Yesterday, I had to take a big certification exam for work. I was so nervous going in because I had failed it the first time.
After a few weeks of solid dedication exercising and eating fairly well, I celebrated passing the exam with food yesterday. I now feel disgusting and fat, and am really regretting doing so.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Weigh In (All)
Another week is history... did any weight go with it??
Melissa
Well I was down 2 lbs this week to bring my total to......... 51 lbs!!! Whoohoo! I'm over half way done with my weight loss goal! I worked hard this week because I really wanted to reach that 50 lb mark. I worked out every day but Friday. I went to my Barre class and ran twice! Then today I ran another 5k and beat my time by, um 1 lousy second. But I am glad that I didn't take longer since I really hadn't run much in the past 3 weeks. Anyway, my goal for this week is to go to my barre class 2x and then run at least 2x.
Teri
I am down, but only another whopping .7 lbs. I did Zumba on the PS3 two days last week, and its actually a pretty good workout! However, this week I am pushing myself. I hit the gym today and kicked my rear in gear. My goal is to workout at least 4x this week, I really want to see the 160s on Friday. While I have been pretty good with staying in the 1200 calorie range daily, I am not always making the best choices. I went to Trader Joe's today, got some yummy filling snacks and hope it pays off! I am also trying to stay in check since I will be headed to Mexico on vacay next week!
Tiffany
Down 5.2 pounds. That's great and all but I just don't get it. This week wasn't really any different than last and I only lost .5 pound last week. Whatever, I'll take it... I just don't know what to do differently to ensure I keep losing. I'm down a total of 10 pounds since starting weight watchers exactly a month ago. Not too bad I guess. :)
This week I want to keep my eating in check (no fast food!) and drink more water. I'm struggling with the water thing again. I'd also like to go for a couple of walks but it's supposed to be in the high 80's this week (yeah, that's an excuse) so realistically I'll shoot for one really long one and hope for more. We did go to the zoo yesterday so that's a good 4 hours of walking + pushing a double stroller and sweating to death. ;) Even if I don't get those walks in, just being more active during the day is helping (cleaning more, watching tv less. Playing with Nolan outside, etc.) Here's hoping whatever I did last week continues!
Amanda
I can give you my list of excuses or I can just tell you that I haven't been trying at all lately. I'm in a funk that needs to be fixed is pretty much the end of that story.
I made some mini goals for me this week. I am going to get back to tracking, I haven't been doing it, and it seems to be key for me. Also I am going to hit 1200 calories every day this week, not a single one more even if I get extras because I exercised.
I'm so ready to see some progress again. I looked back on my calendar. I lost 50 pounds between July '11 and January of '12. And since January, five months!, I've been playing this game of minus a pound, plus a pound, minus a pound, plus a pound. I want more progress, another 10 pounds. That should be nothing since I've made it this far already.
Cheryl
-1.4 lbs this week! I have to give credit to that to walking a total of 22 miles this week! I was kind of hoping to have a bigger loss but I will take it! Slow and steady wins the race with weight loss!
Erin
Well, I still have no working camera. I have been trying to find my camera cord to charge it, and so far have had no luck. Anyways, I weighed in at 210.6 this week, so a loss of .4 lbs. I am hoping that getting back to playing women's slow pitch softball will help me get my rear in gear. I played 2 games yesterday and it sure did kick my butt and was definitely good exercise. I am also debating starting Weight Watchers, because I have so far not had much luck just tracking my calories with MyFitnesspal. But, starting this week we aren't eating any fast food at all anymore and no more soda! If it's not brought into the house there should be no temptation.
Melissa
Well I was down 2 lbs this week to bring my total to......... 51 lbs!!! Whoohoo! I'm over half way done with my weight loss goal! I worked hard this week because I really wanted to reach that 50 lb mark. I worked out every day but Friday. I went to my Barre class and ran twice! Then today I ran another 5k and beat my time by, um 1 lousy second. But I am glad that I didn't take longer since I really hadn't run much in the past 3 weeks. Anyway, my goal for this week is to go to my barre class 2x and then run at least 2x.
Teri
I am down, but only another whopping .7 lbs. I did Zumba on the PS3 two days last week, and its actually a pretty good workout! However, this week I am pushing myself. I hit the gym today and kicked my rear in gear. My goal is to workout at least 4x this week, I really want to see the 160s on Friday. While I have been pretty good with staying in the 1200 calorie range daily, I am not always making the best choices. I went to Trader Joe's today, got some yummy filling snacks and hope it pays off! I am also trying to stay in check since I will be headed to Mexico on vacay next week!
Tiffany
This week I want to keep my eating in check (no fast food!) and drink more water. I'm struggling with the water thing again. I'd also like to go for a couple of walks but it's supposed to be in the high 80's this week (yeah, that's an excuse) so realistically I'll shoot for one really long one and hope for more. We did go to the zoo yesterday so that's a good 4 hours of walking + pushing a double stroller and sweating to death. ;) Even if I don't get those walks in, just being more active during the day is helping (cleaning more, watching tv less. Playing with Nolan outside, etc.) Here's hoping whatever I did last week continues!
Amanda
I made some mini goals for me this week. I am going to get back to tracking, I haven't been doing it, and it seems to be key for me. Also I am going to hit 1200 calories every day this week, not a single one more even if I get extras because I exercised.
I'm so ready to see some progress again. I looked back on my calendar. I lost 50 pounds between July '11 and January of '12. And since January, five months!, I've been playing this game of minus a pound, plus a pound, minus a pound, plus a pound. I want more progress, another 10 pounds. That should be nothing since I've made it this far already.
Cheryl
Erin
Well, I still have no working camera. I have been trying to find my camera cord to charge it, and so far have had no luck. Anyways, I weighed in at 210.6 this week, so a loss of .4 lbs. I am hoping that getting back to playing women's slow pitch softball will help me get my rear in gear. I played 2 games yesterday and it sure did kick my butt and was definitely good exercise. I am also debating starting Weight Watchers, because I have so far not had much luck just tracking my calories with MyFitnesspal. But, starting this week we aren't eating any fast food at all anymore and no more soda! If it's not brought into the house there should be no temptation.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Has anyone seen my motivation?
I'm not sure what exactly started off my week on the wrong foot last week but I know that by Tuesday or so I had given up. I kept stepping on the scale (albeit with clothes and not first thing in the morning) and the numbers just weren't going down so I said screw it. That's me- when things get tough, I give up. Hate to admit it but it's the truth. Then we went out of town for a few days to my grandparent-in-laws and there is the kingdom of junk food and over sized portions. Plus eating on the road to boot. Needless to say, I'm starting this week (today) at 239.2 pounds which is a gain of 2.8 pounds from last week. I'm pissed off about it but all I can do is jump back in. Starting off the morning with a healthy breakfast and going to get back on the tracking points wagon. I CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Weigh In (All)
Another week flew by and hopefully some weight went with it....
Melissa:
As you can see, I'm down another 2 lbs... making my total 48 lbs gone! So close to 50!!! This week I wasn't really able to exercise due to stitches on my arm and shoulder so I only attended one of my Barre N9ne classes. Since I was not able to exercise I buckled down and stayed below my 1,200 calorie total each day.
Then on Friday I survived a huge temptation. I went out after my school's Lip Sync concert (I was in the teacher act), and sat there and drank just water while several of my coworkers ate potato skins, chicken fingers, and nachos. Holy crap I don't know how I resisted but I did!! Actually I think the biggest thing that helped was right when we got there and were ordering I said aloud for everyone to hear that I was not going to be eating. Since I put that on the table I felt even if I wanted to eat I couldn't because I already told everyone I wasn't going to, so I didn't want to look weak. That was actually something I learned from my old WW leader. She said to say things aloud for other people to hear, like if you are only going to have one piece of bread or whatever. Saying aloud for others makes it more real and you stick to it.
So I survived and resisted and the scale paid off! In my head I was thinking, "the freakin scale better be good to me tomorrow for my resisting all this!!"
Teri:
My photo turned out crappy this week, but thats ok since I gained 1.1 lbs anyhow. I am not surprised one bit. I had a rough week emotionally, and I turned to caffeine and carbs. I pretty much stayed within my calorie count each day (a few exceptions!) however instead of my normal yogurt and fruit breakfast, I went with a bagel several times, and a yummy Starbucks breakfast sandwich. I recognize and I am back on the wagon this week.
As of today, I did hit the gym 3 days this week, but my workout on Wednesday was really bad. I thought that a good run would help me out of my funk, but it didn't. I was in my head the entire run, was struggling and could barely finish the 3 miles as a walk. I kept comparing my time with the time I had last week, and that made it a lot worse. Today's workout = awesome! I felt better, really wanted to go, and pushed myself! I was pouring sweat when I left, and my body is a good sore tonight! I felt so much better after that workout, and I think remembering why I am doing this in the first place, pushed me harder.
This week, I decided I needed to challenge myself a bit for a few reasons: 1) I want to lose and I want it to be a lot, like to get into the 160s next Friday, and 2) I am participating in the Police Week 5K next Saturday, and I want to be ready, both physically and emotionally. Therefore, this week I challenge myself to limit my caffeine intake to 1-2 cups of coffee/day, and just water the remainder of the day (people, this is going to be hard, especially when the after lunch exhaustion sets in at work!), stay within the 1200 calories each day starting today, and kick up the workouts this week, both in the number of days and how hard I push myself.
I don't expect miracles next Saturday - I doubt I will run the entire 5K but I want to get a good time, even if it means speed walking! This will be my test before the June 5K.
This will be a huge challenge this week, but this girl is up for it:) I will need all of the support I can get:)
Tiffany:
We're out of town through tomorrow so I don't have a photo. It was a rough week- too much carbs and caffeine. I gained but I'm not sure how much. Back on the wagon this week.
Amanda:
Will post my picture when I find my camera card. :( I weighed in at 179.something this week, which was about a 1 pound gain.
I'm trying to remember that my body may still be unsure of itself and that I've been on light duty, which has eliminated my hard cardio workouts that have kept me much on track the past 6 months. BUT it does not excuse the eating, and I have no excuse for that other than I have fallen off the wagon. Time to buck up, and jump back on. I even feel like crap, bloated, all the time - too much salt and sweet, not enough water and healthy choices.
Cheryl:
Down 0.8 lbs! I have really kicked up my walking/exercise this week. Hopefully I will see an even more weight loss next week!
Heather:
Melissa:
As you can see, I'm down another 2 lbs... making my total 48 lbs gone! So close to 50!!! This week I wasn't really able to exercise due to stitches on my arm and shoulder so I only attended one of my Barre N9ne classes. Since I was not able to exercise I buckled down and stayed below my 1,200 calorie total each day.
Then on Friday I survived a huge temptation. I went out after my school's Lip Sync concert (I was in the teacher act), and sat there and drank just water while several of my coworkers ate potato skins, chicken fingers, and nachos. Holy crap I don't know how I resisted but I did!! Actually I think the biggest thing that helped was right when we got there and were ordering I said aloud for everyone to hear that I was not going to be eating. Since I put that on the table I felt even if I wanted to eat I couldn't because I already told everyone I wasn't going to, so I didn't want to look weak. That was actually something I learned from my old WW leader. She said to say things aloud for other people to hear, like if you are only going to have one piece of bread or whatever. Saying aloud for others makes it more real and you stick to it.
So I survived and resisted and the scale paid off! In my head I was thinking, "the freakin scale better be good to me tomorrow for my resisting all this!!"
Teri:
My photo turned out crappy this week, but thats ok since I gained 1.1 lbs anyhow. I am not surprised one bit. I had a rough week emotionally, and I turned to caffeine and carbs. I pretty much stayed within my calorie count each day (a few exceptions!) however instead of my normal yogurt and fruit breakfast, I went with a bagel several times, and a yummy Starbucks breakfast sandwich. I recognize and I am back on the wagon this week.
As of today, I did hit the gym 3 days this week, but my workout on Wednesday was really bad. I thought that a good run would help me out of my funk, but it didn't. I was in my head the entire run, was struggling and could barely finish the 3 miles as a walk. I kept comparing my time with the time I had last week, and that made it a lot worse. Today's workout = awesome! I felt better, really wanted to go, and pushed myself! I was pouring sweat when I left, and my body is a good sore tonight! I felt so much better after that workout, and I think remembering why I am doing this in the first place, pushed me harder.
This week, I decided I needed to challenge myself a bit for a few reasons: 1) I want to lose and I want it to be a lot, like to get into the 160s next Friday, and 2) I am participating in the Police Week 5K next Saturday, and I want to be ready, both physically and emotionally. Therefore, this week I challenge myself to limit my caffeine intake to 1-2 cups of coffee/day, and just water the remainder of the day (people, this is going to be hard, especially when the after lunch exhaustion sets in at work!), stay within the 1200 calories each day starting today, and kick up the workouts this week, both in the number of days and how hard I push myself.
I don't expect miracles next Saturday - I doubt I will run the entire 5K but I want to get a good time, even if it means speed walking! This will be my test before the June 5K.
This will be a huge challenge this week, but this girl is up for it:) I will need all of the support I can get:)
Tiffany:
We're out of town through tomorrow so I don't have a photo. It was a rough week- too much carbs and caffeine. I gained but I'm not sure how much. Back on the wagon this week.
Amanda:
Will post my picture when I find my camera card. :( I weighed in at 179.something this week, which was about a 1 pound gain.
I'm trying to remember that my body may still be unsure of itself and that I've been on light duty, which has eliminated my hard cardio workouts that have kept me much on track the past 6 months. BUT it does not excuse the eating, and I have no excuse for that other than I have fallen off the wagon. Time to buck up, and jump back on. I even feel like crap, bloated, all the time - too much salt and sweet, not enough water and healthy choices.
Cheryl:
Heather:
Down 2.8 lbs! Mostly due to eating very little. I got injured (pretty sure my tailbone is fractured) and laying on my stomach is the only somewhat comfortable position. So I'm not eating much. Which I guess is a good thing. Unfortunately, I'm also not going to the gym.
Erin:
The photo is pretty bad, I can't find my camera and my camera on my phone stinks. But, I am at 211.4, so I am down 2.8 lbs from last week. Not too shabby.
Nikki:
This week I'm at 188.7, which is a gain of a little less than a pound. No picture because I am frustrated with the scale and didn't feel like making the effort to go get the camera. I've been stuck at 188-190 for a long time and am feeling pretty discouraged. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. I don't think I am overeating because I feel like I am hungry all.of.the.time. And there's not a lot of dairy-free snack options at my house so I don't really snack much. I exercise when I have time and I guzzle down tons of water everyday. I think I need to count calories or WW points just to see where I am at. Maybe I am taking in way too many calories and I'm just not realizing it.
I was feeling pretty good about my weight loss and how I was looking until I recently tried on some dresses in my closet. I have a wedding to go to in a couple weeks and thought I'd easily fit into a bunch of dresses that I have since I weigh less now than I have in the past 3.5 years but nothing fit right. My body has changed so much from having two kids. I still have a big belly, I even look pregnant in some of my dresses, and my bust size is way bigger. I will have to buy something but I'm not looking forward to shopping since I'm not too happy with where I am at right now.
Hopefully I can figure out something soon to get the scale to go down, I'm tired of seeing the same numbers over and over every week.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Last stop, ONEderland!
Okay so I live in the Boston area and if you are from this area the last stop on the Blue Line T is Wonderland, so my title is a slight play on words. This is my last stop, I'm not going back to the 200s.
As excited as I am to be in Onederland I am afraid of falling back into the 200s. I haven't been in the 100s since right before I got married. I probably weighed right over 200 when we got married. I am wearing clothes I wore then and we'll see how my summer wardrobe fits if we ever get warm weather!
I still can't believe I reached 199.5 last week. When I first started this journey at 245, getting to 199 seemed like it would take forever and so far ahead of me. Well I'm here now and the 1-2 lbs I lost every week just slowly added up to almost 46 lbs gone! I know people want a quick fix, they want to lose 6 lbs a week, but that is just not realistic. Slow and steady wins the race, right??
So now that I am getting close to losing 50 lbs everyone has been noticing my weight loss. Last week was crazy because everyone at work was saying things like "Omg you look so good!" "You look like you've lost weight" and so on. My principal keeps calling me skinny... ha that's still very far from the truth, but I'll take it. I am going to wait until I hit 50 lbs gone before I take a new pic.
In response to all the comments I just smile and say thanks and that I have been working hard. I feel like Amanda did a couple months ago when everyone kept asking "what are you doing?" "What diet are you on?". I feel really silly replying with "I track everything that goes in my mouth and eat 1,200 calories and exercise 3-4 times a week." It just sounds so simple, right?? People also like to ask, "what are you eating?" So I've actually written out the regular foods I eat for a couple friends and made a list for a coworker. One person came back and told me she can't eat what I eat because she doesn't like any of that stuff and that Greek yogurt is disgusting. She also mentioned, well I can't exercise because I don't have time! I immediately thought, well with that negative attitude and excuse you are not going to lose weight.
My attitude and thinking has really changed. I look at food and think, eh is that really worth 300 calories?? Don't get me wrong, I still indulge and go crazy on Saturdays, but I just work hard the rest of the week. So in the end, I am enjoying the way I feel (although I don't think I look that different) and am loving my new attitude towards food!
So onto my next goal of 175 so I can be considered just overweight and not obese!
As excited as I am to be in Onederland I am afraid of falling back into the 200s. I haven't been in the 100s since right before I got married. I probably weighed right over 200 when we got married. I am wearing clothes I wore then and we'll see how my summer wardrobe fits if we ever get warm weather!
I still can't believe I reached 199.5 last week. When I first started this journey at 245, getting to 199 seemed like it would take forever and so far ahead of me. Well I'm here now and the 1-2 lbs I lost every week just slowly added up to almost 46 lbs gone! I know people want a quick fix, they want to lose 6 lbs a week, but that is just not realistic. Slow and steady wins the race, right??
So now that I am getting close to losing 50 lbs everyone has been noticing my weight loss. Last week was crazy because everyone at work was saying things like "Omg you look so good!" "You look like you've lost weight" and so on. My principal keeps calling me skinny... ha that's still very far from the truth, but I'll take it. I am going to wait until I hit 50 lbs gone before I take a new pic.
In response to all the comments I just smile and say thanks and that I have been working hard. I feel like Amanda did a couple months ago when everyone kept asking "what are you doing?" "What diet are you on?". I feel really silly replying with "I track everything that goes in my mouth and eat 1,200 calories and exercise 3-4 times a week." It just sounds so simple, right?? People also like to ask, "what are you eating?" So I've actually written out the regular foods I eat for a couple friends and made a list for a coworker. One person came back and told me she can't eat what I eat because she doesn't like any of that stuff and that Greek yogurt is disgusting. She also mentioned, well I can't exercise because I don't have time! I immediately thought, well with that negative attitude and excuse you are not going to lose weight.
My attitude and thinking has really changed. I look at food and think, eh is that really worth 300 calories?? Don't get me wrong, I still indulge and go crazy on Saturdays, but I just work hard the rest of the week. So in the end, I am enjoying the way I feel (although I don't think I look that different) and am loving my new attitude towards food!
So onto my next goal of 175 so I can be considered just overweight and not obese!
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