Trying something new

So, I have decided to put my scale away for a month and see how I do. I know there is a lot of advice that says to weigh yourself every day to really monitor weight loss/gain closely and other advice that says don't let the scale rule your life and just weigh in occasionally. I am usually all for weighing in every day, however, it is getting out of hand. I am starting to weigh myself every single time I go to the bathroom, as well as when I go to bed and when I wake up in the morning. I know, pathetic! It's starting to affect my mood and my eating habits. If I weigh in at a lower weight I am happier but then I reward myself with food which is of course, negative. I know I shouldn't but I always think, I worked hard, I can take a little break for a day which really sets me back. If I weigh in at a high number (especially at the end of a day that I worked hard and ate really well), then I'm depressed and grumpy.

So, it's time for a change. I put the scale away and I will not pull it out until I weigh in on Friday, August 12th. The only thing I'm worried about is that I will tell myself that I have a whole month before I weigh in, so I can eat a little more lax right now but I am trying to banish these feelings and really keep going strong.

Here's to trying something new! Of course I won't have Friday weigh-ins until then, but I believe I will still post on my progress of just trying to live a healthy lifestyle which will not be so tied to my weight :)

Unfortunately, I did not weigh myself this morning before eating breakfast, running and drinking a lot of water afterwards, so I don't have a great starting number, but I think 152.4 is my best guess so I'll stick with that and shoot to be at least 4 pounds less (148.4) when I weigh in again. Toodles!

P.S.

Tomorrow it will be 10 weeks since I started making myself accountable and as of Friday, I had lost almost 5 pounds. I guess 1/2 a pound a week isn't too bad, but it could be better. However, when I step on the scale tomorrow, it will definitely be higher than that but I will try hard again this week.

It is frustrating though when you work out like crazy one day and indulge with 2 pieces of cake and gain weight. On Saturday, I was working in the yard from 8 until 1 mowing, weeding, trimming, etc. I did a lot of physically taxing manual labor and I gained weight, it was sad. I think it got me a little down so I ended up eating way too much today because I figured if I wasn't going to lose weight after all of that work, then why try today. I know, I know, it's a bad thing to think but I thought it and gave up today.

I did read an article about a woman who did a blog to lose weight and she ended up losing over 100 pounds. She wrote that weight loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise and ain't that the truth! It just proves what happened on Saturday to be true. Diet really is the key. When I did my yeast free diet, I did not exercise at all really and I lost 6 pounds the first week from diet alone. It slowed down after that but it was key. I really want to do that diet again just to lose this weight, uggh!

Okay, I just had a chat with my husband, and I told him to really hold me accountable and encourage me to eat better and not let me off the hook. If someone in my own house is going to be working on this with me, perhaps I'll have better results. I told him I want 2 free meals a week which will probably be Saturday night (date night) and Sunday dinner with families. He agreed to help me, yay! I just hope I don't hate him for it :)

Okay, that's enough ranting for now.

Friday Morning Weigh-In

So on Friday I was 150.6, up 0.8 pounds from the week before. However, this weekend I have been absolutely terrible! I have eaten so much junk today and I don't really want to stop. This is why I don't make cookies very much or have junk food in the house because once I start, I have a hard time stopping. Most people say that if they deprive themselves from the food they love they can't maintain and end up binging. Instead they just eat the stuff they love in moderation, but once I start eating something I love, I have a really hard time stopping. As is shown by the number of cookies I have eaten today, yikes!! Help!

However, I have found if I just stay away from the treats, when I start to crave them and they aren't around, I just can't eat them and I do much better. I read an article that describes both types of personalities and I found myself fitting into the "keep treats away" category instead of the "eat treats in moderation" category. If I have junk food in the house, I will be tempted to eat it all the time, and most of the time I give in and eat it.

This weight loss is going so slowly. It's a little depressing at times and I really just want to get back to 140 and be there forever. I have wanted to get down to 130, but I just don't see it happening, at least not at this time in my life. Getting down to 140 has been hard enough and I just want to at least succeed with that goal.

Ultimately, I would love to fit back into my wedding dress, at least once. To do that I will probably have to be around 130 since I got down to 136 and it was still a little snug. One day.....one day.

Edamame!

So, I am totally loving Edamame. I found some shelled soy beans in the freezer section at Walmart and they are so tasty with a little salt. Yum! Most dietitians say that vegetables are free and you can eat as many as you want, but these have 100 calories per half cup so I'm not sure if that really flies by me. Oh well, I am totally loving something healthy and that's great!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

This morning I was down to 149.8, hallelujah! I have been waiting very patiently (and working hard) to get under 150 and I finally reached that today and I'm happy! This is down 2.8 pounds from last week. My new motivation must be working. I went grocery shopping Thursday and bought some new things to help me stay on track. The foods are edamame, light yogurts and caramel rice cakes, as well as fruit. My husband and I are also trying to eat light ice cream. I'm not a huge ice cream person but he eats it every day and he's trying to eat better too which is really nice. I'm going to keep going :)