No post last week. Ooops.
Here are the numbers for the last two weigh ins, last monday and this morning.
Nov 17 = 236.8 (-1.2)
Nov 24 = 232.8 (-4.0) ???!?!?!?!
Ok, I feel pretty freaking awesome about this mornings weigh in, especially as last week had several challenges.
I missed one and a half trips to the gym (One to walk through the neighbourhood to see if I could find the fiance's missing textbooks in a BFI bin somewhere, and the half was when the treadmill just up and quit 20 minutes into my walk on my birthday. I took it for a sign and went home early :) )
Thursday we went to Mongo's for my birthday supper, and it was the first time I've eaten out since I started the weight loss thing, but I did behave myself. Broccoli and tofu stir fry with a half scoop of oil, although I did use lots of the stir fry/mongolian/khans favorite sauces. And the garlic sauce because, you know, garlic.
Friday was the monthly birthday celebrations at work, where we order pizza. This time we got a pizza and a 'salad' for those of us trying to eat a little healthier. Except the salad had mozzarella, cheddar cheese, salami, turkey and ham as well as italian dressing.
On another note, I wonder if I'm doing measurements wrong. I've had to buy a belt because my pants have a new love affair with gravity, but the tape measure has changed by a total of 3cm, and thats across arms, thighs, hips, bust and waist. It seems odd. The other thing I've noticed is my fancy bras don't fit well anymore. Was easily a DDD in the fancy formed foam cup bra I had when I started this, but now if I bend over, the cups gape at the top, and it's very noticeable under my shirt. I may have to go back to the utilitarian soft wonderbras until I get the hang of this. If the size changes in those, it's not nearly as noticeable. I'm loving that my clothes are looser, but the numbers should reflect that damnit!
Also, the points have dropped again to 32 daily points
Diana
PS the total so far is 17.2
Monday, 24 November 2014
Friday, 14 November 2014
Missed Monday
By nearly a week.
Official Naked After Peeing Weigh In for Monday Nov 10 was 238lbs, so down another 2 for a total of 12 lbs so far.
Starting this weekend, things begin to get tough. Reaching my first real challenge for staying on plan, which is the death of the routine I've had going for the first two weeks.
Jimcon. Don't get me wrong, I love Jimcon, but any convention isn't really punctuated by healthy meal choices, sufficient sleep, etc. After Jimcon, my birthday is next week, and the week after that begins the Christmas social whirl, which lasts for a month.
I'm going to have to be very careful over the next six weeks or so to stick to plan where I can, and not say "Ah, this only happens once a year" too often.
The other challenge I'm going to have to work on is staying off the damned scale between weigh ins. I'm on it several times a day (pretty much any time I walk into the bathroom) analyzing the numbers and comparing it to what I just ate/drank/whatever. It's unhealthy. I'm very much a numbers based person, and I do very well with set routines and hard data, but this is getting to borderline obsession which isn't fun. If I can't stay off the thing entirely, I need to at least limit myself to once a day.
Tracking my food choices in both a journal that travels with me, and on the weight watchers website, and getting better at hitting the correct points values without crashing and burning in between meals. Practice makes perfect!
Official Naked After Peeing Weigh In for Monday Nov 10 was 238lbs, so down another 2 for a total of 12 lbs so far.
Starting this weekend, things begin to get tough. Reaching my first real challenge for staying on plan, which is the death of the routine I've had going for the first two weeks.
Jimcon. Don't get me wrong, I love Jimcon, but any convention isn't really punctuated by healthy meal choices, sufficient sleep, etc. After Jimcon, my birthday is next week, and the week after that begins the Christmas social whirl, which lasts for a month.
I'm going to have to be very careful over the next six weeks or so to stick to plan where I can, and not say "Ah, this only happens once a year" too often.
The other challenge I'm going to have to work on is staying off the damned scale between weigh ins. I'm on it several times a day (pretty much any time I walk into the bathroom) analyzing the numbers and comparing it to what I just ate/drank/whatever. It's unhealthy. I'm very much a numbers based person, and I do very well with set routines and hard data, but this is getting to borderline obsession which isn't fun. If I can't stay off the thing entirely, I need to at least limit myself to once a day.
Tracking my food choices in both a journal that travels with me, and on the weight watchers website, and getting better at hitting the correct points values without crashing and burning in between meals. Practice makes perfect!
Monday, 3 November 2014
Week One in the bag
Well, that was the first week done!
Did my weigh in this morning (first thing after waking up, stark naked, and after peeing... what, this isn't how everyone else does it?) and the verdict is...
In the first week, I had alot of trouble hitting my points totals. 34 points is alot to use. I ranged between 28 and 37 points daily. (The 37 points, 3 from my weekly total is blamed entirely on that day being halloween and lots of wee chocolate bars everywhere. I was weak. They were delicious, and I'm proud of myself that I stopped at 4.)
For the week, I averaged about 30 points a day. With the weight drop, I'm now allowed 33 points a day, so the numbers are getting closer. And with luck I won't see a drop this big again.
Wait, what? Why don't I want to see an 8 lb drop again? Because it's a ridiculously fast weight loss, and while acceptable for the first week, when much of it is probably water weight, and your body isn't used to what you're doing to it, maintaining that level of loss can lead to some serious health complications, not to mention the problem of reaching your goal, and bouncing right back up again.
The idea is to get the standard. 1/2 to 2lbs per week (lets be fair, I really want the 2lbs per week. I want to do this healthily, but a half lb a week seems... glacial.) and then maintain it. This isn't so much fun I want to do it more often than I have to!
The goal this week is to get better at using my points and making sure I'm getting in 5 days of some form of activity at a half hour a day. Still in the baby step stage, but it's progress!
Diana
Did my weigh in this morning (first thing after waking up, stark naked, and after peeing... what, this isn't how everyone else does it?) and the verdict is...
240lbs!
So that is a total of 8.0lbs lost this week, and 10lbs since I got weighed at the Dr's office.In the first week, I had alot of trouble hitting my points totals. 34 points is alot to use. I ranged between 28 and 37 points daily. (The 37 points, 3 from my weekly total is blamed entirely on that day being halloween and lots of wee chocolate bars everywhere. I was weak. They were delicious, and I'm proud of myself that I stopped at 4.)
For the week, I averaged about 30 points a day. With the weight drop, I'm now allowed 33 points a day, so the numbers are getting closer. And with luck I won't see a drop this big again.
Wait, what? Why don't I want to see an 8 lb drop again? Because it's a ridiculously fast weight loss, and while acceptable for the first week, when much of it is probably water weight, and your body isn't used to what you're doing to it, maintaining that level of loss can lead to some serious health complications, not to mention the problem of reaching your goal, and bouncing right back up again.
The idea is to get the standard. 1/2 to 2lbs per week (lets be fair, I really want the 2lbs per week. I want to do this healthily, but a half lb a week seems... glacial.) and then maintain it. This isn't so much fun I want to do it more often than I have to!
The goal this week is to get better at using my points and making sure I'm getting in 5 days of some form of activity at a half hour a day. Still in the baby step stage, but it's progress!
Diana
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