Monday Weigh-In

Last week's weight — 125 pounds
This week's weight — 123.5 pounds!

Yay! It stuck! Now there's just 2.5 pounds to go and I'm so excited, but also a little daunted. Those 2.5 pounds are going to be HARD!

Monday Weigh-In

Last week's weight — 125 pounds
This week's weight — Can anyone guess?

Yes, it's 125 pounds again. I'm starting to fear that my scale is broken or someone is playing a mean trick on me. I know I waxed poetic last week about being OK with being 125 pounds FOREVER, but I decided yesterday I want to see the number on the scale move to the left again. I also want to try out new and different recipes in my cookbooks (especially in the dessert sections [crunchy peanut butter chocolate bars!]) so losing these last five pounds will be quite the balancing act. Wish me luck!

Monday Weigh-In

Last week's weight — 124 pounds
This week's weight — 125 pounds

Urgh! Last week I managed to lose a pound (probably through sheer force of will) and this week that pound is back, probably because we went out to eat twice. And both times involved cheeseburgers and fries. Oh well. Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE to lose those last, pesky, five pounds and make my goal but I'm also really and truly fine if I don't. I like where I am. I also like eating cheeseburgers and fries and if doing so means I stay where I am, well then good.

Also, I meant to write this earlier, but my mom finally hopped on the bandwagon and joined Weight Watchers! Congratulations mom! I'm so proud of you!

Monday Weigh-In (Thursday edition)

Last week's weight — 125.5 pounds
This week's weight — 126.5 pounds

Hmm, a gain this week. That may have had something to do with all the snacking I did last week. And also the mini hamburgers and pizza and girl scout cookies on Sunday night (it was the Oscars! What ELSE could I have possibly eaten?) This week I've been trying harder at not eating anything that I don't record, but it's hard work. A constant vigil.

Monday Weigh-In (Thursday edition)

Last week's weight — 125.5 pounds
This week's weight — 125.5 pounds

Sigh.

Monday Weigh-In (Wednesday edition)

Last week's weight — 125.5 pounds
This week's weight — 125.5 pounds

Ugh, well, at least I didn't gain anything this week, the way I've been eating. I know, I know, too much information, but that time of the month started in earnest on Friday and I just lost myself in a downward spiral of ice cream, chocolate and those notorious graham crackers. I seriously couldn't stop myself! But obviously I did manage to exert some semblance of self-control and that's why I held steady this week instead of gaining any more weight.

I did some research on the weight watchers website and discovered that now, at 125.5 pounds, I should only be eating 19 points a day instead of 20 if I want to continue to lose weight. Ack! I've been having so much trouble keeping myself confined to 20 points though! I swear, sometimes I just want to give in and eat the way I used to — without thinking about it. I'm tired of constantly checking the nutritional info and deciding whether eating a snack with 4 grams of fat is really worth it to me, or if I should just go eat some carrot sticks. I'm tired of carrot sticks!

I feel like the hardest part of this healthy eating endeavor should be behind me, that I should have been having these feelings 15 pounds ago. I'm so near to my goal that I feel like I ought to feel energized and ready to give that last ounce of effort to making it. I think though, that it's exactly BECAUSE I'm so near to my goal. After that, all I've got left to look forward to is a lifetime of watching what I eat. Decades of eating carrot sticks. Sigh.

Monday Weigh-In (Thursday edition)

Last week's weight — 129 pounds
This week's weight — 125.5 pounds

Well, it only took me a week to shed those extra pounds I picked up while on vacation, PLUS an extra half a pound. I've been holding steady all week at this weight too, which makes me very happy, especially since I've had the munchies like crazy. I think it's because that wonderful time of the month starts, uh, tomorrow. I blame the hormones. They make me desire ice cream and graham crackers above all else.

The husband and I have decided we should start jogging in the evening, as well as doing sit-ups, crunches and push-ups. Even though I am getting skiiiiiiiiinnny, I'm still all flabby. We did some crunches and butterfly kicks (moan) last night, but still haven't gotten around to jogging. We plan to start at just a mile and I know it will be easy, and more importantly good for me, but I still don't want to do it.

Monday Weigh-In

Last week's weight — 126 pounds
This week's weight — 129 pounds

Hmmm. I guess when you take a week off in order to guiltlessly eat all the food you want including, but not limited to THREE fast food meals, TWO Asian cuisine meals, TWO hotel continental breakfasts consisting of eggs, bacon and biscuits and gravy, FIVE (or six or seven or ... uh, eight) homemade prune tarts, FOUR Chips Ahoy cookies with a glass of 2% milk, FOUR homemade macadamia cookies, ONE piece of chocolate angel food cake with THREE scoops of ice cream, ONE grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of tomato soup, ONE huge plate of straight-up creamy fetticini alfredo, ONE bag of buttery microwave popcorn and ONE (okay, TWO) alcoholic beverages, you will gain weight. In fact, you will gain three pounds of weight.

The question is now ... how long will it take to lose it?

Monday Weigh-In

Last week's weight — 127 pounds
This week's weight — 126 pounds!

I just have to say that I am thoroughly baffled! I don't know HOW I managed to lose a pound this week, other than maybe most of my snacking excess was in my head and in reality I still stayed on point? That's happened to me before. A few weekends ago I felt like I was snacking nonstop and had eaten enough to gain all my weight back. But when I went back over my food log, the things I was snacking on were 0 or 1 point each and actually weren't that bad for me, like rice cakes or pumpkin seeds. I guess Weight Watchers DOES teach you to live healthier, rather than being just another diet (like the TV commercials keep saying).

Anyway, this week I've vowed to be better and actually write down what I'm eating, although I'm going to give myself some leeway in WHAT I eat because I'm going on vacation to visit my parents (and parents-in-law) this week!! I can't wait, I miss them so much! The last time any of my family saw me was when I weighed 148 pounds and my mother-in-law just recently found out that I lost a good deal of weight. I wonder if they'll notice the difference?

Monday Weigh-In

Last week's weight — 129.5 pounds
This week's weight — 127 pounds!

Wow! This feels so good, losing this weight and being only seven points away from my goal! I don't have a whole lot else to say, but just wanted to check in and let you all know I lost 2.5 pounds this week!

Monday Weigh-In

Last week's weight — 129.5
This week's weight — 129.5

Woohoo! When I weighed myself at 4:15 this morning, I was seriously so elated at not having GAINED anything that I ran into the bedroom and jumped on my sleeping husband, who was not as thrilled with the news as I was. In fact, he rolled over and growled at me. Well.

I did not start out the first week of the new year by making the best food choices. I had great intentions, but things just did not work out the way I hoped they would. My first meal of 2008 was at IHOP. I ended up staying late at work on Thursday and my friend bought me Quiznos. I ordered a salad, but that turned out to be more points than a sandwich would have been. Said friend also moved away this weekend and my husband and I spent Saturday helping him pack and load the moving truck. We were there ALL DAY and on the way home, famished and obviously not thinking straight, we picked up fast food burgers and fries. Yesterday we got back to work eating right, although I found myself snacking a lot, and hopefully the rest of the week I will be OP and eating healthy again.

I am also crossing my fingers and hoping I can drop more weight than this, because it feels like I have been hovering around this 129-130 mark FOREVER. However, even if I do stay here, lately I am feeling more attractive, energetic and happy with myself than I had for a long time. Must be the pumpkin seeds ;P

Monday Weigh-In

Last week's weight — 130.5
This week's weight — 129.5

Yay! Finally ... FINALLY back into the 120s. I realize that I only just barely edged my way back into them and following the revelry and plain old drinking that will happen tonight I will quickly be back in 130 land. But I don't care. Officially, I am 129.5 pounds and that is one great way to end 2007!

For 2008, my goal is to, well, make it to my goal and also to follow that up by eating healthy food and maintaining my weight. I also realized during the last few weeks (when my weight almost refused to budge) that I really need to up the ante of my exercise routine. I walk two miles a day, five days a week already during my lunch break at work, but I think I really need to add a second two mile walk to that. Which will be hard initially (because when I get home from work and it's dark and cold the absolute LAST THING I want to do is go outside) but will ultimately become something I look forward to. I'm sure of it. I hope.

At least my dogs will be happy about it.

Happy New Year everyone!

Monday Weigh-In (on Wednesday ... better late than never, right?)

Last week's (official) weight — 132 pounds
This week's weight — 130.5 pounds

Try as I might have this past week, my weight still didn't budge beyond 130.5 pounds. I'm not EXACTLY complaining because, jeez, I don't even know the last time I weighed 130.5 pounds. Maybe 3 years ago. But it's still kind of a bummer because I was hoping to be into the 120s this week. Darn holiday eating habits.

I probably over did it on the Christmas goodies yesterday, but am back in the saddle again today. I decided I didn't want to feel deprived on Christmas — it's only one day — and I wasn't going to gain all that lost weight back from one day of eating. And as good as those, um, five sugar cookies were, I am definitely looking forward to eating healthy stuff again. Who knew carrots, brown rice and cucumbers could be so appetizing?

Monday Weigh-In

Last week's weight — 132 pounds
This week's weight — 132 pounds (unofficially — 131 pounds)

Well, thank god, I didn't gain any weight according to yesterday's 'official' weigh-in. I really thought I was going to, since I ate so terribly all weekend. Perhaps it will show up later in the week, but I put in a good workout yesterday (lots of hills) and have also planned out all my meals until February. That, my friends, is resolve.

The only days I didn't plan out are Christmas, New Year's Eve and two days in January when I'll be in Portland visiting my sister. I figured I would try to do Christmas like I did Thanksgiving and only take tiny portions of things and no seconds. New Year's Eve is probably going to be a crap-shoot full of alcohol and pizza. I'll try to be good, but let's be honest. I won't be. And then Portland, I don't know. I guess I'll be playing that one by ear.

This morning I weighed myself to make sure that I didn't gain any pounds in the night and found I was actually DOWN one pound! I know it doesn't count, since I already did my weigh-in, but if anyone asks I'll tell them my 'unofficial' weight: 131 pounds! I think I'll be checking the scale every day this week to see what happens.

Monday Weigh-In

Last week's weight — 135 pounds
This week's weight — 132 pounds

...Wow! I hope that's right and my scale isn't malfunctioning or something because losing 3 more pounds would be awesome. ESPECIALLY since last weekend was the never-ending Christmas Party Buffet. You might notice that there are no food logs for Friday - Sunday. That's because I gave up. I did stick to my plan for dinner on Friday evening, but then promptly ate a piece of cherry cheesecake. And there was another party immediately following that party wherein I shared half a bottle of cheap champagne with a friend. So whatever points I hadn't blown on the cheesecake I downed with the bubbly.

I think I did manage to stay on points the rest of the weekend — barely — but I didn't eat very healthily at all. For instance, on Saturday I had a small piece of pizza for lunch (it was free at the local Fred Meyers) and for dinner I had 1/2 a large bag of unbuttered popcorn (we were at the movies). That was pretty much it. All day.

Oh, and on the subject of clothes, I did go ahead and pick up some more shirts. I needed them anyway and am happy to note that I'm back into a size small. I still need pants, but I think I'll wait just a little bit longer to pick those up. I saw a pair of khaki Dockers with a cut that I really liked, but when I showed them to my husband he shook his head.

"You can't get those," he said.

"Why not," I asked. "They're very cute."

"Because those are 'slimming' pants," he said. He pointed to the tag that did, indeed, say they were of a cut meant to slim bigger stomaches and hips. He then explained to me that I didn't need the pants because I was already slim.

Awwww.

Monday Weigh-In

Well, the numbers are in folks:

Last week's weight — 137 pounds
This week's weight — 135 pounds

Another 2 pounds gone!

OK, so NOW I weigh 135 pounds. It's a very big relief, to finally weigh what I considered an acceptable weight for myself for so long. It will be an even bigger relief to weigh less than that, to finally drop down into what I consider an 'ideal' weight, which is anywhere from 125 to 120 pounds. I briefly thought about trying to get down to 115 pounds, but then I realized how silly that would be. I weighed 117 pounds when I was a teenager. I'm not a teenager anymore. I'm not even close, sadly. So think I shall leave all the 'teens,' age and weight, behind me forever.

The sad side effect to losing all this weight is the fact that my favorite pair of pants no longer fits. They were relatively new too. I got them in August when I went home to visit my parents. My mom took me shopping and we found the cutest pair of green khakis. I fell in love with them. However, at that point I was still around 150 pounds and had to buy them in a size 10. I'd never been in a size 10 before and this was what really got the ball rolling for this whole weight loss journey. In any event, I'm back down to a size 7/8 pant and sporting the 'saggy butt' look with my green khakis. I'm very sad about this, probably more sad than I should be about a pair of pants, but I don't find good pants that I really like very often. And by very often I mean EVER.

Sigh. I really loved those pants. But the pounds? Nope, glad those are gone.