Okay, okay, so this accountability thing isn't going very well ... instead of being on here every day it's been a while ...
At the one week mark (which was four days ago) ... I had lost 4 pounds and 4.5 inches ...mostly from my chest ... why does it have to be that way? Of all the places to lose weight first ... why go for the one I want to keep?
I have faced a lot of challenges these first 10 days and have been very proud of myself for the way I have handled them. I will tell you that as I'm halfway through week 2 I do continue to be successful and am definitely on track to lose my goal weight in goal time.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
The Happy Growling ...
I've been spreading out my food into small meals during the day; usually 6, sometimes more ... so I never really feel hungry, sometimes I feel satisfied, but I never really feel hungry ... except in the middle of the night.
The last few nights I've woken up in the middle of the night and my stomach has been growling ... but it makes me happy ... I go back to something I saw on Oprah a while back, yeah, yeah Oprah ... she had a doctor on talking about weight loss and he said that it's a good thing when your stomach is growling because that means you're burning fat ... so to wake up in the middle of the night and hear the happy growling of my stomach ... makes me smile and lets me go back to sleep ... because that means I'm burning fat ... while I sleep ... and that my friends ... makes me happy ...
The last few nights I've woken up in the middle of the night and my stomach has been growling ... but it makes me happy ... I go back to something I saw on Oprah a while back, yeah, yeah Oprah ... she had a doctor on talking about weight loss and he said that it's a good thing when your stomach is growling because that means you're burning fat ... so to wake up in the middle of the night and hear the happy growling of my stomach ... makes me smile and lets me go back to sleep ... because that means I'm burning fat ... while I sleep ... and that my friends ... makes me happy ...
The Yo-Yo Effect ...
So first off I apologize, I meant to write every day, but I have been sick again and had sick kids at home .. and well yeah ...
For those of you actually following my progress on my graph, you'll notice that I am making progress which is good, the first day was the most successful so far but four days in and I'm still consistently losing weight ... which is good.
The biggest concern for most "dieters" is the yo-yo effect ... this is actually something that I have done three times, although many women have done it much more than that. I do know that pregnancy played a role in my weight gain, however, after I had my son (my third and last child), I did lose all but 5 pounds I gained while pregnant with him ... and I lost it fast ... by the time he was 4 months old I had lost almost 60 pounds from my weigh - in at the hospital the day I was induced, I know some of that was actual baby, etc., but I did lose most of it. Then I started working retail ... I thought that would help ... the walking all over the store the running to the backroom and back, etc., but the food court, including Starbucks, was killer ... I gained around 40 pounds in the first year I worked in retail. A co-worker and I joined weight watchers, I lost 30 pounds and then plateaued, she stopped going to meetings, so I stopped ... and sure enough gained those 30 pounds back ... then a couple years ago, in early 2008, I was very motivated, bound and determined to lose weight ... I lost that 30 pounds, and then started my divorce process and lost another 20 ... I was at a lower weight than I was when I became pregnant with kid #3 ... and then I went through a lot of stress, some of the hardest months of my life ... and gained 40 pounds in less than a year ... I kind of went up and down in a ten pound range around there since.
So, now I'm serious about this, and I don't want to yo-yo ... that's the last thing I want ... I want whatever I do this time to be permanent ... there is a "trick" that I didn't follow before that I will try to this time ... it's simple ... get rid of your fat clothes ... don't make that an option ... don't make gaining weight even be a thought in your head ...
I am kind of proud of myself today ... I had a very stressful situation come up ... and within minutes my mom called and asked if I wanted Good Times ... it would have been easy for me to say, "sure, I'll have my usual" ... but I didn't ... I did get a grilled chicken sandwich, but no fries ... so through the stress and the temptation I stayed strong ... so now I need to just keep that up for a few weeks and then months and then we'll really be getting somewhere ...
For those of you actually following my progress on my graph, you'll notice that I am making progress which is good, the first day was the most successful so far but four days in and I'm still consistently losing weight ... which is good.
The biggest concern for most "dieters" is the yo-yo effect ... this is actually something that I have done three times, although many women have done it much more than that. I do know that pregnancy played a role in my weight gain, however, after I had my son (my third and last child), I did lose all but 5 pounds I gained while pregnant with him ... and I lost it fast ... by the time he was 4 months old I had lost almost 60 pounds from my weigh - in at the hospital the day I was induced, I know some of that was actual baby, etc., but I did lose most of it. Then I started working retail ... I thought that would help ... the walking all over the store the running to the backroom and back, etc., but the food court, including Starbucks, was killer ... I gained around 40 pounds in the first year I worked in retail. A co-worker and I joined weight watchers, I lost 30 pounds and then plateaued, she stopped going to meetings, so I stopped ... and sure enough gained those 30 pounds back ... then a couple years ago, in early 2008, I was very motivated, bound and determined to lose weight ... I lost that 30 pounds, and then started my divorce process and lost another 20 ... I was at a lower weight than I was when I became pregnant with kid #3 ... and then I went through a lot of stress, some of the hardest months of my life ... and gained 40 pounds in less than a year ... I kind of went up and down in a ten pound range around there since.
So, now I'm serious about this, and I don't want to yo-yo ... that's the last thing I want ... I want whatever I do this time to be permanent ... there is a "trick" that I didn't follow before that I will try to this time ... it's simple ... get rid of your fat clothes ... don't make that an option ... don't make gaining weight even be a thought in your head ...
I am kind of proud of myself today ... I had a very stressful situation come up ... and within minutes my mom called and asked if I wanted Good Times ... it would have been easy for me to say, "sure, I'll have my usual" ... but I didn't ... I did get a grilled chicken sandwich, but no fries ... so through the stress and the temptation I stayed strong ... so now I need to just keep that up for a few weeks and then months and then we'll really be getting somewhere ...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
A Startling Revelation ...
First off, let me just say that this first day on this plan has been so far successful. I found out my kids will be home tomorrow as well, so the exercise portion is still on hold, maybe until next Monday, but baby steps are good. I have about three hours left in my normal waking hours and I barely hit my minimum calorie line, I have about 600 calories to go to hit my "goal calorie intake" ... so I have room for a snack or two ... it always amazes me how much more I eat when I'm on a diet ... and although I understand the science behind why that is, it really makes no sense to me ...
But I did take my measurements and have a starting weight ... my final goal is 113 pounds less than I am today ... but 92 pounds will take me back down to where I was when I became pregnant with kid #1 ... which was my initial goal, but I figure as long as I'm going I might as well go for that extra 21 pounds to get me to my ideal weight ...
I did have a startling revelation today though ... when I took my measurements I realized that my thigh measurement is what my waist measurement used to be ... so seriously, my leg could be a person ... that's not okay ... it was one of very few times in my "fat" life that I realized just how much damage I might have done to myself ... although when you think about it 113 pounds is a whole person, a short person, but still ... so that gave me more motivation ... I am happy that I decided to take measurements for several reasons ... because watching my progress in inches may be almost as rewarding as watching my progress in pounds ... and may help get me through some hurdles and plateaus ...
So, as much as I don't want to do this; to put sheer numbers on it ... my starting weight is 248 pounds ... and the total count of all my measurements in inches is 235.75 ... I will do my measurements once a week and I will weigh myself every time I'm on the Wii Fit, but once a week on the bathroom scale that I weighed in on today ...
If you look off to the right there is a link to my weight loss graph ... I will be keeping track on that as well so that I have a visual here on the blog for how much weight I've lost ...
But I did take my measurements and have a starting weight ... my final goal is 113 pounds less than I am today ... but 92 pounds will take me back down to where I was when I became pregnant with kid #1 ... which was my initial goal, but I figure as long as I'm going I might as well go for that extra 21 pounds to get me to my ideal weight ...
I did have a startling revelation today though ... when I took my measurements I realized that my thigh measurement is what my waist measurement used to be ... so seriously, my leg could be a person ... that's not okay ... it was one of very few times in my "fat" life that I realized just how much damage I might have done to myself ... although when you think about it 113 pounds is a whole person, a short person, but still ... so that gave me more motivation ... I am happy that I decided to take measurements for several reasons ... because watching my progress in inches may be almost as rewarding as watching my progress in pounds ... and may help get me through some hurdles and plateaus ...
So, as much as I don't want to do this; to put sheer numbers on it ... my starting weight is 248 pounds ... and the total count of all my measurements in inches is 235.75 ... I will do my measurements once a week and I will weigh myself every time I'm on the Wii Fit, but once a week on the bathroom scale that I weighed in on today ...
If you look off to the right there is a link to my weight loss graph ... I will be keeping track on that as well so that I have a visual here on the blog for how much weight I've lost ...
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