Week 8 Weigh-In

Posted by primaballerina on March 11th, 2009 |Filed Under 30-Day Shred, General, Weigh-Ins, Weight Watchers |

Well, I just got back and…..

I LOST 1.6 LBS!!!  179.4 lbs!

I’m SO happy!!  That brings my total lost to 7.6 lbs in 8 weeks. Not doing too badly on my goal to lose 25 lbs by my birthday!

And, even better, I’m now UNDER 180!! Never again, I tell you. Never again!

I did day 5 of the 30DS today…again, sweat running into eyes. At least I’m feeling the burn!

Thanks for the support, everyone :)

Update: I also just realized that my BMI has dropped from 32 to 31- very exciting! I actually can’t believe that I’m considered “obese” at my weight.  That is extremely scary.  Anyway, 6 more pounds and I’ll be in the “overweight” zone.  I still need to lose 39 pounds to be considered a healthy weight (140 lbs)- and that’s the very top end of the scale! I can’t even imagine what I’ll look like with that much weight off me, but I’m looking forward to it…

I once read that if you want to motivate yourself to lose 10 lbs, you should put 10 lbs of books in a backpack and walk around with it all day, just to see how much more energy it takes to lug that extra poundage around.  So, tonight, I took a stack of my law textbooks to my bathroom scale and weighed them, just to give myself a tangible idea of how much I’ve lost so far.  Let me tell you- it’s pretty satisfying! 7.6 lbs of books are pretty cumbersome- it definitely makes me very happy that I’m not carrying that weight around anymore! I really recommend this to anyone who is feeling like they’ve “only” lost 5 lbs.  I was feeling that way, and then I realized how heavy my 3lb hand weights are when I’ve been lifting them for a few minutes- every little bit is a triumph, it just depends on how you look at it.  I won’t be doing the backpack portion of the experiment, but it was still fun to see what almost 8 lbs feels like.

In other news, I am only 1.4 lbs away from reaching my 5%!  After this week of eating whatever I wanted while still staying within my points, I think I’ve finally figured out the magic equation for my body- I have to work out, eat my exercise points, and not eat my flex points. This seems to be the only thing that works. It’s an extremely delicate balance- I can’t not work out and eat fewer points, I have to do the workout and eat the points, or else I maintain.  Funny how your body knows the difference.  I’m going to try this tactic again this week, and see how it goes.  I’m going to be doing a lot of restaurant-ing this weekend, so it will be another test.  I’m 2.4 lbs away from reaching 10 lbs. THAT will be an exciting day.  My 10% goal is 18 lbs, and I can’t imagine how amazing that will feel!

DAMN it feels good to be out of the 180s!! :D 54.4 lbs to go….


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  1. tracy7151980 on March 12, 2009 9:16 am

    Congrats on the weight loss! Good luck on hitting your 5% next week!! What day to you go to WI? I am on WW too and I hope(keep your fingers crossed) that I lost at least 1 lb tonight to hit my 5% goal!

  2. emma1981 on March 12, 2009 12:26 pm

    Yeah for your loss!!! How exciting and now that you’re figuring out what works for you it will hopefully just get easier!

  3. primaballerina on March 12, 2009 3:08 pm

    Thanks Ladies!
    Tracy, I go to weigh in on Wednesdays. I hope you reached your one pound goal!! Fingers crossed :) Let me know how it goes!

  4. tracy7151980 on March 13, 2009 1:42 pm

    Hello… :) I made it!! Yippie… I actually lost 1.6 lbs. SO I got my 5% sticker. :)

    http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/tracy7151980/

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