I'm a Loser!

Lost three of those four pounds this week that had crept up on me. Take that fat!

Oh, and the reason I look so happy in the second picture is because I was standing next to Jackson Rathbone (he plays Jasper Hale in the Twilight movies) and the band 100 Monkeys. Yep, I got to meet them!

Damn you cupcakes!

So I have gained 4lbs back (hangs head in shame) and I worked really hard today to stay on the straight and narrow. But those cupcakes in the fridge at work kept calling my name. Oh so softly at first, so I could actually ignore it, but then it got louder and louder until they were screaming at me. So I had to shut them up!

I licked the frosting off and threw the cake away. Again, I hang my head in shame.

Stress = Eating

These past couple of weeks have been a bit stressful to say the least and I am finding that I have not had time to exercise and I am not eating the right things and therefore, have gained a couple of pounds back. It is horrible to gain weight back but I am checking myself now before it gets out of control. I should know by now that I can't eat what I want when I want, it does me no favors, but as I said, I have been quite stressed and that has led to numerous bottles of wine with my neighbors and over indulging in some not so great fatty foods!

First off, I got the news that my current landlord needs to sell the home I live in and it was very upsetting because we are so settled there and love it so much. I was up and down on whether I should move immediately or wait it out because in this economy, it could take forever to sell. Then we found the perfect little house and we submitted an application. I was then stressing over whether we would get this new house so that led to more eating! We did receive the news though that we had been approved so that made me so much happier and although it is a hassle to pack everything up and move home again, it is to a nice place that I think we will be very happy at.

Then last night a realtor entered my home without permission and that set me off again, so I have decided today that I have to keep my weight in check and not let these little setbacks get to me otherwise all of this hard work will be for nothing. So while I weighed 151 this morning and not 148, I am determined to get it back down and hope to report a bit of a loss next week!

Zumba!

Okay, so I have got more sporadic in my posting, mainly because I don't have lots of time and also because I don't think anyone reads this anyway!!!

So I haven't been to my WW class for a couple of weeks now. Summer is here, I don't have tons of money and to be honest, I think that I have got the logistics of it all and am going to give it a go on my own. Yes, I know that people usually fail when they do this but it is worth a shot. I have to be out there on my own at some point, so I am giving it a test run. If I fail miserably, I will go back to my class.

I would also like to join a gym and can't do WW and buy a gym membership. I have found a gym that I LOVE, but it is a year long commitment at $55 a month and I am very wary and a commitment phobe! But I like it there. They gave me a 2 day free pass and I tried out the Zumba classes and loved them. They were so much fun! Then I tried out a Zumba class at 24 Hour Fitness and while I am a gym snob and felt like I was slumming it, the Zumba class was the best there. Had so much fun and would like to do more. So, I am giving it some thought and will see what I decide.

In the meantime, I have been indulging in treats when I feel like it, but maintaining my food plan the rest of the time. This morning I weighed 148.8lbs which has made me feel on top of the world! The last time I weighed this, I was probably 12 weeks pregnant. 6 years ago! So it feels really good and is motivating me to keep on doing it!

Working Out

Wow, I haven't posted in a long time, but yes, I am still going to Weight Watchers and I still haven't gained anything back! I am down 13.6lbs and currently weigh 153.8lbs. My goal is still 140lbs but I would love to see if I can lose more.

Anyway, so I kind of had a couple of weeks where I didn't do any exercising except some walking, and I ate chocolate bars (I don't think I am supposed to tell my fellow weight watchers at meetings that Reese's new whipped peanut butter bar is delish - my team leader gave me the evil eye!) and I haven't lost huge amounts and last week, I stayed the same. So I do know that I have to work at this, so today, this is what I did:


Yes, I really do have the 1980's Jane Fonda Step Aerobic workout VHS!!!! And I haven't been able to complete the exercise in its entirety in a long time but today I did! My face was as red as a tomato and sweat was dripping off me, but I did it! And I have to say, I feel really good. I just hope that I can remember this feeling the next time I need to do it and try as usual to talk myself out of why I should exercise!

One More Pound Gone!

I don't know how I managed to do it because I took a girls trip to Seattle last weekend and literally ate what I liked and drank alcohol, something I really started to watch when I began Weight Watchers - but I still lost a pound this week! I didn't even exercise either!

So I am down by 12.8lbs so far and have just another 14lbs to lose to reach my goal weigh, so I am almost half way there! It feels incredible to not be carrying around an extra 13lbs anymore, so I can't wait until I have lost the whole amount.

My weight loss is slower than some other peoples but at least the scale is moving in the right direction and I figured that if I were to lose it quickly, I would gain it back quickly too.

I would say that I was planning to exercise properly this week, however I injured my leg in Seattle when I, ahem, fell off a deck! Now, I agree that there was alcohol involved but I feel that this had nothing to do with me ending up on the ground with my legs all twisted and my friends in a panic! I put off going to see the doctor but the pain is getting worse so I have an appointment tomorrow to see him as he insisted I get it checked out. Hopefully nothing is fractured!

Absence

So I have been absent from the blog for a couple of weeks because work has been so busy and tiring, then last week I didn't go to my meeting because I was exhausted, and this week I went not expecting anything because I haven't been able to go on my daily walks after toenail surgery, but surprise surprise, I was down again! I have now lost 11.8lbs in total, so I am really happy but obviously would like to lose a little bit more each week. I am definitely not an over achiever in the weight loss department but any weight loss is better than none at all!

I am getting slightly irritated with my meeting person. She keeps writing down the wrong amounts. Last week she wrote down that my weight was 156.2lbs when it was actually 156.6lbs so I told her about it, and after I told her, she weighed me and I was down to 155.6lbs and she wrote down that I had a 0.6lb loss, when clearly it is 1lb (156.6 last week, 155.6 this week???)

Good job I can keep track all by myself!