Popping in

I broke a plateau recently, finally made it just under 140lbs :). As it stands I've lost a total of 19 pounds this year, lots of ups and downs but still 19 pounds I can no longer claim as mine. It feels good.

This I am

I'm stuck on a plateau, and I hate to leave the blog hanging. I've been mindful of it every week and frustrated that I'm fluctuating in the same weight range. I'm thinking about posting progress pictures instead but that's going to take some courage, I haven't built it up yet.

I'll be back, I'm still working toward a goal that I'm too weak to reach. Just yet.

Inching my way to my goal

Weigh in - 06/24/11

Initial weight: 146.6lbs (04/20/11)

Today's weight: 143.4lbs

Weight lost: 3.2lbs

This is getting to be tedious work! But on I go, and on I will continue to go.

Next week I'll be on vacation starting on Thursday so there will be no weigh in on 07/01/11. I'm thinking about changing my weigh-in day to Wed for the next couple of weeks so I can keep tracking weekly... that's a thought. We shall see. The Wednesday after my vacation is going to be scary to get on that scale... unless I change my weigh in day to Friday again by then... I'm so simple sometimes 8-).

Note to self: Cut back on Friday Happy Hour!... after the holiday!

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Weigh in - 06/17/11

Initial weight: 146.6lbs (04/20/11)

Today's weight: 143.8lbs

Weight lost: 2.8lbs

:)
:(

Back and forth, one emotion to the next. All. Day. Long.

Grrr...

Weigh in - 06/10/11

Initial weight: 146.6lbs (04/20/11)

Today's weight: 144.6lbs

Weight lost: 2lbs

I'm so disgusted I couldn't bring myself to post this damn entry. It's been almost two months and as of last week I have two pounds to show. Two. Sigh.

... from my goal "/



Back to life... Back to reality...

Weigh in - 06/03/11

Initial weight: 146.6lbs (04/20/11)

Today's weight: 143.2lbs

Weight lost: 3.4lbs

It looks like today and last Friday got transposed :p. In reality though, I went to New York on a four day vacation this past week and it was, as usual, a time to celebrate with family and food and drinks. I did very good on the food but not on the drinks. And I have been neglecting my water intake. Again.

My mom had to fix a pair of shorts for me because they were falling off me. Elation is a good word to describe how that felt. Ah, the little things that make this girl happy.

I'm getting a good hang on this, let's see what damage I can do in the next seven days. See you then!

Well...

Weigh in - 05/27/11

Initial weight: 146.6lbs (04/20/11)

Today's weight: 141.6lbs

Weight lost: 5lbs

This is definitely an improvement from last week. It didn't seem right so I moved the scale around several time and kept weighing myself, in the end I took a pic of it.


I did drink a lot of coffee one day this week though.












I'll expand on this post over the weekend, I'm in a rush!

Up up UP!

Weigh in - 05/20/11

Initial weight: 146.6lbs (04/20/11)

Today's weight: 145.0lbs

Weight lost: 1.6lbs

I could blame it on the insane bloating brought on by this **TMI WARNING** massive cycle, but I'll be honest with myself and admit that the slice of pizza near midnight didn't help earlier this week. I stayed within my points this week though, even though I didn't drink enough water. Oh well, I'm reluctant to give up. Even if I'm still frustrated to high hell.

Curse you PMS!

Weigh in - 05/13/11

Initial weight: 146.6lbs (04/20/11)

Today's weight: 144.8lbs

Weight lost: 1.8lbs

Almost a month and not even two pounds? Something's wrong here. Clothes are fitting loosely, my face looks slimmer, yet the damn scale refuses to budge. I'm hoping though that the reason I'm a whole pound up from last week is because I'm PMSing. I'm not stressing it -too much- though, I'm fitting clothes I hadn't fit in months so I'll just send daggers at the scale every time the numbers try to fuck with my head and keep on keeping on.

Of gluttony and other vices

Weigh in - 05/06/11

Initial weight: 146.6lbs (04/20/11)

Today's weight: 143.8lbs
Weight lost: 2.8lbs

Being on WW controls my carb intake, and I think that's making a big difference. I tend to make healthier choices because I don't want to surpass my allotted points for the day but I don't want to starve either. There was a day this week that I wanted to eat a burrito the size of my head --and I did, but that limited how much more I ate the rest of the day. I'm learning to detach myself from the gluttony the weighs me down (pun intended), I want to look at food as that which nourishes my body and provides it with energy. Of course I'll give in to guilty pleasures, I am human, but I think I'll be okay when I let the obsession go.

Motivation: Four months ago, on 01/06/11, I weighed 15 pounds more than I do today.

Down is better than up

Weigh in - 04/29/11

Initial weight: 146.6lbs (04/20/11)

Today's weight: 145.0lbs
Weight lost: 1.6lbs

I decided to add a tally of the total weight lost since the initial weigh-in, it helps to look at it like that. I was thinking I'd only lost a pound since last Friday... hm, I don't like how obsessive I'm getting about this again. I read a quote once, and a portion of it applies to my obsessing with my weight or just simply not giving a shit:

"Your choice is either black or white, not a shade of grade... [blah blah blah]... I'd rather be hot or cold than lukewarm."

Weigh-in

Weigh in - 04/22/11

Initial weight: 146.6lbs (04/20/11)

Today's weight: 146.0lbs

Today doesn't really count since I just re-joined the program two days ago, but my weigh-in day is Friday so I figured I'd post it to have an accurate weekly reading to compare to next week.

One more chance

I joined WeightWatchers again, I saw the most positive results on that program than on anything else I'd tried. I've also started exercising again; they have a fitness and health initiative at work and I've been working out once or twice a day in the office. I feel like I'm coming out of my rut and it's a good feeling. Some mornings I actually go walking for about an hour before work and that simply feels fantastic. So, here I go, again...

Initial weigh in - 04/20/11

Today's weight: 146.6lbs

Failing

Weigh in - 03/25/11

Initial weight: 158.4lbs (01/06/11)

Today's weight: 146.8lbs

I'm stuck in a plateau, what a pain in the ass. Next week marks the end of the 12 weeks on the WW program and I will not renew my account. At least not at the moment. I want to say I lost more than 11.6 lbs on it, but I don't know what will hapen in a week.

Feeling kind of lost really, I need to find motivation and drive again. But where?!

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Weigh in - 03/18/11

Initial weight: 158.4lbs (01/06/11)

Today's weight: 146.6lbs

Eleven days since the last [official] weigh-in and somehow I managed to squeeze back down to the same weight entry, instead of losing. Last weekend I threw caution to the wind as I went on a technology-free getaway trip down south. I ate, I slept, I relaxed, and then I ate some more.

I needed to get away though, and I'm glad I did... now to look for that dedication again *sigh*

I need to...

Sad face :(

Weigh in - 03/07/11

Initial weight: 158.4lbs (01/06/11)

Today's weight: 146.6lbs

Sigh sigh sigh... Here's what WW had to say about my weight gain:

WTFE "/

What da...

Weigh in - 02/28/11

Initial weight: 158.4lbs (01/06/11)

Today's weight: 145.4lbs

Um... so I got on the scale this morning and had to do a triple check. I was out of town last week and not really minding what I was eating, I wasn't pigging out at all but I wasn't really tracking my points either. I thought I'd gain weight, instead I found myself staring at the lowest number I've seen on weigh in days --and it's a Monday!

13 is my favorite number. Today, I am down exactly 13 pounds. Yaaahhh!!!

Creeping down...

Weigh in - 02/21/11

Initial weight: 158.4lbs (01/06/11)

Today's weight: 147.0lbs

I'm going to cave in and change my weigh in days to Fridays. I have too much water retention from the alcohol I'll invariably consume every weekend. I do so much better during the work week that it'll just be more impressive to show what the scale says on those days. I'm going out of town this week so I won't be home on Friday morning to start then. It'll have to wait until next week "/.

I took a snapshot of my Weight Statistics on the WW website, I think it's pretty neat:

That's all for now, and I'll stop bitching because 11.4lbs down is a pretty damn good accomplishment! :D

Damn you Monday weigh-ins

Weigh in - 02/14/11

Initial weight: 158.4lbs (01/06/11)

Today's weight: 147.8lbs

I went up a little bit from last week, but I partied hard this weekend. I mean, the whole weekend was a drunken haze, starting Friday at Happy Hour all the way until last night it seems. Keeping Mondays as my weigh in day really bit me in the ass but I did it to keep myself accountable and I've been on the program a little over 5 weeks, one minor slip-up is not going to cause a set-back. I'm still going strong, even if I'm cussing under my breath :).

And two more...

Weigh in - 02/07/11

Initial weight: 158.4lbs (01/06/11)

Today's weight: 147.4lbs

**Happy Dance**

It's amazing how I've been weighing in at exactly x.4 the past couple of weeks. 11 pounds down, w00t w00t! I'm still hesitant to try on old clothes, but I went shopping recently and to my amazement I ended up buying a skirt two sizes smaller than the last time I went shopping at the same store. I was jumping up and down in that dressing room like a fool. Now I'm just doing my Happy Dance: