Sitting Pretty in the City

Hey girls,

Thanks for the comments and wondering where I’ve been - it made me come on here and post

So, after my last post (about 3 weeks ago I guess), I found out I got something from the boy I’d been dating (I won’t go into the gory details, but it was of the bad STD variety).  It was super stressful and I couldn’t workout…mentally and physically I just wasn’t up for it.  I dealt with the anxiety and depression by eating and eating.  I don’t want to go into details on this either, it was just bad.

Now I find myself basically up to my starting weight, starting work on Monday the 18th, and heading to New York on the red eye Wednesday night.  Not the best scenario to recharge a diet.  But you know what, with you girls I can do anything.  So, I’m back, ready to lose this weight, back on Weight Watchers and not let anything (and boy, after the last couple weeks, do I mean anything) get me off track.

I am headed to bed - dropped the offending boyfriend type thing off at the airport this morning as he is leaving for Italy for 10 days.  Truthfully, I’m glad to have the time to myself to get my life back together.  Despite the drama of the past few weeks, things seem to be going well and I have been having a good time with him.  I have a bunch of errands to run tomorrow before hoping on the red eye on Wednesday night.  Thanks for being there for me - I promise I’m back for good now =)

Hugs,

Michelle

Hi girls,

So after a good, but not on-plan week (two dates, lots of eating out, etc), I kept myself together on Friday (snacked a lot but stayed on plan) and Saturday EVEN THOUGH I was super hungover.  I stuck with my strategy and went for a two mile run in the morning even though I felt like I wanted to die, and I made it through and stayed on plan all day.  Sunday weigh in was no loss, but maintained, which was all I could ask for.

Then Sunday fell apart.  I had started getting a really bad cold, and it turned worse, and kept me from working out.  I was fine until I got home from the grocery store and just totally pigged out on snacks and other things .  I was just sad and depressed that I was sick and couldn’t work out.  Stupid reasons for going off plan, since that’s the exact OPPOSITE of what is helpful in the situation.  Today I mustered a light workout in the morning, but have been snacking all day on bad for me foods.  Well you know what, that’s ENOUGH.  Two off-plan days aren’t going to ruin the work I’ve done so far.  I’ve lost almost ten pounds since graduation when I weighed in at 162!  That’s awesome.  I won’t let this shitty cold and moving stress keep me down. 

I’m going to go see a movie by myself which is weird, but I need to get out of the house and away from food.  Tonight I’m going to do my nails while I watch TV and start thinking about what I want to pack tomorrow night for my big move Friday.  These are all good things that are keeping me OUT of the cookie jar!

Today I reflected a lot on why I wasn’t on plan yesterday, and how I’ve stayed on plan (or strayed off) in the past month on Weight Watchers.  Two weeks ago, I stayed on plan all but one day when I had a total pig out, and lost 0.7 pounds that week.  Last week, I stayed on plan every day, and lost 1.8 pounds.  Obviously that one day makes a difference!  (Seriously, obviously.)  I need a plan to help me stay on plan on days when I’m really tired or stressed out, because those are going to happen SO OFTEN once I start working in a few weeks.  I realized two things:

1) Working out ALWAYS makes me feel better.

2) Music ALAYS makes me feel better.

So, the next time I am straying off plan (or tempted because of stress/lack of sleep), I will do two things.  1) workout, even if it means only running one mile.  I’ll put on my shoes and spend ten (literally, only 10) doing something active.  Even if I don’t have that much time (like in the morning before work), I can fit in ten minutes.

2) Choose a song every week that will be my inspiration for the week (and post it here!)  Here’s my inspiration for this week:  http://www.youtube.com/user/beyonce#p/a/f/2/VBmMU_iwe6U

It’s “Girls (Run the World)” by Beyonce - what a great song!!  I’ll wait until my next tired/stressed day to come up with a new go-to song. 

How do you guys deal?  Any advice would be welcome.

xoxo M

Hi girls!

Ang - HIII!!!  I miss you!

Yesterday was such an off-plan day…the date was SO GOOD!  I ended up staying over at his house because we were cooking until super late (like 2 in the morning).  It was good though, we totally got a long and he’s really smart and interesting.  When I got home, I was super tired, and just kind of snacked my way through the day.  So off plan.  SO bad for me.  I did this before like two weeks ago, and someone was like what are you going to do the next time you’re tired?  Clearly I didn’t figure it out.  I really, really need to.  Like, now.  Anyway, I’m going to go for a run and go to yoga to try to undo some of the damange.   I’m sure I can still lose this week if I stay on plan for the rest of it!  I hope everyone has a good day…off to the gym to try to get rid of all this junk I put in my body

Hey girls!

So I weighed in this morning (cue drumroll)…153.5 for a 1.8 pound loss last week!  Woo!  AND yesterday I even had dinner out with my friends, but I stayed totally on plan, had two small pieces of bread and half of a salad with chicken.  We even went to frozen yogurt after since it was so warm outside and I DIDN’T GET ANY!  And I wasn’t even that sad!  I feel like I’m really making progress and it makes me happy.  So even though I kind of overindulged on Sunday I still got back to my loss and I didn’t let one meal throw me totally off track. 

Sooo…the OTHER boy I met last weekend (not the one I went on a date with) called me last night and we talked for THREE hours!  He wants to cook me dinner tonight!  How cute is that!!  I have no idea what to wear!  :) 

I hope everyone has a great day!  xoxo

Hey girls!

So the weekend was GREAT - the date Friday night was really fun, then I went to a party with my roommate after (since the date was at 6:30, lol) and met ANOTHER cute boy :)  Saturday I was super hungover BUT I didn’t pig out and stayed totally on plan!  I weighed in Sunday morning at 153.6 - awesome!  Yesterday I cooked a HUGE feast for my dad for father’s day - lasagna, garlic bread, bruschetta, salad, carrot cake and chocolates.  I didn’t do as good of a job as a should have of not eating too much - I definitely over indulged and didn’t weigh myself this morning.  However, I really did have enough points leftover from the week to eat as much as I did, I just didn’t need it you know?  So I’m going to be super good today and do my official weigh in tomorrow.  Last week I was at 155.3, so I’m pretty sure I’ll have a loss for this week, which is super exciting. 

Tonight I’m going up to the city to FINALLY meet with my landlord - I’m hoping we can have papers signed and checks written tonight!  It would be great to know everything will be locked down and hopefully get a move in date.  I’m going to dinner with 2 of my girlfriends after, but I was one step ahead and picked a new restaurant in my neighborhood that has really delicious-looking salads on the menu, so I already know what I’m going to order!

I’m thinking of doing a juice cleanse - has any one ever tried it?  There’s a whole foods close to me that has an awesome juice bar, so I think I can just jump over there and pick up some juices….I’ve done some research, but any first-hand advice would be appreciated

Hey girls,

Today I weighed in at 154.1 and I was stoked until I realized that yesterday I was 153.7!  WTF?  I was totally on plan yesterday and worked out for and hour and did yoga for an hour and a half.  I think I need to stop weighing myself so much because I know small changes like that can be due to a million things.  I am taking a break from yoga today though I will probably go to the gym and do something else…my throat is still kind of sore and my bed was too comfy this morning to get up and go :)  Today I am going to the DMV at 1:00 to officially buy my car from my dad (yay!) and then I’m going to head to the city around 4:30 for my date.  You’re probably wondering why so early, well last night the boy asked me if we could have drinks at 6:30, like after work.  I was um I guess that’s fine, I just think it’s kind of weird!  Like, 6:30 is so early for a date!  Oh well, I guess that’s better than wanting to go really late which is kind of sketchy.  So now I’m debating whether I even want to stay up in the city (I had arranged to stay at my new apartment just for the night - not moving in until July 1st).  I’m hestant to stay only because I know I won’t get a great night’s sleep, and it’s SO HARD for me to stay on plan over the weekend - lack of sleep/being hungover only makes it worse.  I guess I’ll just play it by ear and see how it goes. 

I am kind of dreading this upcoming weekend.  Even though I don’t have any big eating out occasions planned (thank god), I just have the hardest time staying on plan through all the shopping, hanging out at home, and partying.  The lack of sleep and random schedule even makes it hard to get my workouts in!  Does anyone have any advice?  I need all the help I can get!

I forgot - for those of you doing the summer smash challenge, I have never posted an update, so here it is…So far, lost 1.9 pounds and 0.25 inches off my waist.  I did challenge #1 (1,000 pounds), challenge #3 (one hour of an activity - I chose yoga :)  challenge #4 (P90X DVD Chest and Back which I haven’t done in like a year, lol) 

xoxo M

Hi girls,

First of all, I am super grump because I have a sore throat - I HATE being sick :(  Hopefully since the weather’s nice it won’t last long

So after my post yesterday, I tried really hard to track everything I ate yesterday and stay on plan.  And…drumroll please…I weighed in this morning at 153.7, my lowest weight in a longg time.  After a healthy dinner I made with my family, I still had 13 points left over for the day, so I had half of a cookie and a snack sized ice cream bar.  It was delicious and on plan!  I’m not going to say the day was easy…there are just so many temptations around me all the time, it was hard to keep myself mentally distracted from eating.  But I know if I can do it one day, I can do it again and again!  We can do it!

A big part of helping me stay on plan yesterday was my return to Bikram yoga.  If you read my blog last summer, you would know I used to go literally every day.  It was sooo nice to be back yesterday, and am going to head there now for the morning class.  It is such a great way to workout without putting any stress on your body.  Love it!

I hope everyone has a great, on plan day!

Hey girls,

Today I weighed in at 155.3, which is the same weigh in I had on Tues or Wed (I can’t remember) of last week, so that makes me really happy.  I feel like I learned my lesson on Sunday - pigging out is SO BAD - it took me three days to lose the pounds I gained from that ONE day!  Three days I could have been losing another pound!  Today I am going to yoga at 12, then kickboxing at 5:30 at a brand new gym - fun!  I always get a little nervious going somewhere new, but I think this will be worth it. 

I’m still having problems getting my eating at night under control.  Last night I snacked while making dinner for my family, then ate dinner, was full, but then had 1/2 a cookie, a spoon of ice cream, one reese’s peanut butter cup and a bite of banana bread.  I just feel like these things all add up, and its not worth the calories.  I don’t know why I can’t keep my focus at night, it’s getting really annoying and frustrating.  My goal for today is to track every bite, and budget points for a treat after dinner without feeling guilty about it. 

I hope everyone has a great day!

Girls, thank you so much for your comments - it means a lot to me to know that people care :)  Goodnuff, I need to figure out what to do the next time I am tired or stressed, because it can’t be to pig out.  I will get nowhere with that strategy!

I am still avoiding the scale…stayed on plan yesterday.  My body has been feeling kind of tired, I think from working out so much and not doing enough yoga/stretching.  I went for a short run this morning, then did my P90X DVD (chest and back, hehe).  I’m hoping mixing up the types of working out will keep me from burning out and help me look better by training different muscles.  I think tomorrow I will have to weigh in, otherwise this week will be almost over :-/ 

In better news, I have a date on Friday with a boy I met last weekend when we were out with the bachelorette party!  He is a biolgist and lives in the city not far from where I signed my new lease :)  Should be fun!