Holiday time

So it's only another week until turkey day and I'm fairly certain I won't be making my goal to be under 200. After my last post I gained .8 and then the following week lost the .8 again. That was super frustrating for me. This week I'm down 2.4 though and am very happy with my effort. So by next Friday when I weigh in again I'll readjust my goal to say down another 2 pounds which will put me at 202. On another note, I'm .6 away from 25 pounds lost. Yay me! Hopefully you kept up with my broken thoughts this post!

Another goal!

I weighed in on Friday and am happy to report I lost another 3.8 pounds! That brought my total to 22 pounds lost exactly, which is 10% of my starting weight!!! I'm down to 207 right now and I'm very determined to lose 8 more by Thanksgiving so I can be under 200! Next Friday will be my 16th week on the WW program and I'm so glad I took that first step and joined! It has made such a difference for me.  :-)

Slacking

I somehow deleted the app from my phone and apologize that I haven't been keeping up with meeting weigh in updates. I've had some good and some not so good, my overall total weight loss so far is 18 pounds! I'm still trucking along and hopefully by Thanksgiving I'll be under 200! That will be my mini goal for now. Wish me luck!

On a roll!

I had a friend join me at WW and I'll only refer to her as A for her privacy. I'm really excited for her and that I get to bring a friend every week! We went to the Thursday meeting because it worked better for both of us. I had lost another pound and she was down four pounds! I'm so glad she got off to such a great start and I look forward to more awesome weigh-ins! My total lost is 15.6! Hooray!

Crazy week!

Oh my goodness! This week has been crazy awful. Some of the highlights were losing $25 between myself and Ryan and burning the siding off of our house in one place. It feels like it is coming at us from all sides these days. With all that going on I had little hope for a good weight loss week. I surprised myself.  :-) I was down another 2.6 pounds! I love this feeling! My total pounds lost is somewhere around 14 now.  :-) I can do this!

One step forward, two steps back

Doesn't it just feel like that sometimes? Yesterday I weighed in with an increase of .6. Super frustrating! I only have myself to blame for it though. I had fallen out of the habit of tracking EVERYTHING and didn't do so great, obviously. The worst part is how much more difficult it is to get back on track. If that alone didn't teach me my lesson, nothing will! So far I've been great but it is only Saturday. I'm really hoping I have some good news to report to you next week. Until then.

Goal

Today I had another weigh in. I've been doing weight watchers for 6 weeks and when I started I set a goal to lose 5% of my body weight. I reached that goal today! And then some. To date I've lost 12.4 pounds, my goal was 11  :-) I've been trying very hard to incorporate more activity into my routines and it's paying off. Now my next goal is 10% which would be 22 pounds. I can't wait for that milestone! Wish me luck!

Update time!

Ok, sorry for just now getting to this! That next weigh in I had gained .2 lbs, not even significant in the big picture but I felt like crying! I had done so well, kept to my points target, exercised, the whole nine yards and I gained. That day was hard. I didn't track my food and found myself making poor choices. At the end of the day I thought to myself, is this really how you're going to play it, Tiph? One minor set back and you give up? What happened to lifestyle change? So the next morning I picked myself back up, dusted off and climbed back on the horse.
The third week was better after that. I mowed the grass, something I had never done before, I was meticulous about tracking and staying under points. My third weigh in found me down another 2.6 pounds and I was so happy and relieved.
A few hours after my meeting, we left to go camping over the weekend with some friends. I had packed mostly healthy options and was committed to staying on track. I didn't take into account the snacks our friends would bring to share. I didn't do so hot but I told myself that I had to let go, enjoy the trip and realize that sometimes it's ok to go off course.
That weigh in wasn't so great, not horrible, but I was up .4 and I took another hit to my resolve. I quickly realized the situation was nowhere near the same, I had after all known I was failing miserably at the time. It should not have been a surprise. I couldn't let this hit me so hard, I had to come to terms with the fact that some weeks would be better and others worse. It shouldn't mean I throw a pity party every time. So I didn't let it get me down. I kept right on trucking and it showed at the next weigh in.
Today marks 5 weeks on WW and I was down another 1.4 pounds. To date I have lost a total of 10.6lbs on the program. I've had good weeks and bad weeks but I'm so proud of my progress so far! I'm only .4lbs away from my first goal of 11. That's 5% of my starting weight! I know I still have a long journey ahead of me but seeing those numbers slowly creeping down is so unbelievably wonderful for me. I truly think this time around, i CAN do this! My weight today is 218.6 and I'm loving the way I feel. Hooray!!! Thank you for being there for me and for your support, I really appreciate it!

A new beginning

Where to begin...I suppose with shortly after I left off last time. What I didn't tell you about that fateful Dr visit in March of 2011 was that I had ulterior motives for going. I asked my Dr to put me back onto Metformin in the hopes of getting pregnant again. Obviously it worked. ;) So now here I am with a 2.5 year old and an almost 5 month old and in roughly the same boat as before. I'm tired of looking and feeling the way I do. I'm ready to make some changes.

About a week and a half ago, I did something I've never done before. I joined Weight Watchers. I've known a few people who have done it before but I can't say we've ever really talked much about the program. I've also never known anyone who had as much to lose as I do and stuck with it long enough to make a difference. When I went for my postpartum appt after having Noah the Dr I saw at that time recommended it to me. He has/had been doing it for years and could attest to it's effectiveness. As much as I thought I was ready to be in shape then, it wasn't enough to make me join. I still wanted to try it on my own.

As I said it's been a week and a half, I joined with a starting weight of 229.2 (I was glad to see it wasn't so far off of my pre-pregnancy weight of 225, go me!) although to be honest, who is excited about a weight over 200 pounds? On Friday I went for my first weigh in after being on the program for one week. I was down 7.2 pounds! I couldn't believe it. It may not seem like a big deal to anyone but me but I was finally able to get over my 225 hump! I walked around with a smile on all day. :) Let me tell you a little about my experiences with WW so far.

My first day was MISERABLE! I had no idea what I was doing and I didn't carve out anytime for me to sit down and figure it out. I ate what we had at home which meant I used a lot of my points on things that didn't last me. I was hungry and weak the entire day, not to mention GROUCHY. I was hungry. At the end of the first day I almost decided I couldn't do it. This wasn't going to work for me. But I had just paid for a month of meetings and I couldn't bring myself to give up so easily. I would go shopping and get healthy options and try again. Day 2 was better although not by a lot. My busy day didn't allow for grocery shopping until later in the day so I wasted points and felt hungry for the first half. That night, after the shopping trip I sat down to read my "getting started" book. It was enlightening, extremely so! Day 3 was amazing! I felt great all day. I always felt like I was getting enough to eat even though I was eating much smaller portions than normal. I stayed within my daily allotment for points and I felt good about the choices I was making food wise. It has gotten progressively easier day by day. That first week when I lost my 7.2 pounds, I only got in one workout, the morning of my weigh-in. I'm not going to make that a habit but it's eye opening to see what a difference your food choices make. And not only choices but portion sizes too. As I've started weighing and measuring out each portion size (I'm telling you, I'm totally committed to this) I've realized how grossly I overeat. Dinner has been the hardest meal for me so far. Chicken with brown rice and vegetables tends to get boring, no matter what type of sauce you find to put on it. Another trip to the store was in order, so I went with fresh eyes and a better understanding of what works for me. Tonight I had spaghetti with ground turkey (Italian seasoned so it tasted like Italian sausage. YUM!) and a side of broccoli (one of my favorite vegetables). I ate at 630ish, it's 1130 and I'm still full.

I am having so much success with this and I love it. It's time that I make a lifestyle change and not more excuses. I will probably give up my gym membership, WW has taught me to find ways to make everyday activities more active and I'm much better about it when I know that even 5 minutes here and there will add up to help me make my goal of 14 activity points per week. My week started Friday and so far I already have 15 activity points. I don't have time for the gym with two kids and a working husband but I can work so much more into my day without it feeling like exercise.

So, that's where I stand today. I weigh-in again on Thursday and while I can't promise to report back right away I will let you know how it goes. So far it is working amazingly well for me.

P.S. Maybe tomorrow night I will get to the family blog and let you all know how the boys are doing. Maybe...