Last weigh-in (2/1/2014) : 141.0 lb
This weigh-in (2/28/2014) : 144.2 lb
Change : 3.2 lb gained
Total weight loss since Izzie : 56.2 lb
It's been a rough month. Historically, February is a rough month for me and weight loss. There has only been one of the eight Februarys I've been on Weight Watchers that I've lost instead of gained. I don't know what it is, maybe that winter starts to get to me at that point, combined with Valentine's Day and the past four years, Brady's birthday. The only February I lost weight, we were living in South Carolina and it was so warm I was sunbathing daily, so there seems to be a correlation with weather and weight loss (something I've noticed from past patterns as well). It is harder for me to maintain or lose in February than it over Christmas.
This February, I had gym access, but of course, Izzie has had a runny nose for three straight weeks and can't go to the day care like that. That means I only make it on the weekends, so in addition to the eating which hasn't been the greatest, I didn't have the workouts to help battle it and keep it in check a little more than I did. I tend to get to a point once I'm off track, where I let go and start eating things I normally wouldn't because I know I won't eat them when I get back on track. That only makes it worse. We had Brady's party, Valentine's Day, and a trip out of town in the span of two weeks and the eating out got to me as well as the cake.
In terms of upswings, it's not that bad. 4lbs gained in the course of 6 weeks. I've had upswings that have lasted several months and been as much as 15-20lbs. I am choosing to kick myself out of it immediately. Even if I can't go to the gym during the day, I will make myself go when Andy gets home from work. I have to start tracking religiously again (something I haven't done in months, maybe before Thanksgiving). This will become very important now that I'm weaning Izzie and will be completely done breastfeeding by the end of March.
Andy and I are both unhappy, so we decided to buckle down together. Andy is in a wedding in early May, and we leave for our 11 day California vacation in mid-May. We want to look and feel good when we get there. We have committed to weekly weigh-ins (going into WW for me every week to keep me honest and on track, rather than once a month). We have 11 weeks until Cali and have set goals. Andy wants to lose 20lbs (putting him at 200lbs) and I want to get under 140lbs (4.4lbs away). We have both laid out rewards for if we reach our goals and I think we'll have to consider a punishment if we don't so we have even more incentive. Wish us luck!
Friday, February 28, 2014
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Weigh-in for 2/1/2014
Last weigh-in (1/18/2014) : 140.2 lb
This weigh-in (2/1/2014) : 141.0 lb
Change : 0.8 lb gained
Total weight loss since Izzie : 59.4 lb
We've certainly had a lot going on in the last two weeks, including being stuck inside again for extreme temps. That certainly makes it hard for me to avoid eating all day long. I don't have junk food in my house, but even eating too much healthy food isn't good for you. All in all, 0.8 lbs in two weeks isn't so bad. I've maintained my workout schedule and as long as the inches come off or continue to maintain, the number on the scale isn't going to bother me fluxuating a few pounds here and there.
This weigh-in (2/1/2014) : 141.0 lb
Change : 0.8 lb gained
Total weight loss since Izzie : 59.4 lb
We've certainly had a lot going on in the last two weeks, including being stuck inside again for extreme temps. That certainly makes it hard for me to avoid eating all day long. I don't have junk food in my house, but even eating too much healthy food isn't good for you. All in all, 0.8 lbs in two weeks isn't so bad. I've maintained my workout schedule and as long as the inches come off or continue to maintain, the number on the scale isn't going to bother me fluxuating a few pounds here and there.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
January 2014 Measurements
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.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Weigh-in for 1/18/2014
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!
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!
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Weigh-in for 1/11/2014
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.
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.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
2013 Year-End Stats
Starting weight : 189.0 lb
Ending weight : 142.2 lb
Change : 46.8 lb lost (average 3.9 lb lost per month)
Going from the start of 2013 to the end with weight doesn't accurately reflect the loss for the year, since I was still pregnant at the start and the numbers went up for the first two months of the year, up to 200.4lbs. The total loss when looking at the weight that was shed would be 58.2lbs and that was all lost in the last 10 months of the year, which made the monthly average when it came to weight lost 5.82lbs lost per month.
This year has been absolutely phenomenal when it comes to weight loss. I really had no idea that I could lose almost 60lbs in 10 months while caring for two young children. In the 10 months following Brady being born, I only lost 44.2lbs and weighed almost 30lbs more than I do today. I am at my lowest ever on program and also the lowest I've been since middle school. I'm in clothes sizes I would've never dreamed of being in. I look better than I did the day I graduated high school and also the day I got married. Sometimes I really can't believe how far I've come in the last 7.5 years on Weight Watchers, it's truly changed my life. I know my kids will be healthier because I'm healthier and that's more than I could ever ask for.
This year was huge in terms of weight loss and obviously I'm at a point where there's not much left to reach my ultimate goal. I have 12.2lbs I still want to lose before I'm ready to stop with weight loss (but the journey to maintain is just as hard). I would like to do that before my 10-year high school reunion in July, but would be happy to see it before we ring in 2015. That's an average of 1lb per month, which I can see being totally achievable. My biggest benchmarks will now be seeing the inches go down rather than the pounds. I'm at a very healthy weight, so if that doesn't change and the inches still come off, I won't obsess about the number on the scale. Here's to a happy and healthy 2014!
Ending weight : 142.2 lb
Change : 46.8 lb lost (average 3.9 lb lost per month)
Going from the start of 2013 to the end with weight doesn't accurately reflect the loss for the year, since I was still pregnant at the start and the numbers went up for the first two months of the year, up to 200.4lbs. The total loss when looking at the weight that was shed would be 58.2lbs and that was all lost in the last 10 months of the year, which made the monthly average when it came to weight lost 5.82lbs lost per month.
This year has been absolutely phenomenal when it comes to weight loss. I really had no idea that I could lose almost 60lbs in 10 months while caring for two young children. In the 10 months following Brady being born, I only lost 44.2lbs and weighed almost 30lbs more than I do today. I am at my lowest ever on program and also the lowest I've been since middle school. I'm in clothes sizes I would've never dreamed of being in. I look better than I did the day I graduated high school and also the day I got married. Sometimes I really can't believe how far I've come in the last 7.5 years on Weight Watchers, it's truly changed my life. I know my kids will be healthier because I'm healthier and that's more than I could ever ask for.
This year was huge in terms of weight loss and obviously I'm at a point where there's not much left to reach my ultimate goal. I have 12.2lbs I still want to lose before I'm ready to stop with weight loss (but the journey to maintain is just as hard). I would like to do that before my 10-year high school reunion in July, but would be happy to see it before we ring in 2015. That's an average of 1lb per month, which I can see being totally achievable. My biggest benchmarks will now be seeing the inches go down rather than the pounds. I'm at a very healthy weight, so if that doesn't change and the inches still come off, I won't obsess about the number on the scale. Here's to a happy and healthy 2014!
Friday, December 13, 2013
Weigh-in for 12/13/2013
Last weigh-in (11/24/2013) : 143.2 lb
This weigh-in (12/13/2013) : 142.2 lb
Change : 1 lb lost
Total weight loss since Izzie : 58.2 lbs
It's Friday the 13th and while I am superstitious to an extent, I believe you make your own "luck" when it comes to weight loss, so I wasn't too afraid of getting on the scale this morning. There was some apprehension as I had spent two whole weeks out of the gym due to the kids getting sick, and then giving it to me. Also, in addition to a Thanksgiving weekend full of food, the week after wasn't easy either. There were only two or three days in the last two weeks where I ate both meals at home. My mental visualization of eating badly is that I balloon up. I think that my clothes will stop fitting and while it may happen in the course of a month or more, a week here or there wouldn't do that (unless you were carrying some serious water weight or had a thyroid problem).
Christmas for my kids is tomorrow, hence the Friday weigh-in. Tonight will involve baking cookies and hanging stocking to be filled with candy and other treats. I will weigh-in next Friday before heading out of town for two weeks, but I allow myself some treats here and there. Especially since this coming week means making dozens of cookies. How could I resist tasting a few? I'll just make sure I make the most of my last week in the gym before the new year and finish out strong.
This weigh-in (12/13/2013) : 142.2 lb
Change : 1 lb lost
Total weight loss since Izzie : 58.2 lbs
It's Friday the 13th and while I am superstitious to an extent, I believe you make your own "luck" when it comes to weight loss, so I wasn't too afraid of getting on the scale this morning. There was some apprehension as I had spent two whole weeks out of the gym due to the kids getting sick, and then giving it to me. Also, in addition to a Thanksgiving weekend full of food, the week after wasn't easy either. There were only two or three days in the last two weeks where I ate both meals at home. My mental visualization of eating badly is that I balloon up. I think that my clothes will stop fitting and while it may happen in the course of a month or more, a week here or there wouldn't do that (unless you were carrying some serious water weight or had a thyroid problem).
Christmas for my kids is tomorrow, hence the Friday weigh-in. Tonight will involve baking cookies and hanging stocking to be filled with candy and other treats. I will weigh-in next Friday before heading out of town for two weeks, but I allow myself some treats here and there. Especially since this coming week means making dozens of cookies. How could I resist tasting a few? I'll just make sure I make the most of my last week in the gym before the new year and finish out strong.
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