I'm down 2 lbs this week putting me at a total weight loss of 12 lbs. This puts me 1 lb below my first weight loss goal which was losing 5% of my body weight. Losing is bittersweet with WW because the more you lose the more daily points they take away. I started with 33 daily points and now I'm down to just 31, I see more fruit and veggies in my future.
I just got more details about my friend's wedding that's in May, I will be going to get fitted this week for my Bridesmaid dress, I'm very excited and am hoping I will need it altered by the time the wedding gets here due to losing more weight. I'm secretly glad she was dragging her feet in her decision, it allowed me to lose 12 lbs!
This weekend was rough and I'm very thankful for losing the 2 lbs I did. Friday Adam and I left the kids with our friends Alicia and Bryan (and their twin boys that are Weston's age!) and went out for date night. We went to Kihachi, which is authentic Japanese cuisine and supposedly one of the best restaurants in Columbus (as featured on No Reservations on the Travel Channel). I saved up 20 pts for the dinner alone, we ordered a variety of small plates: Plum Wine, Tempura Shrimp, Pork Cheek, Brazed Duck, Deep Fried Soft Shelled Crab, Sushi Roll, Buckwheat Noodles and their Citrus Pear desert. Everything was delicious but I knew I blew my points for the day, but it didn't matter at the time, it was a special occasion.
The other weak moment was yesterday. My Grandma and Aunt came for a short visit and my Aunt brought some cupcakes she'd made. I'll fess up and let you know I ate 2. :( I'm over my guilt now, it's a new day and my points start over today AND I still lost 2 lbs despite the slight binging I did this weekend.
216/204/160
Monday, March 28, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Snack Machines
These should be outlawed! They are the definition of impulse buy, I'd be in even more trouble if ours accepted credit cards like the ones at hospitals.
I walked into our break room with a couple bucks in my hand, one for a Diet Coke and the other intended to buy something from the impulse machine. I buy my Diet Coke and just stood there looking at all the goodies in the snack machine. I thought to myself, I can have whatever I want, a full Snicker's Bar is 8 points, so if I just ate half that's only 4 points and it would be totally worth it, and the same logic for my absolute favorite Reese's Cups. As I stood there debating what to get I was also planning my plan of attack, only eat half. Then my logical side yelled in my ear, who are you kidding, you would never eat just half and you'd be wasting all of those daily points that could go towards real food. After about 3-5 minutes which seemed to me to be about a half an hour, I walked away empty handed.
Jody=1, Candy=0
Can we say WINNING!
216/206/160
I walked into our break room with a couple bucks in my hand, one for a Diet Coke and the other intended to buy something from the impulse machine. I buy my Diet Coke and just stood there looking at all the goodies in the snack machine. I thought to myself, I can have whatever I want, a full Snicker's Bar is 8 points, so if I just ate half that's only 4 points and it would be totally worth it, and the same logic for my absolute favorite Reese's Cups. As I stood there debating what to get I was also planning my plan of attack, only eat half. Then my logical side yelled in my ear, who are you kidding, you would never eat just half and you'd be wasting all of those daily points that could go towards real food. After about 3-5 minutes which seemed to me to be about a half an hour, I walked away empty handed.
Jody=1, Candy=0
Can we say WINNING!
216/206/160
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
My Teeth
I have super duper sensitive teeth and sometimes I clinch them at night. This morning I woke up and told husband that my teeth really hurt and that I must have been clinching them. His reply, "Could they be having sugar withdrawal?" It made me giggle.
216/206/160
216/206/160
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Becoming
Becoming (verb) - undergoing change or development
Becoming (adjective) - attractive, fitting, suitable
I AM BECOMING.
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Let me start by saying I'm not one to diet. I don't believe in diets and have only been on one "diet" in my whole life, it lasted 3 months, I lost 15lbs and promptly gained it back.
This isn't about weight loss, this is about control. I've lost control of my body... two children and a marriage will do that do a women... especially when you're happier than you've ever been in your entire life.
This is about being healthy. And here's my story...
You know how it goes, I've never really been happy with my weight (who is?) and then you gain weight and hate that you never appreciated what you looked like 10lbs ago. Now I miss being able to walk into any store I want and fit into whatever I want.
After being married for over 5 years you tend to let yourself go a little, then throw having 2 children in the mix and all the sudden you're 30lbs+ more than you ever thought you'd weigh. I'm a far cry from that bikini bearing honeymooner just 5 years ago.
This isn't just about losing the weight but now it's about becoming healthier. I've started having ailments that "overweight" people have (Acid Reflux sent me to the ER just a year ago) and my doctor even threw around the word "obese" at a recent visit. Wait, what?!?!?!?! Who? ME?!?! Here I am just had my second child 5 months ago and for the first time in my life, I'm not comfortable in my own skin, the baby weight, plus some, is just not budging and I'm heavier than I've ever been in my life. I have to do something but what? I knew I wanted to do something about it, at least by the time my little brother gets married in September, but you know the attitude, "I'll start next Monday."
The Last Straw
I got a phone call February 24 from one of my oldest and dearest friends asking me to be in her wedding... in a short 3 months! I was incredibly honored and overjoyed, but that feeling suddenly was overshadowed by the thought of being in her wedding album, for eternity, looking the way I do today. That was it, I have to do something and I have to do it now.
On February 25 I joined Weight Watchers Online. The first week was filled with reading Success Stories (mostly those who have lost 50lbs+), learning the tools, and learning not only what I should be eating but more importantly how much. The so called healthy foods aren't as healthy as they claim and I'm learning real fast who's advertising is false advertising.
Good news is the hard work is paying off and the scale doesn't lie. I've been doing Weight Watchers for 25 days now and am officially down 10lbs. I'm getting my control back while becoming a more healthier person. I've ran into some sticky situations and weak moments, but am hoping they become fewer and far between.
216/206/160
Becoming (adjective) - attractive, fitting, suitable
I AM BECOMING.
________________________________________________
Let me start by saying I'm not one to diet. I don't believe in diets and have only been on one "diet" in my whole life, it lasted 3 months, I lost 15lbs and promptly gained it back.
This isn't about weight loss, this is about control. I've lost control of my body... two children and a marriage will do that do a women... especially when you're happier than you've ever been in your entire life.
This is about being healthy. And here's my story...
You know how it goes, I've never really been happy with my weight (who is?) and then you gain weight and hate that you never appreciated what you looked like 10lbs ago. Now I miss being able to walk into any store I want and fit into whatever I want.
After being married for over 5 years you tend to let yourself go a little, then throw having 2 children in the mix and all the sudden you're 30lbs+ more than you ever thought you'd weigh. I'm a far cry from that bikini bearing honeymooner just 5 years ago.
This isn't just about losing the weight but now it's about becoming healthier. I've started having ailments that "overweight" people have (Acid Reflux sent me to the ER just a year ago) and my doctor even threw around the word "obese" at a recent visit. Wait, what?!?!?!?! Who? ME?!?! Here I am just had my second child 5 months ago and for the first time in my life, I'm not comfortable in my own skin, the baby weight, plus some, is just not budging and I'm heavier than I've ever been in my life. I have to do something but what? I knew I wanted to do something about it, at least by the time my little brother gets married in September, but you know the attitude, "I'll start next Monday."
The Last Straw
I got a phone call February 24 from one of my oldest and dearest friends asking me to be in her wedding... in a short 3 months! I was incredibly honored and overjoyed, but that feeling suddenly was overshadowed by the thought of being in her wedding album, for eternity, looking the way I do today. That was it, I have to do something and I have to do it now.
On February 25 I joined Weight Watchers Online. The first week was filled with reading Success Stories (mostly those who have lost 50lbs+), learning the tools, and learning not only what I should be eating but more importantly how much. The so called healthy foods aren't as healthy as they claim and I'm learning real fast who's advertising is false advertising.
Good news is the hard work is paying off and the scale doesn't lie. I've been doing Weight Watchers for 25 days now and am officially down 10lbs. I'm getting my control back while becoming a more healthier person. I've ran into some sticky situations and weak moments, but am hoping they become fewer and far between.
216/206/160
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