Well I was down 1.6 this week! For a total of 46 pounds lost!!! 40 pounds lost at meeting so I got another 5 lb star! It's really starting to sound like an impressive number! I'm very near 50 and the scale this morning said 202.8!!! I think it's safe to say I'm on track and motivated! So amazing!
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Life upside down to match the house!
Life is absolutely crazy right now! I'm still on plan thank goodness, I wasn't going to let go of that! Being in control of my eating has definitely been a saviour when I feel I can't control anything else!
I'm back at work now and loving that! I have a great job in a great office with great coworkers and patients. I even have it easier than I did before Mat leave because it seems everyone is trying to eat healthy! A couple of them have just started weight watchers after seeing my sisters success and my 6 month post! Awesome!
The temptations are a lot less than they used to be! The first couple of shifts I didn't get a morning snack in, so I brought a bag of almonds that I could count out a portion and at least get some protein.
I increased my points a bit because I'm getting up earlier and found I've been going over with healthy food, just because I need to eat so often. I imagine my body will need time to adjust to the changes, I wonder how the next couple of weigh-ins will play out...
I'm finding it hard to get to the gym right now, and will be talking to my trainer about shifting the schedule around a bit. It's just not physically possible for me to go to the gym at 6:30 am to 7:30 am then go home, shower, change, wake the kids up, change and feed them then get them to the babysitters for 8. Just not going to happen! That and my husband needs to leave for work before I even would get home from the gym! I had planned to go tuesdays and thursdays because originally my mother in law was going to watch the kids here, but that fell through so they're going to the babysitter 5 days a week when I can't find a niece or nephew to watch them.
I did go to my regularly scheduled swimming lesson last night and plan on maybe taking up a Jillian Michaels video a couple of times a week and maybe walking on my lunch hour. I really need to keep the activity up!!!
Anyways, gotta get my lunch in order and head out the door! I'll update when I weigh in at Weight Watchers tonight!
I'm back at work now and loving that! I have a great job in a great office with great coworkers and patients. I even have it easier than I did before Mat leave because it seems everyone is trying to eat healthy! A couple of them have just started weight watchers after seeing my sisters success and my 6 month post! Awesome!
The temptations are a lot less than they used to be! The first couple of shifts I didn't get a morning snack in, so I brought a bag of almonds that I could count out a portion and at least get some protein.
I increased my points a bit because I'm getting up earlier and found I've been going over with healthy food, just because I need to eat so often. I imagine my body will need time to adjust to the changes, I wonder how the next couple of weigh-ins will play out...
I'm finding it hard to get to the gym right now, and will be talking to my trainer about shifting the schedule around a bit. It's just not physically possible for me to go to the gym at 6:30 am to 7:30 am then go home, shower, change, wake the kids up, change and feed them then get them to the babysitters for 8. Just not going to happen! That and my husband needs to leave for work before I even would get home from the gym! I had planned to go tuesdays and thursdays because originally my mother in law was going to watch the kids here, but that fell through so they're going to the babysitter 5 days a week when I can't find a niece or nephew to watch them.
I did go to my regularly scheduled swimming lesson last night and plan on maybe taking up a Jillian Michaels video a couple of times a week and maybe walking on my lunch hour. I really need to keep the activity up!!!
Anyways, gotta get my lunch in order and head out the door! I'll update when I weigh in at Weight Watchers tonight!
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Back to work! House still upside down :/
Our renovations are still in the works, drywall is going up and I finally have a ceiling! (We haven't had one in the family room since wiring issues almost 3 YEARS AGO!) My husband says I'll be waiting 3 years for walls! I told him to keep working! I cant wait until it's all done and we can relax!
Speaking of relaxing, I started back to work on Thursday after 16 months of being off! It was busy, but I didn't have a toddler sitting on my foot while I ran around! I miss my girls terribly, but I have a good job and I love being there. Two of my co-workers have started Weight watchers as a result of me being successful! Awesome!
My first day I had trouble getting all of my points in. I didn't eat enough at breakfast, Missed my snack and ate only a salad with 3 oz of steak on top. When I got home I still had more than half my points left over! Yesterday was the opposite! I ate too much breakfast and big snack then too much for lunch and ended up using 3 extra weekly points! Crap!
I know I'll get it eventually, lol! Thankfully the office only goes out to eat if there is a birthday to celebrate, so I don't need to be concerned with restaurant eating every week!
The next hurtle now is Tom going to school this coming week. I'll be solely responsible to get the girls to daycare everyday and I know I'm not going to physically have enough time to do all of this on Tuesdays and Thursdays when I go to the gym before work. This is going to totally suck!
Here's hoping it all goes smoothly!
Speaking of relaxing, I started back to work on Thursday after 16 months of being off! It was busy, but I didn't have a toddler sitting on my foot while I ran around! I miss my girls terribly, but I have a good job and I love being there. Two of my co-workers have started Weight watchers as a result of me being successful! Awesome!
My first day I had trouble getting all of my points in. I didn't eat enough at breakfast, Missed my snack and ate only a salad with 3 oz of steak on top. When I got home I still had more than half my points left over! Yesterday was the opposite! I ate too much breakfast and big snack then too much for lunch and ended up using 3 extra weekly points! Crap!
I know I'll get it eventually, lol! Thankfully the office only goes out to eat if there is a birthday to celebrate, so I don't need to be concerned with restaurant eating every week!
The next hurtle now is Tom going to school this coming week. I'll be solely responsible to get the girls to daycare everyday and I know I'm not going to physically have enough time to do all of this on Tuesdays and Thursdays when I go to the gym before work. This is going to totally suck!
Here's hoping it all goes smoothly!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Well it's been a fun ride... 28 weeks down!
After being a stay at home Mom for the past 16 months I'm back to work tomorrow. It's going to be a huge adjustment for all of us, my husband is also starting school, on Monday! So the girls will be in daycare full time, cold turkey. Granted they are going to our best friends, who have a son in between the girls ages whom they both love to play with, but it's still way outside of routine! I'm worried about the baby and her naps, she's not great at napping anywhere beside her crib. I know she'll adjust, but it's going to be a rough few days for all involved.
I'm also worried about starting work from a diet standpoint. I won't be able to eat when I'm used to, there will be a lot of temptations, food everywhere in the office, and our office is inside the grocery store!!!! The last time I did weight watchers, I started working in this office and it was a downward spiral off the wagon and I quit weight watchers and gained even more weight than I had lost!
I'll be taking leftovers even though Thursdays are our typical lunch out at some local restaurant, I just want to be prepared for either scenario. Lots of snacks, a smoothie, my water bottle.
I'm so stressed about this. I know I'll be fine, the girls will be fine, everyone will adjust and I need to stop thinking about it all! I'm 5.4 pounds away from losing 50 lbs and so close to Onederland! I don't want to F#@k it up now!
Yesterday I went to an earlier Weight Watchers meeting as my husband had school orientation for us to go to in the evening. Obviously I couldn't go to my regular 6 O'clock meeting. I brought my 3 year old daughter Lara with me. I was down 1.4 pounds! for a total loss of 44.4 pounds. What a huge number eh? I'm so proud of that :D. Lara was an angel as usual and had everyone gushing about how cute she is, as usual. She's so teeny but so smart! It was adorable! At one point she got off of her chair and said "Mama, may I go look at the whole world?" Referring to the wall of windows and great view from our meeting room :) Man she had all of those ladies swooning!
Well I'm going to go have lunch, fold more laundry, walk up to walmart and clean the kitchen :)
Ta ta!
Friday, April 20, 2012
Unplanned lilies.
Our back yard is a MESS. It seriously is. With me being out of commission the past 4 summers either pregnant (2 of the summers) or recovering from falling down the stairs and pregnancy, not to mention it had been neglected for years before that, my mom living alone in the house and not able to do it all herself, it's turned into a nice big overgrown field of beautiful dandelions and scotch thistles!
So with the nice weather we've been having, and the wish for a nice yard for the girls to play in, we got to work. Last year we covered over an open space with new sod and laid a patio. Yesterday we cleaned up garbage that's accumulated, raked up all of the brush that falls out of the trees over the winter and cleaned up some of the bushes.
Today we levelled a section, laid patio stones with foam tiles over top so the kids have a nice safe area to play in. I also dug a trench a foot wide and 75 feet long along the fence, tossed the weeds out, replaced them with fresh triple mix and mulch. Then instead of sprinkling the packets of morning glory seeds like I was intending, I decided to dig up a large area of lilies out back and replant them in the new garden!
I'm still going to sprinkle the morning glories, they will look nice climbing up the fence, blocking off the view of the dog run! They'll grow quickly too giving the lilies time to thicken. I still have quite a bit to do, but I got sent inside as my ankle was killing me and Tom knew I was done by the look on my face when I was kicking the spade into the ground apparently!
I was outside working for 6 hours straight. Last year I never could have done that! Now I'm thinking on what's left to do and what project out there comes after that!
Kill two birds with one stone right? The yard gets done and I get exercise!
So with the nice weather we've been having, and the wish for a nice yard for the girls to play in, we got to work. Last year we covered over an open space with new sod and laid a patio. Yesterday we cleaned up garbage that's accumulated, raked up all of the brush that falls out of the trees over the winter and cleaned up some of the bushes.
Today we levelled a section, laid patio stones with foam tiles over top so the kids have a nice safe area to play in. I also dug a trench a foot wide and 75 feet long along the fence, tossed the weeds out, replaced them with fresh triple mix and mulch. Then instead of sprinkling the packets of morning glory seeds like I was intending, I decided to dig up a large area of lilies out back and replant them in the new garden!
I'm still going to sprinkle the morning glories, they will look nice climbing up the fence, blocking off the view of the dog run! They'll grow quickly too giving the lilies time to thicken. I still have quite a bit to do, but I got sent inside as my ankle was killing me and Tom knew I was done by the look on my face when I was kicking the spade into the ground apparently!
I was outside working for 6 hours straight. Last year I never could have done that! Now I'm thinking on what's left to do and what project out there comes after that!
Kill two birds with one stone right? The yard gets done and I get exercise!
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
6 months down!
Well 6 months from starting Weight Watchers meetings. 6 months and a week in total :)
Last night I lost 1.2 lbs for a total of 43 pounds lost. About 1.6 lbs a week. Not too shabby!
So in 6 months,
-I have all "new" clothes in my drawers
-I have gotten rid of 6 garbage bags of FAT clothes
-I have gone from a size 20-22 to a 16, 2x-3x to an XL
-Gone from from a 44F to a 40DDD (granted I was breastfeeding, I was a 40DD before this baby so my boobs haven't really shrunk at all!)
-All of my underwear are too big
-I have gone down a half a shoe size
-I have lost at least 3 belt holes (the belt didn't fit for a couple of months)
-I can walk for hours
-I can tread water for 45 mins :)
-I can run up and down 20 flights of stairs (my butt hurts from yesterdays workout)
-I can fold my hands in my lap
-I can touch the ground from standing
-I can tie my shoes and breath at the same time!
-I can get in and out of the bath tub effortlessly
-I can play with my kids
-I now think about food all the time
-I panic when there is no produce in the house
-I get up at 5:30am to go to the gym
-I see a nice day and the first thing I think of is going for a walk
-I keep up with the housework better
-I sleep better
-many more I'm sure!
Here's some pics of my journey!
Last night I lost 1.2 lbs for a total of 43 pounds lost. About 1.6 lbs a week. Not too shabby!
So in 6 months,
-I have all "new" clothes in my drawers
-I have gotten rid of 6 garbage bags of FAT clothes
-I have gone from a size 20-22 to a 16, 2x-3x to an XL
-Gone from from a 44F to a 40DDD (granted I was breastfeeding, I was a 40DD before this baby so my boobs haven't really shrunk at all!)
-All of my underwear are too big
-I have gone down a half a shoe size
-I have lost at least 3 belt holes (the belt didn't fit for a couple of months)
-I can walk for hours
-I can tread water for 45 mins :)
-I can run up and down 20 flights of stairs (my butt hurts from yesterdays workout)
-I can fold my hands in my lap
-I can touch the ground from standing
-I can tie my shoes and breath at the same time!
-I can get in and out of the bath tub effortlessly
-I can play with my kids
-I now think about food all the time
-I panic when there is no produce in the house
-I get up at 5:30am to go to the gym
-I see a nice day and the first thing I think of is going for a walk
-I keep up with the housework better
-I sleep better
-many more I'm sure!
Here's some pics of my journey!
July 2011 to April 2012
43 lbs down in the green, 35 lbs down in the white from March 1st 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Swimming NSV!
Last night was my sister and I's first swimming lesson. We both know how to swim, but I'd like to add swimming to my exercise repertoire, and I know I'm not a strong swimmer. So adult lessons were the logical thing to do! We get there and they split us into 3 groups, make sure we know how to float and a group of 6 of us headed to the deep end to tread water. For the whole class! I held onto the edge of the pool a couple of times for 30 seconds or so but I figured I might as well keep it up and get the exercise since I'm not totally dying yet! I was able to tread water for all of it. I kept u with a woman who is training for a triathlon! Everying kept saying "I can't believe you're still going!" Yay me! Now I'm off to the gym for 6:30 am!
I'll tell you about weigh in later. I know I'll be down, but with a huge loss last week I'm not expecting much.
I'll tell you about weigh in later. I know I'll be down, but with a huge loss last week I'm not expecting much.
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