That's better.

-1.1 pounds.

Its something.  It's a number--so I'm happy.

Only had water aerobics on Wednesday, and we won't have it again until next Wednesday because of MLK day.  I'll just have to get my butt into the gym this weekend and Monday too to make up for it.  The rec is SO busy right now...I figure in another week the people that weren't serious about working out will stop coming, and it will be back to bearable again.   When Justin and I went on Monday, it was so packed it was making me uncomfortable.

I need to change up my eating habits, and find foods with fewer point values, especially for dinners.  I know I'm heading towards a plateau if I continue eating just like I am.  I actually wrote down everything I ate this week, and calculated points, and I was nearing if not hitting my maximum points each day.  So I need to tone them down, especially since when I hit my next goal (of being overweight, and not obese), I'm going to go down a point value again.  Time to explore some new recipes!  I found some ones made by the Biggest Loser the other day that looked pretty good.

Well I have to jet off to class.  See you next week!

Current weight: 182.1 lbs
Weight to lose in order to be 'overweight' and not 'obese':  7.1 lbs

NOTHING.

Blah.  I was really disappointed this morning.  Got on the scale, and nada!  Still at 183.2.

I'm disappointed because we worked out so much this week.  We went 3 times, and I worked my ass off on the elliptical, and swam in the pool afterwards too.  Muscle building maybe?  I always hate to assume that that's what it is, since I honestly have no idea what it is.  Those crazy people on the Biggest Loser work out a lot and they lose weight!  Haha, well obviously I didn't work out as much as them, but still.

Okay, well I guess the only thing I can do is hold my head up high and look forward to a big number next week.  I can't wait to start water aerobics on Monday.  And Alecia and I are going to pick out a yoga class to take together in the evenings.  Woo exercise!

Current weight: 183.2 lbs
Weight to lose in order to be 'overweight' and not 'obese':  8.2 lbs

KAUAI!

Okay, so we're definitely looking at a Kauai trip in May.  EXCITING.  So I did a little math, and this is what I've got figured out:

Current weight: (duh!) 183.2
Weeks until Kauai trip: 19
Weight I can lose (in a healthly manner!) between now and then: 28.5 lbs  (that's at 1.5 pounds a week, for 19 weeks)
Weight I would be at leaving for beautiful Kauai: 154.7 lbs

While 154.7 wouldn't be my end all weight, as I want that to be somewhere around 135-140, 154 would be the skinniest I've ever weighed while being in Kauai!  Even as a kid I was a chunk.

Here's me and my sissy when we went in 2008:

Haha, embarrassing.  I was somewhere in the 200's there, but I couldn't tell you for sure where.

I'm excited.  I'm excited to go on vacation and take Justin, and also, I still excited to be skinnier and healthier.  Usually by this time in my dieting, I would get bored, and/or just be satisfied with the progress that I've already made.  But not this time.  This time I have my hubby supporting me, and all you guys!  :)  Thank you.

So far I've lost a total of 40 pounds.  40!  That's like an entire little person!  And honestly, that puts me at right about half way there.  I've got about 40 more pounds to go.

Thank you everyone who reads my blog every week and encourages me.  I appreciate it so so much, and it helps me that much more to keep me going.  :)

Happy New Year!

-1.1 pounds. 

I didn't weigh on Christmas because I forgot the wii fit, and I couldn't find a scale.  I did weigh when we got back to our apartment on Monday, and it was +0.7.  That was sad for me.  So I just kicked my ass back into dieting, and we even went to the rec center yesterday!  So when I got on the scale this morning, it said -1.8, so I had to take into consideration the little gain I had after the holidays.  But now its gone!  And I'm back on track.

When we went to the rec center, I got on the elliptical like usual.  I really didn't think I would be able to do more than 10 minutes, because I just felt out of shape.  But I guess I'm not as out of shape as I thought!  I did a 27 minute weight loss routine, and though it was hard, it felt good.  I went a little more than 2 miles and burned 265 calories.  :)  It made me realize how much I missed working out.  Too bad the rec center is closed today.  I found that ironic--Most people say that want to work out/lose weight for their new year's resolution, but the rec center is closed.  Haha.

Happy New Year!

Current weight: 183.2 lbs
Weight to lose in order to be 'overweight' and not 'obese':  8.2 lbs

That's better

-2.2 this week.
That's awesome compared to last week.

I haven't made it to the gym.  I had finals Monday and Tuesday (4 in two days), and then I've been working most of the week.  And I'll be working everyday through Tuesday, and then we're out of here Wednesday, only to be back Sunday morning.  Woo for working!

I'm going to treat Christmas the same way I did Thanksgiving, and I think everything will be fine.  Maybe when we're at Justin's, we'll walk down to the beach by his house, because walking back up the hill is insane, but it will be amazing exercise.  :)

Merry Christmas!  My next weigh in falls in Christmas, so we'll see when I can weigh in.  I'll probably still do it on Christmas morning, just have to adjust since I can't really weigh in naked in Justin's living room.  :)

Current weight: 184.3 lbs
Weight to lose in order to be 'overweight' and not 'obese':  9.3 lbs

zeroed out

-0.  +0.  Nothing this week.

Nothing is always better than a plus.  Its been a bad week, honestly.  I've been sick since Monday. 

Only had water aerobics once.  But I must say, Sarah kicked my ass during it.  I was the only one that showed up, so we just did ab workouts and swimming, and man, I'm still feeling it two days later.  So even though nothing showed up on the scale, I can still feel my muscles, and to me, that's just as much progress as a number.

Next week will be better.  I just have to make myself go to the rec since water aerobics is over with.  And I'll be honest, I haven't counted points in weeks.  I should probably go back to that, especially now that the holidays are approaching. 

Later!

not a pure morning, a fat morning

-1.3 pounds.

I'll admit, I was relieved, because this morning was a "fat" morning.  Have you ever had those?  You just wake up, and you feel fat.  Even before putting on clothes that don't fit right or looking in the mirror.  Yeah, it was one of those morning.  I was reluctant to even get on the scale.  But it turns out its all in my head!  Haha.

Justin is sick, and I've been feeling pretty crappy as well.  Yesterday, I pretty much only ate cereal except for lunch.  I had it for breakfast, came home and had a lean cuisine for lunch.  Went to Kindergarten, came home, had a little bit of soup.  Then had a big bowl of frosted mini wheats before I went to work.   Then had a small bowl before I went to bed.  I didn't realize until I was laying in bed that I had eaten cereal 3 times in one day.  Probably not an amazingly healthy choice, but it was what I was craving.  Weird.

Slowly inching my way towards the next goal.
I was trying to think about long term goals, so I put our potential Kauai trip as the final destination.  We would go sometime in June 2010, which is roughly 27 weeks away.  If my ultimate goal is 135-140, I need to lose between 1.7 and 1.9 pounds a week for 27 weeks to be my "ultimate weight" when we go to my favorite tropical paradise.  I was telling Justin when I first thought about this that I've never been "skinny" when we went to Kauai.  Even in 3rd grade I was getting pretty chunky by then.  I'm actually kind of stoked to think that I'll be in Kauai and not be scowling at all the beautiful women in 2 pieces...lol. (Yes, that's the petty, critical fat women that is inside of me).  But anyways, enough fantasizing about the sun.  It's getting ready to snow here!  Boo!

Oh, and I did sign up for water aerobics next semester.  It is at 8 AM, which sucks, but I have classes at 9 anyways, so whatever.  And I got Justin and my friend Stephen to sign up too!  Yay!  Spreading the love of water aerobics.  And hopefully, if we can get our schedules to line up even a little, I'm going to start working out with my friend Linda, who lived on my floor last year.  :)

See you next week!

Current weight: 186.5 lbs
Weight to lose in order to be 'overweight' and not 'obese':  11.5 lbs