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It’s been about a week or so since I have blogged. I don’t really have a reason why, but I wanted to get back to it today!

Last week I blogged about the scale not budging but losing inches. The day after I wrote that, the scale went down 4 pounds! I have since put back on 2 of those (like, the very next day - UGH!). I am consistantly staying there though so I guess that means I’m down 2 pounds in about 2 weeks. That’s really not great.

Obviously I will take any loss I can get, but I’m still just so confused. I’m taking in 1/2 (if not more) the amount of calories I used to take in and working out 5 days a week when I used to NEVER work out (I might go on a walk with my son, or play with him outside but not truly work out). So what gives? I feel like I should be just dropping the pounds and that’s simply not happening.

I did measure myself last night again and I’m down 2.5″. Great! I know that’s probably what I should really be focusing on but I can’t help but be dissapointed by the numbers on the scale. I am currently taking part in a “Biggest Loser” competition at work (for $$!) so the numbers on the scale is what counts there. They don’t care how many inches I’ve lost - that’s not going to win me the money!

So now for my theory. I have noticed that when I weight myself the morning after I did not work out (but still ate right), it MOVES! In the direction I want it to go too! Is this normal or just a coincidence? I think I’ve noticed it 2 or 3 times so today I’m going to eat really well but not go to the gym and see what it says for tomorrow. I just NEED to know. Has anyone else experienced that???

After I “test my theory” tomorrow morning I am going to make my fiance hide the scale from me until the following Saturday. I really REALLY have to stop weighing myself everday. Seriously!

Have a great weekend buddies!

I was pretty emotional yesterday and it all stemmed to the lack of weight loss. I got some great support from a few buddies on yesterday’s post and I really appreciate that!!! I’m happy to say that when I weighed myself this morning I was down 4 pounds from yesterday morning! Yay!!! I guess I just had to complain about it enough ;)!

I’m trying not to get too excited about it though because I know it could change quickly. Saturday morning is my weigh in so I’ll let that number be the guide. I do have to say that seeing that number on the scale instantly put me in a good mood! It certainly gave me back my motivation to continue (I was wanting to give up  yesterday).

I hope everyone is having a great day and keep up your hard work

I am getting sooooo frustrated. The scale is not going down. In fact, it’s going up. Not a big amount, but it’s still the wrong direction. I’m sticking to my calories and working out every day. I’m trying to not let myself get too upset because I haven’t been on track all that long plus my TOM will be arriving shortly. BUT, on the other side of it, I can remember when I started WW a few years ago I lost over 5 pounds in the first week - now I have GAINED?!

I’ve been doing strength training about 2 - 3 times a week which is something I haven’t done previously when working out so I know someone could argue that I’m building muscle but I have so much fat on me (I’m probably one of the weakest people I know!!) that, in my opinion, that really shouldn’t matter. I should still be losing weight. But I’m trying to stay positive (so I don’t just give up) so I thought I would test that theory last night. I had my fiance measure me again. The last time he did that was on 2/10. Overall I had gained a 1/2″. After I saw that I lost it - I started acting like my toddler! I threw the pen and paper on the floor and just started BAWLING. I was SOOOO upset. I have been going to the gym EVERY DAY and feeling so hungry all day long and what do I have to show for it?! A weight gain on the scale AND in measurements. I was convinced I was done. That was it. I mean what’s the point?! Honestly. My fiance finally calmed me down and convinced me to let him do it again since the first time he was only really half paying attention (Idol was on - that’s his show he CAN NOT miss! Ha!). He paid full attention this time and the result…I had LOST 2.5″ since 2/10. Now I’m still not convinced that’s 100% accurate (I mean come on, that’s a HUGE difference) so I will go with a number inbetween the +.5″ and -2.5″ which, according to my not-so-great math skills, puts me at a 1″ loss. Better than a gain I suppose.

I have convinced myself to not give up because I’m feeling good about myself. I’m sticking to something plus feeling a little better too and that never hurt anyone, right?! I can’t guarentee that in another week or so from now, if the scale still hasn’t gone down, that I won’t have another hissy-fit. Doesn’t the scale know I’m getting married in 2 months?! Why isn’t it cooperating?!

Have a great day, buddies!

So I realize that I haven’t been sticking to this very long (about a week of dedication to eating right and exercising regularly) but I’m already getting super frustrated that I seem to be ALWAYS hungry. Night time is the worst, I am SO hungry by then but I know it’s not good to eat before bed!! I’m also not losing the weight like I feel I should be, especially for how hungry I am all the time! I know that I have never had the best eating habits. I ate mostly carbs, dairy and sugar/fats. Fruits and veggies weren’t always part of my daily eating habits. I have now started to eat much more fruits and veggies on a daily basis while also trying to stay away from sugars/high fat stuff. I’m still not great on the carbs but better.

My typical daily calorie intake has been about 1500 - 1600 calories (although yesterday I had 2009 calories - oops!). I know that’s not a small amount but it’s a LOT less for me. Could that really be why I’m so hungry? I’m just not used to eating so many fewer calories everyday? Will my body adjust? When I work out I burn on average 240 - 300 calories (usually right in between there though).

Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I’d appreciate any feedback!!!

Sometimes I feel like I set myself up for failure. On Friday, I wrote that the weekend was coming and I always seem to lose my focus on weekends. And, I did it again this weekend. It makes me think that since I said it, it was ok for me to do it becuase that’s just “typical” of me to do. I don’t like that. I don’t want to be that predictable. Not only that, but then I gained back the 1.6 pounds that I had lost from doing so well during the week. And was it worth it? No. Now I’m dissapointed in myself. What is wrong with me?! Seriously!

Well, today is Monday and a start of a new week. I know I can do really well because I proved that to myself last week. I also said last week that my mini-goal was to lose 5 pounds by my nieces birthday which is Saturday. I’m REALLY going to have to work at it if I want to reach that goal. Geez, good going Michelle.

I hope all of you had a great weekend and have a great week!

Happy Friday everyone! I LOVE the weekends because that means no work! On the other hand, it also means that I’m not as good at eating well as I am during the week. Here at work I am surrounded by a ton of very healthy people. People that always eat well and work out a lot so I eat better because I feel embarrassed to stuff my face around them while they’re all eating fruits and/or veggies for lunch!!

Already this morning on my drive into work I thought about stopping and getting a yummy coffee or pastry just because it was Friday. How bad is that?! I’m happy to say that I did not cave!! Yay me! Hopefully I can keep that up the entire weekend (wish me luck!).

I am proud to say that yesterday was day 2 of staying within my calorie range and working out. I’m proud of myself for that! Although I did step on the scale again this morning and it hasn’t budged. Again, i want that INSTANT gratification! I should really not weight myself every day but I can’t seem to stop myself!! I literally weigh myself at LEAST 3 times a day. I only really take the 1st weigh-in of the day seriously but I still can’t keep myself off the dang thing! Does anyone else do that?!

I hope everyone else is doing well on their journey! Have a great Friday!

That’s what I have to keep telling myself - “One day at a time”. I’m not very good at that way of thinking. I want results NOW. I feel like I put in a days worth of good eating and working out so I should see some results, right?! Now I know that’s rediculous and unrealistic but I can’t seem to train my brain to stop thinking like that! But I want to try.

So, today I’m going to tell myself that I had a GREAT day yesterday - I stayed within my calorie range and I went to the gym. At the gym I (briskly!) walked on the treadmill for 40 minutes and did weights. That’s exactly what I should be doing every day (well, minus the weights. I only plan on doing those 2 or 3 times a week). I’m going to make sure that today is another good day. Then I will have 2 good days in a row! Maybe it will get easier the more days in a row I have? I hope so.

Thank you, buddies for all of the support. I appreciate it! Your comments and your blogs help to keep me motivated and inspired! I hope you all have a wonderful day

I am in a really good and positive mood today. Not really sure why, but I won’t question it! I have decided that I am setting a new goal for myself. I am the type of person that wants INSTANT gratification so this goal is a short one. I am going to lose 5 pounds my my neices birthday party which is on the 27th. I have more than enough weight to lose so if I really stick to it, it should be easily reached.

I have eaten a pretty good breakfast this morning and, as sad as this is, I am very proud of myself because I haven’t gotten my coffee (the naughty stuff I keep writing about - Caramel coolers from Caribou). I have had one every single day for the last week and I’ve decided I am done doing that! I am still going to treat myself probably once a week or so (but no more than once a week). Not to mention I am going broke because of that horrible habit!

I hope I can keep this positive attitude because it motivates me to work on myself and my weight loss.  

I had an AWESOME 3-day weekend! I just wish I could say the same for my diet. I am (once again) not proud of myself but I have still managed to lose 2 pounds from last week. I honestly don’t know how, and I am fully aware that it will probably catch up to me soon, but for now I will take it!

I also went to the store over the weekend to buy new jeans. The ones I had were too big (they have been for a while) so I decided to finally buy new ones. The ones I had were a size 16 so I went looking for 14’s. All the 14’s I saw on the rack looked too big so I also grabbed a coupld 12’s just in case. Well, I was right - the 14’s were too big! I thought maybe it was just that brand but I would try a 12 anyway, they fit perfectly. Again, i thought maybe the brand just ran big but I tried on 3 different brands in size 12’s with the same result! Needless to say I was happy I have other size 12 pants at home (pre-pregnancy clothes that I keep swearing i will get back into soon - my son is almost 2 by the way) so after i got back from the store I tried some of them on, none of them fit. So maybe it was just a fluke but either way I know i’m a 14 now, no longer a 16. I have to keep telling myself the postives and try not to focus on the negatives. That won’t get me anywhere.

 The 2 pound weight loss was a good thing for me, I think it will help me to get on track this week. It’s such a GREAT feeling to lose weight!

Well, I had a really good day 2 days ago. I FINALLY got back to the gym (and it felt great) and I ate really well! The morning after I got on the scale and was down a pound!

Yesterday started out well but I had to run an errand for work to Caribou Coffee (that is by far my biggest weakness) and of course I got something. What the heck is wrong with me?! I need willpower!! Now, I knew that wasn’t the end of the world and I could continue to eat well the rest of the day and I probably would have stayed within my calorie range but my fiance really wanted Domino’s Pizza for dinner. I’m not a big pizza person but I’ll eat it if it’s there and I’m hungry (which I was). I only had oen piece but he got me breadsticks (YUM!) and of course, I had 3 of those. So yesterday was totally ruined. Not to mention I never made it to the gym yesterday either. Needless to say when I got on the scale this morning, I found that pound I lost the day before!

Today I had a good breakfast but already had a set-back by eating 5 Dove milk chocolate hearts. It was like I just kept opeing the wrappers and eating them without even THINKING. Before I realized it, I had eaten 5! Yikes! I just have to tell myself it was just a set-back and it doesn’t mean that I have “screwed” the whole day. That’s typically how I think - “well, I guess i just ruined today’s diet. Might as well continue to eat like crap then” but I’m going to try and do and think differently. Baby steps, right? The challenge I have tonight is that my finance and I are going on a date to an Italian Restaraunt. I LOVE italian food! Pasta = yummy!!! I know I will consume more calories than I should so I HAVE to eat well until then.

 Wow, I guess I’m really not doing that good. Hopefully I can (once again) get back on track tomorrow. Much  more time for the gym on weekends so there is absoluetly no excuse not to go. I can and will do it!