July 21, 2010 By thea
Oh my goodness, I went to post today and I realized I haven’t posted a weigh in in FOUR WEEKS! That’s uncalled for!
A couple of those weeks were traveling and I didn’t even weigh in…mostly because I didn’t have access to a scale or computer. But seriously, if I had weighed in, it wouldn’t be pretty.
But that’s in the past! Because today, I weighed in at 157. Just got by by the skin of my teeth! I have now maintained my 153-157 weight range for 21 out of the past 29 weeks. WOOHOO!! I’m super proud of that!
Next week’s weigh in might be a little sketchy…my first triathlon (eek!) is on Sunday and my birthday is on Monday. I’m going to try to take it easy, but come on…it’s my birthday! And my first triathlon. There will be some celebratory indulging going on. Count on it.
April 21, 2010 By thea
Oh my goodness, I almost missed it!!
Based on the changes that I made this week as far as water and candy, I was VERY happy to step on the scale this morning and see a 2.2 pound LOSS!! Yippee!!
After my little hiccup, today’s weight of 156.2 puts me at 14 weeks of keeping my weight between 153 and 157.
Let’s just pretend that I didn’t actually make any goals for this challenge, k? I didn’t do so well with tracking my goals this time around.
In fairly unrelated news, I’m going to buy a bike soon. I haven’t owned my own bike since I was in high school…5 years ago.
Ahem.
April 14, 2010 By thea
The good news: I maintained this week!
The bad news: I gained two pounds last week, LOL!
So, my little maintenance streak ended last week, but I wasn’t too torn up about it. I have no illusions that I am going to make it all year without a gain here or there. I figured my body was just taking a break and it was a false gain.
But when I stepped on the scale this week and it was exactly the same (158.4), I knew something was up.
The weird part is that I don’t FEEL like I’ve gone off the wagon. I’m not totally gorging myself on food. My workouts have scaled way back but I’m still doing a little something. But something has changed.
What I feel is bloated. My water is consumption is down. I’m only getting about 64 oz a day instead of my usual 96 oz. I’m not sure why I’m drinking less. I’ll have to keep an eye on that.
And as much as I don’t like running, that was when I was maintaining my weight so I have to take that into consideration.
So, here’s the new plan.
- Get my water back up to 96 oz. a day. No exceptions.
- As much as I like the Wii, it’s just not enough to be my main source of movement. I can use it for rainy days and quick fun movement. But I need hardcore cardio, I think. That means back to running and biking. And I’m still toying with the idea of boxing, but I ‘m not sure I can fit that in if I am going to do a tri program. I’m really all over the board with the exercise.
- I can’t have “treats” 3 times a day. If I have a cookie after school with the kids, I can’t have ice cream after dinner, too. I may have to break up with sugar, but I really, REALLY don’t want to. Really don’t want to.
I’m going to start there. Hopefully, I’ll see a downward trend next week!
March 3, 2010 By thea
So I’m in this really strange place in my head (which ain’t saying much).
I’m down a 1/2 pound this week…but I totally don’t feel like I deserve to be. I have been eating like crap, CRAP for a while now, but I keep on staying within my weight range. It’s like I’ve given my body license to continue to eat like CRAP even though I’m within my range.
Not exactly the most healthy attitude in the world to have.
I should be eating like AWESOME and maintaining. That should be my goal. I shouldn’t be trying to see how much I can get away with.
Anyhoo, I’ve updated my goals for this challenge. They were pretty much the same as the last challenge, I just changed up my running goal a bit. Instead of running so many miles on specific days, I just need to meet my weekly mileage goal. I’ll be increasing the goal by 10% every week.
If I can keep up with that, I should have no problems with my 8k and 10k in a few months!
February 25, 2010 By thea
Where to begin, where to begin…
So, I missed weigh in yesterday. I did have a loss and so I have officially maintained my weight range for 8 weeks now without counting a single Weight Watchers Point.
For the Spring Fling, I am proud to be a member of Team Fabulous! We’re gonna kick your butts! LOL!
Also, the last couple of weeks, The Sisterhood sponsored the Shrinking Jeans Olympics. I am proud to report that I brought home two medals! I won the gold as part of a 4×1 mile relay team (35:46 combined time), and I snagged a silver in the 2 mile fast walk (26:12 time).
That’s all for now! Happy Shrinking…or maintaining!
February 10, 2010 By thea
Oh my goodness, that challenge went fast! I can’t believe that we are at the end already.
I weighed in at 155 this morning, which is down a pound from last week. Woohoo!
The question is, how’d I do on my goals?
Goal 1: Maintain Weight Between 153 – 157 pounds — I did this one every week! 100% on this one, baby!
Goal 2: Run 3 days a week, at least 3 miles each time — I didn’t do nearly as well as I wanted to on this one. I kept coming up with reasons excuses not to run. I only did this 9 out of the 18 time. 50%…not that great.
Goal 3: No food after 9pm — I did pretty well with this one. I met this goal 38 out of 42 days. 90% ain’t bad on this one and I definitely think it’s a habit. I don’t even think about food at night anymore.
So, I’m thinking that means no yoga mat for me. But that’s O.K. I learned a lot this time around and I conquered 2 out of the 3 obstacles in front of me!
So how did you all do? I can’t wait to hear!
January 27, 2010 By thea
I feel pretty good about myself, thankyouverymuch.
Despite spending last week in Disney World (and subsequent confessions), I weigh LESS than I did two weeks ago. I seriously couldn’t ask for much more than that.
Besides doing my best to stay on top of my goals (although I had a few slip ups last week), exercise is definitely becoming a more routine part of my life. On top of the running, I’m throwing in some yoga every once in a while and I’ve also started doing the Hundred Push Ups program again.
Is it wrong to see something as a necessary evil yet kinda enjoy it all at the same time?
Another thing that has helped? I’m getting more sleep. Thanks to my husband (I should probably write a post on that), I am in bed before midnight every night now. That makes such a huge difference in how I feel every day.
Anywho, this weeks weigh in puts me at 4 weeks on my maintenance ticker (see it over there on the right? I thought a butterfly was fitting).
One month down. Eleven to go.
Bring it.
January 13, 2010 By thea
After getting a solid 7 hours of sleep last night (a rarity these days), I stepped on the scale and hesitantly looked down.
You see, I’ve had a less than stellar week. I slipped up on two of my challenge goals and does anyone else think that Christmas candy rivals Halloween candy in terms of sheer volume?
I may have indulged in a Hershey Kiss. Or 50. Some may have been slathered in peanut butter. I’ll never tell.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that while I gained, I am still in my healthy range….so it’s all good.
I have a bit of a challenge on the horizon. My family leaves on Sunday afternoon for vacation. We will be spending a week at Walt Disney World and I’m a little nervous. I hope I don’t let myself go too much. The resort has a 1.5 mile running path so I’m bringing all of my running stuff. I just need to actually…you know…RUN!
January 6, 2010 By thea
When I stepped on the scale this morning, the clouds parted and the skies were filled with sunshine and singing birds with ribbons in their beaks and I SWEAR I heard music.
Their may have even been an animated princess cheering for me.
Somehow, I lost 3 pounds over the last two weeks. I’m at 153! I haven’t been at 153 since 2007!
I don’t know how, but I’m not asking. Road trips, Christmas dinners, non-Christmas dinners with my MIL’s home cooking, eating out, eating a full meal in the CAR because we didn’t want to stop.
Sticking with my Rethink Your Shrink goals really helped!!
I may officially be on maintenance, but I’m not looking a gift weight loss in the mouth.
WOOHOO!!!
December 16, 2009 By thea
I almost forgot to step on the scale this morning. I literally had my foot headed into the shower when I remembered, which made it kind of funny when I just pivoted on my other foot and headed for the scale instead.
I may or may not have fallen into the wall because I have all the grace of a rhinoceros.
Crazy morning antics aside, I am happy to report that I maintained this week.
Which leads me to believe that my body is trying to tell me something. I went back and looked at my weight chart for the year (side note: do you have a weight chart? No? why not? They’re awesome) and found something quite interesting.
In 52 weeks, my weight has been at or below my WW goal of 157 for a whopping 34 weeks.
I think I can safely say that while I’m not at my personal goal weight of 153 (which is a completely arbitrary number), I have found my healthy weight range.
So….I am going to throw it out there that I am officially done trying to lose weight. From now on, my challenge goals will be to stay in my healthy weight range, which, according to my trusty chart is somewhere between 153-157 pounds.
Hello, new chapter!