Weigh in day 10/13/09 and 10/22/09

I lost 1.8 and 1.6 lbs, or 3.4 lbs together, in these last two weigh ins. I know it's all the bike riding, because I keep going over my weekly points! I try to stay within my activity points but sometimes that doesn't even happen. Anyway, knowing that makes it much easier to get up at 7am and ride my bike when it's 35 degrees outside. My big 25 mile ride is in 3 days!

Weigh in day 10/8/09

So this past weigh in I lost 1.5 lbs, which got rid of my gain from last week and put me back down to where I was 2 weeks ago. That's fine, because I'm training for a 25 miles bike ride on October 25th, so I'm working my way up to 25 miles and burning tons of calories on the way. Today I rode 18 miles and burned 1077 calories! I think I should definitely lose this week. We'll see!

Weigh in day 10/1/09: ahhh gain!

I gained 1.6 lbs :( I knew I had it coming... this past weekend my boyfriend flew in so we could celebrate his birthday and my sister and her husband threw a huge Oktoberfest party. I ate sooo much that it was impossible to track. Plus I haven't been able to ride my bike much lately because of cold weather and medical problems.

BUT... I'm not letting this get me down. I was actually happy because I was fearing a bigger gain. I'm glad I'm still in the 170's. I was afraid I might be back in the 180's. Today or tomorrow I'm going to buy some cold weather bike clothes and get back on the bike, and stick to the plan, damn it!!!

Weigh in day 9/24/09, plus 9/14/09

Since I last updated I both experienced and then broke through a plateau. My weight loss has been going slowly lately, so last week I tried really hard to stay on plan and exercise. When I weighed in I was frustrated because I didn't lose a thing. So, at my cousin's wedding this weekend, I sort of let go and ate everything. I expected to gain this week but instead I've lost 2.4 lbs!

I also went to my Dr. back home for the first time since last November. She was thrilled with how much weight I've lost! I asked her to look back for my heaviest weight and she said in October of 2008 I was 225 lbs! It was really motivating to hear how far I've come. Hopefully I really have broken through this plateau and I'll have another big loss next week!

Weigh day 9/10/09 - just one pound?

I was actually excited about weighing in this week because I followed the plan closer than I have in a long time. With my boyfriend in Texas, I didn't go to a SINGLE restaurant. I used all my weekly points, but for the first time in a loooong time, I didn't use ANY of my activity points. Also, I got a lot of activity points by frequently doing a long and difficult bike ride. I was expecting a huge loss, but all I lost was a pound. It feels like a failure :(

Weigh in day 9/3/09 - How did I lose???

Somehow I lost 0.2 lbs! I was expecting a huge gain - I had told myself to expect at least 2 lbs of a gain, but I feared it would be even more. I mean, come on, while I was in Texas my bf and I went to restaurants every night, and we almost always got appetizers and desserts. Then when I got back there was a family reunion with a potluck of southern food, and then a birthday celebration for my mom and sister where I went to town on the cake. I was resigned to gaining weight. Like I said, I did work out every day that I was in Texas (except on the weekends), burning 600 or more calories each time, but I only thought that would reduce the damage. This is newly motivating for me - I was going down through the 180's pretty quickly until I started sabotaging my own efforts. I think if I recommit and stick with the plan I can burn down through the 170's.

Weigh in day 8/27/09 - who knows?

Today is my weigh in day but I'm about 2000 miles away from my scale so I won't be weighing in until next Thursday. I'm kind of glad, though, because I've probably gained weight this week. I'm visiting my boyfriend, who had to move to Texas for a job. He just moved here a couple of weeks ago and I came to visit him once he got settled into an apartment. I've been here for almost a week now and we've gone to restaurants EVERY night! It's part of exploring a new place - we picked up one of those dining guides from the tourism office and we've been going to places listed in the "Best" categories of the area. For example, under "Best hamburger" was Twisted Root Burger Co, a restaurant that's been featured on the food network. So of course we went there to try the burgers and the fries that they cut themselves. And then an italian pizza place (actually we hit that one twice because it was so good), a fancy latin american place, a contemporary indian restaurant... tonight we are going to some place called "Midevil Times" where you eat a "feast fit for a king" as you watch knights joust. We're not really interested in the food so much as the show, but the food will be there. SO this past week I tried to track as much as possible, and my weekly points were probably the furthest into the negative that they've ever been. However, my bf's apartment complex has a gym, so I've been going there and doing cardio for an hour each day to try to make up for all the restaurants. I doubt it'll do much but it might at least keep off a pound or two. Maybe instead of gaining 5 pounds I'll gain 3? Who knows.

Anyway I've decided that since my WW week starts over today, I'm going to actually try to stay within my points this week and work out every day. Maybe I can undo some of the damage I've done so I won't be too unhappy next Thursday. In the meantime I'm having a blast!