Friday, June 20, 2008

Weigh In Friday!

Well I weighed myself early again just so I could post this before Shelah woke up and freaked out that there was no post - she does that when she loses weight and there is no one to tell

So I weighed myself on Thursday instead of Friday and found that I lost another 1.2 pounds.  Not the big number of last week but considering I had 2 good weeks in a row I wasn’t expecting huge amounts.  Not to mention, my legs and feet are swollen beyond belief.  During the summer months I swell up like tree trunks when it comes to my legs.  It is a mixture of problems with my circulation as well as the heat, and the fact that I work on the computer all day doesn’t help at all.  Most of the time during the summer I look like my ankles and my feet are like the same size as my thighs!  I hate it but it comes with the territory.  Anyhow, the past few days have been particularly painful and they are just huge!!  So, I’m giving myself 4 pounds of water weight, but considering my ankles were swollen last week when I weighed in, I’m not totally sure so I’m just looking at the numbers on the scale

Look at me babble, lol.  Anyhow, I don’t have any deep or meaningful post today - so let’s just weigh-in shall we??

We have a lot of people who haven’t been around in a few weeks and besides the fact that we miss you - we are certainly here to console you if you have for some reason gained weight or need a little support to keep losing.  Don’t feel as if you only have to post losses - we love when you post gains as well - it helps keep you on track and also gives us clues as to what we can share with you that you may be wanting to know!  The fact is, we are all facing this together, and we have had plenty of weeks of gains ourselves… so get back on the wagon and let us know how you are doing!!

Oh and don’t be shy new people - we see you signing up So, go ahead and tell us where you are starting from and what you hope to lose!! 

Friday, June 13, 2008

Happy Friday the 13th

Today is Friday the 13th. Superstitious day for some. Not for me. I wasn’t even scared to get on the scale. That has to do with the way I have been feeling lately. I got the skinny happening. I just FEEL it. This week has been part of a LONG series of weeks for me too. Just lots of stressful things. This week, the only working out I did was my TKD classes twice and then the mattress rumba with my gorgeously wonderful hub. Heh. I ate like a horse too for the most part. But...I still felt thin. Kind of strange huh?

I spent this week setting on my butt more than not. I was cleaning out my family room/office. Weeding through the bazillion files on my laptop. Including photos. I also had to get things ready for a contest that is starting tomorrow on a certain web site - which lead me back through posts that I had written MONTHS ago. Posts where I had posted my weight. Each week. So this week, I didn’t care what the scale said. I saw the results of my diligence. I saw how fat I was. How horrible I felt. It was right in front of me. In my face. Do you know what I did? I laughed. I celebrated. Because, this week, I FEEL thin.

Does anyone else have days or weeks like this? Where you just feel like a really hot vixen of sexy? Nothing can make you feel like you are a fat cow, no matter how hard it tries? I have had days like this...but never WEEKS.

Oh and btw, you all need to hop on the scale. Come share your news. Good or bad. We are going to celebrate efforts this week. So as long as you are trying...I have my pompoms ready. I am 2 ounces up from last week...but I haven’t poo’d yet today. I am gonna weigh myself after I do that and call that the official one. Happy Friday the 13th everyone. 

Friday, June 06, 2008

Weigh In Friday!

Quite frankly, lately I have been up and down about weighing in but this week I kicked some ass!  I lost 3.4 pounds I could have even lost more by now because I weighed in early, because you know, I just felt… lighter, lol.  I wish I could say that it was all that exercise but nope - it was better food choices.  I really made a very conscious effort to watch everything I ate.  I worked very hard at my portion control and not snacking mindlessly.  I did walk 2 days but it wasn’t anything to write home about… about 30 minutes each time.  But I felt good that I made that effort as well as constantly checking my food intake.  I ate home this week all except one day which I’m sure made a huge difference as well. 

My water intake is something to be desired though - normally I’m a 6 bottle a day water drinker but I admit to doing something I haven’t done regularly in 3 years plus… I bought a bottle of soda this week, and I drank it.  The whole thing.  A couple of months ago I had a soda at my friend Millie’s house (yes Millie - I’m talking about you and your diet coke, lol) and I just couldn’t stop thinking about.  Occasionally I would get a soda while going out rather than getting unsweetened ice tea which I normally do.  Then it became a little more than occasionally - like a soda every 2 weeks.  Now I actually bought a bottle.  I’m doomed! OMG when you stop drinking soda so long you forget how wonderful it tastes - the bubbly fizz, the super taste, and just the thrill of seeing it in my refrigerator made me realize that just like an alcoholic can’t have just one drink, I can’t drink even one soda. 

So, I’m going back to sodas anonymous and giving it up yet again.  Granted I surely am not as bad as I used to be I can feel the need to get more soda than before, and that is pretty scary.  So, I’m officially committing to all of you that I will not even drink one soda - not even at Millie’s house

So, enough about me… how did you all do this week?  I predict big weight losses - so c’mon and tell me how you did already!!