Well I took the advice of alot of you and changed my calorie intake. I am feeling better and Im still loosing inches. Pretty sure the scale will start changing as well. I have changed it to staying under 1300 calories and that seems to be working better. With adding walking and all that going below 1100 was making my body think it was starving.
My little family here dug out the Wii fit and have been using it. If you do it right you can work up a sweat…lol
hope you are all doing well on your journey. I am still taking one day at a time and asking for help when I need it.
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Doing with-out then….
As we all know in our culture we celebrate everything with Food. Promotion…..food…..graduation….food…Birthday….food. Well my sister had a Bday this week and we as a family celebrated it yesterday. Now I have spent 22 days trying to eat better and stay away from sweets for the most part. I do love my Skinny Cows but why on Gods green earth did I think I could share a cupcake with my partner….BAD IDEA! Now I want more. I knew better but I let her talk me into just a bite. Now I want another. The good news is there are no more and I don’t have it in the house so I am saved there but I can’t stop thinking about it.
I know that I can have a treat now and then but I now know that cupcakes are more of my weakness then I thought. Don’t worry my will power is strong but I will have to so not even smell them if they are passed my way…lol
All in all it was a good weekend. I’ll post measurements later I just needed to vent on the cupcakes!
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Week Three
It has been an interesting three weeks. First off let me just say that this is going better than I could have expected. This week was a test. There ware cookies everywhere at work and I only tried a bite of one. (talk about temptation) I pretty much stayed under calories all week. Most likely not today but I am allowing myself a day of what ever within reason.
But anyway to the point this weeks results are in:
4 pound weight lose in 3 weeks
-9.5 inches off my body this year already as well!
Hope you all are sticking with it! This is our year! We can and will do this.
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Finally 1 Pound
As the title of my blog states I finally lost a pound after 19 days. I know the doctor said if I am feeling better and things are moving around then it is good…but we (women that is) know that the scale is our nemesis. I am thankful that the pound is gone and is never allowed to return :0)
It has been a crappy week….truck issues, that caused money issues, that caused not being able to go the gym issues…but I am not letting that stop me. Lucky for me the gym is already paid for and I can go up there and walk off my frustrations. Felt good this morning to turn up the tunes and just walk. So I will call this a win day and make it continue there my work day this afternoon.
I am making this dream a reality….
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SUPRISE
Just a quick update….
I live in Ohio and it is just now starting to get cold and up until today I was not able to button my jacket. I usually just threw it on because the wind here has been cold but today without thinking I buttoned my coat and WAAAALAAAA I could button it! I started doing the happy dance and realized I was in the middle of the library. YEAH ME. May not be a big deal for you bit let me just say it made my day!
Just wanted to share!
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Doc update
Today I had to go to the doc and get my BP med refills. Went better than expected. My BP was great 104/74. The best it has been in 3 months. This being said the meds are working. I talked to her about this life change and how I wasn’t sure if it was the right thing or not being that I hadn’t lost any weight in 2 weeks. She asked me a very interesting question. She asked if I felt better. I told her yes. She said is it easier to work out…again my answer was yes…..she said where is the problem. Keep doing what you are doing and then you can adjust if you stop seeing results. So I will keep controlling my portions, eat more veggies, drink more water, and keep going to the gym. Not that I was going to stop I was just looking for another way to lose the weight.
SO tomorrow I will get up have some breakfast and then head to the gym.
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The dreaded measure day
On the 15th day of this life change the tape measure said to me….GOOD JOB PENNY! LOL
I really wasn’t sure this was going to be a good week being I didn’t lose any weight this week. I sat around moping a bit and then I realized…hey I hadn’t started my period. I’m sure the water gain there could cause some problems with the scale. I pushed thru 2 work outs and sweated a lot…I will be getting weighed Monday at the docs office so it will be an unofficial weigh in…lol I use the gym as my official. Just for consistency.
Here we go:
Part Last WK This WK CHANGE
Neck 14.5 14.5 -0
Chest 45 44.5 -0.75
Abs 47 45.25 -1.75
Hips 53 52.25 -.75
L Calf 24.75 23.5 -1.25
L Bic 15 15 -0
L Forearm 10 10 -0
TOTAL -4.75
Thats right 4.75 inches off of this body!
My roomate is doing this too and we started measuring her last week. She lost 3 inches this week.
I am looking forward to a good week this week. Hope you all do as well…
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Another day
I am looking at the 1200 calories that I have been trying to stay under and I am wondering if my body is thinking I am starving it. For 2 weeks I have been under except for 1 day. I have lost no weight. I am a bit discouraged I wont lie but I am looking into eating more veggies and fruit and drinking more water. I am at least eating better which has to be better for me anyway. I am talking to the doctor on Monday about anything she may have to say but I know I am doing the right thing for me. I do feel better. I am loosing inches all though the scale says no weight lose. I just need to see it move. It is what we use to see progress, the scale that is.
My boss is doing weight watchers. I would possible do that if it didn’t cost so much. But it does help that there isn’t all the junk around work.
I am not discouraged although it does sound that way. I just needed to vent. I am in it to win it! This is my year and I am going to lose the weight and I am going to get healthy! I AM!
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Weigh In Day
Well there is good news and bad news. As luck would also have it a story to go with it.
I had my normal morning classes and then headed to the gym for weigh in day. I did my normal routine….Put it on the last weigh in take a deep breath and let it out and step up. When I did I got a shock…It said I gained…not only did I gain but I gained 2 pounds. I stepped of and did it again. In disbelief I got on the treadmill and tread for my 40 minutes to figure out what in the H$&# I could have done to gain 2 pounds. I knew there had to be something wrong. SO I head back over to the scale and I do my routine again..this time looking down and realizing I still had my shoes on. Who knew my shoes weighed 2 pounds. I’m sure some of you did…lol I kicked them off and am happy to report that there was no gain of weight! That was enough to get my heart beating rapidly for sure.
No weight down but 3.5 inches off my body. I’ll call that a WIN!
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SMALL STEPS
I don’t weigh in till Wensday but I did do my measurements today. Looks like I lost 3.5 inches off my body this week. That to me is a WIN! It nice to see change. I know when you first start there is water weight and all that good stuff so I know that this is a big lose but I will take it.
School starts tomorrow and my blogging may change a bit being I will have to crack the books as well. I have packed snacks in my bag so I stay on track. I learned this week about skinny cow. If you don’t know what that is it a low cal snack and they taste fabulous. 120 calories and just enough to make my chocolate craving disappear. They even have ice cream.
have a great week!
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