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July 07 Stephanie: Staying on planIt has been a good day. I have been staying on plan. I have been careful to make sure I had the correct amount of oil this week. Not only am I trying to eat more healthy, I am trying to feed my family more healthy foods by incorporating more vegetables. Today I made a new dish. Eggplant Parmigiana. it turned out really good. I had to go get seconds. My youngest ended up eating four. My oldest even went back for seconds even after they found out what it was. I learned not to tell them what they are eating until after they have tried it. Other wise they made up their minds it is gross. My husband said not bad. He did ask me why I can't feed them normal food. And that I am trying to turn them into vegetarians, which is so not true. I love meat. Heck I fed them hot dogs yesterday. At least I did not get the bison hot dogs I was looking at. LOL. I also made brownies today as well using a recipe from Weight Watchers that calls for a box of brownie mix and a can of black beans. Puree the beans and mix it with the brownie mix. bake it as directed on the box. It actually turned out good. My kids loved it and I asked my hubby if those tasted normal enough for him. And he said yes. I was cracking up. If he only knew what was really in them. I did another round of the c25k today. I moved up to the run 11/2 min this week. What a killer. i could not complete my last two run cycles. so I just walked the rest of the way and for my cool down. Now I am starving again. That is the bad thing about exercising. Have a great day. July 06 Stephanie: Weigh inWeigh in this week wasn't great but at least it wasn't bad. I did not gain or lose anything. I really worked hard this week so I was bummed about not losing weight. If course messing up with my oils didn't help. Or the 26 point grilled turkey leg couldn't of helped any. At least I didn't eat the skin o the whole leg for that matter. I did share it with my kids. So I am resolving to do better this week. Only 2TEASPOONS not tablespoons of oil daily. LOL and I am going to continue my new exercise program. I wonder if maybe my starting exercising again could of caused the gain. Have a fantastice week. July 04 Stephanie:Happy 4th of July. New measurements.Happy 4th of July!!!! Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday. This is the first year I haven't attended a barbecue so I have not really been tempted food wise. I have 2 bites of Andy's huge burrito from McDonalds. I counted it on my points as 1/8th of a serving. That was 2 points I wasted. I am trying hard to be accountable for all I eat. We were watching my adorable niece today she did not want her pancake so I mindlessly ate it. 2.5 points for 1 pancake without butter or syrup. 4. 5 points on something I really did want. I really need to stop that. I have to say the burrito was good but I am glad I did not eat more of it. one is 15 points. Ouch. that is almost 1/2 of my allotted points for the day. I am not going to get any exercise in today unless you count walking around the park for looking at a few booths until the fireworks. I know I will be tempted tonight with cotton candy and lemon shakeups. Lemon shake ups are my favorite. Just I do not like all the points the sugar will give me. if it only 1/4 c it will be 4 pts. If it 1 cup it will be 15 points. SO not worth it the night before weigh in. I have not measured my self in a long time. lets see what my numbers will be today.
Waist: 45 1/2 in Hips: 50 1/2 in Arm: 12 3/4 in Thigh: 25 in
Not surprising that I gained some inches since my last measurements. bout 1/4 to 1/2 inch to each body part except my thigh. Which remains the same as before. As I said on July first I am going back to the beginning. Starting over. Although I did not give up and quit WW, I did fall on the wayside in keeping track of my points. Here is to a new me. Have a great Fourth. Stephanie: July 3, 2008I am having to post this a day later. Here I am still at it. I had been doing great all week, following my Weight Watcher's plan, or so I thought. I made a hugh boo boo. I have been getting all my good health guide lines in eating my dariy fruits and veggies, water, and oil. Oil is where I messed up. 2 pts for 2 servings of oil. I took 2 Tablespoons daily instead of 2 teaspoon. A difference of 5 points. Such a waste. I could kick myself. So stupid. I misread the dumb measurements. I really hope this doent come back and kick me in thr rear when it comes to weigh in. If it were not for the extra oil, I would have been doing great with staying on plan. Luckly for me I still have my extra 35 weekly points. I started back on exercising again. I started a new running program c25k. I tonight I ran/walked. I ran/walk for 30 mins. I waas feeling good after the exercise was done. Then about a half hour later I was starving. I was wanting something hot and fried and quick. I broke down and ended up eating a southern style chicken and small fries from McDonalds. 14 pts I ended up eating. that put me over my daily point total by 14 pts. I seem to eat more on days i exercise more.
July 01 Its been a long timeWow, Its been almost 3 months since I have been here. Life always seems to get in the way. I ended up taking a break from weight loss April -may. I was unable to attend my WW meeting. I tried to cont to follow the plan but I was not the greatest at making good choices. Lucky for me I only gained 2 lbs in the month I was not going to WW. But it was two lbs I had to lose again. Now I am having a hard time losing any weight. I seem to be stuck at 203-204 range. It is hard for me, and feel like I am giving up. So I decided to start back at the beginning. Going back to the start of the program for me. I am treating it like I am new to WW and starting the program for the first time. I am on day 2 and so far so good. I am having hard time eating all my points right now. I had 1 left yesterday and 2.5 today. I had 14 after I ate dinner so I had to keep eating snacks. I know what my problem is and I need to adjust. I am going to succeed. May 04 Shelley: Almost PerfectI had an almost perfect day yesterday and it sure felt great. I passed up oreo's which is a big thing for me lately. They seem to be my food of choice lately. LOL!! I'm off to another good today bu tnot sure how lunch is going to go. I may end up having my free meal today. I'm going to do that once a week. I'm going to try to keep it on Saturday or Sunday because its a week away from weigh in. I am going to accomplish my 10 pound goal this month. I stepped on the scales this morning and it was down from yesterday's weigh in. I even drank my water yesterday. How cool is that? LOL!!! May 03 Shelley: School's Out for MayOkay, school is out for four weeks. I weighed in at 240.4 this morning. I gained .4 pounds last week. It's not bad considering I took the week off. I quit weight watchers due to gas prices but I'm not quitting my weight loss. I"m ready to get my butt in gear and make this work. It's going to be hard but it's going to be worth it. I've not felt this motivated in a while. I've been at the same point in my weight for the last few months. I know it was due to stress at school. I am feeling pretty lucky that I didn't put on pounds. I pretty much stayed the same. I'm going to accomplish my goals and then some. I did real well in school. I pulled 2 A's and 3 B's. I passed all my tests that I needed to the first time around so that was cool as well. April 20 Shelley: Feeling the motivation again!!!It's been a while since I blogged on here. I gained .6 pounds like week after a rough week. It's okay though. I thought it was going to be far worse. It really helped me rethink things over though. Steph and I were talking on the way to our ww meeting about exercise and how important it is. Then, the topic of the meeting was exercise and the excuses we make. It sure hit the spot and helped to reenergizie me. It may take me a long time to lose this weight and I'm going to have my ups and downs BUT I will not quit!!! I'm going to put in an extra effort this week. It's hard with school, work, and family. Stress is definetely catching up to me even physically. I've had canker sores on my tongue this week (they are gone now), heart palpitations (these were scary but not painful), and my period is late. LOL!! ON top of the earthquake, it's been a weird week. LOL!! I have to lose this weight and I have to work hard at doing what I'm supposed to do. It's doable. Small changes this week. I will drink water NO dew and NO cupcakes. I am going to lose at least 1 pound next weigh in. OH yeah, no more missing meetings. They are way to important. April 12 Sephanie: HelloGood Morning Biggest Losers, I have no weight to report this week. I am in Alabama right now. I came down for the week to do training on mass casulty incidents. What a week it was. Very busy. I have not seen a scale here so I could not even check my weight. I am leaving to go home this morning, but the day will be long. It is 6:30 am indiana time and I will probably not be home before 8 pm tonight. I know they say travel makes you retain water. I tried to eat well here. For the most part, I think I did well. Lasuagna night not so good. They make it so good and thick. I ate alot of veggies here. I only drank water or fat free milk. I did exercise this week as well. I was worried that I woldn't do it and vowed to go the the gym here thats a few miles away. When I got here Sunday night, I saw my dorm had a small exercise room with a bike, stair stepper and treadmill. I was happy. Later that evening I went down to work out and the treadmill didn't work. Bummer. I hopped on the stair stepper for 5 mins. Not a fan of that. Wow. After that I went for a walk around the campus. On Monday I decided to catch a bus to the gym. My friend wanted to go swimming so I decided to do that instead. We swam laps. back and forth. I am not a great swimmer but I managed to do it 10 times. I was worn out my my pulse was up to 180 when I got done. On Tuesday One of my course instructors asked us to go on a bike ride to see the base. Ok I havn't been on a bike in years and I think 40 lbs ago I would not have been able to do it. She had us all over the base. I di dnot realize how many hills we went up and down every day while going to class. My legs were burning. It was a great workout. After that 45 minute ride, I was surprised I could make it up the stairs to get back to my room. Wednsday -Thurs I did not do any formal exercises. We had to get suited up in protective gear on those days and perform various tasks like decontaminating victims. They used heavy dummies. We were running around in these suits with every inch of our body covered. I was sweating. I added a cool vest which is like a big ice pack to help you feel cool. It weighed another 5 pounds. I was joking it is my new weight loss suit. When I was able to take it off, My pants were much looser. LOL. Too bad I gain it back when I drink water. On Firday we also added oxygen tanks and full face maks. to our suits. We had to run drills and stimulate a disaster and run get the victims and take them back to decon them push them through, run back getmore victims. They wanted us to get each of the dummies cleaned in less than minute. Great exercise. Ever try to run in big plastic suits with heavy rubber boots little too big with a full tank of oxygen on your back. You have 3 layers of gloves on. each one bigger than the last. It was a trip. I was exhusted afterwards. It was a great week and I learned alot. Oh yeah and I stayed away from the lounge so no alcohol.  Last year I was here for training, we spent alot of time in the lounge. So all in all I think I did make good choices this year and I am proud of my self. Have a great week. April 05 Stephanie: Another pound downWell if you want to get technical it is another 1.8 pounds down. I am excited. Total loss so far is 40.6. Last week was a little stressful for me, but I got through it. Next week is going to be a special challenge. I am leaving for a week to do training in Alabama. They provide all your food so I am kinda stuck eating what they serve. They do offer salad bar and fresh fruit along with desserts and ice cream oh my. I will have to remember portion control. I am also taking the Ziploc steam bags and my Mrs, Dash seasoning with me so I can steam my veggies cause I do not like raw veggies. It will be an interesting week. Have a good night. March 30 Stephanie: Keeping at it.Lost 0.6 lbs this week. 0.6 lbs less than last week. Every little bit helps. I am now 38.6 lbs lighter than I was 6 months ago. I am feeling so much better now than I did then. Since I changed the way i eat and look at food, I have seen many changes. Not only in my clothing size and waist, but in my attitude as well. I have more energy and a more positive outlook about myself. I have been able to stop taking my antidepressant. That is a big plus for me. Before, If I missed a day or 2 of taking my antidepressant, I could tell the difference and so could my co-workers. Then it would take another couple if days for the medication to be back in my system. I am bad about remembering to take medications. But now that is not a problem. I can even deal with high stressed days my easier. So here is to one more positive thing to losing weight.  Shelley: Still Plugging away!Okay, the last time I blogged. I had gained 6 pounds. I know! Ouch! Last week I lost 2.8 pounds of the 6 and I lost 1 more pound this week. At least, I'm going in the right direction. I'm feeling more human now and dealing better with the stress. I still have some work to do on my care plan. I've learned though that if I'm not in the mood to study at one particular moment to do something else. It helps me save from beng overwhelmed and I'm getting things done. I've not ever turned in an assignment late so I'm not going to worry. I'm doing really good at taking food to work for supper. It really helps with control. This week I'm going to work on making better choices when I eat out. I'm also going to work on getting water in. Next week I'll work on my health guidelines. I'm taking it a small step at a time. I am trying to not burn out and get overwhelmed. I'm bound and determined to accomplish all of my goals. I want to look back on all of my hardwork and go "I DID IT"! It will be so empowering. March 26 Stephanie: Another round of what's my measurementsHello, I was reading some of my past entries and I noticed I haven't checked my measurements lately so here we go.
Oct 4th Jan 27th Feb 17th March 26
Waist: 51 46 1/4 45 1/2 45
Hips 54 51 1/4 51 50
Arm 14 1/8 13 1/4 13 12 1/2
Thigh 27 1/4 25 1/4 25 24 1/8
So I have to say not bad. I am slowly losing. I have taken 6 inches off my waist, 4 inches off my hips and dropped 3 sizes. Total of about 15 inches lost. Pretty excited about that.
As for Biggest Loser, I have to say WOW! I wasn't expecting that. I am so happy to see the two women in the top 2 spots though. The guys have been getting so smug. i have to say, this has been one of the best seasons so far.
Have a great evening.
March 22 Stephanie: -2.4I lost 2.4 this week. Puts my total weight loss at 38 lbs since I started and 12 pounds since the start of biggest loser. I am so excited. I got even better feeling today then the loss. I am in desperate need of jeans. I still wear my old jeans which are very roomy. I put on a pair of capris yesterday that I wore last summer. Wow, what a difference. I cold pull them on and off with plenty of room left without unbuttoning them. They are a size 24. I used to hate admitting what size I wore. I went to dress barn today to try to get a few jeans/capris. I grabbed the 20s because that is what I was wearing in their dress pants last time I was there. I tried on 1 pair. They were too big. SO I did not bother trying on the rest of them. I went and grabbed size 18w, still too big. Then I went and grabbed 3 16s. 1 pair fit great, 1 pair were little too snug, and one pair, I could not get to button. That one was a 16. The other two both were 16w. I have to say i was doing a happy dance.  I got a pair of 16s. I haven't been in that size since I was probably 20 and maybe younger than that. That is my good feeling of the day. March 19 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. March 16 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. March 13 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. March 08 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! March 05 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!!! |
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