So, it has been almost a complete week since I did my weigh in and measurements and I am just barely getting around to putting them up. I think that before my weight loss journey began, I avoided looking into the mirror. I never saw myself as "fat" because I rarely would look at my whole self in the mirror or when I did, I just was looking to check that my clothes looked good and flattering. Well, for week 11 of my journey, I started looking in the mirror more and being very critical. My thighs are this my stomach is that. Let me tell you this, it is very demotivating to do this. It wasn't until the last Friday night when my husband grabbed me in a hug and said, "You are slowly disappearing." that I realized I needed to stop. My husband was talking about the weight I am losing, but I think that mentally, I was slowly disappearing also. My will was being beaten upon with my constant critical appraisal and I was really struggling.
Highlight, I was able to get on the trampoline with my son and nieces and I played for 20-30 minutes with them! I can tell you, 3 months ago, I would have been exhausted after 3 minutes. I don't think I realized what a workout it is to jump on the trampoline!
We went to visit my sister in Logan last week and I used the lunch as an indulgence. Even though it was being an indulgence, I still tried to eat right. I ordered a bbq chicken breast with a sweet baked potato (butter on the side) and steamed veggies when we went to Texas Roadhouse. They brought me my meal and the chicken breast was twice a service size so I immediately cut that in half. The butter was not on the side like it was supposed to be and I got off as much as I could, but ended up only eating a third of the sweet potato. It was also too big. The veggies were good, but I dumped a quarter cup of butter off them. Note to self, make sure to tell the server No butter on veggies! Overall, I really feel like I did not too bad. Could have been better, but not too bad.
Weight and Measurements on March 23, 2014
Weight 233
Chest 42 1/2"
Waist 43"
Hips 51"
Thigh 26 1/2"
Calf 17 1/2"
Bicep 15 1/2"
Forearm 11 1/2"
Total lost 17 1/2" (Hip Hip Hooray!)
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
Week 10
This week, I felt recommitted after my struggle the week before. I worked really hard at the gym and continued taking the stairs at work. I hit the 4 week mark of taking the stairs, so it has been a month since I have been on an elevator! Remember, I work on the 5th floor.
Daylight Savings Time hit really hard. It is harder to keep track of the time, making sure my boys are getting dinner and getting to bed and pushing back the time I am able to go to the gym. My goal is still to get there by 8:30, which so far has been doable. I worry about how it will be later in the summer when it is light until after 9 PM! I do not want to miss out on the bedtime routine.
Weight 235 I hit another milestone! 30 pounds! Booyay!
Chest 42 1/2"
Waist 43"
Hips 51 1/2"
Thigh 26 1/2"
Calf 17 1/2"
Bicep 15 1/2"
Forearm 11 1/2"
Overall, I have lost 17" since I started my journey on January 6th. I cannot tell you how GREAT this feels! I went dress shopping to buy a dress to wear to my brother's wedding. The last time I bought clothes in October and it was a size 24 skirt and 3xl shirt. Well, there was a super cute dress, but it was in a size 18. My sister tried to convince me to try it on, and even if it were small, I would surely fit into it by mid-June. Well, I reluctantly tried it on not thinking it would fit and it zipped right up! In fact, it was loose in some areas! Wahoo! I got the dress and now am worried it will be way too big for me by the time the wedding rolls around. I guess I will have to try it on again with enough time to go to a seamstress if needed.
Indulgence #1 - Creamy potato soup and rolls at my friends little boy's birthday. Yea, I ate 3 rolls. They were that good!
Indulgence #2 - Pizza with my little familia. We seem to have started a tradition that Friday night is our night to relax and eat pizza. We rented Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs2 which my little boy loved! When we took it back he hugged it the whole time saying, "I am really gonna miss this movie."
Until next week!
Daylight Savings Time hit really hard. It is harder to keep track of the time, making sure my boys are getting dinner and getting to bed and pushing back the time I am able to go to the gym. My goal is still to get there by 8:30, which so far has been doable. I worry about how it will be later in the summer when it is light until after 9 PM! I do not want to miss out on the bedtime routine.
Weight 235 I hit another milestone! 30 pounds! Booyay!
Chest 42 1/2"
Waist 43"
Hips 51 1/2"
Thigh 26 1/2"
Calf 17 1/2"
Bicep 15 1/2"
Forearm 11 1/2"
Overall, I have lost 17" since I started my journey on January 6th. I cannot tell you how GREAT this feels! I went dress shopping to buy a dress to wear to my brother's wedding. The last time I bought clothes in October and it was a size 24 skirt and 3xl shirt. Well, there was a super cute dress, but it was in a size 18. My sister tried to convince me to try it on, and even if it were small, I would surely fit into it by mid-June. Well, I reluctantly tried it on not thinking it would fit and it zipped right up! In fact, it was loose in some areas! Wahoo! I got the dress and now am worried it will be way too big for me by the time the wedding rolls around. I guess I will have to try it on again with enough time to go to a seamstress if needed.
Indulgence #1 - Creamy potato soup and rolls at my friends little boy's birthday. Yea, I ate 3 rolls. They were that good!
Indulgence #2 - Pizza with my little familia. We seem to have started a tradition that Friday night is our night to relax and eat pizza. We rented Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs2 which my little boy loved! When we took it back he hugged it the whole time saying, "I am really gonna miss this movie."
Until next week!
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Week 9
This has been a little bit of a hard week for me. The 8 week challenge that I participated in ended last week and the new one doesn't start until this week. I had a week between and got to make my own menu plan. This was exciting to me and I felt that I was very successful in this. However, I then got discouraged when the winners of the challenge were announced.
I felt that I worked hard. I stuck to the plan, even on most of my indulgence meals, I found myself looking at what I was eating or ordering. I knew if I was eating close to plan or not. The woman who won the challenge as having the biggest transformation lost 12 pounds. Because the challenge didn't take measurements, the winner was chosen looking at the before and after pictures. I was very disappointed because I had lost 26 pounds on this challenge and if she could have seen the measurements, she would have seen that I lost an overall 15 1/2 inches. She also chose somebody who had a fairly normal body weight to begin with, which made me wonder if I had even been considered as being in the running.
My husband didn't understand my disappointment. He told me, "Why are you discouraged? Why don't you just go step on the scale and look in the mirror?" A wise friend told me to not look at the extrinsic motivation. She said, "the woman who won may have needed to have that extrinsic motivation more than you." How true. When I started the challenge, I told my sister that I wasn't doing it for the prizes, I was doing it for my health and my boys. Hello, see the motivations that I listed in my first blog post!
My motivators for losing weight:
1 - I want to be able to play with my 2 little boys. I want to be able to run with them, keep up with them.
2 - Because I was older when I had them, I will be in my late 40s when they graduate. I want to be here as they get married and have children of their own. I want to be able to be healthy enough that I can play with my grandchildren. This is funny saying this as my boys are currently 4 and 1, but this is something that I think about.
3 - I have always been the "fat" sister. Looking back, I was so NOT fat when I was younger, but because I was taller and bigger than my sisters, I felt like the fat one. When I was working out at the gym with a trainer, one of my sisters told me, "If you ever get skinnier than me, I will kill myself." Since then, I have had the desire to be the skinny sister for once. Not so that my sister would "kill" herself, but so I can be "so there!"
4 - This is a vain motivator, but it is there. All the cute clothes are too small for me. I want to be able to buy cute clothes. I want to be able to shop in the "normal" section of a clothing store.
In the beginning of February I joined a group at my work that is working to lose weight. As part of that, I weighed in, and took my body fat and BMI. Here is the difference during the month of February and March. I have to remember that I am seeing results. I am doing it for me. I cannot let the lack of extrinsic motivators discourage me.
My BMI went down 2.2!
My Body Fat % went down 1.9!
Booyeah! I need to remember this!
Weight: 238 (down 1 pound, but a pound is a pound!)
Chest: 43"
I felt that I worked hard. I stuck to the plan, even on most of my indulgence meals, I found myself looking at what I was eating or ordering. I knew if I was eating close to plan or not. The woman who won the challenge as having the biggest transformation lost 12 pounds. Because the challenge didn't take measurements, the winner was chosen looking at the before and after pictures. I was very disappointed because I had lost 26 pounds on this challenge and if she could have seen the measurements, she would have seen that I lost an overall 15 1/2 inches. She also chose somebody who had a fairly normal body weight to begin with, which made me wonder if I had even been considered as being in the running.
My husband didn't understand my disappointment. He told me, "Why are you discouraged? Why don't you just go step on the scale and look in the mirror?" A wise friend told me to not look at the extrinsic motivation. She said, "the woman who won may have needed to have that extrinsic motivation more than you." How true. When I started the challenge, I told my sister that I wasn't doing it for the prizes, I was doing it for my health and my boys. Hello, see the motivations that I listed in my first blog post!
My motivators for losing weight:
1 - I want to be able to play with my 2 little boys. I want to be able to run with them, keep up with them.
2 - Because I was older when I had them, I will be in my late 40s when they graduate. I want to be here as they get married and have children of their own. I want to be able to be healthy enough that I can play with my grandchildren. This is funny saying this as my boys are currently 4 and 1, but this is something that I think about.
3 - I have always been the "fat" sister. Looking back, I was so NOT fat when I was younger, but because I was taller and bigger than my sisters, I felt like the fat one. When I was working out at the gym with a trainer, one of my sisters told me, "If you ever get skinnier than me, I will kill myself." Since then, I have had the desire to be the skinny sister for once. Not so that my sister would "kill" herself, but so I can be "so there!"
4 - This is a vain motivator, but it is there. All the cute clothes are too small for me. I want to be able to buy cute clothes. I want to be able to shop in the "normal" section of a clothing store.
In the beginning of February I joined a group at my work that is working to lose weight. As part of that, I weighed in, and took my body fat and BMI. Here is the difference during the month of February and March. I have to remember that I am seeing results. I am doing it for me. I cannot let the lack of extrinsic motivators discourage me.
My BMI went down 2.2!
My Body Fat % went down 1.9!
Booyeah! I need to remember this!
Weight: 238 (down 1 pound, but a pound is a pound!)
Chest: 43"
Waist: 43"
Hips: 52"
Thigh: 26 1/2"
Calf: 17 1/2"
Bicep: 15 1/2"
Forearm: 11 1/2"
I didn't have a ton of changes this week. I think it was because my body was just so exhausted and my workouts were not as intense as they have been. I need to remember to not push myself so hard and to allow my body time to rest and recover. This weight took years to get this high and it will not come off in 1 month.
Monday, March 3, 2014
8 Weeks
This has been a crazy week. I decided that since this was the last week of my 8 week challenge, I was going to push it really hard and be really good. I did succeed in that. I pushed it hard at the gym Monday - Wednesday, but then on Thursday, I had to take it slightly easier. My body was just done. I still got a good burn and did a good workout, just not as intense as earlier in the week. Food wise, I feel like a did really good. I caved slightly on Saturday when my husband brought home a dozen donuts. Not just any donuts, Krispy Cream donuts. I ate 3 over the course of the day. I have to admit, this is way better than I would have done previously, but not as good as I wanted to.
Indulgence #1 - Pizza with my family Friday night. I still stayed to just 2 pieces and actually felt really full after I ate. This is not normal for me after 2 pieces! My body is changing and adapting.
Indulgence #2 - Gotta count the donuts that I ate on Saturday. Mmmmm...but they were good.
weight: 239 This is down 4 pounds since last week and an overall 26 pounds!
Chest: 43" (down 1")
Waist: 43" (down 1")
Hips: 52 1/2" (down 1/2")
Thigh: 26 1/2" (down 1/2")
Calf: 17 1/2"
Bicep: 15 1/2" (down 1/2")
Forearm: 11 1/2"
Picture Time! I love seeing the pictures because you can tell a huge difference! They are motivating and I think anyone trying to lose weight or get in shape should do before and after pictures. I have seen so much improvement, but I have to admit, I am just at the beginning of my journey. I still have a long way to go.
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