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3月19日 Stephanie:I have had an interesting week. Some good days, some bad. I have been craving chocolate and cheesy food. Not together of course. I have been having a hard time staying on course with points for several days. I have been shoving food in my mouth like it was going out of style. The only saving grace is that it is healthier for the most part. I just feel like i need to eat even though I am not hungry. I have been above points the last 2 days. I had a 0.8 pound loss lat week. Still on the right track. I have been doing some exercise, I have been working through the cravings, I still have most of my 35 weekly flex points so that not bad. I still have 4 points left today. I got my chocolate and my cheesy food in today. I know next week will be better. The crappy bloating feelings and cravings will be gone.
The Biggest Loser was a great show this week. I really liked the makeovers. Out of all of them, I really thought Kelly was the best. She looked breathtaking. I have to say I LOVE Tim Gunn.
Have a great day. 3月16日 Shelley: Clearing My headI didn't weigh in yesterday so I don't have a weight update. My son had a wrestling tourney so I went to watch it instead of attending the meeting. I will go next week for sure. I had a three day weekend and loved it. I refreshed my thinking and that worked wonders for me. Steph and I took a girls night out last night. WHile we didn't do anything major, we did enjoy each other's company. It felt good to get out of our houses without the stress of life.
I was going to blow off today and just worry about laundry and homework. I was doing good on both . The weather is nice outside. I was making up so many excuses not to go for a walk. My husband called me on it and convinced me to go for a walk. I ended up walking quite a ways into the country. It was so nice. I cleared my head. I thought about life in general, work, school, and my weight loss. I came to some great realizations. For example, do I really believe that life will ever be stress free. WHo am I kidding? I have to learn how to deal with it and make my lifestyle work. I also need to learn to get my butt up in the morning so I can exercise and get things done. I'm going to do this. Life is hectic right now but I have to take care of me. No one else is going to do it for me. It's up to me. 3月13日 Shelley: UGH!!Okay, last week's weigh in was good and bad. LOL!! I realized what I thought was a .6 pound gain the week prior was actually a .6 pound loss. However, last week's weigh in really nixed that. I gained 6.3 pounds last week. I'm happy to say that I'm doing better this week by staying on plan. We live and we learn. I had a girl ask me last night at work when I was getting ready to go to lunch if I was going out. I told her no because I brought food with me. She told me that they need to break me of that. I informed her that I was on weight watchers and if I didn't follow the plan that I was throwing 40 bucks a month away. I've never looked at it that way. It's true though. I'm doing much better. I really need to get the activity going. It's a nice week this week. I'm on spring break from school and can't get my behind out of bed when I need to. My foot is hurting and that isn't helping. However, I'm off for the next three days so it'll help me tremendously. I'm going to lose this weight. I will do this. 3月8日 Stephanie:Weight LossI lost 2 lbs this week. I am so happy. I was more alert to what I was eating. I did not make the best choices every day but I stayed within my points. I am going to stay on track. Now i need to concentrate on exercising again. I am finding it hard to get back to the gym. I am coming up with excuses like I am too tired again. I tell my self I will work out at home after the kids go to bed. But I don't. I know I will be having difficulty getting to the gym this week because I will have my youngest with me. I will have to try to find a sitter for an hour. I really want to Zumba. Shelley won the activity bracelet this week. I really have to get back in gear to get it back. Way to go Shelley. I know it was difficult finding time to exercise because you are working full time and going to school full time. Non scale victory for me today. I was able to buy XL girls pants at Old Navy today. The only things I have been able to buy for myself there were the flag shirts XXL (that fit mens) and those were kinda snug and the flips. I decided to try on a XXL pair of pants since I have dropped sizes. They were too baggy. Then I got the XL and they fit good. I am happy to be seeing these changes.
My goal for the week
1) Continue to eat well
2.) Drink 6 8 oz water a day
3.) exercise ( I need to work on my abs)
Have a great week!  3月5日 Stephanie : DDRHello, I hope everyone is having a good evening. Diet wise, I feel like I am on track. My food is good. Not going to far over points. When I do I have the extra 35 weekly points to cover. I still have 28.5 weekly points left I am counting my points, journaling my food. Keeping track of my water intake, and getting exercise in. I still need to work on the exercise part. I am nowhere near the level I was doing prior to getting sick. Add the nasty weather here, it is hard to get to the gym. So I am trying to get some in at home. I have to say exercising at home is harder than at the gym. Too many distractions. Tonight I tried something new. I got the Dance Revolution for the Wii so I decided to try it out. I put it in the work out mode. That is pretty neat. I have said many times that I am really uncoordinated. It couldn't have been a pretty site for my family when they came home to me "dancing away" LOL. In my defense, it was my first time. I would like to think I will get better. But that really doesn't matter. What is important is that I am moving. Now if I can get my butt in gear and get to the gym, things would be even better.
How did you like the Biggest Loser. I am glad they are individuals now. The only thing I wish was that Bernie had to choose who to give the immunity to before Allison announced the team competition was over. I wonder if the outcome would be different. It was a great show as usual. Just want to say Bob and Jillian rock!!! 3月2日 Stephanie: +1Yes, I gained this week. Not to much of a surprise for me. I had not exercised in over a week and a half. The last two weeks, I am been fight off the flu or cold. I was sick enough to feel lousy and weak, but not sick enough not to eat. I did not cook during this time. My day consisted of working, grabbing dinner for the family out on my way home, eat and sleep. I did not always choose the right foods. I did not journal. I did not get my good health guidelines in and I did not exercise. All of these things played a factor in my gain. Luckily for me it was not worse. I am so glad I was able to weigh in today and stay for the meeting. Last wednesday was my first attempt to exercise since I got sick. It was my 1 hour Zumba class. Normally the class flies by and it is over quickly. The last class drug on. After 1/2 hour I was so ready to quit and go home to sleep. I was exhusted. I stuck it out for the whole class, but I did not put as much energy as i normally do. Then I walked home afterward. 10 blocks. Which normally not much but I was wiped from the Zumba class. But I did it. It is a new week. I am pushing on. Being at the meeting really motivated me to get back on track. So far so good. I did go over 5 points on Sat but that is what the 35 extra points are for anyway. Today I had 7 pt breakfast burrito from McDonalds and 3 pt fruit and yogurt parfait Later the family went for a walk on the trails. I had 2 pieces of bread 3pt as a snack. For lunch I had steamed Tilapia and broccoli/carrots with some cheese and a yogurt for another 5 points. I still have 15 points left and 1 meal to go. I am also going to bowl 3 games tonight as well. Take care. Shelley:Getting FocusedI gained .2 pounds this week. It really sucked in a way because I know I lost weight while being sick so in actuality I gained more then that. I had a really bad week last week by trying to get back after being so sick. I still haven't gotten my voice completely back and still have a cough but it's okay. I will get it back. I did exercise today so that is good. I got only one point last week. LOL!! I used the steps at school. I have done better with food the last couple of days. Today is going to be awesome. I already got walking in and may go back for another one later. Steph and I have both had a bad week but you know we live and we learn. It's up to us to make the changes and make it work. I'm going to work hard this week to stay within my points. 2月26日 Stephanie: I need helpI can not seem to get myself back into the groove. I have no energy. Things been busy at work. I have been getting off late this week. I went through drive thru Monday and today because I too tired to cook. I can't sleep at night, I am tired all day, falling asleep about 6 up at 7p. I am exhusted. I have not been getting my water in like I should. I have not gotten my vegatables in. Only 1/2 of my milk. I am still feeling pretty lousy. It has moved from my chest to my stomach. I have gotten so far off track, it is not funny. I am in danger of losing my focus, my accomplishments, and my goal. I need to get my butt in gear. What I need is a personal trainer. Someone to push me, show me what do, how to do it safely. I know the person who needs to be accoutable is me. I need to put a plan in place.
1.) Get healthy
2.) Drink 6 8oz water a day
3.) eat 5 servings of veggies/fruit a day
4.) 2 milk servings a day
5.) Plan meals ahead of time.
6.) keep plenty of healthy snacks in house.
7.) Do not buy unhealthy snacks. Too much temptation
8.) Make enough for left over lunch the next day. Keep me away from the drive thru.
9.) PORTION CONTROL
I do not have an offical weigh in this week. I missed the meeting because my oldest wanted me to watch her bowl for the last time. I think this is part of my problem. I was not able to stay for the meeting last time and I did not get to go this time as well. I need to get back. I did buy a scale for home because the suspense was killing me not knowing what I weighed. It weighs me at 208.4. Not thinking that is an accurate weight. Obviously every scale weighs you differently so I really did not get a true sense of my weight. I will have to weigh my self Sat before my meeting then compare what the results are.
I don't think I have cried any season of Biggest Loser than I have this season. Tonight's vote was selfless. I really like the blue team. I am rooting for Roger to win it all. I want trent to come back and win as well. I am amazed at the temptation the blue team contiunes to face and does very well in resisting temptation. I also have to say Mark look really good at the update. Have a good night. 2月22日 Shelley: Getting Back at itI still can't talk but I am feeling much better. I feel myself falling back into my old traps. I've not journaled all week. I know it's been due to being sick but I have fallen into the back habit. Today has been bad. I had a mt dew and ate out twice. Tomorrow will be a new day. Unfortunately, lunch may be rough. We have a wrestling tourney to go to so it will be concession stand for lunch. I'll try to just have a small snack and have a better supper. I wanted to sit down and do an actual menu but with all the school work I haven't had a chance to do it. I know school has a lot to do with my bad choices. Steph warned me of this. The good thing is that our clinical instructor doesn't want us to leave to eat so we have to pack a lunch for clinical days. No big deal. I'll pack something light. I'll try to do that as well on Thursday. Wednesday I should be home for lunch unless I have to work.
I'm so proud of Steph. Her motivation motivates me. I love seeing her excited and knowing that she is doing well helps me. She has been really good this last week. Neither one of us has felt good. We had a death in the family. It's been a long week. We both survived it and tomorrow starts a new week. Steph is right. One bad week doesn't undo all the good we have done. I know it's been extremely hard. I was extremely sick. Heck, i can't wait to talk again. Today was somewhat better. I had a voice every now and then. Maybe tomorrow I can actually talk. New week ahead and I'm going to work on getting back to exercising slowly. I'm still a little congested and don't want to make myself sick again. I am anxious for spring. Come on warm weather! I want to walk outside without slipping and sliding around. Stephanie: Non scale victoryI am starting to feel better. I am still feeling weak but I can breathe better and the coughing has subsided. Thank goodness. I am hoping to try to get some exercise tomorrow. I think I am going to try to walk tomorrow. I do not want to overdo it my first day. The bad thing about being sick is not exercising. I lose the motivation for exercising. It always starts this way. Once I stop exercising for a while it is hard to get back into it. Then I start to slip back in to old habits slowly. I am glad I am recognizing the signs of the pattern. I need to break it. One thing i need is the motivation to continue. Something to stop and say look. "You are fine. One week is not going to ruin all you have worked for." When I started losing weight, I wore a size 24 that were really getting snug. I could not get my 22s up over my hips. It was a happy day when I could button those jeans. I decided to go to try on jeans to see how far I was form getting into a 20. I grabbed a pair and went to the dressing room. I put them on and pulled them up. All I could think was, "Hey they are up. I actually got them over my hips. How great is that. Then I BUTTONED them. It was all i could do to contain my self. I was jumping up in down in the dressing room. So I decided to be brave and try a smaller size on. I grabbed a pair of 18ws and then I decided to try the 16s as well. So I went back in to the dressing room and tried on the 18w. Not only could I get them over my hips, I was able to button those as well. I am beside myself. I could feel the tears coming. How long as it been since I was in a size 18w. I am guessing at least 8 years. They are a little snug and I have the muffin top thing going with my stomach, but wow. 4 months ago, I could not even get 22s over my hips and now I am buttoning 18s. So just for fun I decided to try the 16w. They went up over the hips as well. I couldn't button them though. But there was only a inch or gap. I am on my way. That is the motivation I need to continue on. I can do this. I will do this. 2月20日 Shelley: Half way HumanI'm alive. I can't talk and I've been very sick but I'm getting better. I'm not really thinking diet this week unfortunately. I've lost by being sick. Hopefully, it won't all come back. I just wanted to come on real quick and check in. 2月19日 Stephanie: Long weekIt's been a long week so far and it is only Tuesday. I have a bad cold or an upper respiratory infection. It has knocked me for a loop. I have not been able to exercise the last 2 days. When I tried, I got dizzy and nauseous. I figured I better get rest and get back on my feet before I try to exercise again. I know it can be worse. Poor Shelley has the flu. She has been fighting this for a week now. I am going to push on and regain my strength and energy back. Just want to say Way to go Blue team. They really knocked off the pounds. Going home was great for them. I have to say I was shocked at all the food at the coming home parties. There was a lot of temptations for their first day back. I also want to say the Ziploc steam bags rock. I have been using them since before they were available in the stores. They are fantastic. They have really made a difference in my weight loss. It is quick, easy, healthy , and tasty. Hard to believe you can get a moist piece of chicken in the microwave. I love to add a little Mrs. Dash seasonings to my veggies. I always carry 2 in my purse in case I need it. I do not like raw veggies so I will put them in the Ziploc bag and presto.......... Steamed veggies.. Yummy. Found a new veggie to love. Spaghetti Squash. Quick and easy way to cook it is in the microwave for a few minutes to soften it. Then cut it in half., scrap out the pulp and seeds, put it back in the microwave for 6-8 minutes. When it is soft, use a fork to shred the inside. The squash will look like spaghetti noodles. add a little spaghetti sauce and you have a healthier alternative to pasta. I added chicken and and low fat mozzarella cheese for chicken parmesan. Great meal. 2月17日 Stephanie: Updated measurementsThis weekend has not been a great one as far as diet and exercise goes. It started Saturday. Our local hot dog stand re opened for the season on the 14th. B&K has the best spanish cheese dogs. Unfortunately they are high in points when you add it all together. But so good. I have been having the munchies and cravings to eat junk food and chocolate all day. I tried to control myself. I did end up eating ice cream last night. But at least it was fat free and made with splenda and it had 6 gm of fiber. I manage to only go over points by 0.5pts after the activity point deducted. Pretty good. Then came today. The day started off good. After church we decided to take the kids to Pizza Hut. Big mistake on my part. It was buffet day. I had no will power. The hot cheesy pizza was so good. I just kept eating them. I acted like I was starving. 7 pizzas later my stomach was hurting. Gee I wonder why. I hate to see the damage I did with that. I felt like you could just roll me out of the restaurant. I tried to stay within reason on point the rest of the day. I was not to hard since I was not hungry the rest of the time. I munched on 1 -2 point items. I was feeling kind of depressed with the way I fell off the wagon, I decided to take measurements today. Still losing inches. Great.
Oct 4th Dec 30th Jan 27th Feb 17th
Waist: 51 48 46 1/4 45 1/2
Hips 54 52 51 1/4 51
Arm 14 1/8 13 3/4 13 1/4 13
Thigh 27 1/4 26 1/4 25 1/4 25
2月16日 Stephanie: I'm a loserYep, that right I have lost this week. 1 pound. Puts my weight down to 212.2 lbs. When I lose 1.2 more pounds, I will be the weight I was when I was ready to give birth to my oldest child. I did not win the bracelet this week. I did not exercise as much as I normally do. I only earned 18 activity points this week. I have been getting between 22-28 points. My kids were sick this week and then I was not feeling well Thursday and I had a severe headache Friday. So I did not earn activity points last 2 days. I did manage to do 25 ab crunches on the stability ball Thursday evening before I started feeling bad but I did not earn any activity points for that. I can feel it in my abs today though. Goes to show, every little bit helps. Just need to refocus and continue to work hard. and stay healthy. Shelley: I WON!!!I finally won the bracelet and am so happy!!! Ironically, I can't get the bracelet because I couldn't go to weight watchers this morning because I was sick. I'm feeling somewhat better this morning compared to last night when I was running a fever and freezing. This morning it's just my chest and my energy level has plummeted. I got on my scales at home in my pj's and it weighed me at 234 which is a 4.2 pound loss. It always weighs me a little lower then the scales at ww. I won't count it as my official loss because I only count the loss at ww. It would be nice if the scales next week are just as nice or even a little nicer. LOL!!! 233.8 is my 10% goal and 25 pounds lost. I would be halfway to Indy. Well, all I can do is be good this week and try. I can't wait to see how Steph did if she got to go to the meeting. I felt bad because I'm her ride but I didn't want to get her sick. 2月14日 Shelley: ThursdayToday was a good day. I finished my first nursing class with an A. I'm pretty proud of myself. I replace this class with 3 classes though so we'll see how that goes. I also had a job interview today. It went well and I can have the job if I want to but I have another interview tomorrow and want to see how that goes. I didn't do very well diet wise today. I'm doing okay with activity but I can always be better. I need to make better choices when i have to eat out. I did gravitate towards veggies today at Golden Corral and supper was subway. I love the new subway garlic chicken sub. I put it in a wrap though. I don't like all the bread. I am over all doing better this week. Other than Saturday which I went over points slightly, I have stayed within points all week.
Biggest Loser was emotional. I think it's sad that Trent went home.He was the one who was losing for the right reasons and not for money. No money in the world can replace your health. You can't buy health. Seeing your children grow up is worth more money than all the money in the bank. I also thought Jillian's mom talking to the black team was a great idea. You have to figure out why you got big to begin with. You can't fix what you don't acknowledge is broken. I know i'm fat from turning to food instead of finding things to replace it. It was easy to turn to food for whatever reason I could think of. I got bored. I ate. I got mad. I ate. I got depressed. I ate. I hurt. I ate. Food was the cure all. No more. Exercise can cure me just as well. I can read a book. Do homework. Food is not worth it. I eat to live not live to eat! 2月12日 Stephanie: TuesdayI have to say I was not expecting the Biggest Loser to be as emotional as it was this week. I loved Jillian's mom coming on the show. It is so important to be able to know why you turn to food. Losing the weight is great, but it will come back if you don't fix the problem that started it. Paul broke my heart. I hate to think of any child in that situation. How about Trent. He is a stand up kind of guy. How selfless was it for him to say send me home. He was the person I was rooting for this season. He played with his heart to lose the weight, not to win the money. So where did my weight come from. Years of eating unhealthy foods without any thought of what it could be doing to me. Depression, unhappiness, feeling unloved, stress. The list could go on. The one thing I have realized is that The person who needs to love me the most is me. How could I ever feel that anyone elso loved me if I didn't love myself. Once i stopped depending on somone else to make me feel loved and worth it and started depending on myself, I could feel a change. One thing I did was turn to God. I found a strength that I have not had before. Faith goes a long way. I am a lot stronger now than I was a year ago. I am where I want to be yet but I will be. 2月10日 Stephanie:PicturesI just had to add a new photo of me. Granted it has my husband as well, but this is the first picture of me in along time that I have not deleted. Our daughter took the picture on my cell phone so it is not perfect. I have always hated pictures of me. I always look bad. When I look at myself in the pictures I would get disgusted with myself. That is why I am the one usually behind the camera. But this one made me go WOW. I can see a change. I still have a long way to go but I am liking what I see now. Shelley: New AttitudeThis weekend has been enlightening. I didn't good on food choices. I did stay pretty much within point range but the food choices could have been better. I bought myself an mp3 player to use while I'm exercising. I used it this evening on the elliptical instead of watching the tv. It was nice. I could use the music and speed up the pace and concentrate on it. I also found myself able to focus on what I was doing. I got into myself and it was nice. I have to start staying away from the bad foods and stop going for convenience. I have the ability to lose the weight. I have the support, determination, and motives to lose the weight. I can't go wrong. I want to see a 2 pound loss on the scale this next Saturday. I have to make a plan to make that happen. Here's my plan.
1. Drink water, water, water! Taking water in flushes water out.
2. Exercise, exercise, and more exercise!
3. Fruits and veggies!
4. Limit eating out! When I do have to on Thursday, I have to make better choices.
5. Stay focused!
I can lose the weight. I just have to work at it and make it happen! 2月9日 Shelley: Small lossI lost .4 pounds this week. Yippee!! It's better then nothing. I have lost 20 pounds now on the weight watcher program. I am finding it somewhat difficult to follow the plan and go to school and stay sane. LOL!!! I will get there. As you know, Steph won our bracelet again. Congrats Steph! I did do better then last week so I did get a small victory. There is always next week. I'm going to lose the weight and do really good this week. |
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