Friday, March 30, 2012

Stickers are so fun

Yep, I'm a dork! :) One of my big weight loss motivators is the stickers that we get  in the meetings when we lose 5 lbs, 5%,10%, etc... Something about a colorful sticker and lots of praise from our awesome leader and all of the other members is great for your spirit.

So last Friday I made my first mini goal of 5%.  I was so excited that I CRIED after the meeting.  No 5% isn't much, but to me it was a goal that I had set and I beat that goal.  I had actually lost about .6 more then I needed for that goal.  So now my new goal is 10% and I have updated all of my tickers. LOL

Today's weigh in was great as well.  I lost 1.6 lbs.  Total of 17.8 lbs in 6 weeks.  I think that's pretty good.  The plan is getting so much easier to follow.  I feel so miserable now if I overeat and I am thankful for that.  I also started out of the blue on Monday tracking my measurements.  I didn't exercise or anything a lot this week, but stayed on plan. I didn't figure I'd lost much in the way of inches, but in my waist I lost 5 INCHES!!  I'm pretty excited about the progress that I'm making.

A sweet lady in our meetings who has been at this longer then me (she started Jan of 2011 I believe) met her ultimate weight loss goal of 118 lbs today.  I am so excited for her and can't wait till I'm sitting in her same shoes.  I have a LOT more to lose then she did, but if she can do it I know I can.

I found the weight loss boards on weight watchers.com.  I LOVE them.  I can go and vent, ask questions, celebrate with others, and be an ear for someone else who needs to talk.  The support is amazing and I have met several people already who have a lot in common with me.  They even have a daily prayer thread. I LOVE it.

Here's to another great week. :)

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Happy Birthday to me!

Another year has come and gone.  27 was good, but I am going to make 28 the best year ever!!  I had a great day with my parents yesterday, bought some life insurance (haha), and then my parents took me out to dinner at Salt Grass!!  YUM! I love that place.  I did pretty good with dinner.  I ordered my normal steak and garlic mashed potatoes, but I only ate half of all of it.  I also didn't have cake for my birthday.  Instead I bought some of the Weight Watcher desserts.  They can be found in the freezer section.  At Wal-Mart they are by the Smart Ones meals.  I bought the cookie dough sundae which is cookie crust, low fat ice cream, chocolate syrup, and some cookie dough on top.  4 points plus! :)  The brownie ones are good and my mom actually went and bought the cake one that I am going to try tomorrow. LOL  I haven't tried a dessert yet from weight watchers that I don't like.  They have ice cream bars, cups, and sandwiches that are great too.  My faves are the Cherry Cheesecake ice cream sandwiches (2 points plus) and the Cookies and cream ice cream bars (4 points plus). It's so nice to be able to have dessert when I want to.  Of course with WW you aren't limited to eating just their foods, but it's nice to not have to bake and also to not have to try and figure the points.  It's already on the package. :)

My weigh in this past Friday was great.  I was down 2.2 lbs.  :)  I hit a 15 lb weight loss.  So stoked.  That leaves me 1 lb away from my first mini goal which is 5% of my body weight.  I am currently at 308 and my 5% is 307.  I also decided that instead of making 1 huge goal (e.g. 140 lbs when I am finished) that right now I would make some mini goals.  My first of course is the 5%.  After that I am trying to lost 70 lbs. by VBS time.  I've lost 15 so I only have 55 lbs more to go.  It works out to an average of about 3.3 lbs a week.  I think that if I track everything I eat and work out more then I should be just fine.  After that 70 lbs. then I will make more goals.  I added trackers to the side of this page so that you can keep up with my progress if you would like.

School started back today and I am absolutely exhausted.  I also have 3 papers I need to write.  Well 2 papers and a power point.  I know I can do it, I just lack motivation sometimes. LOL  I also have a boat load of sewing projects that I need to work on.  BUT before I can do that I need to find my sewing chair and my bedroom for that matter. LOL  It's a giant cluttered mess.  I also have a booth at a Vendor show this Saturday and then a team meeting with my awesome Scentsy Sisters at Ruby Tequila's.  So looks like this week and next weekend will be crazy busy.

As if that isn't all enough along with some new job responsibilities at work, I am taking the FAITH class that my church is offering.  Basically we are learning the appropriate ways to approach people about the Gospel and to try and help them to reach a decision about their faith.  At first I was skeptical, but I signed up anyway.  Last night was the overview class and by the end I knew I had to do it. I'm nervous about it, but I know that God will guide me through it.

Now I'm off to watch my Tuesday night shows.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Falling down and skinning your knee... and jumping back up to win the race!

The title of this blog sums up my last two weeks. No I didn't really fall or skin my knee, but I sure felt like it after my week 3 weigh in.
 I have been really busy with work, school, and so on and haven't been faithful to my blogging.

Weigh ins...
     Week 2- I jumped on the scale at my ww meeting and BOOM! I lost 4 lbs.  Super stoked.  That makes week 1 -8.2 lbs and week 2 -4 lbs.  Total of 12.2.  Not bad for my first few weeks.
     Week- 3- I jumped on the scale at my ww meeting and WHAT??? I only lost .6.  Now I know a loss is a loss, but that one kind of hurt.  I had earned lots of great activity points.  What on earth? Oh yeah, tracking. UMM I slacked a little on my food tracking.  I sabotaged myself.  I would track my meals, but not the random bites of things.  Who knew it could make such a difference? LOL  So this week I am committed to tracking EVERYTHING that touches my lips. 



It's also been quite the emotional two weeks.  My cousin passed away at the young age of 51 (just 3 days before her birthday) of cancer.  She had suffered nearly the last 9 months of her life and now she's walking with Jesus.  She is whole and healed and having a great time.  It still doesn't totally fill the void though for those who were left here on earth.  While dealing with all of that and my parents being out of town (I'm so not a loner after all LOL), a dear family friend also passed away, at the young age of 66.  Ron had been sick for some time with different lung ailments, but it didn't soften the blow of his death.  I've known him since I was 10 and first moved here to Canyon.  He owned the little store down the road and my friends, niece Ashley, and I would make millions of trips a day in the summer time.  I'm pretty sure we kept his store running with our purchases of bbq sandwiches (homemade by Ron), candy, cokes, and slurpees.  Dear Ron will be missed.

Now onto happier things.  This week is spring break for me and for Kirstyn, Tori, and Cody.  I plan on enjoying the nice weather with them and spending some good quality family time.  In fact Kirstyn and I just got back from Zumba at my church. LOL  I'm ready for a nap now, but I think I will head outside with my flip flops on and join the family.

Here is to getting back up and winning the race!  This week I will have great numbers on that scale. I will not be defined by it nor will I take it so personal.  I know now that I just have to get up, dust myself off, and sprint to the finish.