Hips
- Last month (11/16/2013) - 38.75 inches
- This month (1/18/2014) - 38.5 inches
Waist
- Last month (11/16/2013) - 28.5 inches
- This month (1/18/2014) - 28.5 inches
Bust
- Last month (11/16/2013) - 36 inches
- This month (1/18/2014) - 35.25 inches
Thighs
- Last month (11/16/2013) - 20 inches each
- This month (1/18/2014) - 19.5 inches each
I didn't take measurements last month because due to holidays, travel, illness, and bad weather, in the last two months I've only made it to the gym an equivalent of what I would normally do in four weeks. I didn't expect the change to be much in one month and as you can see, in two months there wasn't much change either. There is a slight change in some areas and none in others, but anything staying the same or going down is good in my book, especially with Thanksgiving and Christmas coming between the two sets of measurements.
Last weigh-in (1/11/2014) : 142.0 lb
This weigh-in (1/18/2014) : 140.2 lb
Change : 1.8 lb lost
Total weight loss since Izzie : 60.2 lbs
Well it was certainly back to business this week. Brady was back in school all week, we were all over our sickness from the week prior, I was able to go to a full week in the gym (first time since before Christmas), and I was eating most of my meals at home. The grocery stores are now stocked full again after the people going crazy trying to stock up for major snowfalls and the roads are clear to get to the store without worrying about endangering your life.
The gyms are still packed, but I'm hoping that will ease up a bit in the next two months. We joined last year in April and it was pretty dead during the daytime when I normally go. My Christmas candy was almost gone this week and I started having a bit of withdrawal, so I got some bargain Valentine's candy. Nothing major, just some Dove dark chocolate mini hearts. One or two a day is enough to make me feel not deprived and doesn't impact my weight loss. Next week I hope to break into the 130s!
Last weigh-in (12/13/2013) : 142.2 lb
This weigh-in (1/11/2014) : 142.0 lb
Change : 0.2 lb lost
Total weight loss since Izzie : 58.4 lbs
Well, we are
back from all our traveling from Christmas and back into our routine. I
think I can count the number of home cook meals we had on one hand. We
were constantly running places and meeting people for meals, so it was
not the healthiest of eating. Add in the countless cookies, candy, and
big holiday meals and I didn't even want to think about the damage.
I
treat the first week back from a trip like that as a kind of detox.
It's a shock to your system to go from glutinous eating to clean eating,
so you shock your system into dropping some weight fast. That's why
people starting a diet lose the most that first week or so. It's a
great way to jump start and also a good way to get back on track. We
were snowed in almost all week since being back and I was in the house
with only a small amount of food and a lot of leftover candy. I really
had to control myself since it wasn't an option to leave the house to
hit the gym to balance things out. We also all got sick earlier this
week, so that curbed my appetite quite a bit. I was happy to step on
the scale for the first time in a month and see a slight loss. I
would've understood a gain and probably would've seen one if I wasn't
still part-time breastfeeding.
Meeting rooms and gyms are packed with people this time of year and by March they will be back to normal with the regulars still holding down the fort. I can't tell you how many meetings I have sat in where people complain about how hard it is to lose weight during the summer and they'll be back in the fall. I completely disagree and feel like I lose way more weight in the summer versus the winter. In the summer, there is an unlimited variety of fresh fruit in grocery stores. The weather is beautiful, making you want to be outside. You have grill-outs. In the winter, the weather is cold so you don't want to leave your house. There's snow which makes the roads dangerous, and you don't want to risk your kids' lives just to get to the gym. Hitting the gym won't matter if you kill yourself getting there. The food selection isn't that great in stores and you want to hibernate eating higher calorie options. I'm more than ready for warmer weather.
