Weight Watchers and breastfeeding weight loss
Weekly weigh-in
Starting weight
10/28/11-232.4
11/4/11-230.2
11/11/11-228.2
11/18/11-227
11/25/11-226.8
12/2/11-228.4
12/9/11-228
12/16/11-227.2
12/23/11-225.8
12/30/11-225.6 (don’t eat chili the night before weigh in)
Posted by carlyj02 on December 30th, 2011 under Uncategorized | Comment now »Weight loss so far on Weight Watchers
The weights that I’ve posted are with CLOTHES ON, unless I say I was naked.
4 weeks-224.2
5 weeks-227.6 (boobs are fuller, no appetite increase, tummy bloat, still eating healthy)
6 weeks-226.2 (didn’t change anything)
7 weeks-227.4
8 weeks-225.6 (can’t eat or else I’m in pain)
9 weeks-225.2 (all day nausea, ovary cyst cramping off and on)
10weeks-221.8! (so sick, went to the ER twice due to severe cramping)
11weeks-222.0 (finally able to eat YAY!)
12weeks-222.0 (still eating and fatigued, cant wait for the 2nd trimester)
13weeks-222.8 (yay 2nd trimester, I’m sure I will slowly gain weight from this point on)
14weeks-223.6
16weeks-224 (scale was acting crazy earlier, needed to be recalibrated)
17weeks-227.2 (2.6 lbs over PP)
18weeks-228.8
19weeks-234.4 (I definitely didn’t eat enough calories to gain that much)
20weeks-233.4 (possibly Gestational diabetes, testing my blood sugar and watching carbs)
21weeks-234.6 (blood sugar is fine)
22weeks-238.4
23 weeks-237.8 (husband deployed, started walking more)
24weeks-236.8 (nearing my 3rd trimester, my hubby isn’t hear to cook me any delicious meals)
25weeks-236.8 (pants are getting loose, baby is definitely feeling bigger)
26weeks-238.8 (happy with my weight gain so far)
27weeks-238.2
28weeks-239.4 (3rd trimester and fatigue is back ugh)
29weeks-239.4 (I thought I gained but I guess not)
30weeks-239.8 (basically 240 lbs.)
31weeks-240.6
32weeks-240
33weeks-243.4 (3rd trimester bloat is officially here)
34weeks-241.6
35weeks-244
36weeks-246
37weeks-248 (midwife said the baby felt a lot bigger than last week)
38weeks-253
39weeks-251 (2cm dilated, hubby should be here in 2-3 days )
40weeks-253 (I’m still pregnant lol, time to walk on the treadmill and gets these contractions going)
Gave birth 10/4/11 to a baby girl. I wasn’t on WW during the pregnancy
3 weeks on Weight Watchers
Well today was my 3rd official weigh in and I lost 1.4 lbs. Since I joined the program on Dec. 2nd I have lost 3 lbs bringing my weight loss to a total of 3 lbs, averaging a pound every week. I LOVE the WW program a lot, it definitely doesn’t feel like a diet and I can do this for the rest of my life. WW really fits my way of living and I don’t have to change anything. I’ve been eating all my points, including weekly points and activity points. I currently weigh 227.2 which I’m very excited about because this is the lowest I have been in a while, and I’m looking forward to reaching new lows when it comes to losing weight.
The new Points plus program is awesome, instead of going by calories they use macro nutrients (fat, carbs, protein) in order to find points values. A couple of days ago I ate a 8 oz. rib eye steak and it only used a small amount of my points. It was yummy and very filling. Sorry I can’t post point values but lets say it used a very small portion of my points, in the past on the old point system it would have used a ton of points. Some feel that points plus is like Atkins and this is far from the truth. Points plus stresses a balanced diet on nutritious foods that aren’t processed. You can still eat processed foods, and I still eat some as well. I also love zero point fruits and vegs. After I eat dinner at around 6 pm I start to feel a little hungry about 2 hours later and instead of reaching for some processed food that would in the past cost me a very small number of points, I now reach for fruit. I am noticing that I do have to buy fruit more often than I did in the past.
This is definitely the best WW points program and I am so glad they have left the low fat, sugar free, empty calorie plan behind. This new program will definitely help people make lifetime and maintain their weight loss without so many set back like the old point plan. Also I am happy to say that the Yasmin birth control is finally out of my system and I am no longer starving all day. Plus my mood is so much better and my husband likes my normal personality which is bubbly. I’m grouchy and mean when my hormones are screwed with, so currently I’m not on any birth control but I am using the fertility awareness (cervical mucus). Also my husband pulls out and this is just incase, also if we do end up pregnant we will be happy. I was thinking about trying for baby number 3 after he deploys in the Spring.
Posted by carlyj02 on December 23rd, 2010 under Uncategorized | Comment now »Sorry haven’t blogged in a while
The comments that I am getting are very interesting and definitely keep them coming. I’ve been very busy my husband is gone a lot since he is preparing for his 3rd year long deployment in the Spring. I will definitely try to write more, I had no idea that so many people read my blog so I guess I should take that into consideration and write more.
Well last Friday I decided to get back on birth control, I was super excited that I would be able to have sex anytime during my cycle and not get pregnant. Well my doc put me on Yasmin because she said it is not known to cause weight gain. Unfortunately after taking it I started getting heartburn, probably because I took it on a empty stomach. Well the next day I took the pill with food and felt a little better but as soon as the food was digested I felt sick again. It just felt like I was going to puke and like I had acid reflux. Well thank goodness for google and other ladies posting there side effects because lots of women complained about nausea with Yasmin. Well believe it or not nausea was the least of my worries, my sex drive is nonexistent!. Wow is this how the pill is supposed to work? I have zero desire for sex and I’ve been grouchy and mean. My husband even pointed out that I’m a lot more fun to be around when I was off of birth control.
As you all know I was practicing fertility awareness (FA) and abstaining during my fertile times, we did this for 2 months. Well today I am starting that again, I can no longer deal with these chemicals and I don’t want to get on another pill. I’m getting tired of feeling sick all day and waking up at night and having to drink water to help my stomach pain go away. Other ladies online said that they were on Yasmin for months and they dealt with nausea the whole time and I don’t plan to waste my life any longer feeling like crap. So today I will not be taking my pill. Of course with FA you have to be very careful but I love having a chemical free cycle. Ok enough about birth control lol. Oops I almost forgot to mention that Yasmin has made me very hungry, I am never satisfied and I have to deal with being hungry all day.
Well I’m sorry if I disappoint any of my followers with what I am about to say which is that I have joined Weight Watchers. I know I know I’ve done the total opposite of what my blog name is. I’ve been struggling to lose the weight and if I continue doing what I have always done, then I will continue to get the same results which is being fat and miserable. I don’t plan to lead a life of insanity and I’m sure we all know the definition of insanity is: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I’ve learned a lot from IE and I view food way different than I did in the past but if I want to lose this weight then I have to restrict my calories. I’ve tried CC but unfortunately if I go over my cal limit then I have no idea what I’m supposed to do. At least with WW if I go over my point limit I can tap into my weekly points allowance.
I have a Monthy pass which means I attend meetings as well as use their online etools program. My weight was 230.2 but I was wearing dress pants and a tank top. Plus they have this new program called Points Plus and I’m super excited because the old plan was encouraging unhealthy choices and it made people rely a lot on 100 cal packs and low fat processed foods. Thank goodness the new WW is shying away from processed foods and is encouraging its member to eat more fruits and vegs which by the way is 0 points. Yes you can eat fruit without having to track it. I’m not going crazy on fruit but when I need time to stall my next meal I definitely reach for grapes, bananas, and now I add tons of vegs to my food since those are also 0 points. So for those people who couldn’t stick to the old WW plan (myself included) then definitely check out the new points plus (PP) program which is way better and encourages healthier choices which will keep you satisfied long. I have only been on the WW plan since the 2nd of Dec and I made a pact with myself to stick with it for a year.
This has been my problem in the past, I would always start something and then quit. I did stick with IE for 7 months but if I had stuck with it for a whole year I would have still been the same weight at the end of the year which I consider to be a waste of time. Of course its better to maintain rather than gain weight but there has to come a time where you say this is NOT WORKING. My intentions for starting this blog was to live a diet free life and get back in touch with my bodies natural hunger cues but like everything else in life we all evolve, and for those who don’t evolve and learn from there mistakes then I really feel bad for them. This past year has been a huge learning experience about myself and during this time I have seen what works and what hasn’t. IE is not a failure it helped me maintain when I could have easily of kept gaining but it did not help me reach my ultimate goal which is to lose weight. So my advice to anyone who wants to maintain or have a better relationship with food is to give IE a chance and see if it works for you. Don’t let me discourage you from trying it.
Well I’m about to wrap this blog post up, sorry I haven’t been writing that many blog post but when I do finally get around to writing, I WRITE A LOT!. My post are never lacking and I give you paragraphs of my rambling thoughts lol. So I definitely want people to continue to read my blog and I will definitely try to write at least once a week. Take care everyone
Also sorry about my horrible grammar and lack of structure in my sentences. I’m sure the way I write is torture for some to read lol
Posted by carlyj02 on December 4th, 2010 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Cheat Days!
Well I finally have come to realize that I am in a plateau, ugh I can’t believe this but it all makes sense. I know I always come to a revolution or realization every time I post but the truth is I have been bouncing between 229-226 lbs since May or June! This is horrible and I have tried everything but I keep bouncing down to 226 and then the next day I will be back up to 228, it seems like no matter what I try my body will lose a pound of 2 and then bounce right back up. Well after reading a post about eating whatever you want on Thanksgiving it got me thinking. I realized that I haven’t overate in months, since I started IE I haven’t ate past the point of being satisfied. I haven’t shocked my metabolism or anything. I kept wondering why certain people were able to splurge and still lose weight, and here I am not overeating or binging and I’m not losing WEIGHT!.
Well after realizing that I started eating beyond the point of feeling satisfied. After months of stopping when I feel satisfied it is very hard to eat past satisfied. I ate a huge bowl of sugary cereal and lots of whole fat milk, I thought I was going to puke because I was full. I’m also eating when I’m not hungry , I’m going against what IE preaches but if this will jump start my metabolism again then this face stuffing will be worth it. I actually think it’s torture to keep eating so much food but several people have said that it has gotten them through a plateau. It’s weird I’m a runner, I lift heavy weights, I don’t binge and here I am stuck at the same weight for MONTHS. Supposedly eating the same amount everyday messes with your leptin levels and usually a huge calorie surplus should start your body burning fat again. (Sorry if I’m not making sense) Well I’m praying that 2 days of stuffing my face and then going back to normal eating will help me lose this weight because its discouraging when you’re doing all the right things and nothing happens.
Posted by carlyj02 on November 25th, 2010 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Update:Constipation, different approach, life in general
Well if you read the title of this blog then you should already know that this will be a tmi topic. Well for a while I have been battling with constipation, or maybe I should rephrase that. Constipation was ruining my life for a while. Finally after lots of googling and finding different approaches that are natural, I hate pills or laxatives of anykind. I refuse to try anything other then natural approaches, so I realized that I was sitting on a chair too much. I never knew that sitting on chairs could be my causing my constipation, so for the past 2 days I have been sitting on the floor. Supposedly sitting on the floor opens your pelvis, whereas sitting on a couch compresses your spine and pinches your intestines (or something like that). Well I have seen a definite impovement and have been having regular bowel movements. I also increased my fiber but this alone did not help but the extra fiber along with sitting on the floor has made my life awesome. Also squatting to poop has helped, I have less straining and I’m not in the bathroom that long. I plan on getting a squatting platform that goes over a regular toilet. Believe it or not lots of people squat to poop and it gets out all the poop rather then having that incomplete bowel movement feeling.
Also my diet changes have been that I no longer eat a high CARB diet. With the high carb low protein diet I was HUNGRY all the time, I was never satisfied and my weight would jump around a lot. So on the 30th of Oct. I drank vodka for the first time in months and I weighed 228 the next day, this was fine so I got back on plan and reduced my cals to 1200-1800. I got on the scale on the 1st and was up to 230.6, I’m thinking wtf I was eating on plan and yet I was still gaining days after eating healthy again. So finally I was like something has got to change, it was a struggle staying in my cal range because I was getting more hungry as the days went on and I was getting dizzy spells when my blood sugar would drop. I’m not diabetic but I have been on the verge of fainting several times. So I found a diet that helps to stabilize my blood sugar and that involves eating more protein. I never put 2 and 2 together is it really as simple as eating more protein to feel better? Yes, it is. I have been eating more protein and reducing my carbs since the 1st, I went from eating over 300g of carbs and probably less then 50g of protein. To eating between 100-200g of carbs and eating about 150g of protein, I now eat 2000 cals a day and have been losing weight every single day!. I now weigh 227 as of this morning.
I’ve tried atkins, south beach, and other keto diets in the past. They were too low in carbs and too restrictive. My carb limit now has me feeling awesome, its hard to add in that much protein without eating constantly so I have been using a protein shake. I prefer Muscle Milk, it is so yummy they also have a light version which has 25g of protein. Some people think protein shakes will make you huge and this is true and false, in order to get huge muscle gains you have to drink probably a 1g of protein per pound of body weight. I don’t drink a gram of protein per pound of body weight, this would send me way over my daily alloted calories intake. It is good to up your protein intake though because it helps maintain your muscles while boosting your metabolism and burning fat. Protein takes longer to digest and believe me it keeps you fuller for a longer time then a meal full of carbs. I wish I would have done this sooner though because I don’t feel the carb crash and I have more energy. I still eat carbs, I eat fiber one cereal also because it keeps me regular and it gets the food moving through the gut quicker. I also eat fruits and vegs and the occasional piece of candy.
I’ve also eat dinner before 7pm and if I get hungry after that time I will eat a light meal like a bowl of grapes or drink a protein shake. The protein shake taste just like a milkshake, muscle milk is kind of pricey but it works for weight loss. I also eat protein at EVERY meal. I also eat the whole egg when I make a salad, I love omelets. Now my only problem is getting my husband on board with eating better. I have to make him a protein shake, or healty food or else he will eat nothing but carbs. He’s also losing weight but I can tell he is losing muscle because he is looking more soft then firm and toned. I should also add that he is 6′2 and normally weighs 195 but since he is so busy he now weighs 185. He wants to get back up to 195 but doesn’t quite know how to.
On Monday we will be celebrating our 7 year wedding anniversary, wow 7 years is amazing and I’m looking forward to several more years of happiness.
Posted by carlyj02 on November 5th, 2010 under Uncategorized | 7 Comments »Feeling great other then constipation!
Constipation sucks! Yes I’m guilty of not eating enough fiber, on a good day I would probably get about 5-15 grams total of fiber. Plus the fact that I had started taking a multivitamin (MV) a couple of days ago did not help with my bowels either. Vitamins always make me constipated even when I increase my fiber intake. Well today I didn’t take MV and I had a bowel movement. Still it takes me so long to get the urge and I have to sit on the toilet and read for a couple of mins and pray I get the urge. Sometimes I can sit on the toilet for 20 mins and not get the urge.
So I decided that its time for a change, and since I wasnt getting enough fiber from the fruits and vegs that I was eating I decided to buy some Fiber One cereal which has 13g of fiber per serving (1 cup). So far so good and the cereal taste really good, its kind of high in cals (160 cals. 1 cup) but its worth it because I’m getting tired of my butt bleeding (tmi sorry but its true). Also being constipated makes me bloated and it causes weight gain. Supposedly your body isn’t able to get rid of excess water in the intestines because the stools are hard. So you retain water as well as poop. I’m still watching my cals and eating between 1200-2200 cals a day, I rarely hit 1900 but I still give myself room just in case I have a very hungry day.
Posted by carlyj02 on October 27th, 2010 under Uncategorized | 3 Comments »zig zagging and calorie cycling
Well this is what I have been doing, my calorie range is 1200-2250 cals a day. I can’t imagine eating the same amount of cals a day so I gave myself a range. Well tomorrow is weigh in day and I’m really loving this week of ZZ (zig zagging). I rarely feel hungry also because it allows me to eat more on certain days. Also I’m not rigid on which days should be low or high, I just listen to my body but somedays I do allow myself to be hungry. I am still using the IE principles and this has made CC so much easier because I no longer have that rigid mindset of all or nothing. I still can eat sweets, and fattening food in small quantities without feeling guilt or wanting to finish the rest of it.
IE served a great purpose and after doing that for 6-7 months I view food in a totally different mindset. My cravings are under control, I eat slowly, take small bites, savor every bite, and I stop when I’m satisfied. Combining this with CC/ZZ is working out. Usually when a certain path isn’t working, I tweak it and then find another direction. I don’t want to stay the course and waste 2 years of my life and then realize that hey I should have tried this. My advice is to be flexible don’t be rigid and when something isn’t working out, try something else. The good thing is that I can still have snacks in the house and not crave them or have the urge to eat all of them.
Okay enough about eating and crap lol. In less then a month me and my husband will be married 7 years, our anniversary is on the 8th of next month. Wow 7 years of bliss go by so quickly, so happy that I met my soulmate in high school. We have been together since I was in 11th grade and he was in 12th, just by chance he came into my class room and the sparks went flying again. I can’t believe how close I was to probably never seeing him again. Heck he graduated about 2 months after we met started dating. He’s my #1 and always will be
Posted by carlyj02 on October 14th, 2010 under Uncategorized | Comment now »Calorie counting?
Well for the past couple of days I have been CC, not perfectly but I have been giving it more thought lately. Well yesterday morning I weighed 230.6!!!!!!!! Yeah lots of exclamation marks, I was like oh hell no I have got to do something different. I’m all for tweaking or combining different methods to help me lose weight. Well this website called Calorie Count told me that I needed to aim for 1400 cals, I was so hungry but I told myself hunger is not a illness and obviously I’m not starving lol. Yesterday was just one of those very hungry days, plus I should be getting my period on the 12th but since having my iud removed god knows when my period will come. Well everything went great till about 8pm, I was so hungry but still ate small amounts of food being careful not to stuff my face just because I was hungry. I ate very slowly, took very small bites, savored the food. It worked really well and I was able to eat a small amount and feel satisfied.
My calorie total for yesterday ended up being (drum roll plz)……………………………… 2200 cals total. So yeah it definitely wasn’t the 1400 that the website told me to eat BUT I definitely didnt eat as many cals as my body wanted me to eat, which probably would have been 3000-3500 cals. So I woke up this morning and I was down 3.6 lbs!!!! The scale said 227.1 and I was shocked especially since I ate 2200 cals. Well today I haven’t been that hungry and I think this is because of how much I ate yesterday. I still consider myself a Intuitive eater but its more modified, I’m aware of how many cals I am eating/consuming. My calorie range is HUGE I plan to eat between 1200-2300 cals a day! This is definitely zig zagging, calorie cycling, at its finest. I don’t plan to say I will only eat this much everyday, I would rather vary it from day to day to keep my body guessing. Also since having my iud removed I have more willpower and less cravings.
So my question is, is calorie counting dieting? I’m not sure or at least what I am doing I don’t consider it a diet. I’m not avoiding certain foods or only eating healthy foods. I still eat what I crave paying attention to serving sizes as well as nutrition info. Its definitely a modified version of IE but there is a chapter in the IE book that talks about paying attention to nutrition and choosing foods based on making your health better.
Posted by carlyj02 on October 9th, 2010 under Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Cooper iud Crash
Well yesterday was my grouchiest day since having my copper iud removed, I had it removed Sept. 24, 2010. Well today after googling why I was feeling like crap I stumbled upon a website that was for past Mirena users and how they felt after having it taking out and the crashing feeling they would get at around the 7-10 mark. Well once I got my iud removed I felt great, had tons of energy I was nice, didn’t argue with my husband, was overall happy. Well then last night I started feeling like my old iud self again which meant I was crabby, tired, hard time sleeping, lethargy, nightmares, anxious thoughts, etc. Well today is day 12 after having the iud removed, I haven’t lost any weight yet but it will eventually. Plus I’m finding it easier to reduce my calorie intake, I’m not having all these weird cravings, plus I’m not hungry all the time.
When I was mad at my husband last night he mentioned that it was probably my iud, yeah he’s a smart ass but it was so true but it still didn’t stop me from being mad at him lol. I also haven’t gotten my period since having it removed, I should get it on the 12th. I know this is a diet blog and I think its important that I write about how this form of birth control has affected my weight loss efforts. Okay back to the subject as you all know I have had my iud in since Aug. 2007, and at first it was awesome (or so I thought). Since it is non hormonal I was under the impression that I would have minimal side effects. To make a long story short my side effects have been happening since day 1, I just never knew that the iud was causing it. I developed severe depression, severe anxiety, nightmares, racing thoughts, inability to focus on one thing, memory loss, all day fatigue, lack of motivation, exercise didn’t help to lose weight, cutting cals didn’t help with weight loss, all day bloating, heavy bleeding, mood swings, etc.
About 5 hours after it was taken out I felt great and back to my old self again. The copper iud was a good form of birth control but as the years went on it kept giving me worse and worse side effects. Also the weight gain came on so gradual and by the time I noticed that it was the iud that caused it, I was up almost 50 lbs in 3 years!! I’m not on bith contol right now, I don’t want to put more chemicals in my body. The good thing about having the iud crash is that now my body will start to work like its supposed to. Also the copper in the copper iud acts as estrogen while in the body causing “estrogen dominance”. Having estrogen dominance (ED) makes it really hard to shed belly fat, and stubborn fat. Even exercise and diet wont work, you have to remove the source of what is causing the ED, and my source was the copper in the iud. Unfortunately it can take 3-6 months for your body to start getting rid of the excess estrogen.
Also I should mention that I just turned 26 and I don’t think I’m anywhere near menopause or that point in my life where my metabolism slows down. Also I have tried to lose weight with several different diets and nothing worked, whereas in the past they would. Also running several miles helped me lose a small amount of inches but not that much weight, and then the weight would slowly creep back up. Well after reading up on ED I now know why I couldn’t lose the weight. Also to all those people who think its bull when a person says they can’t lose weight, try to think of what outside sources such as birth control, medications, etc are contributing to that. Trust me I wasn’t able to lose weight and when I did it would creep back on and then some. I have also heard about the same problem with Mirena. But feel free to post on my blog I always love to read feedback or others experience
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