Plateau

Well it was bound to happen soon...
The dreaded plateau.
I gained 0.2 pounds this week.

I'm trying not to get too discouraged, but it's hard not to. I worked hard this week, and looking at it day by day this week looks a lot like last week, and last week I lost 4 pounds.

Who knows, it happens, and I've still lost over 8 pounds in four weeks so I'm still proud of what I did. I'm just nervous because I know this weekend is not going to be good. I have nana's 95th birthday on Saturday AND we're going to Oktober fest that night. I guess the good thing is that it's all on the same day so it'll be one day and it's done.

We'll see what happens....

Wow!

So this morning was my weigh in and I always get kind of nervous right before.  This week I told myself that I just wanted to lose at least 1 pound, after losing almost 4 last week I didn't want to get my hopes too high, especially because I didn't have the greatest weekend.  

I told myself right before weigh in that no matter what the scale said I could tell I was doing good because of those pants that I was wearing yesterday (by the way, they were practically falling off of me by the end of the day, next time a belt is definitely needed).

So I got on the scale and couldn't believe my eyes...I lost 4 pounds!!!! Holy crap!!! All of this hard work is paying off, it makes it so worth working out 6 days a week and I know that that combined with staying on plan with weight watchers is what is really making the difference.  

I'm getting my hair done tonight which I'm considering kind of a reward for doing so well the last couple of weeks.  

Weekend update and other stuff

So this weekend was pretty good. I used about 9 of my "flex points" for the week, which isn't bad considering that I get 35 of them, but I realized that the only reason I used any of them was because I had a few beers both Friday and Saturday night. But, the past is the past and I feel like I did really good the rest of the weekend. Friday night we had Chipotle for dinner, and I planned it into my day so food wise I didn't over eat or anything. Saturday I mad Baked Ziti for dinner which was really good (and which we're STILL eating). And Sunday I had leftover Ziti for dinner again.

Exciting news of the day...I put on some pants (in my fat size) that I bought at turn style about a month ago and they're too big for me! Usually this would almost bum me out since I just bought them and have only worn them twice...but I'm not because I only paid like $5 for them and now I can just bring them back in and get some more money on my account that can use to buy smaller sizes!

I cheated a little....

...and got on the scale again today... I don't know what provoked it, I think it's that I've always wondered what effect "weigh in day" has on my brain. Like, I know Wednesday is the day I have to get on the scale so I'm super good Monday and Tuesday, then sometimes am a little more relaxed Wednesday, Thursday. So I thought it would be a good self esteem boost to get on the scale this morning and see that I've either maintained since Wednesday, or even lost a tiny bit. Well I was SHOCKED to see that I had actually lost another 2.8 pounds! What?! For real...

Now the only thing I'm worried about is getting on the scale next Wednesday and seeing a number higher than I did today...however I think this will help motivate me to be extra careful this weekend so that I can at least maintain where I'm at today until Wednesday!

This weekend should be fun. Fridays we've decided are our night to eat out because of two reasons:
1) The last thing I want to do after work on Friday is cook.
2) We've decided we're going to try REALLY hard to only eat one meal out each weekend.

So tonight we're doing Chipotle. I've already figured the points into my point tracker. After dinner we're headed out to the drive in to see House Bunny which I've heard is pretty funny. Nic brought up something I wasn't thinking about though this morning when he said, "What kind of snacks are we going to bring to the movie?" Shit...I didn't figure that into my plan... Well I'll for sure pop some popcorn at home before we leave and bring that, and stop somewhere and get a diet 7up to drink. I'm not going to starve myself at work just so I can have a snack at the movie so depending on where I'm at points wise after dinner we'll see if I get any more treats during the movie.

Tomorrow it's power pump at 9:30 then probably off to the rummage sale with my mom in the afternoon. I'm making baked ziti for dinner tomorrow night which I'm super excited about.

Crazy Morning!

So today was yogalates at 6:30...My alarm was set for 5:40 (giving me ample time to hit snooze right?) So the last thing I remember is my alarm going off and me looking at the clock (6:01...plenty of time to hit snooze one more time, then it will be 6:10 and I'll have plenty of time to get up, eat a banana, and get out the door). So then next thing I know I look at the clock and it's 6:25!!!!! Holy shit!!!!! So I jump out of bed (literally) and get dressed, run upstairs to get a banana and think to myself, oh it's wednesday and I'm not leaving this house until I weigh myself. So I run to the bathroom and get on the scale. I lost 3.8 pounds!!!!! WAHOOOOOO!!! Excellent. Ok enough celebration, off to class! I got there right at 6:30 (pretty impressive if you ask me).



So now I'm sitting at work, finally able to relax and be proud of myself! The one thing I will not let happen this week is cocky-ness. I've had this happen before where I think "wow, I worked my ass off and lost X amount of pounds, I can half-ass it this week and still lose some weight". Why not try to work even harder this week and lose the same amount?!



Biggest loser started last night which is usually a huge motivation for me, hopefully it will be this time around. The first few weeks do kind of suck with how much weight these people are losing (24 pounds in one week? Hellooooo... that's more than I'm even thinking of losing). But I know that it's because they are SO big, and their bodies are going through a MAJOR change.



Well enough of this, time to work!

Week 2

So the second week is coming to an end and I thought I'd check in.  I am actually really excited to weigh in tomorrow, I feel like I've been doing pretty good.   I have worked out six of the past seven days and I tried REALLY hard to stay on track this weekend.  I'm hoping that all of my hard work has paid off.   

On another note, the biggest loser started tonight which I hope will be another motivation for me.  

I'll check in tomorrow!

Weekend success!

So this weekend has continuted to be pretty good! Yesterday I got up and went to my work out class, which kicked my butt for the second week in a row! Then I went to work for two hours, then right over to Josh's house for family time. I did not eat good food, but I am proud of myself for not stuffing myself full. I had one small piece of lasagna, a couple pieces of bread, and one small piece of cake for dessert. The nice thing is that we ate around 2:30 so I wasn't hungry for dinner. That made it easier to justify eating all those points, in reality I was eating two meals. We went to a movie later and I had popcorn with no butter or salt and a diet 7 up to drink.

Today I was planning on just laying around so that I wouldn't be tempted to eat bad, but then Becky asked if I wanted olive garden for lunch. I decided I would because I would just have something that I know isn't too bad for me (and only eat half) and then I can have my left over mexican chicken for dinner.

Oh, and I got up and worked out first thing this morning so I couldn't avoid it the rest of the day!

All in all it's been a pretty good weekened!