Thursday, July 30, 2009

Weigh in day 7/30/09 - another big loss :)

Apparently I should move every week, because I think all the calories I burned moving from my old house, moving into my new house, and then cleaning my old house really contributed to this week's loss of 2.6 lbs. I was incredibly active on moving day, moving tons of furniture and boxes. And then after that I spent a few hours each day cleaning the old house for about 3 days. I was worried I might actually gain weight because I ate over my weekly points and into some of my activity points, but I guess that was dwarfed by the sheer amount of activity I did. I'm so close to the halfway point!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Weigh in day 7/23/09 - I'm overweight!

I finally reached my next goal, which was to get out of the "obese" category! That's been very important to me, ever since the wii fit called me obese. Such a big loss kind of surprised me because I didn't get much exercise in - only 3 days this week, and I ate a few of my Action Points. But I was still within my points, so I guess it was ok. Now I have to lose just 4 more pounds before I'm halfway to my goal!

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Belated update about weigh in day 7/16/09

This past weigh in I was only down 0.6 lbs from last week. But hey, better down than up. It's still a loss. I was hoping to reach 30 lbs of weight loss, but I guess that'll have to wait until this coming weigh in. On Thursday I went to my boyfriend's house and decided to bring cake mix and frosting with me to make cupcakes. I told myself they would be for him and his new roommates, and that I would only have a couple. Of course, this was unrealistic and I ended up having 4 that day and then 2 the next day. Luckily I am still (barely) within my weekly points and I've decided to ride for an hour every day until Thursday to make up for said cupcake incident. But I realized that before I started weight watchers I would have eaten 8-10 of those cupcakes and wouldn't have written it down or compensated with exercise; I would have pretended like it never happened. Obviously I still need to work on control, but it's nice to know that I'm getting better.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Weigh in day 7/9/09 - I don't understand it, but I'm not complaining!

Somehow I lost 1.8 lbs... in a 2 week time period that encompassed a cruise, the 4th of July, and a binge at Chick Fil A. Cruises are known for their food, but during the cruise I felt like I was balancing the food with enough activity. For breakfast and lunch my friends and I went to a buffet where I tried to eat fruit and salads and took it easy on the desserts and fatty foods. For dinner every night we went to a nice restaurant on board - the kind of place where they pull out your chair and put your napkin on your lap, and the menu changes every night. Luckily the portion sizes were small/realistic, so I couldn't do too much damage. We had dessert every night but it was always smaller than a normal dessert, although very very delicious. Most days we only ate 3 times a day, and throughout the day we would do activities like jet-skiing, swimming, or walking around a town. At nights we went to bars, the casino, and the dance club. I swear, I must have burned 10,000 calories at that dance club. One night we danced for what seemed like 2 hours (and probably was!) So I thought I just might lose weight over the cruise, or at least maintain. Then I got back a day before the 4th of July. For the 4th of July we went to a celebration at my aunt and uncle's lake house. We cooked out, then made ice cream sundaes. I also made Baily's floats - Baily's and icecream, mmmm! I thought that that might undo any weight loss I might have achieved. Finally, the night before last, my boyfriend and I went to chick fil a. It took me a few days to get back on plan because I kept craving sweet things, so at this point I was not exactly disciplined. I got an original chicken sandwich and we shared waffle fries, chicken nuggets, and a cookies and cream milkshake. So, after all that I was dreading weighing in today. But, lo and behold, I'm at 188! I was so afraid I would be back in the 190's, which was going to be really discouraging. Now I feel reeeally motivated - 3 lbs to go till my next goal!