Weigh in Wednesday

Well, today is May 23, 2012. I have bad news, but not too bad. The bad news is, I gained a couple of pounds. I am now at 299.8. I'm still in the twos, but that's pretty scary since I'm so close to 300 again. There are no excuses for why I gained weight, and I take responsibility and will use this as a learning tool.

First, my 17 year old daughter, had her senior prom on May 12th. I was doing fine that week until my friend from Los Angeles came to help with my daughter, as I had to work, and couldn't take her around to get a few last minute things she needed.
My friend also brought her mom with her. We went out to eat one day, and, gee, for some reason, I magically forgot I was supposed to be tracking. Well, I didn't. The next day, I somehow "forgot" again, and had pizza. And a lot of it throughout the day. Then, this last weekend, my family and I went on vacation for 2 days to California, and again, like the previous week, tracking was not on my mind.

During those two weeks, I did do my exercises, and walked a lot. I walked more than I had in years! We visited and stayed in Long Beach on the Queen Mary ship. It was awesome. We explored the whole ship for about two hours, walking up and down stairs, going back and forth. You wouldn't think that you can get a lot of walking  on a boat, but I was getting in a good sweat, and it felt good. We also walked around in downtown L.A. This was a huge NSV for me. I might have blogged about our trip last year, where I couldn't walk and had to sit down. Well, this year 50+ pounds lighter, I just had to go to the same place as last year, and see how far I've come. We parked in the same exact space, and walked the same route I couldn't 12 months earlier. It was so easy! I walked that, and so much more! It felt really good, and I was really proud. My daughter was especially happy, and said how bad she felt for me last year. She was so proud, and happy that we were able to browse all the little vendor carts without me being winded and needing to sit down.

All that walking I did, I also did a lot of eating :(. We ate out the whole time, obviously. I made a few good choices, and a few bad ones, like having fish and chips. I just "had" to have them since after all, I was on a British ship. This kind of thinking is what makes me gain weight! Well, I'm glad I didn't gain too much. The walking and my exercising helped. But, now I know when I have friends or family in town, or for special events, I can't just forget about tracking. This is something I have to do everyday for life. Pretty crappy! I also wanted to note that I had so much bread when we were in Anaheim, Ca. the night before we were in Long Beach. My 15 year old son and I walked a lot at Downtown Disney, while my daughter was with her class in the Disneyland park for her Grad Night, and my husband was at a concert a few blocks down the road. My son and I walked for about an hour, we took the bus to and from our hotel. We decided to eat at one of the restaurants in the Hilton hotel we stayed at. I ordered  the chicken as you can see in the picture. It had mashed potatoes, and some yummy sauce. It was delicious. You can see a basket in the middle of our table filled with some of the best dinner rolls I have ever had. Sad. I had about 3 or 4 of them with butter. What is my problem! I also took half of my food back to our room, and the minute we got in, I tore through it. That's pretty sad and pathetic.

I was supposed to update this blog last week with my loss. I completely forgot. I had another loss. The week before, I maintained. I'm glad it wasn't a gain.

I don't have much to say because I forgot what happened during this week. I'm about to blog for today's weigh in.

Another Loss! WOOT WOOT!

I forgot to post last week. But, my weight stayed the same as my previous week, which was probably why I purposely forgot. Today, was my weigh in and from the picture above, you can see I lost 1.6 pounds, and am weighing in at 298.2. The picture is pretty blurry and sloppy, but it I had to rush when I weighed in as I was running late for work.

I know I could've lost more, but made some pretty bad choices the week before and this week. They weren't too bad. I was still within my points--make that my AP-activity points. I earned I think it was 25 or 27. Somewhere around there, and used mostly all of them including my weeklies. I still didn't go over, but didn't have as much of a lost as I wanted to have. I'll still take it. it beats having a gain, that's for sure!

I'm  feeling pretty good non-scale-victory wise. I no longer wear cardigans when I go out. I am actually am able to now fit into regular t-shirts. I used to wear my pregnant looking blouses and a black coverup over them. It feels so much better to just be able to wear normal shirts. Mind you, they're still a 2X, but sure beats having to wear a sweater to TRY to hide my weight. I am actually feeling like a normal person again. I'm not really embarrassed to go out and have people look at me like I used to be when I was 350 pounds. I know I'm still very obese, but I'm a little more comfortable with myself. I still struggle with major self-esteem issues, but feel a lot better since losing almost 52 pounds.

I forgot to move my bus over on my chart when I hit Twotweville, so, since starting this jounal/blog, I have lost a total of 11.8 pounds! I moved that cute, little, Double Decker over to the middle of 11 and 12. I can't wait til it drives over to the middle of the board. That will be really cool.

 Well, I guess that's all the update from me until next Wednesday!

TWOTERVILLE

 

Well, as you can see, I made it into the 2s. Not only am I in a new century, but I'm also in a new decade, and hit a milestone of 50 pounds gone since starting my journey on June 1, 2011.
I still haven't taken it all in yet. I'm kind of in shock? I don't know. I'm happy, but still not sure how I feel. I think maybe because I just made into the 2s? But, whatever, I will be happy later on today when I go for my walk. It'll all sink in then.
 I have now lost  10.2 pounds on my 100 pound London journey.  89.8 more to go. Can I do it by May 15 2013? I think so. I'm off to a good start so far, and I only started about a month ago. I can't even remember. I'll have to go back to check.

This is my new photo I took yesterday after losing almost 46 pounds. I think I actually lost more as I weighed myself today, and was down 2 more pounds. The night before last, I didn't get as much sleep as I should have, and I think that had an affect/effect(?) on my weigh in.  In this picture, of course I am turned sideways, which is what most people to do look their best, and am hiding half my body, but I think I actually like this picture. I don't really like pictures of myself, but this one is OK. I put on makeup and combed my hair. Something I hardly do. Not because I'm lazy, but because I'm OK with not wearing makeup or straightening my hair as I work from home, and no one sees me anyway.

I have a feeling next week I will be in "Twoterville"! I cannot wait. I waited a long time and had some ups and downs with this journey that seems like a roller coaster ride, ups, downs and even sideways.

While I was walking the other day,  in to about 30 minutes of my walk, I realized, this honestly, isn't work, and I'm honestly not working hard on this weight loss, but this is actually just a normal everyday thing that I should be doing, that I should have been doing a long time ago, and that I need to stick to if I want to be healthy and happier. I'm enjoying working out for the first time in my life. I love sweating, it makes me feel accomplished, I love feeling my heart rate go up, I love being alone while I'm exercising. I feel like I'm on top of the world. I just hope this feeling stays with me and I don't get bored of it.

Well, I guess that's all for today.

Wednesday's Weigh In

The picture says it all. I'm down another 2 pounds. I was a bit disappointed, but know I shouldn't be. I wanted to be 303.6 instead of 304.6. I'll take the 2 pound loss though. It sure beats gaining 2 pounds!

I had a nice week. I worked out, ate right, and hardly used weekly points. I earned 20 activity points, but wanted 24. I couldn't exercise on Friday as I was at the hospital all night with my grandmother.

Last night I don't know what came over me because I've been so well, but for some reason, I ripped into the bag of chips my husband had, and I just couldn't control myself. I did figure out the points though, and figured it into my dailies, which I did not go over. But still, I could've eaten something healthier, and a lot more of it. But, today is a new day, and I am still doing good.

I am now down 5.6 pounds since I started  my 100 Pound to London journey. I made a chart that I pinned to a cork board that has 100 squares, and each time I lose a pound, I'll move the Double Decker bus over to the next square. I thought it was a pretty good idea. I actually was dreaming I made that, and when I woke up, I said, that's a good idea! So, I put my talents to use, and made the board above.

Today for lunch, I had a nice sandwich with Sun Chips for a total of 7 Plus Points. Not bad. My daily PP's did change. I was at 45 yesterday, but since losing my 2 pounds today, I lost a point, putting me at 44.

I guess that's all for now. I shall report back again later!

(weight in from March 21, 2012) I am proud to report I lost 3.4 pounds! I am now at 306.6. This is my lowest weight in years. I’m finally closer to the 200s, and I’m very excited, and cannot wait to be there. I am hoping to be down by April 4, which is in 2 weeks. I hope I can lose 6.8 pounds by then. I know it won’t be easy, and it probably won’t happen to be realistic, but I’m going for it anyway. Once I hit 300, I will have hit the 50 pound weight loss mark. Things are going in the right directions because I’m in control, and control what I put in my mouth, and choose what do to with my body. And I chose to exercise it.
Last night I had a NSV (non scale victory) that I am very proud of myself for doing, and something I probably haven’t done in about 20 years. I walked for 46 minutes. It may not seem like a lot to most people, but it was definitely a lot for me. I wanted to keep going, but I had a strange, sort of burning sensation in my right foot. I think from all the walking and all my weight. I am very fortunate though that I don’t have knee, ankles or feet problems.
I shall be back with any other news or NSVs before my next weigh in next week!