Friday Morning Weigh In

This morning I weighed in at 135.6, down 0.8 pounds from last week.  Lately I have not been trying to exercise, eat really well, or lose weight.  I guess I'm in maintenance mode and being in the 135's is a great weight for me.  I don't see myself really trying to lose weight at this point so I guess I'll just stay in maintenance mode until some inspiration and dedication hits me again.  I do need to eat a little better though so I am going to work on eating well, not necessarily losing weight.

I took my measurements this morning since I haven't for a few months.

Neck - 12 inches (same)
Chest - 34 inches (same)
R Upper Arm - 11.5 inches (same)
R Forearm - 9.5 inches (same)
Waist - 30.5 inches (same)
Hips - 34.25 inches (up 0.25 inches)
Thigh - 21.25 (down 0.75 inches)
Calf - 14.25 inches (down 0.5 inches)

The last time I took these measurements I was 2 pounds heavier so losing an inch overall is good.  I will check in again next week :)

One more thing, I got another compliment this week!  Justin took me to an Air Force Conference Salmon BBQ on Wednesday night and many of his coworkers were there.  He told me as we were leaving that one of his buddies John pulled him aside and told him that he wanted to say to me that I looked really good but wasn't sure how I would take it so he just told Justin instead.  I know that one of his coworkers (Mary) had not seen me since I was 6 months pregnant with Mikey and probably looking quite chubby and I don't remember the last time I saw this guy who complimented me (maybe a Christmas party?) but apparently I look better than I did then.  It's nice to hear compliments on how hard you've worked :)

Friday Morning Weigh In

This morning I weighed in at 136.4, up a pound from last week.  I know I said I wasn't going to eat sugar, but I lost that battle and gave in every day.  Oh well, I am not going to do any crazy limitations right now and I am really content with how I look and feel these days.  I want to be able to make cookies when my kids ask and have some ice cream with my husband while watching TV at night.  Staying right around 135 is awesome for me and I even got a compliment at lagoon on Wednesday.  I went to the Guess It game to win my son a large blow up crayon and I did the age instead of weight.  She guessed 35 and I'm 32 so I won since you had to be within 2 years.  I then asked her what she thought my weight would be and she said I was small so I was probably 125.  I took it as quite the compliment to be called small :)

Anyway, in good news, I ran for the first time since my injury 6 weeks ago.  I jogged very slowly around my neighborhood running at a pace of 12:20 minute miles.  I ran 2 miles and my leg didn't hurt, just felt weird since I hadn't exercised in so long.  I am a little sore today but I will hopefully get back to running easily again soon.  I have actually enjoyed not exercising so much the past several weeks and just showering in the morning instead of waiting til I exercise.  I need to get back into it but I haven't gained more than a few pounds not exercising which all considering isn't bad.

Until next Friday.....

No sugar again.....

After pigging out on my anniversary and then not being able to stop myself from eating canned whipping cream and my hubby's reese's pieces today, I am going back on my no sugar diet.  I didn't feel super limited the last time I did it and I was seeing real results.  Now that I can exercise again (did a 3 mile hike on Wed and rode my bike today), I feel ready to work on losing weight and being healthy.  The only dates I see a conflict is Monday when I will want to go out for ice cream with my sister after her dance recital, the 20th when I go to a nice dinner with Justin and then of course the 4th of July in less than a month.  Other than those dates, I am going to try hard to avoid sugar and treats if I can help it.

My goal is to do this for at least 1 month ending on July 8th.

Thursday Morning Weigh In

I am weighing in today because today is my anniversary and I am going to eat whatever I want :)  This morning I was at 135.4, which is down 0.8 pounds from last week.  Feeling good although I now probably have ulcers so I need to eat small meals all day long and eat something a little later at night so I don't wake up with heartburn at night. 

Friday Morning Weigh In

This morning I weighed in at 136.2, up 2.6 pounds from last Friday.  I gotta admit, I didn't try hard to eat well this week, I just wasn't in the mood.  Plus, the weight that I lost from my 2 days of dieting just came back easily of course.  That's what you get for doing a crash diet, the weight is not really a permanent loss.

I am going to stay at my Mom's house tonight and I'm sure we'll end up eating out and then tomorrow I have a baptism in the morning with a small brunch and then lunch with my old roommates at Olive Garden for lunch.  However, starting Fast Sunday, it's a good day to kick off being healthy again.  That is, until Thursday which is my anniversary and will involve going out to dinner and dessert of course :)

Oh, and the nausea and heartburn ended up being a rib that was a little out of whack.  It really hurt last Tues-Thurs until I finally took a percocet to help with the pain and it went away.  However, Thursday morning it was back so I went to the doc and got a few adjustments which is helping.