I have been such a slacker when it comes to posting! In my defense it's been a crazy month! I've had exams all month long. They still call them midterms but we often have exams every 3 weeks of our 10 week terms in all our classes. I went into this term thinking it would be more laid-back because we only have 17 units compared to our usual 20-21 units. Boy was I wrong! I think the material in all the classes is just so dense that it's been more time-consuming than I had anticipated. But I'm in the homestrech, as finals are in just a couple weeks. As usual, the thought of Spring break and time with my family is like a carrot being dangled in front of me! I hope the weather cooperates so we can spend some time outdoors :)
In addition to exams, I have been fighting a cough and chest congestion. I'm trying to take it easy this weekend in hopes of letting my immune system finally kick this thing. I'm hoping by Tuesday I'll feel well enough to go to karate. I've only been once since I earned my yellow belt thanks to this cough and I'm eager to get out there and learn some new techniques.
On happier notes, we also celebrated my husband's 31st birthday this past week and our oldest dog turned 12 the week before.
Despite the craziness of the month, I'm super stoked to share that I have stayed on track and not binged! Well, I had one night in particular that I started to feel like I was losing control and I stopped eating, took care of my plate, and logged what I had eaten. Luckily I still had weekly points left to use so I technically stayed on plan. But going over in points is not scary to me. I am well aware that I am human and I make bad judgement calls and make mistakes. But my mindset is what scared me most. I wasn't eating because I was hungry still, I was eating because I was stressed and eating has been a crutch of mine for so many years. I wasn't even tasting or enjoying the food. I'm so proud that I was able to recognize the difference and stop myself. All in all, I consider that a win.
So, how did my hectic month with a near-binge experience play out on the scale, you ask? Let me tell you!
Starting weight: 210
Weight at last weigh-in: 200
Pounds lost: 5
New weight: 195 (I'm under 200!!! Wooohoooo!)
Goal weight: 140
Pounds to go: 55
That's a total loss of 15 pounds in 8 weeks! I'm feeling great, but I still have a long way to go! I hope you'll check back in with me :)
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
So close.....
Lost another pound this week....which puts me at 200 lbs. I'm sure I'm not the only one out there that struggled with surpassing this number on the scale. I remember when I was pregnant with my twins and I passed 200 lbs and disliked the feeling then. But I was pregnant with twins, so it was justified in my mind. So reaching 200 without carrying two babies hit me hard. But I'm thisclose (see what I did there?) to being under the 200 pound mark!
So, I was considering changing my weigh-in day. I actually tried adjusting the date on the WW website but it shifts your week which kind of defeats the purpose of my changing it in the first place. See, I tend to save my weekly points for the weekend when I know that we are more likely to want to go out for a meal or pick something up for dinner. So, last week I actually had no loss on my weight-in day (Tuesday) but when I tried on my karate gi, I felt that I had lost so I decided to do a second weigh-in and ta-da! a loss! So, I was thinking knowing how I tend to spend my points it's probably less likely that I will see a change until later in the week. Anyone out there on WW that has any advice on this? How do you spend your points? Also, I've been meaning to check out WW's new personal consultant chats, but after my midterms...which I should get back to studying for.
But before I go, my stats:
Starting weight: 210
Weight at last weigh-in: 201
Pounds lost: 1
New weight: 200 (so close!!!)
Goal weight: 140
Pounds to go: 60
So, I was considering changing my weigh-in day. I actually tried adjusting the date on the WW website but it shifts your week which kind of defeats the purpose of my changing it in the first place. See, I tend to save my weekly points for the weekend when I know that we are more likely to want to go out for a meal or pick something up for dinner. So, last week I actually had no loss on my weight-in day (Tuesday) but when I tried on my karate gi, I felt that I had lost so I decided to do a second weigh-in and ta-da! a loss! So, I was thinking knowing how I tend to spend my points it's probably less likely that I will see a change until later in the week. Anyone out there on WW that has any advice on this? How do you spend your points? Also, I've been meaning to check out WW's new personal consultant chats, but after my midterms...which I should get back to studying for.
But before I go, my stats:
Starting weight: 210
Weight at last weigh-in: 201
Pounds lost: 1
New weight: 200 (so close!!!)
Goal weight: 140
Pounds to go: 60
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Week 4
Starting weight: 210
Weight 2 weeks ago: 205
Pounds lost since: 4
New Weight: 201
Goal weight: 140
Pounds to go: 61
I've lost 9 pounds this month! It feels incredible to be able to say that! I feel like I have some momentum on this now that I'm seeing consistent results. I've tried losing weight so many times and been so frustrated so soon into the process that this feels so unreal and yet has given me so much hope! I find myself daydreaming about what it will be like to be thin again. To be able to buy cute clothes, not just clothes that fit and don't draw attention to my least favorite parts of myself. Part of me doesn't even want to let myself indulge in these thoughts, but what's that about? Sure, I'm afraid of failing yet again. But looking back at this month, I can say that there were challenges yet I stuck to my plan and I saw results! What I'm most proud of myself for is not giving into my old stress eating habits. A major source of my stress is school related but I've has a couple tests and even a quiz that I didn't do stellar on and I remained strong. In the past, a failed quiz would have sent me straight to find something to eat (ok, I can be candid here- not just something to eat, something, anything to binge on). At that point, I had lost about 5 pounds so I already felt like I had some momentum so I forced myself to stay strong. Then something happened to me that, now looking back, I find really interesting. But first, I do have to reveal some more of my history: I have battled with depression and anxiety since I was a teenager. So, if I have been using eating as a coping mechanism for my anxiety, it would make sense that if I take away that coping mechanism, my anxiety would manifest in a different manner, right? And it did. As a panic attack at 3 in the morning, the night before a midterm. But, like I said, I've been fighting this since I was 13, so I've been into see a counselor and I basically got a high five for being proactive about my mental health. One of the benefits of getting older is that you get to know yourself, and I know how bad my depression and anxiety can get so I know that if I'm starting to feel that way, there's no time to ignore it. And it may sound strange, but I'm glad I had a panic attack because I don't just want to continue the way I have been living. If emotional eating has been helping me cope with depression and anxiety but making me gain weight and be unhealthy, I'm winning one battle at the expense of another. So, see what I mean, it's only been a month but the challenges have been plenty!
So, I also wanted to share a link to a website that I have found incredibly helpful this month. As a reminder, or if you're just stumbling across this post randomly, I've been doing the online weight watchers points plus program (see disclaimer to the right if you're wondering if I'm getting paid for writing about my experiences, which spoiler alert: I'm not ). I'm quite happy with the plan so far. I find that I do opt for healthier choices to "save points." Also, like most people, my life is hectic and flexibility is essential to my sanity. And most importantly, I LOVE food even (ok, especially) the not so good for you food. But that's what I'm loving about WW: I can splurge. I can "cheat." I can eat a delicious cheeseburger on a Saturday night and I can do so without feeling guilty because it's built into the plan! I'm becoming more and more convinced that this is why I'm still sticking with it. Anyway, back to the link. So while the mobile WW app is great, I have found that sometimes you'll come across a restaurant that isn't on their app, so what to do? I found this website that has points values for 380 restaurants! It's quite complete and updated often. So, if we're trying to pick a place to eat, I can easily look at points values to make a decision that fits with how many points I'm wanting to use. Hope you find it helpful!
Weight 2 weeks ago: 205
Pounds lost since: 4
New Weight: 201
Goal weight: 140
Pounds to go: 61
I've lost 9 pounds this month! It feels incredible to be able to say that! I feel like I have some momentum on this now that I'm seeing consistent results. I've tried losing weight so many times and been so frustrated so soon into the process that this feels so unreal and yet has given me so much hope! I find myself daydreaming about what it will be like to be thin again. To be able to buy cute clothes, not just clothes that fit and don't draw attention to my least favorite parts of myself. Part of me doesn't even want to let myself indulge in these thoughts, but what's that about? Sure, I'm afraid of failing yet again. But looking back at this month, I can say that there were challenges yet I stuck to my plan and I saw results! What I'm most proud of myself for is not giving into my old stress eating habits. A major source of my stress is school related but I've has a couple tests and even a quiz that I didn't do stellar on and I remained strong. In the past, a failed quiz would have sent me straight to find something to eat (ok, I can be candid here- not just something to eat, something, anything to binge on). At that point, I had lost about 5 pounds so I already felt like I had some momentum so I forced myself to stay strong. Then something happened to me that, now looking back, I find really interesting. But first, I do have to reveal some more of my history: I have battled with depression and anxiety since I was a teenager. So, if I have been using eating as a coping mechanism for my anxiety, it would make sense that if I take away that coping mechanism, my anxiety would manifest in a different manner, right? And it did. As a panic attack at 3 in the morning, the night before a midterm. But, like I said, I've been fighting this since I was 13, so I've been into see a counselor and I basically got a high five for being proactive about my mental health. One of the benefits of getting older is that you get to know yourself, and I know how bad my depression and anxiety can get so I know that if I'm starting to feel that way, there's no time to ignore it. And it may sound strange, but I'm glad I had a panic attack because I don't just want to continue the way I have been living. If emotional eating has been helping me cope with depression and anxiety but making me gain weight and be unhealthy, I'm winning one battle at the expense of another. So, see what I mean, it's only been a month but the challenges have been plenty!
So, I also wanted to share a link to a website that I have found incredibly helpful this month. As a reminder, or if you're just stumbling across this post randomly, I've been doing the online weight watchers points plus program (see disclaimer to the right if you're wondering if I'm getting paid for writing about my experiences, which spoiler alert: I'm not ). I'm quite happy with the plan so far. I find that I do opt for healthier choices to "save points." Also, like most people, my life is hectic and flexibility is essential to my sanity. And most importantly, I LOVE food even (ok, especially) the not so good for you food. But that's what I'm loving about WW: I can splurge. I can "cheat." I can eat a delicious cheeseburger on a Saturday night and I can do so without feeling guilty because it's built into the plan! I'm becoming more and more convinced that this is why I'm still sticking with it. Anyway, back to the link. So while the mobile WW app is great, I have found that sometimes you'll come across a restaurant that isn't on their app, so what to do? I found this website that has points values for 380 restaurants! It's quite complete and updated often. So, if we're trying to pick a place to eat, I can easily look at points values to make a decision that fits with how many points I'm wanting to use. Hope you find it helpful!
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Weigh-In Day
Today was my weigh-in day and I'm proud to share that I have lost another 3 lbs! So here are my current weight stats:
Starting weight: 210
Last week's weight: 208
Pounds Lost this Week: 3
New Weight: 205
Goal weight: 140
Pounds to go: 65
I went to my karate class tonight and it was great despite feeling like the three weeks I was not training set me back really far. Doing karate reminded me of how difficult it is to be overweight. For example, I have a really difficult time doing the kicks. Tonight, I was imagining how much easier karate training would be if I wasn't carrying around an extra 65 lbs. I'm looking forward to Thursday's class.
Until next time!
Starting weight: 210
Last week's weight: 208
Pounds Lost this Week: 3
New Weight: 205
Goal weight: 140
Pounds to go: 65
I went to my karate class tonight and it was great despite feeling like the three weeks I was not training set me back really far. Doing karate reminded me of how difficult it is to be overweight. For example, I have a really difficult time doing the kicks. Tonight, I was imagining how much easier karate training would be if I wasn't carrying around an extra 65 lbs. I'm looking forward to Thursday's class.
Until next time!
Monday, January 12, 2015
End of Week 2
It's been another week! I've still been tracking my points and doing well though I didn't do as well as I had hoped with my other goals. Maybe I took on too much too fast. I feel as though reflecting on my week at the end of last week was very helpful, so I'm going to review the last week in this post.
To begin with, I did track my points daily and didn't exceed my points for the week. Here's an overview of my week:
Saturday was the night of my formal event and you can see that's where the majority of my weekly points were used. I did dance for most of the 3 hours of the event so I earned some activity points for that!
Last week I was supposed to start going back to karate after a hiatus for winter break. Why is it always so difficult to start something back up? I had promised myself that I would practice 2-3 times over break and be ready to start back up in January, but I let it slip with all of the holiday distractions. My regular class times are on Tuesday and Thursday so I plan on going tomorrow. I take my kids to the same karate school on Mondays and Wednesday so I made sure to tell my instructor that I would be there tomorrow so that I have more reasons to not flake out.
I also missed two online Overeaters Anonymous meetings last week. In my defense, I did log on last Wednesday but had gotten the time wrong. I feel like I need to give OA a proper try so I'm trying again this week.
Tomorrow is my weigh-in day, wish me luck!
To begin with, I did track my points daily and didn't exceed my points for the week. Here's an overview of my week:
|
|
Daily Points Used
|
Weekly Points Used
|
Activity Points Earned
|
Activity Points Used
|
|
Tues
Jan 6
|
31
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Wed
Jan 7
|
37
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
|
Thu
Jan 8
|
29
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Fri
Jan 9
|
29
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Sat
Jan 10
|
61
|
31 |
11
|
0
|
|
Sun
Jan 11
|
33
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
Mon
Jan 12
|
39
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
|
|
Totals:
|
49
|
11
|
2
|
Saturday was the night of my formal event and you can see that's where the majority of my weekly points were used. I did dance for most of the 3 hours of the event so I earned some activity points for that!
Last week I was supposed to start going back to karate after a hiatus for winter break. Why is it always so difficult to start something back up? I had promised myself that I would practice 2-3 times over break and be ready to start back up in January, but I let it slip with all of the holiday distractions. My regular class times are on Tuesday and Thursday so I plan on going tomorrow. I take my kids to the same karate school on Mondays and Wednesday so I made sure to tell my instructor that I would be there tomorrow so that I have more reasons to not flake out.
I also missed two online Overeaters Anonymous meetings last week. In my defense, I did log on last Wednesday but had gotten the time wrong. I feel like I need to give OA a proper try so I'm trying again this week.
Tomorrow is my weigh-in day, wish me luck!
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Weigh In
So I have to confess: I actually missed my weigh in yesterday! I have a strong preference for weighing myself in the mornings and I overslept yesterday and barely made it to class on time :/
I rarely oversleep and just hate the feeling when you wake up and realize that you have slept through an alarm. I was up much later than usual working on a research plan that is due soon. I finally had a light bulb moment with it and didn't want to lose my momentum and so I paid the price.
I impulsively weighed myself in the early evening when I arrived home and much to my dismay, my weight was unchanged. I tried to forget about it for the evening and reminded myself that weight can fluctuate throughout the day and I should just re-weight myself in the morning the next day to get a more accurate weigh-in. And so this morning I weighed-in and logged a loss of 2 lbs!
Starting weight: 210
Pounds Lost this Week: 2
Goal weight: 140
Pounds to go: 68
I rarely oversleep and just hate the feeling when you wake up and realize that you have slept through an alarm. I was up much later than usual working on a research plan that is due soon. I finally had a light bulb moment with it and didn't want to lose my momentum and so I paid the price.
I impulsively weighed myself in the early evening when I arrived home and much to my dismay, my weight was unchanged. I tried to forget about it for the evening and reminded myself that weight can fluctuate throughout the day and I should just re-weight myself in the morning the next day to get a more accurate weigh-in. And so this morning I weighed-in and logged a loss of 2 lbs!
Starting weight: 210
Pounds Lost this Week: 2
Goal weight: 140
Pounds to go: 68
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
End of Week 1
Another successful day! Despite my clear craving of fast food after my morning classes, I came home and made myself a small bean burrito, along with a yogurt and a banana before it was time for me to pick up the kiddos at school. During the evenings, when I'm reviewing what I learned in class, I find that I often crave snacks and I was anticipating a difficult evening. I grabbed an apple and cut it into thinner slices so I could just occupy my mouth and it seems to have worked.
Oh I also walked 1.5 miles today! It was unplanned but I needed to go across campus to run an errand and a friend of mine just happened to mention also needing to go to the same building and that she was thinking of walking over so I jumped at the opportunity! It was even fun cause we were just chatting the whole walk. It only earned me 1 WWPP Activity Point but it was nice to be outside and moving.
Tomorrow is my weigh-in day which I have mixed feelings about. I'm trying to keep in mind that this was my first week and that I may need to adjust my approach to my points if I don't show any loss. I have stuck with my plan for a whole 7 days. I know I should allow myself to feel accomplished. This is longer than I have stuck to an eating plan in a long time. My main goal for tomorrow is to focus on my achievements no matter what the scale says. I really want to switch my perception that the scale is pass/fail exam for my eating plan but rather a tool to help guide my eating plan into something that works for preventing my urge to eat compulsively and weight loss as well.
Weekly Overview:
Oh I also walked 1.5 miles today! It was unplanned but I needed to go across campus to run an errand and a friend of mine just happened to mention also needing to go to the same building and that she was thinking of walking over so I jumped at the opportunity! It was even fun cause we were just chatting the whole walk. It only earned me 1 WWPP Activity Point but it was nice to be outside and moving.
Tomorrow is my weigh-in day which I have mixed feelings about. I'm trying to keep in mind that this was my first week and that I may need to adjust my approach to my points if I don't show any loss. I have stuck with my plan for a whole 7 days. I know I should allow myself to feel accomplished. This is longer than I have stuck to an eating plan in a long time. My main goal for tomorrow is to focus on my achievements no matter what the scale says. I really want to switch my perception that the scale is pass/fail exam for my eating plan but rather a tool to help guide my eating plan into something that works for preventing my urge to eat compulsively and weight loss as well.
Weekly Overview:
Daily Points Used
|
Weekly Points Used
|
Activity Points Earned
|
Activity Points Used
|
|
Mon
Dec 29
|
31
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Tues
Dec 30
|
36
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
Wed
Dec 31
|
58
|
27
|
0
|
0
|
Thu
Jan 1
|
45
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
Fri
Jan 2
|
33
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
Sat
Jan 3
|
31
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Sun
Jan 4
|
30
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Mon
Jan 5
|
31
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Totals:
|
48
|
1
|
1
|
Looking over my week, I can see quite a few areas open to work on. My karate school was on winter break so I didn't earn as many activity points as I would when I'm going to karate twice a week. Also, I have heard that an easy adjustment to Weight Watchers Points is not using the full weekly points, so there is another option.
If anyone out there is reading this, I'd love to hear your story! If you have a similar blog, I'd love to follow your journey. Please feel free to leave a comment!
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