Week 1 Weigh-In

Posted by primaballerina on September 9th, 2009 |Filed Under General, Weigh-Ins, Weight Watchers | Leave a Comment

I’m confusing myself by starting over at week one again… :S

Today’s weigh in was a success. I lost 2.8 lbs, which is the biggest loss I’ve ever had in a week!  Current weight is 175.

Today’s meeting was about eating out.  We talked about different restaurants that people like to go to, and tactics for maintaining control.  I’ve been trying really hard not to eat out lately, since I’m more successful on the program when I make my own food. The bottom line is that you never know what is in your food when you eat in a restaurant, and it’s just not worth it to me most of the time.

I’ve been really delinquent with exercise this week. I didn’t work out at ALL, so I’m quite surprised that I lost as much as I did. I haven’t been feeling 100%…very tired and headachy. I rarely ever get headaches, so I haven’t been dealing very well.  Usually I am most successful on the program when do approximately 6 exercise points per day, and eat about half of those points.  My goal for this week is to get back into my workout program. I’m still sticking with Turbo Jam, because I find that it’s the program that gives me the best results.

So, my loss to date is back up to 12 lbs.  5 more lbs and I’ll be back where I was before (170 lbs).  29 lbs to lose until I’m at a healthy weight, and 50 lbs to my goal.

Starting fresh- Week 1

Posted by primaballerina on September 2nd, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Well, I had to rejoin WW today since I had been away from my regular meeting for so long, so I’m starting fresh!

My weight today was 177.8.  So, up about 8 lbs since my last weigh in, which was at the beginning of July.  It could be worse. I’ll take it. To be fair, I also ate 3 sushi rolls and movie theatre popcorn last night, so I would expect that negatively affected me, too.  Anyway…water under the bridge. I’m excited to get back on track.

So, starting at 177.8 (let’s just call it 178), my new 10% is 17 lbs (161 lbs) and my new 5% is 8.5 lbs (169.5).  At my last weigh in I was 0.8 lbs away from making my original 10%….crap :(

The plan is as follows:

1) Track, Track, Track.- filling foods, measuring EVERYTHING that goes in my mouth, and getting in all the good health guidelines.

2) Exercise, Exercise, Exercise- I’m getting back at my turbo jam program- cardio EVERY day, and will try to do Abs every day, too.

3) Stay focused on the big goal- losing 62 lbs.  52 to go.

Today I had 2 pieces of ww toast with a tablespoon of peanut butter and a banana (5 points).  Then I made the Blue cheese/arugula salad from the week 1 book. Delicious. I love that stuff. The goal for this week is to stick to the filling foods and ww recipes as much as possible. I don’t think I’ll be going out at all this week, so that should be easy enough. I’m looking forward to sharing lots of recipes here- as some of you know, I LOVE to cook! I couldn’t be happier to be back in my kitchen.

It was so great to get back to my original meeting today. I was welcomed back by my leader with a big hug- she’s THE CUTEST. Period. I missed her so much! I wish everyone who did WW could have a leader as great as her, but unfortunately I know from experience that’s not the case. I don’t know what I’ll do when I have to go back home permanently! Her support and tips and meetings are what keeps me going.

As I think I have mentioned in previous posts, I have some big events coming up for motivation:

1- My cousin’s wedding in FEB 2010. I’m going to be a bridesmaid, and I’m completely thrilled! It’s a winter wedding, and the colour that she’s chosen for us to wear is “platinum”, so basically a dark grey satin.  I think it will be nice, and hopefully something I can wear again!  Luckily it’s not something like yellow or light pink- light colours + extra weight= DISASTER!! I would really like to be in a size 8 dress by that time, or at least feel more confident in my body. 6 months to meet this goal!

2- My graduation from law school in MAY 2010.  In an ideal world, I would have liked to have met my goal by this time.  I think I may be able to get close, but after gaining and falling off the wagon this summer, I’m not sure it’s realistic.  I want to look good in my grad photos- no fat cheeks!  This summer, I bought a gorgeous magenta satin Diane Von Furstenberg strapless dress. I would love to wear it to my grad. I thought it would fit me now (it’s a size 12 and I’m generally wearing a 10 or 12 these days) but I think it must be mislabelled because I couldn’t even do it up. Further support for this theory is the fact that it is only a *little* big on my mom, who is a size 4-6.  I left it at home, and will try it on at Christmas.  Inspiration! Hopefully I’ll be showing a big loss by then.

3- Trip to Greece with my mom- JULY 2010.  I will be writing my Bar Admission Exam in June 2010 (eek! does that mean I have to be a lawyer soon thereafter?!) and to celebrate the end of my formal education, my mom and I are going to Greece. It’s somewhere we’ve always wanted to go, and it will be nice to have some mother-daughter time.  I want to feel confident in my body by this time so that I can take lots of pictures on the beaches of Santorini! I want to wear a bikini and not look like a beached whale.  That’s my ultimate goal. I’m too young to not feel confident in a bikini!

So, there you have it.  Thanks for reading, and hope all is well with you! I will be updating much more frequently now that I’m home, so check back soon :)

I’m Back!

Posted by primaballerina on September 1st, 2009 |Filed Under Weight Watchers | Leave a Comment

I mean it this time..I’m officially home, and ready to go full-throttle on WW again.  I am SO ecstatic to be home- I did a huge grocery shop yesterday, and can’t wait to get cooking again!

I know I’ve gained some weight this summer. It’s really discouraging, but I guess all i can do is get right back at it. I’m going back to my meeting tomorrow, and I’m just going to get right back to basics. Tracking, filling foods, working out, cooking at home…all the things that went by the wayside this summer. I did it before, so I know I can do it again.

Tonight I’m making chicken cacciatore from the week 1 book…yum! I need to pick up a few other food items, then I should be good to get back on track.

I have quite a few visitors coming to stay with me this month, so i will have lots of opportunity to try out new recipes.  Can’t wait!

Wish me luck tomorrow…my last weigh in was 169 lbs…I bet I’m close to 180, if not more. :(

How did I get here?

Posted by primaballerina on August 17th, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

What a summer…Update coming soon…

Checking in…

Posted by primaballerina on July 23rd, 2009 |Filed Under General, Thinspiration, Weight Watchers | 1 Comment

It’s been a while… I have some bad news. I’m almost definitely back up to 173. I don’t know how I keep yo-yoing so much! Every time I have a victory (like getting under 170) it’s followed by another roadblock.  Actually, that’s a lie about not knowing why I’ve been yo-yoing. I haven’t been working out, I’ve been overworked, and my eating hasn’t been the best (although I have been trying).  I need to get re-focused. I feel fat and jiggly all over.  I have also missed my last 2 meetings because I’ve been out of town and believe it or not, there are no other meetings that I can make it to with my schedule the way it’s been lately.  BUT, I am going to face the music on Saturday morning, and I’m sure it’s going to be UGLY.  I actually got on my scale this week and was up to 176. YIKES!! How is it possible for me to gain 6 lbs in a week?!

I need a plan. I need to get re-focused.

I need to remember the reasons why I’m doing this. Let’s review:

1) I am 25. I’m too young to feel bad about my appearance. These are supposed to be the best years of my life!!

2) I have a great life. I have a great career, a great family and a great boyfriend who loves me no matter what I look like.  The only thing that’s holding me back is how I feel about myself.

3) I want to be able to fit into my old clothes and purge my current wardrobe and buy cute new clothes to fit my cute new body!

4) I feel better when I exercise and eat right- I like how i feel when food isn’t running my life.

5) Diabetes runs in my family. I don’t want it.

6) I want to be able to enjoy a weekend at the cottage and not worry about looking fat in pictures.

and a new one….

7) My mom is taking me to Greece next year, and I want to be able to wear a bikini in Santorini!

It’s time for me to get back into an exercise program, too….Turbo Jam, here I come!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Weigh-In, Week 24

Posted by primaballerina on July 4th, 2009 |Filed Under General, Weigh-Ins, Weight Watchers | 3 Comments

Woo hoo!! I am FINALLY below 170!!

Weigh-in today was 169.8.  That means only 0.8 until I reach my 10% goal! I can’t believe how long this has taken. If I was at home I would have reached this goal a long time ago.  I wouldn’t be surprised if I was up again next week, since that seems to be the trend, but we’ll see. I’m trying to stay positive.

They were giving out the chocolate chip brownie bars at the meeting.  I’m just eating mine now, and I have to say- not worth the 2 points, in my opinion.  blech.

I’ve done okay with my eating this week. I’ve been very good at breakfast and lunch, and I had subway a few times this week.  I never used to eat subway more than once a week because of the sodium in the turkey. It used to really affect me. But, it seems that my body is adjusting.  Desperate times call for desperate measures, it seems.

I have several dinners out this week, so I’m not all that hopeful about losing again, but I’ll just continue to do my best.  I’m feeling very good about getting under 170, even though it’s only 0.2 under! :)  My total loss is 17.2 lbs, which means I have 44.8 to go.  Hopefully I can reach it by graduation in May 2010!

Weigh-In, Week 22 and 23

Posted by primaballerina on June 30th, 2009 |Filed Under General, Weigh-Ins, Weight Watchers | 1 Comment

After such an exciting loss on week 21, I was back up to 173 on Week 22. :(

Boo.  I’m just yo-yoing. It’s so frustrating. I lose and then gain the same 2-3 lbs over and over and over again.  I know I’m doing the best I can do, considering my circumstances, but still…I just really want to be under 170.

Last friday was my 25th birthday. I had a goal to be down 25 lbs by that date and I am only down 15.  Oh well. I guess 15 is better than 0.  Unfortunately I have been very ill since my birthday and am actually home sick from work today. I don’t have much of an appetite but am feeling like maybe I could eat something now.  I missed my meeting on Saturday because I was out of town, but will definitely be going this week.  I just stepped on my scale and I’m down to 170.2- so close!  Then again it’s 2pm and I have’t eaten anything yet today, so I don’t know that it’s the most accurate number.  I just SO desperately need to reach a goal or do something to get myself motivated again.  I agree with Tracy’s comment on my last post- I wish I could just pick up a box of motivation at the store!

Weigh In, Week 21

Posted by primaballerina on June 13th, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Further proof that my body makes no sense. This week I lost 2.4. This is actually the most weight I’ve EVER lost in a week (I lost 2.4 once before- week 8, maybe?). Anyway, I’m happy to be down into 170, but it’s not really that exciting, considering I gained 2 lbs last week. It’s really like I lost 0.4, but I’ll take it.  Current weight is 170.6.  Total pounds lost: 16.4, and  45.6 lbs to go.

I’m trying so hard to get back into the swing of things…I didn’t think I did that well this week, but I guess I did better than I thought. I’d really like to get into the 160s, and now I think it’s attainable.  Maybe even next week!  169 is my 10%, and it would also put me one step down on the BMI scale (29- still overweight, but better than 30!).  It is actually ridiculous how long I’ve been yo-yoing, and I’m just really tired of it. I wanted to lose another 15 lbs this summer, and so far I’ve lost 1.6.  I really have to get my ass in gear. I need to have something to show for myself when I go back to my original WW meeting.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- I never realized how helpful those meetings can be until I no longer had a good one to go to.  I’ve been to 2 different meetings in the past month and a half, and I find myself SO bored…I can’t stand the leaders and they treat the meetings like a marketing seminar- all they do is try to sell the WW food! It’s ridiculous. I didn’t sign up for that. It’s like being at a tupperware party (remember those? do they still have those?)

Well, I’m off to have bruch with a friend. We’re going for thai….I guess this is my treat for the week!!  Have a great week, everyone, and wish me luck….

blah again…

Posted by primaballerina on June 10th, 2009 |Filed Under General, Weight Watchers | 2 Comments

:(

I’m not sure what’s wrong with me, but it’s just not happening.  Again, I feel like I’m really doing the best I can. I’m really good at breakfast and lunch, and I try my best at dinner, but without being able to measure things, I know I’m not losing.  Again.  GRR!! This is so frustrating. If I had continued at the rate I was going at before, I would be down another 10 lbs by now.  This is ridiculous.

Just had vietnamese for dinner. I haven’t had it since I’ve been home, and I’m trying to mix up my food a bit in an effort to get the weight coming off again. This lack of progress is really discouraging to me and it’s making my motivation dwindle…What I really want right now is a giant brownie.

Weigh-In, Week 20

Posted by primaballerina on June 7th, 2009 |Filed Under General, Weigh-Ins, Weight Watchers | 2 Comments

WTF.  I gained 2 lbs.  I have NEVER gained more than 0.8 in a week, and I wrote that off as salt bloat.  2 lbs?! I’m back up to 173. I feel like getting into the 160s is an impossible task. I’ve been yo-yoing between 173 and 171 for the past 7 weeks. I feel like I’ve been wasting time, but I know that I need to be cooking my own food to be successful.  What can I do apart from eating at subway every night? I do fine with breakfast and lunch, but I can’t control dinner. It’s basically impossiblet to know what’s going into your food when you eat in a restaurant.  I feel helpless. No matter how specific I am with my instructions for preparation, it seems that I can’t ever get exactly what I want.  I am SO disappointed. :(


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