After Thanksgiving Weigh In

This morning the weight on the scale was 144.4 although yesterday I was in the 142's, lol! That is mostly due to us having a second Thanksgiving dinner with my dad on Sunday night. Since my parents got divorced, we have Thanksgiving dinner with either my Mom and Dennis or my in-laws on the actual day (alternating years) and then we have another Thanksgiving feast with my Dad the Sunday after with my siblings and Grandma Griggs. It is fun but a lot of food!

I almost started the morning off right but the banana cream pie got the best of me and I had 2 pieces for breakfast, hee hee (I calculated 220 calories per slice). However, I threw the rest away! Plus, my favorite dish, squash delight was never put in the fridge last night by my siblings so I had to toss it today also and it is really really unhealthy :) Plus, I went running 2.6 miles in 30 minutes so I am back on track with my exercising. Along with folding laundry today I should burn around 400 calories with exercise.

Well, here's to a more healthy week! I am going to work hard to not eat crap unless I really really love it. I am not going to eat treats that neighbors bring by unless I really enjoy the dessert. Like I said, I would love to maintain my weight but a 1-2 pound weight gain is okay. After all, it is the holidays and I love them, including the food :) Next year, 130's here I come!

Finally!!!

Well, today I finally saw my pre-pregnancy weight on the scale, oh wait, I saw 0.2 pounds under for a total weight of 141!!!

I made it, it took 8 months which is a little long but okay. I am so glad to have made it this far. I started my true weight loss at the beginning of May and now it is Nov. 22, so almost 7 months to lose 15 pounds (the amount that didn't just come off on its own). I guess I average 2 pounds a month in weight loss. That's okay, slow and steady was the way I made it.

I am really happy to see my goal weight before Thanksgiving because we all know the holidays are full of tempting treats and sweets and it would be hard to have never made it and then go back up and feel a huge weight come January. As I mentioned before though, I am still going to try and use some will power to not go overboard this holiday season.

Yay!!

Before:

The day after Mikey was born. (3/15/11)

Hiking one month after the baby was born. (4/23/11)

After:

My favorite jeans! (11/22/11)

Friday Morning Weigh In

Well, I'm not sure if I'm going to do weekly weigh ins anymore, at least for a while. Well, maybe I will weigh in but not follow such a strict exercise/eating plan. There is only so much you can do without getting worn out and needing a little break. However, this morning after going on vacation and being sick with a bad cough all week, I am at 141.4, same as 2 weeks ago. This included eating out all last week and not exercising at all this week although I'm finally feeling like I am truly on the mend. I think being sick and coughing all the time was burning some major calories, lol!

However, I am pleased that this weight came from just waking up and weighing in, and not after a grueling exercise session to see that number so I feel it is more real and only 0.2 from my pre pregnancy weight. If I ate really well today and maybe even exercised, I could see my pre pregnancy weight tomorrow. I say that after eating a huge brownie, lol!

With the holidays coming, I am going to try hard not to gain 5 pounds, more like 1-2 so that it isn't so hard to lose it this time. I usually do well losing weight after the holidays but it would be cool to not gain so much. We shall see :)

P.S. I am totally rocking my favorite jeans and they feel great! And I went and bought 3 new pairs of jeans for my birthday yesterday, half off at Maurices with a coupon, woo hoo! I should put a picture on here :)

The Final Number is.....

Well, this morning after exercising I weighed in at 141.4, just 0.2 away from my pre pregnancy weight. I feel like I did as much as I could this week to meet this goal and I feel like I am a success. However, when I weighed in before getting pregnant, I hadn't exercised to get that number and this morning I had to exercise to see that number. Oh well, it was the best I could do. Now for a yummy dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and fun birthday tomorrow with not healthy eating. I deserve it right? After all it is my birthday :) The only thing that worries me is a whole week of eating out at Disneyland. I am on such a health kick right now that I don't know if I can totally enjoy eating bad food the next few days but it should be a day to indulge and I need to just relax a little. Hopefully I will make good choices on vacation.

Well, until I get back from from Disneyland!!

Overdid It

So, after the Halloween weekend I think I was up 0.5-1 pounds, I'm too worn out to really remember. I ate a few too many desserts on Saturday night and Sunday night but on Halloween, I really reined in the overeating and only ate 2 pieces of pizza with salad and probably had 4-5 little candy bars. Way less than I would've normally eaten on a holiday but still a lot I know.

Well, since then I have worked my butt off and I think it's backfiring. I got a slight cold with a cough and froggy voice and achy ears on Tuesday and I did not back off, rather I upped the workouts. I worked out an hour each day and yesterday I worked out doing intervals on the treadmill for an hour, deep cleaned for 2 hours and played volleyball for nearly 2 hours and today I am paying dearly. I am so worn out! (Not to mention I was up with kids 4 times last night.) I also feel dehydrated but I had 10 cups of water yesterday but they were mostly in the morning and afternoon and not so much in the evening.

Today I went to do another interval training program on the treadmill and I just couldn't run more than a few minutes without feeling so weary. I only ended up walking and running slowly for 32 minutes before I gave up. So, this morning I was at 142.4 and I just feel a heaviness in me. You know how that feels to just feel heavier than you really believe you are? I think it partly has to do with the illness and partly with feeling so worn out. Well, the best I can do at this point is eat very healthy today and eat lots of lean meats, veggies and fruits which is what I will do.

I have to say that I was really strong last night in willpower. My family and I went potato gunning at 4:30 and we didn't get home until 6 and I didn't feel like making a big dinner so I picked up a pizza. However, I didn't eat it and instead made myself some french toast with really healthy bread, 2 eggs, a little milk, cinnamon and just a tiny tiny bit of syrup for some flavor.

If I don't make it to my pre pregnancy weight by tomorrow (since I am going out to eat for my birthday tomorrow night) then I can feel good that I tried as hard as I possibly physically could this week.

Final weigh in tomorrow morning!! Then we are off to Disneyland for a week, eating out every meal, ahhh!