forty minutes

(exercising in the basement) 

If I don't lose weight this week, I just might crawl in a hole and die... I have made a serious effort! You might need to sit down for this -

I bumped up my exercise to FORTY minutes!

I did 30 minutes on the elliptical last Saturday; and then 40 minutes Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Today I did 20. That is major. And I've been sticking to my points pretty well.

This rut I am in is really starting to get to me. Things had better change this week!

week 11: -0.2, 7.8 lost, 22.2 to go

I don't feel like talking about it.

happy update

• it looks like i am actually losing weight this week!
  
• i hate, hate, hate exercising. but i do it anyway!
  
• i wore a pair of pants this week that are one size smaller than what i normally wear!
  
• it might be possible to catch up with my goal!

week 10: +0.5, 7.6 lost, 22.4 to go

Today is a tragic day in the journey of my weight loss. I have lost momentum, people! I am in serious trouble!!!

The "Weight Tracker" is so nice and encouraging. Yes, gaining is normal. And, yes, it happens for a reason... Like PURE LAZINESS!!!

Boy, do I need to get my butt back in gear. I was supposed to have lost 11lbs by this week. Instead I have lost 7.6 pounds. That puts me 3.5 pounds behind. Ugggggggggg.

I know what I need to do. I just need to do it. This week was a very lazy tracking week. I actually did exercise, but not enough. And when I did exercise, it was very lazy exercise.

You can see below what my week looked like:

SHAMEFUL. I must do better.

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!