Sickly Week

So I didn't go to the gym much if at all this week.
My Aunt Rosy Came To Visit.
Didn't eat very well.
Bad Me.

A brief glimmer of success :-)

Last night while bowling my Dad-in-law told me to stop pulling up my pants.  Without my knowing, I kept tugging my pants up to keep them from falling down.  I then realized my pants were a little to big, which they definitely hadn't been before!  My pants are getting big!!!! :-)

I weighed myself this morning to a wonderful surprise.  I lost 3lbs :-)  I am officially down to 160lbs!!! No way!  I am a little behind schedule, but better late than never.

The reason I am weighing in on a Friday and not Saturday is because I am heading home to visit my family and my Grampy who is in the hospital.  Hopefully by the time I get home he will be out of there.  He is alright, but it is scary having something like that happen when you are too far away to be there.


Beginning Weight- 163lbs
Weight Lost - 3lbs
Current Weight- 160lbs

Woot!!!

Weigh In Day-- Epic Fail.

I only lost .2lbs.  Yes the period before the two is actually there.  Epic fail.  I don't even want to talk about it.

WHAT THE *BLEEP*!?!?

So I decided to do a sneak peek at my weigh in tomorrow and my reaction was the title to this blog.  I got on the scale and it told me I had gained 3-4lbs.  :-(  My hubby assures me that because I had just eaten dinner and I am wearing sweats that it would make me gain weight.  My thoughts instantly jumped to: I must need to do more. No to this! No to that! You suck!  :-(  Please tell me that my hubby is right!!

Why am I so hungry????

So I have been working out very well :-)  Mom and I went three days in a row.  Yesterday we did cardio, weightlifting, then cool down cardio.  Then we were sore.  Haha.  So today we just did a half an hour of cardio with a cool down.  But we did go three days in a row. :-)

We also have done three days of good meals!
Yesterday we had pizzas made with healthy ingredients!
The pizza mom and I made specifically for us had a wheat crust, grilled chicken, part skim low fat mozzarella, and the best part: Pizza Sauce made from Marinara sauce, crushed tomatoes, and CARROT PUREE!  It tasted just like regular pizza sauce plus we got extra veggie vitamins and minerals :-).  We put it on everybody's pizza! The other pizzas we made were cheese, and sausage-50% lean pepperoni-cheese pizza.  All the cheese was part skim low fat mozzarella and on the cheese pizza we added in some parmesan.  No one noticed the change in sauce ;-)  We also had a wonderful salad made from fresh romaine lettuce, celery, carrots, radishes, cucumbers, chick peas, and tomatoes!

Today we had chicken breasts, squash with potatoes and sweet potatoes, corn and salad.  Our chicken breasts had rosemary balsamic vinaigrette on it.  Wonderful!  Everything we had is wonderful!  We have kept up with meal planning and I haven't really cheated.  I snuck a couple skittles today, but 4 skittles versus a whole candy bar is next to nothing, but I still shouldn't have.  I need to get rid of all that crap.  *stares at the garbage*... Might have to toss stuff now!  Then the hubby would kill.... *ponders* Maybe not!

Lately I have been so hungry and I don't know why!  I eat enough and I don't know why I constantly want food.  I drink water, but I am still hungry!  I don't want to be hungry!!!  I have tried eating a piece of fruit, it doesn't go away.  Is there any relief!?

No-More-Excuses-Vember.

Today I went to the gym with my Mother-in-Law and we did 20 minutes of cardio, then I taught her how to use the techno gym, then we did a cardio cool down!  Then she did something awesome-- she signed up for a gym membership!  I am so excited because now I have someone to go to the gym with.  :-)  Tomorrow we are going to play racquetball, then lift weights, then do our cardio cool down.  I am so happy to have a partner in crime. hehe

Today we also planned out our dinners for the rest of the week!  No pasta at all this week!  Score!  We also got this nifty cookbook that teaches you how to sneak veggies into foods so that what you are eating is more nutritious.  We also got this cool book from Wegman's that tells you which meats are lean and the best for you in each of the categories (pork, beef, chicken, lamb, and turkey).  They also give you cooking instructions and calorie info.  I am really loving Wegman's!

Tonight we made a good dinner on Wegman's advice:
Grilled Sirloin Steaks
Steamed Broccoli and Cauliflower
Roasted Squash with onions

Brian made bread so I had a small slice to be polite (but it was very good!) and Mom made potatoes for everyone else, but her and I didn't have any of those :-) I think together we will succeed in our weight loss goals.  I see good things coming :-)

A New Lease on Life

This is a blog to start my weight loss challenge.

I am currently 163lbs.  I know that doesn't sound like a lot, but from the time that I started college I have gained 40lbs.  I do not want to be 123lbs again, but I would like to eventually be 130-135lbs again.  This is not going to be without its challenges.  I live in a house with several people who can eat whatever they want without gaining a pound.  Also, one of them happens to be a pastry chef who makes all sorts of yummy desserts you almost can't get away from.  There is always junk food in the house, and with the holidays coming up this is going to be much harder than any other time of the year.

Right now my obtainable goal has been set by the gym I have started to attend.  A healthy weight right now for me would be 147lbs.  My goal is to get there by January first, and this is what I have planned out for myself.  I have come up with reasonable goals for myself over the next two months.

November 1-6: lose 2lbs
November 7-13: lose 2lbs
November 14-20: lose 3 lbs
November 21-27: lose 1lb (This is due to Thanksgiving being this week)

Total Weight loss For November: 8lbs.  This would bring me down to 155lbs.

November 28-December 4: lose 2lbs
December 5-11: Lose 2lbs
December 12-18: Lose 3lbs
December 19-25: Lose 1lb (This is due to Christmas being this week)
December 26- January 1: Lose 1-3lbs (Optional/catch-up week)

Total Weight loss For December: 8-11lbs.  This would bring me down to between 147-144lbs.

I go to the gym and soon I will get my mother-in-law to come with me :-)  That will help!!  Now my plan is to keep you updated on what I do to get to my goal.  I am going to try not to weigh myself until the end of the week.  We'll see how that goes :-P