weight/exercise

This morning I hit my “ultimate goal” of 8 lbs lower than I was and 2 lbs below my original goal.  I can’t tell much difference with the last 2 lbs honestly but I’m very proud to have literally changed the way I was eating. 

This morning I was fixing some coffee and I thought hey, I don’t need to use Splenda, I could use REAL sugar in my coffee.  But honestly, I was like, why eat the calories when Splenda tastes just fine and so I used Splenda.  Last night I opened the fridge to eat some ice cream and Edy’s ice cream and then my Skinny cow ice cream sandwiches were there.  I chose the Skinny cows because why would I want the extra calories?  Small choices like these have helped this past month or so and after using a journal the first two weeks I learned the small things DO add up.  A candy bar here and a Frappuccino there DO matter.  The great thing is when eaten in moderation, you can still have that candy bar or that Frappuccino.  In fact, I’ve enjoyed Krispy Kreme donuts, Edy’s poppable ice cream, ice cream cake and plenty of Starbuck’s all in the past week.  It is doable to enjoy your food AND lose weight.  I’ve just cut back A LOT on how much snacking I do.  Honestly, my main meals haven’t changed that much.  It all comes down to the snacking for me. 

OK, I know before and after pictures are sometimes stretching the truth a little bit…I mean even I was tempted to pull out the 3 weeks post baby picture of me 15 lbs heavier to compare how I look now but I tried to find some pictures that actually made a decent comparison.   After Scott snapped some decent full body pictures of me this weekend, I figured now was as good a time as any to post some before/after pictures.

The first picture is me last year at the beach but I didn’t weigh as much as I did when I started WW a few weeks ago.  The second picture is back in June where the weight was closer but unfortunately the swimsuit was a little different so it’s not really apples/oranges kind of thing.  You’ll notice the weight is pretty much in the belly.  Some around the thighs.

And yes, I was slouching, scratching my nose and had no tan in the “before” pictures and all but posing for “after” pictures with a nice, end of summer tan but come on, you know these wouldn’t be any fun if I didn’t actually look better in the end….

So I show all that to, yes, say Go Me, but also to say Weight Watchers WORKS and once again 7 lbs was only 7 lbs (was down an extra pound this weekend) and maybe you couldn’t even see the need for me to lose any weight–yes, I’ve heard the “you’re going to blow away in the wind” comment more than I can count–but it was a goal that mattered to me and Weight Watchers was what helped and I highly recommend it to anyone!  I do want to note I’ve also been working out for the past 2 years almost so it helped with a lot of the toning but the actual weight never came off until I did WW.

So it’s been, what, a month since I started Weight Watchers?  Something like that.  I splurged this past weekend at one point was up 1.5 lb from goal.  With the beach trip this weekend, I’ve been really strict this week and am now under goal by a pound.  Which really is like a pound above my “ultimate” goal.  It’s really nice to be able to maintain right around goal without much effort or suffering at all.

Guess who made it to goal this morning!!!???  Woo Hoo!  It’s official, it took 18 days on weight watchers to lose 6 lbs.  I stepped on the scale at least 10 times to be sure I was seeing right.  I’m so happy I’ve done this, I can definitely tell a difference.  A skirt that had gotten pretty tight and wasn’t fitting quite right fit perfectly this morning for church.  It’s wonderful.  I said from the beginning my goal was 6 and if I was being greedy, maybe 8 so I’m not stopping quite yet.  But if I maintain where I am, I’m perfectly fine with that as well. 

My family thought I was crazy for going on a “diet” but those few 6 lbs made a difference to me.  No one can even tell but I can tell every morning when I put my clothes on and that’s what matters.  I have to be happy with me.  And I’d like to say it’s not a numbers game, but I think in some ways it is.  My body was different to me 6 lbs ago.  My sister rolled her eyes at me when I told her today I made my “goal”–all 6 lbs.  But to me, losing any amount of weight is a success and I’d much rather have to lose 6 lbs than 66.  So there’s my pat on the back.  Go me.

OK, I’m getting bored of hearing my stats every day too.  So I think this will be last until goal unless something report-worthy happens.  This morning I was up 1/2 lb, now putting me 1 lb away from goal.  Why this pound is so hard and why it even matters, I don’t know.  But I until I see that exact number on the scale, I’m not stopping this thing. 

I already wrote this post once and I think something didn’t save right…anyway…

 I lost another pound this morning, making me 1/2 lb away from goal.  Yay!

I didn’t think it was possible after splurging at church so much last night.  I was at 11 points for the day and didn’t eat dinner before I went.  I chowed down on doughnuts and cookies and cheese and crackers, etc.  I figured if I was going to splurge, I may as well do it right.  So I was quite surprised to see the pound gone this morning but no complaints here. 

Weight watchers decided to reward me for making it to the two week mark by taking back the pound I gained yesterday.  So I’m a little bummed I had only planned on staying on this for a week and now here I am at 2 weeks with the last pound and a half to go.  However, I can’t complain too much.  I lost 3 lbs the first week and 1 1/2 lbs this week so maybe only another week or two of strict point counting and I’ll be set.

Congratulations, you’ve stayed on weight watchers for 13 days now and guess what you get??  You get a whole pound back that you lost. 

I do not like stepping on the scale and seeing a gain.  It’s so very depressing.