After Christmas.....

So this morning I weighed in at 171.4, and I am now at 30.2 pounds and 29 weeks pregnant. My latest goal is to stay around or under 40 pounds total so I have 10 pounds to go and 11 weeks. I don't think it should be so hard with the holidays ending and having less treats around. There is still birthdays galore in my family in January, and February as well as Valentine's Day but at least it isn't entire months of treats, just a day here and there.

Overall, I'm feeling pretty good. Plus, with taking drugs this pregnancy which allowed me to eat more and not ever throw up besides getting sick in California, adding an additional 10 pounds is not that crazy to me :) Also, I am completely done with Zofran. I did fill another prescription in case I need a pill here and there but so far, I am feeling better digestively and I'm not too nauseated if I take it easy and keep eating.

Earlier this month I was feeling pretty sick every day (I wrote about it on my family blog) and I finally went to the doctor. I found out I had a bladder infection and was so relieved that my symptoms were not here to stay for the next 3 months. I felt extremely uneasy, and just terrible, especially in the afternoon and evening. It was rough! Now that I'm about done with the antibiotics, life is getting much better and I feel better prepared to handle the 3rd trimester.

Feeling better

Well, I really stepped up the healthier eating and exercising and my weight evened out a little. I lost a little weight but I don't think this is bad since I needed to control it a little better. I weighed in at 7.6 pounds in 5 weeks, which was less than the 10 pounds I had predicted. When I asked the doctor about my weight gain he just laughed and said I am doing just great, measuring right on and he likes healthy moms. I also talked to 2 of my sister-in-laws who have had him as a doctor and they both said he doesn't care how much weight you gain as long as you pass your glucose test which is the next time I go in.

I can now breathe a little easier, eat a few more treats and enjoy my holidays! I am going to try and not overdo it but eating some extras is definitely on my list!

Grrrr

How is it possible that I gain weight EVERY SINGLE DAY??? I understand that I should gain a pound a week, but I seem to gain a pound every few days. It's starting to make me feel down. Now I know yesterday was Thanksgiving and I did eat a lot for lunch, and then had pie and a snack before bed, went to bed weighing a lot and woke up weighing a lot. Then today I went shopping from 4:30 AM to 2:30 PM, lots and lots of walking and moving around. Plus I ate pretty normal and I weigh more tonight than last night when I was stuffed!

This is hard for me. When I go to my doctor's appt on Thursday I am pretty sure I will have gained 10 pounds in the last 5 weeks. My doctor is probably pretty easy going about weight gain, but I still worry about getting a lecture. My first doctor didn't want me to gain more than 20-25 pounds so he would tell me I was gaining too much and put the guilt on (I did gain 30 by the way). He said women were eating too much, gaining too much weight, having big babies and having more C-sections than were necessary. I guess it has stuck with me because now I worry about gaining too much with each subsequent pregnancy. I remember after I would weigh in with my first doctor, I would get Burger King on the way home, the only time I would dare eat that kind of fried food for fear of weighing too much!

Sorry for the rambling, I am just feeling a little frustrated and down about my weight gain, it's hard for me to deal with right now! I should probably talk to my sister-in-law who had 2 babies with this doctor and possibly gained as much as I'm gaining. Did any of you ever weigh 10 pounds at a checkup and did you doctor question it? I am especially nervous going into the holidays and having my next weigh-in in January since I know it will probably be a lot again. Makes it kind of hard to enjoy all of the sweets that are sure to head my way soon from parties and neighbors!!

Alright, I am going to eat a snack and go to bed. Maybe I'll feel better in the morning or maybe I should throw away my scale.

Well, I've hit 20....

So, I've finally hit 20 pounds. My doctor is determined to stick with the March 17th due date so that means I am 22 weeks tomorrow. I don't think I'll follow the trend to only gain 30 pounds with this baby like I did with Timmy and Allie. That's okay, I don't really mind but I hope to not go too much over the recommended 35 pounds. I think I'll be bummed if I gain more than 40 but I'm hoping with only 18 weeks to go that I will stay under 20 additional pounds. If I gain a pound a week, I'll be around 38 and that's okay with me. Well, here's to good eating and I certainly eat a lot these days!!

After vacation weigh in

Well, if anyone has followed me on Facebook, you know my trip to California was full of eating out but also full of throwing up and illness. When I left I weighed around 159 and this morning I was at 158.0. It's not too surprising that I lost weight after feeling so crappy for days and eating hardly any sugar. My doctor's appt to weigh in is on Thursday but I know I've still gained more than the recommended 4 pounds for 4 weeks, oh well.

On the plus side, we find out what we are having on Thursday also, yay!

My body has a mind of its own

Gaining weight for pregnancy has been hard on me this time. I still never want to gain any weight and while it happens, I still don't like it. I especially don't like it when my body decides to gain a lot in a short amount of time instead of really gradually. For example, when I woke up on Tuesday I weighed in around 153.2 like I had been for a while. Now today, only 3 days later, I weigh 155. I went up 1.8 pounds in just 3 days! I keep feeling like this is temporary but I have a feeling it's not and the baby just must be growing or I'm growing larger besides just baby weight :)

Anyway, that's all for now. I am still shooting to only gain 30-35 pounds with this baby but I don't know if I'll pull that off. If not, well, at least I know I'm not alone!

After vacation weigh in

Last week we joined our McMurray family in Jackson Hole for our annual fall vacation. We had a really fun time besides Timmy getting sick for 2 days so I spent one day of my vacation at home taking care of Tim and my brother-in-law who hurt his pelvis and couldn't really move.

I wasn't sure if I would gain weight on this trip because I knew I would eat hearty meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as snacks and most lunches included dessert as well as dinner. However, I knew we would be hiking and shopping and moving around a lot. I am pleased to announce that I actually lost weight on this trip which is a good thing because I believe I have been plugged up with constipation and finally felt like I got it under control. When I left I was 154 and this morning I was only 153.2. This is good because I know I'm going to the doctor again next week and I really didn't want to gain more than a pound a week to avoid a possible lecture.

Anyway, I still probably care too much about weight gain but it's hard to get out of this mindset when my mind was on it every day for 9 months. Plus, I am not really sure how strict my doctor is on weight gain, he probably isn't very picky but I don't really know with so few visits under my belt.

As for exercise, I did exercise on Monday and I think it may have set my back in motion to feel out of place because by Tuesday night after packing all day, I was hurting pretty good. Justin rubbed it pretty good Wed. night and it felt better the next day. I also did some good hikes with the family which was fun and exercise. Hopefully more to come this week but I have a headache this morning that I need to get under control first.

Exercise

Well, I finally started exercising again! Doctors say it can help with weight gain and even lessen morning sickness some so now that I'm feeling a little better, (well, not really) I need to do something to make me feel better. So, I pulled out my 5 mile walking video and did 30 minutes total which was just over 2 miles at an easy pace. I didn't exactly feel the nausea leave when exercising but it didn't increase either and I have felt fine afterwards so I think it will be something I now continue on a regular basis.

Hopefully it will help me gain a reasonable amount since I am on meds which make me not throw up so I am gaining more than my previous pregnancies. Oh the joys of pregnancy!

Update

Well, I was right on track to only gain 10 pounds in the first trimester, and I figured that was a good goal so that I didn't let myself gain too much, but I went a little over. I was seriously a little under 10 pounds only 2 days before 12 weeks but then I gained a pound in a day, lucky me! Oh well, I'm still hoping to not gain too much this pregnancy, but if I do, oh well. I keep going back and forth between not caring and then caring too much!

My doctor does not seem to be much of a stickler on weight gain, but his nurse seems to care more, although she has never had any kids and doesn't truly understand nausea and eating etc. Since she is the one who does my weigh-ins, I may have to listen to her lectures in the future. Who knows, maybe not but when I first went in she said I could gain between 20-30 pounds and now it's down to 15-20 after the first trimester, ya right! So, we'll see what reality is :)

The Other Direction

Well, Raphael has gone home and I would normally say that I am going to eat better, exercise more, blah blah blah, but that will not happen! The reason is, I'm pregnant! I have known for almost 5 weeks now so I think I'm about 8 1/2 weeks along. I am going to the doctor on Tuesday and he will be better able to determine a due date but my best guess is March 20-22.

I am excited but already feeling sick and it is no fun. So far, no throwing up yet but it is probably time to start. With both of my other kids, I got sick at 6 weeks and starting throwing up just before 9 weeks so it's time....ugggh! As for exercising, that's pretty much gone up in flames because let's be honest, who wants to exercise when you feel nauseated, uh, no one! When it comes to eating, I'm a pig! I have NEVER felt so hungry with a pregnancy before and I have already gained I think 8 pounds in 5 weeks. Not a great sign to stay around a 30 pound weight gain like I did with my other kids :) What can I say, I can't help it, I'm starving all the time so food is necessary.

I am really hoping that after the first trimester, the crazy hunger abates and I can go back to eating just a little more than normal instead of a meal every 2-3 hours. For example, this morning I have already had 2 eggs, 2 glasses of milk, a plain Eggo waffle, half an apple and ramen noodles with some corn and melted cheese. This is all before 11 AM, yikes! In some ways, I consider these free pounds because I have not been to the doc yet and he hasn't started monitoring weight yet. They won't feel so free after the baby's born though :)

Oh well, here's to a healthy baby!

Off and on track!

Since I knew I was taking a break, I have really taken a break! As a result, the weight has started to pile on and I really need to buckle down and cut down on the sweets! So, today is starting my non-sweets day and hopefully will continue at least during the week days.

In some ways I really like losing weight and staying accountable. However, when I give myself a little break, I ALWAYS go overboard and eat waaaaaaay more than I should. In some ways, I wonder if these ups and downs are really good for me and the answer is probably not. If only I could find a good balance where I didn't feel so deprived of so many foods so I didn't gorge on them during my breaks. Still working on the answer to this one......

Friday Morning Weigh-In

This morning I weighed in at 140.8. This is up again, 0.4 pounds. I am still trying to find that motivation that I lost and it hasn't quite come back yet! This week was full of house fix-up projects and so I did exercise most days, and those I didn't, I was doing lots of busy work namely prepping for paint and painting. I am not going to weigh in for the next while since we are having a foreign exchange student come and I will be going everywhere and eating everywhere and I'm not sure how much I'll be able to exercise. He will leave mid August so until then, good luck!

How are you doing?

Friday Morning Weigh-In

This morning I weighed in at 140.4 which is up 0.4 pounds. What can I say, I love to stay right around 140! This week I exercised well but I didn't eat so well. After a crazy holiday weekend with lots of food, I had a hard time getting back on the healthy band wagon this week. Oh well, we'll see if the motivation comes back soon!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

This morning I weighed in at 140. This is down 0.6 pounds from last week, yay! I finally made it back to 140 but I want to ultimately get to 135 so I have some wiggle room. I have mentioned before, but I really like being below 140 so I am really close now :) I know I can do it! I am glad to be down 2.2 pounds from my trip in May (pathetic, I know!) but I am slowly doing it.

I need to find a reward that is not food that is really motivating to me. I love food, so it really is my biggest reward such as going out to eat whenever something big happens in my life! I love baby showers, wedding showers, farewells, homecomings, baby blessings, celebrations, birthdays, Christmas treats, girls night outs, date nights, graduations, etc. Basically anything that includes a good spread of food is happiness to me!

My last goal when I was losing weight and exercising 5 times a week at the beginning of the year was going on a date night every 2 weeks. Maybe I'll pick that up again, I really enjoyed that! With Justin done with school, this should be no problem now.

One other thing I have always wanted to do is fit back in my wedding dress. I really have no idea how much I weighed when I got married but I have never been able to wear my dress again after about 6 months into my marriage. I am guessing I weighed around 130, because when I got down to 136 I was close, but still not quite. I am pleased though that I am down 10 pounds from where I was last year, and it feels good! I don't think at this point I can ever be 150 again and be really happy with the way my body looks. I remember when I weighed in when I got pregnant with Allison, I was 153 so I'm feeling pretty good right now about my weight :)

UPDATE: I just weighed in after exercising and before lunch and I was 139.4, yay!!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

Well, this morning I was 140.6 which is a 0.2 pound weight gain. I did really, really well this week until yesterday. I bought party food for Justin's graduation LAN party on Saturday night and my kids begged me to open the Cheetos so I gave in. As a result, I kept snacking on them all day! Then I had a R.S. Luau to go to at 6:30 which meant we really wouldn't eat until 7:00 so I made my kids Mac N Cheese at 5:15. I proceeded to eat probably 1/3 of the box with them which was around 300 extra calories to add to my Cheetos. Hey, I was hungry! Then I had a big dinner and ate most of my pie so all in all, not a great day for eating well and definitely some extra calories consumed.

Oh well, I really don't feel like this day set me back, it was just a fun eating day and you need those some times!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

This morning I weighed in at 140.4, really close to 140 and down 0.4 pounds. Wow, I really had to work hard this week to lose weight! Last weekend I completely pigged out and ate all day Friday and Saturday and ended up gaining 2 pounds which I had to work really hard and eat really well to lose. So, instead of pigging out today, I am going to eat normal food if I get hungry but not overdo it. Basically, I just don't want to feel hungry over the weekend but not pig out either. Plus, I have a wedding reception tonight and that will mean a treat :)

I'm still enjoying my new exercise videos. After going through all of them, I really like my walking one and my cardio inferno one, but I dislike the dance one and the power mile one is just okay. However, once you open a movie, there are no returns so maybe I'll pull them out again the future and give them another try when I get bored with my current videos.

Happy Weekend!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

This morning I weighed in at 140.8 which is down 1 pound, yay! I have really tried to eat better and exercise this week. Plus with my new exercise videos, I am having some new fun! My favorite so far is a 5 mile walking video which is fun, easy and keeps you going. It's hard to believe you are really walking as many miles as it says but I'll take it! The video is done by Leslie Sansone and she is really quirky and fun :) I have now tried 2 of my 5 new workout DVD's so I have some new ones to still try out next week.

Here's to being below 140 next week, hooray!

New Motivation

I decided that because my weight has become pretty stagnant and my eating choices have been less than stellar, I needed to shake things up a bit. I started by buying 5 new workout DVD's! 2 were on clearance and I decided to just take my allowance and buy something to get me motivated again besides the 2 I always use plus my treadmill.

I bought everything from walking workouts, overall body workouts to dance workouts and we'll see if I even like them. I tried a new 30 minute total body workout today and it was fun although they didn't really explain the moves very well and moved on rather quickly but that made the time fly by :)

Friday Morning Weigh-In

Well, this morning I weighed in at 141.8 which is a 0.2 pound weight loss, oh yeah! Well, I still have not completely talked myself into regular exercise and eating healthy. I am usually good for a day, bad for a day etc. Plus I have had all sorts of opportunities to eat badly and they continue at least into next week!

This week on Monday it was Memorial Day and I had Carl's Jr for lunch and dutch oven chicken and homemade ice cream/cookies for dinner. Tuesday I was really good until I ate that box of granola bars, lol! On Wednesday I worked out A LOT (yard work and mowed the lawn and a 3.5 mile hike) and then Justin and I went out to eat at a Mongolian restaurant and stuffed ourselves! Then on Thursday it was my brother's high school graduation so I ate out Wendy's for lunch and then had dinner at the Mayan. Then I went to a friend's wedding reception and had desserts :) I suppose I can eat well today, tomorrow and Sunday and then Monday it is my anniversary and we are going out to eat of course! Oh well, one day I will really decide to commit. Until then, I just really want to get back down to 140. So close but so far, lol!

I'm a pig!!

So, yesterday I bought these chocolate covered peanut butter granola bars and ate the whole box. Just thought you should know that I'm a pig :)

Friday Morning Weigh-In

Well, I was at 142 this morning which is a 0.4 weight gain. However, I don't consider myself a complete failure since Monday morning I was at 142.8 after the partying I did over the weekend. I actually did really well eating and exercising on Monday-Wednesday although Thursday was not stellar! On Thursday I ate a good breakfast and lunch but went out to eat at Arctic Circle for dinner and then hosted a book swap/girl's night at my house and made chocolate mousse cake, yum! Yeah, so needless to say I gained weight after yesterday's eating because I was at 141.4 on Thursday morning. Oh well, it was oh so tasty!

Really going to do it!

Well, I didn't really jump back on the bandwagon this weekend, there were too many opportunities to eat badly with parties and Sunday dinners where I'm assigned to bring dessert. Oh well, write it off and start again tomorrow! My next goal, lose a few pounds for my anniversary in June! It's coming right up on June 7th so I really need to get my butt in gear to slim down a few pounds. Here I go again for real this time.

(I feel more motivated today than I did on Friday. I usually feel more motivated when I've eaten badly for a long time and start to feel crappy which is how I feel RIGHT NOW!)

Friday Morning Weigh-In

This morning I weighed in at 141.6 which is down 0.6 pounds. However, I did not deserve to lose weight this week because I did not eat very well most days and did not exercise much. In fact, today was the first formal workout I've done all week. I mentioned this to my neighbor and she attributed it to the fact that I have raised my metabolism throughout the last few months so I am able to maintain my weight more easily even when indulging some. Plus, I probably have built up some muscles which haven't completely disappeared yet! At any rate, I feel that this will catch up to me soon if I don't take control again.

Today I am beginning again to eat well and exercise. I don't feel my motivation is as high as the beginning of the year but I am going to try to get below 140 and at least stay there. One thing is for sure though, I don't think I'll ever be satisfied to be at 150 anymore when I feel so good at 140.

Thanks for reading!

Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!

So, I was doing so well today. I tracked calories and was right around 1,000 before dinner and then ate a healthy dinner. I then find out my neighbor has left me a treat on the front porch to thank me for subbing for her on Mother's Day. Six very yummy cookies were there and yes, I ate every one! Allison is sick with the flu so I had to hide them from her or she would've definitely eaten a few with me. I offered Tim one and he had a tiny nibble and that's it. I really have no self control when a yummy treat is right in front of me. Perhaps tomorrow eh?

Vacations are Over!

I originally started this weight loss to look good on vacation and my vacations are over! This morning I weighed in at 142.2 which is a 3.2 gain over the past week. I must admit though, I totally stuffed myself and ate all sorts of food and desserts, it was nice but my body paid for it!

I am still going to try and eat well and exercise, but once I reach under 140 I will just try to maintain the weight instead of losing more. I would love to get down to 130 but that is going to take some work and a lot of patience. I believe I will keep doing Friday morning weigh-ins for now to motivate me to take off these vacation pounds!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

Well, I was at 139 this morning which is down 0.6 pounds. I don't know how I possibly lost weight this week when I was still eating in vacation mode. I'm not joking, I ate waaaaaayyy too much every day but still lost weight. Perhaps my body thought it was 18 again? At any rate, I'll take it! Next week I have another vacation so eating will not be great again. After that I plan to really start up again and eat well. Not just to lose weight, but to feel good and take care of my body. I am starting to feel a little blah from all of the junk food I've been consuming lately.

Also, I couldn't seem to get back into my regular exercise routine after my sickness and vacation. On Monday I did a regular workout but then on Tuesday I trimmed my yard for an hour and a half, Wednesday I mowed my lawn for an hour and Thursday I played on bounce houses on and off for 3 hours.

As a side note, I took my kids to Kangaroo Zoo yesterday which has a ton of bounce houses and slides. The new regulations require a person to weigh 150 or less and I was able to get on and play with my kids with no worries! Hooray for being 11 pounds less than the required amount which has not always been the case for me in the past 7 years!!

Monday Morning Update

So, I called my doctor last Monday and requested amoxicillin instead of penicillin and he called it into the pharmacy for me. I talked to my sister in law who is a pharmacist and she confirmed that penicillin can be hard on your stomach and amoxicillin is usually better tolerated. Well, the rest of the week I just rested, no exercise and then went to Zion National Park. I ate treats the whole time, and we ate out every meal except the continental breakfasts which consisted of surgery cereal and donuts :)

With all of the crazy eating and driving and hiking, I thought I would gain a lot but I didn't. Yesterday I was 139.4 and this morning I was 139.6 which is fine with me, I'll take it. I'm going to really try and eat well this week although I am still feeling in vacation mode. Next week however I'm headed to San Diego and will not be eating great once again. I'll check in on Friday. Bye!

Still sick

Well, in some ways I have improved and in some ways I have worsened. I am definitely not as worn out but I am still nauseated (from the meds I believe). I also have a much more tender throat and my ears are hurting me like crazy. Because I've been so nauseated I have had to eat during the night and every 2 hours like I do when I'm pregnant which is not so great for weight loss. The food that helps me the most is eating peanut butter on a piece of wheat bread which alone is 200 calories! Oh well, I will be back with my healthy living resolve after the vacations are done. If I feel better I may be back sooner but I'll just have to wait and see. Thanks!

Saturday Morning Weigh-in

I didn't write a post yesterday because I was too sick to do anything really. This morning I weighed in at 138.2 which is a 0.4 weight loss. This has been a very weird week for me. Here's how it went.

On Monday I did some serious lower body strength training. Then on Tuesday I was going to do some aerobic activity followed by upper body strength training and then repeat on Wednesday and Thursday alternating between lower and upper. Well, after my strength training on Monday, I could barely move for a few days! So on Tuesday I just did some low key jogging/walking. On Wednesday I was still sore but a little better so I did a little harder aerobic exercises and a little bit of strength training. On Thursday I did an hour's worth of yard work and went swimming that evening.

I started to notice and even googled this, but I was retaining water after my lower body strength training. This was due to the fact that I didn't drink enough on Monday and Tuesday so I started retaining water to help my muscles heal. Since I wasn't losing any weight and even gaining, I drank a lot of water on Thursday and it really, really helped!

Then on Thursday night about 9 PM I noticed my tonsils were starting to feel yucky and I ended up with a fever all night long. I was sooooo sick yesterday that I couldn't even get out of bed without feeling like I was going to pass out. This has been by far the WORST case of strep throat I have ever had. I have even been really nauseated with this illness, it stinks!

Oh well, this morning I am feeling a little better, not great by any means but able to get out of bed at least. Oh, and next week will probably be my last weigh-in for a while since I have 2 vacations coming up in May. Of course that depends on this illness and if I can even eat normally and exercise next week. If I stay nauseated then I will need to eat when I need to eat and probably won't exercise. Perhaps I'll check in on Monday and give another update then.

Thursday Morning Weigh-in

So, I weighed in this morning at 138.6. I guess I just needed some rest last night! I went to bed around 10:00 and woke up feeling pretty good. I wasn't going to weigh in but I couldn't resist and I'm not sad about my choice!

No weigh in

So, I am not going to weigh in this week. I am not feeling great this week so I'm not going to exercise today. Tomorrow I am going out to eat with my family and then going to a book swap in the evening which always promises yummy food so I don't really want to weigh in on Friday morning after that! I was going to weigh in tomorrow but without exercising today, who knows what I'll be!

Until next week.....

Actually, I will probably weigh in tomorrow anyway just to see but if I haven't budged much (which has been the story all week) then that will be that. The scale really likes to stay solid at 139.8.

Thursday morning weigh-in

I was 139.8 this morning. I think my body likes being 140 since I've been there for at least a month or more it seems. Oh well, it's a good weight to be. If I never make it to 135 then good riddance!

Addicted to Food

This weight loss thing is really hard for me. I seem to keep my resolve to eat healthy for only 2-3 days at a time right now! At the beginning, I managed to eat well at least 5-6 times a week and only have junk once or twice on the weekends. Now I just look forward to eating whatever I want on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and exercising hard Mon-Thurs and then weighing in on Fridays. Even eating well for 4 days is getting hard for me.

I guess it is expected after following this plan for 3 months. How do people completely change and follow healthy eating forever and want their bodies to only consume healthy, good for them food? I wish I were one of those people who didn't obsess about food and dream of baking all day and eating creamy, cheesy, sweet deliciousness all the time!

Ugggh

My wrist was hurting a bit again this weekend so I decided to take another pill yesterday and what do ya know? I gained a pound overnight, lucky me. I definitely have a love/hate relationship with those anti-inflammatory pills! They make my wrist feel so much better but I sure do hate gaining a pound a day! Perhaps if I took them until my wrist was 100% and didn't care about the weight gain, then I could be done with this issue forever. Hmmmm, what a dilemma.

Who knew you could go to bed weighing one amount and wake up and weigh more, only me! What happened to burning calories when you sleep??

FYI

I am going to do my weigh in this week on Thursday morning. It is Timmy's birthday and I'm sure I'm going to eat crazy food so I'd rather not weigh in on Friday after eating junk like cocoa puffs with half and half, lunch at a playground fast food place and pizza, breadsticks, cake and ice cream for dinner!

Also, I did eat crazy all weekend long and told myself if I didn't gain a pound, then I didn't eat enough! I was at 139.8 this morning :) However, I ate soooo much junk yesterday that I just got sick in the evening, no fun!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

This morning I weighed in at 139, woo hoo! It's going to be tough to stay this low with this nice lovely holiday weekend coming up. I have an Easter party at my Mom's house tomorrow, and then a BBQ and ice cream/cookie party at my grandparent's house on Saturday night. Not to mention treats and candy on Easter and a huge turkey dinner at my in-laws on Sunday evening. Portion control or eat crazy all weekend and work my butt off next week? Hmmmmm. Probably the latter choice!

Yay!

I weighed in this morning like I do every morning, and I was 139.4. The lowest I have ever seen the scale when not doing my crazy diet in years! I am pretty stoked. If it is lower tomorrow, I will post then but I am happy about this today!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

This morning I weighed in at 140.8. I think I'm doomed to never reach the 130's and stay there! Oh well. This week I tried to eat well most days but on Wednesday I didn't (and I didn't exercise, which was the first time I didn't on a weekday in about 2 months!) and it seemed to undo the rest of the week! Here's to next week I guess!

One of the reasons I am struggling with really following the healthy living plan is that I like how I look at 140. If I get smaller, it's great, but I don't feel that I look fat at 140. Hmmmm, however in order to eat crazy on vacations in May, I will have to lose a little more to be able to gain it back and be where I want to be still. You see, it makes sense eh?

New healthy living website

I have decided that healthy living and weight loss was taking over my family blog, so I have decided to create this new blog. I have transferred over my posts from my previous blog so that I can keep it all together and put the dates on from the original posts. Here I go again!

Thanks

I figured it out.....

March 20, 2010

So, I know why I gained weight. It occurred to me last night and now I feel better! I mentioned that I weighed 140 on Wednesday and then by Friday I was up almost 3 pounds. Well, this is because I started taking a medication on Wednesday and one of the side effects is sudden and/or unexplained weight gain. At least, it wasn't all me! Phew!

I started this anti-inflammatory medication for my wrist. I hurt my wrist during Labor Day weekend last August and it has been bugging me ever since. I finally went to the doc this week and it is a ligament problem, not a broken bone. He prescribed me this medicine and it has really helped my wrist, and helped me gain weight, lucky me!

Hmmmmm

March 19, 2010

This morning I weighed in at 142.8 which is up 2.2 pounds from last week. This is bizarre because on Wednesday morning I was at 140.0. I don't know how I managed to pull off an almost 3 pound weight gain in 2 days, but apparently my body doesn't always make sense. I'm hoping that it will just go back down easily but we'll see! Oh well, keep moving forward. Just to be clear, I didn't eat spectacular the last few days, but it wasn't 10,000 extra calories worth, sheesh! It was maybe, maybe 1,000 extra calories worth which would not even equal half a pound!

Update: I just weighed myself after eating breakfast and exercising and I was 141.6. Hmmm, whatever!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

March 12, 2010

This morning I was 140.6, up 0.8 pounds from last week. No biggie, this has been a crazy week for me and I didn't even track calories or try to eat really well. Lots of treats in other words! Oh well, there's always next week :)

By the way......

March 9, 2010

I am taking this week off from healthy living! Too much stress with watching extra kids all week. I am at least exercising every day :) Oh well, there's always next week to do better!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

March 5, 2010

This week was better. I weighed in this morning at 139.8. Finally, under 140 without doing my crazy yeast free diet! This week had its ups and downs. I ate really, really bad on Saturday. I went to a R.S. breakfast and had some breakfast casserole and a muffin and juice. Then for lunch I ate at the Salt Lake Council of Women luncheon catered by a hotel and had dessert, yum! Then I went with my mom and sister to a movie and had movie popcorn with butter. (I never get butter on my popcorn but my mom ordered it.) Then we went out to eat with some friends at an Italian restaurant, and then got ice cream at Nielsen's Frozen Custard. Wow, I thought I was going to explode!

On Sunday I didn't eat really well, but I ate in moderation and then the rest of the week I did pretty good! I have decided to lose weight a little more slowly and eat a little more. I think I'll survive this eating plan a little longer. Thanks for all of the encouragement and compliments, it makes this whole eating better/exercising thing worth it!

Oh, and on Monday, I didn't get takeout for our anniversary of getting engaged dinner. My in-laws invited us over for dinner and FHE because my brother-in-law was in town from PA.

Well, here it is.....

February 26, 2010

I weighed in this morning at 140.8. This is up 0.6 pounds from last week, but as I mentioned in my last post, it's okay. I am actually pleased to just be in the 140's again since I haven't see that since my last weigh-in. I did not eat well all weekend and it's been a struggle to just get back to the 140's. What can I say, I LOVE food!

I'm starting.....

February 25, 2010

to lose motivation! I feel hungry a lot and that is partly due to the fact that I'm eating too much on the weekends, gaining weight, and then trying to lose it all plus more during the week! Ahhhh, maybe I'll have to slow down the weight loss a little so that I can feel a little more normal. I'm pretty sure by tomorrow I'll have gained weight and not lost. Oh well, 2 steps forward, 1 step back!

This weekend is going to be hard too! Friday night is game night with chocolate, and Saturday I'll be eating out all 3 meals! In the morning is the R.S. breakfast, then a hotel catered lunch for the SLCW, then we are going out with some friends for dinner at an Italian restaurant. Then Sunday is Allie's birthday which means birthday cereal, corn dogs, mac n cheese and cake and ice cream. Just don't eat some of that you may say, but I love all of those except maybe cake and ice cream. They are just okay. Then on Monday I was planning to get takeout to celebrate my 7 year anniversary from getting engaged! I wanted to go to Tio's for dinner since that's where we went 7 years ago, but that just won't happen so I was going to order Mexican takeout. Ahhh, how will I ever succeed now!!! I guess smaller portions, but still, that's hard!!

One more reason that I've lost motivation is that I'm at the weight I like to be. In the low 140's makes me feel good and I like how I look. I want to lose a little more to have some wiggle room because if I gain 5 pounds right now, I feel like my face looks fat, lol!

I really should just make a weight loss blog so that it doesn't take over my regular life blog.

Friday Morning Weigh-In

February 19, 2010

This week was a good one! I weighed in this morning at 140.2 which is down 2.2 pounds from last week. I allowed myself to eat bad on Sunday but then Monday through Thursday I exercised every day and ate really healthy. I also ate fewer calories (between 1400-1500 a day) and it paid off, woo hoo! This system is really working for me. I must say I am definitely past the point in my life where I can eat anything and not gain weight. If I eat badly one day, the scale will definitely show it the next day. Ahhh metabolism, I heard you started to go down when I got older but it is sad to see it as reality!

I just discovered something really cool this morning. It is a recipe analyzer and allows you to enter the foods in a recipe and how many servings and then will give you the calorie count etc, totally cool! There have been many times I have no idea how many calories I am eating for dinner because I make my own family recipes which don't have calories per serving associated with them!

http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php

Friday Morning Weigh-In

February 12, 2010

This morning I weighed in at 142.4 which is only a 0.4 lb weight loss. This week was tough and I started to lose momentum and motivation. Several things went into this week being tough.

There was Super Bowl Sunday, and then on Tuesday I went to Park City and had a big Mrs. Fields cookie and ate out at Taco Bell. On Wednesday it was Justin's birthday and we ate out lunch at Carl's Jr and he brought me some yummy cake from work. Then we had a yummy chicken cordon bleu dinner with more cake and ice cream! Then on Thursday I went to book swap and had a scone and some peanut m&m's. Overall, not a very healthy week, but I still want to eat well and I'm still exercising every day. Here's to a better week next week! Good luck to me with Valentine's this weekend....

Friday Morning Weigh-In

February 5, 2010

This morning I weighed in at 142.8 which is down 1.2 pounds from last Friday :) For this post, I am going to share what I am doing each day and week to eat well and exercise just so I document it for myself.

Each morning I have cereal for breakfast, typically Honey & Oat Blenders. I have a double serving (1.5 cups) and 3/4 cup skim milk which equals 308 calories. I measure every morning! This will usually tide me over until lunch. If not I eat some fruit (50-100 calories) or a 100 calorie granola bar.

For lunch I have Progresso light soups and eat the whole can which is typically 120-160 calories. Then I have bread and butter with it or fruit. I also eat salmon (100 calories) with a cup of broccoli (35 calories) and a cup of cauliflower (28 calories). I also like Sam's Club frozen Parmesan coated Tilapia which is 230 calories with some veggies or fruit. I also love eating wheat penne noodles with a little cheese and spaghetti sauce. My lunch typically runs me 300-500 calories. Then I usually have some wiggle room for a snack in the afternoon. I usually eat cereal, granola bars, fruit or popcorn for a snack. My goal is to be right around 1,000 calories going into dinner so that I can have a larger dinner of 600-700 calories. I try to stay between 1600 and 1700 calories each day.

For dinner, I just make any of my regular dinners and try not to overeat. This is definitely my biggest meal and I really enjoy having one meal where I am totally full! I usually don't count calories because I don't know the calories of all my dinners but I figure if I leave myself 700 calories and eat at home, I probably won't go over!

If I ever want to have a treat, I just save some calories for a treat and have a smaller calorie dinner like fish, brown rice and veggies. Or I have a smaller calorie lunch and eat a treat to finish up my calories to 1,000 before dinner :)

This probably sounds exhausting but it really isn't! Once you get used to it, it's easy and I am definitely losing weight and eating better! I never want to get diabetes and I never want to have heart disease and so along with losing weight, I want to put healthy things into my body to take care of it!

I also exercise M-F with a 20 minute interval workout and usually add an additional 10 minute workout of aerobics, kick-boxing or the treadmill to get to 30 min's a day. I needed an incentive to exercise 5 times a week and Justin knows I love going out on dates. He told me if I did then he would take me out for sure every other week. Sounds good to me!

Lastly, I do leave one day a week to not count calories and just eat whatever I want! This week it will be Sunday for the superbowl, next week it will be Valentine's Day etc. While exercising and eating well can be hard, I feel like I'm succeeding because I CAN have treats if I budget them in!!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

January 29, 2010

This morning I weighed in at 144.0. This is down 1.4 pounds from last week which is great. However, yesterday I weighed in at 143.2 so it was quite the jump up from yesterday. So I'm a little bummed that I was in the 143's almost all week and then it jumped back up. I guess I had a hungry day yesterday. That's okay because it gives me more wiggle room for next week!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

January 22, 2010

I have decided to go back to Friday morning weigh-ins. This morning's weigh-in was 145.4 which is great! I have been really dedicated to tracking calories and exercising pretty hard for 30 min's a day and so far I feel really good about my progress. Right now I feel like I can keep the momentum going for a long time and so I'm going to keep thinking that way!

Accountability

January 19, 2010

So, for some reason I am having a really hard time losing the holiday weight. It seems as if I have one bad day I basically start over! As most of you who follow my blog know, I went on that crazy yeast free diet back in August and September and lost 16 pounds and got down to 136, I loved it! Then after the diet I quickly put on weight and settled around 141-143 which was great still. I stayed that way until the holidays when I topped out at 148.8. Now I know gaining 5 pounds during the holidays is standard but it still made me bummed. However, I guess not bummed enough to really hold back on eating yummy treats!

Because I'm having such a hard time losing weight (maybe because I turned 30, lol) I need to be accountable on my blog again. My sister-in-law and I started a weight loss goal program on our blogs last year and lucky her, she now weighs 130 and I'm jealous! We used to weigh about the same, around 147 I believe and she has done so well!

I am feeling really determined still and I know I am going to succeed too! I just need to eat right and exercise every day and if I have a bad day, don't let it be too bad of a day! It's not just enough to eat right, I have to exercise too! Exercising has been hard because I've felt ill with colds at least half the month of January and then I hurt my back for 5 days and on Sunday I twisted my ankle but luckily, it is almost back to normal.

Well, here I go again. I weighed in this morning at 146.6 and I want to get below 135. I want to weigh below 135 before my trip in May. Now that is attainable and I will make it!!