I got this...

It's been quite some time since I blogged about my weight journey. Let me tell you, I have been doing weight watchers for 10 weeks now... it works. I love it. It's different this time for me though. I have never tried weight watchers before, but I seriously felt like I was ready to lose weight, and I guess i wanted some guidance. I have two kids now, and we don't want more. I want my body back. I started at weight watchers weighing 238 pounds. Today, week 10, I weighed in at 217 pounds. That is 21 pounds... GONE. I guess I am lucky because I really do like vegetables. I am not so much a fruit eater, but I have no problem with veggies. I could easily make a meal out of eggplant, acorn squash, broccoli with lemon pepper... yum. Seriously, i am paying weight watchers to tell me what I already know. Eat healthier. For whatever reason, this point system works for me though. I guess because I have a limit, and before I just ate whatever I wanted, but now I know that I can eat whatever i want, but if I eat my points up at breakfast, then to stick with the plan, I am going to starve the rest of the day~ so I make a healthier choice. I am pumped, I joined a challange, lose 40 pounds by Christmas, and I am one pound more than halfway there! Its going great, and I highly recommend doing some sort of program to anyone wanting to lose weight, who has tried, again and again on their own, but can't stick to it. You need support, as silly as it sounds, you really do, and it is so much more motivation to succeed!!!

7 months later.....

NOTHING accomplished. I am still at the same weight, which at least I can say I have maintained. In June I was lucky enough to become a stay at home mom, I am only working one sometimes two days a week at the office. This opened up enough time that I also joined a gym, that of course had a daycare so I can bring my son. I am currently doing an hour long water aerobics class twice a week. Since I started this aerobics in June, I have not lost any weight, which is frustrating. I feel as though I am eating better because now my son is eating regular food instead of baby food. This motivates me to cook more healthy, yet it doesn't seem to help me any. Someone told me to have my thyroid checked, that may be my next step. I almost joined weight watchers the other day, but I convinced myself that I didn't need to pay to have someone tell me how to eat. I don't know why I keep talking myself out of weight watchers because it has worked well for quite a few people I know. And the saga continues......

2010 and we begin again!

I have a new approach... I am not going to overwhelm myself by saying "I am going to lose 59 pounds!" It's just to much and too big of a goal. But to break it down, I am going to try to lose 5 pounds a month... not unreasonable, that is like a pound and a half a week, or a little more, but TOTALLY reasonable. If I do that for 10 out of the 12 months, I have reached my undercover goal. Not to mention that gives 2 months to pick up any slack that I need to do if I don't lose 5 pounds one of the months. Here we go again!!!

Nothing new....

I haven't posted in a few weeks, but mainly because I have nothing new and exciting to say. It seems every week I was oh yeah! Down three pounds! Oh no! Gained three pounds! So I thought I would spare you of my up and down three pound story. I think I may just have to break down and join weight watchers after the new year. Seriously, something has to be done. I mean I don't feel like I am GIGANTIC but I do feel like my butt and thighs have been over extended. It's so hard to find pants, I mean the waist usually fits ok, IF I can get them up over the hips! I keep wanting to go get some new clothes, but my husband reminds me every time I mention it, "you said no more new clothes until you lost weight" I know I know!!! Thanks for reminding me, dear. I haven't been on the scale in awhile, but like I said before, I am sure it is nothing exciting. My clothes don't feel any looser, so can't be anything exciting...
Let's just make it through the end of the year, even though 25 pound goal is now out of sight, and make a resolution to shed some pounds.... like the rest of the world always does!!! Only this year, don't lie to yourself about it and really stick with it!!!

Here I am again....

Well I am back to my exciting 239... I can do this, I can. Even with Thanksgiving two days away, I know I can try to control myself. Holidsy season is such a challange, but I have made this a big enough challange since I started so what's the difference now??? I pig out when I want, so Thanksgiving is no different... I did buy some jeans and get my haircut, and I am feeling good about myself, and I will say, although the weight is not coming off as much as I wanted it to, it really helps to feel good about yourself in other ways, like clothes or a new haircut. It gives you that extra umph you need to say to yourself, I feel this good now, imagine I how I will feel if I have this new outfit, new hair, and am 5 more pounds lighter!!!

Yo-Yo

Up and Down Up and Down, back to where I started. blah.

Doing better

I didn't have time to post yet this week, but I did weigh in on Tuesday and was actually down in weight, back to 139. I have really been focusing on the whole mental part of why I am eating. For example, if I think I need to eat after my husband leaves, I think long and hard about if I am really hungry, why I want to eat, why I choose to eat what I am thinking of eating...etc. It's actually worked! And the other day, I wanted to stop and get some cheese sticks soooooooooooo bad at Sonic or Arby's, I knew I wasn't really hungry, I just wanted the cheese and grease. Anyway, I had to make a conscious effort to switch lanes of the road so I was in the opposite lane as the entrance of the Arby's or Sonic. It worked, I didn't get the cheese sticks...lol Seriously though, it's hard to be conscious of what you are eating, when you are so use to not thinking about any of it and just eating to eat because you like the taste or are bored or whatever. It sounds silly that I have to actually think and justify why I am going to eat, but when you never realized why you ate before it's actually really shocking when you start asking yourself before you open your mouth and insert food...lol