feeling it.

Down 1.3 pounds. I've been weighing myself very randomly, so I think from now on I'm just going to weigh myself once a week, every Saturday.

I'm starting to feel skinny. Haha. Obviously I'm not skinny yet, but I'm motivated, and excited to see results. And even if I haven't lost enough weight yet to see any part of my body getting smaller, when I look in the mirror, I'm not disgusted with myself anymore, because I know as time goes on, the girl starring back at me will gradually become smaller.

Justin is so cute. We went to Old Navy today because they had a 5 dollar short sale, but they didn't have any bigger sizes. I told him they only had up through size 10, and all the fat women must have come and bought up the bigger sizes before we got there. He was like, "well, what are you, like a 12?" Haha, adorable.

I started to having cravings for terrible foods. Last night, I probably would've stabbed someone for a brownie or a chocolate chip cookie. Haha. I have fat free chocolate pudding, and they're great, but just not the same. Maybe in another week or two, I'll reward myself with a box of lowfat brownies.

Justin made some (terribly) delicious pasta-roni, but I was good, and made myself a bowl of mandarin oranges and cottage cheese.

Last week, I found a recipe for a very lowfat chicken enchillada. Dang, it was delicious. And Justin liked them too. I finally learning how to make things other than mac and cheese! :)

Time to go outside and soak up some vitamin D.

counting.

Down 2.2 pounds. :)

Yesterday was the first day all week we didn't go walking, because I was feeling terrible. I'm not sure what was wrong, I just didn't feel good at all. But today is a lot better. And of course today it's raining. But Justin is still set on walking anyways, since we missed yesterday.

Counting points has gotten easier. It's like riding a bike. :) And it helped that yesterday when we went grocery shopping I was able to buy "good" bread, egg beaters, and weight watchers frozen lunch thingies. It makes keeping my point intakes down a lot easier.

Well, Justin is yelling at me that we have to leave to go walking. So I'm off.

agua.

Went walking and did Wii Fit today.
I'm not seeing numbers on the scale yet, but I think it may have something to do with the MASSIVE amounts of water I'm drinking.
The water intake is both to be healthy, and because I want to be able to donate plasma. And the last time I went in they told me my veins weren't quite big enough, but with a little exercise, and a lot of water, they would be. So hopefully I can make some money!

My legs have been so insanely sore from all the walking, but its a good sore. I'm wanting the flexibility I had when I played soccer back, so I may start running around the neighbor instead of walking. We'll see.

Movie time with the hubby. :)

walking.

Went walking last night. It's really nice to do it here, as long as my allergies aren't acting up too much. I'm still reluctant to actually get up and go, but once I do, I'm glad I did. I'm just glad Justin is persistent. :)

When I got on wii fit to do yoga, it said I was down 1.1 pounds. woot!

Life is good. simple, but good. classes start next week.

my back

My back is doing A LOT better. My Pullman chiropractor was very impressed with how much I've improved since I last saw her in May. I'm stoked, because hopefully I'll be done soon. I think the yoga I've been doing has been helping as well. It's good. :)

I busted out the old weight watchers books, and I think they're going to be my key. I used them once before (8th grade summer going into freshman year), and lost 45 pounds. I know they work, I just need to utilize them. AND get a little bit better food options in the fridge. (It would also help if we had more money, ha.)

But I flipped through the books yesterday, and today have actually started adding up what I've been eating.
breakfast:
1 cinnamon raisin bagel: 3 points
2 tablespoons of whipped cream cheese: 2 points
1 cup of fat free milk: 2 points
lunch:
1 turkey cheese hot dog: 3 points
1 plain hot dog bun: 2 points
1 banana: 2 points
2 pieces of pineapple: 1 point
1 diet coke; 0 points

For dinner, I still have to eat at least 8 points, but no more than 16. And I'm supposed to be drinking at least 6 glasses of water a day, so I need to get back on that.

Justin and I went walking yesterday. Just for exercise, and something to do. It was nice. I'll do Wii fit tonight, and we may go walking again as well. :)

Speaking of Justin, I'm pretty proud of him. For the longest time, he was underweight on the wii fit, and just yesterday, he registered as normal weight. He's been working out everyday, and well, it doesn't matter what he eats. Haha. :) But he now weighs 141 pounds, which is normal for his height. He wants to weigh at least 150. I would love to weigh 150 pounds. :)

and....go (again)

Okay, I'm back, and we're starting again.

221 is the starting weight (at least I haven't gained any more weight in the past couple of months, right?)

I'm still seeing the back doctor for my car injuries, but my doc in Vancouver said I could go down to seeing the doc once a week for 4-5 weeks, and then would most likely be done. Which would be sweet. Because not only would that mean no more doctor visits, but also a settlement check. yeah money! haha.

Quick update on me: Justin and I got married in February, and last week we moved into our first apartment together here in Pullman. I'll be taking summer classes here shortly.

As for exercise: I did Wii Fit on Wednesday, Thursday Justin and I walked to campus (which takes a half hour, and is about 0.6 of a mile, so 1.2 miles there and back), and I did Wii Fit again yesterday. I know I get a rec center membership since I'm taking summer classes, I'm just not sure if it starts now, or when my classes start on the 22nd. I need to call them to find out, but I also don't want to jump right into hardcore working out. I'm easing into it by doing at least 30 minutes of wii fit, or some other form of exercise for at least the next week, and then I'll start really working out.

I know it might sound like I'm babying myself, but I'm so afraid of throwing my back again...I don't ever want to experience that pain again. It was terrible. (But also my fault, considering I worked out like...a couple of days after I was in a car accident, whoops!)

Oh, and I finally did the yoga on wii fit, and I actually really like it. It feels good to stretch (well, the ones that I can physically do right now), and apparently its really good for your back.

Well, that's it for now. But I promise I'm back, and serious this time. I've been very careful about my portion sizes, and getting lower fat content foods. I've found this turkey cheese bratwursts that are delicious, and they only have 6 grams of fat. Justin thinks I've already eaten too many of them, but I love them. Haha.

Oh, and speaking of healthy decisions, I have been coffee free since March 30th. It was hard to kick, but I'm glad I did. I have no problem waking up in the mornings now, and its less empty calories I have to worry about. I'm not completely caffeine free though, but I'm okay with that. I never have more than a 12 ounce soda a day if I do have any.