I LOST!!! And I Love It!!

I changed my weekly weigh in tracking to Saturdays. So today I weighed in. I have lost 4.2 pounds this week. I am now officially at a total of 16 pounds gone. I am happy with that!!

Next week I am incorporating exercise DAILY. I am eager to see how that affects my weight. I know I need to exercise merely because I feel so darn stiff and my knee, well I have issues with my knee and I am hoping with a daily workout that it will work out whatever is ailing it.
Oh and lest I forget to inform you that my daily points decreased by 1.

So yeah, good week for me, FINALLY!  Hope you all are doing good as well!

Rainy Days Make Me Happy :)

Not sure that I could live somewhere that had rain everyday, but I definitely would love to have rain at least a week out of each month. I love the sound, the smell and the feel of a downpour.

Today my son and I hulled strawberries and placed them in a gallon Ziploc with some added Splenda to make it nice and sweet for dessert tonight. On the dinner menu is chuck steak marinated in mesquite seasoning, sweet corn and macaroni & cheese. I'm going easy on the point today so I can have a nice big meal! So far so good. For some reason I tend to want a fuller lunch and dinner as opposed to breakfast. I can usually through a bit of fruit together with oatmeal and be good til noon.

Looking forward to Sunday, weigh in day. I think its going to be good, fingers crossed.

How is your week going? What's on tap for your dinner table tonight?

How much does exercise help with weight loss?

That is the question. This week I am doing WW without exercising. Next week I will do it with exercise and compare the two. Just curious to see what it does on the scale.

I now have a total of 3 Biggest Loser DVDs I am incorporating to the mix of things. Now that AF is about to exit, I am hoping and praying for a loss! I have been on Atkins since January 8th and now WW for 2 weeks. My weight went down 17 and then back up to only a -11. Sunday is judgement day. I have kept to my daily points and using minimal of my weekly bonus points, drinking lots of water and trying to stay a little low on the sodium. So we shall see come Sunday. There should be no reason why I should not lose some pounds.

So..what are you doing to make sure you see that loss?

Seriously?

So I get on the scale today and it says  I have gained. WTH? Ok, I did go off plan yesterday and had McDonalds for dinner as well as a butt load of candy. But the other 6 days, good to go. SO how the hell am I gaining weight?

Ok, could be impending TOM, could be water retention, could be that I started exercising and building muscle, hell it could be anything. But I know I did not consume enough calories to gain anything.

Maybe I should weigh in the evening instead of the morning. I just don't know. I still feel great. Clothes still fitting loose, still seeing results in the mirror...maybe I will just throw the scale away! Maybe its the scale and not me. Its discouraging to know I am losing but not seeing the numbers, it really is. But, as usual, I am sticking to the plan..sooner or later it will move.Maybe I will just wait a few hours and get on the scale again. Damn it.

Walkin' It!

So today I finally put the Biggest Loser DVD in and walked a mile in 15 minutes. I was cracking up since Bob from BL was instructing the video and was sure to let me know every time  I hit a quarter mile. I LOVE IT!! I love BL and seeing some of the contestants on the video is inspiring to me! It went by quick and I must say, I was sweaty and proud! Woot!

You Change Yourself For Yourself...

Lately I had been having some battles with myself and my inner peace. I was finally able to release and let go. I now have that inner peace I have longed for. Ironically, one of my favorite pages, Positive Thoughts, posted this today. It describes all that I had been feeling and felt I needed to share this.

"All the years you have waited for them to "make it up to you" and all the energy you expended trying to make them change (or make them pay) kept the old wounds from healing and gave pain from the past free rein to shape and even damage your life.
And still they may not have changed.
Nothing you have done has made them change.
Indeed, they may never change. Inner peace is found by changing yourself, not the people who hurt you.
And you change yourself for yourself, for the joy, serenity, peace of mind, understanding, compassion, laughter, and bright future that you get."

I Gained!

I know that part of losing weight is also gaining. And with having been sick and changing diet plans I think something went haywire along the way. I weighed today and I have gained. I'm OK with that, it happens. I actually weighed one day when I was sick and that is when the lowest weight came in. Perhaps it was due to the vomit/diarrhea - water loss. And then factor in that Atkins caused major constipation that I am still recovering from. Oh well, pushing forward now. Trying to stay true to my numbers.

Sundays are my weight watcher weigh in days. And while I was a tad disappointed to see a gain, I reminded myself that I stuck to my points everyday and that is all I can do. Gaining IS part of the process. Due to the gain, my points increased +1. Funny thing is that most days I find myself struggling to use them all. I wonder if that has any correlation with weight loss? Are you supposed to use all the points each day? I know there was  couple days last week that I had 10 or more points left. Ok, so goal this week, use all points if possible.

Also, I bought myself a new workout DVD so will be incorporating that. Hopefully my knee can take it. LOL!

Hoping you all are safe and happy and wishing you a Happy Valentines day!