Recommittment

This is my recommitment speech:

I was sitting thinking about my trip to the gym last night and was disappointed in myself because I couldn’t make it to 3 miles on the treadmill running. I then realized, “Don’t you remember when you couldn’t even run 1 mile without stopping?!” Last night, I breezed through a mile and continued on with a 3 1-minute stops til 2.5 miles was under my belt. I stepped off the treadmill disappointed because I know I can make it to 3 miles. I just couldn’t make myself do it last night. I then started thinking that it wasn’t worth going to the gym tonight because I had ‘failed’ last night.

On to my eating habits over the last week. Terrible is the only way to describe them. My grandmother passed away Sunday morning. She was in the hospital all last week and an in-patient hospice house. I was home in WV with my family and it’s just common place when someone passes, you cook. And you eat. And eat, eat, eat we did. I stepped on the scale last night after working out and did not like what I saw. My last weigh in (2 weeks ago), I was up 1.8 lbs. I just hit under 200lbs Feb 26 for the first time in 5 years. I do NOT want to revert. And the only way to do that is by recommitting. I’ve ‘counted’ points over the course of the past couple weeks, but certainly not like I should be.

Today, I am going to the gym. I will eat veggies tonight for supper. I will count everything that goes into my mouth today and going forward.

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Starting Weight: 245
Height: 5'8"
Age: 22

Current Weight: 197

Goals:

[X] 228 by Halloween
[X] 222 by Thanksgiving
[X] 216 by Christmas
[X] Onederland by April

160 Ultimate Goal

New year, new outlook

So, last blog, I was hoping for a loss and I got one. I went down 1.2 to 216.8. I counted that I made it to 216 by Christmas :-) haha

Today was my first WI since then. I always go on Thursday's. I love the group! So, Christmas happened and New Year's and so that brings us to today.

I went down 4.2! I know it's within a 3 week span, but it was over the holidays and I still lost! Woo who! I even ate fudge. haha I got it out of my system for a year.

I'm getting back into the routine of working out. I went on a 2 week hiatus. Christmas was nice. Went to the WVU/UNC bowl game here in Charlotte. Then Monday after Christmas, my mom went into the hospital back home. So I spent Monday-Friday with her there. She's doing great now! But it definitely was challenging eating wise in the hospital. I was proud of how well I did.

ANYWAY! I'm sooo stoked! I really needed this great boost. I'm officially at a number I haven't been since freshman year of college...4.5-5 years ago! Wow.

PS I'm going to calculate new goals soon, I swear!
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Starting Weight: 245
Height: 5'8"
Age: 22

Current Weight: 212.6

Goals:

[X] 228 by Halloween
[X] 222 by Thanksgiving
[X] 216 by Christmas
[] Onederland by April

160 Ultimate Goal

Image

Do you ever look at yourself in the mirror one day or one time and love what you see; and then the next time, loath it? What is that about? Sometimes I put things on and see one person and then see another when I walk by the mirror again.

I stepped on the scale tonight at home and at the gym. I'm setting myself up for a gain. I know TOM is around the corner, and I just feel blaaaah.

I guess we will find out tomorrow.

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Starting Weight: 245
Height: 5'8"
Age: 22

Current Weight: 218

Goals:

[X] 228 by Halloween
[X] 222 by Thanksgiving
[] 216 by Christmas
[] Onederland by April

160 Ultimate Goal

Woo Who!

I originally started WW April 1st '08. I weighed in at a whopping 245. I kept on WW for 14 weeks, lost 10 lbs, then made excuses and quit. October 2nd '08, I started again @ 234. I had told myself I was completely starting over. I deleted my past weights online and started fresh. At the WI center though, my old weights were still in the computer.

Last week, I made my original 10% goal with the 6.5 lbs loss. I didn't realize it until right before Thursday's WI (which I lost another pound!). I told my receptionist about it and the starting over etc. and she said WW's goes by the sum total of weight lost regardless of quitting, starting over, whatever. So, I officially made my 10% goal!

I decided that I'm going to go with the overall weight loss too although I'm not going to add back my weight online (I don't think). Regardless, I told myself losing weight and this journey isn't a stop and start thing. It's a continuous process that I started in April and even though I got side tracked for a month, I still need to give myself credit for the 10 lbs I lost originally.

So, with that said, WOO WHOO! I've lost 27 lbs total and I feel great/empowered/energized/healthier about it!

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Starting Weight: 245
Height: 5'8"
Age: 22

Current Weight: 218

Goals:

[X] 228 by Halloween
[X] 222 by Thanksgiving
[] 216 by Christmas
[] Onederland by April

160 Ultimate Goal

Sorry so long

The past few weeks have been very up and down. I had been toying with a few lbs between the weeks, but this past week (yes the weigh in after Thanksgiving) I lost 6.5 lbs! How you ask?

I have NO idea. I'm chalking it up to working out finally paying off. I feel like I'm almost destined to gain a few pounds this coming week though just because I lost so much this week. We'll see.

Oh PS I've dropped a few pant's sizes too. Yay! I'm back to the size I was in college.

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Starting Weight: 234
Height: 5'8"
Age: 22

Current Weight: 219

Goals:

[X] 228 by Halloween
[X] 222 by Thanksgiving
[] 216 by Christmas
[] 211 by Jan 22nd 10% goal by 16th week
[] 160 Ultimate Goal

WI Update

Damn it! I went to my normal WI tonight and the lady said that I'm down 1.6. I was so excited!!

Then I looked at my booklet. Where I had gone to a different location last week to WI during lunch, it meant I was down 1.6 since the last time I had gone to my regular WI place. So, I actually gained a pound this week. Booooo. And I thought I had finally reached a goal :-(

TOM'S here though, so maybe that's it? And I haven't worked out nearly as much as . Plus where I went home and ate tons of veggie soup. Ugh. I'm reallllly hoping for a big number next week.

I'm headed to the gym to listen to my good playlist. I treated myself last night and bought a few songs and made a playlist titled "Goal Weight Workout" :-) haha

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Starting Weight: 234
Height: 5'8"
Age: 22

Current Weight: 229

Goals:

[X] 228 by Halloween
[] 222 by Thanksgiving
[] 216 by Christmas
[] 211 by Jan 22nd 10% goal by 16th week
[] 160 Ultimate Goal

WI from last week

Last week's WI, I was down 2.6 which was A-MAZING! I had worked out 5 days and stayed OP completely. I deserved that #! I lost the pound I gained the week before plus another 1.6 and I hit the 228 benchmark a week early.

This week I'm hoping to lose at least something. TOM's here and I went home for the weekend to visit my family. I ate ok, but not great at all! I didn't work out over the weekend and didn't work out last night. I actually ended up going for drinks with coworkers. I counted everything though! Hopefully I can get down at least some before WI Thursday. I tried to give myself the 'last chance work out' tonight though. Hopefully that'll jump start me.

So far the total of weight lost during time #2 on WW: 6lbs :-)
Total on WW: 17lbs

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Starting Weight: 234
Height: 5'8"
Age: 22

Current Weight: 228

Goals:

[X] 228 by Halloween
[] 222 by Thanksgiving
[] 216 by Christmas
[] 211 by Jan 22nd 10% goal by 16th week
[] 160 Ultimate Goal