2 month mark: 8.1 lost, 21.9 to go!

The title of this post should be "ok, so... WHATEVER" instead of a normal boring weigh-in number. NO, I did not meet my 2-month goal. I've lost 8 lbs in two months instead of losing 10 lbs. WHATEVER! I am a little disappointed, but at the same time I am really proud of myself. Losing 8 lbs isn't something to be ashamed of. It's EIGHT POUNDS! That's more weight than I've lost in 5 years! So, I am very happy with it.

This is what my weight loss chart looks like on Weight Watcher's website:

I love the line that goes down and down and down. That is what is most important. I am consistently losing weight. And I am very close to my first goal. Fun! AND I have lost two inches in my waist and one inch in my hips! My measurements have not changed in the other areas... I guess those will change as I lose more. I have totally noticed the difference in my waist as I am now wearing a belt I bought a couple of years ago that was too small. When I first put it on a few weeks ago I was using the first notch. Now it is on the second notch. That's a fun indicator!

This is what my personal chart looks like:

I have to give myself a break because of certain events and holidays, but I also have to jump right back in. I have NOT been as good as I could be! I only exercised three times this last week, and I wasn't so great with tracking. And I had a MAJOR nachos meltdown TWICE on Wednesday. Yikes! I have the rest of January, all of February and the first week of March to get down to business. I can work really hard and get it done. And then on March 7th at my four month mark, I am taking off for Girls Weekend in San Diego. Do you think I will have lost 20 pounds by then? I can't even imagine! If I'm not at 20, I know I will be close. Here's to some hard work ahead of me. I am doing it!!!

week 8: -0.6, 7.8 lost, 22.2 to go

Can I lose two pounds by Friday?? Yikes.

readjusting

I have made a huge decision - I am adjusting my timeline ever so slightly so that my second month contains five weeks instead of four. This of course is because of Christmas. It's just not fair to throw Christmas in there! But then I am also adjusting it by one week (and this is the main reason) because my monthly weigh in date is falling exactly on a day in the month when I least want to weigh in! It really is a win win situation all around to just add in an extra week. I haven't weighed myself for this week yet. That might happen tomorrow, or Monday at the latest. But next Friday will be my two month weigh-in date. I am still not expecting to have reached the 10 pound goal, but I am hoping to be close. I have to work hard this week!

christmas vacation damage

We went to California for an entire week for Christmas, and we did eat some pretty good food. I want to say that I enjoyed in moderation. I think I did. But then maybe I didn't ...

So, what's the damage??? I was thinking I probably gained five pounds. But then my pants fit the same. And I don't feel any different. I did actually weigh in this morning even though I ate Outback last night at 10pm when we got home, and this is the worst time of the month to weigh myself... and it showed that I gained 3 pounds. Not bad! I don't think I really gained 3 pounds. It has to be those two factors previously mentioned, so I am very encouraged for Friday's weigh in. I already exercised this morning, and am back to tracking and in control. I am not expecting to get down to the 10 pound loss I'm supposed to be at. I will be happy with anything below my weigh-in number before Christmas, and then I can make up the rest later.

So... Let's do this!

week 6: -1.2, 7.2 lost, 22.8 to go

This has been a week of gingerbread houses and yummy goodies. How did I lose weight? I ate pizza, and I even had a 13 point Taco Bell 7-layer burrito for lunch yesterday!

This has also been a horrible week of tragic loss, and I am an emotional eater. I think that's where the burrito came in. BUT I tracked that burrito! And I tracked every little goodie that went into my mouth. Well... except for the bits of licorice I kept picking off of the gingerbread house. Hahaha. Anyway, I worked around it and made my little indulgences fit in. I didn't exercise like crazy, but I did fit in 3 or 4 days on the elliptical. I am pleased!

And now Christmas is coming. I am so worried. We will be in California for a week from Christmas Eve to New Year's Eve, smack dab in the middle of my last two weeks for this month. I need to lose 2.8 pounds in the next two weeks in order to reach my 2nd month goal of a 10 pound weight loss. How will I do it? I know we will be eating out. And eating yummy food at parties. I have to stay in control! I checked the hotel's website, and they do have an elliptical. If I completely lose my mind, I might exercise a few days while we are there. But then we do have some very active days planned, like going to the zoo. That's a lotta walking. I tell you what - I will be happy if I just maintain my current weight while we're there. But then when we get back I only have 3 days until my weigh in. And if I don't meet the 10 pound goal, I will be behind. And then I will have to lose more than 5 pounds in the next month! See how I'm working myself into a frenzy here? Ugg. I'd ask you to pray for me, but it hardly seems appropriate.

week 5: -0.8, 6 lost, 24 to go!

No time for pictures and charts this week.

All I have to say is I'M DOING IT!!! 

1/5 of the way there. :)

week 4: -1.2, 5.2 lost, 24.8 to go!

Dang, I've been busy! So busy that I haven't had time to share my most excellent news . . .

I lost my FIVE pounds for the first month!!!!

(no, i am not ready to tell you my weight)

I can't feel a difference, but I know I will soon. I just have to stick with what I am doing and watch the weight peel away.