Weigh-in-Wednesday Shrink-a-versary Week 7

It is Wednesday, and you know what the means... it means we have to get yourselves over to the scale and see just how much damage we have caused by not exactly following our goals that we set for the previous week. Last week my goals were:

1. Get back on the program. This means, keeping track in my food journal every single thing I eat, sticking to my points and NO CHEATING. *accomplished to a point...I used my 'extra points*
   
2. Drink 243 ozs of water each day.*mostly met, I managed to drink 200ozs*
   
3. EXERCISE...my goal is to walk at least twice this week and also do some exercises at home with my Wii Active*didn't do at all... I tried to be more active, but with finals and all the other crap going on it just didn't happen*
   
4. NO SNACKING AFTER 7pm...and IF I go out tomorrow night I am only going to have water to drink...* did this except for last Tuesday when I did in fact have two drinks and also a snack, but at least I shared the snack with a friend*
   
5. Get more sleep... for example last night I got about an hour of sleep... not cool. * Not even close* 
   

So when I stepped on the scale today and saw 238.2 I was really excited. This is a loss of 5.1 lbs, this loss puts me at my lowest weight for the challenge (by .6lbs but I am taking it), and here is to the hope that it just keeps doing down. It is going to be hard because there are several things that I know are coming up that could easily ruin the hard work I have already put in but I have got to work hard to keep this weight coming off. I would LOVE to be at my goal weight by my 30th birthday next year, (which is almost unrealistic because it is over 100lbs) I at least want to be set squarely well below the 200 mark. So here are my goals for the upcoming week:

1. Stay on the plan... journal food and keep track of points
2. drink my water 200 ozs at least.
3. limit the 'added' stuff to my coffee each morning, it isn't the coffee that is bad for me, it is the need for the tbsp of sugar and the 2 tbsp of the creamer....
4. exercise at least twice -- even if it is just at home.
5. No snacking after 7pm. Small exception for tomorrow night which is 'my night', although I do want to be very careful since I will be attending my MOMS Club Annual cookie exchange and well the treats aren't exactly friendly...especially considering I am making a recipe that calls for 1/2 pound of butter...ugh.
6. be smart... try to get more sleep
7. this is more of a 'mental' health goal rather than a weight loss, but it is just as important... remember to be thankful for what I have... there are struggles in my life right now, but I need to be thankful for my amazing children, a husband who loves me (and even likes me some times), and amazing friends who love me and are so supportive without ever passing judgement. I AM BLESSED and I need to be thankful for that...
   

Good luck to everyone who is doing this with us... there is still time to join in the fun if you'd like... in this case the more the merrier :) If you'd like to join please stop over to The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans... *boys can join too*

*EDITED TO ADD* I just went to my Weight Watchers Tools to enter my weight for today... I have officially lost 21.8 lbs since I started losing weight in June... WOW!!! 

Weigh in Wednesday Shrink-a-versary Week 6

Today is Wednesday, and I am most certainly NOT impressed with my weigh in today. Today the scale said 243.3 lbs. This is a gain from two weeks ago of 4.5 lbs. I could blame the holidays, the traveling, the visit from my 'friend'... I could blame alot of things, but honestly it all comes down to me falling off the wagon and stress eating... ALOT.

So my goals are to get my arse back on track and get with the program...plain and simple. So here are my goals for the week:

1. Get back on the program. This means, keeping track in my food journal every single thing I eat, sticking to my points and NO CHEATING.
2. Drink 243 ozs of water each day.
3. EXERCISE...my goal is to walk at least twice this week and also do some exercises at home with my Wii Active
4. NO SNACKING AFTER 7pm...and IF I go out tomorrow night I am only going to have water to drink...
   
5. Get more sleep... for example last night I got about an hour of sleep... not cool.

I think those are good goals, and hopefully I can get my butt back in gear and on track. Good luck everyone!!

Weigh in Wednesday - Shrink-a-versary Week 4

Today is Wednesday...and we all know what that means... WEIGH IN DAY and the beginning of week 4 of the Shrink-a-versary challenge over at the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans. If you haven't joined in on the fun yet, please feel free to do so...and no you don't have to be a girl..we have boys there too.

This week was a good one for me as this morning when I stepped on the scale it read 238.8. This means that I have lost 2 lbs since last week, which works for me. I have been working really hard on eating the right things and also on making certain that I am taking time through out the day to eat. I have this horrible 'mom' habit, that I spend so much time running after the kids, trying to fit in my work hours for the March of Dimes, school work, house work *you know the drill for those of you who 'just' stay home like I do* that I often forget to eat...heck the other day I even forgot to feed my kids... (hey when they brought it to my attention at 1:30 that they still hadn't eaten I made sure they had an appropriate lunch of PB sandwiches, apple slices and cheetos...they had milk too..) so this in turn would turn into me being starving after the kids were in bed and when it is certainly not the best time to eat. But this week I made a very good effort to stay on top of it... granted I snacked more than anything, but it was things like apple slices while in the pick up lane at school, or a bowl of cheerios  while checking my email in the morning... for me it was a success.
My goals this week are:

• continue to journal my food and track my points
• continue to drink 200 ozs of water
• exercise 3 days this week
• no snacks after 7pm *except for Thursday and then only a light snack*
• stay OUT of the 240s apparently my body is too comfortable here...no more 240...
  

I think those are good goals for this week...especially since I know I am gonna have to get strict with myself the following week with Thanksgiving coming up...thankfully we are going to the in-laws so it will be easier to say no to some of the tempting foods...because I will be to busy chasing my babies :)

Weight In Wednesday - Shrink-a-versary Week3

Today is Wednesday and that means that it is weigh in day over at the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans. Today is also the start of week 3 for the Shrink-a-versary challenge that has been issued. So far this challenge has been a lot of fun. My weight today is 240.8lbs which puts me at at a .4 lbs loss this week (NOT COOL-- but a loss is better than a gain right??)
And in fact I even participated in a fun activity challenge called the EASActive 5K. Thanks to Melissa, I was able to actually participate in this challenge and I FINISHED IT. Here are pictures from the 5K courtesy of Melissa...one of the most amazing photographers that I know...and YES she does them for other people and her prices are AMAZING and she ROCKS I was supposed to post them Monday, but I didn't because I was a space cadet and forgot we were supposed to do it then... ha.

Here we are at start of the race...

Mae, Melissa, Me, Lori, Megan and Kate

Kate and I on our way back

supporting a friend at the finish line

WE DID IT!!!

This week I learned alot of about myself with this challenge... first and for most I cave to cravings. You see were were talking about Taco John's one day...and the very next day I HAD to have potato ole's... BIG MISTAKE... do not eat Potato Ole's if you have not been eating those types of food... UGH.

The second thing I learned (but kind of already knew) is that I am in fact an emotional eater. Friday was a HORRIBLE day for me and all I did was stuff my face...and not with healthy things either..it was bad people...REALLY bad.

The third is that there is something SERIOUSLY wrong with my Nike + system. I found this out during our 5K. We was literally right next to my friend the entire time... her plus system registered the 2.88 miles and mine registered 1.7  what the heck? I thought maybe at first it was because I have the pouch (remember Nike shoes and my feet hate each other)... but then I looked down and she too has the pouch...the exact same pouch... :( Off to the drawing board on this I guess...

So here are my goals for this week of the Shrink-a-versary Challenge:

• Journal my food 
• stay within my points range and try not to use my 'extra' points earned by activity
• actually earn WW activity points
• drink all my water
• no snacks after 7pm... except for Thursday and even then BE WISE ABOUT MY CHOICES
• walk 3 times in the next 7 days.
• get back on my EASports game with the Wii... when I was doing it I was doing amazing. Do this on the days that I don't walk.
• And last but not least *this is a mental fitness and not a physical* think before I speak, and think again before I really speak... my mouth/attitude is going to be the death of me...

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

Weigh-in- Wednesday Shrink-a-versary Week 2

Well today was a good day... I am down on the scales. Today's weight is 241.2 which is a loss of 3.8 lbs this week... can't complain. Especially since my birthday and Halloween were in there as well as no exercise because of an ankle injury...
I will however be participating in the EA Sports 5K challenge this weekend with my girl friends over at the sisterhood here in Bismarck... I will be walking it, but I will still be taking part of it.
Goals for this week are as follows:

• journal food and keep track of points
• drink my water
• exercise as I can with my injury
• no late night snacking...especially while working on school work and work work

Good luck everyone

Weigh in Wednesday - Shrink-a-versary Week 1

Today is the beginning of a new challenge over at the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans. It was almost a year ago (in November) that the Sisterhood came about and there way of celebrating is by having a 9 week weigh loss challenge and then on Nov 9th we will also be beginning a fitness challenge that even I can particiapte in, we will be racking up the miles whether it is by walking or running etc. EVERYONE can do this one :)

So I am starting this challenge at 245lbs....I have found that for some reason if ther isn't a challenge going on at the Sisterhood I just don't pay attention to what goes into the trap of death that I call a mouth... I mean seriously. Part of this gain if from water weight and also poor food choices, but in the same sense it comes down to me being accountable for what goes into my mouth and the fact that I have not done any exercise for almost a month other than a 1.88 miles walk a few weeks ago... GET ON IT KRISTIN!!!! Geez! I have set my 'goal' loss of 16 pounds for this challenge...that would put me at below 230 lbs by Christmas :) I know it is a big goal...but I am hoping that by setting this large goal it will keep me motivated so that I don't let my 'sisters' (and brother) over at the sisterhood down...

Here are my goals for this week, which I know are going to be hard since it is a 'family celebration' week...

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  Track my points and journal online
  
  
  
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  Get back on the water train.... one oz for every pound
  
  
  
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  go for at least two walks
  
  
  
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  NO SNACKS AFTER 8pm (except for Thursday night)
  
  
  
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  try to take 10 minutes every day for 'mental' health..
  
  
  

Here is to an amazing week for everyone :)