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Week 25 Weigh In
Another great week with Weight Watchers! I am so close to being down 50 pounds that I can taste it! It may not be this coming week, but it will be soon!
I didn't do very well on my personal goal for the week, but I still got 5 days of activity in and I went to bed early a few nights.
Over the week I started to take daily supplements from doTERRA, and I can really feel the difference in my energy level with taking them. I also started using an essential oil called Slim & Sassy, for now, I'm using it topically and I really like it. I'm not sure if it's "working" but when I apply it, it feels cooling on the skin and smells good too! I'll have to write more on that later.
I can't believe I've been at this for 25 weeks, it really feels like I just started yesterday. It has sort of become second nature and I just go with the flow and allow the plan to work out.
I've been trying to mix up the exercises so that way I don't get bored. During the week I found a great website called Dashing Dish, she has a ton of amazing recipes, workouts and videos. I tried two of her workouts this week and they were amazing! I sweated A LOT, burned off tons of calories and pushed myself harder then I ever have. It felt so good! Check out her website if you have time, it's pretty awesome!
This weekend we have a BBQ to go and 4th of July is right around the corner. My goal for this week is to follow the plan to a T and track everything I eat, even if isn't point worthy.
50 pounds GONE will be here in no time!!!
Pushing myself
30 minutes is all I ever did, it would hurt to work out. There were times where it hurt so bad to move after walking on the treadmill that I would just sit on the couch most the night because my knees would just ache so bad, but I kept going.
30 minutes eventually turned into 35, which turned into 40. I wasn't in as much pain after workouts but it would still hurt from time to time. I started to pick up speed and resistance, I would use the elliptical from time to time, but for no more then 15 minutes at a time and then I would just walk.
Somedays I would stay home and workout or go for walks around my neighborhood. One time, not that long ago, I even jogged for a few minutes while I was out for walk. I felt like I had conquered the world!
A few weeks ago, I went to a group class at the gym that was a boot camp type of circuit training, and I worked out HARD. I was dripping in sweat, it felt SO good. Even when it was hard and I was tired, I kept going...because I know that if I had tried that when I started 7 months ago, I would have died.
Today, I worked out twice. I went once in the morning and then again this evening for Zumba. Both times, I gave it my all, I sweated (a lot) and I burned a lot of calories. The best thing is that I'm not in pain, I didn't give up and I can't wait to go back to the gym tomorrow!
I am thankful that my body is allowing me to push my limits, that my body is growing and developing and most importantly, getting healthy.
It's true what they say, it gets easier with time.
Someday I will run and it will be for longer then a few minutes. Mark my word.
Week 24 Weigh In
Alright, week 24 is in the books and it was a great week! My mini goal for the week was to get 7 days of activity in, and I did it! I thought I wasn't going to hit it one day but I had gone swimming at my parents house, and swimming counts! Overall, I earned 52 activity points last week! Whoop whoop!
On Friday we went to a friends house to have a BBQ and I indulged a little too much, but I was okay with it. On Saturday we went to my parents house to celebrate Father's Day and again, I indulged a little too much on cookies and yummy food. I felt really bad about eating the way I did for two days (:-/), so on Sunday I kicked it into high gear, drank water like it was candy, ate within my points and tried to eat pretty clean. Whatever I did worked because the number on the scale was lower this morning!
I have lost 45 pounds, sometimes that's hard for me to believe. I have a lot of weight to lose but I'm ready to lose it and I have 45 pounds less to lose!
I've been trying really hard to be active all day long by staying busy around the house. I've done some cleaning, laundry and cooking. That has been helping me reach 100% on my active link and has helped me stay on my feet and not in front of the computer. I've noticed that when I do sit down and relax I often feel bad for not being active. I know losing weight isn't always about being active and busy but I'm trying to get out of the sedentary lifestyle. Yesterday was the first day that I sat in front of the TV for awhile, it felt good but it sure was hard to get up and make dinner after sitting down for a few hours.
For week 25, my goal again is to get 7 days of activity in and to go to bed earlier. Not getting enough sleep can really alter weight loss and bed time has been getting really late. This morning I was SO tired so I told myself getting to bed earlier is a must! I need more energy to stay active!
Week 23 Weigh In
I woke up bright any early this and went to weigh in. I was a little nervous to get on the scale but I was ready to deal with whatever the scale said. This past weekend was a rough one and I ate WAY more then I should have.
Over the weekend, we went camping and I had a few too many s'mores then I should have and I indulged a little on pasta salad (oh man, it was SO good!). As soon as we got home on Sunday, we all went to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate my sisters birthday. I was conscious of what I ate, but man those rolls are AMAZING!
When I weighed myself on Monday morning, the scale said I had gained about 5 pounds. I know most of it was me retaining water from all that salt but still, 5 pounds! The last two days, I've been drinking water like it's going out of style and really watched what I ate.
The hard work over the past two days paid off because I still lost this week! It's was .4 pounds, but still a loss is a loss! The scale is lower then it was last week and that's all I care about!
Eating the way I did this weekend reminded me as to why I'm doing this. I felt so NASTY after I stuffed my face while we were out camping. I literally could fill the food weighing me down and in my throat. It was gross! I even had to chew on some Tums. UGH! I hate the feeling of being too full, I don't want to feel like that again.
My goal for this next week is to get activity in everyday. I normally aim for 5 days a week but I noticed that on the weekend I really am lazy and I'm not active much. So this next week I'm going to get 30 minutes or more of activity every dang day!
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| Left: Taken 12/31/12 Right: Taken 6/11/13 43.4 pounds difference! |
Week 22 Weigh In
I should have written this and posted it sooner considering I weigh in tomorrow for Week 23 but I guess late is better then never.
Week 22 was a good week, I lost a few pounds and worked out 5 days during the week. I love that the weather has been so great that I'm able to take those late afternoon walks. I went to get on my bike earlier during the week and found out that I had a flat tire. I was so bummed! Getting that fixed is on my to do list! In the meantime, we're just putting air in it as we go and hoping for the best.
Another thing that has really kept me on track is making sure I'm planning my meals and tracking before I eat. I normally know what I'm making for dinner the next day before I go to bed and I try to really toss things up for breakfast and lunch but everything is always tracked before I eat it so I can just sit down and enjoy my meal.
I'll be back tomorrow to recap week 23. It was kind of a rough weekend but I feel like I ended the week strong, so we'll see what the scale says tomorrow!
Week 21 Weigh In
Week 21 is over and out! I can't believe how fast these weeks have gone, I feel like I just started this journey yesterday!
I really feel like the past week was a great one. I got all my activity in, I stuck to my points and only used 11 of my weeklies. My goal was to lose 1.4 pounds so I could hit 40 pounds lost, and I did it!
One of the things that I told myself from the start was that I wasn't going to let the scale determined my mood. I weigh in every Wednesday at 6 o'clock in the morning, depending on which way the scale is goes can really determined how my day is going to go. I usually know if I've had a good or bad week before I walk in the door and most of the time I know which way the scale is going to go. I prepare myself for it so that way if I gain, I won't let it bring me down. If I lose, I try not to let myself celebrate too much, I just take in that moment and move on.
This weeks meeting topic was about when food isn't the right answer. Personally, I know I used to always turn to food. Any chance I got, I was eating. I mean, lets be honest, food is good and even though it may have been an addiction, food cures a lot of things. I'm an emotional eater and eat for anything, so hearing tools that people do to stay away from food was really eyeopening for me. I still am an emotional eater but now I think I just make better choices about it. Instead of candy, I'll pick an apple.
In these 21 weeks I can really say that I've learned that it is all about choices and what you choose to fuel your body with.
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