Back down (almost) a pound

Down .8 lbs. since last Friday's weigh-in. :)

I'll take it! (especially after my adult fun night involving several margaritas last Saturday)

I am not changing my ticker yet since I'm still .2 lbs. over what I was two weeks ago. I am finally back to being un-busy for awhile so I'm hoping to have a bigger loss and to be able to move my ticker again next week.

No pressure though; I'm happy to lose a pound a week as long as it stays off! :)

Weekly weigh-in

I'm being super lazy today so here is a copy and paste from my message boards:

I gained .7 lbs. That time is almost gone so I'm sure that is some of it but I did NOT do well last weekend. I won't even tell you how many cupcakes I had and then I had pizza for dinner on Saturday and so I have no doubt that's what the real culprit is.

I am not changing my ticker to reflect this small gain.

On a positive note, I did keep up with my exercise and I did extremely well with my water intake this week. I can also tell a difference in how my clothes are fitting. I'm still down from about 4 sizes from my highest weight ever and getting close to getting back into a size 18W (which I was in right before Thanksgiving...argh!!!)

I am revisiting Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution book and pulling out all the stops. I have been having some desserts and candy with artificial sweeteners and apparently that is a no-no when you're doing true Induction. I'll start true Induction on Sunday and see how I do with that.

Wish me luck! :)

I am NOT giving up this time!

Quick update on my weigh-in from Friday

I only lost .4 lbs. :(

I was a little depressed at first but I know most of it is probably water because it's that time. I did have one meal where I cheated and there were a few random pieces of chocolate and a couple of low water days in there.

Yesterday was pretty bad when it came to bad eating. This Saturday class I'm taking is really testing my willpower and I'm failing miserably. Our instructor brings us breakfast since it starts so early. For a 'normal' eater, the stuff isn't too bad: bagels, cream cheese, orange juice, milk, granola bars, coffee cake, and donut holes.

We had to do 'training' sessions yesterday for our individual projects and probably half the women in the class did food-related training sessions. I was no different - I brought cupcakes. So in addition to the breakfast stuff, we had cookies, brownies, cupcakes, a whipped cream dessert, and candy.

I'm not going to share what I ate but just know that I blew it. Not as bad as I thought I would but it was not good and so next Friday's weigh-in may reflect it.

I have got to get myself under control!

So far, so good!

Well...I already accomplished a couple of my New Year's resolutions mentioned yesterday. I didn't get up until the 4th or 5th time of the alarm going off but I got up about a good 1/2 hour earlier than I normally do. I did my make-up at home and blow-dried my hair before I left for work. And...drum roll please...check out what time I got to work:

Okay...so I was 3 minutes late but that's much better than the 15-20 that I normally am (eek!).

Also, I weighed in and took my measurements this morning. I'm up by about 13 lbs. since late November. About what I expected. I think some of that is water weight but it still may take me a month to get back to where I was. I'll change my ticker when I get home tonight. It's blocked here at work because our filters think it's a sex education website. WTH?

I have to work on setting some weight loss goals. A few of us from my BabyCenter birth board are having a meet-up in May and then Matt & I are going away somewhere warm and tropical (haven't decided where yet - maybe the Virgin Islands?) for our 5-year anniversary trip in September. I think I would like to lose about 40 lbs. by September, which I think is do-able since that's about 34 wks. from now, which is a little over a pound a week. I hope that I lose more than that but I want to set reasonable goals and take things slowly so I'm more apt to stay on my plan long-term. We shall see.

Oh, did I mention that I am cutting out my afternoon caffeine? I've been having issues with insomnia and staying asleep so I'm conducting a science experiment to see if that helps. Plus, I read somewhere recently that diet pop can cause metabolic syndrome, which is not conducive to weight loss since you retain belly fat and some other bad things. I'm also curious to see if that helps with my weight loss. I'm having green tea in place of my diet pop in the afternoon...

I weigh-in on Friday. I'll let you know how that goes.

So I accidentally fibbed last night when I posted...

I've actually lost a total of 17.3 lbs. (since August 12th - my ticker is as of when I started initially and then stopped back in April).

Also, I decided to change my official weigh-in day to Fridays since I seem to weigh the least then.

I've also decided that when I hit the 25 lbs. weight loss mark that I'm buying myself some new pants. I've got a ton of shirts/sweaters I can wear but I'm seriously swimming in my pants but I don't want to buy them prematurely. Plus, I'm using that as a reward for myself so I can keep myself motivated.

Hope everyone has a great weekend! I know I will! :)