Day 109

Yes, I can hardly believe I have kept with something for over 100 days!  100 days!  It has been an interesting journey.  This morning, I weighed in at 130.  Technically it was 129.8 but then it flipped to 130.  I’ll take it. 

To be very honest, I”m not eating the cookies at all anymore.  So why do I still blog about them?  They completely changed my life.  Seriously.  I feel like a new person.  I feel like I’m waking up after about 10 years of just existing.  I have more spring in my step, have a different outlook on life, etc. 

People ask me how much I’ve lost.  I tell them I haven’t LOST anything.    I have REMOVED about 35 lbs. since 7/7/2008 and a total of   48 lbs. from my highest on 1/1/2007.   I hope to never find those ugly pounds again.

Being of average size, people treat you different.  I have started noticing.  It’s weird, I’ll have to explain more another post.  Or it could be that I’m more aware of things now that I am actually living and not existing. 

I wore a size 6p jeans last night to the hockey game.   6 petite!  Now granted part of the reason I purchased those jeans is because I was able to get into that particular pair in a size 6.  Tee hee. 

I just wanted to update everyone on my progress.  Please stay with it, you can do this.

Day ???

139.2 this morning!  Yeah.  I have been doing pretty darn good with the eating but not that great with the working out part.  I need to get back in the gym.  This week was stressful because I was teaching a new class but I should be back to normal after today.

Day 52

144!  I think it’s helping to NOT weigh myself every day. So about 21 lbs in 6.5 weeks.  That’s right on track with 3lbs a week.  That’s exciting.

Day 51

And going strong.  I have to say this ‘diet’ is so very easy.  I put the scale away a few days ago because I found myself kind of becoming obsessed with the numbers.  So I don’t know what I’m down to but I am still losing. 

I have realized that you can pretty much eat anywhere for your one sensible meal per day as long as you pay attention to what you are ordering.  The only exception might be McDonalds.  I had to bring my daughter last night for a school function and for the first time in YEARS, I did not crave all the bad stuff.  Keep in mind, I used to think Mickey D’s french fries were my favorite food.   

I was very proud of her, she ordered pretty healthy also.   She got the grilled snack wrap (about 270) and the apples and grapes side salad.  No fries, no fried food.  Good for her. 

I just drank my water and was fine with it.

I’m still excercising but it’s getting harder finding time.  I may have to start going from 5am to 6am.  Last night I did ‘turbo sculpt’ at home it was good.  I have actually noticed I have muscles in my arms.  Still a lot of fat, but there are times throughout the day when I go to do something and my arm feels very solid..it’s weird. 

Can’t wait until I’m in size 8 anything.    Soon..very soon.

Day 45

I think today is day 45.  Close to it if not exactly.

Slowly but surely the weight is coming off.  The scale was 146.4 this morning but my clothes tell me I’ve lost more inches than the scales is showing.  I’m sure it has to do with that muscle vs. fat thing.  Muscle weights more than fat, blah blah blah. 

Yesterday two people made comments about how much weight I had lost.  It’s funny, I didn’t think people ever really noticed somebody else’s weight.  I don’t guess I notice it on other people, never really thought about it. 

My mom is down to 135 as of 2 days ago.  My sister and BIL are on vacation so I doubt they are eating cookies all day.   

I am working out almost every day.  Last night I did an hour of the elliptical machine and it felt good.  I’ve been doing my videos (Turbo Jam, and I recently got the ‘Firm’).  I like them especially when I don’t have time to run to the gym or my daughter wants me to hang out with her.

Day 27

Finally broke down and bought a scale.  Even though it’s that wonderful time of month, I couldn’t help myself…I finally got on the thing.  I calibrated it last night at my sister’s house so that it’s accurate against what I used 2 weeks ago. 

Are you ready for this?  This am I weight 151.5!  I can NOT believe it.  That was even after a cup of coffee.  I am almost in the 140s.  So…by my guestimate, I have lost about 13.5 lbs in a less than a month.  I’m hoping to hit the 15lb mark for the first month.  How cool would that be! 

Went to gym yesterday and did 60 minutes on the elliptical machine.  I’m actually starting to like it.  OMG…I can’t believe I said that.  I will be adding some light strength training to my workouts starting today.  Should be interesting.

Gotta go get in shower and ready for hockey practice.

Day 25

Ok..have to go to Peter Piper Pizza tonight for a little party.  I just checked the calories for their pizza and it looks like a thin Ham/Pineapple pizza is 130 calories for 1 slice.  I’m going to do one slice for something a bit different. 

My clothes are getting baggier so I know I”m losing.  I did 60 minutes of cardio yesterday and 45 minutes this morning.  Yeah for me.  I actually kind of…(KIND OF) like it. 

My mom is down to 138.5!  That is so awesome ..she started at 155 5 weeks ago.  My BIL is down 28 lbs in 5 weeks…that’s crazy.

Day 23

Another easy day yesterday.  When I got homoe I was a bit tired and almost didn’t excersice.  We decided to just do some rollerblading with the puppies.  Burned about 200 calories in 20 minutes.  I’ll take it. 

My daughter had to do a school project and needed some photos.  Sad thing was I couldn’t really find any of me.  I know I have been avoiding the camera but this is just sad.  When I get to my goal weight, I promise myself to get some pro pictures of me and the kids for our family albums. 

I did find some photos of me when I was 26….will use those as my inspiration photos.  In my wedding photo, I was 107lbs.  Holy cow.  I won’t ever be that tiny again but 120 would be fabulous. 

I can do it.

Day 19

Wow…can’t believe it.  Day 19.  Almost 3 weeks.  Another night out with the girls.  It was a friend’s bday party and we celebrated at Z’Tejas..they have AWESOME margaritias and food.  So here’s what I did.  I ordered a glass of white wine.  Then the girls ordered appetizers.  Uh oh.  Can I do it?  When the food came, by good friend Gina promptly took the basket of chips and moved them to the other side of the table.  I love her.  I wasn’t really tempted to eat them but it was a very nice jesture. 

I was too busy chit chatting the entire time to even think about food much.  But then I started feeling a bit hungry.  I was going to order a chicken dish off the menu (it sounded REALLY really good) but I started talking to our server and told her I’m on a very strict diet.  She knew exactly what to do.  She brought me a chicken breast marinated in pesto and a very small order of black beans.  I had asked her about the veggies and they had a summer medly of green beans and some other veggies I didn’t really like.  So he mentioned the black beans and I thought that was perfect. 

The chicken breast was small and the side order of black beans VERY small.  Perfect.  A VERY healthy dinner.  I’m so proud of myself.  I really am. 

Oh, by the way…when I went to get dressed, my pants that I was going to wear were just too big.   

Day 18

Well, I finally did it.  I weighed myself over at my sister’s house.  I was shocked to see the scale number.  So this is how funny we are as women.  Everyone knows you weight the least right when you get up.  So my sister had weighed herself this am and she was 159.5 (I think that’s right).   When I went to her house she told me to get on the scale since she knows mine is broken and the funny story of the 189 thing.  I was like ‘no way..it’s the middle of the day, I have had tons of water, etc’. 

So she says she will weigh herself again and we’ll know how much difference there is between first thing in the morning and middle of the day.  So she was 2 lbs heavier.  Ok…so now we know I can basically subtract 2lbs from whatever my weight would be.

So here it goes.  I step on and close my eyes, thinking that will help somehow.  I was just praying that I would be below 160.  That’s all I really wanted.  I opened my eyes and it showed 157.5!  yeah…so that means I’m probably right around 155.5.  Yeah..the lowest I have been in a long, long, time.  I figured I started out around 163..maybe even a bit higher.   Since I didn’t weight to begin with, it’s only guessing.  I’m going with 163 so that means I’m down about 7.5 lbs in 17 days.  That’s right on track. 

YEAH FOR ME.