Okay, that's A LOT better! :)

Down to 204.1!

As for numbers, they're kind of confusing, because if those 3 pounds were indeed "real," that means I lost 4.6 pounds this last week, which is insane. haha.

But in terms of weight loss, I lost another 1.6 pounds this week, on top of losing that extra weight that I may or may not have gained. Like Josh pointed out, it could have just been a huge poop...lol.

The diet has been good though, I mostly back on track. I'm treating myself with small things, like eating out at Subway, so I'm still not going over on points, but still having a "treat."

Ooohhh, and last night, I finally pulled some recipes off of hungry-girl.com (great website, by the way), and I made shrimp egg rolls and vegetable fried rice. They were actually quite good, and 1 serving of rice was 4 points, and 2 egg rolls were 3 points. Awesome! :) And Justin really likes them too...he's actually eating the leftover egg rolls for breakfast right now. Haha.

I went to my water aerobics class on Wednesday, and let me tell you, that class is going to kick my ass, but in the best way ever. The workouts are so low resistant, but you can really feel yourself working as well. Doing crunches in the water is super hard, but doesn't hurt my neck or back like it does when I try to do them on the ground. Needless to say, I'm super stoked for the rest of the class, and also to be able to navigate the pool with those silly foot weights on. Its hilarious, because when you go out into the deep end, the weights want to float, so you end up flipping onto your back or your stomach. Haha, it's pretty hilarious. Not to mention all the girls in the class who don't want to get their hair wet....we were doing exercises and the water was really started to slosh around, and she literally screams "OH MY GOD MY HAIR IS GETTING SOAKED!" I laughed. We're in the pool....duhhh.. Haha.

Well, I feel were back heading in the right direction. Getting close to cracking that 200 mark.
See you next week!

WTF?

Okay, I almost didn't post this, but I feel it wouldn't be honest, and I'm over it now, but I was definitely upset last night.

I gained 3 pounds.
Good God, I nearly cried. How disappointing, right? Okay yeah, I ate a hamburger, and a piece of pizza, but 3 pounds?! How does that even happen?

But I'm over it now. It's a minor setback, not a failure or something to get depressed over. I'll shed it off this week, and be back on track to my goals next week.

I got my share of junk food that I had been craving, and don't need it again for a long time. I walked A LOT today, and I plan to walk at least one from, either to or from school everyday this week.

OH! and I signed up for a water aerobics class, and from the sounds of it, its going to kick my ass, which is AWESOME. Mondays we do a routine, and Wednesdays we'll do rounds of different activities, both in and out of the pool. When I first walked in, I panicked because all the girls in the class were skinny. But I took a deep breath and told myself that this class would put me one step closer to one day being skinny like them. :)

no weigh in today

So I know there should be a weigh in and an update today, but Justin and I went home for the weekend, and I don't have a scale. Haha.

It's been a challenging end of the week, as we came home on Thursday. I ate a hamburger. (OMG!) But we did go walking a whole bunch yesterday around Seattle to make up for it. So I don't know what the number is going to be once I get a chance to weigh. But I'll probably do it tomorrow, or may wait until Monday morning since I usually always weigh in the morning. We'll see.

restating goals

I figured I would restate my long term goals, since they kind of got lost in the past entries, and I had to go back and check to make sure I knew them myself...haha.

So, the first long term goal is to lose 10% of my starting weight, which is 22.1 pounds. So, 198.1 would be the weight I would get to for that goal. (Almost there!)

And the next goal after that is to get to 175 pounds, as that would officially mean I was overweight, and not obese, according to the Body mass index, or BMI.

Those are just two long term goals to put out there for myself, so I have something to look forward to besides my ultimate goal of weighing between 120 and 140 pounds. Smaller goals are more easily attainable. :)

success!

-2.2 pounds.

Didn't meet my goal, but its also because Justin and I have been sick as hell this past week. I was on antibiotics, and he's just been sneezy/coughy/gross...lol.
Needless to say, we only got out and walked once this week, because both of us were exhausted and gross feeling.

But I still got a number! Even if it's not 3 pounds, 2.2 is pretty damn close. :)
At first Justin said we could still go to the movies, but not the one I wanted, because I didn't meet my goal. But he was joking. We're bored, so we're still going to go to the movies.

The Wii Fit is telling me to slow down, that I should only lose 3 pounds every 2 weeks...Weight Watchers says you should only lose a pound a week, but I think they say that because they want you to pay them longer...haha. I'm being healthy, I'm eating every meal, not skipping any and hitting most of the major food groups every day (still having hard time getting 4 servings of veggies, but I'm trying!) So I'm okay with the weight loss that I'm having right now.
And I know from previous experience that you lose quicker in the beginning and then you start to slow down eventually.
It's cool. Everything's cool. And we're going to see Funny People. :)

mmmm...brownies

Tried out the low-fat brownies recipe. Not bad.
When I was at the store, I picked up the low-fat brownie box and the normal brownie box and compared their nutrition labels. They were virtually the same! Actually, the low-fat brownies had 1 gram of fat, and the normal ones had 0.5 grams of fat. Ridiculous. And the low-fat ones were a $1.50 more! So I just wrote down how much oil and water you would add to the low-fat brownies and bought the normal ones.

They're not bad tasting, to be honest. They're not the greatest thing ever, haha, by very edible. :) And only 2 points per brownie! Not bad...

There was something else I wanted to say, but I forgot because I had to explain to Justin who Steppenwolf was...lol.

I want to print this and put it on the fridge. :)

I found this picture awhile back while I was doing research for my weight loss presentation for public speaking. It cracks me up everytime I see it, and I thought others may enjoy it as well. I wish I had a weight watchers cat. :)

down down down down down.

-2.6 pounds! yay! Down to 208.

I can never figure out exactly what does it each week. We hardly had time to walk or work out this week, but I got a number. Last week we hardly walked, and nothing.
I'm not going to worry about it though, or obsess about it.
I just know that I stuck to my eating plan, and I didn't cheat on my points, so I know that eventually it will keep working. When I woke up, I was worrying that I had already hit a plateau...haha, I need to calm down.

Last night we went to hang out with friends, and I put on a pair of jeans that I bought small (I still don't know why I do that), and they fit SO well now. I love that. :)

Slowly but surely heading down to get below 200. I think Justin and I decided to set a goal again for next week, because I always seem to do better with prizes in mind...yes, I'm a little kid. So if I lose 3 pounds again, we're going to go see Funny People. Because I really want to see that, and what better way to motivate myself? :)

zero

Trying not to be so incredibly disappointed.
Nothing this week. No loss, no gain, which I guess is a positive thing that I don't have to go backwards, but its just as frustrating struggling with forward motion.

I really guess the walking is key to my weight loss, because we hardly walked at all this week, and then I didn't lose anything.

And maybe I'll actually go to the rec center this week like I said I would last week.

This isn't that big of a deal, I'm just really disappointed. *shrugs*