Day 53
Since starting back with the Weight Watchers points system on February 1st, I've lost 8lbs. How exciting! The past week was loaded with yummy, yet very fattening, foods geared around Caleb's birthday on Tuesday and his party yesterday afternoon. I'm finding that although I'm working out at least 6 days a week, I'm still finding that this winter weather doesn't help me feel very motivated to be moving. The dreary weather and snow falling makes me just want to curl up under a blanket and read, honestly, which does NOT fit in with a workout schedule!
At the beginning of the month I pulled out a pair of jeans I bought back in September at Rescued Treasures, size 14, and hung them on my mirror in the bedroom. When I bought them, I didn't try them on; I knew they weren't going to fit. But I did try them on sometime before Christmas just to see how tight they were. I had to fight to get them over my thunder thighs and over my huge butt, and when I finally got them up, I had about a six to eight inch gap between the snap closure. "Yeah, right!" I thought, "Like I'll ever get into these things! Well, at least they only cost like three bucks, right?" Well, Tuesday morning I decided to try them on just for the heck of it to see how much farther I had to go to be able to "close the gap," as it were. Well, believe it or not, I got them pulled up my thighs and over my big butt a lot easier than the last time (keep in mind these jeans do have some stretch to them, so they were still snug but not too tight). And to top it off, I GOT THEM ZIPPED AND SNAPPED NO PROBLEM! I still have a big fat issue layered over my abs and hanging out around my scar lines from two c-sections, so they don't fit the greatest, but it's a start! I'm figuring that if I can keep up loss of about a pound or two a week for the next month, that I might be able to get these jeans on with not having to squeeze myself into them by the end of April at the latest! I just have to stay moving and motivated...
This is where I start to get concerned: Staying on the move!
This week starts one of the busiest weeks of my life so far! My youth group's participating in the 30 Hour Famine (30HF) this weekend starting on Friday at 12:30pm (after we've eaten lunch) and going until 6:30pm on Saturday. I am also leading worship on Sunday morning and leaving for Florida with my kiddos on Monday morning. So far that doesn't sound too bad, right? Well, keep in mind that along with the 30HF this weekend, I have a LOT of prepping and setting up to do for the overnighter at the church. I also have to practice the songs for Sunday morning, as well as hold a practice on Thursday night with my team, and still find time to pack a suitcase, DVDs, stuff for the kids to do in the car, as well as snacks and drinks for the ride down.
This should be an interestingly busy week...
Monday, February 22, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Winning in Losing
Day 39
One week ago today Rob and I went back to counting points with Weight Watchers and I started doing a daily workout of some sort. Mostly I've been trying to do TaeBo every day and sometimes I throw a Wii Fit routine in when I'm not quite feeling up to TaeBo or want a little more of a workout added to it. So far, the goal has been to workout 5 of 7 days with the hope to squeeze in a 6th day if I can. Heck, if I'm up for I'll even try to do something all 7 days of the week, making a few of my "workouts" be nice long walks outside pushing a stroller...
Okay, so there's what I've been doing for the past week and what I plan on continuing with as the weeks go by, all to say that last week I weighed in at 193.6 giving me 25 points available to use for my food each day, and this week I weight in at 189.8 dropping me down to 24 points for dropping into the 180's!
Yay! I'm no longer over 190lbs!!!
The nice thing about this is that where I'm still feeling tired and fairly lethargic during the day, I know that with time, I'll get my energy back. Getting up this morning to workout, for example, instead of waiting until the kids went down for naps helped me to wake up a bit. A quick shower after my workout adds to that, too.
Now here's where I'm looking to the not-so-distant future and wondering how I'm going to keep up with this weight loss:
In March, I'm going to Florida with the kids to stay at my mom's for a few weeks. I know that I should be able to keep up with counting my points regularly, and I can still get in some sort of workout situation, but I'm afraid that I will be losing the intensity of my current workouts by not doing the TaeBo thing in the mornings. My mom does have a Wii and Wii Fit, but that only gets me so far. I am going to have to look into trying to figure out how to do some jogging while gone. Maybe I should see if anyone has a jogging stroller that I can borrow for the trip! Then I can at least take one of the kids with me out for a run. That would leave one less kid for my mom and step-dad to have to corral while I'm gone, too! Guess I just figured something out while writing this today... AWESOME!
Now, to just find someone with a jogging stroller (single or double) that I can borrow....
One week ago today Rob and I went back to counting points with Weight Watchers and I started doing a daily workout of some sort. Mostly I've been trying to do TaeBo every day and sometimes I throw a Wii Fit routine in when I'm not quite feeling up to TaeBo or want a little more of a workout added to it. So far, the goal has been to workout 5 of 7 days with the hope to squeeze in a 6th day if I can. Heck, if I'm up for I'll even try to do something all 7 days of the week, making a few of my "workouts" be nice long walks outside pushing a stroller...
Okay, so there's what I've been doing for the past week and what I plan on continuing with as the weeks go by, all to say that last week I weighed in at 193.6 giving me 25 points available to use for my food each day, and this week I weight in at 189.8 dropping me down to 24 points for dropping into the 180's!
Yay! I'm no longer over 190lbs!!!
The nice thing about this is that where I'm still feeling tired and fairly lethargic during the day, I know that with time, I'll get my energy back. Getting up this morning to workout, for example, instead of waiting until the kids went down for naps helped me to wake up a bit. A quick shower after my workout adds to that, too.
Now here's where I'm looking to the not-so-distant future and wondering how I'm going to keep up with this weight loss:
In March, I'm going to Florida with the kids to stay at my mom's for a few weeks. I know that I should be able to keep up with counting my points regularly, and I can still get in some sort of workout situation, but I'm afraid that I will be losing the intensity of my current workouts by not doing the TaeBo thing in the mornings. My mom does have a Wii and Wii Fit, but that only gets me so far. I am going to have to look into trying to figure out how to do some jogging while gone. Maybe I should see if anyone has a jogging stroller that I can borrow for the trip! Then I can at least take one of the kids with me out for a run. That would leave one less kid for my mom and step-dad to have to corral while I'm gone, too! Guess I just figured something out while writing this today... AWESOME!
Now, to just find someone with a jogging stroller (single or double) that I can borrow....
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Points, Points, and More Points!
Day 35
Yesterday was my last paid for ZUMBA class and I missed it. It was sad to not be there and all because I couldn't find a sitter. 5:00pm on a Wednesday is not an easy time frame to find someone to sit, especially last minute! But on the plus side of things, I am still trying to squeeze in workouts at home. I was hoping to get up in the mornings to do so before the kids wake, but that's not been going so well. For some reason I just cannot seem to drag myself out of bed in the mornings. I am working out while they nap, though. So where that helps for me to be able to workout, it does NOT help me be more energized for the rest of my day...
I'm learning that 30 minutes of TaeBo is giving me an extra 3 points to my 25 total for the day, when I use that as my workout. Last night I ended up adding another 45 minutes with the Wii Fit to my workout total for the day, adding yet another 3 points to my day. So far, I've been under my points total for the day. I like being under because it makes me feel like I'm eating a lot of 0-point items that still fill me up, and then if I do want to treat myself to a 3 Musketeers Truffle Crisp Bar then I can! (Two bars is one serving and one serving is 4 points.) I also found at the store last night SUGAR FREE Sweethearts Valentine conversation hearts. It was exciting to find something like that sugar free, which ends up being only 2 points a serving, and there are 44 pieces in one serving of the Sweethearts! So exciting!
In order to keep track of the sweet things and not eat too much of them, I am using the snack size Ziploc bags for things like the Sweethearts and M&M's and small things like that to portion out serving sizes. Then all I have to do is grab one of the bags and I'm good! It makes it easier to not end up wanting to eat the whole big bag of it all! The lady at Walgreen's last night said that's what she did when she was doing Weight Watchers. She was a big M&M person and so just bought the big bags instead of the regular size, single serving bags, portioned them out, and just went with them that way. She found that she didn't want to eat the whole bag in one day, and that the portioned out bags were perfect for getting that "fix" she needed. I'm hoping I can get the same thing with doing this myself. And not just with sweets like the Sweethearts, but with all the snacks in my house! We've got Pretzel Crisps that I just LOVE, but I'd sit down and eat the whole bag at once, and I've got Pita Chips that I use with hummus, of which I'd do the same thing if I could. So I'm hoping that this way, I can save myself some major "Points Trauma" by portioning out things.
So what am I doing with all these extra points I'm earning and not eating? Letting them melt away as the day does! I am learning that I need to keep my first two meals of the day filling yet light on points so that by dinner time, I can actually have a meal instead of a 2 point grilled cheese that is in no way as filling as I'd like it to be! Plus it will allow me to actually make a dinner that can include everything I need to be a healthy and filling meal!
Yesterday was my last paid for ZUMBA class and I missed it. It was sad to not be there and all because I couldn't find a sitter. 5:00pm on a Wednesday is not an easy time frame to find someone to sit, especially last minute! But on the plus side of things, I am still trying to squeeze in workouts at home. I was hoping to get up in the mornings to do so before the kids wake, but that's not been going so well. For some reason I just cannot seem to drag myself out of bed in the mornings. I am working out while they nap, though. So where that helps for me to be able to workout, it does NOT help me be more energized for the rest of my day...
I'm learning that 30 minutes of TaeBo is giving me an extra 3 points to my 25 total for the day, when I use that as my workout. Last night I ended up adding another 45 minutes with the Wii Fit to my workout total for the day, adding yet another 3 points to my day. So far, I've been under my points total for the day. I like being under because it makes me feel like I'm eating a lot of 0-point items that still fill me up, and then if I do want to treat myself to a 3 Musketeers Truffle Crisp Bar then I can! (Two bars is one serving and one serving is 4 points.) I also found at the store last night SUGAR FREE Sweethearts Valentine conversation hearts. It was exciting to find something like that sugar free, which ends up being only 2 points a serving, and there are 44 pieces in one serving of the Sweethearts! So exciting!
In order to keep track of the sweet things and not eat too much of them, I am using the snack size Ziploc bags for things like the Sweethearts and M&M's and small things like that to portion out serving sizes. Then all I have to do is grab one of the bags and I'm good! It makes it easier to not end up wanting to eat the whole big bag of it all! The lady at Walgreen's last night said that's what she did when she was doing Weight Watchers. She was a big M&M person and so just bought the big bags instead of the regular size, single serving bags, portioned them out, and just went with them that way. She found that she didn't want to eat the whole bag in one day, and that the portioned out bags were perfect for getting that "fix" she needed. I'm hoping I can get the same thing with doing this myself. And not just with sweets like the Sweethearts, but with all the snacks in my house! We've got Pretzel Crisps that I just LOVE, but I'd sit down and eat the whole bag at once, and I've got Pita Chips that I use with hummus, of which I'd do the same thing if I could. So I'm hoping that this way, I can save myself some major "Points Trauma" by portioning out things.
So what am I doing with all these extra points I'm earning and not eating? Letting them melt away as the day does! I am learning that I need to keep my first two meals of the day filling yet light on points so that by dinner time, I can actually have a meal instead of a 2 point grilled cheese that is in no way as filling as I'd like it to be! Plus it will allow me to actually make a dinner that can include everything I need to be a healthy and filling meal!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Stick-To-It-iveness!
Day 33
As of yesterday morning I weighed 193.6 lbs, figuring how many points to eat in a day with Weight Watchers to be 25 total points. I gained three points from my workout and ended my day with 8 points leftover.
This morning I did not get up to workout first thing. My TaeBo workout yesterday was great, but left my back muscles a bit sore, so I'm going to do some Wii Fit stuff this afternoon for today's 30 minute workout. I'm thinking that I may end up looking for step pedals to have in the house for walking in the winter and if it's raining out in the summer. My grandmother had one of those things at one point and that's what she and my grandpa would use if it was a rainy day out. Plus, it's something I could be doing while watching a movie with the kids or while watching something like The Doctors while the kids are napping.
I need to remember to keep with the working out. I've not had many problems making sure that I was sticking to counting points, but the 30 minutes of walking or some sort of workout during the day has always been a problem for me to stick with. I end up missing a day that's NOT the day I was going to miss and I get all screwed up and next thing I know, it's been a month since I've done anything "movement" wise. A plus is that I've been taking this ZUMBA class the last few weeks. Tomorrow's my last class that's been paid for so I have to decide if I'm going to sign up to at least finish out the month of February. I'm going to Florida in March so I'm not going to sign up for another 6 weeks. However, when I get back, I think I may look into getting the DVD's. I'm still set on when I get rid of the "jiggle factor" in my mid-section, that I will look into signing up to be a ZUMBA trainer. I think it's be a lot of fun!
So here's to day two of my counting points and feeling pretty good about it! Now, just to get some caffine in my system and try to stay awake the rest of the morning without feeling like I'm going to go insane...
As of yesterday morning I weighed 193.6 lbs, figuring how many points to eat in a day with Weight Watchers to be 25 total points. I gained three points from my workout and ended my day with 8 points leftover.
This morning I did not get up to workout first thing. My TaeBo workout yesterday was great, but left my back muscles a bit sore, so I'm going to do some Wii Fit stuff this afternoon for today's 30 minute workout. I'm thinking that I may end up looking for step pedals to have in the house for walking in the winter and if it's raining out in the summer. My grandmother had one of those things at one point and that's what she and my grandpa would use if it was a rainy day out. Plus, it's something I could be doing while watching a movie with the kids or while watching something like The Doctors while the kids are napping.
I need to remember to keep with the working out. I've not had many problems making sure that I was sticking to counting points, but the 30 minutes of walking or some sort of workout during the day has always been a problem for me to stick with. I end up missing a day that's NOT the day I was going to miss and I get all screwed up and next thing I know, it's been a month since I've done anything "movement" wise. A plus is that I've been taking this ZUMBA class the last few weeks. Tomorrow's my last class that's been paid for so I have to decide if I'm going to sign up to at least finish out the month of February. I'm going to Florida in March so I'm not going to sign up for another 6 weeks. However, when I get back, I think I may look into getting the DVD's. I'm still set on when I get rid of the "jiggle factor" in my mid-section, that I will look into signing up to be a ZUMBA trainer. I think it's be a lot of fun!
So here's to day two of my counting points and feeling pretty good about it! Now, just to get some caffine in my system and try to stay awake the rest of the morning without feeling like I'm going to go insane...
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