Halloween. Up until then, I had been doing great! Halloween night after we took the kids trick or treating we had to rush off to Dothan where we were spending the night in preparation of Kye's eye surgery on Thursday morning. On our way out of town we ate at Old Mexico-strike #1. I was not good. On our way from Old Mexico to Dothan I ate more than my share of chocolate from the Halloween buckets-strike #2. The day of Kye's surgery none of us ate breakfast and it was nearly 1:00pm before we left the surgery center... so we stopped at Bojangles (which all my friends rant and rave about... but I thought was disgusting) for lunch-strike #3. I had several more strikes the rest of the week as I'd steal a little chocolate out of the Halloween bucket here or there (it's the chocolate that gets me!). On top of my edible indiscretions I also had issues working out this week :( Early in the week I was getting ready to go to the gym. As I got up, I told Chad my hip hurt a little (kind of like I twisted it getting up). I went to the gym anyway and did more than I have yet (very high incline, 4 miles, 700 calories burned! Yeah!). By that night... I was very much regretting it. I could barely walk. By the next morning, I literally COULDN'T walk. I had the worst night of pain and leg cramps. I spent the next several days not being able to work out as I slowly walked out whatever I had done to my hip. I went back to the gym Friday and was disappointed to have to walk very slowly, with no incline, and burn only half of the calories I knew I could have in the same amount of time. Anything else had my hip hurting again. Yesterday I took the boys for a quick walk around the loop (just shy of 1.5 miles) and my hip hasn't been bad from that, so hopefully I'm on the mend! Not being able to workout definitely impacts my willpower. When I get to workout, especially when I get to REALLY workout, I feel better! I feel motivated, I feel like I'm ready to do this! I didn't reach either of my goals I had set for myself last week. That being said, this week wasn't a total bust. I still managed to lose a little (which is better than a maintain or a gain any time!) and despite the slowly moving numbers on the scale I am seeing a difference in my body. I can put on shorts I haven't worn since I had lost all my weight before (about 5 more pounds before they're really comfortable). I can see a difference in this week's pictures too. 

So...

Last week I weighed:

200.2 pounds

This week I weigh:

198.8 pounds

For a weekly weight loss of:

1.4 pounds

and an overall weight loss of:

2.83%

and this week's picture!

 

I'm excited to be under 200 pounds again! I hope I never have to see a number above that again!

So, goals for next week.

Get down to 196 pounds. 195 would tickle my fancy even more.

Once again, log 12 miles of walking.

I've been thinking too. I need an overall goal. I think my overall goal is to lose 50 pounds by my graduation (ahhhh university graduation!) on May 10. I think it's a completely reasonable goal, and would put me right in an optimum weight range for me! My big reward will be shopping for a really nice dress to wear under my cap and gown (squeeeel again! cap & gown?! ah!).

and one last thing...

I can't thank you all enough for the support. Knowing that I have to answer to all of you keeps me going every week. I love hearing your encouragement, or how I've inspired you... gives me the warm fuzzies!

Here we go again!

Well, it's been a year and a half since my last post! A lot has happened since then... first, I gained back most of my 34 pounds lost... then I had a 3rd baby (a pretty cute one too) and now here I am, 4 months postpartum and trying to lose the weight again. I've had a harder time finding my motivation this time around. It's definitely the wrong time of year to try and hop on a healthy bandwagon. I want to bake and cook and of course, eat what I make. Candy is everywhere, hello Halloween! I've been tempted plenty and gave in a few more times than I'd have liked to. But then I thought.. no... no this is the PERFECT time of year to hop on the bandwagon! I can avoid all the goodies and candy! Myself and 25 of the best mamas I know decided to start up a challenge! YES! It worked so wonderfully last time.

So, here we are. Week 1 weigh in results!

I started this journey weighing:

204.6 pounds

This week I weigh:

200.2 pounds

For a weekly loss of:

4.4 pounds

and an overall weight loss percentage of:

2.15%

I see very little change in my body this week, but I feel been more energized and motivated for sure! This week I've walked a total of about 10 miles and I've been counting calories (aiming for around 1500) using My Fitness Pal (LOVE this app, helps so much to have it put right in front of your face exactly what you're putting into your body). I've faced several trials but that's all part of it, bringing yourself through them. I currently don't feel like I have a ton of support from Chad. Well, he's supportive, but not in the "I'm going to do this with you" way, more in the "I'm so happy and want to help you however I can, while I sit and eat these Oreos in front of you" way. I feel I had a pretty successful week and seeing the numbers go down is definitely motivation to carry on. 

This week's goals:

walk 12 or more miles

get to 198 or lower by the next weigh-in

and here is this week's 'progress' picture! 

Weekly Weigh in #13!!!!!

I never got around to posting last week! I feel like I've just been stretched so thin, so many things to do. Every time I thought about it I was busy. So, last week was a 0.8 pound gain, not my best. I kind of went on a binger, I was eating hot dogs and ice cream and cupcakes and pizza and mexican food and the list goes on and on and on. I guess every now and then that's ok, it definitely made me see how harmful it was, I put on 9 pounds between weigh in the previous Sunday and Wednesday mid-week! I had to bust my ass to get all but that 0.8 off. This week has been muchhhh better! One of my bestest friends and my gym buddy and motivator moved this week :( I was afraid of losing motivation without somebody there with me, so I've been pushing myself and I feel like I'm doing even better on my own. I've also started the Couch to 5K plan, have done 2 days of it so far. Will I actually run a 5k when I'm done? Maybe, we'll see. It's hard to see beyond the feeling of death I'm feeling right now! I feel like I haven't been noticing change in my body as much, at least not my stomach... but as I was closing Koen's door last night, I caught myself in the mirror, and it was so strange, I swear those aren't my legs, those are skinny little chicken legs, that don't touch all the way to the knee! I am within 15 pounds of my goal weight now, just 14 pounds to go! I'll probably decide to lose a little bit more after that, just for good measure so I won't feel like such a lard-ass when I get pregnant again. I don't think I've been in the 170's since junior high, and sure as hell not in the bottom half of the 170's. This is a slow process but it's definitely worth it! Anywho, enough of my rant, here are today's stats.

Today's Weight

174.4

For a loss this week of

3 pounds

and an overall weight loss to date of 

35 pounds

and an overall percentage of weight loss to date of

16.71%

annnnd today's pictures!

 sorry for crappy picture quality, Kye took off with our camera like 2 weeks ago and it's STILL m.i.a. where do they hide these things?!!