Lost 2 lbs this week. Weighed in at 219.8. Considering I weighed the same amount on August 31, that’s not that impressive, but 2 lbs from last Saturday… I guess that’s a loss.
I don’t know what to do anymore. Should I keep my calories at 1200. (More like 1300-1400 most days) or bump them up. I know if I ask at 3fatchicks.com I will be told to raise them. Maybe I should for a while to see what happens. The worst that can happen is I wont lose right? Maybe I should keep them at 1200 and just wait for something to happen. Maybe losing 1-2 lbs a week is good and I am just spoiled by how quickly I lost in the beginning.
I have some pictures I think I am going to post. Swimming suit with no face. They aren’t pretty, but it is a 13 pound loss in them and I think they show a difference. Maybe I’ll go do that now.
Lost 1 pound last week. I probably walked about 4 miles? Need to do more or something, this is so slow and boring!
Wow I can’t believe I have been at this for 15 weeks already. Weighed in today at 223.8. That’s okay considering I have been stuck around 225 and 226 for what seems like ever!
I started smoking again yesterday. You notice no one ever tells you when they start smoking, only when they quit? Well I started. I know I shouldn’t have, but without cigarettes there is a void I can’t help but fill… and I was filling it with food, no matter what I tried. If I gain back my 43 lbs that will destroy me. That would be 3 and a half months wasted. If I gain 20 back I would be at 240-something. If I quit March 20 I should be lighter and a gain if any wont be so horrific. I know that is the addict or junkie coming up with these rationalizations but it is what it is.
Going to start calorie cycling today to see if it helps lose a little quicker. I’m losing an okay amount, but there have been a few weeks with no loss and I really hate that.
Daughter’s birthday is tomorrow. No idea what she wants for her birthday dinner. She keeps going back and forth between spaghetti and corn dogs. I think all she really cares about is the cake anyway.
226! 40 lbs down! Aww yeah!
July was a pretty good month, if you look at my daily weigh in graph it was a little scary, It was up and down all month, but I ended at 226 and the scale gave me a reading of 225.8 and 225.6 a few times. I stick with the first number it gives me twice. I thought a Tanita would be accurate all the time but I must stand on it a little different every time I recheck.
My plans for August are to keep doing what I am doing right now, but I haven’t decided if I am going to keep weighing in daily or switch it to weekly. I suppose it doesn’t really matter. On August 23 my daughter starts the 5th grade, and since she can’t handle walking long distances I will start walking that day while she is at school.
I am still terrified of hurting my back again, but I figure I will walk either daily or every other day. ( I don’t want to get burnt out) and then start the C25k sometime. I haven’t decided when… Maybe at 199. I’ll have to think about it a little bit.
Weighed in with only 1 pound lost last week. Weaksauce. I had been sneaking peeks at the scale and Sunday, Monday and Tuesday I gained 1 pound. 252, 253 and 254. But official weigh day was 250.8. I wonder why it was so low all the sudden? Oh well, a loss is a loss and I am happy with that.
Weigh in day! I am at 240, which means I have lost 20 pounds since September 21st. Wooot! Very excited.
Things are going okay. I still have issues with having absolutely no willpower, but as long as I keep things out of the house then I am fine. Walking has been good, my sister and I have picked up the pace a little and have been walking a lot farther as well.
We have a winter storm warning for tomorrow, so it isn’t looking good for walking. I have exercisetv on demand though, and we should be getting a used elliptical machine soonish too. I will probably keep it at my house since I have more room, so that is good. Something to do while I watch The Biggest Loser instead of laying on the couch like I tend to do.
I tried on my old size 22 jeans I haven’t worn since before I had my son yesterday. They fit! One pair that I have give a little more muffin top than I am willing to show off LOL so I will wait a while for them, but one pair fit perfectly. It is nice to have new options without shopping.
The downside of the whole size 22 thing is that my 24s don’t fit so well. I love some of my jeans and I am gonna hate to see them go, but I refuse to keep them. If I get rid of everything too big then I will have nothing to wear if I slip and gain a few pounds, and hopefully kick my ass back into gear. I don’t intend to slip, (who does?!) but I am trying to learn from the past and getting rid of this is the best plan I think…
…which also bummed me out a little when I was thinking about it. Here I have alllll sorts of 24 size stuff, and I was talking to my sister-who is size 20 now btw- about getting rid of some clothes and we could only thing of 1 person who would be able to wear this stuff and she is so short that I don’t think she would be able to without altering them a LOT. How sad is that? I am the fattest person I know. Not for long, but right now… yep I am. *sigh* I guess I can find someone who needs it, woman’s shelters, or ask my neighbor to bring them to her church or something.
Anyhoo… WOO 20 pounds gone! /dance
Actually 25 off my highest recorded weight!
7.69% Smaller!
This week the scale said 243! That’s a 5 pound loss from last week. I rechecked 5 times to see if it was really true and I suppose when it says the same weight 5 times it must be.
Last week wasn’t even that great. We walked 5 days, I wasn’t feeling well one day and Sunday…well, I just didn’t feel like it. I honestly didn’t feel like it today either, but I did anyway.
I learned that my sister and I have NO willpower whatsoever. We took the kids to the open house at the fire department, got the kids pizza and then we had to get some too. Then my nephew wanted to get cookies from the bake sale so I gave him a few dollars to do that and what does he get?! Snickerdoodles. I am not much of a cookie eater, don’t think I really ever have been, but I <3 snickerdoooooodles. So I ate one. Stupid snickerdoodles. We counted everything we had and it wasn’t horrific, I think I was at like 1750 calories for the whole day, but knowing that I can’t control myself is scary. Need to work on that or something, I don’t know.
We did go grocery shopping last week though, got enough food for 10 meals. We looked for healthy recipes that looked good and made a huge list. The only non-healthy thing on it is knoephla soup, but that’s for the kids. I’ll probably make it tomorrow and add up the calories just in case someone else wants some. But with dough and whipping cream it probably isn’t very calorie friendly.
Another Monday, another weigh in… this week I am down 3 pounds to 248. Woot. I am not entirely sure of my height. I need to really check it, but I am between 5′6″ and 5′7″ and this weight has me riiiiight on the edge of no longer being morbidly obese. Oh I am still obese and will be for a while, but that whole morbid thing is scary and I am glad that it doesn’t technically describe me, or my BMI anymore.
I planned on writing here a lot more, but I honestly don’t have much to say. I walk still, and it still hurts more than I expect it to. I think it is getting better though. It is getting colder fast and I really don’t know what we will do about walking in the snow. It’s one thing for us grown ups to do it, but we have 2 year olds and I don’t want my baby to be cold and miserable, plus the playground and the snow don’t mix, and I don’t know how I will explain that to someone who is 2.
My sister is losing faster than I am. While I am happy for her, and happy I am losing steadily I wish she would let me catch up! LOL I think it helps to stay on plan when I’m trying to keep up with her. This week is TOM anyway, so maybe I am retaining water or something, seeing that my TOM is more like TOYear. Not so fun.
Went to my sister’s house to weigh in this morning. Down 3.2 lbs to 251.2. Not too shabby considering last week, it rained, snowed and was just horrid. My daughter had Thursday and Friday off of school so we didn’t walk that much. My daughter had a hole in her heart repaired in May, and she clutches her chest when she gets tired, so I don’t want her to walk with me until we get it rechecked. Which reminds me that I need to make that appointment.
I went to my sister’s today to weigh myself before we went for a walk and I am now 254 lbs. That is 6 pounds in the first week. Woohoo, nothing like a nice big jump start hehe. My sister lost 8. She is 27 lbs lighter than me. I was hoping to catch up to her, but that is a big difference. At least it gives me something to work towards.
We walked this morning, I forgot the stroller and had to go back home to get it. I had a really hard time even making my mile, my lungs hurt, my feet hurt and my shins…omg the pain. I think it might be because I am still not feeling well, and I need new shoes. Or that I am extremely out of shape… that could be the reason too I suppose.
