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!