A not quite on plan weekend

Thank goodness for the activity I got!  Because it was a grab-and-go kinda weekend shamefully :(.

I still did have a successful weekend in a few other aspects though, I got the P90x app for my ipad (I'll start AFTER I finish making 13 shawls and a wedding cake for my sisters wedding...  I still need to locate weights... but I'll get it together.  I might do the 30 day shred in the meantime to get started, I never have finished that.

 I got everything put away in the coat closet, kitchen and bathroom, and scrubbed down said rooms, put up my husbands motorcycle shed, got the girls bikes and scooters out and gave them a safe nice sized area on our driveway for riding, cleaned the bike trailer, got the patio equipment out...

I also went to a birthday party and with hubby to pick up his bike from my brother's and had a nice long ride :)

Walking again

I finally walked to work!  It's been probably since November that I've been able to walk to work. Mostly the weather, then the mojo, then illness or injury...  But today, the weather is beautiful, my ankle is behaving and I feel like a million bucks!

It felt great!  I also took advantage of a nice day and went for a walk on my lunch.  I'm still not back to the gym yet, maybe next week.  I'm kind of struggling with something.  I'm having a procedure done on May first that will stop me actively working out for a couple of weeks, do I go to the gym then stop?  Or do I wait until after I'm healed ten go back?  I'm thinking I can probably still walk after surgery, but I can do that outside, i don't need the gym for that...

Part of me is worried that I'll start gaining again...

Last April I waited the month after my breast reduction to start at the gym.  I consistently gained from then until now...  I'm finally losing.  I really don't want to upset my new found mojo.  I'm thinking maybe I'll put my membership on hold through the summer and just exercise outside?  I know I'll need the gym come the fall when the weather gets bad.  I haven't decided yet...

So interesting factoid!

I know I said I wasn't going to compare measurements to my last ones, but I did anyways.

Studies show that stress causes an increase in the hormone Cortisol, which deposits fat around your waist.  Funny thing, my legs, arms and bust are the same measurement they were a year ago when I was at my lowest.  Only my waist, stomach and hips have increased, 8 inches in total!

I didn't put much thought into that, I was under a lot of stress the past few months, but holy cow!  Thank goodness my stress levels have dropped considerably!

One week down.

My first week went well!

I used all of my Activity and Weekly points as we had 3 birthday events and a bridal brunch, but I made good choices.

I'm down 3.1 lbs this week!

I'm quite motivated, and dreaming of my pounds to lose dropping!  Having the ticker on my lock screen of my phone is really helping.  It reminds me often of my success.

Hubby took before pictures for me and did my measurements!  I'm really excited to see them go down again.  I'm not going to compare them from my last ones, I just don't want any increases to derail me.  I know I've gained weight and inches, but that's in the past.  I'm losing now.

My stats. I'll do them again when I hit 170!

Size: 12 or large

Weight: 179.3 lbs

Bust 42
Waist 40.
Belly 44
Bum 44.45
Rt thigh 23.5
Lt thigh 23.25
Rt calf  14
Lt calf 14
Rt arm 13.25
Lt arm 13.5

Here's a side by side of just after I started losing weight.  Man!  I can't feel fat looking at that!

Starting over. For real this time.

So Wordpress didn't work out for me, so here I am back again in my comfy spot!  I uploaded all of my posts from there so you can catch up if you didn't follow me there.

Since I posted on my birthday, I've gained 12 pounds. I have many excuses, but really, does it matter?  It was me that ate, it was me that stopped going to the gym, I have no one to blame but myself.

Ok, no more bad talk.  What's done is done..

Hubby and I have made a lot of changes lately. The biggest one is we are no longer caregivers to my mom (She's well taken care of, don't worry!) and we've moved into our own house!

I'm taking stress a little better than I was (a big motivator to moving).  Not to mention life has calmed down a lot in the past few weeks!

On Monday the 31st, as I'd planned before the move, I started over. I weighed in that morning at 182.4 lbs. a full 20 pounds from my lowest only 11 months ago.  My heart just wasn't in it. Half way through gaining I decided to change my goal weight to what I was at at that point (172.5 lbs) figuring just lifting the stress of losing would change things. It didn't.  I couldn't keep the weight off after reaching lifetime at Weight Watchers and I haven't been back. I reached lifetime almost 4 months ago. 

I feel like a cop out and really not wanting to get to my original goal is just plain laziness!

So with all of these fresh starts in life, I'm starting fresh in weight watchers. I'm going back to active losing and I'm going to aim for my original goal weight.  145 lbs.  so in total I have 37.4 pounds to lose. 

Since Monday I've been on plan and motivated.  As of yesterday I've lost 3.2 pounds!

I made a ticker on lilypie.com and put a screen shot of it on my home screen on my phone. So every time I look at my phone, it reminds me of my progress!

In a couple of weeks I'm going back to weight watchers meetings.  I need the support and my two sisters that I left behind need my support too. 

No more excuses!

As soon as I find my tape measure I'm going to take my beginning measurements and a before photo!

Happy birthday to me! Jan 19, 2014

I turned 35 today. Don’t know when that happened, aren’t I 25?

Well, I may be old(er), but I’m certainly in much better shape (and place!) than I was at 25! At 25 I was going to Dr Bernstein trying to lose weight, lost 40 pounds then gained it back again plus more! I was working two Nursing jobs in two different cities, working out here and there, but wasn’t able to do 5 minutes on the lowest resistance on an elliptical machine (only crazy people use those!). Now I can do a full hills workout, incline and resistance at 12 for a full 30 minutes on an elliptical (great cardio workout btw). And I’ve lost 89 pounds, keeping 80 of it off for the past year! With proper diet and exercise. No quick fix, no miracle pills, just good ole blood, sweat, tears, patience, determination and faith!

The past couple of weeks since my last post have been busy! I’ve been really good, exercising when I can, taking life and stress in stride, my pelvis has been acting up since I slipped on the ice just after Christmas, but it’s nothing I can’t handle. We also have a new little light in our life!

Meet Bruno! He’s our 9 week old Shar Pei Bulldog mix puppy!

He’s so sweet and smart!

I’ve been doing well weight loss wise too. On New Year’s Day I weighed in at 176.5, yesterday I weighed in at 170.5! I’ve had a few treats yesterday and today, but tomorrow I’m back on the straight and narrow and hopefully will fall under 170 (and stay there) for the first time since the summer!

I’m really feeling like I’m back on the train and back losing.

New year update. Jan 3, 2014

I know I’ve not been on here in a while, but life has been pretty boring in the weight loss/maintenance area.  Although, posting on here gave me some accountability, and looking back over the year, when I was posting regularly and keeping tabs in challenges on my 100+ pounds to lose board on Weightwatchers.ca message boards, I was doing much better.

The last 2 months have pretty much been just trying to keep my had above water and my weight has been bouncing up and down like a yo-yo, just slightly under my panic weight at weight watchers.

Even though I’m at “goal”, I’m not happy.  I’m up about 10 pounds from my lowest weight in April and at that point, I felt I was at a comfortable spot.  It’s been pretty hard to lose the past few months, but I’m not sure how much my heart’s been in it.

The past 3 weeks or so, minus a few days over Christmas, I’ve been doing pretty well with food choices, and have been going to the gym 3 days a week again.  Weight has been coming off (then going back on with christmas, then off again, then on again with New Years..).  But my frame of mind has been better.  I’m cautiously optimistic that I’m back on the wagon again… I know I’ve had renewed vigor a few times this year, then lost it again, but hopefully I can get some momentum going, I’d really like to feel comfortable in my skin again!

I’ve updated my weigh-ins, goals, NSV’s and have added some pics finally to my progress pics tab, I’m hoping that keeping everything up to date will keep the attention on where I want to be.

My goal this week is to weigh less than 172 on my home scale Tuesday morning, that means I’m in the safe zone to weigh in for free at the Weight Watchers meeting that night.  When I hit that, I’ll make a new short term goal.

Baby Steps…

Fake it until you make it. November 9, 2013

Still holding on at goal.  I’m trying to get down a couple of pounds to have a buffer when hubby and I go to Niagara falls next weekend… I’d like to be a glutton for once!

I commented on someones post on Weight Watchers message boards this morning and thought I’d share. :) These words helped me, maybe they’ll help someone out there in blog-land!

I barely gained anything when I was pregnant, but after. Somehow after having 2 kids I’d gained 60 pounds (after being overweight already) and felt like I was starting a very tough road. My younger sister and I joined weight watchers. She said a very powerful thing. I don’t think she realized it at the time though, but it has stuck with me and I go back to it often. 

“Fake it until you make it” 

She meant it as doing things the way you know they should be done and eventually you’ll just do them without thinking.
At first you’ll feel like an impostor, but eventually you assimilate and are part of the crowd. 

You may have a long road to being fit and thin, but nothing is stopping you from acting like you are. Eat like a thin person, move like a thin person, and eventually you’ll be a thin person. It’s all in the mindset. If you feel like you have an unreachable goal, you will fail. If you live life like you’re already there, eventually you will be. 

We all have faith in you here. Come often and post often.