I’ve been doing a juice cleanse off and on for about three weeks now. I’ve dropped 9 pounds in that time, which is great. But I’ve totally f***ed up my metabolism. I knew that going in, but I was at a plateau and needed to break thru it no matter the cost. I was stuck in the 160s. Now I’m down to 157.4 as of this morning. That’s good. I guess. I haven’t managed to get thru the 150s. I was at my lowest, 150.8 the end of April. I was in a radio station weight loss contest. I came in 2nd. I’ll blog more about that at another time.
I would just LOVE LOVE LOVE to see the 140s before the end of the year. Who am I kidding? I want to see them before Thanksgiving! But I’m TRYING to be realistic. At this point, losing 8 pounds in two weeks just isn’t doable. Not without more extreme dieting. And I’m too damn old to keep doing this to my body. I should just focus in on 2 pounds a week. That’s real. That’s doable. That’s what’s “recommended”. So why can’t I be happy with that? I mean, 2 pounds a week would have me in the lower 140s by New Year’s. That would be awesome.
I should mention a little background here. Last year at this time, I was over 200 lbs. I think somewhere just under 210. I’d been a member of Weight Watchers for over 6 months and I remember the first meeting after Halloween, I weighed-in and was shocked (but not really surprised, not really) to see that my weight was a couple pounds higher than my starting weight. Yep, I’d gained during six months of WW. Not really workin’ the plan, was I? That was it, that kick in the butt I needed. I mean, how EMBARRASSING! By Christmas, I was in the 190s. And by the first weigh-in for the radio station contest February 1st, I was 186 full clothed and having had a HUGE breakfast to help boost my starting weight number (I weighed in 181 nakkid and starving on my scale that morning.) By April, I was down to 150.8 (again, nakkid and starving.) The official weigh in was 158, which I was NOT happy about. But I know what my scale said, and really, I was pretty happy.
My stats are: 5′2″ with very tiny bone structure. My goal weight is 115 and that’s really in the middle of my goal range. So I’ve got about 40 pounds to go. My heaviest was 220. Which means I’ve lost over 60 pounds in the last year and a half. I don’t work out as much as I should. And I don’t get that. Cause I don’t hate exercise. In fact, I love exercising WHILE I’m doing it. But getting myself to do it is a whole ‘nother story. I have a pretty strong lazy gene. Paired with my tendency to procrastinate and whoa nelly, it’s amazing I get anything done at all!!
But I’m committed to doing this. To FINISHING this once and for all!! I’m going to lose the last of this weight. And I’m going to do it the right way. There is no try, only do. (Thank you, Master Yoda!) Skywalker Ranch/ILM headquarters is just down the road, so I blame it on proximity!
As for me, I’m the single mom of 5 kids. My oldest is 17, my youngest is 4. I have 3 boys and 2 girls. Three of my kids are on the Autism spectrum and my 7 year old Sean has food allergies, asthma, eczema and currently a broken wrist. He goes to a special day class for autistic children and really gives me a run for my money! Princess Skye is my 4 year old and about as high-maintenance as they get. She often wears tutus, feather boas, tiaras, earrings, lip gloss and sunglasses - all at once and just as part of her everyday wear. She takes her Princess title seriously. I mention them specifically cause they’re the ones you’ll hear about the most. Trust me!
Posted on November 10th, 2008 by firefly
Filed under: Introduction
I have so much respect for you as a single mom with 5 kids. I am married, have 4 sons (ages 2-19 years old) one of which is dev. delayed with some severe behavior issues (from before adoption).
I love your style of writing and look forward to your future blogs. I am doing weight watchers right now (have lost 70 on it) and am finding I am at the end of my road with it right now.
I hope that you do wonderful and make all of your goals.
Joy
aka
butterfly emerging soon
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